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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…
Paul — Thanks for the pointer. I'll look for "HPDJ" over on that LONG FTP site. See ya! — Dave
#Printing With SS?
Message #216241
Hi! Has anybody had any luck printing with ShapeShifter? I have SS v3.1 on my A3000 OS 3.1, set up the printer port to go to the parallel.device, where my HP 500C Deskjet printer resides. When I try to print from the Mac side, using a DeskWriter Serial driver, I…
Steve: MacBinary works fine for me, but Lutti was looking for the utility… — Dave
Lutti: Sorry for the delay; I have been on vacation! >There are several MacBinary files in different forums. I downloaded some of >them, but they all seem to require a programm called "apple file exchange". >Since I don't have this program, I wasn't able to get these files to work…
Dean, Thanks again for all your help… very detailed. The drive is set to get the TERMPWR from the host adaptor. I have replaced the SCSI system cable, and have been running the drives in Synchonous Xfer mode, with no problems yet. It seems I have found the culprit!! The…
A3000 Scsi Problem HELP!
Message #214820
Steve: >I assume your startup_sequence etc is all located on the internal drive so >that's where the errors will show. Bingo. The drive used most often is still the internal drive. I tried the cable swap… see my previous message.. it seems to be working! Thanks! — Dave
A3000 Scsi Problem HELP!
Message #214819
Steve: >In case you missed my earlier posting, active terination is a different >kettle of fish altogether and uses ic's to drive the bus to a known state >instead of passive terminating resistors. THANK YOU for clarifying that — re the ics driving the bus vs. the resistors "passively" keeping…
#A3000 Scsi Problem HELP!
Message #214818
Dean: Thanks for the informative description of the SCSI termination. On my system, I would guess that I would HAVE to disable the TERMPWR on my SCSI-2 drive, since I cannot turn off the termination power on my controller. The drive comes with small resistors that install near the SCSI…
A3000 Scsi Problem HELP!
Message #214817
Steve: >do you get any difference with a cold boot (power off) vs a warm re-boot (3 >finger salute) ? No Difference. But I think I found the problem!!! Searching over hell & high water, I found a 3' mega-thick SCSI cable at a MAC dealer. $35. I think its…
#A3000 Scsi Problem HELP!
Message #214814
Hi, Tim! Well, this whole thing of SCSI-2 vs SCSI-1 is fuzzy at best, but from what I've gleaned from the book I bought this is what you need to know about compatibility, assuming the A2091 is essentially the same as my A3000 SCSI controller (built-in): 1) SCSI-2 Hard Drives…
Brian: You did not mention which OS version your friend's Amiga has… I am familiar with 2.0+, so what I indicate may not be useful under 1.3. The printer driver is selected using the Printer Prefs program in the Prefs drawer. The location for the drivers is Sys:Devs/Printers. An HP…
Elva: What is the advantange of replacing the standard SCSI chip in the A3000 with the -08 chip? I have an A3000 – I'm curious (since I plan to be adding SCSI devices) if I should sign up for one of your chips. — Dave
Asha, The drive I saw is a 3.5" Quantum 540 Meg SCSI-II drive (they also have a 270Meg) at Creative Computers for $278. The 270Meg is $204. I would like to install it in the unoccupied floppy area. If there is no compatibility problem between SCSI-I and SCSI-II in an…
#A3000 & SCSI-2 HD?
