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From: mgh@ho4cad.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quantum 80s & Microbotics Hardframe
Summary: Quantum 80s and Hardframe
Message-ID: <503@ho7cad.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Apr 89 22:37:21 GMT
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In article <7818@killer.Dallas.TX.US>, elg@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:
> I just finished installing a Quantum 80s and a 2090a for a friend. It
> screams -- 525K/second on Diskperf. But I wonder what it'll do with a
> Microbotics Hardframe -- because both the Hardframe and the Quantum
> support the new synchronous SCSI protocol (4mb/sec). Has anybody ever
> tried such a setup? Care to share the results? 
> 

Well hopefully soon, I will be able to let you know how this setup
works. I obtained both and was quite anxious to try it out. Installation
was quite simple. The two go together rather nicely. I plugged the combo
into my 2000 and started the first step of my installation. Unfortuanately
the first step failed. I got an error message stating no drive present on
the Hard Frame. Himmm....I had an ST embedded ICD FA-ST Hard Drive setup
and thought maybe I could verify whether the Quantum was the culprit or
the Hard Frame. Unfortunately the ICD setup had no formatting prgs that
would work with the Quatum. I tried one and it said no drive. Himmm...I
thought, must be the drive so I sent it back. GVP was the supplier and they
replied very quickly telling me the drive checked out fine. Well now I had to
send the Hard Frame back to have Microbotics check it out. They refused to
swap controllers with the dealer and insisted on testing my unit out. Well
I sent it in an am waiting to find out the results. Hopefully they will find
it faulty and send me a good one soon. I will post a follow up along with
how well they work together...Any one else out there experience similar problems??

				Matt Hetman