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From: cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2090 Problems
Summary: Me too.  Commodore, please help!
Message-ID: <2288@antique.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 88 23:30:27 GMT
References: <7192@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <2137@tekfdi.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: vax135!cjp (Charles Poirier)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <2137@tekfdi.TEK.COM> bobb@tekfdi.UUCP (Robert Bales) writes:
>In article <7192@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watsol.waterloo.edu (Blair
>MacIntyre) writes:
>
>>Whenever this local dealer runs an overscan demo
>>we have hard disk problems.  I seem to remember that this bug was dealt with,
>>however, Commodore Canada says we have the most recent driver software
>>available.
>
>I have the same hardware setup, same problem. When I run a program that I
>wrote which uses overscan, I get the read/write error requester. No permanent

I don't use overscan.  But whenever I have a high-resolution (640x200
or 640x400) by four-bitplane screen in front, I get a read/write
requester 100% of the time for hard disk reads or writes.  Yes,
absolutely 100% of the time.  With any other type of screen in front,
not a single problem.  I guess you could say I'm annoyed.  I use the
2090 controller and Quantum Q280 SCSI drive.  I have the "November"
hddisk device, and rev. 4.2 motherboard.

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	Charles Poirier   (decvax,ucbvax,mcnc,attmail)!vax135!cjp

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