| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Hi Guys, Has any one heard of M.A.S.T's PARALLEL PORT SCSI/DISK interface ? I phone them up and they said that it works just as well as the EXPANSION Port types BUT you can have a longer lead. It has PASS THRU for a printer and can control up to seven drives. They quote it as having 2.5 MEG/sec Transfer rate.They use Segate drive units 3.5" size and they are working on a DMA type. Does anybody have a list of the different HD controllers wheather they are DMA or not for the AMY 500/1000/2000 ? I'm still trying to find the cheapest way to connect up my AMY 500 with a disk drive and possible extra memory (I already have 1 MEG. A500+A501) Thanks for any help Steve G...
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| 2525.1 | Go for DMA... | FRAMBO::BALZER | Wed May 03 1989 05:00 | 15 | |
I'll be uploading the latest revision of my HD controller review on
Friday, so just some short remarks.
If you can afford it, get a DMA style controller like the A590 (which
will also give you that RAM you want).
The M.A.S.T interface strikes me as a bad (but probably cheap) design,
since it won't DMA and you will have some problems printing AND
accessing those disks.
And if (which I beg to doubt strongly) they can transfer 2.5 MB/s,
your system will be doing nada, nichts, rien, nothing else.
Later,
- <CB>
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| 2525.2 | waiting for the A590 | ADODEM::MCGHIE | Wed May 03 1989 20:46 | 6 | |
I'm waiting for the A590 to be released here in Australia.
It seems to me to be one the the better options for hard disk/memory
expansion.
Mike
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| 2525.3 | Really Soon Now... ;-) | FRAMBO::BALZER | Fri May 05 1989 10:15 | 9 | |
The A590 should be out in the "nighted states" by now, and will
be in civilized world RSN.
Sorry for not uploading my review today, but I somehow munged that
floppy, so it'll be monday.
See ya,
- <CB>
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