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Connecting More
Than
One Disk Drive
You can connect up to four XF551 Disk
Drives
to your AlARI XE
or
XL
Computer.
Multiple disk drives (and other components)
are connected to each other in a daisy
chain,
using the Serial
1
1
0
Gables supplied with each component. Connecting additional
disk drives makes many disk operations more convenient.
Note:
You may connect a total of six peripherals (including
disk
drives,
printers,
and modems) to your ATARI XE or XL
Computer.
To
connect two or
more
XF551 Disk
Drives
follow these
instructions:
1.
Connect a Serial
1 /0 Gable between the connector marked
Peripheral
on the back of the computer and one of the
1 /0
Connectors on the back of the first disk drive.
Then
con·
nect another Serial 1 /0 Gable to
the
remaining
1
1
0
Con·
nectar on
the
first drive and to either
1
1
0
Connector on
the
second
drive.
Connect up to
three
more disk drives
in
the
same
way.
2.
Plug
one end of
the
AC
Power
Adapter
into the
connector
labeled Power In
on
the
back of the disk drive.
Plug the
other end Into an electrical outlet. Repeat for each drive In
your
system.
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