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From: rmeyers@tle.dec.com (Randy Meyers 381-2743 ZKO2-3/N30)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Commodore Announces Hard Disk Controller Upgrade?
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Date: 4 May 88 07:27:48 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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My dealer told me that last week Commodore officially told him
that it would be possible to upgrade an A2090 disk controller
to a A2090a disk controller by swapping one or two chips.

In other words, a simple upgrade to the current Commodore hard
disk controller will allow it to act as a boot device under
Kickstart 1.3.

My dealer did not have any price information on this upgrade.
He wasn't sure if the chip(s) that needed replacement were
socketed, but he suspected that they were.

Has anyone else heard anything about this?  Would the Commodore
folks like to confirm or deny this statement?

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Randy Meyers, not representing Digital Equipment Corporation
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