_ThEcRoW Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hello guys, since the last week, one of my a500 died on me(well, almost), so, now i have a external floppy disk drive that will sit unused until it get repaired. COuld be used this drive on the Atari using the hard disk connector?. I'm asking because it has the same type, as opposed to the disk drive connector on the atari. I think it won't, but anyway, if anyone knows or used similarly this kind of setup, would gladly take any idea. At the moment i didn't plug it in case it frys something. I love too much my ste. Thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) No, you cannot simply use an Amiga floppy drive in an ST's hard drive port. Plug it in, especially while the machine is on and be prepared to see fireworks! Edited December 10, 2011 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oky2000 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 ST's DMA port has nothing to do with wiring of identical connector used on Amiga external FD port. You can get an adapter for ST external drive round connector for some model of drive eg Cumana.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_ThEcRoW Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ok, much clearer now. This was one of the reasons why i asked first before connecting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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