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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
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- Subject: Re: Can I use a PC hard disk on my amiga.
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 15:30:56 GMT
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- M.Warren. (mdw95@mailbox.cc.rl.ac.uk) wrote:
- : I have been lucky(??) enuff to obtain thru my work an oldish PC 486DX..
- : The main thing tho..is that it has a 1.2 Gigabyte hard disk in it!!.
- : Now..is there a way I can plug my amiga into the pc and use the HD
- : on the amiga?..or do I have to remove the PC hard disk..and will it
- : be compatible?.
- : p.s. I have an old A500 WB 1.3 1 MB of memory and NO hard disk.
- : (1 int and 1 ext floppy).
-
- You need an IDE interface to use the disk on your A500. There
- are, or were, people who made just what you need. Most were boxes that
- hung on the end of the A500 and housed a disk, maybe some memory. Most, I
- think, were for SCSI drives, but there were some for both types.
-