rmd@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (r..diamond) (01/10/90)
I have a couple of ST-506 hard disks and decided I would like to
hook one to my Amiga 1000. After several calls, I began to think this impossible.
Most people wouldn't even sell me the interface, and one wanted $500 for a
complete package without the drive. I could buy the Trumpcard for $550
and have 48 Mb SCSI. Are there any cheaper options?
thanx,
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Robert Diamond (201) 576-2357 /\
AT&T Lincroft 1A-205 /RO\
...!att!lzatt!rmd \BD/
\/ terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) (01/11/90)
In article <3573@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> rmd@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (r..diamond) writes: >I have a couple of ST-506 hard disks and decided I would like to >hook one to my Amiga 1000. After several calls, I began to think this impossible. >Most people wouldn't even sell me the interface, and one wanted $500 for a >complete package without the drive. I could buy the Trumpcard for $550 >and have 48 Mb SCSI. Are there any cheaper options? You might look into the Max interface or the Wedge interface. Both are relatively inexpensive and work well. I have built several of the Max interfaces & highly recommend it if you are handy with construction projects. The Wedge comes ready to go. I seem to remember that Spirit also had a cheap ST-506 interface as well.
pryor@uunet.UUCP (Paul Pryor) (01/12/90)
In article <3573@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> rmd@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (r..diamond) writes: >I have a couple of ST-506 hard disks and decided I would like to >hook one to my Amiga 1000. After several calls, I began to think this >impossible. ... > thanx, >__ > Robert Diamond (201) 576-2357 /\ > ...!att!lzatt!rmd \BD/ > \/ Yup, there are a couple I was considering. First is =MAX= which goes for $99 and uses programmed i/o. Heck, its not so bad, considering that CPU couldn't do anything while DMA is accessing fast memory (maybe I'm wrong !). No autobooting, this is a disadvantage. The second one is ALF 2. Can't get a price quotation yet, I've tried to call once and got their answering machine. The ad says that it supports MFM, RLL, and SCSI. And autobooting. But I need to hear from usenet if ALF 2 is really good as it sounded. Please send replies by email, I will summarize if there are any interest. Thanks !!! --- Paul T. Pryor (uunet!imspw6!pryor) Integrated Microcomputer Systems, INC. Rockville, MD -- Paul T. Pryor (uunet!imspw6!pryor) Integrated Microcomputer Systems, INC. Rockville, MD