Almost Rice Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 What is the contoller inside the SupraDrive 10, 20, 30? Is it a RLL or SCSI? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I think different Supra drives came with different controller/interface. I don't know for sure exactly which models have which interface. Btw, there is no such thing as SCSI vs. RLL. They refer to two different things and are not opposed. One is the external (to the host) interface, the other is the internal encoding and modulation. You can have a SCSI and RLL disk (as is the case of most original ST SCSI drives). It is RLL vs. MFM , and SCSI vs. ST506 (well, it was at that time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 It is RLL vs. MFM , and SCSI vs. ST506 (well, it was at that time). 942857[/snapback] I was not trying to compare the 2 interfaces. I just needed to know what type of internal drive it was to determine if I could upgrade it with a more current drive. Are they easily upgradeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Only Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 The drives are SCSI. You are able to use a newer SCSI drive. Ive done it with out any problems. Ive also purchased a pizza box case that had a Supra interface that had a 500meg SCSI drive. AO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I was not trying to compare the 2 interfaces. I just needed to know what type of internal drive it was to determine if I could upgrade it with a more current drive. Are they easily upgradeable? I see, so the question is if they are SCSI (not so difficult to upgrade) or ST506 (forget it). I don’t have a Supra hard disk or manuals, but I have the Supra Hard Disk Utilities floppy. A couple of readme files on the floppy suggest that all Supra hard disks are SCSI. It doesn’t clearly say so, but it describes some issues about SCSI as if were generic for all Supra drives. If so then it won’t be too difficult to upgrade. You may face two minor problems with a modern SCSI disk (wide vs. narrow and parity), but they are solvable issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 (edited) Thanks all for the info. I will probably pick one up then. I found the answer here. I did not find it with my first couple of searches. Edited October 6, 2005 by Almost Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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