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Offline maxplunderTopic starter

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PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« on: August 19, 2003, 10:39:24 PM »
Can anyone tell me if a DC-200E Winbond PC IDE controller work in an Amiga 2000HD so I can add an extra IDE Hard Drive?  I have a 2091 Controller with a 50 MB SCSI now.
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Re: PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2003, 10:49:45 PM »
Err only the Zorro slots in the '2000 really work IIRC,

Unless you have a bridgeboard.
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Re: PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2003, 10:59:40 PM »
Like Jeff said, the ISA (pc) slots in the 2000 are passive. They aren't connected to anything . They can be used by the Bridgeboard - on the IBM side. You can then share the drive with the Amiga (slow)  There was available at one time a 'Goldengate' card that just connected the Zorro to ISA so the Amiga could access those slots directly.
A better way would be to look up a second hand external MAC scsi drive and gut it for the drive itself. ..
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Re: PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2003, 12:54:56 AM »
Thanks Guys Thats what I needed to Know
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Re: PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2003, 01:03:43 AM »
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Like Jeff said, the ISA (pc) slots in the 2000 are passive. They aren't connected to anything . They can be used by the Bridgeboard - on the IBM side. You can then share the drive with the Amiga (slow)  There was available at one time a 'Goldengate' card that just connected the Zorro to ISA so the Amiga could access those slots directly.
A better way would be to look up a second hand external MAC scsi drive and gut it for the drive itself. ..
Or use it externally (though you might need to change the jumpers), or get any normal single-ended narrow SCSI drive ever made...

Weren't some of the 680x0 Macs HVD SCSI or something weird?
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Re: PC ISA IDE Controller in Amiga 2000HD rev 6.2b
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2003, 12:42:56 AM »
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Or use it externally (though you might need to change the jumpers), or get any normal single-ended narrow SCSI drive ever made...

Weren't some of the 680x0 Macs HVD SCSI or something weird?


Yeah, you can use the drive externally, it it's the right interface. I've never seen an old Mac drive that wasn't either the 25pin D-shell (wrong) connector, or the Centronics 50-pin style... Not that it's not possible of course.  It's just neater to put in inside.  I use one of the external drives for file transfer between the Amiga and my peecees.  They show up fairly often at the thrift shops. .. cheap... I got a Syquest removable HD for 99 cents.
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