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From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: can I attach 100M HD to A500 ?
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.165803.18074@agora.uucp>
Date: 16 Aug 90 16:58:03 GMT
References: <90227.131709PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET>
Organization: Open Communication Forum
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In article <90227.131709PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET> PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET (Cem Turgay) writes:
:
:Hello,
:
:I knew  and I saw that A500 can support from 20 up to 40 MB. HD
:so everyone use SCSI interface for this.
:But I want to know, 100 MB. (or greater) HD can be used ?
:Can I use it with complete 100 MB or partitioned (40 + 30 + 30) ?
:Which (or what kind of) interfaces and HDs can I use, how about
:their cost in USA. or Europe ?
:Thanks in advance.

	The Amiga 500 can support the same types of hard disks as any other
Amiga. The reason you see mostly the smaller drives being advertised is that
typically, the Amiga 500 owner is looking to buy an inexpensive drive, and
drives in the 100M to 1G range cost more than 20-40M drives. :-) You can use
a big drive ( up to well over a gig...) as one partition of split it into
several partitions. Whichever best suits your applications.
	I don't know about pricing in Europe, but in the US expect to pay
about $150-250 for a HD interface for a 500. Hard disks go for $700 in the
100M range and $4000 in the gig range. Remember to factor in the cost of
an appropriate power supply and case for your hard disk.

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