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 In article <828712115snz@xciv.org>
  Paul Civati <paul@xciv.org> said:-

>In article <828523880snz@jadzia.demon.co.uk>
>           amethyst@jadzia.demon.co.uk "Lady Amethyst" writes:
>
>> My Atari broke down permanantly and I've bought a PC to replace it. I 
>> was wondering if there's anyway for me to hook up my Atari hard drive 
>> (which still works) to my PC and download the text files on it?
>
>I don't think so, not unless your Atari still worked.
>
>If it did you could transfer your files via a null modem cable and a 
>comms program at each end, or use GhostLink and mount the PC drives on 
>your Atari.

There is a vague hope. If the ST drive is SCSI and it was formatted 
to the old PC (16/32Meg?) scheme then the first 3 or 4 partitions 
might be accessible if you can find a PC with a SCSCI interface to 
plug it into. All in all, Paul is right, though there is another 
possibility ...

Pop and ad in your local paper for an old 520STFM with a 720K drive 
(not an STE in case you get one with a duff DMA chip). You should be 
able to pick one up for next to nothing (easily under 50 quid), and 
then copy via floppies. Depends on how valuable your files are really.

btw, what was your ST system before it broke? I could do with an extra 
hard drive and some more spares!


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk