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- Subject: Re:More A3000/A3640 questions
- Message-ID: <960419162515dalp3-hamb@sysop.black-z.commo.mcnet.de>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 14:25:17 GMT
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- From: SYSOP@black-z.commo.mcnet.de (Rainer Benda)
-
- Am 17-04-96 um 00:20 schrieb garthc@compass-da.com
- unter dem Betreff : More A3000/A3640 questions
-
- >Thanks to all who replied to my recent post about my A3640 scsi
- >problems. Despite all the suggestions I seem no closer to a solution
- >than when I started. I apologize for the length of this post but I
- >wanted to be thorough.
- >
- >The problem I am experiencing is that when I install the A3640 in my
- >A3000 (desktop), my hard drive disappears. When I remove the 3640 it
- >reappears. My current setup is as follows:
-
- Well....you have to change the termination. You have to experiment a
- little bit to find the right way of termination. It has nothing to do
- with the chip-versions inside your Amiga.
-
- >>[A3640 board rev.]
- >>3.0
- >> This one will not work at all in the A3000 (though it might
- >> work in the A4000!). You need to give such a board to a repair
- >> center for an upgrade to 3.1 or 3.2.
- >
- >What exactly does "will not work" mean?
-
- It will not work, if you switch you computer on.....has nothing to do
- with scsi.
-
- >>If you are lucky, the tolerances of your DMAC-02 are wide enough to
- >>work together with the A3640. If you are not so lucky, SCSI will not
- >>work correctly anymore with the A3640 installed.
- >>
- >Again, what exactly does "Will not work correctly" mean?
- >Does it mean that SCSI will not work at all or "your hard drive will
- >disappear"? :-)
-
- No...SDMAC -04 is not nescessary....
-
- See the "tip" above.
-
- Bye
-
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