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In article <1993Jan5.203916.22548@newshost.lanl.gov>, hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:

I am just setting up my new TT with Spectre; I have an Eizo 660 A3 monitor, with
Crazy Dots (fabulous monitor, BTW).

> In article 1icdfqINNt3j@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, jan@aifbbeta.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de (Juergen Angele) writes:
> >I am owner of an Atari Mega ST and Spectre Version 3.0. I intend to buy a TT with
> >a large black and white screen. I have the following questions:
> >
> >1. Does Spectre support the large screen in its full resolution?
> 
> Not currently.  Remember the Spectre GCR emulates a Mac Plus.  Rumor is that
> Dave Small will incorporate support for TT's with large screens in the next
> release, which is long overdue, BTW.  Even so, with the TT you'll have one
> speedy Mac Plus!

I second this - I thought I had read that it _did_ work on a large monitor, but I have not found
a way to do this. If anything comes up, I'll let you know!

> >2. Is the internal SCSI disk accesssible by the Mac?
> 
> Yes.  You just have to set up separate partitions for Atari and Mac use.

*******  I disagree !  **********
	 A very important point - for me, it is _not_ possible to use
_any_ internal drive with TT and Spectre; Dave Small also states this in the manual. If John
can tell me how to do this, I would be very happy, but I think not!
	I am running Spectre off an external drive, an Atari 60 Mb connected through the laser,
and configured as ACSI 0. Incidentally, at the moment (I have had the beast three days) I am
UNABLE to transvert to or from this disk, which irritates the hell out of me.

 
> >3. Does anybody have a similar configuration who can report me about his or
> > her experience and problems?
> 
> I'll leave this to others who may have a TT and GCR.  But one problem you
> may first encounter is the inability of the TT's internal drive to read/write
> in Mac 800K format (the GCR does not support 1.44Mb... yet).  The easiest fix
> is to pick up an external DSDD SF314 for your floppy drive B and use it with
> your Mac floppies.  That's what I did when the GCR wouldn't work with my
> MSTE's internal floppy.
> 
	That's good to know! I wondered what was happening with my floppies. Is there
really no way to use Mac floppies? Damn.

QUESTION:	How can I transvert Atari -> Mac? The floppy doesn't work, the internal SCSI
		doesn't work, Transverter refuses to recognize the (functional) MAC partitions
		on my external ACSI, ...   I think I feel an email to Dave Small coming on .. 

Mike M.