eve@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Eve) (02/19/88)
I received my back-ordered 2000 two weeks ago and finally opened it up last night. The motherboard has a rev 4.3 sticker on it, so it's still onwards and upwards with the rev numbers. I have no idea what the differences are between 4.2 and 4.3, but it seems to work well enough. An extra 3.5" drive is back-ordered. The store claims Commodore keeps delaying delivery on add-on drives. Someone else I know couldn't get an extra Commodore drive for his 2000 and bought another vendor's drive. I hope the problem is just that Commodore is sticking all the drives in 500's to flood the market. Still, I think a little more consideration is due 2000 owners who need the second drive. Last, I see Apple also has noisy fan problems with the SE. They introduced a new fan in December, and old owners can upgrade for $90. The fan in my 2000 (which is supposedly quieter than the original 2000 fan) is still incredibly loud. It's not just the whoosh sound I'd expect from air, but an irrating grinding/ vibration noise that is very objectionable. I'd like to leave the machine on all the time, but the fan is just so distracting when I'm studying I have to turn it off. Are quiet fans really that hard to find? By comparison, I didn't even know my 1000 had a fan (seriously!) until I read about it; that's quiet! I may just disconnect the fan since I'm running a barebones 2000. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve jMJ