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- From: holler@holli.UUCP (Jan Holler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000 and CDrom (aka IDE blows) (was Re: IDE : Possible
- Message-ID: <holler.02ll@holli.UUCP>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:26:19 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.180640.23160@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> <holler.02kg@holli.UUCP> <69293@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov11.140203.23825@zds-oem.zds.com>
- Organization: my own mess
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- In article <1992Nov11.140203.23825@zds-oem.zds.com> benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Adam Benjamin) writes:
- > In article <69293@cup.portal.com> joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) writes:
- > >>In article <1992Nov2.180640.23160@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> msnider@Rapnet.
- > >S
- > >>anders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193) writes:
- > >>> In article <1992Nov2.150434.775@cranel.com> watters@cranel.com (David Watter
- > >s
- > >>) writes:
- > >>> >
- > >>> >FOR COMMODORE-AMIGA MARKETING: HEY BRAINIACS, I sware on my A3000, that
- > >>> >if the A4000 had shipped with a SCSI-II controller, or even a SCSI-I
- > >>> >controller, I would have one on my desk right now!!!!!!!!!
- > >>> >--
- > >>> >David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com) Cranel Inc. Development & Engineer
- > >i
- > >>> If it was dma, me too. sigh... :^|
- > >>> M. Snider
- > >>Me too!
- > >> Jan Holler - Bern, Switzerland
- > >Me too. I suspect there are many people like mysekf who simply can't jump
- > >-Joel
- >
- >
- > GET A LIFE!
- > You all act like you can't stick your SCSI controllers in the 4000.
-
- Sure I can, but will the host-adapter dma? I say no. Is there any
- ZorroIII host adapter? Haven't seen one yet. Do you know about the
- impossibility for "dma-ing" with zorroII into 32bit FAST-RAM?
-
- Besides: It's kind of hart to take it out of an 3k! ;-)
-
- > If you have a scsi drive, keep it and upgrade to the 4000 and you will
- > have two drives! I don't know why CBM went with IDE but it does NOT
- > rule out scsi drives you know!
-
- I know that too. But that's not the problem!
-
- > Besides NONE of you would have a 4000 on your desk right now because
- > CBM can't keep up with the orders. The 4000 is backordered because it
- > is selling so well. (I know, since I am stuck waiting for a replacement
- > for my dead one)
-
- I could have one, long time already. You speak for you, I speak for myself!
-
- > I say, Let the eat cake!
-
- If it's well baked I'll eat it! But I don't like raw cake!
-
- > Adam Benjamin
- > A.Benjamin@mi04.zds.com
-
- READ THE POST! It says: If it was DMA!
-
- --
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- Jan Holler - Bern, Switzerland
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