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From: Ed_Meyer@mindlink.bc.ca (Ed Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Removable harddrives - What works, what doesn't???
Message-ID: <5962@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 22 May 91 12:18:07 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> parker@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <1530@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>
> Posted: 21 May 91 12:00:16 GMT
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> Org.  : WVU Statistics and Computer Science
> Person: James Parker
> 
> 
> 
> I am in the market for a removable harddrive for my Amiga 2000.  I already
> have a Supra Wordsync SCSI controller.
> 
> Do the Syquest drives work well?  How about the new 80+Meg drives?
> 
> Can I just plug it into the SCSI port, edit the mountlist, and go or would
> the manufacturer supply a driver?
> 
> Can anyone recommend a better removable or comment on the Syquest?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Parker
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I would recommend some form of removable-media drive for two reasons:
(1) until you actually experience changing a removable harddisk cassette being
almost as easy as changing a floppy, you may not appreciate one of the
niceties/conveniences -- for backups, for "theme" disks", for animations, for
audio-visuals, etc.
(2) doing backups to a removable disk is so quick compared to most other
methods that I figure it was worthwhile saving up to afford it.

I happen to have selected a GVP (SCSI) controller with a 44MB SyQuest.  After
adding "RH0:" -- which, except for the SCSI unit number, was
identical to my "DH0:" mountlist partition -- the system worked the first time.
I didn't get the auto-diskchange ROMs at the time so I had to issue the
DiskChange command when I inserted a new disk cassette: one instruction... big
deal.

Which system/disks/SCSI-controller you may use is your choice; I've had mine
for about 1.5 years and it has never given me any grief except when I have
caused it :-)   Choose your system to work best for you.

        Ed Meyer

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