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From: hans@umd5.umd.edu (Hans Breitenlohner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XF551
Message-ID: <4275@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 24 Nov 88 00:28:03 GMT
References: <8811151952.AA02245@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <32554@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: hans@umd5.umd.edu (Hans Breitenlohner)
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In article <32554@bbn.COM> slackey@BBN.COM (Stan Lackey) writes:
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-I think what we have determined is that the only function a 551 cannot do 
-is FORMAT the back of a standard disk, unless you do one of the following:
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- ...
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-Buy and install a hardware upgrade from Scammers Unlimited (or whatever
-that company calls themselves);
-
- ...
-

Does anybody know what that hardware upgrade actually does?  Inquiring minds
want to know.
(For lack of that information, a description of the parts involved might
shed some light on it, too).