csjlb@mtsu.UUCP (Julian Brown) (02/03/89)
Here is a question about the different SCSI interfaces. I have an
Amiga 1000 and am looking at either the Cltd., or Supra interface. The
problem is that I already have a memory expansion box on the side that
does not pass the bus. Do either of these interfaces pass the bus?
Thank you!
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--scotty@ziggy.UUCP (Scott Drysdale) (02/04/89)
In article <138@mtsu.UUCP> csjlb@mtsu.UUCP (Julian Brown) writes: > > Here is a question about the different SCSI interfaces. I have an >Amiga 1000 and am looking at either the Cltd., or Supra interface. The >problem is that I already have a memory expansion box on the side that >does not pass the bus. Do either of these interfaces pass the bus? > Thank you! the CLtd will pass the bus if you buy the option that goes along with it. i think you can get a cltd controller for around $175 and the passthru option is $25. they have a new version of the controller out - maybe it's more expensive and maybe it's got the passthru built it, don't know. give them a call at 316 267 0202. i don't know about the supra interface. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Julian L. Brown > Computer Science "Hey, Look! There's > Middle Tennessee State University the ground!" > killer!mjbtn!mtsu!csjlb -Opus >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Scotty
mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) (02/05/89)
In article <168@ziggy.UUCP> scotty@ziggy.UUCP (Scott Drysdale) writes: >In article <138@mtsu.UUCP> csjlb@mtsu.UUCP (Julian Brown) writes: >> (stuff deleted; wants to know which SCSI interfaces for the A1000 pass the >> bus...) > >the CLtd will pass the bus if you buy the option that goes along with it. i >think you can get a cltd controller for around $175 and the passthru option >is $25. they have a new version of the controller out - maybe it's more >expensive and maybe it's got the passthru built it, don't know. give them >a call at 316 267 0202. > >i don't know about the supra interface. > I recently bought Supra's SupraDrive 4x4 interface for the A1000, and can attest that it passes the bus, although I don't use that facility at the present. I also wanted to comment on the above referenced price of $175 (or thereabouts). When I priced these interfaces, the CLtd one was considerably higher than the Supra; its list price, for the 1000, was $299, whereas the list price of their A500 interface was only $199! I can't understand why there would be such a price difference between a peripheral for the 1000 and the same one for the 500, unless the unit for the 1000 was being considered a "special" or a low-quantity-build situation, since it is a discontinued machine, and there are probably more 500's out there now that there are 1000's (sniff sniff). -- - Mike Shawaluk ...!uunet!marque!lakesys!mikes
cheung@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU (Wilson Cheung) (02/07/89)
In article <168@ziggy.UUCP>, scotty@ziggy.UUCP (Scott Drysdale) writes: > In article <138@mtsu.UUCP> csjlb@mtsu.UUCP (Julian Brown) writes: > > > > Here is a question about the different SCSI interfaces. I have an > >Amiga 1000 and am looking at either the Cltd., or Supra interface. The > >problem is that I already have a memory expansion box on the side that > >does not pass the bus. Do either of these interfaces pass the bus? > > Thank you! > > the CLtd will pass the bus if you buy the option that goes along with it. i > think you can get a cltd controller for around $175 and the passthru option > is $25. they have a new version of the controller out - maybe it's more > expensive and maybe it's got the passthru built it, don't know. give them > a call at 316 267 0202. The CLtd pass thru is terrible. Consider the following connecting the CLtd creates one junction, connecting the pass thru creates a second junction, and connecting the expansion box to the pass thru creates a third junction, finally if there is a memory board that plugs into a slot inside the box you get a fourth junction for digital signals to try to pass through. Its extremely unlikely that you will be able to get anything to work off the pass thru. Wilson Cheung
jgary@ms.uky.edu (James E. Gary) (02/07/89)
OOps, deleted the 'so and so writes line'. Wilson Cheung writes: >The CLtd pass thru is terrible. Consider the following connecting the CLtd >creates one junction, connecting the pass thru creates a second junction, and >connecting the expansion box to the pass thru creates a third junction, >finally if there is a memory board that plugs into a slot inside the box you >get a fourth junction for digital signals to try to pass through. Its >extremely unlikely that you will be able to get anything to work off the >pass thru. > > Wilson Cheung I have a Microbotics Starboard, a C-LTD. SCSI controller and a LIVE! digitizer hooked to my 1000 in that order with no problems. I think that CLtd's passthrough is a little silly, but it works for me. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James Gary jgary@ms.uky.edu | You Klingon sons, you've killed| | University of Kentucky | my bastard! -Kames Jirk | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+