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From: FCTY7284@RYERSON.BITNET (Peter Hiscocks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: IB Drive Warning
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Date: 13 Nov 88 02:13:15 GMT
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I.B.Computers of Portland are selling a 5 1/4 floppy drive for the ST. I bought
 one of these, and couldn't get it to work. Sent it back to them to fix, and it
 still didn't work when I got it back. Then I saw a network note to the effect
that the side select signals and drive select signals must be buffered.(Thanks
to Myron Drapal.) I installed a 74LS241 and the drive started to work properly.
 IB Computers don't seem inclined to notify their customers of this problem, e
en though I wrote them a detailled letter, so anyone considering a purchase of
this drive should bear this in mind. Be prepared to modify the drive.
If you need a detailled description of the mod, send me mail.
Peter: (416)465-3007
        55 Grandview Ave, Toronto, M4K 1J1, Canada