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From: bear@bucsb.UUCP (Blair M. Burtan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Supra E-mail address needed
Message-ID: <2784@bucsb.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 89 16:18:39 GMT
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Reply-To: bear@bucsb.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan)
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>Ok, how about 3) buy an autobooting controller for the 1000.
>
>I have a Supra controller and was using 1) quite happily.  Since then,
>I have discovered that my Supra barfs when I put in my LUCAS board.
>So, I bought a Comspec SA1000 controller.
>
>Not only does this baby autoboot workbench, it autoboots kickstart!
>
>When you format your drive, you can select it as autobooting and it will
>reserve space for kickstart on your harddrive.  It will then copy 
>kickstart into it ... from ram, not from the floppy.  
>
Say, does that controller have an option to format without Kickstart?
I just invested money in the 1.3 eliminator, I'd hate to think it's
wasted.  Also, what did you pay for the controller?

                                     - Bear