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- From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: A600 HD ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.195443.23197@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
- References: <1992Jul23.080500.9293@cenaath.cena.dgac.fr> <1992Jul27.151612.10608@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:54:43 GMT
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- In <1992Jul27.151612.10608@odin.diku.dk> thomas@diku.dk (Thomas Nikolajsen) writes:
- >I am a bit puzzled: the A600 HD seems to be a 30MB SCSI drive,
- >which contradicts the discussion in this group (IDE 8bit).
-
- The A600 has a 16bit IDE drive.
-
- >I looked at my cousins new A600 and HDToolBox says that it is a SCSI drive,
- >the 'read drive information' gadget is active, and it responds.
- >For my A590 whith the orignal drive HDToolBox (same version) says that it is
- >a 20MB XT-type drive (IDE 8bit), and the 'read drive information' gadget is
- >ghosted.
-
- That is because the hd driver of the A600 emulates a couple of SCSI commands
- and appears as a working SCSI device to HDToolBox. This was probably easier
- and more elegant than adding support for it in HDToolBox.
-
- >The price seems to be expandability. What is this PCMIA port capable of?
- >Can i put more than one (credit) card in the slot? where is Zorro II/III.
-
- No Zorro.. (the A500 hadn't a Zorro slot either). You will find more
- peripherals for the PCMCIA slot. Currently I know of RAM cards, FlashROM
- cards and modems (but a modem would need a driver).
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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