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From: -Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ZipGS GX
Message-ID: <37099@cup.portal.com>
Date: 20 Dec 90 02:02:21 GMT
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Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>>To everyone who's Zip works, congratulations. To everyone considering purchac
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>>one, be advised. At least if you own a RAMFAST, or intend to buy one...
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>>							Rich
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>>						-Rich-@cup.portal.com
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>Gee... To show the other side of the coin now:
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>I have had my grubby hands on TWO Zip GSX's. (Same revision; v1.01). I've also
>had my hands on two RAMFast's... One is serial # 64, the other is # 967 (or
>something close). The newer RAMFast is running ROM v1.11, the older one v1.01
>or v1.0.
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>I have used BOTH of them in a ROM01 and ROM03.. never any problems. Except
>during a GS/OS copying of a file, where it will bonk into the monitor and
>require a power off/power on combo to get the machine back. The TWGS used to
>cause the same weird problem as well.
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>There have been MANY people who have used the Zip GSX and RAMFast in tandem
>with no problems.. Me being one, and counted as two.
What is your point, are you saying that mine works? You may add input, and 
let everyone know that you are another satisfied user, but how can you imply
that they ***all*** work. Let me also add that I have been attempting to 
contact Roger Coats for 2 WEEKS, with no success. I am not a happy camper.
And my Zip does not crash when using a program, I have not gotten that far, it
crashed while booting GS/OS. It boots and runs without error from floppy, but
the moment I attempt to access something on my HD, I get a crash to monitor.
It is a certain, long tested compatibility issue, despite the fact that Zip
claims that it should work. They referred my to my Dealer, Roger Coats, whom
I cannot contact. You may be happy, but I am not. You would be stupid to be
happy under such circumstances. I have given a valid trouble report, not
out of malice, and stated the circumstances and facts. I think your comments
add nothing, and inply that I do not really have a problem. But I will not
go as far as to suggest what you do with the "other side of the coin". 
Ten million functional Zips would change things not one bit.

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>Matthew
>---
>Email: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (most mailers won't barf on that..)
>My comments aren't even worth a disclaimer...
>pnet91 - 416-237-{1204|0308}. 2400bps only. 1200bps if you do hard breaks.


						Rich

					-Rich-@cup.portal.com