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- From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: 8" disk drives
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- Message-ID: <Jim_Johnson.0c0y@abcd.Houghton.MI.US>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 20:42:47 EST
- Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch
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- In a message dated Wed 6 Jan 93 22:23, Bbs@neb (bbs System 801-572-4969)
- wrote:
-
- BS> I'm well aware of what the MIO can handle. What I'm curious about is
- BS> if
- BS> there were some form of adapter I could use to convert the floppy
- BS> connector (on this 8" drive, its a *50* pin connector) to the hard
- BS> drive
- BS> port on my MIO. I'm sure there HAS to be a way. 50 pin is 50 pin!
-
- I agree with you that 50 pin is 50 pin, but 50 pin can be SASI, SCSI, or a
- proprietary array of signals. *maybe* there is a way, but be prepared to
- hack a long time and to write your own handler.
-
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