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From: brian@.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Brian W. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: 1.44M external floppy on ST?
Keywords: 1.44M diskette, DIN cable for ST
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Date: 12 Feb 91 22:25:26 GMT
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I think my last post must have landed in the bit-bucket... Oh
well...  If all else fails, try again...

I've got an Atari ST (one of the old Nov.20/85 1040's) and just
bought a 1.44M floppy drive to attach as drive B:...

QUESTION ONE
Do you need to do anything special to get 1.44M out of it?  I can't
seem to get it to read a HD disk...  I've found a SW/PD formatter
called Diamond Format, which formats to 1.44M (or 1.6M if you use
more sectors than usual).  It also seems to be a stand-alone portion
of a hard drive backup program.  Do I need to find a special driver
or something?  The drive works fine as a double density...

QUESTION TWO
Does anyone know where I could find a 14 pin DIN (ie, the ST's external
floppy drive port) plug adapter, that has a female 34-pin (ie, the
floppy drive's bus) port on the other end?  Or am I doomed to building
one?  Given the half-dozen or so 3rd party manufacturers of external
drives for the ST, a part like this HAS to exist, right?

Chris Herborth,
[Guest-posting with Brian Gamble, esq.]

Note from Brian Gamble:

Neither one of us knows much about these Atari news groups. Post replies as
you see fit, or EMail to me at the address below. I will see that Chris
gets any EMail promptly.

Thanks for your help

--
 Brian W. Gamble,                               Brian.Gamble@Waterloo.NCR.COM
 NCR Canada Ltd.
 E&M Waterloo                    Charter Member -- The ShoeString Racing Team