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From: swansonc@balder.acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson, Systems Operator - ACC @ St. Olaf College)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 disk slots
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Date: 9 May 90 20:04:09 GMT
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In-reply-to: abair@turbinia.sps.mot.com's message of 30 Apr 90 22:55:21 GMT

In article <ABAIR.90Apr30175521@turbinia.sps.mot.com> abair@turbinia.sps.mot.com (Alan Bair) writes:

   In article <11171@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:


      >Can you describe the physical setup of the machine?  I have a 
      >SyQuest SQ555 5.25" half-height removable media drive.  Can it be
      >used in an A3000 (fast backups :-)?  

      You need to mount 5.25" drives externally.  There's room inside for
      two 3.5" hard disks and one 3.5" floppy.  There's 3A at +12V, 17.5A
      at +5V, for the whole system.

      >Can a 2nd floppy be added (er, for recreational software :-)?  

      Yes, internally or externally, depening on what else you have inside, of
      course.

   I have read in this NewsGroup and recently in the BYTE review that there is
   room for 3 3.5" devices.  The system comes standard with 2; a floppy and
   either a 40 or 100MB harddisk. 

   Now in the reply above Dave contradicts himself about what the slots can
   be used for.  From the picutures I have seen there does not appear to be
   more than one external floppy slot, so can you have more than one floppy?
   Or is that second floppy actually internal with no external access

Commodore makes another faceplate with 2 3.5 inch floppy slots cut in
it that you can swap them for to replace the single 3.5 cutout.  If
you're looking at the front of the machine, the second cut-out is to
the right of the first.


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