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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: Re: R.S. floppy controller query
Message-ID: <1265@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 17:26:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: lsuc.1265
Posted: Thu Jun 26 17:26:50 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Jun-86 19:15:50 EDT
References: <1970@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
Lines: 23
Summary: 4 single sided or 3 double

In article <1970@osu-eddie.UUCP> pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) writes:
>I have been under the impression that the floppy controller for the Color
>Computer (the one sold with the slim-line drives if it makes a difference)
>supported 4 single-sided drives.  After adding my fourth drive I found that
>it wouldn't select the 4th drive but it would select the second side of my
>double-sided drives.
>
>Have my impressions been mistaken?  Do I max at three drives and get
>double-sided support or am I supposed to get four drives and something isn't
>working?
>
>-- 

     No, you aren't mistaken.  You can use 4 single sided drives
or you can use 3 double sided.  But as you have noticed, the standard
side select line is used to select drive 4 on the single sided RS
drives.  You can even mix single and double sided, as long as you
don't use the last drive position for anything but side select.
-- 
James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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