Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!ogre!greg From: greg@ogre (Gregory TRAVIS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 2091 & multiple drives--the real scoop? Message-ID: Date: 4 Nov 90 23:27:06 GMT References: <5387@crash.cts.com> <25218@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <35583@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@cica.cica.indiana.edu Lines: 48 In <35583@cup.portal.com> plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky) writes: >In a recent posting greg@travis.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) writes: >> jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes: >> >> >Ok, here's the situation. The latest ROMs are the 6.1 revisions. >[some chopped] >> Commodore has really disappointed me this time. I've been waiting nearly >> a year for this "fix". >Greg, this ROM revision has been around since at least last July. I had >my system in the shop for some other service, and had them replace the >ROMs at the same time. Don't know why you don't have them yet. I was >charged some $20 for them, though. I apologize if this has been a known fix. However, my dealer knew nothing about ROM upgrades between July and last month. I checked several others in the area and they didn't know anything about it during that time either. I also called Commodore last month to asked them about a "known fix" for the bug. The nice lady stated that a Tech Note had JUST gone out about it and dealers should be getting the new ROMs Real Soon Now. That was in September. So, count yourself lucky, you've got a hell of a dealer! My dealer STILL has not seen ANY new ROMS for the A2091 since I bought the damn machine a year ago. Why does the controller chip say "Proto" on my A2091? Is it common industry practice to use prototype parts in production machines? I'm not being snotty, I really don't know if that's common. Seeing "Proto" on the Western Digital chip certainly IS disconcerting. It makes me wonder if the ROMS contain some horrendous hack around a problem with pre-production hardware. Anyone know if this is the case and, if so, if it impacts performance? Again, I apologize if this is old news, I've been monitoring the newsgroup all along and not seen much discussion of whole A2091 affair. I hope I've not missed something. -- Gregory R. Travis Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405 greg@cica.cica.indiana.edu Center for Innovative Computer Applications If it calls itself science, it's not. Like Computer X, and Decision X