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From: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Thanks for ALL your help with my A-Max problem!
Message-ID: <11594@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 90 08:11:28 GMT
Reply-To: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell)
Organization: Xetwnk Industries, Ltd.
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Keywords:A-Max,CIA,DUMB manual writers,Nice people

Well, thanks to YOU folks my A-Max now works fine (except for when I
plug in a drive off of the daisy chain connector on the back, but I can
LIVE with that, as long as the Mac drive works!)  To recap, my stoopid
A-Max refused to recognize ANY good Mac disk (wanted to format them all)
and the stoopid(tm) manual said to check the CIA chip (anybody for an FBI
chip? ;-)) which I had NOT a clue about, weell, it turns out that the
CIA's are the 8520's (gee thanks, I really would have gotten that without
help, arrrgh!) and so after spending an uneventful 6hrs+ taking apart my
setup, dismantling Amy, swapping out the 8520's I NOW have a working A-Max
and even know which chip controls the D.Drives on the A1000 (or at least
which one A-Max depends upon for its Mac drive control)  Thanks again to
all who responded (and how long do you people think I should wait for my
upgrade notice (I am in Indiana) to arrive, I see 'a lot' of people posting
that they have already gotten notice, should I give it a couple of weeks!?
Or call NOW and see whats up?) I really appreciated the help!

Now for a completely DIFFERENT question, I remember seeing (a LONG time ago)
somebody posting that Supra made SOME SCSI controller that worked in a
Zorro I form factor slot (ASDG mini Rack C I believe) anybody KNOW which one
it is?  are YOU that person (reading this of course) do you KNOW that person,
if so, POST or E-Mail me, cuz I have this nifty(tm) PAL expansion box with
3 slots free (Zorro I obviously) that I would just love to stuff a SCSI contr-
oller & drive into...  (for running Unix eventually, and JUST MAYBE to partition
out for A-Max II to use)  

Thanks again, and I *hope* to hear from SOMEONE soon on my new dilemma(s)

-dcp


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