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From: rad@masscomp.UUCP (Bob Doolittle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheap disk drives
Message-ID: <2555@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 17:47:56 EST
Article-I.D.: masscomp.2555
Posted: Tue Nov 10 17:47:56 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Nov-87 22:21:04 EST
References: <73@mithras> <303@uscacsc.UUCP>
Reply-To: rad@masscomp.UUCP (Bob Doolittle)
Organization: MASSCOMP - Westford, Ma
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Keywords: IBM Cheap
Summary: Cheap disks for A2000

[ Everyone else has a line here - I may as well too ]

In article <303@uscacsc.UUCP> papa@pollux.UUCP (Marco Papa) writes:
>All IBM-type disks used in the XT/AT models are compatible with the A2000.
>These are ST506 drives.  Only problem you need half-height drives, while
>most IBM clones use full-height.

Actually this is only sort of true.  If you have one 3.5" floppy and a
5.25" floppy, and you want to mount your new disk internally, you need a
1/2 height drive, because it needs to go where the second 3.5" floppy
would otherwise go.  On the other hand, if you have both 3.5" spaces
used up, OR WANT TO SAVE $$ BY BUYING A FULL HEIGHT DRIVE, you can put
the new disk external, which is what I'm doing.  I already have a 20 Mb
1/2 height internal (and the 3.5 and 5.25 floppies), and want to add an
ST506 85 Mb drive, so I am going to leave it outside the case.  I have
to get a couple of new cables, and I will route them out the back panel
through the unused slots above the serial port.  Sure, it'll look
kludgy, but I'll just have to suffer for the extra disk space :-).  You
may have to put a fan by it, or place it near the A2000 exhaust fan, to
keep it cool.

Good Luck!

Bob Doolittle
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