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Re: Setting Up A4000

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From: Don Romero
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00
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Floyd Diebel wrote in message ...
>Dane S. Udenberg <dsuden@netnet.net> wrote:

>>This covers a number of areas where I am seeking help/advice...
>>
>>Assuming an A-4000 class computer...

....

>>What bout a cd-rom?  Assuming the A-4000 has a scsi port, can you hook a
>>standard PC style scsi cd unit into it,  or does it require something
>>more-Amiga-specific?

>a4k has IDE ports, and a standard pc unit will work (but won't fit in the
>box - doh!).

Sure it will.. I've got a Plextor.. not a bit Amiga specific.  But it is a
tight squeeze.. in mine the powerplugs to the power supply and CD drive
overlap and the CD drive has a minisculely slight tilt down.  And there's an
IDE driver on Aminet that theoretically lets you use CDs with IDE ports.

d.

> -f
>
>-----
>fdiebel@boulez.emrl.com
>a/v composition and engineering.
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From: "Don Romero" <d9090@indy.net>
Subject: Re: Setting Up A4000
Date: 1998/11/10
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