[comp.sys.amiga.tech] ST506 Drive reccommendations for the A2000?

wcw@psuhcx.psu.edu (William C Ward) (09/08/88)

I'm looking for a 1/2-height, 40M 5 1/4 ST506 drive that will work in
the 2000 with the A2090 controller.  Anyone have any favorites?
Does the Miniscribe 40 Meg, 61 mS drive (model # 3650) have an ST506
interface?  I can get one of these for about $359 from a place that
specializes more in PC hardware, and doesn't know much about Amigas.
Are there better alternatives?
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rodger@hpdml93.HP.COM (Rodger Anderson) (09/09/88)

>/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga.tech / wcw@psuhcx.psu.edu (William C Ward) /  3:02 pm  Sep  7, 1988 /
>I'm looking for a 1/2-height, 40M 5 1/4 ST506 drive that will work in
>the 2000 with the A2090 controller.  Anyone have any favorites?
>Does the Miniscribe 40 Meg, 61 mS drive (model # 3650) have an ST506
I have been using this combination since April.  It works great.  I haven't
had any problems with it.   I bought a 2090 and a 3650 together at a 
pretty good price.

>interface?  I can get one of these for about $359 from a place that
>specializes more in PC hardware, and doesn't know much about Amigas.
>Are there better alternatives?
>-- 
>Bill Ward	Noise Control Laboratory	UUCP:	psuvax1!psuncl!wcw
>Penn. State University; 157 Hammond Bldg.	Bitnet:	WCW@PSUECL
>University Park, PA 16802			Voice:	(814)865-7262	
>----------
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Rodger Anderson (rodger@hpdml93)

lgreen@pnet01.cts.com (Lawrence Greenwald) (09/09/88)

wcw@psuhcx.psu.edu (William C Ward) writes:
>I'm looking for a 1/2-height, 40M 5 1/4 ST506 drive that will work in
>the 2000 with the A2090 controller.  Anyone have any favorites?
>Does the Miniscribe 40 Meg, 61 mS drive (model # 3650) have an ST506
>interface?  I can get one of these for about $359 from a place that
>specializes more in PC hardware, and doesn't know much about Amigas.
>Are there better alternatives?
>-- 
>Bill Ward	Noise Control Laboratory	UUCP:	psuvax1!psuncl!wcw
>Penn. State University; 157 Hammond Bldg.	Bitnet:	WCW@PSUECL
>University Park, PA 16802			Voice:	(814)865-7262	

Bill, try the Seagate ST-251 (either the standard one with 40ms or the one
with the "-1" extension with 28ms access time). It's used in the IBM machines
alot and I know they are ST-506 (I have one and it works real nice). The
regular 40ms version can be had for as low as $319 and the 28ms version for
about $420 (These are the lowest prices I've seen in the San Diego area).

Larry Greenwald
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