[comp.sys.acorn] Watford HD/Acorn midi

ecwu61@castle.ed.ac.uk (R Renwick) (05/09/91)

	A while back I bought myself a 20Meg hard drive and a Watford
ST506 interface to go with it.  The i/face is an A310 podule but I am
using it on an A3000.  A perfectly reasonable thing to do acording to
Watford :-)   However, I also have an Acorn midi board inside my machine
and the 2 boards have problems running together.
	I have a Yamaha organ connected to the midi and if the
instrument is off then everything is ok.  BUT if the organ is switched
on, then any attempt to access the hard drive will cause the hourglass
to appear and the machine to hang up :-(   This is a real pain in the
neck if you midi stuff is on the hard drive.
	I have asked Acorn about it a couple of times and they said they
used to have a similar problem which they ironed out.  So if you too
have an A3000 and you treasure your midi, don't bank on a Watford A310
HD interface working as well.

Cheers,
	Rik