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- From: raftopou@stud.uni-frankfurt.de (Joerg Raftopoulos)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3000/A3640 SCSI problems
- Date: 12 Apr 96 02:15:58 +0100
- Organization: J. W. Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt/Main
- Message-ID: <1241.6676T135T2925@stud.uni-frankfurt.de>
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- >> whats your a3640 board revision? you can determine it by checking out t
- >> label of the u209 gal chip.
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- >> u209 label a3640 revision rating
- >> -01 3.0 won`t work in an a3000. you`ll need an
- >> update of the u209 chip
- >> -02 3.1 ok, but has problems with zorro2 dma bo
- >> -03 3.2 excellent.
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- BB> I have a 3.0 version of the A3640 card in my A3000 (desk top)
- BB> and it works flawlessly. I checked the gal 209 chip and it's 3.1 so it
- BB> hasn't been upgraded.
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- don`t believe the a3640 badges, pcb texts or labels. your a3640 revision is
- determined but the u209 pal chip. if your pal chip is 3.1 then your board is
- 3.1
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- BB> I read that article about the 3.0 version 040 cards not working at all
- BB> and can say that the author didn't test them before writing the info.
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- revision 3.0 cards won`t work in an amiga 3000. i`ve tried one and it didn`t.
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- bye!
- jr.
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- Joerg Raftopoulos, Amiga User since 1987
- 3 x A1000, 1 x A500, 2 x A2000, 1 x A1200, 2 x A3000 Owner
- Student at J. W. Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, Sol III
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