A4000D and SCSI

lopos2000 · 15 June 2005, 16:42

Newbee has more questions!!!

I have a few SCSI drive. How do I use them in my A4000D? Do I need special hardware to use these drives?
TIA
Lopos2000

thomas · 15 June 2005, 17:05

The A4000D has an onboard IDE controller, but no SCSI. So you need an additional SCSI controller first.

lopos2000 · 15 June 2005, 17:44

What is the best scsi controller for the A4000D?

AMIGAZ · 15 June 2005, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopos2000

What is the best scsi controller for the A4000D?

I guess it's using a Cyberstorm MKIII board's UW SCSI controller which gives you 40mb/s

Charlie · 15 June 2005, 21:19

Best SCSI?

Frankly these days whatever you can find.....

ZorroIII card

Maybe Mediator+PCI if you're looking to expand a long way & there are drivers available.

Charlie

alexh · 16 June 2005, 09:45

Arguably the best SCSI cards for an unaccelerated A4000D are the Fastlane and the C= A4091 The Fastlane has the edge with it's SIMM slots.

lopos2000 · 16 June 2005, 11:19

Thanks for the help mates but where can I get hold of one of theses cards.

alexh · 16 June 2005, 13:28

These are the best, most sought after cards, you'd be looking at quite a lot of money (150 Euro +). They occaisionally come up on Ebay or amibench.

If you are on a budget and you just want to get it working, you could use any Zorro SCSI card. GVP HC8+ cards are available in numbers, as is the old C= A2091 at about 20 - 30 Euro.

There are a couple on ebay at the moment for reasonable prices (although the auctions are not finished)

This person is selling an old A1500 broken, chances are the SCSI card (Probably a GVP HC8+ as he's talking about RAM expansions) is still working and you'll get some extra spare parts, if postage is too much ask him to send just the parts you want (floppy drives + SCSI card?)

15 June 2005, 16:42	#1
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	A4000D and SCSI Newbee has more questions!!! I have a few SCSI drive. How do I use them in my A4000D? Do I need special hardware to use these drives? TIA Lopos2000

16 June 2005, 13:28	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,344	These are the best, most sought after cards, you'd be looking at quite a lot of money (150 Euro +). They occaisionally come up on Ebay or amibench. If you are on a budget and you just want to get it working, you could use any Zorro SCSI card. GVP HC8+ cards are available in numbers, as is the old C= A2091 at about 20 - 30 Euro. There are a couple on ebay at the moment for reasonable prices (although the auctions are not finished) This person is selling an old A1500 broken, chances are the SCSI card (Probably a GVP HC8+ as he's talking about RAM expansions) is still working and you'll get some extra spare parts, if postage is too much ask him to send just the parts you want (floppy drives + SCSI card?) Last edited by alexh; 16 June 2005 at 13:35.

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15 June 2005, 17:05	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,987	The A4000D has an onboard IDE controller, but no SCSI. So you need an additional SCSI controller first.

15 June 2005, 17:44	#3
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	What is the best scsi controller for the A4000D?

15 June 2005, 21:19	#5
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Best SCSI? Frankly these days whatever you can find..... ZorroIII card Maybe Mediator+PCI if you're looking to expand a long way & there are drivers available. Charlie

16 June 2005, 09:45	#6
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,344	Arguably the best SCSI cards for an unaccelerated A4000D are the Fastlane and the C= A4091 The Fastlane has the edge with it's SIMM slots.

16 June 2005, 11:19	#7
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	Thanks for the help mates but where can I get hold of one of theses cards.

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