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- From: kanep@mcs.com (Kane Peterson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Iomega and GVP - 2nd try
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 00:22:31 GMT
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- Message-ID: <2582.6630T1091T2359@mcs.com>
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-
- >Lets try this again......
-
- >Time for another appeal to the community!
-
- >I'm trying to get a brand new Iomega Zip drive to work on my system, and
- >have had *no* luck so far. First, the specs:
-
- > Ioemga Zip drive - SCSI version
- > A2000, unaccelerated (yet!)
- > ADos 3.1, I meg Agnus
- > GVP Impact Series II RAM Expansion (+2megs)/SCSI Controller
- > gvpscsi.device version 4.5
-
- >I think that's all that is relevent...
-
- >On the Iomega side of things, everything seems fine. The power light
- >comes on, the drive hums quietly, discs can be inserted and ejected at
- >will. I don't think the drive itself is the problem. (In fact, I'm
- >certain the drive is not the problem).
-
- >The problem starts when I attach the scsi cable to the controller (which
- >is the proper size, btw). If I attach the cable, the hard drive ceases
- >to function for all practical purposes. When I turn the machine on, the
- >drive light comes on for a few seconds, I can hear it spinning, and then
- >nothing. And to make matters worse, it seems to stop the whole machine
- >dead. The floppies will not boot either. Nor do I ever get to the default
- >"insert disk" screen. This behaviour is identical when the zip drive is
- >not attached at the other end of the cable, and when it is attached, in
- >every combination of device number and termination allowable.
-
- >To top things off, I cannot find the manual for my gvp card (believe me,
- >I've searched for it!!!). I did try fiddling with some jumpers at
- >random, but that did no good and I decided to stop before I screwed
- >something up.
-
- >So, has anyone ever successfully gotten a zip drive to work with this
- >controller? And what settings on the card are required? Or does is
- >sound like I've got a bad SCSI cable?
-
- >Any help (here or in email) would be most gratefully accepted. Thanks.
-
- You probably have to remove the terminators on the GVP card to make the ZIP
- and other SCSI devices work. I had to do this for a customers A530 Turbo
- unit, and it fixed everything. The A530 Turbo would work fine with either his
- SCSI drive or the ZIP, but not both until the terminators were removed,
- then it worked fine on the first boot. By the way, the termintors on the card
- are soldered in place, so it will take a bit of work to get them off.
-
- >Jeff
-
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