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From: CRONEJP@UREGINA1.BITNET (Jonathan Crone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ASDG and Commodore Flame throwers.
Message-ID: <8712290336.AA28768@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 29 Dec 87 03:09:16 GMT
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Well after reading the latest mail from Comp.sys.amiga and seeing
exactly three messages consisting totally of ASDG and Commodore beating
each others heads in, I'd like to thank you both for ruining my impressions
of the people involved.

In the 1.5 yrs that i've been reading comp.sys.amiga, this forum has
been a valuable source of information for me both in my private life
as a member and executive member of the local amiga users group, in my
life as Engineering student, and in my Part time job at the local amiga
dealership.

There, the truth is out..... I bought the A2052 memory card at cost.
I figured that would be the most cost effective way for me to get
myself 2 megs of future compatible memory.
I called ASDG, had a chat with a couple of people there, and they recommended
micron as a manufacturer of card cages.  AT NO time was any mention
made of this SUBSET or SUPERSET Zorro II crap thats been flying about
WRT to my Christmas day message asking why my A2052 wouldn't work in the micron
cage.
I called micron, asked them if the cage was FULLY Zorro II compatible,
and they said YES.
I then ordered one,  assuming that by FULLY compatible, it would work
with something from the company that ORIGINATED the DA*N spec in the first
place.
I receive the cage, install it, and the memory and then procede to spend an
entire long lonely Christmas weekend tearing my HAIR out trying to figure
out why the cage won't work.
(INCLUDING  tracing every single trace on the damn card cage motherboard)

I now read commodore and asdg bashing each other and NOT helping me in
anyway like suggesting,, fix this or that.... instead i'm told to
buy this or that, and take this or that back.

I'm PISSED OFF...

I bought the A2052 because even though I'd love to, I can't afford ASDG's
products.... everyone says they are the best, but I CAN'T afford $500 US
for a BARE BOARD. let alone whatever the price is for 16  1 megbit drams.

Well  ok thanks for nothing much everyone.

I'm calling Micron in the morning, and they better let me return the cage
or there will be some hot phone lines between Regina and Boise Idaho,
because when they sell a product to a customer, they damn well better
say  that this product will only work with their cards and that it
ISN'T a Zorro II spec card Cage.




WHO Makes a GOOD RELIABLE _ZORRO_II_ compatible card cage.
I can't afford ASDG, and i'm pissed at micron.

Thank you for tolerating my Flameage, but i'm tired after a day
of tolerating abusive customers at the computer store, and trying
to make this board work, and tired of reading that no one has a
solid solution short of returning the card cage or the memory board.
Which based on what commodore and ASDG has to say, seems to be my only option.

Jonathan Crone



Pithy Saying 0xC00000

hey, what about insider.


Disclaimer:

This message has been posted by myself, Jonathan Crone, and does not
reflect the views of the University of Regina, nor does it imply
a commerical content based upon my part time employment at
the local Regina Amiga dealer.