Message #195810
Hi, I'm considering buying an additional hard drive to augment my A3000's 50 Meg drive. I have seen 540 Meg SCSI drives advertized for about $260. This drive is SCSI 2. My question is, can this SCSI 2 drive be used by my SCSI controller in my A3000, or do…
Steve: You're welcome! I think that's the first time someone (besides myself) hung up something I wrote on their wall! Glad to be of help. I have an A3000 myself, with 6 Megs ram total, and OS 3.1. I couldn't be happier with it. If you have any more questions,…
#Slow Amiga 3000
Message #173873
Stephen: If I read your message right, your A3000 has only 1 meg of CHIP RAM, correct? No chips near the ZIP sockets? In that case, the slowdown is caused by the fact that you have no FAST RAM. CPU access to CHIP RAM is shared, giving the machine an…
Martin: YES! Exactly — the most challenging thing for me is to find something new or different to program that is not currently there. I never took advanced language courses in college, but I did take introductry courses in FORTRAN, PASCAL (2 semesters), COBOL, and BASIC. These are all high-level…
Martin: You're quite welcome. Tell me: How do you write programs? Do you use Assembler, C, or Pascal? Is this your main line of work, or do you have a 'day job'? Just curious…. I might want to write a few programs someday. — Dave
Martin: I'm glad you decided to lower the price of Diavolo on CIS. I'm sure you will get many more happy users. Your compensation for the folks who paid $94 is fair, IMO. 3 free upgrades plus the scheduler sounds good. Thanks for listening and thanks for the consideration. The…
Bob: My goodness! You've been through quite a bit with your A3000T. Unfortunately, I would not count myself among the "computer experts" here; I'm mainly a "knowledgeable user"! Back to your problem, I have never installed or worked with a BridgeBoard. However, based on what you described (crashing machine after…
Wayne: Thanks again. The machine seems run very nicely with the bursts activated, so I will run it that way. The only negative I have found is with the AIBB "MemTest" test, where Data Burst causes a 20% DECREASE in the performance of writing and fetching longwords to RAM. However,…
Wayne: These tales of HDBackup problems surfaced with OS 2.04. It is possible that the bugs were worked out in the interim. I know that HDToolBox looks MUCH diffferent from the version I had with 2.04. Yeah, $94 is a HIGH price to pay, but then again, I tend to…
Wayne: Should I enable the Data Burst, or leave it alone? I currently have the following line in my User-Startup: cpu FastRom Burst Which enables FastRom (Rom image in RAM) and all bursts. According to AIBB, there is only about a 1% gain using data burst, but a 1% loss…
Wayne: I don't have QBTools. I only bought QB alone…. Now that I paid $94 for Diavolo, I think I'll "HAVE" to use it … but it is better than QB, or Ami_back, overall. I still have Ami-Back Tools, and it still sits in my TOOLS directory. As for HDBackup,…
Richard: The OKI SCRAM 80ns chip was $24.95 at Memory World. I have enabled Burst mode on both Inst & Data, along with enabling FASTROM option on the CPU (essentially the same as running a soft kickstart — the ROM image is copied to RAM, you lose 512K mem), and…
DJ: The memory chip arrived less than 24hrs after I ordered it. I replaced the TI chip with the new OKI SCRAM chip and…. SetPatch WORKS!!! It sets Intruction to Burst, but not Data. Is this the same as your system? I can also set Data to Burst, now. Thank…
Wayne: Incredibly, the memory chip arrived less than 24hrs after I ordered it. It is in, replacing the TI chip and…. IT WORKS! SetPatch no longer crashes! I noticed that SetPatch set Instruction Burst ON but not Data Burst. Is this correct? Should I turn on Data Burst? (Nothing seems…
Wayne: I just got off the phone with Memory World. They said the 7 NEC chips are SCRAM, while the TI is Page mode. I think we have found the problem! I've now got one SCRAM chip on-order to replace the TI. That should give me one bank of 100%…
Richard: I just got off the phone with Memory World. They confirmed that the 7 NEC chips are SCRAM, while the TI is Page. That is probably my problem. I have an SC chip on-order; I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks very much for all your help!…
Wayne: I've "looked under the hood", and it looks like I will need more help. The RAM types I spotted do not have a match in the list given by the A3000 manual, or SCRAMMER (the lists look identical) so I have no way of knowing the RAM type! Here…
Richard: Wayne advised me to run SetPatch with NoCache. This is what I got: 3.System3.1:> version c:setpatch setpatch 40.16 3.System3.1:> setpatch nocache Amiga Operating System Copyright 1985-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SetPatch (V40.16) has been installed. Patch list: Enabled Advanced Graphics Modes graphics/WriteChunkyPixel() patched Memory Pools 3.System3.1:> cpu cache…
