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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 3.5" external drive connector spec required
Message-ID: <1885@agora.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 90 02:14:18 GMT
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In article <1588@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> zmacv14@doc.ic.ac.uk (Phil Brown) writes:
:I have a 1Mb 3.5" external drive from another computer which I would like to
:use as an external on Amiga. However, the connector on the drive is called
:an SA400 2x17 way IDC 'Shugart' and I have had problems making up a cable to
:connect it.  This is the tech-spec that I have:

	These are some slight differences between the Amiga external
floppy expansion port and the Shugart standard. Mainly what you'll 
need to do is latch the motor-on signal to act like the Amiga's. There
was an article on one or the older Amazing Computing magazines (Two
years agoa easily) with an example circuit. The changes between the
Amiga and Shugart are also documented in the Amiga Hardware Reference
Manual.

: Thanks in advance,
:
: Phil Brown


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