Last revised: 12 06 1997
Short: Use ATAPI devices (CD-ROM) with IDE port Author: olli@elaborate-bytes.com (Oliver Kastl) Uploader: olli@elaborate-bytes.com (Oliver Kastl) Version: 1.3 Type: disk/misc Replaces: disk/misc/idefix97.lha Kurz: ATAPI Geräte (CD-ROM) an Amiga IDE port Requires: OS 2.04, OS 3.0 or better recommended. Date: 03.06.97 Www: http://www.elaborate-bytes.com IDE-fix '97 is the all-new "all in one box" solution for all your IDE problems! Also very useful for owners of SCSI CD-ROMs!!! ATAPI: Allows you to use ANY ATAPI device with your Amiga, including ANY ATAPI 1.2 compliant IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM, LS120 ATAPI Floppy drive, TORiSAN ATAPI CD-ROM changer, NEC 4x4 changer and more!!!! Supports reading of CDDA data from IDE port (requires MakeCD or similar ATAPI CD-Reader program). ATAPI CD-ROM changers: ATAPI drivers and CacheCDFS are modified to support ATAPI changers like TORiSAN and NEC changers. You can either use a seperate changer utility to change to the desired disk, or you can mount each disk seperately! This is a great advantage for BBS systems! New drivers are included for: Amiga IDE port (A600, A1200, A4000, A4000T) WinnerCD (Vesalia), AT-BUS2008, TandemCD, TandemAT, AlfaPower, AlfaPower plus, CD1200, CD1200 plus, AlfaQuattro (all AlfaData Technic Corp.), Buddha (Individual Computers), EasyCD (Telmex), RandyROM (MLC), SpeedUp System(VOB) CacheCDFS: Very sophisticated ISO9660, RockRidge and MAC HFS compatible CD-ROM FileSystem. Features: Amiga Protection bits supported, advanced LRU caching algorhythm, Built-in MultiSession support, Trax support, MultiVolume support (more than one ISO image on a CD). Embedded Audio support. Works with with SCSI-I, SCSI-II and ATAPI drives! Supports reading from CD-Writers! CDFSprefs: An intuition based preferences tool to adjust CacheCDFS settings "on the fly". IDE-fix: Enhance your IDE-port! Faster transfer, faster booting, less CPU use! No MaxTransfer troubles, set MaxTransfer as big as you like! TD64 commands supported, use IDE drives bigger than 4 GIG with your Amiga (requires FileSystem with TD64 support). Patches into the system "on the fly", no reboot required. Use 4 IDE drives with your Amiga (with additional 4 drive adapter)!!! Supports removable IDE units (SyQuest or ZIP IDE drives) without trouble! PlayCD: Full featured Audio player for SCSI-II and ATAPI CD-ROMs. Programmable, requires only small amount of memory. CD32: Turns your Amiga 1200 or 4000(T) into a CD32 with the press of a button! Supports SCSI-II or ATAPI CD-ROMS! Includes playing of CDDA from CD32 Titles! AutoParkPrefs: Completely rewritten AutoParkPrefs, intuition based. Allows parking of IDE harddisks after a defined time of inactivity. UnInstall: Removes the whole package if you don't like it. Documentation is included in english and german. Restrictions of unregistered version: Nag requesters, otherwise full functional. This package is shareware, registration instructions are included. IMPORTANT: Amiga Installer 1.24 or better is required. It has to be located in the system path, otherwise the installation tools will not work. History: This is version 1.3 of IDE-fix '97 All changes anly affect users of Amiga embedded IDE port, not users of other controllers. These changes may be added to the other devices in a future release. These changes are not yet mentioned in the documentation. Changes from version 1.2: IDEfix, atapi.device, installation routines: - Added support for the SpeedUp 4-drive adapter by VOB on A600/A1200/A4000 embedded IDE-port. A lot of people asked for this, as the original VOB drivers seem to work unreliable. - Changed documentation and programs for my new e-mail address. Changes from version 1.0/1.1: IDEfix: - Added code to recognize OEM-EIDE ZIP drives as removable. However, it is still not confirmed, if it works. - If IDEfix runs from chip-memory (e.g. installed with LoadIDE) it copies itself to fast memory at initialisation, improving performance. - Avoids accidental "double-mounting" of volume, if patched "live" into system (not loaded with LoadIDE) as reported from some customers. - Has atapi.device embedded. ATAPI units can be accessed with atapi.device as before, or through scsi.device (if IDEfix is running). As a side effect, ATAPI devices are visible at boot time. - Has MountLS120 embedded, so booting from ATAPI Floppies (LS-120) or ATAPI-ZIP drives is possible. CrossDos will automatically mounted, if present. If a medium WITH RDSK Block is present at boot time, it will be mounted as a removeable harddisk (for compatibility with formatted ZIP or SyQuest media). If no or an unformatted medium is present, it will be mounted as a floppy. This mechanism works with EIDE drives (SyQuest EZ), too! The BootPriority is as follows: DF4 - 4, DF5 - 3. DF6 - 2, etc. NOTE: To boot from an ATAPI/IDE floppy, a bootblock must be present. You can add one by typing install DFx: NOTE: After installing an IDE/ATAPI floppy, you must adjust the "last-RDSK" flags on your existing harddisks. To do so, start HDToolBox after IDEfix is running and save changes to your harddisks. - Increased stack size from 512 to 1024 bytes. - Changed mount mechanism. ActivateCrossIDEfix: - New program, will be added to s:user-startup on installation. This tool will activate mounted CrossDos Floppies on IDE/ATAPI drives. If you don't like all this CrossDos icons, delete it from s:user-startup. MountIDE: - Changed for the new mount mechanism of IDEfix, resulting in faster operation. Disclaimer: IDE-fix '97 is copyrighted software. © 1997 Elaborate Bytes, Oliver Kastl. This software is freely distributable, if NO profit, except reasonable charges covering the cost of the distribution, is made with it. You may NOT bundle this software with hardware, if you wish to do so, please contact me. License is granted to distribute this Software on AmiNet and AmiNet CDs. This software is provided "as is", without any warranties.