06 June 2014, 21:32 | #1 |
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1200 CD and Harddrive
I am building a 1200 tower, the 1200 only has a 44pin IDE port.
What do you recommend so I can connect a CF and CD drive to the 1200? Thanks! |
06 June 2014, 21:36 | #2 |
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A buffered 4-way interface. It protects your IDE port and has 40pin IDE connectors. As a goody it allows to use 4 IDE devices instead of the usual 2.
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Thanks for the links. The Fast IDE is more than twice as much money. Is it worth it? Is it that much faster? cheers! |
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hi it is about 6mbs to 8mbs on a 030 cpu so just over twice as fast as standard amiga ide
for normal use the first link is plenty enough about 2.3mbs |
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I will be getting a Blizzard 1260 as my accelerator. Does it make any difference?
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Blizzard SCSI
The blizzard should accept an SCSI module and you could put a CDROM on that bus, but the basic A1200 does support a Master & Slave with a two connector cable from Amigakit or eBay that has a 40-pin connector or adapter. The buffered EIDE'99 is a nicer solution, but the cable, overall, would be cheaper. The IDEFix software (with registration key available on the Amiga Forever CD from Cloanto) adds the ATAPI instruction set for the CDROM.
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Thanks BDB,
That beings up another question. The Blizzard 1260 I am buying has the SCSI option but after reading the docs I cant see an internal 50 pin scsi connector. I was hoping I could have SCSI cdrom. Did I miss something? |
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You need to make or buy a suitable adapter to get a 50 pin IDC connector.
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Would SCSI offer much of a speed advantage if you've got an 060?
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SCSI-2 is good for up to 10mb/sec on Amiga but realistically 6-8mb/sec is normal. With regards to the cable Roy Bates (here and Amibay) made one for me to use with my A1200 and SCSI card reader which has a 50pin connector. http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...l=1#post585352 |
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