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- From: rfunk@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert M Funk)
- Subject: Hard Drive interface
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:03:07 GMT
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- In article <92357.100301JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET> Jeff McWilliams <JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET> writes:
-
- >One thing you need to know about disk interface technology:
- >The interface you buy for your Atari,whether it be Black BOX,
- >Supra Interface, or perhaps another called the MIO from ICD
- >(also not available from them anymore), they all offer a SCSI
- >interface for hard drives.
- >
- >This means you can connect a SCSI drive directly to your computer.
- >You cannot connect an IDE or ESDI drive.
- >You can connect an MFM or RLL drive if you buy a SCSI to MFM
- >or SCSI to RLL interface. CSS sells both of these if you need them.
-
- As I recall, the Black Box (and maybe MIO) does allow ESDI (or is it
- EDSI?) connection in addition to SCSI. I could be mistaken, but I do
- remember reading that long ago. (I don't have a BB or MIO, or even a
- hard drive.)
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