If you are looking for a disk drive for your
520STM or a second drive for an existing system, take a look at this
little beauty from Cumana. From the front it is barely wider than a
3½" disk and just 1¾" high and 9½" deep. Being so
small you wonder whether it can cope, but it is very solidly built
and is housed in a grey metal case to match the ST. It is so quiet
in use that without the busy light on the front you may never know
that it was working.
The drive is switched on at the rear and is
connected to the computer with a flat ribbon cable and an adaptor
which is certainly not as neat as a conventional round cable but
causes no problems. It is plugged directly into the mains with the
three pin plug supplied and does not therefore land you with another
huge transformer to hide.
Not much more to say except that it works
perfectly, and quietly, is a full 1Mb double sided drive that can be
used for single sided disks and, at £159, is £40 cheaper than
Atari's 1Mb drive. Cumana also do two 1Mb drives in a single case
for around £279.
Superb quality, good price, highly recommended.
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