Atari Megafile 30

Autopsy:
La serie Megafile 30 (prodotta dalla stessa Atari) si basa su hard disk con tecnologia RLL (MFM) ormai obsoleta (nonchè ai suoi tempi alquanto rumorosa).
Il sistema comprende l’hd (Seagate ST-157R), il controller RLL (MFM) 32D5321 e l’alimentatore e veniva connesso all’host tramite la porta ACSI (una sorta di SCSI non standarlizzato). L’altra porta invece permette di collegare in cascata altre periferiche (ad es. altri Megafile).
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My first glimpse of the Megafile was at a computer store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was connected to an Atari Mega 2 and the clerk who was operating it was using some disk image copy software for piracy purposes! And at the time (1987) we didn’t even have software piracy laws in Malaysia :P
- BaL