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From: glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: More info on A2091 woes
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.042943.29637@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 17 Jan 91 04:29:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jan14.193336.13387@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
>In article <9696@cica.cica.indiana.edu> greg@cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) writes:
>                             [...]
>>I would strongly advise people to REFUSE TO BUY any system with the
>>A2091 unless it's thrown in free.  This controller was garbage when it
>>was designed years ago and continues to be garbage to this day.
>
>BTW, it wasn't designed "years ago;" it has been out less than 2 years.
>
>I don't think you know what you are talking about.  Your experience with
>your controller does not define the universe.  I also think you are hearing
>            _.
>--Steve   ._||__      DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own.
>  Warren   v\ *|     ----------------------------------------------
>             V       {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.com

I recieved my 2091 for free and have had problems using it in
conjunction with an accelerator, just the other day when i booted it
told me i had a read/write error! selecting "retry" continued the
bootup.

Matt Crowd.