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From: csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: 2nd drive in Megafile 30?
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.104630.24421@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 21 Jun 91 10:46:30 GMT
References: <646@rc6.urc.tue.nl>
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, Germany
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michael@gem.stack.urc.tue.nl (Michael Brouwer) writes:

>On the main print of the Megafile 30 there is a connecter marked j1. (Ok,
>there wasn't a connector but I put one there.) It looks the same as j0
>(20 pin) which is used for the select of the first drive. I connected a
>longer cable to j2 (34 pin) and connected this to both drives. I
>connected the second drive to j1 and booted. The system booted but the
>second drive wasn't recognized at all, not even by the partitioning
>software (Atari Advanced Hard Disk Utilities (c) 1989 CA400307-004).
>So I tried changing the positon of the dip switch marked `x' on the
>Megafile motherboard with no result. I changed the drive select jumper
>on the harddisk, but this didn't change anything either. When I switched
>the drives (the 20 pin cables) the second drived worked and the first
>one didn't.

The HDX software won't recognize a second drive. You'll need another
driver that supports that; mine, for example, or reportedly, ICD's.
(But remember: ICD software will only run if you have an ICD
host adapter installed.)

You will also have to remove two hardware mods on the controller board.
Pin 17 and 18 of j1 are connected to ground on the board (pin 17 via
a resistor on the upper side, pin 18 via a connection on the lower
side of the board).

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