Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Frank Elektronik, Germany | Date 1987 | Amiga A1000, A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- OMTI controller
- host bus adapter in small housing with separate large hard disk case
- utilizes OMTI 20513 controller
- connects to the side expansion port, no pass-through port
- allows installation of Kickstart on the hard disk with the supplied 'XStall' tool
- after installation, either a boot disk is required to load Kickstart and Workbench off the hard disk, or the installation of special boot ROMs which were available as an option
- with the use of the boot ROMs, this was one of the earliest hard disk expansions to provide true Autoboot (no floppy disks required) on the A1000
- holding the left mouse button during startup, the system starts off the floppy disk after Kickstart is loaded from hard disk
- specific A500 host bus adapter available as an option - expansion was always delivered with A1000 adapter
- hard disk case is fan-less, which results in quiet operation but also hard disks running quite hot
- supports interleave factor 0, resulting in fast transfer rates (write transfers >200 kB/s, read transfers >300 kB/s)
- supports FastFileSystem with newer drivers
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1987-12
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1988-12