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From: pfaff@gemini.asd.contel.com (Ray Pfaff - Oakwood 457 934-8162)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  AIR drives and MEGATRONICS answer to my phone call.
Message-ID: <19642@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 13 Jul 89 18:19:18 GMT
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>    Well, I phoned Megatronics today - in fact, I got off the phone with them
>about 10 minutes ago. They told me that they know huge numbers of A500 owners
>have had problems with AIR drives. Want to know the reason they gave me?
>BECAUSE THE AIR DRIVE DOESN'T WORK RIGHT WITH THE A500!!! In other words,
>they're advertising a 1010 compatible drive that is specifically NOT 1010
>compatible. They blame it on the A500's I/O chips and on the power supply.
>(Which seems awfully strange, since I've seen lots of OTHER third party drives
>work fine on A500s.)

Cute.  Really cute.  Anybody  interested in buying a used AIR drive for
a 1000 or 2000?