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From: wallace@oldtmr.dec.com (Ray Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Need help w/5 1/4" drive
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Date: 3 Jan 90 18:15:26 GMT
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In article <1732@cod.NOSC.MIL>, jensen@cod.NOSC.MIL (Layne K. Jensen) writes...
>I have been trying to install a 5 1/4" floppy drive on my 1040ST.  I think
			....
>able to read existing files written on other machines, but does not reliably
>write or format a disk.

You need to slow down the seek rate for the 5 1/4" drive in order for it to
work properly. There are a few programs available for doing this, try looking
in the panarthea archives. I beleive DCformat can do this as well as SCHIZO.

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