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From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Atari megafile expansion
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Date: 29 Nov 90 12:31:13 GMT
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In article <A0awjyhw@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca> jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
writes:
> In <A0awf5lm@mist.sub.org>, Wolfgang Jung writes:
> >In <1990Nov17.195344.22424@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, Steven W. Klassen
writes:
> >-<I have an Atari Megafile 60 which is filling up fast.  It is
possible
> >-<to expand this without shelling out all the money for a second
> >-<megafile 60?  Specifically, can I simply add another drive to the
> >-<interface in my current Megafile?
> >
> >please notify me, too, when you get more Information..
> >
> 
>  I looked at a friends megafile 30 recently, and if the 60 is the
> same, the only thing that has to be done is ad the connector for the
> small (34?) pin scsi cable. The Megafile board has both the acsi and
> the scsi boards on one big board. They left the connector for the 
> second drive control cable off, but sucking out the solder and putting
> one in is probably pretty easy.
> 
> -- 
>           John Henders        jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
>           Vancouver,B.C.      or jhenders@wimsey.bc.ca
>                               or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders
 
There was a article some time back on how to do it, as Atari modify
the Controlor, apparently a Adaptec so that you ca't do this, a friend
here did try it with a SH205 some time back and that did not work
each of the drives would work but not both together, if i remember was
some hardware mods..
 
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Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...