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From: jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C. Fossum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hooking up a third drive...how?
Message-ID: <22152@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 90 00:14:26 GMT
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In article <90036.235819IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET>, IMS103@psuvm.psu.edu (Ian Matthew Smith) writes:
> In articel <22123@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu
>            (John C. Fossum) writes:
> 
> >     How do you hook a third drive up to an Amiga 500? I have all of
> 
> Hmmm, you mean you have a external disk drive with no pass-through?
> What brand?  You should have no trouble adding another drive.  Just
> buy one that has a pass through (the A1010 does and so do most others)
> and plug the 1010 or whatever brand you purchace and plug your existing
> 
> Ian Smith <ims103@psuvm.bitnet>

     I tried this. I have two A1010 drives. I thought they would daisy
chain with no problem. I go into DPaint ]I[ and there is no recognition
of a third drive. I doesn't even access when I cold boot! Do I need
more power? As in power supply?







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