Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: I'm ordering a 2090A Summary: I hope not, I want to buy it soon! Keywords: Any major reason to not buy a 2090A? Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 88 05:46:56 GMT Distribution: na Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 33 I finally have enough $$$ for a hard drive. It looks like I'm going to put in an order for a 2090A. I have a couple questions: First: Will the 2090A work with a ST238? I can get one (used) cheap and if it works I will get it instead of other drives. Second: My prime concern is price; with reliability as a close second. For that reason, I am considering a brand-new Seagate 30meg (ST506 style). Is there some major reason that buying a 2090A is a mistake? Third: Is a controller that does half-DMA (or is it fake-DMA?) going to give me anything but speed? In my heart, I want a GVP with a SCSI Connor 100 meg. I think that will give me the best reliability. Of course, price is the first priority. Since C-A makes the 2090A, I'm being conservative (ha ha ha! Me being conservative! Buying hardware must be the only place that I'm conservative!) and 30meg is in a good price range for me. I don't do overscan, speed is no concern of mine. Software support would be nice (i.e. third party utilities). Knowing that C-A will most likely support their own drive in the future is a big plus. Any help will be appreciated. Tom "I'm drunk! I guess I shouldn't play F18!" Limoncelli (new prefered mail address: tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet) -- Tom Limoncelli -- Drew University, Box 1060, Madison, NJ 07940 TLimonce@Drew.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net -- VoiceMail (201)408-5389 Drew College of Liberal Arts: male/female ratio: 2:3 student/pc ratio: 1:1 "The opinions expressed are mine... just mine."