o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o¢¢This is an article about a 3 1/2" disk¢upgrade for the XF551 drive. Taken¢from the Unix newsnet system.¢Transferred by Mike Blenkiron. Tidied¢and reprinted from ENGLAND's (??) Dean¢Garraghty's newsletter #2, with¢thanks!¢-----------------------------------¢¢I just thought I'd tell everybody¢about an interesting upgrade for the¢XF 551 disk drive, from CSS (Computer¢Software Services). The XF 551¢Conversion allows use of either a¢5.25" or 3.5" mechanism. The dual¢drive upgrade allows use of both 5.25"¢and 3.5" drives. The DIP switches in¢the rear control the drive number of¢the first 5.25"; the 3.5" drive will¢assume the next higher drive number.¢¢The other feature of this upgrade is¢the ability to read IBM and ST 360K¢and 720K disks, with the separate disk¢reader program. It cannot read IBM¢high density disks (1.2 or 1.44 meg).¢¢It works great! Transferring files¢with it is a breeze -- you can get a¢directory of an ST or PC disk, and¢even convert EOL's automatically with¢the supplied program. It's nice to see¢somebody out there still cares about¢the 8-bit -- thanks Bob Puff! It even¢accesses files within subdirectories¢on IBM/ST disks.¢¢I recently purchased a Blackbox from¢CSS, which allows you to easily¢interface SCSI/SASI hard drives to¢your 8-bit -- another great job by Bob¢Puff. It's nice to see somebody out¢there still doing something on our¢computers.¢¢You can get more information from CSS,¢their BBS number is (716) 247-7157;¢the voice number is (716) 586-5545.¢¢ *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*¢