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Article #36433Re: Attaching a CHINON drive to the ST (the saga continues...)
From: C.L. Freemesser
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 00:09
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 00:09
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To get the drive to acknowledge a media change, run a jumper from pin 2 to pin 28 on the drive's 34 pin connector. As you look at the mech from the REAR, pin 2 is the top left pin, 28 is the 4th pin from the right. Atari's drives combine media change (pin 2) and write protect (pin 28) into one pin. This is why you can't get a media change without this jumper. However, be sure and try to write to the disk after you do this. If the computer gives a constant "Disk write protected" warning, then disconnect the jumper. I have this problem. My Teac mechanism doesn't have a strong enough write protect signal to make it with the two wires connected. However, I doubt you will have this problem. =Chris Freemesser= Rochester Institute of Technology Bis spaeter!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!rit!ultb!clf3678 From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Attaching a CHINON drive to the ST (the saga continues...) Keywords: ST, Chinon, diskdrive Message-ID: <329@ultb.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 89 00:09:07 GMT References: <1003@laura.UUCP> Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP)) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems Lines: 18