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From: d87-lpn@nada.kth.se (Peter Nemeth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A-max, no mac drive...
Summary: 400K-drives dont work...
Message-ID: <3153@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 17 Mar 90 10:47:51 GMT
References: <38256@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <27794@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: d87-lpn@nada.kth.se (Peter Nemeth)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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[lineeaters behold...]
In article <27794@cup.portal.com> Justin_Randall_Padawer@cup.portal.com writes:
>Grab hold of an inexpensive used 400K Mac drive... that should work,
>I'd think.

I seem to remember a discussion on the net concluding that the 400K-drives
didn't work with A-Max. I also think there is a line in the manual saying
so. Hopefully this might be changed in the next revision of A-Max ? ;-)

The reason, that I've heard, for 400K-drives not working are that they require
a sync-signal from the computer toeep the right diskspeed. This signal isn't
provided on the A-Max. :-(

If anyone knows of this better, PLEASE TELL ME, 'cause I sure could use that
combination...

Yours,
	Peter Nemeth

PS. Excuse any violations of NETETIQUETTE, as this is one of my first
	postings to the net. Any comments are welcome by E-Mail...

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