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Thanks, sounds like something I could use right now. Need to pull off my graphics on 2 IDE's. Where did you buy the board? I'm in the LA area. Of course, I could do mail order. John
Stephen, Get a file called AMICD.lha from the librarys here, it will configure your CDROM drive for you, always works for me! (erase or move out of the search path your existing CD0: icon) Steve
I noticed a very small speed increase using Guru ROM. After installing it I got 3 crashes in a row then everything settled out. I find Guru ROM correctly scans the SCSI bus now. Before, it was hit or miss as to whether all my external devices would be recognized…
Thanks Dale! Tom
#cd install
Message #217161
I am having problems installing a cd-rom in my 2000. I would be thankful for any help or suggestions. I have an A2000, ICD scsi controller, I don't remember the make of the cd-rom and it's hard to get out (if neccessary I can take it out). I have amicdrom1.7,…
Michael,
Don, Yup, that was the problem all right. I also found the jumper for the floppy drive—-it's 301, not 103. (Just for someone else's reference.) Things are working beautifully now; thanks. AMIGA—–The Future Is Now! Chris Shepard: 030/50 A2000 with Toaster 4000 & MacIIfx via Emplant.
> How do I tell what kind of chip it is? < Jack, you'll have to take your 3000 apart, down to where you can see the motherboard. If you've never done it before, it's an experience. 🙂 Anyway, find the SCSI chip, if it's the proto chip, it should…
From the AFS FAQ: Q: What are the limitations of the Consumer version? A: The Consumer version can only be installed to a single partition, and that partition must be on a drive which is less than 650mb capacity (not a partition of 650mb, a drive size of 650mb). You…
Thanks, Juan. I'll be going to Belgium next year. Somewhere around Mons. Tom
Hi Chris. > I'm getting an icon that says "DF1????". You need to remove a jumper on your motherboard, it's jumper J301, and it lives on the motherboard next to the floppy ribbon cable, if memory serves me. > When I first turn on the computer, my 1gig HD doesn't…
Chris, Read my earlier message…you need to remove a jumper on the motherboard. Don
Chris, Last drive in chain doesn't mean the highest ID number…it means the last physical drive on the chain. You need to do one of two things, leave the terminators on the Syquest, remove them from the 1 Gig drive OR…remove the terminators from the Syquest and put the 1GIG…
Yeh, Expansion Systems has an IDE Controller for about $110. I have one with a SCSI Controller on it also. You can hook up to 2 IDE devices and up to 6 SCSI devices all from one controller card. Plugs into a Zorro-II slot I believe. The only thing I…
> I`ll let you know how good it is when I get it.. < Steve, I'll look forward to that! Thanks. Jim
How do I tell what kind of chip it is? -Jack
Thanks Dave. I appreciate the help. -Jack
Thanks Stuart – it does. Jack
AFS Professional
Message #216979
I'll accept that, though iIt's hard to understand why DiskExpander wouldn't work with AFS while XPK does, given that XPK is an optional compression method under DE, and DE itself seems only to be a Workbench interface. The only other thing DE wouldn't work with was Autopilot for Compuserve, which…
Ray, Are you happy with Mr. Guru? What model amiga do you have and do you have ram on your GVP board? What kind of transfer rate are you getting on SynInfo? And, what percent CPU use? I've got a 2000 with a PPS040/28 board with 32Mb of 32bit ram,…
#Syquest crashing Amiga
Message #216973
I hope some of you out there with experience on Syquest drives can help me out. I just installed an internal 270 Syquest and mounted it where my internal second floppy (DF1) used to be. I've connected the drive up to my GVP SCSI board as unit 6, and it…
#Ext DF1 not ready, probl
Message #216962
I just installed an internal 270 Syquest drive, and I had to remove my second internal floppy to do it. My question: I still have an external floppy hooked up (It was DF2:), but my computer isn't acknowledging that it's there. I get an icon on my WB that says…
Jim, Hisoft have written their own software to accompany the Zip, they mentioned it in -tiny- letters in their ad, so I called and begged a direct purchase of it.. the lady said it will be on sale seperately in 2 weeks at 15 UK pounds. I`ll let you know…
> Today I ordered the Amiga ZIP software that Hisoft are shipping with all the "Amiga ready" ZIP drives they sell, < Steve, let me know what software comes with the Amiga ZIP package. I never heard that anyone had Amiga specific Zip drive software out yet. Jim
Stuart, >> It's also running Enlan DFS 2.0 and acts as one of our file servers do you know of any Network software for a PC Clone that will communicate with ENLAN (I think it's DEC net compatable) ? – wkc – … via AP from Hamburg, Germany
Hi James, Thanks for your message, I'm still having mega problems with the accursed ZIP drive, so many that I've put it back in it's box and retired it to the cupboard. Today I ordered the Amiga ZIP software that Hisoft are shipping with all the "Amiga ready" ZIP drives…
Hi thomas, I use AFSpro for more than a month now, The difference between both versions is that the normal version only supports one harddisk an is limited to max 650MB, The AFSpro version has no limits, includes MultiUser Filesystem support, and an utilitie to convert the FFSpartitions to AFSpartitions…
