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From: cabbie@chinet.UUCP (Richard Andrews)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Re: extra "raw" disk drives
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 15:27:50 EDT
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In article <619@imagen.UUCP> turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) writes:
>> 
>> Paul Swanson of Nite-Lite Systems (617) 663-4221 (BBS line) has done some
>> interfacing of "foreign" disk drives to the ST.  I think this includes IBM
>> PC drives (5.25 inch).  He of course would prefer to sell you an interface
>> rather than telling you how to design one, but he certainly could answer your
>> questions if he has the time.
>> 
>> -John Sangster
>> jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa
>
>it was written up with only 2 omissions in an old issue of antic (i can give
>you the issue # if you want), the first omission was that the atari
>disk drives use cmos level signals so you need to stick a buffer chip
>in between the drives and second you need to set the access time to 6
>ms. there was a pgm called sixms.prg to do that posted to the net, i
>have a copy if you need it.
>-- 
>----
I have interfaced the CDC drives that are sold by BG micro and those drives
(Full height DSDD) require at least 10ms step rate.  Let the buyer beware!
Until someone come up with a 10ms step rate program,  Those drives are 
useless on the ST.


					Rich Andrews
					...ihnp4!chinet!cabbie