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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard disks for the ST
Message-ID: <755@ssc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 20:19:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: ssc.755
Posted: Fri Aug 28 20:19:53 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 09:11:58 EDT
References: <6337@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
Lines: 13
Keywords: HARD DISK MSDOS
Summary: get a BMS controller

In article <6337@brl-smoke.ARPA>, geoffs@brl-smoke.ARPA (Geoffrey Sauerborn ) writes:
> 	1. Has any one been able to connect one of the many "Generic" hard
> disks popular in the MSDOS world to the ST? (e.g. Seagate $300/20meg,
> Bernoulli Box, ...). I am sure there must be someone who has done
> this...	 it may have ment doing something with the controller?

The BMS interface card converts the Atari DMA port signals into standard
SASI bus signals.  Then just buy a SASI controller for whatever device
you want to talk to.  Works fine.
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