Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!tmiuv0!rick From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Microbotics hardframe and the Fat Agnus Message-ID: <428@tmiuv0.uucp> Date: 9 Apr 90 15:39:39 GMT Organization: Technology Marketing Inc., Irvine, CA Lines: 34 In article <460@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu>, bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End) writes: > In article <972@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> climber@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (climber) writes: > =-Hi there. I have a microbotics hardframe controller for my SeaGate > =-ST-277N harddrive. I want to get the fat agnus upgrade since > =-I keep running out of chip ram. I am told that the hardframe > =-does not like the Fat Agnus chip. Can anyone tell me any information > =-on the subject and if there are any fellow sufferers out there? > =- > Mine get along just fine. My drive is a Q80S, though, but that > shouldn't make any difference. > > =-In addition, has anyone tried the 2630 with the hardframe? > =- > > Me too!! :-) Our MicroBotics HardFrame gets along just fine, thank you, with The Obese Agnus (the 1M beastie), and just hunky with A2620s and A2630s. I currently do all my development on an old A2000 (small function key) machine. A 4.2 motherboard (which I've brought up to 4.5 myself), an A2630, Obese Agnus, HardFrame with two different drives (currently running ST138N and a Conner CP340), an old 2052 card (yup, disgusting, ain't it), an 8-Up DIP board, and an ASDG Dual Serial Board. No problems. Oh, and we tested the HardFrame with the 2630 before the 2630 ever hit the streets. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- / "Growing old ain't for sissies!" - Bette Davis | [- O] Rick Stevens / / ..uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick | ? / < ..uunet!zardoz!xyclone![sysop|root|rps2] | V (Consulting < \ ..uunet!perigrine!ccicpg!conexch!amoeba2!rps2 | for MicroBotics) \ \ 75006.1355@compuserve.com +---------------------\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------