Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: ST520 connector conspiracy? Message-ID: <6200060@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 14:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.6200060 Posted: Sun Aug 18 14:09:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 13:51:26 EDT References: <1211@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:umcp-cs:-121100:hp-pcd:6200060:000:500 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Aug 18 10:09:00 1985 <<< < < In looking at my friend's Atari ST/520 I noticed that < the Hard Disk / DMA connector is a DB-19 (i.e. just like < everyone's favorite terminal connector, but with 19 pins < instead of 25). < Saw an ad for the ST that claimed that the Hard disk Port ran at a 1.33 MegaBYTE data rate. (of course they didn't say how far they could run it). It looks like they plan to avoid the complaints that Apple gets about its sub meagbit buss and slow hard discs. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john