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From: rsn@cartan.math.nd.edu (Ross Niebergall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Adaptec 4000A on A3000
Message-ID: <605@cartan.math.nd.edu>
Date: 4 Jul 90 21:24:20 GMT
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I got my A3000 on the weekend, and now that I'm used to it I would like to 
try and connect my other hard drives.  The SCSI interface that they
use is an Adaptec 4000a.  What do I need to know to connect it?  I understand
that I will have to connect it to the internal SCSI header connector, but
do I have to have a terminator on the Adaptec?  Do I have to remove
a terminator from the internal Quantum?  How can I tell which is the #1
pin on the internal 50 pin header connector if I don't want to remove the
powersupply shelf? Once I plug it it, what else will I need to know?
Will it automatically be recongnized, or will I have to mount it somehow?

The drives were formatted with a Supra SCSI interface, so hopefully
I won't have to reformat them, because I believe that they used Commodores
Rigid Boot Block format.

What can go wrong if I do one of the above things incorectly?


All help is appreciated!


Ross Niebergall, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame
rsn@ndmath.math.nd.edu	rsn@cartan.math.nd.edu