iiitih@cybaswan.UUCP (Ivan Izikowitz) (02/21/91)
I think I may have access to a fairly large SCSI hard disk. The snag
is that I would like to use it on my 1040 STE. Would it be possible to
use this disk with my Atari by just purchasing a SCSI controller
(and power supply of course) ?
Any information/help greatly appreciated!
Ivan Hoe
@ The Institute for Industrial Information Technology, Innovation Centre
Swansea SA2 8PP
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Fax: (+44) 792 295532 | UUCP: ..!ukc!cybaswan.UUCP!iiitihgjh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) (02/26/91)
++ I think I may have access to a fairly large SCSI hard disk. The snag ++ is that I would like to use it on my 1040 STE. Would it be possible to ++ use this disk with my Atari by just purchasing a SCSI controller ++ (and power supply of course) ? Unless Atari changed the DMA specs on the STE, you'll need a DMS-SCSI adaptor (I recommend ICD), a SCSI controller card appropriate for your HD (MFM or RLL) a PSU and the relevant cables. Driver/formatting/utility s/w comes with the host adaptor. Cheers, Graham ====== ------------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Higgins | Phone: (0272) 799910 x 24060 Hewlett-Packard Labs | gjh%ghiggins@hpl.hp.co.uk Bristol | gjh%ghiggins@hplb.hpl.hp.com U.K. | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: My opinions above are exactly that, mine and opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------------
gjh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) (02/26/91)
I mean DMA->SCSI adaptor of course, not DMS->SCSI adaptor.
S_EDELMANN@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Hans Chr. Ede) (03/01/91)
> Unless Atari changed the DMA specs on the STE, you'll need a DMS-SCSI adaptor > (I recommend ICD), a SCSI controller card appropriate for your HD (MFM or RLL) > a PSU and the relevant cables. Driver/formatting/utility s/w comes with the > host adaptor. I think every SCSI-Drive has a built-in controller, so you don't need a controller card. My drive works fine without such a thing. You only need a SCSI-Adaptor. Can you tell me, what a PSU is? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I Hans Christian Edelmann (at University of Karlsruhe, Germany) I I E-Mail : s_edelmann@iravcl.ira.uka.de or uk9d@dkauni2.bitnet I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -