Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A590 experience anyone ? Message-ID: <8033@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 05:17:16 GMT References: <118@philica.ica.philips.nl> <1126@jtsv16.UUCP> <1116@taurus.BITNET> <509@aucis.UUCP> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 19 In article <509@aucis.UUCP> easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) writes: > Am I to belive that the A590 from Commodore has an XT style IDE >hardrive in it and not a SCSI style drive? Doesnt this sound kinda >strange that they would put in a SCSI controller chip and then not >use it? XT drives are cheap. Scsi drives are not as cheap. Controlling an XT drive, given the WD scsi chip and our custom gate array, is very easy. Combine these facts with the idea that the A590 is supposed to be a consumer item for A500 owners (and even with the XT drive, it sells for about what a 500 does). It does have both internal 50-pin and external 25-pin SCSI connectors, as well as sockets for 2Meg of ram. -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"