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- From: andy@epma.demon.co.uk (andy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: IDE 2.5" drive
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 01:12:14 GMT
- Message-ID: <1967.6626T1335T577@epma.demon.co.uk>
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- >andy (andy@epma.demon.co.uk) wrote:
-
- >: The kit contains 44-40 Ribbon Cable, Power Cable which takes power from
- >: floppy port, you don't lose your floppy though :-) And Instructions! As if
- >: you need them:-) 3.5" Drives are soooooo much faster :) BTW the company
- >: above is Epic and they can also supply all the software ya need... I know I
- >: work for them but I can't think of ne other company that fdoes them :-)
-
- >Hi Andy. I just got a 2.5 hd for my 1200 and am wondering on how it gets
- >fastened to the computer. Also how does it not short out while lying down
- >with the ciruitry facing down against the metal flashing inside. I have
- >laid it on a piece of cardboard right now. So far it has had two occasions
- >that it would not boot and I had to take it out and turn it over before I
- >could get it to work. The cable is on alright and it is a bought one. A
- >friend has his hd on metal stilts <?> and this raises it and also holds it
- >in place. I can't seem to find anyone that sells them. Any suggestions is
- >needed here....
-
-
- > RON
- > rfunk@frontier.island.net
-
- I would have bought a 3.5" drive myself because they are cheaper and twice as
- fast :-(
-
- Still, your friend has a "cradle" for his machine; these were included with
- every A1200 and fitted onto holes in the shielding. If you bought the machine
- second-hand then the previous owner may have removed it to fit a 3.5" drive?
- They were never sold off the page as far as I know, so perhaps your best bet
- is to find a friend with a 3.5" drive in his A1200 (or 600, yes this is
- possible) and buy it off him :-)
-
- Or maybe Amiga Technologies (+44 (0)1628 770025) can help...
-
- Good luck
-
- Andy
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