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- From: boris@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (boris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Continuing 1.44 Drive Woes
- Message-ID: <Z0PJPB1w164w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 03:40:22 CST
- References: <ieegPB2w164w@tcpbbs.pcn.org>
- Organization: system 6626 BBS, Winnipeg MB
- Lines: 33
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- ricks@tcpbbs.pcn.org (Sports Sysop) writes:
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- > as423@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kenneth A. Wallace) writes:
- >
- > >
- > > Taking the MegaSTE back to the dealer is great if there is
- > > one within 100 miles! There is almost no ST support in the area
- > > I live in, we have a huge wholesaler here but that is not open
- > > to the public.
- > > I find myself in the same situation as J.J. Lehett, a
- > > worthless 1.44 Disk Drive.
- > > To think Atari put this crap on the market makes me ill, I
- > > guess Quality Control is non-existant or they only give a shit
- > > about making money and figure 'Hell with the consumer, I bent
- > > him over already'. At least I know not to but an Ajax chip, new
- > > TOS or another Atari product. And I have and will make sure I
- > > discourage anyone from buying Atari and go with IBM or Amiga!
- > >
- > > Ken Wallace
- >
- > Ken, B&G Electronics is in Lakewood (west side of Cleveland) and is only
- > about 10-15 miles away. Give us a call at (216)521-2855.
- > We are a full line Atari Dealer. We also sell IBM clones.
- >
-
- I haven't been following this thread, but I assume that someone out there
- has put a 1.44 drive into an mega ste? I had read somewhere that there is
- also a dipswitch (#9, I think) that has to be switched. I beleive it's
- under the hard drive. Hope this helps.
-
- ;--- (boris) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64
- ;E-mail: boris@sys6626.bison.mb.ca
- ;system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8
-