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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ST-506 on A1000
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Date: 18 Jan 90 21:15:28 GMT
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In <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).

You must be careful here.. the 4070 is an RLL controller, and s such, should
only be used with RLL certified drives. While you can somethimes get away with
formatting an MFM drive as RLL, it isn't a good idea. It might format fine, or
not, and even if it does, it might start losing data within a few days or
weeks.

-larry

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