Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A1000 Hard Drive info wanted Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 89 17:21:49 GMT References: <3680@sdsu.UUCP> Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: <3680@sdsu.UUCP> lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall) writes: > o Is there any way to autoboot on a cold-boot? warm-boot? > (This is an _A1000_ with 1.3 KS on DISK). Unless you have 1.3 on a ROM inside your A1000 and an A1000 SCSI controller which supports autoboot, no autoboot on cold-boot. However, you can set up RAD: so that you can autoboot on a cold-boot. > o Am I better off shopping for components individually or should > get a package? depends on what products you are looking at and what prices you can get them for. There is no definite answer to this question. > o Here is what I need to get: SCSI drive, A1000 SCSI controller, > SCSI cable, power supply, enclosure for the drive. Is this list > correct? this list is correct. Look through the pages of Computer Shopper for best prices on hard drives, cables, power supplies, and enclosures. > o I have a StarBoard II. Is the SCSI module any good? I'm leaning > towards the Supra Interface, but am worried about SOTS problems > with both guys (SBII+Supra) plugged in, so may get the SCSI module. > I've been running a StarBoard II with the SCSI module for a few months now, and I think it is pretty good. It also offers a battery operated clock in addition to the SCSI interface. I suspect that adding the SCSI module will be cheaper than buying the Supra interface, and I doubt the Supra interface has any particular advantage over the SBII SCSI module. -- Michael Portuesi * Information Technology Center * Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu * BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ "Some say that knowledge is something that you never have" -- K. Bush