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   Guillaume Tello to All   
   Re: 1040STf - Which sockets do ROMs plug   
   28 Sep 08 10:17:19   
   
   From: houten.van@wanadoo.fr   
      
   "Thierry Schembri"  a écrit dans le message de   
   news: 9e682a46c328caeee23c55c6d0@newsgroups.comcast.net...   
   >> Now that the 1040-STf is working, I found out the toggle switch   
   >> on the side does indeed change the internal floppy drive mapping   
   >> from "A" to "B". Not sure what use that is. Also looks like it has the   
   >   
   > Earlier 520 STf had a 360KB internal floppy, this switch was used to boot   
   > on an external 720KB floppy.   
   > Well... it's strange, coz I thought that all the 1040 STf had an internal   
   > 720KB floppy...   
      
       COuld it be to boot on an external 5"1/4 drive with an emulator for   
   example? But I think that PC emulators can make a soft swap of A: and B:.   
      
       Guillaume.   
      
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