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From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Upgrading a single sided st
Message-ID: <1991May24.125205.979@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 24 May 91 12:52:05 GMT
References: <1991May24.015422.23817@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Sender: Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard)
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In article <1991May24.015422.23817@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s902156@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Andrew Donaldson) writes:
> This is my first posting to this group.. hope it works 8-)
> 
> A friend of mine is one of those poor souls with a single sided drive in his
> 520 st. He bought another drive (which we tested on an IBM and was fine)
> But we can't get it to work in his ST! There is a little board on the back
                 Remove this Board                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^   
> (I don't know much about it, but it looks older than mine and has 
>  room for sockets for extra ram)
> 
>  This can"t be such a hard thing to get working!! Please help.
>  -Andrew.
>  (s902156@yallara.cs.rmit.oz.au)

Well I see that you can now get Real Atari replacement drives in the UK.
about 50 pounds...

You must remove the PCB that has a cpu fitted to it, this was a botchup
for some slow stepping drive, has no side select and only gives 80 tracks..

-- 
Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...