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- From: stimber@tbag.org (Scott Timberlake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A2091 & Zip Drives
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 14:03:34 EST
- Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group
- Distribution: world
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- DE> I am having nothing but problems with a zip drive and a A2091. Does
- DE> anyone out there have a working version?
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- DE> Using the ziptools, it appears that the drive can't be recongized on
- DE> powerup (drive lite stays on forever!) If I add it after power up, I
- DE> can get it to mount but accessing it causes major read-write errors.
-
- DE> Any ideas what I am doing? Hook the same drive up to a A4000 and the
- DE> critter works flawlessly.
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- DE> Is it the A2091??
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- It COULD be the SCSI controller chip on the 2091. The older WD chips can
- have problems with external SCSI devices. This happened on my 3000 when I
- added an external CD-ROM(The 3000 SCSI is basically the same as the 2091).
- Look at the number on the WDC chip. If it says something like 00-04 on it,
- then it's the old one. You would want the -08 chip. BTW, what are you
- using to control the Zip on the 4000? A Warp Engine or other accelerator?
- Scott
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