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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: High density 3-1/2" disks
Message-ID: <1990Oct13.201738.5947@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 90 20:49:28 GMT
References: <1962@mountn.dec.com>
Organization: Integrated Healthcare Technologies, Inc.
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In article <1962@mountn.dec.com> handy@trou51.enet.dec.com (Garden Gnome) writes:
 >
 >I have managed to purchase two new 3-1/2" floppy disk drives for my 
 >Atari 1040STf.  I don't know if the disk drives are high density or not, but
 >they were manufactured by Mitsubishi and Chinon in December 1988.
 >
 >What is the best way for get them to work with my ST?  I have the old TOS 
 >installed.  Does TOS 1.4 support high density diskettes?

No, you need a disk driver for this. Even worse, though, is that the ST 
hardware is not fast enough for the 1.44MB format.  You have to replace 
something in the ST disk controller mechanism for this to work, as well as
getting the disk driver.  I've seen some company marketing a kit that will
let you do this.

---jb
 >
 >Much appreciated
 >
 >Lyndon Handy