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   From: phantomm@suddenlink.net   
      
   "pp"  wrote in message   
   news:90598ef1-26e5-49fb-ae98-44bee1cab09f@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...   
   On jún. 14, 00:59, "phantomm_1"  wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > Regarding Disk Drive STEP RATE,   
      
     Steprate is solved very 'elegant' in TOS 2.06 - it is set to fixed   
   6mS- So, good for HD, good for DD floppies. Not good for ears. For 5   
   1/4 drives 12 mS steprate is required - not problem, just need to set   
   some system variable, or use some prg. for that. I remember about it -   
   we connected some PC drive in time when PC Ditto arrived, some 20   
   years ago ? Of course, TOS sets not steprate automatically. I don't   
   know about Falcon and TT, but Mega STE with TOS 2.06 certainly sets   
   nothing automatically.   
      
    Actually, all TOS support 2.88 MB drives - TOS is very flexible   
   considering diverse disk formats. Some people reported succesful usage   
   of ED floppies. (and needed to set steprate to 12mS, likely) .   
      
   Btw. I just read on Atari forum that only dip switch 7 is used from   
   whole block. Others are unused in Mega STE.   
      
     PP   
      
   Hmmm...6mS standard Step Rate???   
   Not on my Ataris...   
   All are 3ms, even the Falcons.   
   I have never used 12ms.   
   But have used 6mS for 5 1/4 drives.   
      
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