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From: eberger@godot.psc.edu (Ed Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: More on Trumpcard 500
Summary: Minor correction about A590
Message-ID: <734@godot.psc.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 15:01:31 GMT
References: <111400078@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: eberger@godot.UUCP (Ed Berger)
Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
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In article <111400078@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>     Addendum to the above external power supply to Trumpcard 500 hack.
>     Lastly, I have to say the more I use the Trumpcard, the happier I am
>with it.  It outperforms the Impact for a lesser price.  You don't have to
>purchase a slow 20 meg SCSI as with the A590 (and it doesn't have any
>compatibility problems).  

Just about any hardrive system will make the Amiga much nicer, after you
get it working and setup:
	Having all your Workbench and Extras files on line kills the
	 insert volume nnn syndrome.
	Having your productivity software online makes it more likely
	 to be used, especially with room for both demos and your own projects.
	Having space to download big files, or keep all your PD utilities in
	 one place is a great feature...
	PDC is much nicer on a hardrive.

Glad to hear your success with the Trumpcard500.  I would have bought one if
the RAM expansion costs were less.

Correction on the A590:
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Its a slow XT drive not a SCSI.  You can still add 7 fast SCSI drives if you
want externally (of course), or sell your XT drive to Clone owner with the 
appropriate machine, and put a fast SCSI 3.5" inside.

Re: compatibility problems:
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If the owner installs Workbench 1.3.2 the "location 0" problem should 
dissapear.  Software that breaks with this problem is likely to crash in
the future with other software that writes to this location.  It was a wrong
presumption that it would not be anything but 0.  The software should be fixed
as owners of new A590s and possibly A2091s will have this problem, and other
software can and will cause these crashes. I have had no troubles but I have
reformatted, and repartitioned my drive several times with WB1.3.2. (VirusX
works fine) The A590 software is very easy to use, and does not use or require
a stagnant list of drive parameters for formatting, etc. I think CBM did it
right this time.

-Ed Berger
eberger@b.psc.edu