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From: csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod)
Subject: Re: 1.44 HD drives
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.181405.9560@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, Germany
References: <CMM.0.90.2.677779130.larserio@kvart.ifi.uio.no>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 18:14:05 GMT
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larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) writes:

>But where can I get a 16 MHz FDC that can handle HD disk 100% perfect ?
>Or isn't this chip ready yet (could this be the reason for the socket
>on the TT and MEGA STE - the FDC is soldered right on the PCB on standard
>ST and STE ?)

Exactly. The chip isn't ready yet, and that's why the current Mega STEs
and TTs have socketed FDCs. It is also the reason why Atari didn't
comment officially on the new capabilities of our favorite computer.

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