Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!npd.novell.com!excelan!clay From: clay@na.excelan.com (Clay Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: More info on A2091 woes Message-ID: <2642@excelan.COM> Date: 24 Jan 91 17:58:30 GMT References: <9696@cica.cica.indiana.edu> <1991Jan14.193336.13387@convex.com> <1991Jan15.155835.5230@javelin.es.com> <14480@june.cs.washington.edu> <2627@excelan.COM> Sender: news@excelan.COM Reply-To: clay@na.excelan.com (Clay Jones) Organization: Excelan, Inc., San Jose, Califonia Lines: 31 In article greg@travis.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) writes: >clay@na.excelan.com (Clay Jones) writes: > >>You need a WD SCSI controller with the same part # but without the "A" on the >>end. I have been using mine A2091 with multiple drives and reselection turned >>on for about 9 months with no problems. > >Do we need to order this ourselves or will Commodore buy it for us? Why The non "A" part is no longer produced by WD. You will probably have to get one from a surplus store. >do I keep hearing rumors that Commodore is working on a ROM upgrade >to the controller, instead of replacing the WD chip? If I ordered this The ROM upgrade will work the "A" part which is the only version of the part that WD still makes. I believe the PROTO part is the same as the "A" part. >part from WD, could I just plug it in in place of my current >WD "PROTO" (yes, it says "Prototype" right on the chip) chip? Yes. > >Gregory R. Travis Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405 >greg@cica.cica.indiana.edu Center for Innovative Computer Applications >Disclaimer: Everything I say is true and I never lie. Clay Jones clay@novell.com