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PM >>He has a A1200 and wants to know what type of drives he can use, SCSI or IDE and does anyone have any suggestions of a good inexpensive drive to purchase?<< The A1200 has a built-in interface, and mounting bracket for a 2.5" IDE drive — the ones often used in IBM/Clone laptops. He will need to locate the HardDrive prep software for the Amiga, the 2.5" IDE cable for connecting the HD to the Amiga's interface, and the screws for attaching the HD to the mounting bracket. Commodore makes a kit that contains the needed parts & software to upgrade the A1200 with an approved IDE HD, although you can find third party HD packages for the A1200. Commodore, also has an additional documention package for the A1200. The packages are: HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT: Contains documentation and other items for upgrading A600 and A1200 computers with an approved 2.5-inch IDE hard drive. AS217 Documentation Pack: Contains the AMIGADOS USER'S GUIDE, and the AREXX USER'S GUIDE, applicable to Release 2.1 and 3.0, of the Amiga system software. — Getting an IDE drive for the A1200 can cause some hassle, since the Amiga's IDE implimentation requires the READ MULTIPLE, and WRITE MULTIPLE commands. These commands involve operations preformed across interrupts. Normally, IBMs don't worry about doing this. A program for the IBM called "Rocket Launcher", increases IDE drive speed by using these features. If the IDE is "capatible" with this program, then it PROBABLY is compatible with the A1200. Here are two slightly dated lists of compatible 2.5" IDE drives: — Commodore Approved Vendor List for IDE harddisks for Amiga This is an inofficial information with no warranties by Commodore. (Deutsch: keinerlei Garantie!) 2.5" harddisks: 30 MB Western Digital WDAB130 40 MB Seagate ST9051A Firmware ROM: 7.08, RAM: 7.17 40 MB Seagate ST9052A Firmware ROM: 5.00, RAM: 5.02 60 MB Western Digital WDAH260 Firmware Rev. 4.11, CC:AE 60 MB Seagate ST9077A Firmware ROM: 2.02, RAM: 2.11 60 MB Seagate ST9080A Firmware ROM: 3.00, RAM: 3.00 80 MB Seagate ST9096A Firmware ROM: 7.00, RAM: 7.03 200 MB Seagate ST9235A Firmware ROM: 3.00, RAM: 3.00 — A PD list: Drives that DO work with the A1200: =================================== Manufacturer Model Capacity Speed ———— —– ——– —– Conner CP2034 30MB 19ms Conner CP2064 60MB 19ms Conner CP2084 80MB 19ms Conner CP2124 120MB 16ms Conner CP2088 85MB 21ms Conner CP2067 60MB ? Maxtor 2585 85MB 16ms Maxtor 25128 120MB ? Seagate ST9051A 40MB ? Toshiba MK-2124FC 127MB 17ms Western Digital Tidbit AH260 60MB ? Seagate ST9144A 128MB 16ms Seagate ST9145A 128MB ? Drives that DON'T work with the A1200: ====================================== Manufacturer Model Capacity Speed ———— —– ——– —– Quantum Go! 4080 40MB ? Quantum Go-Drive 120AT 120MB 17ms Notes ===== 1) In the March 1993 issue of "Amiga Shopper" the CP2034, CP2064, CP2084 and Go! 4080, are explicitly listed as working in the A600 and not the A1200. [The list poster] received mail from 2 users, one saying they got the CP2064 working, and the other saying they got the CP2084 working. 2) The Conner CP2067 only works after power-on, and not after a warm reboot. 3) Someone in "comp.sys.amiga.hw" said that the GoDrive will work *if* it's recent enough; (firmware rev. 7F or later). No confirmation on this though. Ron. – ap'ing with AP. (Eagles may fly, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.)