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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: 21 meg floptical to MEGA ST4 -- HOW?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.002054.12047@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 05:20:53 GMT
- References: <17NOV92.13220296@cc4.crl.aecl.ca>
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- > Anyone considering upgrading an ST to a 1.44 meg drive should consider
- > purchasing a 21 meg floptical; I did. No AJAX chip installation or drive
- > installation. Just plug the drive into a LYNX connector and boot with ICD's
- > version 6 software and your can read/write 720K, 1.44 meg and 21 meg disks
- > on the same drive. The money you save on not getting the 1.44 meg drive takes
- > you well along the way to buying the floptical.
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- I'm still curious about this fl-optical thingy...
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- Take my platform and explain what I would need in order to use one.
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- Atari Mega ST4 DS Internal drive only -- NO HARD DRIVE. :(
- Old Color Mon. (irrelevant)
- standard everything-else....
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- And how much dollars to get to functional use?
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- -Matt
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