Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de!seimet From: seimet@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Uwe Seimet [Chemie]) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT HD floppy Message-ID: <1991Jun12.051824.4805@rhrk.uni-kl.de> Date: 12 Jun 91 05:18:24 GMT Article-I.D.: rhrk.1991Jun12.051824.4805 References: <1991Jun8.131536.7626@rhrk.uni-kl.de> Distribution: eunet Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Lines: 21 >Does this mean that there is a HD drive installed. >The latest I heard was that apparently the current 1772 floppy disk >controller is only rated for 8 mhz, and you'll need a 16 Mhz version >for HD drives. It seems that Western Digital does not manufacture such >a version, but that atari bought the rights and is going to manufacture >its own chip. There is no HD drive installed (yet). You are right that the 1772 is designed for a rate of 8 mhz but this is not the first time 16 mhz are used (remember ST-Computer 1/90, 2/90). Of course a 16 mhz version were the best but at the moment the 8 mhz version works at at rate of 16 mhz when you use hd drives. ******************************************************** * Uwe Seimet * * seimet@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de * *------------------------------------------------------* * I hate this machine, I wish that they would sell it. * * It doesn't what I want but only what I tell it. * * (Programmer's lament) * ********************************************************