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- From: dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com (Dave Gentry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Help! Trying to connect Zorro II cards to A500 - MFM Hard Drive to A500: the saga continues
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:45:42 GMT
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- Tim Atkins <fy78@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
-
- >Hello all,
-
- >In the continuing saga of connecting a Seagate ST225 MFM drive to my A500,
- >I've been advised that the best way to do this is by using an A2090a
- >board. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make an adapter that will
- >convert my A500's Zorro I slot to a Zorro II slot. I've looked at the hack
- >in Aminet, and though some of it seems straight forward, the wiring-up of
- >the chip doesn't - in plain english; I just don't get how to make it! To
- >add further problems, I have a memory expansion currently hogging my
- >A500's Zorro I slot, and it doesn't have a through port. The Aminet hack
- >doesn't seem to support a through port - can my Amiga cope with that or
- >will it have a tantrum? At the moment, it seems like I'll gain a
- >hard-drive, but loose 2mb of memory!
-
- >Can anyone help?
-
- >I'd just like to take the opportunity of thanking all those people who
- >have posted and mailed advice to me so far on the topic of connecting this
- >drive to my Amiga!
-
- Get the SlingShot Pro for A500. It is a pass through adapter for
- Zorro II cards. I think a lot of Amiga dealers carry it for around
- $50. It's only one slot though. Also CeV designs allows you to add
- several Zorro II slots in a separate case although it's a little bit
- more expensive (close to $200). They also advertise a video slot for
- any amiga that connects to both the RGB port and the parallel port.
-
- At least this is from a flyer they sent me over a year ago. I haven't
- checked to see if they're still in business anymore.
-
- D. G.
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