Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!dayvb!fac2 From: fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hooking up a third drive...how? Message-ID: <951.25d01a15@dayton.saic.com> Date: 7 Feb 90 17:52:37 GMT References: <22123@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <90036.235819IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET> <22152@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Science Applications Intl. Corp., Dayton, Ohio Lines: 33 In article <22152@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C. Fossum) writes: > 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 > > 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? > The 1010 drive I looked at did not have the 12 volt supply line passed through. All the other connections were there. Probably better get an external 12 volt supply and add to the 2nd external drive if you have a 500. I am running two externals (home build) using the internal supply of the 1000 with no problems. -- _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ___ Earle Ake /___ /___/ / / Science Applications International Corporation ____// / / /__ Dayton, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: fac2%dayton.saic.com@uunet.uu.net uucp: uunet!dayvb!fac2