#: 10330 S3/Languages
    17-Apr-91  21:56:47
Sb: #10326-#PACKing In Basic09
Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
To: Robert A. Hengstebeck 76417,2751 (X)

I am not going to =consider= getting a second drive:  I am **going** to get a
second drive!  I wasn't on OS-9 for 10 minutes before realizing the need for
it.  It is at the top of my hardware purchase list.  I have been wondering
about using a IBM PC drive, it would sure save $$$.  I have the FD-502.  For a
PC's drive, would any advance preparation be needed to make it work on the
COCO3?  And how would I need to (if at all) modify the instructions for
installing a 2nd drive that appear in the manual that accompanied the FD502? 
How about a 1.2Mb 5.25" PC drive?  I have more than a few such PC disks, and I
would like to transfer their data to DECB and/or OS-9 once I have a transfer
utility.  If I got a dime for every time I've had to switch disks I could pay
off the national debt:-).  I know I will miss diskswapping as much as I miss
CLOADing/CSAVEing and now reading 80 columns on a regular TV set.

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