kowal@stsci.EDU (Charles Kowal) (01/12/90)
I tried posting this reply yesterday, but I don't think it made it to the Net. So here goes again... From article <1438@sas.UUCP>, by sasgwb@sas.UUCP (Gary Black): > > I ordered a Tiny Tiger Budget Drive from Memory and Storage > Technology (M.A.S.T) in Sparks, NV. It's a 30M drive, and was adveritised > as "Plug In And Go". I have an Amiga 1000, and once I finally got it > (they took about 2 months to get it to me), I plugged it in, and it > *didn't* go. I kept getting a "Not A DOS device" requestor. > > I called the tech support number at MAST, and they told me that there > was a compatability problem on the 1000's. They said that 3 capacitors > on the parallel port needed to be replaced, because they were screwing > up the communication between the drive and the computer (the drive plugs > into the parallel port). Originally, they were just telling people to > clip the leads on the capacitors, but now they're saying they'll send out > a kit with the correct capacitors, and instructions on how to replace > them. > I had the same problem with a Tiny Tiger several months ago. After calling MAST, I cut the three capacitors, and the drive has worked fine ever since. (I never received a new set of capacitors. They are not needed.) It seems to me that MAST is not at fault here. The problem is that Commodore produced A1000s with at least two different models of motherboard, not to mention the A500 and A2000. For example, my A1000 does not have extra-half- brite. I thought that MAST handled the problem very well. They were quick, courteous, and very helpful. I am quite happy with the Tiny Tiger, and with MAST. Just cut those capacitors. It's not hard to do! Charles Kowal Space Telescope Science Inst./CSC Baltimore, MD kowal@stsci.edu