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From: thad@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: A2090
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Date: 14 Sep 88 08:30:15 GMT
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Sorry, the A2090 is *NOT* ST-412 compatible.

The major difference between ST-506 and ST-412 is that ST-506 supports only
8 heads (such as the older WD1010 controllers) and that ST-412 supports 16
heads.

The A2090 supports only 8 heads, thus is ST-506 compatible.

The Seagate ST-251 drive has 6 heads and will function with either an ST-506
or ST-412 compatible controller.


Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]