> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Hans Franke
> Sent: 04 March 2003 21:47
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Atari ST spares
>
> > but it appears that the floppy is toast since it continually
> tries to seek
> > track 0 and won't read/write even Atari format disks.
>
> I'm not shure, but wheren't the floppy select signals also
> generated by the keyboard controller?
They were/are on the Amiga (Paula) but I'm not sure about the ST. I'm
hopefully getting another ST this week, and I'll also play swapsies with the
museum's ST to see if the keyboard is breaking the floppy. Nobody mentioned
that on comp.sys.atari.st though.
cheers
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Received on Wed Mar 05 2003 - 21:52:23 GMT