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- From: John McCrea <john@jmccrea.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: ATAPI package and a A4000. Does it work?
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- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 96 20:54:34 GMT
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- Guy Tanner (bgt@cvget.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- > Hi there,
- >
- > I'm thinking of getting the ATAPI package that allows you to connect 4 IDE
- > devices to the standard A4000 IDE Interface. I'll only be using it for IDE
- > drives, I've a spare 300M one kicking around.
- >
- > Has anyone had experience in using this with A4000 and CyberStorm060
- > combination? Any comments would be gratefully received.
- >
- > The system, I'm thinking of using it with is below.
- >
- > Here is my system;
- >
- > A4000 with 2Mb Chip Ram & 4Mb Fast Ram on the motherboard. Kickstart v39.106.
- > Motherboard Revision B. Buster Chip v11.
- > CyberStorm060/50 with 28Mb Fast Ram installed.
- > CyberVision64 with 4Mb Ram.
- > 2 IDE HDrives (1.275G and 575Mb).
- > Emplant Deluxe running System 7.5.1 and MS-Dos 6.22.
- > Quad Speed SCSI-2 CD-Rom.
- >
-
- From the Atapi docs...
-
- *** BEGIN QUOTE ***
-
- Starting with version 6.x, atapi.device is able to support up to
- 4 units. This may be up to two harddisks or any number of CD-Roms.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- *** END QUOTE ***
-
- Be very careful, I got caught in a similar situation with the Tandem
- adaptor, whose documentation states two further IDE devices, but really
- means two IDE devices if you haven't got any already, ie not A4000...
-
- John
-
- PS Does your 4000 cold-boot, and if so, what make and model is your boot
- drive.
-
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