DJ: Thanks to Wayne, the culprit is nailed down. Look at this: 3.System3.1:> version c:setpatch setpatch 40.16 3.System3.1:> setpatch nocache Amiga Operating System Copyright 1985-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SetPatch (V40.16) has been installed. Patch list: Enabled Advanced Graphics Modes graphics/WriteChunkyPixel() patched Memory Pools 3.System3.1:> cpu cache System: 68030…
Wayne: *********** BINGO!!! **************** Check this out: 3.System3.1:> version c:setpatch setpatch 40.16 3.System3.1:> setpatch nocache Amiga Operating System Copyright 1985-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SetPatch (V40.16) has been installed. Patch list: Enabled Advanced Graphics Modes graphics/WriteChunkyPixel() patched Memory Pools 3.System3.1:> cpu cache System: 68030 68882 (INST: Cache NoBurst) (DATA:…
DJ: I'll be checking those Rams as soon as I get a chance (probably this weekend or early next week). As I mentioned to a few other people, I remember looking at the Rams and seeing different manufacturers (TI, NEC, etc) for some chips. I'll have to check the numbers…
Rob: I agree that memory is the most likely culprit. I noticed while I installed the 3.1 Roms that the Zip chips are not all the same (some are TI, some NEC, etc) so maybe this could cause the problem. Another possibility is that SetPatch might expect to see SCRAM-type…
Brian: The likelihood of a corrupt setpatch file is practically nil. I used different copies of SetPatch (from the install disk, from the WB disk, etc) with the same results. I have no boards on my system. I will be taking the machine apart and double checking everything, and making…
Richard: Yes, I noticed that the difference between 2.x and 3.1 is almost subtle, with the exception of the graphics being drawn much more quickly. I will be checking the machine out thoroughly when I get some time (during my vacation — between installing plank paneling in the kitchen and…
DJ: The Command "CPU BURST" from a shell produces almost exactly the same crash as the SetPatch, the only difference being the error reported (8000 0006 vs. 8000 0004 for SetPatch & the task #) — the power light blinking and behavior is the same!!! I think we may be…
Pete: The command "CPU Burst" in a shell produces almost the exact same crash as the SetPatch does! I think we may be on to something! More later.. — Dave
Robert: I will send you an IFF screen dump of my system. Our systems seem to be virtually identical, except that you have SCRAM. I have sinced changed the following: 1) Set SCSI Timeout back to 128ms (it works, but didn't help the SetPatch) 2) Killed my Amnesia bits (didn't…
DJ: I tried running SetPatch without the quiet, but got no readout.. the screen just stays (or goes to) black before the Software Failure banner comes on. The Info for my SetPatch is the same as yours (13,484 bytes, v40.16, 7/6/94) I'll keep you posted. — Dave
Pete: Thanks for the reply. I did not install the Ram chips, so I do not know what type each individual chip is. I bought the computer used about 3 years ago, and it already had the 4M fast ram installed. The system recognizes the RAM, so I'm pretty certain…
Andres: Thanks for your long-distance help! Two problems with your theory, though: 1) I do not have an accellerated A3000. Mine is out-of-the-box, with only RAM added. 2) I do not have Cross-PC mounted. The only driver in DosDrivers is Pipe:. I'm sure SetPatch crashes because I can get no…
Harry… Thanks for the reply & advice. I have tried your suggestion about entering the 'CPU Cache' command. That works. I have since put it in my User-Startup file, due to the increased performance I get in that mode. The SetPatch is commented-out. The only thing I can think of…
DJ: I just tried your suggestion about echo statements in the SS. I got NOTHING before the System failure! I then had the system "kick out" of the startup-sequence by putting in an invalid echo line at the beginning. I then ra"SetPatch", and the system turned to an oozing goo,…
Wayne: The box says it is the A3000 package, and the ROMs have stickers that say they are the A3000 Roms. There might be a possibility that they put the wrong stickers on the Roms… maybe we could tell the difference via KickStart versions? I noticed via forum traffic that…
DJ: Thanks for the tips… I will try checking out the SS with 'debug' lines… and let you know what happens. — Dave
DJ: I'll try the startup-sequence echo idea… thanks. My system USED to (under WB2.04) come up with "Loading System 2.x" message, but now that I have installed 3.1, it is just a black screen until the CLI window opens with a copyright message like "Commodore Amiga Operating System and Libraries…
Robert: Could you check your system for me via a utility and tell me what your CPU, Gary, Ramsey, and BattMem settings are? Maybe one of my settings is off. Also, could you tell me general info about your system (amount of memory, page or Static column ram, type of…
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