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From: CRONEJP@UREGINA1.BITNET (Jonathan Crone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2090 dies with FFS
Message-ID: <8806270251.AA04347@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 88 17:15:40 GMT
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[Morgan Jones writes]
>I suppose that the title is a bit of a misnomer, I don't know that the problem
>it with the 2090 specifically, but here is the problem:
>
>The hardware is a B2000 with 2090 and 28ms SCSI hard drive.  Naturally, the
>system starts generating errors when the screen is in overscan mode. But,
>under the FFS, the problem doesn't stop here - the drive also generates
>errors in hi-res or interlaced with more than 4 colors.
This is REALLY interesting/.... my local dealer has been installing
2090's in quite a few B2000's an NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE has
had any problems of this sort with SFS (Ie, overscan crashes...)
no idead aobut this with FFS.

>
>The most interesting part of all this is that once the drive hangs because
>of the errors, all you have to do is use Left-Amiga-N to switch to a normal
>screen and the drive continues on without any problems.  Switch back and
>the file is loaded.
Sounds strange to me.

>
>The dealer called several controller manufacturers to see if they knew of
>this problem.  CA said that they'd never heard of the problem but would
>look into it.  SCA and ASDG both (after much digging) admitted that they
>knew of the problem (I got the impression that they admitted that their
>controllers suffered the same problem).  The dealer is now ordering a
>controller from C-LTD to see if their controller overcomes the problem.
>
>Time will tell (and I hope quickly because I've got the money sitting in
>my pocket and can't see buying hardware that I know doesn't work).
>Morgan Jones                    mwjones@lily.waterloo.edu
Hmmm thats also interesting,,,  one of the local BBS'es is running
on a Cltd a2000 controller, and he is having no problem.s...

JpC
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Jonathan P. Crone
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(Regina, Sask. Canada )    (eh???)

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come on now....  does ANYONE give a damn about what i have to say?
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