Need help with Atari 1050 disk system

From: Dave Dunfield <dave04a_at_dunfield.com>
Date: Sun Apr 18 13:47:34 2004

Hi Everybody, (Hi doctor Nick)

Picked up some more old Atari equipment at a flea market this weekend,
among other things, I got a 1050 disk drive. I have not had one of these
before.

#1) Can anyone tell me the power requirements of this drive?
    (voltage, polarity, current) - this information should be on the label of
    the power supply - as you probably guessed, I did not get the supply with
    the drive (had an Atari computer supply in the box).

#2) The box says "Includes DOS 3 Double Density Disk Operating System", but
    there were no diskettes in the box at all - presumably I need some sort
    of boot disk... Anyone out there with one that can make a copy or send an
    image (Can Atari images be read/written on a PC's drive?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Dave

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Received on Sun Apr 18 2004 - 13:47:34 BST

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