23 Nov
2001
23 Nov
'01
6:15 a.m.
Interestingly, the A590 has an XT-IDE controller, the
A2090 an ST506. Both
have SCSI, of course. I had the questionable pleasure of seeing an Amiga 2000
with *two* ST506 hard drives last week when were given one by a former member.
One was connected to the 2090, one to an 8-bit ISA controller for the A2088
bridgeboard. Hideous sight, not to mention the sound. =/
I definately remember the A2000's with ST506 drives
installed. During my first exposure to Amiga's it was a big deal if
you had a controller that would actually autoboot vice needing a
floppy to boot the machine at least part way. The Tecmar hard disk
assembly on my A1000 is like that...the drivers for the controller
are loaded off of the Workbench floppy. Now that I actually have two
of the drives for my Tecmar controller though I should open one up
and see what's inside of it. In the '87-88 timeframe it was the
cost of the controller/drive combos for the Amiga that initially made
me shy away from them.
Jeff
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