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From: jmeissen@ogicse.ogi.edu (John Meissen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A500 and the known Multiverse
Keywords: A500
Message-ID: <12468@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 90 17:20:04 GMT
References: <1990Sep5.135318.3247@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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In article <1990Sep5.135318.3247@cl.cam.ac.uk> phg@cl.cam.ac.uk (Philip Gladwin) writes:
>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?

The method is simple. Adaptec makes a SCSI adapter (the 4000, if memory
serves me) which can be found in surplus/outlet store ads in Computer
Shopper for about $89. This adapts an existing ST-506 drive to a SCSI
interface, such as the Supra.

Not all SCSI interfaces will support the Adaptec. I know that Supra
specifically does. I know that Microbotics and Commodore don't.

How cheap the solution is depends on how cheaply you can get the
components.


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