Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!ucbvax!campus.swarthmore.EDU!AMLXX From: AMLXX@campus.swarthmore.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Disk Drives (floppy and hard) Message-ID: <8809210511.AA28763@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 21 Sep 88 01:51:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 35 I have had a problem with my internal floppy drive in my 1040 ST. The top head is coming off! I noticed that there was problem when I was getting some strange data read every once in a while. Anyway, the small plate that the head is attached to is supposed to be glued on to the plastic part of the head positioning mechanism. Unfortunately, the glue isn't holding so well. Right now the top head is close to dangling. QUESTION : Is it OK to glue the plate back on? Since one edge of Is it OK to glue the plate back on? Since one edge of the plate is still on, I could place it fairly accurately at the original place. How accurate does it have to be? QUESTION 2 : Is it possible to hook up an IBM XT or AT compatible drive internally or externally to an ST? What's the difference between and internal drive and an external drive besides the casing and the price? What differences are there in cable connectors? I know that the external Floppy Port on the ST takes a round cable and the internal drive connects to the board via a long flat connector with many more pins than an external drive connector. What are all the extra pins for? Are they all used? MAYBE! : Could a 1.44 meg drive be hooked up via the internal drive connector? note : I have had my computer for slightly over 2 years. It would make Does anybody know how long other 3.5" drives hold up before they have problems? Any advice would be appreciated greatly!! Sincerely, Alan M. Levi ===================================================================