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Article #36427

Re: Questions on Seagate Drives for ST

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From: Hartmut Semken
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1989 16:28
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In article <1004@laura.UUCP> agrusow@exunido.UUCP (Michail Agrusow + Michael Vishchers) writes:
>Hello everyone. 
>
>Does anybody know if 5.25" disk drives from TEAC (FD55-GFR) with 1.2 MB
>capacity may be used with the ST ? Can these drives read/write
>360/720 K Disks ?

They do work.
Put her into F-mode (don't know the pin right now...) and connect her to
the ST.
The ST uses the same Shugart BUS, the PC uses (and almost all floppy
drives); just the connector is different.

hase
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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Questions on Seagate Drives for ST
Keywords: Seagate Harddisks TEAC
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Date: 5 Feb 89 16:28:27 GMT
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