| 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 |
I now have put A590 with 2Mb on my AMIGA 500.
The next step is to add a second drive through the SCSI port.
I never looked at SCSI drives before.
In which capacity do they come ?
What prices ?
Who are the vendors ?
Are they all powered +5 an +12 ?
Are they noisy (I hate noise..........) ?
Where to buy them ?
Are they stand-alone desktop or do they need cabinets ?
What is the max flat cable lenght between controller and disks.
Regards
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| 3567.1 | WJG::GUINEAU | Sun Mar 11 1990 01:48 | 49 | ||
> In which capacity do they come ?
Anything from 20 megabytes to 1.2 gigabytes
> What prices ?
In the US, figure around $10.00 per megabyte (40 meg for around $400 - usually
less)
> Who are the vendors ?
Pretty much the same as ST506, although many smaller vendors have fallen
behind/dropped out.
> Are they all powered +5 an +12 ?
Yes.
> Are they noisy (I hate noise..........) ?
Some.
> Where to buy them ?
Literally all over the world, but best vendors are in the US (no kidding!!)
> Are they stand-alone desktop or do they need cabinets ?
Yup! Seriously, by definition a drive itself requires an enclosure of
some kind. Unless, of course, your not picky about cables hanging about :-)
Actually you can get them either way. In general, buying a drive by itself
will require you to get additional hardware (controller, case, power supply
etc.) Many vendors sell packaged systems which include everything.
> What is the max flat cable lenght between controller and disks.
ANSI SCSI imposes a limit of 6 meters. DEC recommends (and uses) much less than
that. See apropriate specs at WJG::RZ$SPCES:
> Regards
John
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