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- From: Graham Chiu <gchiu@compkarori.co.nz>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Dell drive on A4000T?
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:49:45 +1300
- Organization: CompKarori
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- In article <dalec.06nk@zorro.amitrix.com>, Dale Currie
- <dalec@zorro.amitrix.com> writes
- >In article <6s3GQBAGwCcxEw4a@gchiu.compkarori.co.nz> Graham Chiu writes:
- >
- >> Is there a way to connect a Dell HD drive onto the A4000T? Can one
- >> externalize the disk drive port ( and why was this omitted from the
- >> A4000T?? ) even if it means disabling the internal DD drive?
- >
- >There is a DB-23 pinout on the controller board (at least on the one I
- >looked at). If you added a connector and a short extension cable you could
- >put an external port in one of the expansion slots, as the spare knockouts
- >are blocked by the board that the ser/par port connectors are mounted on.
- >The only other option is to knock a new hole in the case. This was a very
- >sloppy assembly job, IMHO, they should have left people the option of adding
- >the port by putting the connector on the controller at least.
- >
- I thought it should be simple - I'm surprised that no-one has leapt in
- to fill this gap. Now to find some 23 pin connectors :-(
-
- Graham Chiu
- web pages: http://www.compkarori.co.nz
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