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From: chris@eta.ETA.COM (Chris Torkildson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard disks for the ST
Message-ID: <8700156@eta.ETA.COM>
Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 19:27:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: eta.8700156
Posted: Thu Aug 27 19:27:59 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 07:38:25 EDT
References: <6337@brl-smoke.ARPA>
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Organization: ETA Systems, Inc., St Paul, MN, USA
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Keywords: HARD DISK MSDOS

In article <6337@brl-smoke.ARPA> geoffs@brl-smoke.ARPA (Geoffrey Sauerborn ) writes:
>
>	I am trying to find out who makes hard disks for the ST. (Other
>than the first two (Atari & SUGART?).
>
>	1. Has any one been able to connect one of the many "Generic" hard
>disks popular in the MSDOS world to the ST? (e.g. Seagate $300/20meg,
>Bernoulli Box, ...). I am sure there must be someone who has done
>this...	 it may have ment doing something with the controller?
>
>	2. PC-DITTO: Will a hard disk running under MSDOS work
>on an ST running PC-DITTO?
>

Supra is probably one of the best known hard disk manufacturers for the Atari
ST. You can buy just the Supra SCSI adaptor board from them. It is a small
board with a cable that plugs into the back of the ST. It has a fifty pin 
connector that allows a ribbon cable connection to a SCSI board (such as 
an Adaptec or NCR adaptor). The SCSI board can typically control just about
any ST-506 type board, including the large 190-MB Maxtors. I use the Supra 
controller with an Adaptec 4000 connected to a CDC Wren 35 MB drive. You have
to find or make your own disk cabinent and power supply and the ribbon cables.
The Supra board cost about $220 6 months ago.

PC-ditto runs fine on this hard disk configuration although you cannot use
the Supra hard disk boot with PC-ditto. You must still boot the system with
the floppy.