Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard disk through parallel port Message-ID: <1121@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 05:08:27 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1121 Posted: Tue Dec 16 05:08:27 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 05:27:08 EST References: <634@hp-sdd.HP.COM> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article <634@hp-sdd.HP.COM> nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes: > >The other day, I was flipping through a friends AmigaWorld, when I >saw an advertisement for a 20mb hard disk that connected, not to >expansion connector, but to the parallel port. > >Are there any drawbacks to this implementation? > Well, since there is no DMA support available for the Parallel Port, the actual data transfer part of the disk activity will be slower than a DMA type disk controller attached to the Expansion Bus. Does the device have some kind of pass through for the printer? However, the benefits of having a reliable Hard Disk may easily outweigh the these issues. A hard drive is much nicer than a rackful of floppys... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)