#MO Drives
14 messages in this thread
Wolf,
Thanks for the information. I don't have the A2091 yet. Any chance CBM
has upgraded to the version of the WD chip to the -08 version in later
production runs?
73, Kelly
Kelly, I think the 2091B controller I sold awhile back had the -08 WD
chip, pretty sure of it as a matter of fact.
// John – (Flying via AutoPilot)
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I don't think so… the current -04 PROTO SCSI chip is known by Kickstart
and Randell spend lot's of time to put in work-arrounds into the latest
device versions. In general that chip works without any problems and if
you have the ability to change kickstarts, I would highly recommend using
different KS versions in case you do have a problem. Sometimes a different
KS version (or ROM version in case of the 2091) does miracles…
I only now of 3 different cases not working at all and after switching to
an AMD or WD -08 everything was fixed. I personaly run a -08 without any
problems.
— Wolf Faust, Am Dorfgarten 10, 60435 Frankfurt, Germany —
Wolf,
Right now, I don't even know if it is still possible to buy an A2091. May
just have to go for a GVP controller, such as the 4008. Course, I'll have
to kiss DMA goodbye, since I don't believe GVP uses it.
There aren't a heck of a lot of choices left for A2000 SCSI interface
cards left, as far as I can tell.
73, Kelly
you might try the IVS TrumpCardPro – still available for the A2000 and it has
always been a GREAT SCSI interface. NOT DMA, but VERY FAST with a fast drive
and fast Amiga.
Will keep the IVS card in mind. Works okay with removeable media, I take
it?
73, Kelly
Pardon me for jumping in, but I'm trying to connect a MO to my A4000.
I haven't had any luck yet.
I have a Pinnacle Micro Tahoe 128 meg. MO drive. HD Tools sees it, but
won't write to it. My GVP SCSI card doesn't see it at all.
I remember seeing a note somewhere on here that mentioned a utility that would
make these things writable on the Amiga.
Have you, or someone you know, been able to connect any MO drive to an Amiga?
Regards,
Jonathan
Jonathan,
I can't be of any help to you on this manner – have no A4k, and don't have
an MO drive yet. Still haven't decided on what controller I want to use
in my A2k5, since the A2090A board I am using doesn't like removeable
media.
73, Kelly
Kelly,
I've been using GVP SCSI boards in both 2000's and 4000's for a long time now
and I can say that they work very well with SyQuest drives. In fact I have
several machines running a hard drive, CD-ROM, SyQuest, and HP scanner, all
using the GVP board with no problem.
Jonathan
I'd check out the TrumpCardPro. It works fine in the A4000 and IVS always has
had decent removable media support. I ran a Maxoptix Tahiti on one for a
while.
Did you have to do anything unusual with the Tahiti to get it to run? What kind
of SCSI board did you use?
Regards,
Jonathan
Nothing unusual about using the Tahiti except it required patience. It is HUGE
and, relatively speaking compared to a normal hard drive, fairly slow.
Formatting a cart took nearly forever. Worked fine with my TrumpCardPro, still
probably the best all-around SCSI board out there. Not the fastest, not the
newest, but very very solid.
Daniel,
Thanks for the help. I also heard from Wayne Cole, who is running a Fuji on his
Amiga. I guess Fuji will be my next stop.
Regards,
Jonathan
It might be fast if you just have a single task running… but on a
multitasking computer these non-DMA controller slow down the whole machine
while pulling the data… so I can back-up Kelly: a good and working DMA
controller is what you should look for and that has allways been hard to
find… finding a good and reasonable fast non-DMA controllers is no
problem…
— Wolf Faust, Am Dorfgarten 10, 60435 Frankfurt, Germany —