On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 29 Jan 2009 at 22:00, David Betz wrote:
I'm trying to recover some files off of a
couple of Atari SH204 hard
drives but I only have a 520ST and need to find an external floppy
drive to bootstrap my system. Does anyone have a spare Atari SF314
floppy drive around that they'd be willing to part with? I don't have
much classic stuff left so I guess this will have to be a sale rather
than a trade.
AFAIK, there's nothing magic about the 520ST floppy drive--if you can
find that multi-pin DIN connector, you can easily take a stock 3.5"
720K or 1.44M drive and use it. I've got the pinout for the
connector (and may even have one in my hellbox) if you want to tackle
rolling your own.
Sure, that would help! I figured there was some other electronics in
the drive like the Atari 800 and C64 drives. If it's just building a
cable, I can probably handle that.
Thanks!
David