Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!b-tech!ais.org!cython From: cython@ais.org (Tim Devlin) Subject: Re: Adding HD to A3000? Message-ID: Date: Wed, 05 Jun 91 01:09:55 GMT Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI References: <1991Jun5.002609.23342@cs.cornell.edu> Sender: cython@ais.org In article <1991Jun5.002609.23342@cs.cornell.edu> johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) writes: >In article ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) writes: >>A general question: I'd like to add another hard drive to my A3000 - >>that is, in addition to the factory-shipped one. Since it has an SCSI >>port, I assume that an SCSI controller isn't necessary. Does this imply >>that I can just buy, say, a Quantum 40 meg and throw it in there? Is >>there space internally? Do I need to get an external drive? Inquiring >>minds want to know. > >Correct. The A3000 has the SCSI controller built-in. If you don't have >a second floppy, you can mount the additional HD in that internal bracket, >but you may have to fashion your own cable to connect both drives. You >may also need to check out the power cable and the capacity of the A3000's >power supply. You'll also have to mind the usual signal terminators and >SCSI ID stuff. > >Me? When I needed to transfer some stuff from my Rodime to my new A3000's >Quantum, I left the Rodime in my A2000 for the power supply, made a >SCSI 50-pin header to MacIntosh-style SCSI DB25 cable, and connected it to >the external connector on the A3000. Worked great, so adding an external >drive works fine, too. Question, would it be possible to place a 2nd hard drive on top of the other one that is in the case. I noticed there seems to be room for one to sit on the other, but would that be possible? I know you would get no indecater light, also there might be a heat problem? And you would not want to move the computer, as I don't think you could mount it there. But I have an IBM 1.44 meg AT drive in the other bay, for a bridgeboad, and due to a lack of desk space wold really prefer to have another internal hard drive. I also dont want to use one of the few slots that the A3000 has, so a hard card would not be the best answer. Course I could alway just put a larger HD in the place ofthe current one, but would like to keep both. So what does everyone think? Would it be possible/advisable or a silly idea. Tim > -- Internet: Cython@irie.ais.org Compuserve: 76217,1372 GEnie: T.devlin2 BIX: Cython