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From: oleg@crash.cts.com (Oleg Rovner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: PC 720k drives on Amiga HELP?
Message-ID: <4302@crash.cts.com>
Date: 8 Sep 90 05:58:01 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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I know this subject came up before, but I didn't save the thread, and now
I'm desperately in need of info, so please help. (Gawd, I sound like a
Televangelist :-)

My external drive (an original 1010 from 1985) just ate it, or more properly
the drive mechanism did. Now, I was wondering if I could take a 720k IBM 
drive mechanism that I have laying around and plug it in. So I did. It 
doesn't work. The mechanism is plugged in place of the old drive mechanism
(ie the 1010 case/ic board) and I get two? problems, 1. No formatting (the
drive DF1: is BAD on bootup, formatting doesn't work, aborts with the
no sector header error on track 0) 2. Media change detection doesn't work.

The drive model is Toshiba ND-3521GR, if someone could point me toward a 
solution, or better yet, provvide one, I'll be eternally grateful.

Regards,
 OR


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