Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!sauron!stevem From: stevem@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Steve McClure) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A500 - Ethernet or hard disk, what to do for more disk space? Message-ID: <2242@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 24 Jul 90 13:26:16 GMT References: Reply-To: stevem@sauron.UUCP (Steve McClure) Organization: E&M-Columbia, NCR Corp, W Columbia, SC Lines: 32 In article jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: [ stuff about needing disk space on A500 deleted ] >So, I look in the magazines.. Hmmm. DM1200 for a 33 Meg drive?? Yeeearg! >And that's one of the CHEAP ones! Well, there appears to be a SCSI controller >made by Supra for only DM498 and I can get my hands on SCSI drives in >the 70MB - 150MB range very easily. We toss them out of unix boxes all the >time (let's face it, 70MB may be a lot for an amiga, but it makes little more >than a decent swap space on a unix box these days). So, the question >remains as to whether this controller is: a) Fast? b) Flexible? [does it >deal with all drives obeying the SCSI CCS, or just ones with EXTENDED R/W?]. >c) Autobooting? d) Have space for additional RAM expansion? e) The best/most >usable controller for the money? > [ stuff about something called AmigaNet deleted ] I used the Supra SCSI host adapter for the 500. I was very pleased with the price and performance. I used several embedded SCSI disks as well as an Adaptec 4000A SCSI<->ST506 translator with several ST506 drives. There was also room for a 2M RAM expansion board, last I heard it went for about $300 US for the ram and $200 US for the host adapter. The formatting and partitioning software was easy to use and nicely polished. You shouldn't have any problems using a CCS drive with this host adapter. It also supports the SCSIdirect protocol and RDB structure. This should make the drive portable to other host adapters and provide a way to use tape, cd-rom ... , with the host adapter. I was very happy with my A500 setup. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve email: Steve.McClure@Columbia.NCR.COM 803-791-7054 The above are my opinions, which NCR doesn't really care about anyway! CAUSER's Amiga BBS! | 803-796-3127 | 8pm-8am 8n1 | 300/1200/2400