Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton
From: easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A590 experience anyone ?
Summary: Does the A590 really use XT bus drives?
Message-ID: <509@aucis.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 89 23:29:40 GMT
References: <118@philica.ica.philips.nl> <1126@jtsv16.UUCP> <1116@taurus.BITNET>
Organization: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
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In article <1116@taurus.BITNET>, finkel@TAURUS.BITNET writes:
> In article <1126@jtsv16.UUCP> brian@jtsv16.jts.com (Brian A. Jarvis) writes:
> >In article <118@philica.ica.philips.nl> tom@.ica.philips.nl (Tom van Peer) writ
> >>
[....]

> Using the internal EPSON drive, I got only 170K/sec with 32K buffers.
> 
> This EPSON drive is a SLOW XT-bus drive, and SCSI drives are much faster.
                             ^^^^^^ ^^^^^
> >>b) ease of use.  How easy is it to add memory or other SCSI devices ?
> 
> Either remove the internal EPSON drive and connect the SCSI drive with
> a 50 pin SCSI cable, or add the SCSI drive outside the A590 box using a
> 25 pin SCSI cable.

  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?

> >>Tom.
> >
> >


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