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From: weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Weaver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Hard drive mechanism for ST
Message-ID: <854@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 14:27:12 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 31 14:27:12 1987
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Keywords: hard drive corvus berkeley boards


	Perhaps those of you who are more hardware-oriented can help me
with this one:

	I want to get a hard drive for my ST, but am frugal and do not
want to spend megabucks on a turnkey system.  So, I have been saving my
pennies for the Berkeley Boards (ST DMA to SCSI to ST506 converter boards)
and keeping my eyes open for drive mechanisms.  Well, I finally have found
the drive mechanism, or so I hope.  I have come into the guardianship :-)
of two Corvus OMNINET disk servers.  I could care less about the related hard
ware, but inside these two disk servers lie two 20Mb drive mechanisms.  They
do not appear to be made by Corvus but by a company called IMI (or Internat'l
Memories, Inc.)  The model number on this is 5018H.

	Obviously I would *really* like to have 40Mb of hard drive, but
am wondering if it will work or not.  I do, of course, plan to try and
get a hold of IMI, but a few questions:

	If they do not know if it is ST506 compatible, and I attempt to
	"go it on my own" after purchasing the Berkeley Boards, which
	is more apt to happen:  will I fry the boards or the drive
	(I'd rather fry the drive; its more expendable.)

	Is there any board that converts from ST DMA to 5018H? :-)

	Thanks for any and all responses.  Post to the net if you think
others might benefit, or e-mail if not.

Cheers,



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