Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!trlluna!rhea.trl.oz.au!aduncan From: aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Get a FREE game : File trashing on HD (again..) Message-ID: <2127@trlluna.trl.oz> Date: 27 Aug 90 03:20:39 GMT References: Sender: news@trlluna.trl.oz Lines: 29 From article , by kpicott@alias.UUCP (Socrates): > Yes, I've stooped to bribery. I have five original games and I am willing > to part with any one of them in trade for a solution to my hard disk > problems. (See the bottom for details.) [much explanation deleted] At this distance I won't enter into the bidding, however I will make a few suggestions. Do you know anyone with a 2000 that you could substitute you controller/drive into? Someone with another 2091 (was that the one, I've forgotten) would be even better if they would agree to swap controllers for a week or two (or a friendly dealer/repair centre with a shop unit). Also is there any correlation with software that you use prior to the failure? The reason why I ask is that I had a lot of trouble after I installed the obese agnus. The first one I installed would clobber menus, or other areas of the display as menus were manipulated. This same IC has performed flawlessly ever since in another 2000, whilst its replacement _only_ failed when using Professional Page with its heavy DMA load of 4 bit planes and overscan PAL screen (it kills 2090A's as well!). I finally bought a new Denise and the problem hasn't reappeared for a fortnight. If you can see my drift here, there might be some address mashing going on that affects the disk system's idea of what it is doing. Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz (03) 541 6708 ARPA a.duncan%trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net UUCP {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz!a.duncan Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.