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From: baker@wbc.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: GVP '030 accelerator -- odd behavior
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Date: 13 Aug 90 18:25:46 GMT
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 ["But Tarzan said those flowers only grow over quicksand pit..."]

I've recently installed a GVP '030 33Mhz board (+882 FPU, 4 Megs, 80 Meg
Quantum drive) in my A2000 (rev 4.2 motherboard, 1.2 Kickstart ROM), and
a couple of odd things have happened:

	1) Suddenly, the system won't run properly in a tower configuration
	anymore; it croaks at odd places during bootstrap.  The problem seems
	to be in the mechanical connections with the memory board, 'cause if 
	I pull the memory-board out, things are okay. I doubt it's heat-related, 
	because I can cause it/fix it just by rotating the A2000 box 90-deg.  
	Keeping my machine horizontal isn't a big deal, but I'm curious if
	this is known behavior.

	2) More annoying, the keyboard stutters from time to time, i.e. I'll
	hit a key and it will repeat a laaaaaaaaaaaarge number of times. This
	seems to happen mostly in string/integer gadgets, 'tho I've seen it
	happen with the CLI a couple times.  This also happens only when the
	'030 is enabled.  Is there some compatibility problem with 4.2 
	motherboards and GVP '030's ?  Or maybe it's a 1.2 bug that's 
	exacerbated by a fast CPU ? Anyone else run into it (and fixed it) ?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Art Baker

Who needs a disclaimer; I've got plausible deniability.