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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HardFrame features & problems (more details)
Message-ID: <1459@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 89 20:56:15 GMT
References: <1452@esunix.UUCP>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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Keywords: Oops, here's more information.

From article <1452@esunix.UUCP>, by blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner):
> A week ago I switched from the Commodore A2090A to the MicroBotics
> HardFrame controller. Here's a few random thoughts and observances, and a
> couple of requests for help.

> Problems:
> 1) Low level format failed.
> 2) The HardFrame will not work in 68000 mode.

It's been pointed out to me that I left a few details out of my original
posting, like what the heck my system setup is! (That's what I get for
posting late at night. :-)

Anyway, here's the setup:
A2000 rev 4.2 motherboard. Non-Signetics U605, but I installed the
pullup resistor anyway.
1M Agnus.
ASDG 2MI board, with 2M installed.
A2620 card, 2M of 32 bit RAM.
HardFrame.
CDC Wren III 150 Meg SCSI drive.

Roger Uzun suggested it might be a problem he ran into with a rev 6
motherboard and a Microbotics 8UP, that the problem was the 16 bit RAM
card, not necessarily the 68000 mode. But I don't have the rev 6, or the
8UP, and I am using some of the 16 bit ASDG RAM even in 32 bit mode. I
use MemPri to make FaccII take it's buffers out of 16 bit RAM. My next
move is to use MemPri to run everything out of 16 bit RAM just to make
sure that's not the problem.

Since the only thing that changed was the Hd controller (from A2090A to
HardFrame) something in the HardFrame or its setup is still my prime
suspect.

	Thanks again for any help, Blaine.
-- 
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