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From: terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ST-506 on A1000
Message-ID: <10389@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 19 Jan 90 16:26:24 GMT
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In article <26079@cup.portal.com> McTAG@cup.portal.com (Timothy John McTaggart) writes:
>Assuming you allready have an SCSI controller... To run an ST506 drive on an
>Amiga you need a SCSI to ST506 card. I got mine for 130 dollars. It is a 
>Adaptec 4000a card - but... the 4070 is better since it will format in a more
>higher density (can't remember all these terms).
> 
>If you are in the SF Bay area I would sudjest a visit to Computer Surplus in
>Milpitas.
> 

	If you don't already have a SCSI controller you don't need to get one.
If you are a hardware hacker try the MAX controller; cheap and easy. If you're
not check out the Wedge. Both let you attach an IBM hard disk controller to
the Amiga expansion bus.