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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C-Ltd controller for A1000
Message-ID: <170.271c9e21@intersil.uucp>
Date: 17 Oct 90 18:08:33 GMT
References: <33531@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA
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In article <33531@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes:
> rey@psuecl.bitnet writes:
> 
>> I may be buying a C-Ltd SCSI host/controller adapter from a friend at
>> what seems to be a very reasonable price ($50).

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>> 1)  From a cursory view, it appears that I this controller will not
>> autoboot from the hard-drive.  Is there any updates to it that can
>> make it auto-booting?  (From what I've heard, C-Ltd is no more.) 
>  
> The C-Ltd A1000 SCSI host controller does not auto-boot.  They never got 
> around to producing the KRONOS version for the A1000.

Oh yes they did!  I called them up and asked if it was compatable with 
LUCAS/FRANCES (the non-Kronos version works great), they said it was, so
I ordered on on their "no-down time" plan.   This is the plan where you
send them a check for $430, they send you the Kronos, then you send them
your old controller, and they refund you $300.

Except that they went out of business before they sent me my $300.  And
the Kronos doesn't work with my LUCAS.  I was lucky, though, I still have my
original controller.  I know some people were left out $300 and a controller.
-- 
Fred Hamilton                  Any views, comments, or ideas expressed here
Harris Semiconductor           are entirely my own.  Even good ones.
Santa Clara, CA