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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problems with Hard disk and 4.3 motherboard?
Message-ID: <23966@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 7 Mar 88 20:41:44 GMT
References: <23043@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <3408@cbmvax.UUCP>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Summary: Gee, I didn't think I was ...

In article <3408@cbmvax.UUCP>, daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
> in article <23043@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) says:
> 
> > In article <301@trwind.ind.TRW.COM>, robert@trwind.ind.TRW.COM (Robert W. Snyder) writes:
> 
> >> My mother board is rev 4.3. ...
> >> [ description of problem *possibly* attributable to the 4.3 board ]
> 
> > Which brings up a point that I've been wondering about ... just what are
> > the changes from the rev 4.2 to the rev 4.3 boards?
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > Any chance of posting a "revision history" list?  (Dave ?)
> 
> If get a chance I can look and see if there are any other changes to write
> about, but most of them are similar little tweaks.  
> 
> People get so panicky over little things like ".2" vs. ".3" that they're not
> supposed to even know about.  Now I know why I never used this numbering 
> scheme before.  Next time we go back to coding it, like most other vendors
> do.

I didn't mean to sound "panicky", Dave!  Sorry if it pulled your chain the
wrong way ... that was not my intent.

It does seem that this info is worth knowing though, as there *are* some
reported problems with some of the revisions (CSA's 020 board works on some
revs, not on others [reportedly], the ferite bead problem on some revs
[3.9?], and the 2000 keyboard capacitor deal come to mind).

Chip vendors can (and do) provide "bug lists" for various mask revisions,
and anyone whose ever distributed a piece of S/W knows the value of providing
revision information.  Why should the machine be any different?

While I personally don't care how you choose to "encode" revision information
on your products, the current method is very nice, as it is easy for your
customers and dealers to *check* when a problem arises.  Kinda "user-friendly"
for a change (it sure beats something like XC34J211709a, if you know what
I mean :-) )!

/kim


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