NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/hardware/19401

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Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!kreckman
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kreckman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A570 CD ROM, A500 and a GVP HD
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Date: 11 Nov 92 16:03:22 GMT
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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No, you can not connect both the A570 and the GVP HD to the A500 expansion port
at the same time. The expansion bus is an unbuffered extension of the micro-
processor bus and will not tolerate the heavy loads of multiple devices.

There is a possibility to add a hard drive to your A570. The A570 contains an
expansion port identical to the one on the back of the CDTV. It will accommodate
SCSI adapters, hard drives, etc. Chartscreen in the UK currently makes a SCSI
adapter to plug into this slot in CDTV (I'm not sure about the A570 version
status). They are also in the process of making a hard drive plug in for this
slot. THe hard drives used are the 2.5" variety and available in a capacities
up to 120MB. Chartscreen products are sold in the US through DKB Software (along
with their own CDTV products), check an Amiga World magazine for a local
distributor.

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