Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual page 191

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The
Amiga
External
3.5
Disk
Drive
(Model
10
I
0) is ide
ntical in
storage capac ity
and perfor
mance
to the
di
sk
dri
ve
built
into the
Amiga. TO'
attac
h thi
s
d rive,
you
simpl
y
plug
it
into the ex te
rnal di sk connector
o
n
the bac
k
of the Amiga. A
second
d
isk
dri
ve makes pe rfo
rming
many
di sk operati
ons,
suc
h
as
copy
in
g
d
isks,
much
eas
ier
and
fas te
r.
The Amiga
External
5 -1/4"
Disk
Drive
(Model
1020)
can
also
be
used
as
an
exte
rnal
sto rage de vice. Utilities
that
allo
w you
to use
thi
s
dri
ve are incl
uded
o
n
the
Ami
ga
Ex
tras
di sk
.
It
can also
be
used with
the Amiga
V 1.
2 T
ransformer
'"
software.
(Ask your Ami
ga deale
r
fo
r
more informatio
n
abo
ut
these
.)
Whe
n
using 5-
1/4"
d
isks o
n an
Amiga,
a syste
m requestor
may
ap pear
that
as ks
you
to
insert
a d
isk
.
Unlike the 3 .5"
di
sks,
the A
mi
ga
cannot detect
whe
n
yo
u
insert
a 5- 1/4"
di sk
. Once yo
u
have
inserted
the
di sk
,
you must
e
nter
'the
Ami
ga
DOS d iskchange
command
,
fo
llowed
by the name of the d
isk
d
ri
ve, fo
r
the
Ami
ga
to
recogni
ze the
di sk
.
(For
mo re
detail
s, see the AmigaDOS
Manual
publi shed
by
Bantam
Books.)
Adding to the Amiga
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