Atari ST floppy drive?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 29 Jan 2009 at 22:00, David Betz wrote:

> I'm trying to recover some files off of a couple of Atari SH204 hard  
> drives but I only have a 520ST and need to find an external floppy  
> drive to bootstrap my system. Does anyone have a spare Atari SF314  
> floppy drive around that they'd be willing to part with? I don't have  
> much classic stuff left so I guess this will have to be a sale rather  
> than a trade.

AFAIK, there's nothing magic about the 520ST floppy drive--if you can 
find that multi-pin DIN connector, you can easily take a stock 3.5" 
720K or 1.44M drive and use it.   I've got the pinout for the 
connector (and may even have one in my hellbox) if you want to tackle 
rolling your own.

Cheers,
Chuck