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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: leirbag28 on November 20, 2007, 10:58:30 PM

Title: Will a 147GB SCSI Hard drive work with Amiga 1200?
Post by: leirbag28 on November 20, 2007, 10:58:30 PM

Will this work with an Amiga using a Blizzard SCSI kit?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fujitsu-147GB-10K-SCSI-HARDDRIVE-MAT3147NC-U320-80-PIN_W0QQitemZ130176017813QQihZ003QQcategoryZ39975QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


If so, how?  how can I connect it internally?  I want to remove the Floppy and place a SCSI drive there but the Blizzard SCSI connector is different and is external..............I suppose I can just opt to not connect that external connector to the back and somehow leave it hanging inside.

How much faster will this be than an IDE HD?  it says its 10,000 RPM versus the 7200 rpm of IDE drives (3.5 inch ones of course)

Title: Re: Will a 147GB SCSI Hard drive work with Amiga 1200?
Post by: Piru on November 21, 2007, 12:57:18 AM

The interface speed determines the theoretical peak transfer rate. With Blizzard SCSI Kit the maximum theoretical speed is close to 10MB/s. Obviously the drive can be slower, but anything modern will easily max SCSI-2.

Drive rotation speed only affects seeking times.

10krpm are a bit whiney and they tend to run quite hot (active  cooling is recommended). I wouldn't be stuffing one inside A1200 desktop.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI) is a nice source of information.

Anyhoo, as SCSI is well backwards compatible there should be no problem of connecting that drive to Blizzard SCSI. You obviously need the proper converter and stuff.