#A MacII HD in my Amiga?
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Hi folks,
This is probably a stupid question, but since I don't know the answer I'm
gonna ask it anyway. Is there anything to prevent me from using a hard drive
advertised as MacII-compatible with my Hardframe/2000 controller? I mean,
MacII hard drives are SCSI, aren't they? Ok, so it's 2 stupid questions. 8^)
Thanks in advance for any wisdom/enlightenment offered.
-Dave
David,
Probably. SCSI isn't quite SCSI…that is, thereare parts of the
spec left up to the manufacturer….but I suspect, yes, itwill work.
Don
Don,
This afternoon I found a flyer in my HardFrame/2000 box that pertains to
using Mac-style SCSI drives with an Amiga. (I've only had the HardFrame for a
few days, so I'll excuse myself for not going over the docs more thoroughly.
8^>) The flyer notes that "many SCSI drives aimed at the Macintosh user have
Pin 40 disabled on their internal cabling." Pin 40 carries the SCSI Reset
signal, apparently necessary for proper Amiga operation but detrimental to
proper Mac HD autobooting. It thus appears that the drives themselves are the
same regardless of which machine they're marketed for; only the cabling is
different. So as long as I use the SCSI ribbon cable provided with my
HardFrame, everything should be cool.
-Dave
Dave,
Yes…the drives should be the same…but remember that SCSI is like
RS232…there are manufacturer options. Many drives require that line 40 be
disabled, and they work fine with the A2090, no idea on the HardFrame.
Don