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- From: glenn@Radix.Net (Glenn Carey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A2091 WD chip ver. 00-08
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 05:16:57 GMT
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- Jⁿrgen Schober (JⁿrgenSchober@point.UUCP) wrote:
- : Lanny_Affleck@kiwi.com wrote:
- : : I posted a message a couple of days ago about wanting to obtain a WD chip
- : : for my A2091. I realize that it is best to get version 00-08, but for my
- : : purposes, it's not worth spending the extra money.
- : :
- : : The A2091 will only be used on an Amiga 1000 with only one harddrive around
- : : 50 to 200 megs, so vesion 00-04, 02, or even 00 would be fine I think.
- : :
- : : I thank everyone who responded, but I'm looking for a little cheaper choice
- : : (under $20 Canadian). If anyone has any of the older version of the chip
- : : lying around that do work, I'd be interested in them.
- : :
- : Just to mention.
- : I looked at the WD homepage (http://www.wdc.com/products/iop/scsi-bus.html)
- : and they have a full featured new chip (the WB33C93B) that supports
- : SCSI-2 and is backward compatible to the WD33C93A, the one used in the
- : 2091 and (my) A3000. So my question is, did anyone try this new chip
- : and if so (I asume that it will work in the A3000) could I expect
- : any advantage in the SCSI-2 part (speed and SCSI-2 devices ?)
- : if not, is it possible to get an increase with a new scsi.device ?
- : and at laest, what does it cost ?
-
- : (to the original post. I have a -08 in my 3000 but don't exactly know
- : what it did cost...~$50,- or so...but here in Austria, so should be cheaper in the
- : US).
-
- : --
- : Jⁿrgen Schober ╖ Maker of the EGSa2410 Driver
- : A-Graz ╖ Austria
- : e-mail: point@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at
- : WWW: http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/point/Welcome.html
-
- : running WB on A2410:1024x860x256 70 Hz !
-
- it works just fine in the 3000 I have put 2 of them into my 2 machines I
- really couldnt tell you about speed increases also once I get moved I
- will have some of the ne chips for sale for about $30.00
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