256 colors Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) Does anybody know if these are okay with atari 8 bits can't find much info Edited September 2, 2018 by 256 colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Looks like a drive for a PC, not Atari. Unless you're looking for a mech to use with a PC to image Atari disks with Kryoflux or the like? The PC type mech in an XF-551 drive was a Chinon or Mitsumi, maybe it would work there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) I believe that's a 1.2MB high density drive, there are only a few Atari 8-bit devices that can use these. 1. Black Box Floppy Board 2. ATR8000 3. Karin Maxi Drive?(maximum may be only 720kB) 4. XF551?(with HyperXF firmware, maximum only 720kB) Edited September 2, 2018 by BillC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 http://theref.mfarris.com/misc_files/ftp.html All that remains of a vast sea of confusion when it was current. It is no longer current and should be taken with a very large grain of salt. I agree with BillC, it's a 1.2 meg drive. Not suitable for XF-551. At best it might be able to read a 360K disk but will write to it with half width heads. Rumors do exist that these are usable with some systems, but I would not go there unless I was prepared for frustration and utter failure, not having any other choice as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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