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From: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ASDG Minirack C compatible HD controller?
Keywords: ASDG hard drive Minirack Zorro
Message-ID: <392@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 18:11:26 GMT
References: <1184@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Organization: ASDG Incorporated
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In article <1184@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>Can anyone (Perry, Eric?) point me in the direction of a hard drive
>controller card that will work in ASDG's Minirack C? I had hoped to

No hard drive controller card will work in a Minirack C. You're right that
it's only for use with our memory boards, and was sold as such.
 
>I'm not aware of any hard drive controllers that were ever made in the
>Zorro I format, but I've heard that there are some 1/2 length A2000 hard
>drive controllers that would fit the Minirack. The big question is: if I
>can find a controller that will fit, will it WORK? I recall the failed
>attempts to get anything but an ASDG card to work in the ASDG/Micron
>expansion box for the 1000. As I recall the discussion, the ASDG/Micron
>box was an unbuffered, unintelligent box with only +5 volts supplied.
>Since this also seems to describe the Minirack C, I'm worried about
>finding anything that will work.

Yes, there were a few HD controllers that were made in the Zorro I format,
but they're pretty hard to come by these days.
One note -- ASDG had _nothing_ to do with the Micron expansion box. We did
license our 2Meg board to them, but that's all.
The main difference between the Zorro I edge connector and Zorro II is the
+12 volt line.
 
>Or could I reasonably hack a C into a D? 
            ^^^^^^^^^^
Never.
 
-- 
Aaron Avery, ASDG Inc.         "A mime is a terrible thing to waste."
                                                             -- Robin Williams
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