>The GURU ROM is a replacement for the GVP FaaastROM in GVP Series II SCSI >controllers. Is it now? And what will it do for me and where do I get it. If it will solve my scanner not working problem I'll buy it!!! Thanks for the info. . C.…
PMFJI: Hi Ray. I was just looking into the GURU Rom. I have been having trouble running the new, faster type muti Gig drives on GVP 030 and 040 cards. (read/write errors, ect.) Do you think the rom upgrade will help? Are there any downsides? Thanks.. Mike Brennan, Sir Render…
#Ami-File Pro or Safe
Message #216781
Hello all! Is there any info out there about Ami-File Safe and Ami-File Pro? What are the differences between them? They sound great but an ad said something about support for only one (1) hard drive. Is that both of them or just Safe? Thanks very much! Tom
> I would like to add a removable hard disk and/or a tape system to my A3000. I have seen some pretty goods deals on some lately. Will any scsi device work? I have the standard scsi controller that came with the computer. I appreciate any guidance. < Jack, I…
> Did you see my 2nd message to Gayle? ..I have the drive low level and DOS formatted, but if I try and copy anything of any useful size to it everything locks up.. not good. < Steve, yes I saw it, and I noticed that Gayle replied back to…
Jack: While I don't (yet) have a removable hard disk or tape drive, I did add an external hard drive to my A3000. Yes, any SCSI device will work, but I should add that with any SCSI system, use a premium quality cable and be sure the termination is correctly…
The GURU ROM is a replacement for the GVP FaaastROM in GVP Series II SCSI controllers. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
>Could i ask you a question ? ……. Did you see a lot of improvement >(speed,reliability…) when you install the Guru Rom ? >i'm interested in this product and i would like to have some infos. Speed…no, I haven't realized any speed increases from the GURU ROM, I didn't expect…
Jack, We're using an external Syquest 105Mb (removeable HD), an external Conner Python 2Gb DAT drive and two internal Micropolis 4110 1Gb hard drives all plugged into a standard A3000 (WB2.05). It's also running Enlan DFS 2.0 and acts as one of our file servers, so it gets a lot…
Steve, I did save the mountlist that FaaastPrep V1.98 (Apr 22 1991) created for me. This was before I installed CrossDOS 6. It appears that the regular format utility on the system drawer will work. The low level format on the FaaastPrep corrupted my second blank. Anyway, after I formatted…
Hi Jim, Did you see my 2nd message to Gayle? ..I have the drive low level and DOS formatted, but if I try and copy anything of any useful size to it everything locks up.. not good. My amiga is an A2000 with 030 and 16 megs of fast ram…
#adding scsi devices
Message #216594
I would like to add a removable hard disk and/or a tape system to my A3000. I have seen some pretty goods deals on some lately. Will any scsi device work? I have the standard scsi controller that came with the computer. I appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Jack
> Did I see that you have a ZIP drive? any clues on how to get the accursed thing working? < Steve, I saw this message you posted to Gayle Fariless, but thought I'd jump in here too. I have a Zip drive hooked upto my 3000. Which Amiga are…
Gayle, Thanks very much for the advice and the file you sent.. They got me a bit further down the road but I'm still no nearer having a working Zip drive that I can trust. A quick description of my system.. it's an A2000 with a GVP "combo" card which…
Steve, Yes, I have an Iomega ZIP drive. Since I have a GVP G-Force 030 board, I chose to use the GVP utility FaaastPrep. It did an automatic format for me and created a mountlist. I used CrossDOS Version 6 to mount another blank as device PCC: for a diskette…
#IDEin2000
Message #216494
Anyone know a way to put a IDE controller in a 2000, so I can transfer my graphics to a Removeable Harddrive? My 4000 is down , I really need all those AlphaPaint and Lightwave graphics Thanks, John
#ZIP100 & CrossDOS
Message #216469
Gayle, Did I see that you have a ZIP drive? any clues on how to get the accursed thing working? I have a couple of mountlists i saw posted here recently but they don't seem to work, (either that or I'm implementing them wrongly..) The furthest I've managed to get…
Ray, What is GURU ROM? Please enlighten me! . C. Davey
Hi Ray ! Could i ask you a question ? ……. Did you see a lot of improvement (speed,reliability…) when you install the Guru Rom ? i'm interested in this product and i would like to have some infos. thanks !
>Nope, that's gvpscsi, we're looking for gvpscsi.device. Consensus seems >to be it's in ROM. More importantly the system seems to know how to find >it. Yep, the gvpscsi.device is in ROM, or more precisely FaaastROM. I upgraded my GForce FaaastROM with the GURU ROM, so I don't have gvpscsi.device anymore,…
Technical support for the Oktagon and all other Alpha Data products is handled in the U.S. by Alpha Data U.S., which is part of Micropace.
>And why DOES the IDE drive show up with a scsi.device driver in the >setup screen? Could that be a problem with a real scsi controller >onboard? There is nothing wrong. The Amiga onboard IDE controller in the A1200 & A4000 uses the scsi.device driver. IDE drives use address 0…
Zeddock, what OS are you running on your A4000? The timeout period has been slightly increased in OS 3.1. So, if you are still runniung OS 3.0, it _may_ help to upgrade to OS 3.1. – wkc – … via AP from Hamburg, Germany
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