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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: LIVE! Board Doesn't Work On 3000
Message-ID: <13643@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Aug 90 17:37:56 GMT
References: <14445@venera.isi.edu>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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>I contacted A-Squared and they said they hadn't tried it but they said
>Commodore has assured all developers that any board that works in a 2000
>WILL work in the 3000. 

Actually, what Commodore has assured the developers is that any correctly
designed Zorro II board will work in the 3000.  It is possible to design a
board that works in the 2000 but, for some bug, doesn't work in the 3000.
We have encountered a couple of these already, mainly due to bugs and
misconceptions about how AUTOCONFIG is supposed to work.  So far, these
have been easily fixed by their developers.  I don't know any specifics on
the LIVE! board other than it failed to function on preliminary 3000s, as
did several other boards.  Those other boards now apparently work with no
trouble.  If you're having trouble with the LIVE! board, that may indicate
a problem with LIVE! itself, not the A3000.  Commodore certainly does their
best to support 3rd party hardware, but even when we have a sample board,
we can't necessarily find the problem.  The original designers of any board
are the folks who should be able to locate problems, and if the problems are
Commodore's, we try to fix them as soon as possible.

>Sean Schur		       \   \  /      /

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