| From: | Paz |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1978 at 02:15:32 |
| Subject: | Re: Hard Drive 2.5 or 3.5? |
Hello Steve - Highways
On 10-Aug-00, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am about to purchase a new hard drive and need some advise. My Amiga is
> now towered up with a Power Tower. I currently have a small 2.5" hard
> drive and I am looking at something much bigger.
>
> Can I use a 3.5" drive with my existing HD cable or do I need a new cable?
> Are there any advantages in having a 2.5" drive over a 3.5" drive?
>
> Obviously the 3.5" drives are considerably cheaper than the 2.5" drives so
> preferably I want to purchase one of those.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
To Steve,
the obvious advantage of a 3.5 HDD is like you say, price, a 30GB HDD will
cost you less than £100 (ukp) but you will need another cable to connect
this to your A1200. However I would advise you to purchase an IDE adaptor
A1200 and this plugs onto your m/b and you can use then standard 3.5 IDE
cables, this is what I did when I first expanded my A1200,
good luck,
Paul
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