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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: oldman3000 on December 12, 2007, 04:24:56 AM

Title: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: oldman3000 on December 12, 2007, 04:24:56 AM

Hi, I am looking for a IDE hard drive for my PAR card.  My second one just went out, what a drag.....
I would like to get at least 2 hard drives, I want one for a spare.  Thanks for any help.

Mike
San Diego

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: Jeff on December 12, 2007, 04:42:21 AM

I just used a plain old WD 10 gig IDE drive on my PAR card and it seemed to work fine. Granted I haven't done anything really in depth with it other than a quick test to see if the card worked.

Do these cards need a special AV drive? Do you know what the maximum supported capacity is?

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: Jope on December 12, 2007, 06:50:27 AM

And have there been special AV drives since the mid 90s? Modern drives are so quick, that I haven't been able to notice, when any thermal recalibration is happening.

Nowadays we stream a lot more data (bits per second) than the PAR card does without any stuttering on just about any old drive.

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: oldman3000 on December 12, 2007, 02:09:45 PM

I guess what I'm asking is can I use a new IDE hard drive or I need to find a smaller unit.  I think there was a problem with 8 gigs or more, but I thought that problem was for 2 drives, not one?  I like using this card, works great and gives me 24 animations.

Mike
San Diego

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: Jeff on December 12, 2007, 02:16:36 PM

There may be a problem with capacities greater than 8 gigs but in the end you will probably have to test it yourself as it seems that results vary. I have read a post from at least one person using a larger drive with his, but I can't find it now. I also don't know what revision of PAR he was using.

Look here for some information about boards and chip revisions. BBOAH Par (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=284)
Let me know if you can conform anything as I have one of these along with several TBC IV's and would be curious.

Jeff

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: oldman3000 on December 12, 2007, 03:29:39 PM

I'll look around at some of my sons old PC and pull out an IDE drive and try it.  I'll let you know.  It would be nice to have a 100gig HD that has a warranty.

Mike

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: oldman3000 on December 12, 2007, 06:07:25 PM

I have 4 40 gig Hard drives, I'll see what happens tonight.

Mike
San Diego

Title: Re: Personal Animation Recorder IDE AV hard drive.
Post by: T3000 on December 12, 2007, 08:43:56 PM

PAR drive list (http://www.rcfreas.com/files/PARdrives.jpg)

Small list of compatable IDE HDs for the PAR. It is by no means complete.