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Great Valley Products SCSI Controllers
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· When using Chinon CD-ROM drives with GVP SCSI Controllers, you will
need to add the following line to your s:startup-sequence or
s:user-startup file BEFORE the CD-ROM drive is mounted.
gvpscsictrl # dcoff
where # represents the SCSI unit number of your CD-ROM drive. For
example, with Chinon CD-ROM drive connected as SCSI unit #1, you
would add:
gvpscsictrl 1 dcoff
This command will be found on the GVP install disk and should be
copied to your C: directory, if you have not already done so.
· The NEC-25 (or Media Vision MV-2) CD-ROM drive will need
version 4.13 or greater of the GVP firmware when being used with
a GVP controller card in a machine other than the A1200. With
an Amiga 1200 and a GVP A1291, you will need version 5.4 of the
SCSI firmware. Contact GVP (!) for further details.
Dataflyer SCSI+
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· When using the SCSI+ (IDE to SCSI converter), you will need to
ensure that the DataFlyer driver software (SCSIPlus command) is executed
BEFORE the CD-ROM drive is mounted. This can be accomplished by
ensuring that the block of commands to mount AsimCDFS (see below)
are moved to the END of the s:user-startup file. If needed, use your
favourite text editor to move the commands.
;BEGIN AsimCDFS
echo "Mounting AsimCDFS..."
assign AsimCDFS: SYS:AsimCDFS
assign AsimCDFS_Buffer: ND0:AsimCDFS_Buffer
mount >NIL: CD0:
;END AsimCDFS
In addition, we have found that the "dfmount" command will experience
problems with CD-ROM drives. It is recommended to remove this command
from the user-startup (ie. by placing a semi-colon in front of the
command).
· The NEC-25 (or Media Vision MV-2) CD-ROM drive does not work
with the Dataflyer SCSI products.
· At this time, the Dataflyer SCSI+ controller card does not function
in conjunction with our asim_atapi.device driver. It seems to be a
case of both software packages trying to access the same piece of hardware.
We may have a solution in future revisions.
Amiga 3000, A4091, A590, A2091
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· When using Nakamichi or Pioneer multi-disc CD-ROM changers, you will
need to ensure that the SCSI controller card has the Logical Units enabled.
With the A4091, A2091 and A590, this is accomplished via a jumper
or DIP switch. Consult your manual for its exact location.
On the Amiga 3000, this is accomplished via an option in the Amiga
3000's battery backed RAM. We suggest using the program SCSIPrefs
by Martin A. Blatter, which can be found on Fred Fish disk #532.
In addition, you will need to UNSELECT the Ignore LUNS on Open?
flag for each device CD0 through CD5 (for separate mode) or
for CD0 (for pooled mode) via AsimCDFS_Prefs.
Emplant SCSI
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When using the Emplant SCSI device with the Nakamichi or NEC 7-disc
changers, we have found that the "Ignore LUNs on Open?" flag in
AsimCDFS_Prefs must be selected for each of CD0 through CD6 (if using
Separate mode) or CD0 (if using Pooled).
- Install AsimCDFS as usual, using either Pooled or Separate;
- reboot after installing;
- cancel any requesters that appear;
- open up a CLI or Shell and execute the following, selecting the
"Ignore LUNs on Open?" flag and then selecting "Save".
(For Pooled)
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD0:
(For Separate)
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD0:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD1:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD2:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD3:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD4:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD5:
AsimCDFS:AsimCDFS_Prefs CDROM CD6:
-reboot. The system should then come up normally with all discs mounted.
Nakamichi MBR-7, MBR-7.4, NEC 4xc and NEC 2xc 7-disc changers
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Version 3.5 of AsimCDFS seems to enable the Nakamichi and NEC line
of 7-disc changers to work well with most Amiga controller cards.
Amiga 1200/4000 IDE Controller
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The Sony CDU-55E seemed to have problems when connected to the built-in
A1200 or A4000 IDE controller card when combined with certain hard drives,
such as the Seagate ST9051A or Conner CP30540.
Panasonic LF-1000 PD/CD-ROM drive and equivalents
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This drive is a combination optical read/write and CD-ROM drive.
AsimCDFS fully supports the CD-ROM drive portion, while support
for the read/write optical side is provided from the FastFileSystem of
AmigaDOS. A formatting utiltity for the PD cartridges, called PD_Format,
is provided with AsimCDFS.
During the install of AsimCDFS, if you respond "Yes" to the "automount"
question, the CD-ROM portion of the PD/CD-ROM drive will be automatically
mounted upon bootup (whether a CD-ROM disc is present in the drive or not).
However, most SCSI controllers will require that a PD optical cartridge
be present at boot time in the drive for the PD0: device to be mounted.
If this is unacceptable, you might want to use the PD0 mountlist
contained on the AsimCDFS install disk. For WB2.1 and above, replace
the first two lines with the correct device and unit number and place
it in your DEVS:Dosdrivers directory. Alternatively, you can use a
public domain utility like SCSI_Mounter. Additional support for this
problem may be incorporated into future versions of AsimCDFS. (22/1/96)
As with all read/write removable media, it is strongly advised that
you observe the following:
- have only 1 partition on the cartridge;
- keep the exact same parameters for each cartridge (AmigaDOS device
name like PD0:, tracks, cylinders, etc.)
** If you choose to have different parameters for each cartridge, do so
at your own risk!
Our PD_Format utiltity will setup each cartridge in an identical, safe
manner. It is safe to give each cartridge a different volume name
with the "format" or "relabel" commands.
Panasonic CR-504 CD-ROM drive
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It has been reported to us that a new production run of Panasonic CR-504
CD-ROM drives are incompatible with the Amiga. We will be looking
into this problem and should have futher information shortly.
Copying CDDA files
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We have noticed that using file systems other than the standard
FastFileSystem may allow for better results when copying CDDA files
from a compact disc to a hard drive. QuickFileSystem from
Consultron and AmiFileSafe from Fourth Level Developments are two
such alternate file systems.