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From: blgardne@javelin.es.com@bambam.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quetsions about the 3000...
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Date: 7 Oct 90 17:00:22 GMT
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> >         2. Is the built in SCSI controller basically a 2091?
> >            If I bought a 3000, I would want to be able to put at least
> >            2 Quantum 105s in one.  If the built in controller is
> >            like the 2091 then I would have problems transfering files
> >            from one hd to the other without crashing...  This is
> >            a well known bug in the 2091 controller and has been
> >            discussed recently..

I've got a Quantum Q170S and a CDC Wren III hooked to my A3000. The
Quantum in in the stock drive's place, and the Wren is on the external
SCSI port. Everything is working perfectly, but it took a little time to
get there. You must have deselect/reselect disabled on all drives, or
you'll have problems. Also if you're installing the system software onto
a new drive from scratch, you MUST boot Kickstart from floppy, not the
hard drive. This is mentioned in the docs, but I tried to take a
shortcut, and cost myself hours of grief. 

There's one other problem I ran into. Booting the A3000 install disk
never worked for me, I'd get a system lockup (no guru, just dead)
part way through the prep/format/install procedure. If I booted the
A3000 workbench disk, then ran the prep procedure, everything worked.

I don't remember the details because once I got it to work, I quit
messing with it. If you're not replacing the stock drive, you shouldn't
have any problems with this though.

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Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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