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From: slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: pc <--> Atari disk conversion
Keywords: MS/DOS, PC/DOS, SIO, Atari DOS
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Date: 27 Apr 89 14:24:44 GMT
References: <610@eutrc3.UUCP>
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Reply-To: slackey@BBN.COM (Stan Lackey)
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In article <610@eutrc3.UUCP> rcbamw@eutrc3.UUCP (m.waucomont) writes:
>
>Recently I posted an article explaining why it is __impossible__ to
>write software for an Atari to make it read/write MS/DOS format disks.
>It points out that to achieve this, a hardware modification to the
>drive is needed.

Yes the Happy upgrade.  What is involved in this?  What are the odds of
totally screwing up the drive?

Also, the benifits...  It clearly gives the drive greater capacity.
After the upgrade, though, is it still FULLY backward compatible?
Are there docs provided that show you how to program it?  Does it
come with MS/DOS driver software?  Does any Atari/Sparta/etc software
access the greater density?

For the answers to these and many other burning issues of the day,
stay tuned to COMP.SYS.ATARI.8BIT !!!

p.s. I remember someone selling a 1050 with the happy upgrade. Is
it still available?  With docs/sw?

:-) Thanks.  Stan