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- Subject: Re: GVP A3001
- Message-ID: <1996Feb8.214556.25999@augs2.chnet.ch>
- From: josef@augs2.chnet.ch (Josef Egloff)
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 21:45:56 GMT
- References: <4emrvj$jg@er5.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: Another Amiga UNIX System
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- Rebecca Fahs (becky@eden.rutgers.edu) wrote:
-
- : I have an A2000, with KS1.2. I am upgrading to 3.1 very soon. The reason I am
- : looking at the A3001 board is because it has an IDE controller with it and I
- : have a couple of extra IDE drives laying around the house. How good is this
- : board? Is it easy to set up? Is it compatible with 3.1? Is it bootable?
- : All these questions and so many more...So thanks in advance for any information
- : provided. I look forward to hearing from any and all parties.
-
- I use such a board since years now without any problems. I used mine
- with KS/WB 1.3 and now with KS/WB2.0 no problems really. What I can't
- recommend is to use the so called "IDE" adaptor... the only disk I
- could use with it was a quantum AT40 with a special ROM which a got
- from GVP directly. Other IDE disks did never work. I tried some other
- quantums (eg 105AT and 210AT) and some western digital, but with no
- luck at all. You should try it with your harddisk before you buy it!
-
- cu josef
-