A500 SCSI
Manufacturer
C-Ltd., USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A500
Interface
side expansion port
Autoconfig ID
1004 / 12
    SCSI Controller
  • AMD 5380 controller IC
  • uses polled I/O transfers
  • does not autoboot, reads CLtd.device from floppy
  • DB25 external SCSI connector, intended to be used with a drive enclosure supplied by C-Ltd
  • 50 pin internal SCSI header - but there is no space for mounting a hard disk inside the case
  • A-Max II driver (cltd.amhd)
  • controller reaches data transfer speeds of 600 kBit/s (burst) or 350 kBit/s (sustained) on stock A500, and up to 1.2 MBit/s (burst) or 600 kBit/s (sustained) on A500s equipped with 68020 or 68030 accelerator board
  • required current from the expansion bus: approx. 250 mA
Manual