A1200 + 1230scsi.device + Yamaha CDR 400

Computer:

A1200, 2 MB chip, 32 MB fast

Hostadapter:

Blizzard 1230scsi.device

CD writer:

YAMAHA CDR400t 1.0c (12/03/97)

Jumpers:

Termination: on (Jumper off)
Parity: off (Jumper on)
Unit: 3
Block Size: 2048 (Jumper off)

Driver:

MMC V7.8 (this driver is named now CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI)

Comments:

Took a while to get working due to lack of docs, i.e. transport info and nothing else! Thanx Yamaha! This drive is an excellent piece of kit. 646mb Data track at 4x speed in 17mins! No problems encountered. Seems to enjoy any writable CD's up till now, very easy to feed ;-).

CD-ROM drive:

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U10X 1.07 ( 1996/08)

Jumpers:

Termination: off (Jumper on)
Unit: 2
Block Size: 2048 (Jumper off)

Driver:

PlextorCD V7.4

Comments:

Nice 10x CDROM, works perfectly but doesn't like CD's with sticky labels (low clearance in drive). Reads CDDA.

Hard disk:

2.5GB Seagate EIDE

Extra stuff:

Built into tower system with Mitsumi 12X CDROM Atapi (Not used in tests) plus Artec SCSI Scanner (Not connected during tests).

Comments:

Frequent SCSI hang-ups until 1230scsi.device was patched from V6.x to V8.x with a utility from an Aminet CD. (Input "Blizzard" as search word in Lists/AminetFind). After installing the patch, the only errors were due to Human error. CD copying, on-the-fly writing from HD and writing from image file all worked perfectly at 4x speed.

Tips:

Try Re-Org or Ami-filesafe on HD for speed, we managed to achieve over 2.5MB/sec.

Tested by Glenn Mrosek <Gremlin@I-Memory.dontpanic.sub.org>, +49 571 508316.

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