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- Enclosed are a number of text files concerning connecting a non-
- Atari 3.5" disk drive to an ST. One, SGL2DBL.TXT, was written by me for the
- Atari Interface Magazine, and concerns an upgrade of sorts -- how to connect
- the drive if you've got an Atari single-sided drive to gut. (Or, looked at
- another way, how to replace the single-sided mechanism with the double-sided
- one.) The other major one, GENERIC.TXT, I pulled off of the Treasure Chest
- BBS (313)973-9137. It contains instructions relating to adding a non-Atari
- drive from scratch. Then there are two files with advice on a couple of
- problems that you may run into (one of which was mentioned in SGL2DBL.TXT).
- DISKCHNG.TXT relates to a problem with the "media change" signal on certain
- drives. (Symptoms would be the desktop or an application being reluctant to
- update a directory window or file selector box's contents.) DRIVSEL.TXT
- deals with drive-select circuitry problems (symptoms would be a drive's
- motor running but the system not recognizing it). This is mainly a problem
- with 5.25" drives, but some 3.5" models might show similar behavior.
-
- Note that I do not guarantee you can get these projects to work for
- you; there are just too many variables, including the type of drive you use,
- differences between your setup and mine, and mechanical aptitude. That said,
- it shouldn't be too difficult to hook up an non-Atari drive to your ST, if you
- don't rush things and pay attention to the instructions. Good luck!
-