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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
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Posted: Sun Aug 18 14:09:00 1985
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Aug 18 10:09:00 1985

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<
<  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
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