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- From: dmacphee@nyx.cs.du.edu (Don mac phee)
- Subject: Re: amiga int. drive
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.004549.8813@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov12.4247.22087@dosgate>
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- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 00:45:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.4247.22087@dosgate> "grant robinson" <grant.robinson@canrem.com> writes:
- >
- >I'm in the process of buying a new internal drive for my Amiga. Someone
- >stated that I can use normal internal 1.44 meg IBM drives in the
- >machine. Is this so? I was under the impression that the ibm drives
- >lacked a sensor of some sort.
-
- The part number is A2015 or A3015. It is a proprietary drive made by
- Chinon (Part No FB-357A). The only way you are going to get another drive to
- work at HD is to buy a bridgeboard, and a multi-function card.
-
- What is lacking is the ability of the custom chips to handle high-speed
- access. Specificly, Paula. The theoretical upgrade to the ECS chipset
- mentioned in WOC may address this lack, but I wouldn't put any money on it.
-
- I would make strong bets that if you buy another HD drive for your Amy
- it will only be half as useful as the Chinon unit... :)
-
- Naptime.
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