Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ptsfa!pttesac!vanam From: vanam@pttesac.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CLtd 20M hard disk Message-ID: <388@pttesac.UUCP> Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 19:06:03 EST Article-I.D.: pttesac.388 Posted: Sat Mar 7 19:06:03 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 15:29:04 EST References: <383@pttesac.UUCP> <2781@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <1155@sfsup.UUCP> Reply-To: vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, San Francisco Lines: 54 In article <1155@sfsup.UUCP> perry@sfsup.UUCP writes: >FLAME ON! > >They damn well better care since the aMega was their botched design in the >first place. And...didn't CMI design the C Ltd disk controller also? > >You mean, the same company which doesn't have the technical competence to >make a perfectly working memory board (and has to resort to claiming that >there are problems with the Amiga) can't even make their other products >work with each other? As for Cltd blaming the Amiga, here's what they say in the manual pages that came with my Cltd 20Meg hard disk: Also you should be aware that SOME (10-20%) of the Amigas in existance experience problems when a second device is added to the expansion port. Commodore acknowledges this problem exists and blames it on a sub- standard part that they received from one of their suppliers. If your computer works fine with the C Ltd SCSI Controller connected all by itself, but won't work with both of them connected at the same time, you should call our Customer Service Department for instructions. We can offer several solutions to this particular problem, including replacing the sub-standard parts with parts that work, we have these parts and will make them available to our customers. End of quote. They say Commodore acknowledges a problem with the expansion port and that Commodore blames the problem on a sub-standard part. I take it C Ltd is speaking of the PAL chips. Any comments from Commodore on this? By the way, my C Ltd 20 Meg hard disk was definitely bad. It got worse and worse with more and more read/write errors and finally "NOT A DOS" and wouldn't format. At first I suspected that the read/write errors were due to a problem with the combination of my aMega RAM and SCSI controller. But since the hard disk (or SCSI controller) was definitely bad and wouldn't work right even without my external RAM, it's possible that when I get the fixed (or new) hard disk back from C Ltd ( I sent it UPS March 5th for $16) that it will work with no problems. I pray this will be the case. I've seen 2 postings of people who say they have no problems with the hard disk. C Ltd said that they'll send me a new hard drive the same day they receive my old one, or they'll fix my old one that same day. UPS told me it could take up to 6 working days for my drive to get to Kansas, so I figure 6+2+6 working days total before I should have my drive back. That means March 25th. I'm counting the days. I'll post a message when I get it back. Marnix -- Marnix (ain't unix!) A. van\ Ammers Work: (415) 545-8334 Home: (707) 644-9781 CEO: MAVANAMMERS:UNIX UUCP: {ihnp4|ptsfa}!pttesac!vanam CIS: 70027,70