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From: hbo@sbphy.ucsb.edu (Howard B. Owen)
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Subject: Re: I'm ordering a 2090A
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Date: 16 Oct 88 15:00:57 GMT
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In article <4999@cbmvax.UUCP>, joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara) writes...

>In article <910@hub.ucsb.edu> hbo@sbphy.ucsb.edu (Howard B. Owen) writes:
>                            ...
>>to boot from power-up. Of course, the failure to boot ST506 drives is entirely
>                                                       ^^^^^
>
>The autobooting problem exists for Seagate SCSI drives, not ST506 units. It

   Oops, my mistake. Not being able to autoboot from one manufacturer's
SCSI implementation is a lot better than dropping support for ST506. Sorry
for the public misunderstanding.

   Nevertheless, I'm still miffed about my A2090 not supporting autoboot.
Y'all have an upgrade policy?

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