2090 controller questions.

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2 total messages Started by Dan Ritter Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:33

#2067

Author: Dan Ritter
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:33

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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?

Also can you run any SCSI drive on the 2090.  Or do some have compatability 
problems?

Please reply by e-mail.  Thanks  8-]		dritter@direct.ca

Re: 2090 controller questions.

#2083

Author: 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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