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From: rey@psuecl.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: HELP: C-Ltd SCSI adapter for A-1000
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.130646.16@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 4 Oct 90 17:06:46 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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I may be buying a C-Ltd SCSI host/controller adapter from a friend at what
seems to be a very reasonable price ($50).  This controller will be for my
A1000.  If anyone has experience with this adapter I would appreciate your
help.  Please note that use of SCSI devices is somewhat new to me and I've
been living with floppies, so please excuse any dumb questions.

1)  From a cursory view, it appears that I this controller will not auto-
boot from the hard-drive.  Is there any updates to it that can make it
auto-booting?  (From what I've heard, C-Ltd is no more.)

2)  In the documentation, it mentions that the system uses C-Ltd's SCSI-dos.
Does it mean that it won't use the hard-drive routines found in 1.3 (the
system disk supplied with the controller is version 1.2).  Will I be able
to take advantage of FFS, etc. or is the controller only compatible with
its own "SCSI-dos".

3)  Since I will be working with an A-1000, I will need to purchase a hard-
drive that comes in an external case.  Any suggestions?  Any cautions?

Please e-mail your responses, unless you think that this will be of general
interest to the net.

Thanks in advance,

Bob Yang
REY@psuecl.bitnet
 -or-
REY@psu.ecl.edu