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- Subject: Re: 2286 and Microbotics 8-UP problems
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.213948.3835@desire.wright.edu>
- From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
- Date: 31 Aug 92 21:39:48 EST
- References: <Btuun7.7oq@unx.sas.com>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <Btuun7.7oq@unx.sas.com>, edds@rhythm.unx.sas.com (Tom Edds) writes:
- >
- >
- > I'm pretty ignorant about the hardware end of things. I worry a bit
- > that about the power supply being strong enough. The machine has an
-
- So far I have a GVP accelerator, 2091 w/o hardrive (using the GVP,
- 2091 for ram), Datalink modem, A2286 BB, Bocaram memory card,
- Future Domain PC SCSI, and 2 SCSI HDs and the machine is working
- fine. I have even had the temp in the room go up quite high
- (uncomfortable for me!) and the machine has never complained.
- From my experience the A2000 power supply seems pretty good.
-
- > A2091, a second hard disk, a FlickerFixer, a Supra modem card, the
- > 2286, and now the 8-UP. Is this too much to ask of the power supply? I
- > guess I'd expect different symptoms if it was a power problem.
- >
- > I'm tempted to pull some or all of the RAM chips out of the 8-UP!, to
-
- I had an ADRAM 2080 for awhile and it had a special jumper
- setting for a BB equiped system with 6mb. Have you checked
- for this?
-
- > see if that makes any difference, but I don't want to fool with the
- > chips anymore than I have to.
- >
- > Thanks for any tips...
- >
- Fred Heitkamp, ** Not an organization. My opinions only **
- > \tom
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