From: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   "terry" (tgrnn@optusnet.com.au) writes:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I recently aquired a model 1 and EI, the EI came without a powersupply,   
   > would the standard brick that came with the main unit be able to handle both   
   > the cpu unit and the EI?   
   > I have no drives and thought maybe I could use 3.5inch drives, I have some   
   > dsdd disks, and the drives I have hve the drive number selector and dc/rdy   
   > jumpersanything else I need to worry about?   
   > is it possible to make a termination resistor set for the floppy drives?   
   >   
   When I first got a 3.5" drive for my Color Computer, I just hooked it   
   up and used it as is.  It was a 3.5" 360K drive. It worked fine, just a   
   lot of wasted space.  It was only a bit later that I got around to modifying   
   the driver descriptions in OS-9 to make use of the full space on the drive.   
   Until then, the computer never knew that a 3.5" and not a 5.25" drive   
   was connected.   
      
   It was just a matter of adding a suitable connector to the ribbon cable   
   from the controller, or maybe at that point I had an adaptor so I could use   
   the 5.25" type connectors.   
      
     Michael   
      
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