SYTANG@CSUGREEN.BITNET (SHOOU-YU TANG,PHYSICS DEPT,CSU,303-491-6372) (07/18/89)
Thanks for people respond to my previous questions about tape drive and HP hard drive, special to Mr. Moore. To summarize: 1. Qic-40 tape drive which use floppy controller would not function properly with STs floppy port due to the short cut Atari made. But a SCSI tape drive can be used with DMA port with SCSI host adaport, but programming it is not an easy task. ICD has a SCSI tape system. 2. HP nighthawk hard drive is not a SCSI drive and the 40 pin special connect -ion are not standard hard drive interface. I've talk with several HP engineer , they cann't find any informations either. So better not mess with them. Now some more questions came into my mind: 1. Does anyone has ordered from a mail order company called "Computer Elite" in Gahanna,Ohio. I'm thinking buying some stuffs for my ST, and their price seem good. But I would like to know how reliable is their service? 2. An Ad just surface on my desk, it's from a company call Performance Techology,INc. They have a SCSI floppy controller for $195.00 that can take up to 4 drive of any combinations of 3.5",5.25" or 8" floppy drive in any capacity availble in the market now. Does anyone seen one or has hear about it? Some people was disscuse about 1.44M drive for ST, this might be the solution, and one might also be able to use those cheap QIC-40 tape backup drive through this -- since it use standard floppy controller in steaded of short-cut design. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoou-yu Tang, Colorado State Univ., Physics Dept. sytang@csugreen.ucc.colostate.edu sytang@csugreen.bitnet disclaim: standard disclaim applied