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Article #41406Re: ESDI hard disk on 520ST
From: HC Johnson
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 00:03
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 00:03
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In article <kZuK3En0BwwKMFasY1@transarc.com>, Pat_Barron@TRANSARC.COM writes:
> OK, so I just bought an Atari 520ST, and it didn't come with any documentation
> other than a "getting started" book, so I know very little about it. So
> please bear with me if this seems like a simple question, or has been
> covered before....
>
> The 520ST has a hard disk port, but I can't find anywhere what kind of
> hard disk it's supposed to attach to. I know that one can, somehow,
> attach a SCSI disk to the ST. I have a Micropolis 85Mb ESDI drive that
You need what is called a "Host adapter". This interfaces Atari to SCSI.
For your ESDI drive you need also to get an Adaptec xxxx SCSI-ESDI adapter.
Thes following folks make a Host adapter (BMS-200) and are willing to talk
to you (well they talk to me!). Call or write them to see what they
recommend.
Berkeley Micro Systems
P.O. Box 20119
Oakland, CA 94620
1-415-547-2191
Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!lzsc!hcj From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ESDI hard disk on 520ST Summary: buy a host adapter Message-ID: <1343@lzsc.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Feb 90 00:03:55 GMT References: <kZuK3En0BwwKMFasY1@transarc.com> Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA Lines: 26