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From: stan@teroach.UUCP (Stan Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What controller to use with the A2000?
Keywords: bad blocks
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Date: 4 Apr 89 16:50:40 GMT
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In article <16433@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
> He has a ST-506 drive on the 2090 right now.. and sorry, but it does NOT
>, I repeat NOT map out bad blocks!! At least not on the ST-506 drives. When
>we first had this hunch that it was not, I posted a message to Usenet and 
>(not to get him into any trouble) Bruce said that the software did not 
>do this and he was re-writing it. This was last July. Since we have not
>seen hide nor hair of new software. My friend just wants to sell his
>2090.
>          - Doug -
> Doug_B_Erdely@Portal.Cup.Com

EXCUSE ME??   When I prep my drive (ST-506) and prep asks me if I
want to map out any bad blocks, and I say yes, and it asks for head, 
cylinder and BCAI (byte count after index?) and I type in 10 different
lines with 3 numbers each, you mean to tell me it was just doing it
for fun??   We seem to be getting as many different opinions about
this topic as there are people responding. Could someone at Commodore,
possibly with A2090(A) experience, tell us do it or don't it??????
If it don't, I'm real bummed! 8^(

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             Stan Fisher        asuvax!mcdphx!teroach!stan
  Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Arizona -  (602) 438-3228