Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!clout!chinet!miroc!reaper!mmm From: mmm@reaper.Chi.IL.US (Michael Marvin Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: 6.6 Roms aren't free, but might be available Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 06:37:16 GMT References: <1991May30.212821.14408@beaver.cs.washington.edu> Lines: 33 In article <1991May30.212821.14408@beaver.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes: > >I just called my dealer about my 2091 that still hangs when both drives >are being accessed a lot. I've got the A version of the WD chip, and >6.1 roms. He said he just got a note from cbm, which states the 6.6 ROMS >are available, but aren't a warranty upgrade. It refered to a price sheet >that wasn't sent to him for the price of these chips. > >I know we hashed this over and over one, three and five months ago, but >here we are, a bunch of 2500 owners (and 2091 owners) with a controller >that hangs when we try to really use them. This is getting really frustrating. > >So, to the person that asks whether the 3000 is really worth it, I am >tempted to reply that yes it is, because so far noone's noticed a serious >problem with it. (My 2320 still has the 777/888 grey problem...) > >Not that I'm particularly mad at Commodore, heck, they've given me three >opportunities to trade my 6 year old A1000 for newer, better machines. >There just seems to be some gaps in their customer relations... >-- >dylan mcnamee / "I stood there on the sidewalk, Roy Rogers >dylan@cs.washington.edu \/lunchpail in my hand. Then I heard sweet children's > Qua! voices...and I began to understand." Randy Newman I don't know what the NEW version number of the most recent ROM upgrade for the 2091 is, but my dealer in Aurora, IL. wants $11 for them. I consider this VERY inexpensive, and probably barely covers C= costs. I haven't gotten them yet. -- Michael M Morrison /| |\ mmm@reaper.chi.il.us | | Cold Steel on Ice | | reaper!mmm@miroc.chi.il.us \| |/