Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!pi From: pi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Ikusz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: HARD DRIVES FOR STs Message-ID: <373@uwm.edu> Date: 6 Oct 89 22:33:27 GMT References: <8910050648.AA01585@cie.uoregon.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: pi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Ikusz) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 48 In article <8910050648.AA01585@cie.uoregon.edu> scott@CIE.UOREGON.EDU writes: > > I have an Atari 1040ST. I want a hard disk. I don't want to > spend lots of money. I want lots of Megabytes. Lots. > > What can I buy? Can I go out and buy a Seagate SCSI drive that > I find advertised in _Computer Shopper_? Do I have to buy a > drive made specifically for the Atari ST? Is there a way to > make a drive that is designed for an IBM PC work with my Atari. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have built acouple of H. Drives for the ST. My method is as follows: Items needed : SCSI Hard drive (any size) ICD Host adapter Power supply (wattage determined by HD needs) I have a Seagate st-138n, and it uses approx. 17 Watts MAXIMUM. The host adapter uses maybe 10 Watts Max. and I have a 30 Watt power supply. The ICD host adapter comes with all the software you need. From this point on it is all just mounting and plugging it together. (Setting drive select to zero: instructions come with drive) First, I would buy the host adapter, it supports most SCSI drives, but use this to determine what drive you will buy. (It supports all Seagate, Miniscribe, and lots of others) ICD Mailing address: ICD, Inc. 1220 Rock Street Rockford, Il 61101-1437 or 815-968-2228 Recommendation : Use SCSI.... It is faster, easier to work with (setup), and you can chain up to 8 hard drives to just 1 ICD controller. The adapter also has another ACSI in port for Laser printer, or other stuff. ------------------------------------------------------------ "Poachers shooting at rabbits will scare the big game away" From: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS pi@csd4-UWisconsin Milwaukee ------------------------------------------------------------