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From: wa60@sdcc12.UUCP (paul van de graaf{})
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: SCSI available yet?
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Date: Wed, 2-Jul-86 23:03:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  2 23:03:40 1986
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In article <157@cci632.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>Has anybody noticed or heard of an SCSI interface to the
>DMA port of the ST, and if it is available yet?
>

A guy I met at a computer store yesterday had a home-built drive consisting of
an Atari --> SCSI board, an off-the-shelf SCSI controller, and a 70 meg drive.
He got the Atari --> SCSI board and disk driver from Supra for $200.00. 
I suppose it's the same board that Supra uses in their hard disk for the ST.

He put it together in a weekend, and he said the biggest problem he had was
mounting the thing in a box.  He also said something to the effect that the
Atari --> SCSI board doesn't adhere to the SCSI standard completely, but Supra
gives you a list of controllers that work with it.  This might just be a driver
problem and not the fault of the hardware.

Another drawback is that as it stands you can't boot off the hard disk.
You must do a short boot from the floppy drive, and then the hard drive takes
over.  I'm not sure if GEMDOS has any provisions to auto-configure off the DMA
port.  I doubt it.  The upshod is that you can't call your hard disk "drive A:".
Yet another reason to buy the $50.00 upgrade to the developer's kit to get the
fixed linker.

I did in fact see the thing work, so if you have some surplus disks or
controllers lying about, you might give Supra a call.

Paul van de Graaf	    sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa60		U. C. San Diego