Blizzard IV SCSI performance and availability

[scuzzb494]

Sad this... cus we were just talking on AFB about the last SCSI KIT that I got from Amibench. Looks like Amibench have thrown in the old towel... That really hurts.

Ar hum... Never mind.

You have to take out the Blizzard and attach the KIT or card which is easy enough. You can add the memory to the KIT. The tricky bit is following the very informative guide on folding the ribbon so it goes through the slot to the back plate. Ever wondered what that extra hole was in the bottom of the Amiga. Bang out the cover plate by the mouseport and insert the plate and port and screw in placethrough the hole. I have a CDRom, two external SCSI hard drives and a ZIP drive on my SCSI kit. Far better than a PCMCIA option. I had no end of probs with my Apollo 060 and a Squirrel. The Blizzard and SCSI combined are just magic.

I watched that auction tonight. I paid £103 for mine... Came with the accelerator though :-)

Pictures of the SCSI are among this lot on my website.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz163.htm

I have lost count just how many A1200s I have now. I have around three SCSI kits.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

And why can`t you get the CD to work. What device are you using and what's your CD0 say .. Also do you have anything else on the daisy and are you using termination.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

by dbrads on 2007/11/19 12:20:26

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Scuz, My wife thinks I am mad owning 3 Amigas, I will show her your site!!!! maybe she will let me buy another one  
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Giggles. Trying to remember a time when I only had three Amigas. That would be a 1200, 600 and a 500.. Too long ago now to properly recollect... And I still have them. The hard drive in the MTEC for the 500 is the only thing that I don`t still have. It has a GVP sidecar now and I play Space Invaders on this when I have spare moments in the Amiga Workshop... There are just never enough Amiga minutes in any day....

If you study the site you will see this image. That's what you call a real Amiga Workbench :-) Some years old now and spread into two other rooms in the house. And don`t ask where I store it all... I am highly imaginative.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz04.htm

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi tokyoracer

Probably just your CD0 mount file and the device you have installed. You get a disk with the SCSI KIT .. IIRC. I can get a copy to you if nobody objects. Probably easier for me to put it on my site for everyone. I have a secret page with other stuff on... er... don`t tell anyone.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Seagate 4GB x 2 ( plenty big enough with OS3 ) I got my external SCSI box from Ebay by searching for external SCSI.

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Hi

I see.. Thats what pmail means. I don`t ever check the mail on the forum. I just assume its coming to me privatly through email. Sorry for that... Just read the messages ( quite a few there... Sorry to everyone else that has mailed ) Anyway, also sorry that I can`t help. I have never sold a single thing from the collection. Those items were given to me by an editor of an Amiga magazine... I promise most folk that gift me stuff that I will look after it for ever. So I really can`t break my promises. I am very hopeful that on my death everything goes to a museum. I often say to people that do sell me stuff that they may just get it back when I die. There is nobody that I am considering giving it all to.

Sorry for that. Don`t really do the forums that often. Just when I'm in the mood.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com