#Workbench 3.1/GVP Combo
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Do you know of any compatibility problems with GVP combo boards and
Workbench 3.1? I have a 25 MHz combo board w/o MMU, 9 Meg of 32 bit
RAM and '882. I was running system 2.04. I tried installing my
Kickstart 3.1 ROM, and the system would no longer boot from the
on-board controller. I can boot from floppy under sys 3.1 if I diable
autoboot. However, I had no success mounting the hard drive.
I reinstalled my original ROM, and everything operated normally.
Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Jim
Cruising on AutoPilot
Mr. Belant,
There should be no problems whatsoever when upgrading to Kickstart 3.1. GVP
has not yet received a ROM and disk set for test, however, so we have no tips
to offer anyone who is upgrading, at least at this time.
GVP TECH
GVP Tech
I cured the problem. I needed to change the hard drive's SCSI address from
6 to 0. Autoboot worked perfectly after the change. My old setup had no
problem booting from the drive with address 6, so I never changed it.
Jim
Cruising on AutoPilot
PMFJI but considering the status of Commodore at present, it's not
very likely that they will be sending you the upgrade. The other
groups handling and selling same are mainly distributers and other
third party groups, such as Expert Services.
It would seem to me that if you are going to continue to support the
Amiga, it would not be unreasonable to expect that you would make it your
business to obtain the upgrade even if you have to pay for it. If it
represents a financial burden, perhaps we GVP product users could take up
a collection!
Hank
Oooooo – Slap your wrist!! ;^}
I believe the situation is that GVP is in a WordPerfect type pull-out
operation. That is, they will continue to offer tech support on a
non-interfence basis with the support of their PC products, and there
will be no new software updates or hardware updates.
The portion of the above that is from GVP itself is the "no more
software updates" to things like gvpscsi.device, Faaastprep and
gvpcpuctrl even for incompatibilities with later versions of the OS
(which possibley explains their lack of interest in 3.1 and means you
will most likely receive no assistance with 3.1 vs. GVP
hard/firm/software related problems, either). The rest is my guess
based on their handover (back?) of ImageFX marketting and support to
Nova Designs, the general reduction in support (it takes about a week
or two to get a response to a tech support FAX and you cannot call
tech support and get a live body, no way, no how), the disappearance
of GVP accelerator ads from Amiga mags and the lack of rumor/leaks
regarding a GVP '060 accelerator or other new Amiga products.
This is not a flame or a complaint against GVP, but an attempt let
you know that if you are staying with the Amiga, and you want
acceleration products that are going to be supported for the long
haul, you might want to consider other products. As I recall, GVP is
or was talking about going public. In that circimstance, dedicating
resources to the Amiga that get such small returns would not make
shareholders happy (except Amiga owners, perhaps). In any event,
they want to grow their company so departure from Amiga products and
support is inevitable.
The up side is that they care enough about us to let us down
gently….
Being "killed" softly is little consolation. I'd personally prefer a
concise surgical amputation, after which I could focus my energies on
planning future upgrades with another company. Your analysis seems
to be "right on".
I think the thing that jarred me the most is the dropping of
IV-24. This is a fantastic product but it could use a software and
hardware updates. There is so much packed in that one card that it
is a fantastic buy! I hope whoever buys the Amiga sparks enough
interest to catch GVP on fire again. Remember when they were coming
out with a different accelerator every other month? Those were the
days.
I share your dream of the gvp "George Rapp days", but "Public" and
"PC Proceeds" are indicators that there will be little interest in
putting high talent/high cost effort in a limited niche market, even
if its base machine is alive and well.
I think (or rather – I am sorry to admit) that your analyisis seems
to be right, except for the tech support faxes. I sent them a couple
of faxes about a week ago and all of them were responded to in less
than 24 hours… How's that for a strange thingy? (-> Spitting
Image)