Zorro-III Problems
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Problems with transfers when using 4091 SCSI-2 controller or other
Zorro-III boards. Check for revision of Super Buster; the revision 9 chip
had problems with Zorro-III bus arbitration. Revision 11 of the Super
Buster fixed this problem. Note that this problem is not due to DMA
transfers, but Zorro-III bus arbitration, so it is possible to see it with
any Zorro-III board.
Problems may be encountered with the A2091 or GVP Series II SCSI controller
boards. To isolate this problem, check disk transfers to Chip RAM with a
program like Diskspeed 4.2. This problem can be fixed by replacing PAL U209
on the A3640 daughterboard with a revision 3 version.
There can be a software component to these problems, also. Check that
libs:68040.library is at least version 37.30. Note that due to the way
the library version numbers are handled, version 37.4 is an earlier
version. The later 37.30 library correctly handles Zorro-III transfers and
mapping of Zorro-III boards (for instance, Commodore's SCSI drivers require
that copyback caching be disabled during DMA, and this version of the
library does that).
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