SyQuest Installation ??
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I'm an Amiga novice trying to install a SyQuest 88MB internally in a stock
A-2000. Have two questions, and would appreciate any replies. I have a
GVP '030 board (50MHZ) and a piggyback Quantum 120HD (hooked up to the GVP
SCSI controller) already inside and running. The vendor that sold me the
SyQ88 sent me a SCSI cable with a connector on each end and one in the
middle and some instructions that talk about jumpers/ID's and terminating
resistors.
If the Q120 is my only other SCSI device, and I don't know what ID number
it has, what ID number should I set the SyQ88 to? 1 or 2? (My WB2.0
screen shows Ram Disk, DH0(6MB), DH1(110MB), and the 3.5 floppy.)
Is it safe to assume that since the Amiga is running fine with the
GVP/Q120, that the Q120 already has a terminating resistor in place? If
so, and if I put the SyQ88 between the GVP SCSI controller and the Q120,
then the SyQ88 is not the last in line and I should remove the terminating
resistor on the SyQuest drive?
Rest of it I should be able to figure from the documentation. Many thanks!
John
Your Q120 is probably at SCSI ID 0. You can check using the FaaastPrep
program that came with your 030 board. The 030 board probably has a 50-pin
header somewhere that can be used for off-board but inside-computer
devices.
Officially, termination should be at the first device on the chain and the
last device on the chain. Look at how things are connected on the board…
does the Q120 have termination in place? It might be hard to tell, but if
it's your own SCSI device, it probably does.
You'd set the Syquest to an unused ID, probably 1.
Hi John,
Thanks for the guidance. I set the jumper for ID 1, left the terminating
resistors in place and hooked it up. Used GVP Fastprep and it seems to
work fine. Just a quick follow-up:
Are you supposed to power up with the SyQ cartridge mounted or out. If you
power up with no cartridge in the drive, nothing will appear on the
workbench screen. Then, when you put the cartridge in, WB doesn't seem to
know. (Unlike the 3.5 inch floppy which quickly pops on the screen after a
disk is inserted.) Is that the way it's supposed to operate or did I hook
something up wrong?
Also, I thought I would have to do something with the mountlist (which I
wasn't looking forward to). But it seems to be working okay without any
modification. Or, is this the reason it doesn't recognize the drive when
the cartridge is inserted.
Thanks again,
John
I've powered up my Amiga with the cartridge in the drive with no problems.
If you forget to insert the cartridge, just go to CLI and type the
command:
GVPSCSICTRL -R <ID#> <controller#>
(That command is on your FAAASTROM disk). If that controller is the only
controller in your system, and your Syquest has ID 1, just type:
GVPSCSICTRL -R 1 0
Steve
Thanks, Steve
Your message prompted me to look in the GVP manual (always dangerous) and I
discovered that I could put the same thing in a user-startup file. I
figured out how to work ED and put it in there.
Thanks much,
John
I have it there too. Remember that if you boot the system without the
Syquest cartridge all spun up and ready to go, you'll have to type that
command in to get the system to recognize the disk. That really threw me
at first…I thought that since I had that in my User-Startup, I wouldn't
have to type it again.
Steve