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From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Latest Atari hard disk formatter/partitioner?
Message-ID: <1991May23.032656.10546@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 23 May 91 03:26:56 GMT
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Comment-To: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk

Get the DMA chip replaced, you could change to a better hard drive at
a later date, from what I have read the faulty DMA chips are very
unpredictable, some will work with a Atari drive, but otheres not.

The dealers here find that there are no good rules for testing for
these chips, if it is tested on say a Atari drive in a shop, it
could probably fail on a different Atari drive.

I would not like to be stuck with a machine that was a bit iffy

Note: the ICD booter will only work if you have a ICD host adapter in
your system.
-- 
Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...