Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: More info on A2091 woes
Message-ID: <57524.664075449@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: Wed Jan 16 19:24:09 1991
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
In-Reply-To: greg@cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS)

In a message posted on 14 Jan 91 18:08:42 GMT,
greg@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) wrote:
GT>dealer said that Commodore has a chip upgrade availavble now
GT>for $34.70 that fixes problems with certain 3rd party software.  Now,

This is the 6.2 ROM upgrade that fixed the 'location 0 bug' that was in the
older ROMS.

GT>failed.  Commodore will attempt to drag a red-herring in front of you by
GT>claiming that the drive you're using does not conform to SCSI specs.

I think you have still mis-understood what they are trying to say.

GT>This is a blatant lie as I have hooked two Quantum P40s (as orginally
GT>shipped from Commodore) to my machine and seen the lock-up.  I've also

I myself have done the same on an A2091, and A590 and the machine I am typeing on
right now is an A3000 with two Quantum 40 drives in them, and I have NEVER had a
problem with the drives.  I quite often copy entire partitions from one drive to the
other, as well as running a duel-network server (Fidonet and UUCP) in the background.

GT>I would strongly advise people to REFUSE TO BUY any system with the
GT>A2091 unless it's thrown in free.  This controller was garbage when it
GT>was designed years ago and continues to be garbage to this day.

It is a controller that I will ALWAYS reccomend to others (And as a technician
at a local Amiga Dealership, always do (Even though my BOSS is a big GVP fan, I 
still reccomend the A2091 over the GVP products) .  I guess you are
intitled to your opinions, but do not be surprised if you are flamed for trying
to spread further mis-information about the controllers. 

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