| I used the C Ltd. A-1000 SCSI host/controller unit with an Adaptec
ACB-4000 SCSI controller; I am currently running ST-506-type drives
with this hardware for total of about 40MB. I found the initial
setup of this system to have a rather steep learning curve; luckily,
everyone here gave so much help that I was able to get the system
up and running within a day (you know who you are --- thanks guys!!!)
Overall, I've found this system to be very reliable; I haven't seen
a disk error requester yet (knock on Formica). There have been
a few instances where some software has crashed the machine in the
middle of a write to one of the hard disks, causing me to break
out in a cold sweat. Luckily, however, on every one of those occasions
the disk validator has apparently been able to repair the damage
so no effects (other than just a bit slower boot up time) were noticed.
I haven't measured the performance of this system; I'm sure it can
probably be improved with a little tweaking, but the performance
is so much better than floppies I'm quite satisfied as is.
Cost of the C-Ltd was a little under $200.00
The Adaptec was $89.
The hard drives were used (one came from last DECUS at $50.00)
Glad to answer any more specific q's by email.
Cheers!
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| At this (East) side of the BIG POND computers and s/w are
traditionally much more expensive than on your side. That
- by the way - is even true for DEC products!
For the Amiga things are changing: with the market booming
in Germany some things are even cheaper over here. You can buy
the US version of WordPerfect for $160 for example.
So I recently bit the bullet and bought an AMIGO 20MB HD for
$550 (that includes the usual 20% tax in Holland).
The drive is in a flat box, that sits on the A1000 and under the
monitor. It can hold a second drive. I did not open the box, so
I do not know what interface is used and what type of drive
is hidden there. The box has a cable which plugs with a pass-
through plug onto the system bus.
Working with the HD is pure delight compared to the previous
two FD drive situation. I will NOT transfer the games on the
100-odd 3-1/2" Floppies to the HD.
If you can spare the money..........
Lex In 't Velt
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