CompuServe Messages

Murray, I was not able to use HDtoolbox with my 2090A; it was funny, HDtoolbox could _write_ an RDB-entry, but could not _read_ any RDB… are you sure that you don't take _2091_ for _2090A_? With the _2091_ I have no experience, but as I understand, it already has the "scsi.device" and can use RDB's. Robert talked about the 2090A-board, it has 2 boot-EPROM's, containing the driver "hddisk.device", not "scsi.device". There was an earlier version of the board, type 2090, without these EPROM's, and supplied with an earlier version of the driver-software; this version could indeed manage drives > 400 MB (at the time when I tested it, I didn't have a bigger one :), but it could not work with SyQuests and tapes. This is possible with the 2090A-board, but mine did not like drives > 270MB. When I pulled the EPROMS and booted with the old driver-file in the expansion-folder, I could use bigger drives, but no longer SyQuests and tapes. Maybe you have a newer driver-software than I do; then I congratulate! For my board it is now too late, it has a thermal defect… Harry, with ap…