ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) (03/12/91)
I know that this may be difficult to answer, but here goes. I have an Amiga 1000, and would like to get a hard drive for it--I know that it would be better to just save and get a 2000, but I've already invested a great deal of money in memory, etc., and I get a LOT of use from this system. I have the opportunity to purchase a cheap 60MB hard-drive, which is "designed for use with a Macintosh". It has a SCSI cable (external drive), but I don't want to buy it & end up with a $400 paperweight. Can a "mac" Harddrive be used on an Amiga1000? My second question is this: Anyone have a SCSI card for an old 1000 which they need to sell? Any ideas where I might still get one--other than from CBM? Any help on this would be GREATLY appreciated!! Also, am I correct in my assumption that SCSI cards for the 1000 plug into the right-side bus slot on the Amiga? (Gosh I hope so, since the interior of the case is already crammed with stuff I keep adding on....) Thanks to all in advance!!
kevin@modcomp.uucp (Kevin Smith) (03/12/91)
ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) writes: >My second question is this: Anyone have a SCSI card for an old 1000 which they >need to sell? Any ideas where I might still get one--other than from CBM? Any >help on this would be GREATLY appreciated!! Also, am I correct in my >assumption that SCSI cards for the 1000 plug into the right-side bus slot on >the Amiga? (Gosh I hope so, since the interior of the case is already crammed >with stuff I keep adding on....) Try Xetec, 1-800-445-0611, they have a SCSI interface called the SA-10 host adapter for the 1000 which plugs into the right side bus (expansion) slot. It also comes with the necessary cabling to hook up with a MAC type drive. I just bought this myself and am happy with the set up so far. I had to call them for some assistance in the setup and found their technical people very helpful. Price for the adapter is $175 dollars. It also has the capability to add on more RAM if you buy there card (about $80 with no memory). You can buy your own RAM chips or theirs. I haven't bought this yet but am thinking about it. The interface has a pass thru so if you have a memory board or something else attached you could attach it to the right side of the interface. One word of caution, when I talked to a sales manager at Xetec he did say the interface has had some problems in combination with other add-ons that may be on your system and they do not readily accept hardware returns which I thought was a crock but I took my chances anyway. I happen to have the AC internal memory hack and the drive and interface work fine. Xetec has been around for quite a while and the interface is supposed to be one of the faster ones around. It was also the cheaper of SCSI interfaces that I could find for the 1000. Supra has one too but you can't add on memory to the interface. Hope I was of some help, email me for more specifics. Kevin Smith uunet!modcomp!glsdev!kevin