Amiga 4000 Hard Drive Issue

[doctorq]

It will work alright, but there are a variety of these adapters around, for instance on ebay. But why not put a 3.5" hdd in the machine?

Anyway, for testing the computer, power it up with no harddrive installed, and if you get a purple screen after half a minute, the computer is working. However, that's not meaning you haven't broken anything, but at least it's powering on, and you can go from there.

[doctorq]

Yes, but this is a software limit only. You can buy a drive up to 128 gig.

Thomas knows more about this than me, but the above statement can be misunderstood. You can install a harddrive bigger than 128 GB, but you will only be able to use 128 GB of the drive. For instance, you can install a 160 GB drive, but you can only make use of 128 GB of the drive. Buying a drive bigger than 130 GB will therefore be pointless.