Re: 2090 controller questions.

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From: Paul Dossett
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:18

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Dan Ritter (dritter@direct.ca) said:
>Right now all I have to work with on my Amiga 2000 is a 2090 controller and
>an  old MFM hard drive.  The hard drive is acting up now and I was thinking
>of  getting a SCSI to replace it.  Is the SCSI plug on the back of the 2090
>standard?  Could I just get a standard cable in any store that sell IBM
>parts?

>And the old hard drive I was using was so incredibly slow.  If I bought a
>reasonably fast SCSI drive will it perform well on this old controller?

It's unlikely that any modern drive will run well on a 2090, even 2091s have
lots of problems.  I'd recommend you sell the combination and get an Oktagon
controller or similar.  Mine works with everything I've thrown at it, Quantum
HDs, CD-ROMs, ZIPs.


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