Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!indetech!vsi1!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Bodega Bay Info Inside! Message-ID: <1991Feb20.070533.24104@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 20 Feb 91 07:05:33 GMT References: <21216@know.pws.bull.com> <1991Feb19.162231.388@convex.com> Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 51 > ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill) writes: [...] > BODEGA BAY > ---------- > (CA-500 Modular Expansion Console) [...] >Q: How would a hardcard fit in the Bodega Bay? >A: Cards are mounted horizontally and therefore, we do not recommend that you > mount your hard drive [place it on the card]. Instead, a separate internal > hard drive bay has been provided. [...] swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > Interesting. > If the hardcard goes in horizontally then that means that the drive > would be horizontal, which is the normal position for a harddrive. I > fail to see why that would be a problem for any harddrive, unless it > had been formatted previously in a vertical orientation. That's not really the normal position; you are thinking horizontal as in the normal A2000 configuration, but I think here they mean flat like a dinner plate, which installs a whole different set of stresses trying to bend and delaminate the board, rather than just compress it.. > Is there something different about the drives that come on hardcards > that makes them unreliable when operated in a horizontal orientation? > If so then this is the first I have ever heard about it. I think the problem is the cheesy card phenolic being unable to support the weight of the drive under any kind of stress (picking up and moving the machine, for example). My GVP hardcard comes with a warning to remove it from the machine when transporting the computer, if the disk is mounted directly to the card, because the plastic is incapable of withstanding normal transport shocks. This is not thrilling, since I run my A2000 stood on its left end, putting the card under exactly the stresses counter-indicated here in the Bodega Bay ad. Perhaps I should try to find a mounting bracket and a 50 pin cable and move the 3.5" drive to the 5.25" bay below the two floppy drive bays. Grrr; stupid, Kent, stupid. Anybody know a source for 3.5 into 5.25 adapter brackets? I'd machine a set, but I don't have a ship's machine shop available any more. While I'm asking, from the description, the Bodega Bay doesn't sound A1000 compatible; I'd still like to upgrade the old beast and pass it on to my kids; anyone know otherwise about using the Bodega Bay? Kent, the man from xanth.