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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4325.0. "Quantum LP52S???" by BAUDIN::LAWSON () Tue Dec 04 1990 16:15

    C= recently solved my Hi-res DMA contention problem by swapping the
    2090A/rodime 40Mb combination with a 2091/Quantum LP52S.
    
    Question is.....what is a Quantum LP52S???  Any helpers out there?
    
    The only thing I know about the Drive is that it has 50Meg. The zillion
    page 2091 manual doesnt talk about it and I had a few anxious moments
    when (because of curiosity and trying to increase the number of
    buffers) I clobbered the disk and tried to re-format it. There aint no 
    mountlist to edit!!. I managed to get it all together again but have
    that nagging doubt...."did I get it right?"   
    
    Cheers,
    Glenn
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4325.1New and improved; bigger and faster.ULTRA::BURGESSMad man across the waterTue Dec 04 1990 16:5523
re                       <<< Note 4325.0 by BAUDIN::LAWSON >>>
>                             -< Quantum LP52S??? >-
    
>    Question is.....what is a Quantum LP52S???  Any helpers out there?

	I think its the replacement for the Quantum 40 Meg 11ms drive, 
and I also think its touted as a 9ms drive.  So, you're getting about 
25% nore storage and almost 20% faster access to it - not bad, was it 
free ?
    
	How do I know this ?      I called Creative Computing re their 
2091 & 40 Meg deal for $399 this week-end - stock out !
"But we can provide it with a 52 Meg drive for $475"   I thought I
smelled a bait and switch, so I decided to play along with it.
"Gee - looking at your advertized price for the raw 40 meg drive, and
given that you just said you're out of them, can you just send me a
2091 for $61 with nothing on it? (rising inflexion)".  They explained
some things to me.  Then I got a flyer last night from the software
hut, that's where I saw the 9 ms claim. 

	R	{I might still get it....  add 5% S&H, etc.}

	
4325.2re: .1BAUDIN::LAWSONWed Dec 05 1990 04:2410
    re: .1
    Yes, it was free...exchanged under warranty for the 2090A/Rodime.
    
    Seems real fast - maybe too fast! I used BAD on the hard disk. All went
    well, but boot was erratic where it had never been erratic on the
    2090a.
    
    I ended up putting "wait"s after each "arun...."  and no further
    troubles.