#SCSI Purchase?
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I am considering the purchase of an additional internal HD for my Amiga
A3000 but I have some questions that I hope to resolve before I make the
investment. If anyone out there can help me I would appreciate any help I
can get. My first question is, what is the difference between a full &
half height drive? As I am looking for a SCSI drive and have little or no
experience with these. Is there anyone out there willing to recommend a
brand based upon their experience and willing to comment on installation
problems they may have encountered.
TIA
Bruce
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Bruce,
Full height drives are about 3.5" thick and they are all 5.25" drives.
Pretty much the only time you see them anymore is on multi-gigabyte
drives. Most of the drives you are likely to be looking at are half height
3.5" drives that can be mounted in a floppy drive bay.
Reliable brands are Micropolis, Quantum, Maxtor, and Seagate. Seagates
tend to be a little slow to spin up so sometimes the system times out and
you have to reboot.
As for installation, usually all you need to do is set the drive address,
pull the terminating resistors from the first drive, and plug in the
cables. If you're not using a premade 50 pin cable with keyed connectors
make sure you're very careful to get pin 1 lined up on all the connectors.
Software setup depends on the program. GVP's is pretty simple to setup but
I've never used Commodore's software.
Jeff H…
Hey Bruce,
IMHO, Quantums are the most Amiga friendly drives I have found. I have
two 3000's I work with regularly. I have tried four brands and only the
Quantums appear to work with no problems whatsoever.
I would suggest any of their LPS series of drives. Although they are
being phased out in favor of the SCSI-2,3 Empire line.
By the way, 3.5" drives are what will fit in your 3000 comfortably. Their
is room for either half or full height drives inside you machine.
Their is either 3.5 or 5 1/4 drives. This is the width of the drive.
When you open your 3000 the 3.5" measurement will become apparent of your
existing drive. Also the 1/2" height.
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