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From: jdd@db.toronto.edu ("John D. DiMarco")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Daisy-chaining two Atari 8bits
Message-ID: <1988Mar3.231347.12961@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 88 04:13:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: jarvis.1988Mar3.231347.12961
Posted: Thu Mar  3 23:13:46 1988
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
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I have an 800XL and a 400, but only one disk drive (a 1050).

I've rigged up a connection whereby both the 400 and the 800XL can be
connected to the disk drive through the Atari serial IO port - of course,
both machines cannot do serial IO simultaneously but:

- can both machines be chained to the drive, and both be on (although only
one is doing IO at a time)?
- if NO to the above, can both machines be chained to the drive, with only
one machine on at a time?
- if either of the above occur, can anything be damaged?

Thanks in advance,

John
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