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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Suggestions for monthly posting
Message-ID: <1990Apr9.154434.27366@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 9 Apr 90 15:44:34 GMT
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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I tried to mail this, but it bounced, and bounced, and.....

A few things I'd include in a monthly posting:

Any 'multisync' monitor which handles 70 video fields a second can be used
with the ST; the custom cable involves no tricks, or commercial ones are
available.  The original NEC multisync does NOT handle 70 fields a sec.

More than 3 bombs often means more than 1 error, so interpretations are tricky.

An ST-formatted disk which is not readable by a PC can be made readable by
putting the 3 bytes EB 34 90 (those were 3 bytes of hex) at the beginning of
the boot sector (sector 1 of track 0, I believe).  This can be done with 
either an ST or PC absolute sector editor.

When using disks formatted on a PC in an ST, make sure to insert and access
a disk with a different serial number in between disk changes.

                                   Steve J.