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From: jeremym@chopin.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: TrumpCard 500 on a 1000?
Message-ID: <16008@chopin.udel.edu>
Date: 30 Nov 90 20:06:46 GMT
References: <5985@crash.cts.com>
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In article <5985@crash.cts.com> orb@pnet01.cts.com (Randolph Turner) writes:
>
>  I hope someone can enlighten me on this, as I have already ordered a
					    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Ok.. that's yer first mistake...

>TrumpCard 500 package w/ the Meta4 ram card for use on my 1000.  I talked to
							   ^^^^
 Whoops! Mistake number two.

>Louise (the tech rep at IVS) about this, and she seemed confident that it
 ^^^^^^
  
 Mistake number three. Adam Feurer is the *BEST* techie at
 IVS. This guy knows *EVERYTHING!*


>would work just fine, but I want to know if anyone out here in "net-land" has
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       It'll wok just fine in a 500, and a 2000.. if that's what you
       mean... but... let's take a look at the TC enclosure archatecture.

If the 500 has the bus port on it's leftside, and the trumpcard
has female fingers on it's left side... it'll go right into the 500,right?
Right. That's what it was designed for.

If the 1000 has the bus port on it's RIGHTSIDE, the and the TC
has the same setup, then how the hell are ya gonna get it in there?
Flip it and turn it around? WRONG! Even if you could do that,
It'll 1) be awkward
      2) not work anyway because WE'RE TALKING ZORRO here...

does anyone follow my logic!
 
Bottom line dude: 1) Should asked before ya ordered
		  2) the product is named Trumpcard 500
		     *NOT* Trumpcard 1000, so, take
		     a guess on the compatibility there, pal.
		  3) Run to your phone, call the dealer you 
		     bought this thing from and go buy yourself
		     a nice, slow, A1000 Supra-Board. It'll
		     work and it'll be just what a 1000
		     user needs.


>attempted to use this setup on the 1000.  I can't help but worry that I'll end
>up having problems, and I was hoping one of you out there could help quell my
>fear a bit.  Also, since I don't have a SCSI drive lying around, it might be a
>while before I am able to put it through any tests other than the RAM
>expansion, the info would help there as well.
>
>BTW, my PAL chips are grounded, in case that would be a problem.
> 
>Thank you much,
>Randolph Turner
>
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