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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Miked on May 05, 2006, 05:01:07 AM
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How do you get an Amiga 500 to boot off the hard drive hooked up to the expansion slot, while also using a Commodore A570 CD Rom? Or am I in trouble?
-Miked
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Going to need some more details. What expansion slot?
If you've added a SCSI controller to the A570, a properly prepared RDB disk with a bootable partition and installed system should do the trick.
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What expansion slot?
I think he means the side expansion slot on the A500. :-)
as Matt said though, you can add an SCSI interface to the A570 or use a harddrive controller with an external SCSI CD-Rom. (The down side of the SCSI CD-Rom is that you wont have a CDTV compatiable unit.
Other than that most none Commodore SCSI controllers did have a pass-through, so just dont use an A590.
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....or choose a hard drive expansion unit that has a pass through connection. If I remember right, the Supra units do this.
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Thanks guys. After reading my post, I realize I wasn't all too clear. But I got my answer :)
On a side note, whats the fastest CD ROM drive that should be run on an A500? I know the A570 is a 1x drive, I would think that the computer could handle a slightly higher speed without any ill effects.
-Miked
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seeing as cdrom drives are typically slower than hard drives & the cdrom & hardrive will not go any faster than the interface. i would assume you could put most any speed cdrom drive with no ill effects.
i probably wouldn't put more than 8x though(ay more seems too much like overkill) but if you get it cheap. :-D