Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Microbotics, USA | Date 1987 | Amiga A1000 | Interface parallel port |
- SCSI controller
- connects to the parallel port, the port is passed through on the back of the drive
- very slow - the parallel port limits the data transfer - but noticeably faster than a floppy and very reliable
- does not autoconfig and cannot autoboot
- requires its own parallel.device
- the driver software is written by Carl Sassenrath and Bob Burns, members of the original Amiga design team
- the hard disk, controller and power supply are contained in the same external unit
- male and female DB25 parallel ports
- DB37 external SCSI connector
- hard disk activity LED
- conflicts with parallel port digitisers but not with printers
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1986-11