Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000 internal HD: SCSI? Message-ID: <19790@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 12 Mar 91 22:21:08 GMT References: Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 34 In article andrewsr@u2.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes: >Is the internal drive of the A3000 a SCSI? Yup, its a Quantum 50MB (52MB?) SCSI drive. >Would the larger (meg at lease) drive fit? (Quantum 210MB). That 210MB Quantum may just be the same drive they use in the A3000UX 200MB system. In any case, the A3000 can fit just about any standard 3.5" hard drive in the rear bay; they don't have to be the extra thin kind they're shipping with now. >(Would setting up the drive be a major hassle?) I have set up drives from floppy disk. Assuming they still give out all the floppies, it shouldn't be a problem. >Would there be heat considerations to worry about? Is there any speed >difference with external SCSI vs. the internal HD? (How fast is the >internal A3000 HD anyway?) The only difference would be the drive itself -- SCSI is SCSI as far as the A3000 is concerned. The only speed bottlenecks are the drive, and SCSI itself. The SCSI chip to memory interface is around 4x faster than the best synchronous SCSI-1 around. > // Rich | "Like any good philosophical discussion, the conclusion -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "What works for me might work for you" -Jimmy Buffett