[comp.sys.atari.st] TT disk drive swap

luoto@cs.Helsinki.FI (Markku Luoto) (01/31/91)

	Has anyone tried / succeeded in replacing TT's (or st's) 
	ancient 720kb disk drive with a 1.44Mb probably PS/2 compatible
	one !!!  - - - and gotten it working too ??


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david10@garfield.cs.mun.ca (David Churchill) (02/01/91)

In article <11158@hydra.Helsinki.FI> luoto@cs.Helsinki.FI (Markku Luoto) writes:
>
>	Has anyone tried / succeeded in replacing TT's (or st's) 
>	ancient 720kb disk drive with a 1.44Mb probably PS/2 compatible
>	one !!!  - - - and gotten it working too ??
>
>
>	--> Yes I'm reading this regularly, as all six TT owners of Finland <--

According to the latest version of ST World I have (British version - Quarter 4,
1990, Issue 53), there is a chip called HD-MODUL available from CompuWare. It
piggybacks on the ST's (sorry, no mention of the TT) disk contoller, enabling
the ST to format and use any 1.44Mb drive (includes formatting software). Works
with both internal and external drives. 

The article also lists The Atari Workshop in London as a distributor. Anyone
in England able to elaborate on this? 

Dave C 
 
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