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From: charles@c3pe.UUCP (Charles Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Anyone tried XF551 with 80-track drive?
Message-ID: <8356@c3pe.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 90 18:58:39 GMT
Reply-To: charles@c3pe.UUCP (charles Green)
Distribution: usa
Organization: C3 Inc., Herndon, VA
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I'd like to add a 720Kb floppy drive to my Atari 8-bit system.  The best way
I can see to do this would be to buy the XF551 double-sided drive, and the
rumored conversion kit for 3.5" microdiskettes.  (I'd prefer something
short of a box on the XL's parallel interface, unless that solution is
cheaper somehow.)

The problem is, I want 5.25" 720Kb capability.  I have two such drives,
up to the 34-conductor cardedge connectors, salvaged from a dumpster.  I
was basically wondering (a) whether anyone's converted the XF551 to 3.5"
diskettes, (b) where the conversion kit was bought from, (c) at what level
the 3.5" drive interfaces the conversion kit (34-conductor from controller
or the ~24-wire "raw drive" harness common to 5.25" drives??), or (d) if
anyone's found *any* way (including this one!) of achieving this result.

Thanks,		Charles Green		charles@c3.COM
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