MBERNAR@ERENJ.BITNET (Marcelino Bernardo) (10/03/89)
I saw a very attractive price, $60, for a Sony MFP-11 3.5" floppy drives in a Jameco ad. Has anyone tried hooking one of these to an ST? The specs look good. Marcelino Bernardo mbernar@erenj.bitnet
DJLEWIS@UALR.BITNET (10/04/89)
Mr Bernardo, That is indeed a good price for a Sony Drive. Not being familar with that particular model number (MFP-11) if it is double sided then it is a great deal. The usual thing that has to be done to an add-on drive is removeing terminators. Termination that works fine in the IBM/clone invironment causes real havac in the ATARI st world. I find the RADIO SHACK externals when on sale for $ 99.00 are pretty good. These are TEAC drives, after removing termination and adding an external power supply form RADIO SHACK also about $10.00 They work quite well. I use two internal TEAC's from RADIO SHACK in my modified 1040 st. as well as a built in 30meg hd. Don Lewis DJLEWIS@UALR.BITNET
chad@norge.dec.com (10/25/89)
I have had bad luck with a sony mechanism I bought from them (jameco). It will read but not write. Somebody else I believe had similar problems on the net. I sent the mechanism back to them and they said it checked out on their PCs fine. Anybody wants mine can have it for $55 including a 99% complete PC installation kit -- only thing missing from the kit is a 5 1/4" faceplate -- has cage, power and card edge adapters. Chad chad@norge.enet.dec.com work 603 - 881-1914 home 508 - 433-2108 ------------------------------------------------