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From: cosc10hv@elroy.uh.edu (Paul Sears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Single-sided atari drives
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Date: 23 Mar 90 19:42:00 GMT
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In article <633@ksr.UUCP>, fay@ksr.UUCP (Peter Fay) writes:
> Has anyone tried upgrading one of those old cruddy single-sided Atari
> external drives to a double-sided drive by just pulling out the old
> drive and inserting a 720K TEAC or whatever? Does it work with no
> hitches? How about a 1.2 Meg drive - anyone tried that?
> 
> -pete fay

In fact, I have tried just that, but I had some problems.  It appears that the
atari drives have an external controller on a board just behind the drive but
the Teac has a built in controller.  I also couldn't get the cables to reach
the new drive without some major modifications, so I just built me a case, got
a cheap power supply and installed my Teac drive in another case.  Works
perfect.  My SS drive sits in my closet....

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