SubSystem 500 notes
Just got my SubSystem 500 and an Amiga 2052 2 meg memory board in the mail the
other day. On the SubSystem was a note telling you that even though the A2052
Ram expansion is compatible with the SubSystem, overheating may be a problem.
Funny, nobody said anything about that at the Mail order company, or at Pacific
Peripherals when I called them to inquire about the SubSystem. You should also
be aware that they brought out the pass-thru improperly. They paralleled pin 12
(CONFIG) of the pass-thru to pin 12 of the connector that plugs into the Amiga,
instead of bringing it out of the A2000 boards. What this means is that if you
have a Auto-Config board connected to the pass-thru (such as a C-LTD SCSI
controller), and a board plugged into the SubSystem, when the Amiga is booted,
they will both try to Auto-Config at the same time! Needless to say, the poor
Amy gets very confused at this point and refuses to do anything. One other
thing you should be aware of is the power supply. Its a bench type power supply
with banana jacks on the front. You plug your cable into the banana jacks, and
then a DIN connector plugs into the back of the SubSystem. Not much of a
problem unless your working on the last frame of an animation that took 350
computer hours to create, and your big feet pulls out one of the banana jacks.
So the SubSystem does have a few problems. Yet, it does work. Its quite a shock
for me to see that there is over 3 megs of internal ram available on my trusty
500. Next purchase will be a DMA Hard Disk controller and I will let you know
how it works out.
John Gager 71336,624