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Article #36280Re: Attaching a CHINON drive to the ST
From: Allan Pratt
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1989 23:05
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1989 23:05
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In article <973@laura.UUCP> scm1817%marvin.irb@unido.uucp (Chris Schmidt) writes: > I bought a chinon drive model FB 354 and attached it to my ST. > Now my ST does not recognize a diskchange with this new drive (it only does > with write-protected disks) This is a known problem with some (all?) Chinon drives Atari bought (and, alas, shipped). Go back to where you bought it and/or an Atari dealer to get it fixed or replaced. You can tell you have the problem by doing this: Get into a shell or program (not the desktop). Put a blank, write-enabled disk in the drive. Get a directory of that drive (a file selector will do). Remove the disk, then put it back in (still write-enabled). Get another directory of the drive. If the select light doesn't come on before the second (empty) directory listing appears, you have the bad drive. ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!imagen!atari!apratt From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Attaching a CHINON drive to the ST Keywords: ST, CHINON, DISKDRIVES Message-ID: <1326@atari.UUCP> Date: 30 Jan 89 23:05:29 GMT References: <973@laura.UUCP> Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 23