ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) (01/17/91)
Technically Reclined Netlanders:
I have a 20Meg SH204 Atari Hard disk. I want to upgrade it to a 40Meg SH204.
My understanding so far is:
* there is a host adapter in the shoebox with a SCSI edge connector
* I should be able to hook up "any" SCSI disk to that host adapter
I tried hooking one up last night, but Supra nor Atari's formatting
software wanted anything to do with it.
What I am unsure of is the following:
? What sort of software (whose) will be required to format the thing?
? What SCSI ID should the drive be set to?
? Does anybody have any experience with doing this? What drive did they
use? Software?
Any replies (EMail or otherwise) would be greatly appreciated.
Ric Yeates
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In article <4677@mcrware.UUCP> ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) writes: >Technically Reclined Netlanders: > >I have a 20Meg SH204 Atari Hard disk. I want to upgrade it to a 40Meg SH204. I want to do something similar with my Megafile 20. I don't want to add a second drive but rather to replace my old one with a bigger one. Any problem with doing that? Which Segate drives work? I want _at_Least_ 40 megs. How much shall I be prepared to spend? Finally, will Atari HDX deal with it? Thanks a LOT! I just got a Spectre GCR, and my poor hard disk is in a shambles. :-( no room for my STuff. Steve > >Any replies (EMail or otherwise) would be greatly appreciated. > >Ric Yeates > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Ric Yeates Microware Systems Corp. > "I found these opinions on the floor, so I don't think they belong > to Microware." > 1. Grease Generously > 2. Wax Philosophically >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Steve Whitney "It's never _really_ the last minute" (())_-_(()) UCLA Comp. Sci. Grad. Student | (* *) | Internet: stephen@cs.ucla.edu UCLA Bruin--> { \_@_/ } GEnie: S.WHITNEY `-----'
csbrod@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod (turo)) (01/21/91)
ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) writes: > ? What SCSI ID should the drive be set to? The SH204 auto-selects target 0 when being switched on and never releases it. So you have to use SCSI ID 0 on the drive. > ? Does anybody have any experience with doing this? What drive did they > use? Software? Some people reported to have accomplished such a thing. I recall one letter when someone told me of a working combination of a SH204 host adaptor and a Quantum drive. This was done using my own hard disk driver software. I never tested this myself, however. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, Things. Take. Time. D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany (Piet Hein) csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------
csbrod@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod (turo)) (01/21/91)
stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) writes: >I want to do something similar with my Megafile 20. I don't want to add a >second drive but rather to replace my old one with a bigger one. Any problem >with doing that? Which Segate drives work? I want _at_Least_ 40 megs. >How much shall I be prepared to spend? Finally, will Atari HDX deal with it? Remember you have to use drives with an ST506 interface in a Megafile 20. By the way, in Germany, there has never been something like a Megafile 20. Is this the same as the old SH205? Back to the original question: Any ST506 MFM drive should work. HDX can be customized to handle the new drive by inserting a drive description# into the WINCAP file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, Things. Take. Time. D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany (Piet Hein) csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------
stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) (01/22/91)
In article <1991Jan21.120209.18819@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod (turo)) writes: >stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) writes: > >Remember you have to use drives with an ST506 interface in a Megafile 20. >By the way, in Germany, there has never been something like a Megafile 20. >Is this the same as the old SH205? Yes, the Atari part number for the Megafile 20 was SH205. Thanks for the information. I would have maile dthis but I figured some might want to know what a Megafile 20 was. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, Things. Take. Time. >D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany (Piet Hein) >csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de >---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Steve Whitney "It's never _really_ the last minute" (())_-_(()) UCLA Comp. Sci. Grad. Student | (* *) | Internet: stephen@cs.ucla.edu UCLA Bruin--> { \_@_/ } GEnie: S.WHITNEY `-----'
paulm@unix.UUCP (Owner and User) (01/24/91)
In article <1991Jan21.115857.18617@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>, csbrod@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod (turo)) writes: > ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) writes: > > > ? What SCSI ID should the drive be set to? > The SH204 auto-selects target 0 when being switched on and never > releases it. So you have to use SCSI ID 0 on the drive. > > > ? Does anybody have any experience with doing this? What drive did they > > use? Software? > Some people reported to have accomplished such a thing. I recall one letter > when someone told me of a working combination of a SH204 host adaptor and > a Quantum drive. This was done using my own hard disk driver software. > I never tested this myself, however. > I am using 2 SH204 connected to my ST, one addressed at 0 for the disc, and the other addressed at 2 for my SCSI cartridge tape drive. The SH204 host adapter boards will only access SCSI device 0 (it's in the hardware) but with little work, the ACSI (DMA port address) can be changed anywhere from 0 to 7. The disc interface board is talking to a Maxtor 380 meg XT-4380-S SCSI drive, and the tape is a CYPHER CT-540 SCSI 5.25 inch cartridge tape drive. I use the Supra v 2.06 (I think?) driver with the controller and drive defined as 'other'. The tape driver is code that I wrote that installs itself as a TSR attatched to BIOS trap 13 RWABS calls. I wrote a unix like TAR program that I use to perform backup , restores as well as file transfers from my ST to UNIX system and vise-versa. I believe you need the 'new' SH204 adapter PAL's tho. ----- Paul Moreau UUNET: ..!ccicpg!unix!paulm
roland@geronimo.pcs.com (Roland Rambau) (01/29/91)
csbrod@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod (turo)) writes: >ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) writes: >> ? Does anybody have any experience with doing this? What drive did they >> use? Software? >Some people reported to have accomplished such a thing. I recall one letter >when someone told me of a working combination of a SH204 host adaptor and >a Quantum drive. This was done using my own hard disk driver software. I replaced the (Adaptec+Tandon)-combo in my SH204 by a ST1096N about a year ago, using Claus's Software from his 'Scheibenkleister' book. Apart from a minor problem during cold booting ( which does not hassle me enough to really enquire what exactly it is :-) it works like a charms, 80 MB and noticably faster than before. [ I just bought the Seagate drive, plugged it in, attached it with some metal rods - its much smaller than the old one - and partitioned it. I did this because the old drive had suddenly died ... ] -- Roland Roland Rambau rra@pcsbst.pcs.com, {unido|pyramid}!pcsbst!rra, 2:507/414.2.fidonet