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- From: bharvey@mhaug.uumh.ab.ca (Bill Harvey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 2 IDE on A1200.
- Date: 28 Jan 96 17:54:12 PST
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- Hi Simon,
- Quite a common problem however not to easy to solve.
- It is quite easy to connect 2 3.5 IDE Hard Drives/Devices to the A1200 (I Know
- I have done this).
- Power long term is the problem but short term shouldn't be to bad.
- The main problem you have is the fact that one of your drives is a 2.5 44 pin
- and the other is a 3.5 40 pin IDE.
- I have never seen the cable you are looking for but work on the theory that
- all problems have solutions.
- You could try this if you can get the cables you need a 44 way cable with
- three connectors on it if such a cable exist if not you could make one by
- getting two 44 way cables taking a connector of of one and putting it in the
- middle of the other then get a 44 pin to 40 pin IDE adaptor which you will
- need for fitting the 3.5 IDE Drive. Connect the 44 way connector with the
- three connectors onto the IDE interface in the A1200 then connect the 2.5 IDE
- Drive to the middle connector and connect the 44 pin to 40 pin adaptor to the
- end connector on the 44 way cable then connect the 3.5 IDE drive to the 44/40
- pin adaptor via a 40 way ribbon cable which you should get with the 44/40 pin
- adaptor.
- Set the first drive in line (the 2.5 IDE ) as master and the second as slave
- (the 3.5) then boot format the second drive and set it up then copy every
- thing you want onto it.
- The only problem you might have is when you change the 3.5 IDE from slave to
- master.
-
- Hope this helps???
- Don't hesitate to E mail me if what I've written doesn't make sense,
- good luck!
- P.S. It took me ages to connect a second drive but it worked in the end....
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