Marcus_Siskin@um.cc.umich.edu (02/01/88)
Like the tailor who got 7 at once, a customer at the Dealership I work part
time at wants to put a hard disk in his A2K to compliment the two internal
floppies and 5.25 drive he already has installed. The HD would be driven
off the 2090 card and he would like to have it internal to the computer.
Has anyone installed a Hard Drive in this situation? If so WHERE????
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
Marc Siskin
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
All opinions (Do I even have them?) are my own and don't represent anything
my two employers have to say.
Marcus_Siskin@um.umich.cc.edu Working at the University of Michigan.
Not representing them.
U.Snail -----> 2928 Washtenaw Apt 2B
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Ma Bell -----> 313-764-0424 (Work)
313-434-5668 (Home)
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
gunther@cbmvax.UUCP (Ed Gunther QA) (02/01/88)
In article <3667@umix.cc.umich.edu> Marcus_Siskin@um.cc.umich.edu writes: > > Has anyone installed a Hard Drive in this situation? If so WHERE???? > Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. > > Like the tailor who got 7 at once, a customer at the Dealership I work part > time at wants to put a hard disk in his A2K to compliment the two internal > floppies and 5.25 drive he already has installed. The HD would be driven > off the 2090 card and he would like to have it internal to the computer. Anyone having a maximum configuration system has faced this problem. My solution is fairly simple and allows two (2) 3.5 inch hard drives to be added internally. Get a simple hardcard bracket designed for an IBM-PC I don't know of a place you can get one, I just had some lying around. There should be predrilled holes onto which you can cleanly mount the first hard drive. To add a second you probably have to do some drilling or something. Where's a good place to put it in a 2000? I put mine in first 100 pin slot to the left the 86 pin CPU slot. This still leaves four (4) Amiga slots (one is a little tight because of screws) and the CPU slot free with plenty of room for the drives. Being paronoid about shorts(my bracket was metal, I taped over the slot connector with electrical tape (useful stuff, I always carry it with me, you know, like MacGyver and duct tape, ha ha). If you add two internal drives and already have a 5.25 inch floppy, you'll need a y-adapter for power. BTW, I have a system with two 3.5 inch floppies, a 5.25 inch floppy, two 3.5 inch 20 meg ST-506 hard drives and A2090, A2052, A2088 and 20 meg IBM hardcard , and, getting to the point, my B2000 power supply has no problem handling this, so there. > Marc Siskin > > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > All opinions (Do I even have them?) are my own and don't represent anything > my two employers have to say. > Marcus_Siskin@um.umich.cc.edu Working at the University of Michigan. > Not representing them. > U.Snail -----> 2928 Washtenaw Apt 2B > Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 > Ma Bell -----> 313-764-0424 (Work) > 313-434-5668 (Home) > *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ > > > -- (((((((((()((((((((())(((((((()))((((((())))(((((()))))((((())))))(((())))))) __ Ed Gunther COMMODORE AMIGA TEST ENGINEERING / /\ "The LAST line of defense, if "THEY" let us!" < == /__\ UUCP ...{allegra,ihnp4,rutgers}!cbmvax!gunther \__ / \ PHONE 215-431-9356 (life or death only please!) "Disclaimer, heck no! NOooo PROBLEM. You have myyyy word on it." (((((((((()((((((((())(((((((()))((((((())))(((((()))))((((())))))(((()))))))