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   From: steve@atari.org.uk   
      
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   > On Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Barry wrote:   
   >> Can one simply change the drive Mech out of an Atari 354 disk drive and   
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   >> get a DS/DD Drive, if thats the type of Mech you put in it???   
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   >> The Atari 354 is a single sided drive asfaik.   
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   >> Also, if you put a 1.44 Mech into a Atari 354 drive, would it work as a   
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   >> DS/DD on   
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   >> a 1040STE,  But if you connected it to a MEGA STE as a second drive, would   
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   >> it work   
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   >> as a DS/DD and or a 1.44 Drive, especially if the Mega STe has the 1.44   
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   >> internal drive?   
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   >> Or does something else need to be done.   
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   >> Barry   
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   >> phantomm@suddenlink.net   
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   > most ibm drives are set too drive b   so you need to set it to drive A   
   > all all later disk drives for ibm do this with the cable.   
   > try to find a drive with < A -B > on it  try a 720k drive from a apple.   
   > some 1.44 drives will not work on a stf - stfm -ste. // megaste may work in   
   720k   
   > only.   
      
   Atari setup shouldn't make a difference, I'm using hd in my lighthouse   
   towered ste, and have no problem. My mste came with a hd drive. The floppy   
   lines on the st's are connected in parallel with each other. That's why you   
   are able to have 2 external drives daisy chained, if you disconnect the   
   internal one.   
      
   Steve   
      
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