A500 HDD? How to do it?

[circlip]

Hi all,

now that I've got my Amiga 500 working again, I'm downloading and transferring ADF's across from the pc.

I was only wondering, what sort of Hard Disk would work with the A500, and how is it connected? I'm assuming it's SCSI, since it was the norm back in the day. Where do I connect it, do I need adapters?

Will an ebay pc scsi hdd do? How many Gb can I use?


Thanks

Circlip

[circlip]

Hmmm.... rare. Not quite the word I was wanting to hear. I guess I'll stick to floppies for a while.

Thanks!

Circlip

[circlip]

I found a "Dataflyer Plus Zorro II SCSI controller" in Aussieland, where I am.

It says "Works in 1000 & 500 if you have an external box & connector. Supports small HD's"

It's $AUD 59, so not toooo expensive.

The DIY option would be nice, but I just don't have the skills for that.

[circlip]

@kidkoala, you're quite right, I do want the simplest method for using an HDD, and yes, I don't have much money to work with.

@countzero will an A600 mobo simply fit straight into an A500 case? What to do with an A1200 mobo? :-o Does it fit into a pc "tower" style case?

Thanks guys.....

Circlip

[circlip]

@rkauer if you're still around...

Is the circuit for the IDE pcb complicated? My soldering isn't up to par, but I've made some basic stuff in the past. I've had a look in the readme files from the lha file on aminet, and stuff didn't make much sense to me, as I've never had to deal with HDD's on an Amiga. Plus it said about determining the base address with dip switches... I got no idea how I would go about that.

Circlip

[circlip]

hi guys... been offline for a while due to moving house, and no internet.

I have a 1mb clock ram now, thanks to a friend.

I will try look out for sidecars on ebay, etc. Maybe a few "wanted" posts.