smisra@eos.ncsu.edu (11/27/90)
Has anyone had anyluck using a Seagate ST225 hard drive with a 520ST? (The drive is off of an IBM) smisra@eos.ncsu.edu
cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins) (11/28/90)
I've used an MFM (IBM segate ST 225 type...) harddrive, and it was
a minor pain. I had to buy
1) Case/Power supply ($110 brand new... can be had for $70 I suppose)
2) Host adapter (ICD's ran $110 brand new...)
3) SCSI MFM HD Controller ($80 or more)
4) Misc cables... ($15-20)
$315
Total cost $300 or more in addition th the mechanism.
By going with an SCSI mechanism you save $10 in cables and $90 in the controller
card...
But if you can find an Ompti SCSI MFM controller or an Adaptec 4000A used...
and Ditto for the other parts... you can save at least 50%...
John Cummins cummins@d.cs.okstate.edufortinp@bwdls56.bnr.ca (Pierre Fortin) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov27.030001.3851@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, smisra@eos.ncsu.edu writes: > Has anyone had anyluck using a Seagate ST225 hard drive > with a 520ST? (The drive is off of an IBM) Definitely! Atari shipped a lot of them in the old SH204 "shoebox". It also had inside the case, a "host adapter" (I switched to ICD's), a power supply, and an Adaptec 4000A controller. At least, that's what was included in mine... > > smisra@eos.ncsu.edu Pierre Fortin Bell-Northern Research I know, my postings are Internet Systems P.O.Box 3511, Stn C terse and humourless. So? (613)763-2598 Ottawa, Ontario RIP: aptly named protocol fortinp@bnr.ca Canada K1Y 4H7 AppleTalk: Adam&Eve's design
Jon_Clarke@kcbbs.gen.nz (Jon Clarke) (11/30/90)
Most of the orginal Sh205's came with a ST225 as did the SH204's. So
to answer your question yes it will work fine.
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I use the Seagate ST296N with ST, no problems. If you have a proper SCSI-controller and software, there should be no problems. Your Seagate is SCSI??? To recommend something, I think the ICD Advantage is the best SCSI-controller for Atari ST, and the software is included in the package. *** Jari Lehto, jartsu@otax.hut.fi, s37837k@saha.hut.fi ***