SCSI Hard Drives

[bongomeno]

I own an Atari 1040ST and have a bunch of software and hardware for it. Now I want a hard drive for it!

I am looking for the most cheap way to do this. I don't know too much about SCSI, but I figured if I just buy an external SCSI cable and hard drive I could just hook it up to my Atari and it will work as I heard it will pretty much plug and pay.

 

What exactly am I going to have to buy to do this? Am I going to need any additional software?

 

Thanks!

[AstFan]

I own an Atari 1040ST and have a bunch of software and hardware for it. Now I want a hard drive for it!

I am looking for the most cheap way to do this. I don't know too much about SCSI, but I figured if I just buy an external SCSI cable and hard drive I could just hook it up to my Atari and it will work as I heard it will pretty much plug and pay.

 

What exactly am I going to have to buy to do this? Am I going to need any additional software?

 

Thanks!

 

Do you see SCSI connector on your Atari ST ? I guess that no... You need ACSI/SCSI adapter if want to connect some SCSI drive. And they are not cheap. So, better go on UltraSatan - it is not cheap too, but is much more practical.

For external SCSI drive you need some stronger power supply too, what is not cheap. UltraSatan may work from cheap PS.

 

Cheapest would be to do self IDE adapter - but it is only for electronicians - then ni need for extra PS if use CF cards or 2.5 inch hard disk. And you will need some SW too as partitioner, hard disk driver.

[+DarkLord]

Seconding UltraSatan. Grab it, a couple of SD cards, 1 cable,

a universal PS from Walmart, and you're ready to go.

 

Of course, if you got *lucky* and managed to find someone

selling an "all in one" SCSI hard drive setup on Ebay or

something, you might get by cheaper for the moment. But

not in the long run...

[+orpheuswaking]

or if you want a true ST harddrive buy my 20mb SH204

[carmel_andrews]

Regarding the first person's post...

 

try searching epay for adscsi st and adscsi st micro (by icd) or icd link 2

 

I am surprised that no-one in the st community has come up with homeberew equivalents to the above

 

Didn;t gasteiner or 3rd coast technologies do scsi interfaces as well (or am i getting mixed up 'ere)

[+orpheuswaking]

Regarding the first person's post...

 

try searching epay for adscsi st and adscsi st micro (by icd) or icd link 2

 

I am surprised that no-one in the st community has come up with homeberew equivalents to the above

 

Didn;t gasteiner or 3rd coast technologies do scsi interfaces as well (or am i getting mixed up 'ere)

 

With the Ultrasatan there isn't much call for ADscsi interfaces to be homebrewed,.

[AstFan]

Regarding the first person's post...

try searching epay for adscsi st and adscsi st micro (by icd) or icd link 2

I am surprised that no-one in the st community has come up with homeberew equivalents to the above

Didn;t gasteiner or 3rd coast technologies do scsi interfaces as well (or am i getting mixed up 'ere)

 

Actually, I'm on to do something about that. But things go very slow, and there is really not much people who really helps. In any case, it is not easy to make ACSI-SCSI adapter, especially if want full SCSI support (read over 1GB hard disks, CD Writers).

Don't expect that it will be cheap. Why - as told hard to design (or make replica), + will sell in low quantity.

 

Is smarter to spend some 100 bucks on AdSCSI ST + some 20-50 on used SCSI drive + price of PS? Or getting on Satan, IDE solution ?

[carmel_andrews]

Regarding the first person's post...

try searching epay for adscsi st and adscsi st micro (by icd) or icd link 2

I am surprised that no-one in the st community has come up with homeberew equivalents to the above

Didn;t gasteiner or 3rd coast technologies do scsi interfaces as well (or am i getting mixed up 'ere)

 

Actually, I'm on to do something about that. But things go very slow, and there is really not much people who really helps. In any case, it is not easy to make ACSI-SCSI adapter, especially if want full SCSI support (read over 1GB hard disks, CD Writers).

Don't expect that it will be cheap. Why - as told hard to design (or make replica), + will sell in low quantity.

 

Is smarter to spend some 100 bucks on AdSCSI ST + some 20-50 on used SCSI drive + price of PS? Or getting on Satan, IDE solution ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

You could try moddying the scsi (pcmcia) interface that hisoft used to do for the miggy (i had 2 of them but sold them years ago)

[bongomeno]

Thanks for the replies. I might end up going with the Satan thing or jsut getting an original Atari HD.

 

I'm tired of all there 720k floppies laying around! lol

[+remowilliams]

Thanks for the replies. I might end up going with the Satan thing or jsut getting an original Atari HD.

 

I'm tired of all there 720k floppies laying around! lol

 

You are aware that most software (non productivity anyway) is not HD installable, correct?

[AstFan]

Thanks for the replies. I might end up going with the Satan thing or jsut getting an original Atari HD.

 

I'm tired of all there 720k floppies laying around! lol

 

I do not recommend original Atari HD. They are too old, slow and hard to find (most is already dead or in bad shape).

 

Considering HD installability of SW: true that most is not. However, I think that best games are already adapted for hard disks. http://atari.8bitchip.info/fromhd.php