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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 15 Head Hard drive and the A2090(a)
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Date: 24 May 89 16:06:37 GMT
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In article <8356.AA8356@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
>  True, BUT not to be overlooked (ill mention it since no one else has so far)
>  is the fact that with an adapter (like the Adaptec 4000A or 4070) you can
>  run your ST-506 drive from the SCSI port. This is great for running drives
>  with > 8 heads -or- for running up to 4 ST-506 drives off one 2090 ;-)
								 ^^^^

Except that none of the Adaptec adapters can be "prep"-ed with the 2090 or
2090A. Some claim that after prepping an Adaptec with "another" adapter,
the resuling disk will be recognized by the 2090x, but I have no direct
experience of this.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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