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From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Interaction between GVP series II + 8 and Commodore 2090
Message-ID: <06481.AA06481@babylon.rmt.sub.org>
Date: 8 Mar 91 13:00:20 GMT
References: <12512@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <19645@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel)
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In article <19645@cbmvax.commodore.com>,
daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:

> In article <12512@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>, jbwaters@bsu-cs.bsu.edu
> (J. Brian Waters) writes:
>
>> The GVP fails though on the memory test and gets every
>> other byte in the word wrong (high byte fails,  low byte
>> ok, then high byte ok,  low byte fails).

Just curious: How can you get the machine up and running to
perform this memory test if 50% of your Fast memory is bad
or at least doesn't work properly with the A2090 installed?
Is it only the memory test that fails or are there any real
problems? Did you perform this test on a different A2000 or
maybe also with a different memory test utility?

>> The GVP card works fine when I have the 2090 pulled out
>> of the machine though.
>>
>> Is this normal?
>
> I certainly hope not.

Currently, I have both a GVP Series-II and an A2090 in my
machine, and I've never seen this type of problem.

>> Should I be worried that the GVP card will interfere with
>> other cards in the future.  Is the 2090 messed up?
>
> Strange thing is, since Jeff Boyer, the A2090's designer,
> now works for GVP, there's a good chance both cards were
> designed by the same guy.  So in either case, it sounds
> like a Jeff Boyer question to me l^)

:-)

Not bad! :-)

It could also be a problem with the A2000's motherboard, of course. :-)

>> Brian Waters              <backbone>!{iuvax|pur-ee}!bsu-cs!jbwaters
>
> Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"

Ralph