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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 3-1/4 drive prices.
Summary: Build your own DS drive
Keywords: Drives
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Date: 30 Mar 89 04:03:29 GMT
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If you still have that SS drive (I will assume it is an Epson drive),
you can stick your own DS mech in it and save quite a bit of money.

I recommend the Toshiba ND-354 drive.  Never heard anything bad about
it.  Do NOT get the ND-352 though (it doesn't work right).  It's just
a matter of plugging in the mech, setting the jumper on the drive to D0,
setting the other jumpers (if there are any) to the proper settings, 
and away you go!

Personally, I'm using a Tandy 3.5 drive (Teac mech).  Works great, but
the jumper you need to run from pin 2 to 28 causes the write protect
to "stay on" all the time.  PLEASE PLEASE ATARI, PUT OUT TOS 1.4 so this
is fixed!   :^)

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