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From: fredc@petsd.UUCP (Fred Cassirer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Hard disk(s) and Controllers for A1000
Message-ID: <1150@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 21:26:37 EST
Article-I.D.: petsd.1150
Posted: Wed Oct 28 21:26:37 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 05:10:45 EST
References: <1912@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3294@sol.ARPA>
Reply-To: fredc@petsd.UUCP Fred Cassirer
Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J.
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I currently have an A1000 with 512K and an external 5 1/4 , 3 1/2 drive.
I'm looking into getting a 20-40MB hard disk.  With all the expansion
products I've seen, I'm still not sure what my options are.  

It seems I could go with a 20MB drive from say Supra, Xebec, or CLtd,
as I understand it, these are SCSI drives, that come with their own
SCSI controllers.  I could get (I think) an SCSI controller from
Com-spec for about $249 which also says 0MB ram.  Does this mean
I can put my own chips on it and get memory expansion?  Can I just buy
an off the shelf SCSI drive and plug it in and watch it work?  The
Supra, Xebec, CLtd options seem a bit steep, the best you can do is about
$750 for a 20MB.  Is there some way I can put an ST-506 on my A1000?  If
so what are it's limitations?  I can pick up a GOOD ST-506 1/2 hight
~30ms access drive for about $400 (30-40MB) thru a dealer/friend.  Can
I use it?  Is there something out there that I could buy that would give
me ST-506 controller with expansion memory? 

My last choice is to buy one of the Supra, Xebec, or CLtd drives as I 
think I can get the drive itself much cheaper if I only could be convinced
there is an interface out there that I could plug in and have it work.
I have a flyer from COMSPEC I got at AMIEXPO, it looks like I could get
what I want,they even auto-boot, has anyone got one of these?  What
was the $$ and how does it work?


Any suggestions info would be appreciated.