Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!grwalter
From: grwalter@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Fred Walter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A2090(A) J5 LED jumper
Keywords: should it work ?
Message-ID: <6834@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: 18 Nov 88 00:36:45 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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I was switching drives around (upgrading from to a Miniscribe 8051S) and I
tried connecting the hard disk led on my 2000 to the J5 jumper on my 2090A,
as suggested in the manual. When the connector is put on one way, the led
is on all the time (even when I don't have the hard disk connected); when
the connector is reversed it is never on. 

I thought the led should go on whenever the harddisk is accessed, and stay
off otherwise. Am I right in thinking this ?

I mentioned this to the dealer where I bought the card (it is still under
warrentee) and he said "don't use the J5 jumper". Ya, right. If something
is wrong with the card I figure to get it fixed under warrentee.

As a side note, while the Miniscribe 8051S is 'supported' by the A2090A and
the version of PREP I have (it is in the list that prep gives me) the
number of cylinders PREP thinks the 8051S has is 964, which is wrong. The
guy I got the drive from tells me that it has only 739 usable. I have prep
version 33.34.

	fred

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