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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A590 XT-interface
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Date: 15 Sep 90 22:39:00 GMT
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In <1093@tau.sm.luth.se>, d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) writes:
>By now I know that the A590 and the 2091 are logically identical apart from
>the "XT-interface" in the A590. But what is it? Is it ST506 or ESDI?
>Or even EDI(?) as I've seen some people call it.
>I need to know, 'cause I would like to buy a larger (preferrably cheap)
>drive to replace the 20MB Epson in my A590. (I find large SCSI:s too
>expensive :-(
>
>I know all about the differences between ESDI, ST506 and SCSI and the
>different types of ST506: MFM, RLL, ARRL and so on, I just need to know
>which type the "XT-drive" in the A590 is!
>
>Also, is it "half-height"? My *guess* is that it's half-height, ESDI, 3.5".

It's IDE. It's a 3.5" drive.

-larry

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