maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1) (03/05/91)
I'm thinking of getting a hard diskdrive for my A500 now that I'm beggining to save up to it. ICD's newest IDE hard drive is one of the good choices I'm considering. My worry is, would it work with my AmaxII? What about if I build a interface for IBM's MFM hard-disk for my A500. Would AmaxII be able to recognize it and boot up from it? Thanks for any suggestions, hints. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + (*) Maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (*) Billy - InnerTangent - Human1 +
dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar4.174158.22033@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1) writes: >I'm thinking of getting a hard diskdrive for my A500 now that I'm beggining to >save up to it. > >ICD's newest IDE hard drive is one of the good choices I'm considering. My >worry is, would it work with my AmaxII? > Yes, it should work with AMAX II. I have my AMAX II, and my hard drive, but have yet to receive my IDE controller... You will need software that comes with the IDE controller in order to use AMAX with the IDE drives. >What about if I build a interface for IBM's MFM hard-disk for my A500. Would >AmaxII be able to recognize it and boot up from it? > >Thanks for any suggestions, hints. > > >-- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) (03/06/91)
In article <1991Mar06.174321.14077@sat.com>, farren@sat.com (Michael J. Farren) writes: > If your controller supports IDE, it probably still won't > work with AMAX. The Mac understands SCSI, and SCSI only. There's a fully working A-Max II driver for GVP's AT (= IDE) interface. Ralph
farren@sat.com (Michael J. Farren) (03/07/91)
maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu writes: >ICD's newest IDE hard drive is one of the good choices I'm considering. My >worry is, would it work with my AmaxII? Does your disk controller support IDE? Why? That's just an ST-506 type drive with "Integrated Drive Electronics", and is not going to perform up to SCSI specs. If your controller supports IDE, it probably still won't work with AMAX. The Mac understands SCSI, and SCSI only. If your controller doesn't support IDE, the drive won't work at all. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael J. Farren farren@sat.com | | He's moody, but he's cute. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+