dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/18/91)
I just received my second IDE drive a few minutes ago. Bad news, though.
(A500). I ordered it one week ago and asked the following questions:
Is it a 44 pin IDE drive, and not a 40 pin with separate power?
ans: yes
Is it 2.5 inch?
ans: yes
Too bad it is in fact a 40 pin IDE drive, 3.5 inches. I now have a 40
pin drive and a 44 pin controller, after previously having a 40 pin
controller. One thing I do like about this drive; the power supply is
the same as that used by the floppy drive as opposed to a scsi drive.
I do have an external floppy temporarily, and would like to know:
Can I somehow split the power for the internal floppy between the IDE
drive and the floppy? (preferred)
Can I mount the internal floppy externally from a separate power source?
Can an external floppy boot anything off of df1:?
Can an external floppy be mounted as df0:?
4 months and still no hard drive...
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David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce
Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)
Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.