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From: ytsuji@wucc.waseda.ac.jp (Y.Tsuji)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: How to add  a hard disk
Summary: sasi or st506 board adaptor info wanted
Message-ID: <5749@wucc.waseda.ac.jp>
Date: 28 May 91 07:39:01 GMT
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References: <1991May27.012152.6558@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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In article <1991May27.012152.6558@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got an NEC 20 meg hard disk that I'd like to hook up to my Atari
> 520 ST.
> 
> Does anyone know of an interface that I can build or buy for it?
> 
> Thanks
> 

Easiest way is to buy a SCSI-adaptor board from ICD,Inc and an ADAPTEC
4000 board (SCSI to ST506).

But I should think there must be some adaptors that handle ST506
drives directly or connects ATARI-ST's DMA socket to a standard SASI
(50 pins) drive. Does anyone know a vendor of these adaptors?

As the price of a 20 MB drive is almost nil (US$20) and 40 MB SASI
drives are quickly disapppearing (US$400), the cost of buying an
ADAPTEC SCSI board appears to be too expensive.
Yes, a DIY project for SASI is rather easy, but I would think buying
another ADAPTEC board second hand will save the trouble.

Tsuji
ytsuji@cfi.waseda.ac.jp