I have a dual drive tandy fd500 that is part of a number of old tandy computer stuff given to me. I also have a color computer 2 for it, but unfortunately i dont have the cartridge that is needed for the floppy drive unit. Anyway
I plugged in the dual drive unit and flipped the switch to on, in back of it, i get no activity whatsoever. Ive never owned a a color computer setup before but since ive used commodore stuff such as the 1541, i do know when you first turn it on the motor spins up and there is a power light in front. I know the fd500 doesnt have this, but the dual drives do have activity lights for the floppy drives. So am i right to assume that when you switch the power to on the drive should be showing some sign of activity such as the motor spinning up etc? Since i dont have the controller cart to plug the drive into, i cant check the drive further. I did open up the unit the 2 big capacitors on the power circuit look fine, the fuse isnt blown nothing i could see out of the ordinary. Since ive never used a cc setup before, the drive doesnt have to be plugged into the cartridge controller and inserted in the cc to get drive activity on power up right?
I plugged in the dual drive unit and flipped the switch to on, in back of it, i get no activity whatsoever. Ive never owned a a color computer setup before but since ive used commodore stuff such as the 1541, i do know when you first turn it on the motor spins up and there is a power light in front. I know the fd500 doesnt have this, but the dual drives do have activity lights for the floppy drives. So am i right to assume that when you switch the power to on the drive should be showing some sign of activity such as the motor spinning up etc? Since i dont have the controller cart to plug the drive into, i cant check the drive further. I did open up the unit the 2 big capacitors on the power circuit look fine, the fuse isnt blown nothing i could see out of the ordinary. Since ive never used a cc setup before, the drive doesnt have to be plugged into the cartridge controller and inserted in the cc to get drive activity on power up right?