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From: cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Drive alignment/damaged disks? Help!
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.052353.28567@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 05:23:53 GMT
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What I did in a similar situation (it was a drive problem) was 
seek out prices and compatabilities of 720k drive mechanisms.

I ended up with an Toshiba ND552 for about $65, with the incompatability
of requiring the media change switch to be glued down.  No problem, a
3 minute job.  The Atari senses disk changes by monitering the write
protect lines, and ignores the media change lines.  The ND352 disconnects the
write protect lines when the disk is ejected, therefore there is no
change in their status when you remove a disk.  The Atari didn't know
I had changed the disk (until I glued down the switch for the media detect).

$70.00....  No biggie (IMHO)

Good luck!
John Cummins cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu