Emax

FYI, ATY Computers in Oakland can modify PC HD floppy
drives to work as an Atari DD or Sinngle sided drive.
I forget what the modification was, but it involeved
soldering something (RPM speed?, ID?).
I can find out what the modification is, incase
someone wants to try it for their Emax.

Bob
--- Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@...> wrote:
> The disk drives from emulatorarchive.com are quite
> expensive.  You need a
> Shugart-compatible drive, which is different from a
> normal PC drive.
> There's details somewhere around for making up a
> cable to convert between
> the types (the pins are slightly different).  Try
> http://www.buchty.net for
> the info, IIRC it's in the Casio FZ-1 section.
> A drive from a Mirage or SQ80 or similar ought to
> work.  You could try an
> early Atari ST drive, it might work.  You might have
> more luck with an Amiga
> drive, I seem to recall that they were Shugart. 
> I've heard it mentioned
> that Emaxes used Apple drives - they don't.
> HTH
>   Gordon.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "julian" <jujulilianan@...>
> To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] bad disk drive?
> 
> 
> >
> > From: <ghurd@...>
> >
> > > Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there
> and see if someone
> > > recognizes the symptoms of a floppy drive gone
> bad.
> > >
> > Disk drive head out of alignment.
> > it might possibly be able to read/write its own
> disks, but would have no
> > hope on another drives disks.
> >
> > you can get a new drive from emulatorarchive.com
> >
> >
> >
> > julian
> >
> >
> > This ink is white.
> > This room is filled of bugs.
> > This girl have a beauty edge.
> > It is a noise which to cleave the head.
> > - English as She is Spoke
> >
> > > thanks,
> > > gordon hurd
> > >
> > >
> > >
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