Adding a hardrive to A1200

Hi guys,

I recently got hold of my old old Amiga 500+ and 1200 and all my old software (had given it all to my brother long time ago... big mistake ), but now i want to add a harddrive to the A1200, which is something i always did want.

I know a couple of places selling proper 10Gb drives for it, but what im wondering is ive heard its possible to add the normal harddrives from my PC to this using different cables or whatever, as the proper drives are very expensive for there size.  As ive got a bunch of these lying around, is this possible and could someone explain how to actually do it or give me a link to somewhere that does?

Thanks

Bonks

[Jaruzel]

You need a buffered 4-way IDE card, that will convert the 2.5" 44 pin cable to the 3.5" 40 pin cable. It also enables theuse of drives faster than what the amiga was designed for.

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/eyetech_4way.html

If you are in the UK Eyetech supply them.

-Jar.

[Brian]

A lot cheaper is to simply live with the standard controller and live the limitations wich is ok in my eyes... want any real speed you still need SCSI anyway me think. Get hold of a 2.5" to 3.5" cable or make one yourself by connecting the first 40 lines from the 2.5" cable onto the 40 lines in the 3.5" cable (leaving out the 4 last cables supplying power to a 2.5" HD, line 1 is usually marked in some way btw).

An Ultraslim 3.5" HD fits in the case by only having to remove the small shield covering the clockport/chipmem, want a bigger HD you need to either cut the shield or simply remove it all together. Fixed position is almost impossible for these drives (I'm still looking for a way to do it nicely with the shield off). And you need to put the HD in an antistatic bag.