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From: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: HELP! Floppy Drive not working out.
Message-ID: <2419@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 12 Feb 90 09:31:45 GMT
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Organization: CSD, University of Erlangen, W-Germany
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kawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) writes:

>I'm having a big problem.  I bought a 1.44Mb (high density) 3.5" floppy drive
>to replace the SS/DD drive I have now.  My plan was to just pop the drive
>in and use it like an ordinary DS/DD drive, not a DS/HD drive.  Well, it
>didn't work.

If you'd live in Germany, your problem would have been already solved. We
have published a way to connect 1.44 MB drives to the ST and read & write
720 KB _and_ 1.44 MB disks. Works perfectly, but involves some hardware
patching (will cost you <10 $). If you want to know more, get your hands
on "ST-Computer", issues 1/90 and 2/90, available from MAXON Computer,
Industriestrasse 26, 6236 Eschborn, West Germany, or snail-mail me for
further information (I can't be reached here): Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2,
D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany.