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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A590 XT-interface
Keywords: A590, SCSI, IDE
Message-ID: <28292@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 13:31:46 GMT
References: <1982@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <1097@tau.sm.luth.se> <14484@cbmvax.commodore.com> <Sep.18.08.56.38.1990.25236@dimacs.rutgers.edu> <14525@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <14525@cbmvax.commodore.com> bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) writes:
>In article <Sep.18.08.56.38.1990.25236@dimacs.rutgers.edu> srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) writes:
>>How is that so.  Does it actually have two different controllers in
>>it?
>
>Yes.
> 
>It just seemed that you were getting the wrong impression - that the
>A590 used *only* IDE drives. Not so. In fact, the A590's SCSI controller
>is a close relative of the A2091 controller and it is *fast*.

The SCSI controller on the A590 also works with SCSI tape units (at
least with my Wangtek 60 Meg SCSI) and uses the same tape backup
software that the 2091 uses.

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute (512) 522-2882
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