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From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Maxtor XT-3280S/2090
Message-ID: <773@boing.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 89 08:17:00 GMT
References: <0499.AA0499@lerami>
Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca.
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In article <0499.AA0499@lerami- ler@lerami.UUCP (Larry Rosenman) writes:
-        I got one of Bill Seymours BIG drives, and am having trouble with
-getting it and my 2090 to get along....
-        What happens is i cant get the thing to format all the way
-through... It seems to hang or FORMAT aborts with format failed, cant open
-device.  
-        It seems to be timing related, and I am very confused.
-1224 cylinders of 15 tracks/cylinder, 26 sectors/track
-SCSI

I never could get my 3280 to format with the 2090 controller. I suspected
it was some kind of basic incompatibility since the gvp also failed.
The progressive peripherals scsi controller board though did work. You
might try them instead of the 2090.

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Dale Luck     GfxBase/Boing, Inc.
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