Help: Disable Xetec SCSI controller/HD on A500

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From: khuynh
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 06:27

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Hello everyone...

	Has anyone sucessfully disabled the Xetec controller/Harddrive
on an A500 ?  Sometimes, I use my machine for just games which are not
harddrive compatible and since this controller does not have a game
switch, I would like to know if there is a way to disable the darn
thing without unplugging it.  Besides, I play for hours on certain games
like Pinball Dreams which does not support FastRAM or Harddrive.  There's
no need to have the RAM and drive running for many hours (it's just a
waste of resources ... Wasting electricity, heating  up the room, 
decrease the life of the equipment, etc.)
	If someone has a hack on how to do such a thing, I would love
to know how it can be done.  I can deal with some soldering and minor
fixup.

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Subject: Help:  Disable Xetec SCSI controller/HD on A500
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 06:27:55 GMT
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