Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!fauern!faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de!csbrod From: csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) Subject: Re: 1.44 HD drives Message-ID: <1991Jun24.181405.9560@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, Germany References: Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 18:14:05 GMT Lines: 17 larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) writes: >But where can I get a 16 MHz FDC that can handle HD disk 100% perfect ? >Or isn't this chip ready yet (could this be the reason for the socket >on the TT and MEGA STE - the FDC is soldered right on the PCB on standard >ST and STE ?) Exactly. The chip isn't ready yet, and that's why the current Mega STEs and TTs have socketed FDCs. It is also the reason why Atari didn't comment officially on the new capabilities of our favorite computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, Things. Take. Time. D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, Germany (Piet Hein) csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Claus_Brod@wue.maus.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------