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From: ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (George Gibeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Tandy(ack!) drive on Amy?
Summary: itesm to check for on drive
Keywords: external amiga drive
Message-ID: <1461@ucqais.uc.edu>
Date: 28 May 88 00:02:18 GMT
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In article <5842@pyr.gatech.EDU>, davidc@pyr.gatech.EDU (David Carter) writes:
> In article <1003@mit-caf.UUCP> rajeev@caf.mit.edu (Rajeev Jayavant) writes:
> >Does anybody out there know whether the 3.5" drives that Radio Shack
> >sells for the Tandy 1000EX be used with Amy?  They're on sale for
> [stuff deleted]
> I took a close look at that drive when it was on sale here a couple of months
> ago. It looks like it will work, but you would have to build a whole new cable
> If you're willing to make your own case and get a better drive, try Jade.  I
> just got  sale flyer in the mail, and it has their Toshiba drive for only $98.
> You're right- capacity depends on how they're formatted.  The drives are 1M
> bytes unformatted, 720K on the PC, and 880K on the Amiga.
> -- 
> David Carter

One item to check on before purchasing a non-Amiga standard drive is
to make sure the drive in question recognizes Disk-Change signal.
While most drives will have the micro-switch mounted in them for this
signal, not all drives pass the signal through the connector.  The
drives will still work but you will have to always type mount and
dismount when changing disks.  THis can get to be a pain in   
the butt.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
George Gibeau

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