Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Other hard disks to Amiga ? Message-ID: <3388@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 29 Feb 88 15:44:27 GMT References: <2759@enea.se> Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 41 Keywords: hard disks In article <2759@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: > > >I don't now if this is special for Sweden, but I want to put >the question to the net anyway: > >If you should buy an Amiga 2000, are there any more hard disks >to choose from than original 20/40 MB's? (Without the Bridgeboard >in the machine, of course). > >If I want a cheaper hard disk or a larger one than 40 meg, is there >anything to do? Is it possible to buy the controller card alone to >the Amiga and then a SCSI hard disk with perhaps a PD drive routine? > >Any suggestions are welcome. If your using the C= 2090 HD controller then, *YES* you can choose from HS's other than 20 & 40 Meg. Only a few things to keep in mind when picking a HD: #1 No single partition can be larger than 50 Meg. So if you have a 60 Meg HD - use 2/30 Meg partitions, 1/10 Meg and 1/50 Meg partition. You get the idea..... #2 You can only use "ST-506" or "SCSI" drives! There are several HD's listed in the 2090 manual that have been tested and are known to work. There have also been reports, here on the net, of other HD's that work. -- Dan Schein uucp: {ihnp4|allegra|burdvax|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein Commodore AMIGA ARPANET: cbmvax!schein@uunet.uu.net 1200 Wilson Drive Bix: dschein Plink: Dan*CATS West Chester PA 19380 phone: (215) 431-9100 ext. 9542 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ All spelling mistakes are a result of my efforts to avoid education :-) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I help Commodore by supporting the AMIGA. Commodore supports me by allowing me to form my own suggestions and comments.