#SCSI Time-out
Pete,
PD>However, the time-out seems to be more like 20 secs before the boot
PD>begins after a cold startup.
Yes, I have (or had) the same situation (A3K w/ 80MB Quantum and ADOS
3.1). For bootup, the long delay is ok, but I got tired of the wait when
using the three finger salute and changed back (via BattMem) to the 128 Ms
timeout. This means rebooting upon powerup, but I don't powerup very
often so that seemed the way to go. As far as I know, there is no in
between, i.e., there is only 128 Ms or 2 seconds. Maybe some enterprising
young Ami programer will write another BattMem utility with inbetween
choices.
PD>some info concerning "asyncronous" compared to "syncronous" SCSI
operation.
I tried asyncronous for awhile – all worked OK. Then one day, I threw
caution to the wind (after a lengthy floppy backup) and changed the
setting to syncronous. File transfers are snappier and everything seems
to work OK…
Hope this helps. Dickoux