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- From: wirth@igd.fhg.de (Hanno Wirth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT Bridgeboard and Commodore 1010 drive
- Message-ID: <1494@igd.fhg.de>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 12:05:43 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.173531.27215@rock.concert.net>
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- Organization: IGD FHG Darmstadt, FRG
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- In article <1992Sep8.173531.27215@rock.concert.net> barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber) writes:
- >
- >OK, I want to "upgrade" from a slow XT BB to a ... less slow AT BB.
- >
- >Will the Commodore 1010 external 3.5" disk drive work OK by just
- >plugging it right into the AT BB, like it does on the XT BB? Seems
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- There is *NO* plug for a disk drive at the back of an A2286 AT bridgeboard
- like on the XT BB. If you want to connect a second disk drive, you must do it
- via the internal connector, even if you put the drive outside of the computers
- case.
-
- >like I've heard somewhere that there might be a problem with density
- >incompatibilities here, since the 1010 is not a HD drive.
-
- Floppy densitys are no problem because you can configure the second drive in
- the setup menu of the A2286.
-
- >
- >I know that AT is capable of writing and reading HD floppies, but can
- >you simply define a standard density drive for it? (in particular,
- >the one that plugs into the back!!)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- No way! See above.
-
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
-
- You're welcome!
-
- >
- >Scott
- >
-
- Greetings,
- Hanno
-
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