Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!bscott From: bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Simple A2091-40 question... Summary: The A-590 SCSI controller and XT drive? Keywords: A590 XT IDE HD 2091 HELP Message-ID: <3251@pikes.Colorado.EDU> Date: 9 Feb 90 08:45:30 GMT References: <3092@usceast.UUCP> <1046@thor.wright.EDU> Reply-To: bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben M Scott) Organization: University of Colorado, Denver Lines: 16 OK, this is my first post on Usenet but I hope I can get this right... A while back I bought an A-590 drive, and I'm very happy with it. I had heard bad things about the Epson remainders that Commodore originally shipped them with, and was releived when I found out that the drive was a different one nowadays. However, I can't really figure it out. It's a Western Digital 93028-X_A, which I am told is an "XT" type drive. Apparently, this is a part of a different spec from your more usual ST-506 or SCSI; the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) spec. It has a single 40-pin con nector, which seems to verify the fact that it's neither SCSI nor ST-506. Eventually, I expect to upgrade the system, and I'd like to be able to install another drive inside the 590 case and sell the one that it came with. However, I find that the 2091 which is supposedly what the 590 is (the driver calls itself the 2091 Handler) is a SCSI-only controller. This is my problem: Did they modify the 2091 in the 590 to work with the XT drive, or did they modify the XT drive to work with the 2091? I need to know what to tell any prospective buyers (I'm told that IDE drives can fet ch a fairly high price, for a system that can use them) as to whether it will work on their system! I've tried Commodore's 1-800 number, and apparently I woke up the lady or something because she didn't sound too happy and only wanted my zip code so she could refer me to a local dealer. I explained ("...as slowly and patiently as if I were talking to someone from the telephone company accounts department...") that the dealer sold me the drive in the first place; I finally got a tech support number but I'd like to try this before I make a LD call. . <<<>>> Don't have a fancy signature yet, but: I don't have anyone to blame my opinions on because I'm unemployed... "We're all in this together, Kid" A. Tuttle ('call me Harry')