Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!phigate!prle!prles2!cst!meulenbr From: meulenbr@cst.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: hard drives Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 07:53:52 GMT References: <6842@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> <1990Dec05.231923.2497@ecst.csuchico.edu> <7080@bdt.COM> Sender: news@prles2.prl.philips.nl Lines: 24 david@bdt.COM (David Beckemeyer) writes: >In article <1990Dec05.231923.2497@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: >>I think most people will agree that ICD is the way to go if you want >>the best. >Perhaps most would agree, but I don't agree at all. If you want the best, >get the Berkeley Microsystems BMS-200 host adapter. Nothing else touches >it in terms of getting the signals and timing right. You might be right about signals and timing. However, be sure to have your drive powered or disconnected whenever you power the ST. The BMS 200 pulls down some of the ST's lines on the DMA interface which wil fry the DMA chip if this lasts too long. I've found out about this the hard way & I definitely do not like it. On the other hand: the people at BMS are very helpful if you encounter problems. I once had a bad disk, and they gave me quite some support, even though I'm living in Europe, so phone and mail costs are not that cheap. -- Frans Meulenbroeks (meulenbr@cst.philips.nl) Centre for Software Technology ( or try: ...!mcsun!phigate!prle!cst!meulenbr)