IVS Trumpcard
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Can anyone help regards I.V.S. trumpcard, I need information, technical,
urgently, gor one thing the software supplied is hopelessly out of date,
and I cannot Partition the 105Meg Quantum drive I have just bought. also
board has blown! hopefully as far as I can see it is the interface chip
(KS53C803CP)?. I figured that its equivelant is a S.C.S.I controller ic
noNCR No NCR 5380, and also I understand that a NSC8490 is an enhanced
version? can anyone help. Does anyone know Dealer in this country (UK), or
a FAX No in USA ? any help much appreciated. Keith.
Keith,
I.V.S. fax number is (714) 898-0858. Address your FAX attn: Tech
Support.
Thanks a lot, funnily enough I have just foundout number in AMIGA WORLD,
and have been communicating with them via fax, about an hour ago! any
thanks again
Keith,
I hope you get things straightened out. I have a friend who works
there, I simply called him and asked for his fax number <smmiiille>.
Heck my memories getting worse, so sory if I have already replied, I do not
seem to have seen this one. Your freind, he works at IVS ? If so I would
certainly like to get to know him, since I have just been in touch with
them, and they will not send parts! fine thing, as far as I know the SCSI
Inerface chip 53c80 (44Pins..44?), is what I am sure is the trouble, well
it is now, I have hacked it off the board. actually gentler than that in
reality, I have found over the years,(lots of them), it is normally better
to chop the ic off the board, and then remove pins, and
suck solder out, this leaves NO damage to the PC, which anyway is always a
lot more valuabl than the chip. well I contacted IVS in desperation since I
cannot find anyone here who can supply the (Samsung) chip! brilliant
typical England, it is rediculous that i am forced to send the boardto USA
& back, and pay through the nose, when a simple replacement would do. Don`t
you think that anyone selling equipment here shouldbe obliged to carry
parts ? I thought ther was some sort of legislation re this. Anyway unless
you can let me know how to get the chip, I shall be obliged to send the
board and wait, which means the brand new 105Meg Quantum drive I have just
bought has had about 2 hours use! and is going to be a long time before I
get it running, very dishartening, I was going to celibrate after I HAD
FINALLY got read of my old A590, well it was slow but not as slow as things
are now. P.S. I have been in Electronics for some 40 Years, and would be
happy to take on these sort of repairs, but it s pointles if I cannot get
the Parts, Cheers Keith.
Diamond still advertise the trumpcard at #99.95. Phone 071 580 4355. They
are big but their service is poor.
Joe Wylot (UK)
– via Whap!
Thanks for the message, funnily I have tried them, they are a joke! I
dought whether they know one side of a floppy from t`other, however I have
just (literally) been faxing to USA, IVS, and they responded within fifteen
minutes! I somehow think diamond would be unable to help, when I last tried
them they didnt know what S.C.S.I. Was….. cheers Keith