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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 2091 problems, 2630 question
Message-ID: <90222.130855JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 90 17:08:55 GMT
References: <12710@june.cs.washington.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <12710@june.cs.washington.edu>, dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan
McNamee) says:
>
>From some recent postings, it seems there are _serious_ problems
>with connecting multiple drives to a 2091 and using them both at
>once (copying between them seems to be the most common culprit.)
>
>Noone at Commodore has addressed this particular problem on the
>net yet.  I hear there is a 2091 ROM upgrade in the works, that
>fixes the location 0 bugaboo.  I assume there is more to it than
>that...could it be that it fixes this more serious bug as well?
>(Perhaps that hasn't been mentioned because they are charging $$
>for this "bug fix"??)

Well, I was one of the posters who had trouble using two drives
at once.  Having solved my problem, I can tell you the 2091 was
not to blame.  I take part of the responsibility myself, and blame
the other part on non-explicit instructions for adding a second drive
in the 2091 manual.  But now that they are up and  running I have
had NO problems with the setup, including running both at once.
I have copied over 10 megs at a crack between the two and not
a single glitch.  I even went and did other things while the copy
was taking place and had no problems.

I can't speak for other drive combinations, but mine is a 2091 with
the included Quantum 40S and an added internal Quantum 105S.

Concerning new ROMs, didn't someone here on the net say that you
could get the new ones installed free at a service center?  If that's
true, I wouldn't call it a problem.   :-)

                                                            Kurt
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