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From: ssd@sugar.hackercorp.com (Scott Denham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3090 tape driver ??(Re: BTN 2.0 Tape handler)
Summary: boing, boing, boing...
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.004249.10710@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 23 Apr 91 00:42:49 GMT
References: <1991Apr13.014520.13657@sugar.hackercorp.com> <41542@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
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In article <41542@cup.portal.com>, DrBob@cup.portal.com (Robert A Rethemeyer) writes:
> > [Scott Denham posting deleted]
> > [Mark Thompson posting deleted]
> 
> I believe these gentlemen's difficulties are different than yours, and
> different from each other's.  I sent them email, but have not received
> any response.
> 
 I did get your message, Bob, and thanks very much! I'm not yet convinced
that the picture for the A2090A is quite as hopeless as you paint, but you
may be right. It's certainly an orphaned, unsupported product! I'd take
your advice and do the GVP trade-in, but right now I depend on the A2090a
to support my ST-506 drive and both an new drive and new controller are
not in the budget right now.  Incidentally, you asked whether I was
running into the SCSI hard drive conflict problem with the 2090a; the
answer is no - first I no longer have a (working) SCSI drive on the system
(THANKS, Seagate!) and secondly the lock up occurs even when doing an
operation that does not involve the A2090A other than as a tape
controller, for example "tar -tvf tape:". 
 
Anyway, thanks for your response, and particular thanks for your efforts
on BTNTape!   
  
   Scott Denham
   ssd@sugar.hackercorp.com
  
ps. return mail bounced repeatedly, thus the followup....