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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GCR/1.2 gig drives
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.205028.28230@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 00:50:28 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.225915.24345@milton.u.washington.edu>
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In article <1991Apr14.225915.24345@milton.u.washington.edu>, alexd@milton.u.washington.edu (Alex Danilchik) writes:
>I have a chance to purchase a micropolis (i believe)
>1.2 gig drive.  I would like to hook it up to my ST and
>use it for MAC via my GCR.  I figure i can hang it off
>my thru port on my Quantum/Supra host set up.  
>
>I was reading in the 3.0 update manual that Spectre's formatter
>maxes out at 256 megs.  Does this mean i have to get the drive
>preformatted for MAC?  also.. will i have any trouble hanging it
>off my Quantum/Supra etc etc..
>

Just FYI, in the March 1991 issue of ST Informer there is an article on 
how to connect a 1.2gig drive to the ST.  I did not read it in detail, but 
the guy did succeed.  You may wish to order this issue to check it out.
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