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Offline mbrantley

Re: Flyer and SCSI drives
« on: February 19, 2013, 05:30:06 AM »
I need to start reading all these recent Toaster/Flyer cards, as this fall I got my 2000/060-based Toaster Flyer system up and running.

I am running three flat SCSI cables out of the back of my 2000 to external cases with a trio of 36GB Seagate drives. I got these drives new from Amazon in recent months. No, they were not cheap compared to today's price-per-gig in SATA drives.

Apparently these new(er) SCSI hard drive do not have terminators on them. My system mostly works without them, but every now and again I will get an error mentioning to check termination. I have bought three (I guess passive) terminators but have not yet installed them. I have to take the drive enclosures apart again to do that. My flat SCSI cables have connections for 2 drives each, so I guess I will plug the terminators in where the 2nd drive would go.

I'll report back when I get that done, but it might be days/weeks before I get around to it.

I have edited one short video with footage I shot a few years ago when my little girl was a toddler. What fun! I really like the Flyer interface. Amazing stuff for the 1990s.

On my job I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Final Cut Pro X. But I like playing with this old Amiga stuff too.
 

Offline mbrantley

Re: Flyer and SCSI drives
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2013, 05:39:03 AM »
Very cool! Look forward to reading how you make out. :D
 

Offline mbrantley

Re: Flyer and SCSI drives
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 05:44:16 AM »
Quote from: videofx;726918
By the way, for the flyer how many inches is short? Will 24 inches be too long?


I am pretty sure mine are slightly longer than that since I am going out to external enclosures. Not sure exactly the length, however.

I have also acquired a crimping tool and materials to make my own SCSI cables, in case I need to further customize my setup.