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#Hard drives

    07-May-93 18:14:50
Sb: #Hard drives
Fm: MIKE CROUCHET 72203,1156
To: ALL
I have an A2000 with two disk drives and my OS is 2.1. I know I should have done this sooner, but I don't have a hard drive. I am in the market for one now and I have a few questions: Correct me if I am wrong, but I understand that a hard drive is a hard drive, I don't have to purchase one specifically for the Amiga. If this is the case, then if I purchase one at, say an IBM store, will the installation instructions cover the Amiga, or are the instructions the same for all computers? Are hard drives and hard cards one in the same, or completely different? I know that you need a controller for SCSI, but is that true for IDE as well? I realize these questions sound basic, but I'm very new to the hard drive "genre" and I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.