| From: | Kevin Twyman |
| Date: | 22 Apr 2001 at 00:20:46 |
| Subject: | Re: Cyber SCSI |
Hello Neil,
On 21-Apr-01, you wrote:
>> OK. I thought this was the case, from reading the tutorial, but it
>> was a case of "when is a 'T' not a 'T'?" ;)
> When it's an "I" :)
:-)
>> I'll need one of those elusive 68->50 connectors with upper byte
>> termination, then? Does anyone actually sell them!?
> Maplins. The cataloge doesn't specify whether they have upper byte
> termination, but they work reliably, even with early versions of
> cybppc.device, which was notoriously sensitive to termination
> issues.
Excellent. Thanks for that.
>> Since carrying out some more tests, I've been getting mixed results
>> using the SCSI3 controller. AMP now plays VCDs without jittering
>> the sound, but Secondspin causes an error requestor, saying
>> something about the device may be buggy?
> I usually use my IDE drive for CD reading, but just tried SecondSpin
> with the CD-R. It hung the system, with no message, as soon as it
> tried to read a track from CD.MakeCD was able to read the track
> without a problem, so I suspect the problem may be with SecondSpin.
Interesting. I'll stick the CD ROM back on the Oktagon, and see what
happens.
>> I know I've asked before, but how exactly should I set the CD and
>> CD-RW up in the CyberStorms early boot menu?
> I think I set mine to 8 bit, removable, reselection on, no mount.
> but I'm not going to reboot just to check :)
I'll have a play - I just wish I knew a bit more about what he options
do - asynchronous for example, has a setting value, not just on or
off.
Go on, reboot - I promise not to crash your Network ever again ;)
Regards,
Kevin - Est. 1949 http://www.theboyz.freeserve.co.uk
A man with an Amiga A4000T CyberStormPPC 604e/233
If everyone lived forever, where would we all park!?
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