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T-Card & T-Disk
Company
Tecmar, USA
Date
1986
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
SASI controller
the first hard disk for the Amiga
SASI (Shugart Associates System Interface) is the predecessor of SCSI
the original driver software does not support Kickstart 1.3 and the Fast File System
DB37 connector for the T-Disk and T-Tape units
T-Disk contains a SASI to ST-506 adaptor card and an ST-506 hard disk drive
T-Tape was never released
does not autoboot
does not support the RDB standard
memory
32 DIP sockets for 256 kB or 1 MB RAM
takes 64k×4 or 256k×1 DIPs
does not autoconfig
notes
being the first on the market and thus having no competition, T-Card and T-Disk was very overpriced
DB25 serial port intended for the T-Modem, which was never released
battery backed up clock
connects to the side expansion port - no passthrough connector
obscures the mouse and joystick ports and reroutes them to the front of the unit
external power supply - powers both the T-Card and the T-Disk
Vintage Advert
Advert (US)
1985-11
Advert (US)
1986-01
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1986-03
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1986-03
Advert (US)
1986-05