[comp.sys.amiga] connecting a syquest-44MB removable to an A3000

joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance) (05/25/90)

In article <myers.643567020@beowulf> myers@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Margaret Myers) writes:
>A friend of mine is considering buying an A3000 -- he currently has an
>Atari ST with a Syquest 44MB removable media drive.  The drive is SCSI
>based... how easy would it be to hook it up to an A3000?  Would he need
>to buy anything other than the right cabling?

The SyQuest is 5.25 inch, so your friend will want an external enclosure and
power supply.
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mann@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Shannon Mann) (05/25/90)

In article <myers.643567020@beowulf> myers@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Margaret Myers) writes:
>A friend of mine is considering buying an A3000 -- he currently has an
>Atari ST with a Syquest 44MB removable media drive.  The drive is SCSI
>based... how easy would it be to hook it up to an A3000?  Would he need
>to buy anything other than the right cabling?
>
>margaret

Our local computer store is working on this.  They are writing their own drivers
for some reason.  I will post details as I find out how successful they are.

At the present time, they have the syquest working with a GVP hard drive 
controller.

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