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Article #6118Re: High density Floppies on ST
From: Hartmut Semken
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1989 16:57
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1989 16:57
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In article <1346@uvm-gen.UUCP> pegram@uvm-gen.UUCP (pegram r) writes: > >Rats! I looked up the possible seek rates last night, 6 msec is as slow >as she goes. Hmm, TOS will step at 6,12,2,3 msec (with rate codes 0,1,2,3). Setting the controller to 6 msec and doubling the clock works for almost all 3.5 inch HD drives. >It would also be hard to boot from a floppy with this >mod (double - 16Mhz - clock for 1772 + formatter + "6"msec seek rate). >Do you have to have a seek rate setting boot sector on every boot >floppy and would that idea even work? Sure, that should work, since nosteps schould be necessary to read the boot sector. I boot from harddisk... If the HD-floppy does not work after modifying the ST, the step pule width is a probable cause. In that case, use an edge-triggered monoflop to "resize" the pulse. hase -- Hartmut Semken, Lupsteiner Weg 67, 1000 Berlin 37 hase@netmbx.UUCP Dennis had stepped up into the top seat whet its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila. (Douglas Adams; the long dark teatime...)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!hase From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: High density Floppies on ST Message-ID: <3838@netmbx.UUCP> Date: 25 Nov 89 16:57:46 GMT References: <1345@uvm-gen.UUCP> <1346@uvm-gen.UUCP> Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany Lines: 28