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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Adding A Floppy Drive
Summary: There are easier ways to hook up a PC drive
Keywords: drive, cable, PC
Message-ID: <396@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 89 20:08:50 GMT
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Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
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Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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I saw the ad for the cable in E.Arthur Brown's catalog.  What a rip off!
I bought a PC drive cable kit from Best Electronics for $10!  All it is
is a 3 foot ST drive cable with a bare end, and a 34 pin connector.  you
just line up the cables coming out of the ST cable to the corresponding
pins on the 34 pin connector.  It is a ribbon-type connector, so you
have to push the wire into the pronged end of the connector.  I've built
quite a few cables like this, with no problems.  $40 is outrageous.

By the way, I have a Teac and a Toshiba 3.5 inch drive on my ST, so I
guess the cables work.   :^)

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