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Re: What is the best CD-RW drive for an Amiga 2000HD?
« on: September 09, 2003, 05:09:31 AM »
I've used a Yamaha CRW4416S (SCSI-2 50-pin) with my Amiga 4000 while it had Cyberstorm 68060 Mk.2 in it. It worked like a charm, with no problems. I still have the CD-RW, if you would like to buy it. It is in working condition, and the date stamped on it is January 1999. Not sure how many hours of use is still left in it, but at the moment it works fine.
 

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Re: What is the best CD-RW drive for an Amiga 2000HD?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2003, 06:23:18 AM »
Sounds good. :-) It will be kind of hard to track down SCSI-2 mint or new CD-RWs nowadays. You'd probably need a SCSI-3 CD-RW and then use 80-50 or 68-50 pin cable conversions. Make sure you get round cables, too. They are the best.

I've been thinking of getting myself an A2000 just for kicks. I only have A4000 of the big box Amigas at the moment. I have all the necessery extras to upgrade it too. Picasso IV (not sure whether to sell or keep it...and how would I fit it in? I think it doesn't fit in A2000 without some major hacking), 4.3GB SCSI 2 IBM Hard Drive, 10 new OEM packaged 12X Sony SCSI-2 CD-R drives :-), the Yamaha CD-RW I mentioned, even an extra KS3.1 A500/600/2000 ROM...All I'd need would be a nice accelerator with a SCSI controller and RAM (e.g. Blizzard 2040/2060 or A GVP G-Force 030/040) for the entire setup and that's it. I would need a 6.0+ rev A2000 though...wouldn't settle for less than that. Maybe even a 2MB CHIP RAM hack.