rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Rich Carreiro) (11/14/89)
I am looking into buying a hard drive for my A2000. I have heard all sorts of conflicting stuff. So, given some conditions, can anyone give me some recommendations? Just as welcome are brands to stay away from. Ok - what I want: 1) 80+ meg hard drive 2) controller must autoboot 3) preferably can control more than one drive 4) preferably allows drive to be mounted right to card (though not a necessity) 5) preferably an internal drive [also, my A2000 has 1 meg chip RAM, 2 meg (hopefully soon to be 4 meg) fast RAM, and eventually some sort of accelerator board, in the event that any of these things have an impact on what kind of drive to get] Some other questions - I have heard various pro/con arguments about DMA controllers. So, what's the opinion out there? Will 1.4 and/or the ECS change those opinions. My dealer recommends the GVP drive controller. Agree? Disagree? Should I get a SCSI? An ST-506? What is the difference? Assuming I get enough responses, I will email summaries to those who wish them, or post to the net if the interest warrants. Any comments, suggestions, etc., will be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance (ADVthanksANCE :-)! -- Rich Carreiro - Most Biased Boston Celtics Fan! Get well soon, Johnny Most! ARPA: rlcarr@space.mit.edu Welcome back, Larry! UUCP: ...!mit-eddie!space.mit.edu!rlcarr McHale, 6th man supreme! BITNET: rlcarr@space.mit.edu "Follow through!"