Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!aunro!ersys!mforget From: mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari 540ST Questions Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 22:37:49 GMT References: <1991May28.143101.4285@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada Lines: 23 csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes: > mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) writes: > > >Yes, there is a 720K floppy drive built in. The older systems had 360K > >floppies, but the newer ones don't. It is fairly fast, but don't expect > >miracles. It seems faster than the IBM counterparts, though. There are > >also the usual assortment of Hard Drives available. I haven't seen any > >CD-Roms yet or Optical Drives yet, though. There are removable Hard > >Drive cartridge systems and 10 MEG floppies, though. > > Atari sells two kind of CD-ROMs. The CDAR504 has a ACSI port, the CDAR505 > is a SCSI device. There is also a MOD from Sony. Really? Could someone tell me about these devices? Price, capacity, and type of software available would be of particular interest? << ---------------------------------- >> << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca >> << Michel Forget >> << ---------------------------------- >>