Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!funic!santra!saha.hut.fi!s37837k From: s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: GCR + 1.44Mb floppies Message-ID: <1991Apr4.075615.29133@santra.uucp> Date: 4 Apr 91 07:56:15 GMT References: <1991Apr3.003452.5778@santra.uucp> <1991Apr3.191750.13584@netcom.COM> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Reply-To: s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) Distribution: comp Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, FINLAND Lines: 32 In article <1991Apr3.191750.13584@netcom.COM> yonder@netcom.COM (Christopher Russell) writes: > >What is exchanger, and how did you get a 1.44 in your Atari.. (As should >be obvious from my recent posts I am interested in this and I decided to >reply on the NET cuz I figure others might want to know as well).. I will >own a GCR soon (I hope) and want to know how a 1.44 will work.. thanks > ........yonder@netcom.com >-- >Christopher Russell (yonderboy) yonder@netcom.COM or clr40@amail.amdahl.com Exchanger -> Apple File Exchanger, a program with you can move files from MS-DOS (and ST) floppies to Mac. Requires Mac with super drive or a Spectre GCR 3.0 with Atari ST. I have a German HD-adapter on top of the WD-1772 02-02 floppy-controller chip. A small circuit board, that controls the clock-rate for the drive and some other things. Formatting and controlling software are included. This HD-drive does odd things in Spectre. It is not very reliable to use. If a floppy is reported bad in HD-drive, it still works in DD. (luckily I have two drives...) But it works great with Apple File Exchanger. Even 1.44Mb MS-DOS floppies are usable. But you can not use 1.44Mb Mac- floppies with it (at least format, I haven't tried reading already formatted one). The problem is the step-rate of the drive. If I could find a program that could adjust steprate in Spectre, it would be very nice. I have the HD-drive mainly for larger storage-capacity in ST-mode and for compatibility in AT-emulation. Jartsu *** Jari Lehto, jartsu@otax.hut.fi, s37837k@saha.hut.fi ***