nfrech@ALMSA-1.ARPA ("Norman R. Frech") (05/25/88)
I just received a Radio Shack sale ad in the mail and noticed an external 3.5 double sided drive for the 1000 on sale for $99. Does anyone know of the prospects for hooking this drive to a 1040? I currently have only one drive and if this drive would connect to my st and I don't think I could pass it up for the price. Any advice or information would be appreciated. Norm Frech <nfrech@almsa-1.arpa>
med@druhi.ATT.COM (Myron Drapal) (05/27/88)
In article <8805251230.AA00652@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, nfrech@ALMSA-1.ARPA ("Norman R. Frech") writes: > > > I just received a Radio Shack sale ad in the mail and noticed an > external 3.5 double sided drive for the 1000 on sale for $99. > Does anyone know of the prospects for hooking this drive to a > 1040? I currently have only one drive and if this drive would > connect to my st and I don't think I could pass it up for the > price. Any advice or information would be appreciated. > > Norm Frech <nfrech@almsa-1.arpa> I recently added their upgrade drive kit (on sale? at $129, sure wish I would have waited a bit) to a PC-clone. These drives will work on the ST, with one very large caveat - Radio Shaft machines have drives that are built specifically for their systems, and they distribute the power (+5, +12) on some of the pins on the 34-pin connector where ground is on a normal drive. This is not really a problem if you have a continuity meter and an exacto knife (e.g. cut the traces from the power connector to the 34-pin connector), but this will, of course, keep you from returning it if you screw it up. Other than this headache, and the 14-pin non-standard connector on the ST, you should be in good shape. Myron Drapal AT&T Denver ihnp4!druhi!med