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From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A500 and the known Multiverse
Keywords: A500
Message-ID: <1990Sep6.154350.23405@agora.uucp>
Date: 6 Sep 90 15:43:50 GMT
References: <1990Sep5.135318.3247@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Organization: Open Communication Forum
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In article <1990Sep5.135318.3247@cl.cam.ac.uk> phg@cl.cam.ac.uk (Philip Gladwin) writes:
:Look, this is a bit of a con, right, but this will be the third time I
:have posted a similar query, and there just ain't anyone biting. So 
:come on guys, mail me something.
:
:My qury is this, and it's short and sweet, and there are a lot of
:
:Simple: has anyone any experience of linking up a cheap, say Seagate
:hard drive to a SCSI Amiga Controller and thence into a simple A500, 
:saving about $300 in the process. There seems to be an assumption that 
:it would be possible, but has any one actually done it? What are the 
:products you used? Does it work? What are the pitfalls?

	I'm confused... This is a simple one, don't know why you haven't
gotten answers. Pretty much any of the SCSI controller for the 500 have
software support for the Seagate drives. All you need to do is buy or build
a power supply/case to stick the drive in and hook up the cables. I
stuck quite a few systems together for the 1000, way back when, using
Seagate drives, but I doubt if I'd use a Seagate any longer. (12 failures
out of ten drives at one point.)
	I don't think I have any drives on my system that were bought from
from the same people who did the controller... But then, I tend to shop
around a lot for my goodies. :-) (Anybody want to buy some Archive 2150S
150/250M tape drives at $450? Refurbished with 90 day warranties...)
	The only thing I can think of right off hand to look for in 500
interfaces is where they get their power. If they're transfering power
to the interface from the drive, instead of from the 500, you'll need
to build a different cable than the standard Mac -> SCSI type.

:Me and Jay Hoeflinger want to know, so post or email - I'll summarise 
:the email. If I get any. Sigh. 
:
:Help me, halp me, hlep mi, hlep, hlepp...
:
:Thanks
:Phil Gladwin
:phg@uk.ac.cam.cl
:phg@cl.cam.ac.uk


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