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From: jdp@killer.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A2000 hard disks
Message-ID: <2515@killer.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 87 22:16:21 GMT
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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To:  CBM and others out there

     I have just upgraded to the A2000 and I have some questions about adding
a hard disk to the Amiga.

1.  Has anyone successfully used a SCSI drive with the A2090?  (I've read many
    reports of persistent "read/write" errors (nonexistant?), but no reports of
    successful (error free) use of these drives.)  Is there a problem?  If so,
    is it software or hardware or firmware?

2.  My dealer reports that there are variations in the A2090.  It seems that
    some of them will support a very fast 40 Meg 3.5" Rodime drive, but most
    will not.  He says that there is a difference in the manufacturer of the
    chips on the cards.

3.  Has anyone successfully used the Seagate ST-251 40 Meg drive on with the
    A2090?  Someone on CompuServe reported that this is an RLL drive.  Does
    this mean that the A2090 will not use the full space available?  Is it RLL?

4.  Has anyone found a reasonably priced 3.5" drive bigger than 40 Meg?  Please
    provide info

5.  Will the A2090 support tape drives?  (SCSI or ST-506?)

6.  Please note that I am not using the BridgeBoard at this time, so please dont
    suggest that I use a PC controller.

7.  When can I get the Fast File System?

                                      Thank you,
                                                  Jim Pritchett



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