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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

38.0. "A Cheap Hard Disk." by SEDSWS::WATT (It's life Jim, but not as we know it.) Thu Apr 14 1988 15:36

    Jan Willem asked in his intro if there is a possibility of connecting
    an IBM type hard disk onto his Atari. Well the good news is, There
    is !
    
    Pat Keane drew my attention to an article from a German magazine,
    in it, it has an interface which plugs into the hard disk port,
    this interface consists of 5 TTL chips and into this interface you
    plug an IBM card which only costs 50 pounds, this then gives you
    SCSI output, which you can then plug in upto two drives, RD's etc.
    
    It also has all the software routines, written in C, to enable boot
    up from the winnie's and also fixes the 40 folder bug etc.
    
    So for only 60 pounds and the cost of a winnie, you can have a hard
    disk on your Atari.
    
    But, there always has to be a BUT, we have not proved it yet, we
    are in the middle of trying it out, plus all the documentation is
    in German.
    
    If anyone wants some more info then just reply to this note, I haven't
    got the documentation with me, but I will bring it in tommorrow.
    
    regards Peter.
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38.1Me tooHJUXB::HASLOCKNigel Haslock @ Manalapan,NJThu Apr 14 1988 16:161
    Tell me more, I waqnt one.
38.2FinallyUTROP1::TRAMONTINAFri Apr 15 1988 07:058
    Please tell me, and all the other readers of this notesfile, how
    to get the documentation. Was it published in one of the (exellent)
    German magazines about the ST??
                                                     
    Get the info here!!!
    
    Renato.      
    
38.3 El cheapo hard disks.RDGENG::KEANEFri Apr 15 1988 15:237
    
    Hello 
    See note 41.0, I meant it to be a reply to this topic but
    did a write instead of a reply
    
    Cheers Patrick Keane
    
38.4HARD CARD ?ERIC::WORRALLTue May 24 1988 14:263
    ANY NEWS OF THE INTERFACE TO CONNECT A HARD DISK TO THE ATARI ?
    
    REGARDS TREVOR
38.5see note 41.*HLDG02::VELZENTue May 24 1988 15:013
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    Jan-Willem van Velzen