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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3069.0. "A590, anyone ??" by CSOA1::CURTIS () Fri Nov 03 1989 12:39

    Does anyone out in AMIGAland have an A590 hard disk ? I'm considering
    one for my A500. Yes, I know there are other vendors, but the A590
    looks like a nice addition to me. 
    
    Also, have you seen the AMIGA commercial on the tube, the rather strange one
    where the house levitates ? Good promo, I think.
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3069.1It is the best value actually for A500KETJE::VLASIUTry with a bigger hammerFri Nov 03 1989 13:4012
    Hello,
    Yes I have an A590 since more than two months now and it works very
    fine. A great improvement for an A500 owner. I already written about in
    note 2762. All the magazines I've read were very positive about the
    A590. Remember only that you have not only a 20 MB hard drive but also
    the SCSI interface and place to expand by adding 2MB of memory. In any
    case look if Commodore will eventually release the 30MB version the
    months to come (a rumor from Amiga User International). Even with the
    actual 20MB it's quite sufficient so if you need improvement NOW it's
    the right solution (you can always buy in time and add to it a SCSI drive).
    Good luck,
    Sorin
3069.2A590 looks good to me!NSSG::SULLIVANSteven E. SullivanSat Nov 04 1989 01:3519
I played with one at The Software Shop in Worcester, Ma...

We took it out of the box, plugged it into a handy A500, turned on
the A500 power (the A590 detects this and powers itself up) and the
Amiga came right up, no troubles. I was very impressed by the A590,
even with the minor dissapointment at the internal disk not being
a SCSI disk. There is a positive side to that: you can add 7 MORE
SCSI disks.

My understanding of the A590 is that it is the A500 version of the
(yet to be announced, admitted to, but widely spoken of) A2091 disk
interface/SCSI board for the A2000. My impression of the interface is
that it is pretty fast, even with the fairly slow disk that comes
with it.

I like it!

	Thanks,
		-SES