PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET (Cem Turgay) (08/15/90)
Hello, I knew and I saw that A500 can support from 20 up to 40 MB. HD so everyone use SCSI interface for this. But I want to know, 100 MB. (or greater) HD can be used ? Can I use it with complete 100 MB or partitioned (40 + 30 + 30) ? Which (or what kind of) interfaces and HDs can I use, how about their cost in USA. or Europe ? Thanks in advance. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Cem Turgay = Everything are possible but I can't do yet /// = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = /// = = OEYO8729 @ TREARN : student of Computer Programming = \\\ /// = = OPRJ14 @ TREARN : Ege University Computer Center = \\\ /// = = PROHVK32 @ TREARN : programmer of DAPRO Computer Co.= \XX/ = = AMIGA @ HOME : B-) = Amiga-500 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) (08/16/90)
In article <90227.131709PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET> PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET (Cem Turgay) writes:
:
:Hello,
:
:I knew and I saw that A500 can support from 20 up to 40 MB. HD
:so everyone use SCSI interface for this.
:But I want to know, 100 MB. (or greater) HD can be used ?
:Can I use it with complete 100 MB or partitioned (40 + 30 + 30) ?
:Which (or what kind of) interfaces and HDs can I use, how about
:their cost in USA. or Europe ?
:Thanks in advance.
The Amiga 500 can support the same types of hard disks as any other
Amiga. The reason you see mostly the smaller drives being advertised is that
typically, the Amiga 500 owner is looking to buy an inexpensive drive, and
drives in the 100M to 1G range cost more than 20-40M drives. :-) You can use
a big drive ( up to well over a gig...) as one partition of split it into
several partitions. Whichever best suits your applications.
I don't know about pricing in Europe, but in the US expect to pay
about $150-250 for a HD interface for a 500. Hard disks go for $700 in the
100M range and $4000 in the gig range. Remember to factor in the cost of
an appropriate power supply and case for your hard disk.
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:= Cem Turgay = Everything are possible but I can't do yet /// =
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:= OEYO8729 @ TREARN : student of Computer Programming = \\\ /// =
:= OPRJ14 @ TREARN : Ege University Computer Center = \\\ /// =
:= PROHVK32 @ TREARN : programmer of DAPRO Computer Co.= \XX/ =
:= AMIGA @ HOME : B-) = Amiga-500 =
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(503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) (08/17/90)
>In article <90227.131709PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET> PROHVK32@TREARN.BITNET (Cem Turgay) writes: >I knew and I saw that A500 can support from 20 up to 40 MB. >But I want to know, 100 MB. (or greater) HD can be used ? >Can I use it with complete 100 MB or partitioned (40 + 30 + 30) ? Current limit is 2 Gigabytes - that's decent. Partitions are not needed. You can have it all in one, or as many as you like. Remember that each partition eats a significant amount of memory for buffers. >Which (or what kind of) interfaces and HDs can I use, The A590 is nice and fast, in particular with a Quantum drive. Supra, GVP, ALF and probably others make nice A500 SCSI drives as well. Some can be bought in 100M configurations, while in others, (A590 at least), you take out the old drive and plug in another one. Quantums usually give the best results. Several of the controllers have sockets for 2 Megabytes of Fast ram - with a HD, you'll find yourself burning ram at an incredible rate. My 3M is what I'd consider minimum for what I'm doing (DTP, programming, networking). BTW, someone else asked for a SCSI interface for A1000 that'll support SCSI-direct. The A590 does so, and works on the A1000 (facing the wall :-)) >their cost in USA. or Europe ? Can't really tell, sorry. Get a magazine like AmigaWorld/AmigaWelt etc. -Henrik -- | Henrik Clausen, Graffiti Data (Fido: 2:230/22.33) | | ...{pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!adspdk!hclausen | \__"Do not accept the heart that is the slave to reason" - Qawwali trad__/
rbabel@babylon.UUCP (Ralph Babel) (08/17/90)
In article <hclausen.2569@adspdk.CBMNET> hclausen@adspdk.CBMNET (Henrik Clausen) writes: > Get a magazine like AmigaWorld/AmigaWelt etc. ^^^^^^^^^ The German AmigaWelt died in August. Ralph