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From: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Update for Overdrive Owners
Message-ID: <2371@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Aug 89 18:35:52 GMT
References: <2309@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <1286@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
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In article <1286@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu.UUCP (Jim Wright) writes:
>In article <2309@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) writes:
>| Seems that the daughterboards they are shipping now *have* the FFS EPROMS;
>| When the new software is ready, you will be able to autoboot directly to FFS
>| with no hardware change (so you don't have to open up the machine again.)
>
>I got the upgrade about two weeks ago, and the info they sent with it
>indicates that to get FFS autoboot, you'll need new EPROMS.  One way or
>another someone isn't getting the straight story.

What the guy at Pacific Peripherals told me was unambiguous, and I re-asked
the question a couple of times to make sure.   Two possibilities:  1) the new
EPROMS have only gone in in the last two weeks (not too far fetched; I've
been checking with them fairly regularly) or 2) Someone's wrong.  The guy
I spoke to, who is the technical person there, has always seemed to know 
what he's talking about, so I'm inclined to believe him.

>Now with autoboot and the NoClick posted to the net a couple of weeks ago
>(works with a 2000!), I don't ever have to stuff in a floppy unless *I* want
>to.

I have found noclick to be inconsistent on my B2000.  Sometimes it works like
a charm; other times it has no effect.  Hmmm....

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