atheybey@PTT.LCS.MIT.EDU (08/25/88)
I am thinking of buying a hard disk, and have some questions. Setup: Amiga 1000 with ASDG Mini Rack C, ASDG 8M/2 memory board. (The Mini Rack C is an expansion chassis that contains two "Zorro I subset" slots, for those who don't know). I would like to get a controller that fits in the empty slot in the M-R-C. I would prefer a SCSI and/or DMA controller, though budget and availability may prevail. The big problem seems to be finding any sort of controller for a Zorro I slot. All the ones that I have seen are either SOTS or Zorro II. I would prefer not to buy an expansion chassis with Z II slots because of $$ and the fact that I don't want to throw away my memory board. $800 for ASDG's 2000-and-1 (which has both Z I and Z II) is a also a bit much for my wallet. I believe that someone posted something about an ASDG ST-506 controller that fit in a M-R-C recently. I thought I had saved it, but I can't find it, so maybe the poster could E-Mail me the details. I also thought of hacking the Wedge or Palomax onto a Z I proto board. I do not have any qualms about soldering irons, but that still may be too kludgy for my tastes. So anyway, does anyone have any suggestions and/or experiences on the right way to go? What other Z I controllers are available? Does there exists a SCSI Z I controller? Finally, a seperate question. I have seen ads for controllers that state "supports the new FFS", and I think that someone has commented that the Wedge won't support the FFS. Such statements confuse me. I thought that the disk controller and its low-level drivers are responsible for reading and writing disk blocks only, and so should support any sort of file system. Any comments? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Heybey, atheybey@ptt.lcs.mit.edu Room 509, 545 Technology Square Advanced Network Architecture Group Cambridge, MA 02139 MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (617) 253-6005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------