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From: fsinfo@exunido.uucp (Gritzke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Attaching a CHINON drive to the ST (the saga continues...)
Keywords: ST, Chinon, diskdrive
Message-ID: <1003@laura.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 12:29:33 GMT
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Reply-To: scm1817%marvin.irb@unido.uucp (Chris Schmidt)
Organization: University of Dortmund, W-Germany
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>In article <973@laura.UUCP> scm1817%marvin.irb@unido.uucp (Chris Schmidt) writes:
>> I bought a chinon drive model FB 354 and attached it to my ST.
>> Now my ST does not recognize a diskchange with this new drive (it only does
>> with write-protected disks)

>This is a known problem with some (all?) Chinon drives Atari bought
>(and, alas, shipped).  Go back to where you bought it and/or an Atari
>dealer to get it fixed or replaced. 

The problem is that I did not buy the original Atari (Chinon) Drive, but
a drive directly sold by Chinon that is internally totally different from
the original one.
So I can not go to an Atari dealer to have it fixed because they don't know
how to fix this Modell. (They only know HOW to fix the original one but I
don't think they really know WHAT they fixed)

So I have to know how to fix this Drive (Chinon FB 354 the Atari one is
called Chinon F 354 EAA).

I guess it would help to know how the Atari handles the Disk-Change-pin or
to know what exactly is modified at the Atari-Chinon drive.

I'd never have bought another drive than the original Atari one if Atari
would not sell the replace-drive for almost 500 DM (thats about $250) what
is more than the price of a brand-new SF 314.
(A normal drive here in Germany is less than 200 DM - so was the Chinon 
one I bought)
So I guess the 'power without the price' does not exist if anything has to
be replaced.

Because I'm a student and must not waist any money I decided to buy
the Chinon drive FB 354.
(I'd even think about buying the original if I could get it for a 'normal'
price)


So if anyone out there knows how to modify the Chinon FB 354 drive so that
it works properly with the ST please answere.



... see you 
               Chris

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