Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!pfm!nadia!dialog!root
From: root@dialog.UUCP (Christian Motz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 15 Head Hard drive and the A2090(a)
Message-ID: <680@dialog.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 07:15:45 GMT
References: <1735@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca>
Reply-To: root@dialog.UUCP (Christian Motz)
Organization: Dialog Software Development
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In article <1735@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca> kevin@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Wallace B. Wallace) writes:
>I recently acquired a 15 head Hard Drive for my Amiga 2000 only to discover
>that the A2090(a) does not support >8 heads.  Has anyone figured out either
>(1) a way around this or (2) a different product that does support it?
>Any updates on an upgrade of the A2090(a) that will support them?  I'd hate
>to lose half of my storage even if I can upgrade it later.
>   BTW, the drive is a Fujitsu 2249SA, SCSI, 320M, 8 disks, 15 heads

The standard ST506 does support only 8 heads by definition. Since the A2090
has a "true" ST506 interface onboard, it complies with this standard. I do
not think that C=A will ever "fix" this (there really is no needt to change
this). But since your drive is an SCSI-drive anyway, this limitation does
not apply. The 2090 can handle SCSI-Drives of almost any size. So, go ahead,
hook it up and you'll see that you get your full 320 MByte of capacity.



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