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From: eapu030@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jason Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A2091 / A2630 Prolems
Summary: Anyone else experiencing Software problems with 2500/030
Message-ID: <4401@orion.cf.uci.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 90 01:59:18 GMT
Reply-To: eapu030@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jason Goldberg)
Organization: University of California, Irvine
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About two weeks ago I added a A2630, an A2091 (two ST-157N's), and a
fatter Agnus to my Amiga 2000.  I also have a A2058 (2 Megs).  I have
been experiencing several software problems since upgrading to this
combination, and am wondering if anyone else has seen similar things.  It
is hard to debug since I added them all at once:
1.  Turbo Silver will crash upon booting up!  Impulse confirms this is a
	known problem with the A2630/A2091 combo and they blam CBM.  I 
	don't know how they figure that, but they are fixing it at there
	end.  It sounds like they have NO clue what is causing the problem.
2.  When running Q-Mouse I would experience System Lockups while quickly
	manipulating icons.  No Guru, just total lockup.  I have not been
	able to do this again, since taking Q-Mouse out of my
	startup-sequence.
3.  Numerous programs are having troubles prperly updating their screens.
	Both ProPage 1.3 and PageStream 1.8 can have their screens/gadgets
	messed-up.  Part of the tool will apear in the middle of the screen,
	part of pull-down menus will stay after you close the menu, etc...
	This seems to happen more on programs updating the screen fast.

I sent a letter to Dave Hayne before making these purchases for myself and 
my store.  I didn't specifically ask about the Combo, but Dave did mention
a problem with the prototypes working together, but he said it was quickly
corrected.  I also added a Fatter Agnus and don't know if it is causing
any of these quirky behaviors.

I really love the both the A2091 and the A2630, I am just hoping these are
known hardware/software bugs which are being addressed.  It also better not
cost me too much to get fixed :-)

-Jason-