jwabik@uc.msc.umn.edu (Jeff Wabik) (11/09/90)
What should I do? I've been away from my Amiga for quite a while.. You know -- lots of toys at work, and I haven't wanted to play too much after that.. Recently, though, I decided I needed to get some things done at home.. Upgrade. I thought about a new A3000, or a Sun Workstation, but I finally decided that there was nothing that particularly appealing without spending a lot of money. I decided to do nothing, but, all of a sudden I fell into a 40MB SCSI disk that I picked up for $25. The next move: Upgrade my A1000 to drive this new disk, and have it take me another year or so.. So here I am. I've got an A1000 wiht 512K, 2 floppies, and not much else that's made one hell of a VT100 over the years. My subscription to Amiga World has long since expired, and I'm way out of touch with what's going on. I'd like to buy a SCSI controller to drive the disk, and perhaps provide some space to install additional memory (I'd like to plug in SIMMS, if I could. Am I dreaming?) I could get a copy of A-World, but, there'd be just ads, and I'd have to pick one randomly. Can anyone make a recommendation on such a device? A recommendation on where to buy it from? An estimate of the cost? As I said, I'm living in a floppy world.. Once I get this disk and controller, I have NO CLUE how to set it up. What level of system software do I need? Is this even possible? Is it practical? In short, Help! Any info appreciated.. If you can e/mail, that'd be good 'cause I dont get much chance to wade through this group anymore. Thanks! -Jeff -- Jeff A. Wabik E/Mail: jwabik@msc.umn.edu Minnesota Supercomputer Center AT&T: +1 612 626 0211 Minneapolis, MN FAX: +1 612 624 6550
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (11/10/90)
Well, for the A1000, devices for that machine are sparse. However, since Most A500 HD things work for it, you could use most of them,provided ypou turned it around. The choices I would say would be the Commodore A590+, and the GVP Series II FaaaastROM controller for the A500. The Commodore controller is faster than the GVP controller, and you can problably get it jsut as easily. The Commdore controller comes with an IDE drivce, but has an unused SCSI port. Just hook the drive you have right now up to that, and save you a bundle. Both machines support RAM expansion (2 megs for the CBM, 8 for the GVP). ^^^^^^^^ that should be controllers. Anyway, if I were you, I would go with the A590. I know for a fact 6that this works with the A1000, and you simply hook up your drive, (and yoiu might want to sell the existing IDE drive),maybe add some RAM, and Bingo! Watch your IBM/Mac-loving friends drool in what a 5 year old machine can do. Joseph Hillenburg, Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group (BAUG) joseph@valnet.UUCP ...!iuvax!valnet!joseph "Only Apple could slow down a 68000 chip." -Computer Shopper
martijn@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Reinalda M.) (11/19/90)
In comp.sys.amiga you write: >Well, for the A1000, devices for that machine are sparse. However, since >Most A500 HD things work for it, you could use most of them,provided ypou >turned it around. The choices I would say would be the Commodore A590+, >and the GVP Series II FaaaastROM controller for the A500. The Commodore >controller is faster than the GVP controller, and you can problably get ^^^^^^ Is that true ? Is the A590 controller really faster then the GVP controller ?. I'm about to buy one of them and I'll probably replace the 20MB with a Quantum 40MB. But I've heard that the A590 interface was so slow, that it would slow down the Quantum drive !! Can you help me out ??? Thanx in advance. *********************************************************************** ** Keyboard error or no keyboard present. Press any key to continue. ** ** IBM. ** *********************************************************************** ** E-mail : martijn@DNLUNX.UUCP ** ***********************************************************************
bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) (11/22/90)
In article <4055@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> martijn@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Reinalda M.) writes: > >In comp.sys.amiga you write: > >>Well, for the A1000, devices for that machine are sparse. However, since >>Most A500 HD things work for it, you could use most of them,provided ypou >>turned it around. The choices I would say would be the Commodore A590+, >>and the GVP Series II FaaaastROM controller for the A500. The Commodore >>controller is faster than the GVP controller, and you can problably get > ^^^^^^ >Is that true ? Is the A590 controller really faster then the GVP >controller ?. I'm about to buy one of them and I'll probably replace the 20MB >with a Quantum 40MB. But I've heard that the A590 interface was so slow, >that it would slow down the Quantum drive !! > I can't speak to the A590 vs GVP question but I can say that the A590's SCSI interface (which is what you'd be using if you swapped in a Quantum) is anything but slow. The speed limitation in this situation would definitely be the drive and not the interface. I have an A590/Quantum setup and it's fast enough, indeed :) bj > ** E-mail : martijn@DNLUNX.UUCP ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Brian Jackson Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga Inc. GEmie: B.J. | | bj@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com or ...{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!bj | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of | | the obvious." | -----------------------------------------------------------------------
david@walking.pub.uu.oz.au (David Le Blanc) (11/27/90)
In article <4055@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl>, Reinalda M. writes: > > In comp.sys.amiga you write: > > >Well, for the A1000, devices for that machine are sparse. However, since > >Most A500 HD things work for it, you could use most of them,provided ypou > >turned it around. The choices I would say would be the Commodore A590+, > >and the GVP Series II FaaaastROM controller for the A500. The Commodore > >controller is faster than the GVP controller, and you can problably get > ^^^^^^ > Is that true ? Is the A590 controller really faster then the GVP > controller ?. I'm about to buy one of them and I'll probably replace the 20MB > with a Quantum 40MB. But I've heard that the A590 interface was so slow, > that it would slow down the Quantum drive !! Well, I have an A590, with a 325Meg Miniscribe SCSI attached. Diskperf gives a rating in excess of 700K per second (in the largest buffer size..) (whereas the 20Meg drive gives about 159K per sec!) and although it DOES get bogged down a little :-) when using ham interlace overscan screens, I'd generally say it was FAST!. I have heard that the difference between the GVP and the A590 was that the GVP came with a better drive, BUT the A590 comes with a better *controller* so If you intend to replace the drive with a large drive, get the A590 (unless you want the mega-meg 8 megabyte expansion capabiltiy in the latest GVP '590+' look-alikes). > > Can you help me out ??? Thanx in advance. > Hope this helps. > > *********************************************************************** > ** Keyboard error or no keyboard present. Press any key to continue. ** > ** IBM. ** > *********************************************************************** > ** E-mail : martijn@DNLUNX.UUCP ** > *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Le Blanc UUCP (home) : eyrie!walking!david@labtam@munnari.oz david@walking ACSNET (work) : david@dogmelb.dog@munnari.oz "Life? Dont talk to ME about life.. " : Marvin the paranoid android. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------