bd6@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (11/13/90)
I am looking at building my own hard drive. But i don't feel i have enough information about the DMA port or TOS. I am not quite sure how to "install my own drivers" or even if thouse are needed. If someone would give me some information on the atari DMA port or how i need to access the drive through the hardware and software. Please, any information would be help ful. brian.
mwjester@wsuiar.uucp (loki) (11/15/90)
In article <1990Nov13.093244.47@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>, bd6@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes: > I am looking at building my own hard drive. But i don't feel i have > enough information about the DMA port or TOS. I am not quite sure how to > "install my own drivers" or even if thouse are needed. If someone would give > me some information on the atari DMA port or how i need to access the drive > through the hardware and software. > Please, any information would be help ful. > brian. The first place I would start is Dave Small's article, "Megabytes, Not Megabucks" in STart, vol. 2, no. 3 (Winter 1987). You don't need to worry about device drivers, although you will need some partitioning software. Basically, you will need: 1) a drive 2) a disk controller 3) an Atari-controller interface (and the folks who sell these often supply partitioning sw as well) 4) a case & power supply 5) cables 6) time & patience If you don't have access to back issues of STart, email me and I'll try to summarize the info in a way that doesn't violate anyone's copyright. Hope this helps! Max J.