SCSI Wuzzy Help! ACard How big large can I have a Scuzz?

[leirbag28]

Alright seems people have different answers........I need CLEAR answers and some help.


I have an A1200 with Blizzard 1240 and the SCSI kit attachment.

I want to a A SUPER DUPER fast SCSI and Largest Humanly possible.

1. WHat kinds of SCSI hardrives can I use?

2. Whats the biggest size?

3.Where can I get them??

4. Can I use SCSI III and UltraWide SCSI? and whaever other SCSI out there exists?
5. Don't I need some kind of adaptor to fit it onto the Parrallel port looking connector of the Blizzard SCSI?
6. WHy the heck do they have so many different SCSI connectors?
7. Anyone agree with me how stupid this is?

8. What of this ACard thing?  I just heard about it?

9. Isnt the ACard too damn expensive ($100) to justify using a IDE on a SCSI port?
10. Even though SCSI harddrives are more expensive, still it would be cheaper than buying an ACard and an IDE of the same capacity???




Quote: People die for lack of knowledge

(I say this because its amazing to me how little Amiga developers advertise...........they shoot themselves in the foot bigtime for not making their products aware to people, especially in such a small market, plus they need to explain them more.  The DELPHINA for example should NOT be sold as Merely a "Sound Card"  that sounds stupid in the Amiga world (not that the card is a dumb idea) because Amigans dont think they need a sound card............It should be Clearly stated as a 16bit sound decoder and MP3 decoder............Now that I would buy!  anyways..............ADVERTISE ADVERTISE, and spread the word Oh You Developers! Give details up the WAZOOO about your product.  You have to!

Anyways ignore all that............someone answer my questions please.

[leirbag28]

Thanks for the replys!  But I still need help and clarity.

If you look behind your Amiga.........look at the parrallel port...........this is pretty much exactly what the Blizzard SCSI module has as its cable connector for a SCSI drive.

First I need a 120GB SCSI HD..I will be satisfied with that....heck even an 80gig.  THen I need an adaptor to plug it into my SCSI Blizzard thingy (this is doable right)

and next, You say all SCSI drives will work?  well I need to know 100% for sure that a Modern SCSI will work ( iknow it might not fully support the higher speeds but im sure its faster than IDE?)

SO where Can I buy the HArddrive, and the adaptor?

I need blazing fast loading on my A1200. Im already happy about having 256mb of RAM, Now I need to load Video into it as fast as possible for displaying. I will be constantly swapping videos in and out of RAM for a cointinous amount of hours.........By Video I mean Large Full screen Overscan animations of 19mb to 80mb in size!

[leirbag28]

@ddniUK


Nope!  runs at 30fps or 60fps in SCALA MM300 anim8L format. I will post a video on YouTUBE soon with a Dancer being ChromaKeyed.  Also the Animation is HAM8

would run even faster if it was DCTV 736x240

[leirbag28]

@spihunter


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Isnt the Blizzard SCSI module supposed to be Fast?

is it faster than the normal 7200 rpm's on an IDE?

[leirbag28]

@Piru



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As said already, Blizzard SCSI is faster than A1200 IDE. The best part is that it doesn't bog the CPU down, like A1200 PIO IDE does.
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Hmmm, that sounds good already, as I wish I could play animations while loading others without the animation thats playing slowing down while I am loading another. Such as in SCALA.

This would be loevely indeed.

Would the Blizzard SCSI be as fast or faster than...........lets say the SCSI in the A3000?

when I open up a partition..the icons load fast!