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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 3.5" ide with a 1200?
- Message-ID: <38199@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 05:27:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.053327.25928@utagraph.uta.edu> <1992Dec29.164349.4715@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Dec29.164349.4715@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:
- > John Charles Zurawski (zurawski@cse.uta.edu) wrote:
- > : Is it possible to use a 3.5" IDE drive with the 1200's internal IDE
- > : interface? I know that it may not be possible for the drive to fit
- > : inside the machine, but I have a spare IDE drive I could put in an
- > : external case or something. I also read someones comment that the
- > : non HD model does not come with the necessary HD preparation software.
- > : Is there freeware/pd equivalent software? It would be a real shame if
- > : I could not make use of this drive I already have. I have a
- > : Western Digital AC280 and a Seagate ST157A. I have not decided which
- > : one to keep in my 386 yet. Any help will be appreciated.
- >
- > : Thanks.
- >
- >
- > You should be able to use a 3.5" ide with it.... Just take a longer cable
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > and stick it on top of the computer, like I plan to doL.... (But isn't that
- > bad for the computer?) Well, I've had my 125 meg ide hd sitting out in the
- > open on top of my 500 for a year, and its fine...
-
- Make that "might be able". There's a fair chance that any cable longer than
- a couple inches will result in a non-working system. Also, you would need
- to make/buy a 2.5" - 3.5" adapater, since the cable/connector is different.
-
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