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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
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Subject: Re: A2000 problems
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 16:04:34 EDT
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in article <3106@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, dave@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (David A Rasmussen) says:
> 
> I traded my 1000 for a 2000 yesterday (make that an A2000, not a B2000).

Where'd you get that?  They aren't sold in the US, at least legally.  Note
that "B2000" is just an internal name; they're both really A2000s and will
all say A2000 on the front.  Its easy to see which you have; a German A2000
("A2000") will have 2 phono jacks on the back, the West Chester A2000
("B2000") will have 3 phono jacks on the back (the extra one is a composite
monochrome video output).

> A few problems. First I notice that the df0: drive's led doesn't light. No
> big deal. 

It probably does, but it's EXTREMELY dim.  Try it in a dark room.

> I also notice that when I power it off the time changes. Isn't
> it supposed to have battery backup or am I misreading something?

It does have a clock with battery backup, but you've got to set and read 
that clock.  There's a program called SetClock on the A2000 workbench disk.
You set the time and date with Preferences or Date, then you run 

	SetClock opt save

which will save the system time in the clock.  To get it back, use the

	SetClock opt load

command (startup-sequence is a good place for this), which will read the
clock time into the system clock.

> One more dumb question, is there any way to make it think my external 3" drive
> is df1: instead of df2:?

I'd suggest AssignDev, from one of the Fish Disks.  Assign won't work, as it
creates Volume entries that correspond to logical drives, but AssignDev
creates a Device entry that corresponds to a physical drive.

> Finally, I'm in the market for a hard disk. The question is, do I want
> faster i/o rates and go with the scsi amiga-side card, or to go with the
> bridge card? I actually would like a bridge card and stick a v20 in it....
> and if the i/o rate isn't significantly slowed I'd like to go this route.
> Comments?

Currently, the PC side drive through the bridge card is only a little slower
than the Amiga side ST-506 card.  But the A2090 card is DMA driven and has the
potential to go much faster if system software speed is ever improved, while
the Bridge card solution is not DMA driven and may be very near its maximum
speed.  If you really need the IBM compatibility, you could go that route to
begin with, since you'd want a HD for the IBM side anyway, and then later add
an A2090 or other hard drive on the Amiga side.

> Dave Rasmussen c/o Computing Services Division @ U of WI - Milwaukee

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