Introducing a new range of quality, value-for-money SCSI peripherals for your Amiga and Atari computer. The Squirrel Storage Systems range includes hard drives, CD-ROMs, the new Zip drive and many other modern SCSI devices, all brand-new and fully warranted.
SCSI (pronounced skuzzy) stands for Small Computer System Interface and is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) protocol for the connection of peripherals to computers. Being a standard, this means that any SCSI peripheral can be connected to any computer as long as a SCSI interface is fitted to the computer. SCSI allows up to 7 devices to be daisy-chained together on to the one interface, thus allowing flexible expansion of your storage needs. In addition, SCSI is fast, far faster, in most cases, than an equivalent IDE peripheral.
Using various drives from top-name suppliers we have put together a wide range of storage solutions to suit most requirements. You can have a CD-ROM today, a 1Gb hard drive when you've filled your current one with those exciting PhotoCDTM images, a Zip for backing-up the new hard drive, a scanner for your own hi-res scans etc.
We use only drives from top-names such as Toshiba, Quantum, Sony, Iomega and Aiwa; high-performance, fully-warranted SCSI 2 devices with up-to-date integrated circuit technology, resulting in a compact size, superb performance and high reliability. SCSI Interface
Please note that, unless you already have one, you will need a SCSI interface in order to use any Squirrel SCSI device on all platforms including Amiga, Atari and IBM-PC. See the back page for full information on SCSI interfaces and accessories available from HiSoft.
What is it?
The Zip Drive is Iomega's new removable
disk drive.
For £199 the Zip Drive offers you additional storage for your Amiga,
Atari, PC and Mac, and additional Zip Disks are available in 100MB at £15.95
individually, or £69 for 5 or £129 for 10.
The Zip Drive is a SCSI II device that has two SCSI connectors, switchable termination, and switchable SCSI ID address. The access time on the drive is 29 milliseconds, and the sustained transfer rate is up to 1.4MB a second.
Introducing the new Squirrel Quad-speed CD-ROM system, exclusively from HiSoft Systems. The SquirrelQuadTM is a tremendous value drive giving extremely swift performance, ideally suited for all CD-ROM applications and with an impressive feature list:
Disk size 599Mb/683Mb Block size 2048bytes/2336bytes Read error rate 1 block/1012 bits (ECC on) Read error rate 1 block/109 bits (ECC off)
Full stroke 360 ms
Random access 190 ms
Buffer size 256Kb
Data transfer 300Kb/sec (2x)
600Kb/sec (4x) (sustained)
Data transfer 5.6 Mb/sec
(burst)
Rotation speed 400-1060 rpm (2x)
600-1800 rpm (4x)
MTBF 100,000 POH
Operating temp 5-50 Degrees C
Voltage range 110-240VAC
Power 40W
Required power 2.5W max
Internal 146.0(w)x41.4(h)x203.0(d) mm
External 210(w)x61(h)x265(d) mmThe SquirrelQuad is attractively cased
for immediate use, with integral auto-sensing power supply, SCSI in/out
50-way Amphenol connectors, stereo audio out sockets, stereo audio jack
at the front, SCSI ID selector and is supplied with a SCSI terminator.
Alternatively we can supply internal units for you to case.
Introducing the new SuperDouble CD-ROM system from Squirrel Storage Systems. The SuperDouble is a tremendous value drive giving a fast 360Kb/sec transfer rate using its 2.4-speed drive and with a host of features, making it the ideal choice for those who want quality at the best price.
The SuperDouble is attractively cased for immediate use, with auto-sensing power supply, SCSI in/out 50-way connectors, stereo audio out sockets, stereo audio jack at the front, SCSI ID selector and is supplied with a SCSI terminator. Alternatively we can supply internal units for you to case.
Disk size 599Mb/683Mb Block size 2048bytes/2336bytes Error rates < 10-15 Seek error < 10-6
Full stroke 450 ms Random access 220 ms Buffer size 256Kb Data transfer 300Kb/sec (2x) 360Kb/sec (2.4x) (sustained) Data transfer 2.5 Mb/sec (burst) Rotation speed 400-1060 rpm (2x) 600-1800 rpm (3.4x)
MTBF 100,000 hrs Operating temp 5-50 Degree C
Voltage range 110-240VAC Power 40W Required power 2.5W max
Internal 146.0(w)x41.4(h)x208.0(d) mm External 210(w)x61(h)x265(d) mm
Before you can use a SquirrelTM SCSI CD-ROM with either the Atari or Amiga range of computers, you must first install CD-ROM drivers that recognise the CD-ROM.
If you are using the CD-ROM with the SquirrelTM SCSI interface on your Amiga A600/A1200, then you will have immediate access to an extensive range of functions including:
For Amigas not using the SquirrelTM SCSI Interface, we include wide selection of CD-ROM drivers and software to use with your SCSI CD-ROM.
Over 200 CD titles have been written for the Amiga CD32 and CDTV consoles, ranging from games to encyclopaedias. To take advantage of this wide range of software, we have developed our own CD32 emulator to allow you to play the majority of CDTV and CD32 titles on your Amiga A1200 or A4000 computer. The emulator is included free with the Squirrel SCSI interface or is available for any other SCSI card (A1200/A4000), directly from HiSoft, for just £14.95.
For the Atari range of computers, we have a selection of CD-ROM drivers that will allow you to use data and audio CD-ROMs, please talk to one of our friendly support staff about your requirements.
