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The salesure, there is a flash-based SD Card adapter available now for the CoCo for mass storage. The CoCo XT is for folks that prefer hard drive storage, as well lovers of history-making gear. (This model helped cut the cost of CoCo hard drive solutions nearly in half.)The CoCo XT Interfaces a standard PC compatible (IDE) hard disk drive and controller to any Color Computer. The CoCo XT uses the same type of hard drive controller that was used in many IBM clones back in the day. The controller includes a 2000 character disk buffer, which eliminates the need to stop the computer while accessing the hard disk. This is referred to as the \'no halt\' operation. The housing of the CoCo XT holds the interface board and a hard disk controller.Controller supports 1 or 2 hard drives.Unit installs in any Multi-Pak (Multi-Pak required). You can find the PDF manual on the CoCo archive under the filename \"CoCo XT Hard Disk Interface v2.4 (Burke & Burke).\"
A hard drive to connect to the unit was not available, thus testing was not perform. (We normally fully test all items we sell.) You should be an intermediate or advanced CoCoNut when deciding to offer on this product. The original hardware developer is still around, however, your best source for support will be the CoCo mailing list and the CoCo FaceBook page.
The housing was made with brush metal and thus, shows the typical scratches that brush metal picks up. The screws that hold the PCB were lost over time so you will need to ponder a method to hold the PCB securely. There are some CoCo users that can probably provide you with some images of what the original screws looked like. Obviously, the battery on the board should be replaced (used to store date/time on files.)
The floppy disk driver/software was not tested. Should it not work, you should visit the CoCo archive to look for the software.CoCo Community
Once you purchase your CoCo gear from us, be sure to join the active Color Computer Mailing list and Facebook group. Be sure to listen to the CoCoCrew Podcast and watch the CoCoTalk videocast. Even better, attend the annual \'Last\' CoCoFest in Chicago in Spring. Contact us to connect further with the active Color Computer community!
Please Note
This unit was carefully packaged before being shipped. That said, the parts in this computer are over 30+ years so there is always potential for issues due to mother nature, father time and lazy UPS delivery people who throw boxes.
