Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ncar!midway!gargoyle!igloo!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Hard Drives (yet again) Keywords: need advice Message-ID: <3933@corpane.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 90 14:40:46 GMT References: <3931@corpane.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY Lines: 47 sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >I haven't gotten through to GVP technical support yet (always busy,. hmmm) >Does anyone know if this model (series II 500-HD+) will work on an A1000? Well I got a call back from GVP last night and when asked if it would work on an A1000, the sales guy put me on hold while he checked it out. He came back and said that someone told him that they tried it at a show in Germany and it worked fine. But this sounds a little anecdotal to me, so if anyone out there knows for sure please email me. Also, could someone tell me the bus differences between the A500 and A1000? I know they are turned around 180 degrees, what I want to know is which pins are in different locations or have different voltages (I remember someone mentioning that one pin is 5V on one machine and 12V on the other?). I figure if there is only one or two pins swapped or whatever, I can call back to GVP and Supra and ask them if those pins are used on their drive controllers. Or maybe I can just go into my amiga and do a little wire swapping/trace cutting to make sure of the compatibility. Also, how are the pins numbered on the 500 vs. the 1000? Like this? : (I know they are two rows, on the diagram below I am asking is pin 1 on the rear side of the 500 and the toward the front on the A1000?) back of A500 back of A1000 ______________ ______________ | | | | 1 - | | | |-86 | | | | 86 -|____________| |____________|-1 >-- >John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email >sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. >A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash