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From: claris!portal!czaeap!cpc@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Chris Cebelenski)
Subject: Update on a previous post about BaseBoard expan sys.
Message-ID: <9101180352.AA02634@czaeap.UUCP>
Posted-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 22:52:04 EST
Date: 18 Jan 91 11:50:26 GMT
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This is an update to a previous posting:

Recently I had the honor of owning and working with my own BaseBoard 4MB
expansion system for my A500...  Well, at least for a short time...

Expansion Systems has put out a rather nice product.  The hardware is
solid and well constructed, and they did the best they could without
moving to the expansion buss (it's one of those gary-socket boards)

Everything seemed to work fine, EXCEPT that the clock would NOT hold
it's time or date over a cold boot.  Warm boot, fine, cold boot, no.

Now I must say that this miffed me a little bit.  I also must appliaud
Expansion System's EXCELLENT technical service people!! Not only did they
sit and talk with me for awhile, but during the course of two weeks we
exchanged three different Gary-boards and two different Gary-chips via
second day air (at their expense.)

Alas, all was for naught.  It seems that their product is completetly
incompatible with VERY EARLY A500's.  If you bought your A500 early (IE:
paid the full almost-$800 price), you might be troubled with some incompatibility
problems later...  I also own a Supra HD interface (A very old one, and I
hacked together my own HD from components) so I might try the 2Mb supra
board and spend the rest of the money left over on an At-Once board or
something.  Any comments or alternative suggestions??



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