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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Help with hooking up a SONY DS mechanism
Summary: It's really easy to do
Keywords: SS drive casing and Sony Ds mech
Message-ID: <899@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jun 89 00:04:36 GMT
References: <1887@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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In article <1887@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> ins_bac@jhunix.UUCP (Ajay Choudhri) writes:
>I have just purchased a SONY double sided mechanism (floppy 3.5in drive)
>and wish to replace my very old super performing SS drives. Does anyone on
>the net know how I can do such a thing, while using my case. I noticed the four
>pin plug which I assume is for power...but the plugs for the Sony and the board
>in side the case are very different..
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All you have to do is to unplug the adapter board from the old SS drive,
and plug in the Sony drive.  I haven't messed around with the SONY
drive, but I have found that on many 1/3 height drives, the power and
data connectors are upside-down.  The manual for the drive should give
you a hint if this is so on your drive.  Just plug in the power and data
cables from the adapter board, and you're in business!

If you get flaky performance from the drive (the drive works sometimes,
but doesn't at other times), then you have a drive that is not
compatible with the ST.  I kinda doubt the Sony will have this problem,
but one Toshiba ND-352 I bought did.  Ended up selling it.

By the way, has anybody successfully hooked up a MITSUMI drive to the
ST?  I can get a new drive w/ mounting kit pretty cheap, and would like
to know if it anybody has any experience with it before I risk my money
on it.


Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology | What I like :
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