saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) (04/09/90)
I tried to mail this, but it bounced, and bounced, and.....
A few things I'd include in a monthly posting:
Any 'multisync' monitor which handles 70 video fields a second can be used
with the ST; the custom cable involves no tricks, or commercial ones are
available. The original NEC multisync does NOT handle 70 fields a sec.
More than 3 bombs often means more than 1 error, so interpretations are tricky.
An ST-formatted disk which is not readable by a PC can be made readable by
putting the 3 bytes EB 34 90 (those were 3 bytes of hex) at the beginning of
the boot sector (sector 1 of track 0, I believe). This can be done with
either an ST or PC absolute sector editor.
When using disks formatted on a PC in an ST, make sure to insert and access
a disk with a different serial number in between disk changes.
Steve J.