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From: rld@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Robert Doran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Harddrive problems
Keywords: A500, Subsystem, A2090, Lapine 20Meg
Message-ID: <1244@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 Apr 89 10:43:03 GMT
References: <1219@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: Robert Doran <rld@Portia.stanford.edu>
Reply-To: rld@Portia.UUCP (Robert Doran)
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In article <1219@Portia.Stanford.EDU> rld@portia.Stanford.EDU (Robert Doran) writes:

>
>I am trying to set up a harddrive system for my Amiga 500, and I
>am having some problems.
>

It seems that my distress call to netland was a little premature.  It
turns out that my harddisk was defective!  Oh well, sorry for the waste
of bandwidth.

>
>Pacific Peripherals SubSystem 500
>A2090 controller
>Lapine LT2000 Harddisk in external case with power supply:
>

>When and if I get this problem taken care of,  how well will this
>setup work?  A local dealer told me (AFTER I bought everything!)
>that the A500 doesn't work well with DMA controllers.  Is this true?
>

Well, to answer my own question, everything is working well!  The Lapine
is a nice, quiet drive, especially for the price ($129).  The A2090-A500
combination seems to work fine.  I haven't had any trouble so far, but
I guess only time will tell.......



-Bob Doran