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From: crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris "I'm Outta Here!" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2091 - question re: which FastFileSystem file to use?
Keywords: A2091 FastFileSystem
Message-ID: <2430@cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: 11 Apr 90 17:57:03 GMT
References: <1990Apr11.032032.12598@uncecs.edu>
Organization: AT&T (CPSC), Oakland, CA
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paleo@uncecs.edu (Constantine A. LaPasha) writes:
< Can anyone tell me what version of the FastFileSystem I should be
< using on the A2091?  I just got in an A2500/30, and there is a different
< date on each copy of the FastFileSystem provided (one on the Quantum
< drive, one on the workbench 1.3.2 disk, and one on the A2091 utilities
< disk).  
< 
< I have tried the above mentioned 3 versions, and a fourth that I'm
< using on an A1000+stardrive+MiniScribe setup..  They all seem to act the
< same with Turbo Silver.  (The "HDFIX" provided by Impulse seems to work,
< but I thought I heard that I should be able to get everything working
< ok if I had the correct FastFileSystem.)
< 
< (This is in reference to mem location zero problems)

I have had several people tell me that FastFileSystem was the culprit in
the mem zero problem on the 2091, but I find it very difficult to
believe.  The copy of FastFileSystem on the 2091 installation disk
compares identically to the version from my 1.3.2 upgrade, which I used
for several months on my 2090A.  There was no copy of FastFileSystem
provided on the hard disk, since I purchased the 2091 and a Quantum P105S
separately.  I never had any problems with Turbo until I got my 2091.

What I have found, however, is that there are two tasks started by the
2091, as reported by Xoper 2.2.  I can't remember the names of the tasks
just now (I'm at work), but I suspect that one of these is what is
actually causing the trouble.

Other than this minor problem (and it is minor, since clearing address zero
fixes it, with no ill effects), I am very satisfied with the 2091.  Anyone
considering a hard disk controller should give serious thought to the
2091.

< -- 
< ===============================================
< Kostya LaPasha          paleo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
< ==== ... virtually, we can do anything ... ====

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