Section Two The Atari Pc720E Drive - Power Computing ATARI PC720 Owner's Manual

Section Two
The Atari PC720E Drive
Installation Instructions
I. Switch off your Atari and all its peripherals.
2. Remove your joystick from the Atari (if fitted), and plug the black
joystick lead into the empty joystick port. This lead serves to pick up the
power for your drive, and the joystick may still be plugged into the joys-
tick through port. located on the rear panel of the drive.
3. Connect the disk drive's connector to the drive socket on the back
panel of your Atari. The plug will only fit one way into the socket.
4. Switch on the peripherals and computer. The drive may now be
treated in the same way as your internal drive. Note however, that your
Atari will NOT boot from the external drive, even if the internal
drive is empty.
Note: NEVER remove a floppy disk from the drive while the drive light
is o n
-
you may damage the disk or lose information on it.
Technical Data.
Storage Capacity
Unformatted
Formatted
Transfer Rate
Track Density
No Cylinders
Total No Cylinders
DC Power Supply
Dimensions
Weight
Double Density
l mbyte
720k Bytes
250k bit/Sec
135 TPI
80
160
5 v
230
X
104
X
30 mm
1 Kg.