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From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee)
Subject: Re: Adding HD to A3000?
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 00:26:09 GMT
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In article <McGzQna00VIE07OmRs@andrew.cmu.edu> ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) writes:
>A general question: I'd like to add another hard drive to my A3000 -
>that is, in addition to the factory-shipped one.  Since it has an SCSI
>port, I assume that an SCSI controller isn't necessary.  Does this imply
>that I can just buy, say, a Quantum 40 meg and throw it in there?  Is
>there space internally?  Do I need to get an external drive?  Inquiring
>minds want to know.

Correct.  The A3000 has the SCSI controller built-in.  If you don't have
a second floppy, you can mount the additional HD in that internal bracket,
but you may have to fashion your own cable to connect both drives.  You
may also need to check out the power cable and the capacity of the A3000's
power supply.  You'll also have to mind the usual signal terminators and
SCSI ID stuff.

Me?  When I needed to transfer some stuff from my Rodime to my new A3000's
Quantum, I left the Rodime in my A2000 for the power supply, made a
SCSI 50-pin header to MacIntosh-style SCSI DB25 cable, and connected it to
the external connector on the A3000.  Worked great, so adding an external
drive works fine, too.

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