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- From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 4000 review
- Message-ID: <38034@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 08:23:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.154814.14815@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 64
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- In article <1992Dec14.154814.14815@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dcr3567@ultb.rit.edu () writes:
-
- >My only question is that when I reboot, the hard drive appears to lose
- >power for a second. It knocks out, slows down, and then recalibrates
- >itself and spins back up. So many spin-ups and spin-downs certainly can't
- >be healthy, are they?
-
- When you reset the Amiga (any Amiga) via keyboard, a true to life hardware
- reset is sent to the system. Most hard disk adaptors, including IDE and SCSI,
- send a version of this reset signal on to the disks attached. What the disk
- actually does with that reset signal is up to the drive manufacturer. It's a
- pretty safe bet that whatever noises come out of the drive at that point are
- what the drive manufacturer intended. Whether or not that affects the
- longetivity of the drive or not may depend upon the moral character of your
- drive manufacturer as much as anything else.
-
- > This is the main reason I like.. heck, love this machine. They really
- >did their homework on this one.
-
- Glad to hear it. If you see some of the postings originating from these parts,
- you'll notice many of us are in this biz for more than just the money (eg, they
- basically stop paying at 6PM).
-
- >The only interesting jumpers are one that says DO NOT REMOVE, and another
- >labeled 1MAPROM ENable/DISable (j400). Anyone?
-
- The "DO NOT REMOVE" jumper is for testing. The board doesn't work with it
- removed under normal conditions. J400 enables or disables a hardware ROM
- remapping feature.
-
- > The really interesting jumpers are on the motherboard, though.
- > j213 - 2M/8M CHIPRAM (8 megs of chipram!?!?)
-
- Nope. Just a carryover from when such a thing was discussed as a possible
- future option. It was decided to get more aggressive, so don't expect any
- drop-in upgrades.
-
- > j975 - outlined bank of 6 jumpers.. no jumps though. Anyone?
-
- "Reserved for future use". There are 8 new jumper bits that can be read by
- Lisa in with the mouse quad signals. The first two were assigned to define
- the type of AA system (16, 32, or 64 bit memory, the A4000 is hardwired in
- the 64 bit position).
-
- > j850 - 68020 [Huh!?!]
-
- Extra logic could be added to the motherboard to support a 68020 module. This
- is obviously not necessary if you already have a 68040 module.
-
- > j100 - CLKS INT/EXT, jumpered to EXT (clock doubling processor,
- > a la DX2?)
-
- That determines where the system's basis clock originates. Much like the A3000,
- the A4000 motherboard can generate the basic 25MHz system clocks, or these can
- be generated on the CPU board.
-
-
-
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