v115lue3@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Philip M Smolin) (06/14/91)
I have seen a bunch of messages floating around about how to transfer 8-bit files to an ST. Is there ANYBODY who knows of a way to connect an 8-bit drive DIRECTLY to an ST? In my case; an Indus GT (god I loved that drive), Mega 2, where the external drive connector is not being used. I'm guessing this is impossible because of transfer rates, protocols, etc., but thought it better to ask than to guess wrong. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Philip
AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (06/14/91)
I saw a mention of a program that allows you to use 8bit drives on your ST. Appearantly you have to make a cable that connects the SIO port to your parallel port. The public domain watch I read warned that they weren't very useful since you can't put much on them :) I doubt that you can read normally formatted atari 8bit disks. I DO have 3 8bit drives around, and would like to play with that idea for the novelty. AAron
jmack@b11.ingr.com (Cery McCormick) (06/14/91)
There are two ways, that I am aware of, to connect an Atari 8-bit drive to the ST. Both methods require a cable connected from the 8-bit to the ST's printer port. These cables can be purchased from a couple of places that I can't remember right now. I have several of these things if anyone is interested in them. (This is NOT an advertisement mind you, just trying to help out...) 1) Use Darek Mihocka's X-Former software. It is a program you run that lets you read files (in the 8-bit's format) from your old drive to your ST. 2) Use SIO-Driver. It is an autofolder program that lets you add a disk icon to your desktop representing the 8-bit drive so you can access the 8-bit disk like normal, with the ST's file system.
lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Lauren C. Howard) (06/15/91)
On a similar tack; will these programs, like the auto-folder SIO, that allow using an 8-bit drive, also allow using an 8-bit printer with the ST? That would really be helpful at the school where I teach computers; we have 2 spare 8-bit LQ printers that we'd like to use with the ST!
jmack@b11.ingr.com (Cery McCormick) (06/17/91)
In article <1991Jun14.212931.20072@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Lauren C. Howard) writes: > On a similar tack; will these programs, like the auto-folder SIO, that allow > using an 8-bit drive, also allow using an 8-bit printer with the ST? That > would really be helpful at the school where I teach computers; we have 2 spare > 8-bit LQ printers that we'd like to use with the ST! The SIO-Driver includes a generic '8-bit look-a-like' SIO interface, so it would be possible to hook anything (except a cassette) to the ST. Unfortunately, the only driver available (so far) is for the disk drives. Cary McCormick