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- From: Ken@kenwyn.demon.co.uk (Ken)
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- Subject: Re: Micronik tower questions...
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 06:23:49 GMT
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- On 23-Mar-96 12:45:49, Greenl wrote this about Re: Micronik tower
- questions...;
- >>Anyone out there having a Micronik tower for A1200 and:
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- >>*a squirrel scsi working???
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- >>*a blizzard 1260 working???
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- >>*a picassoII gfx cards (or other zorroII card working)???
-
- >>In any of these cases, email me and tell me what revision of the
- >>Zorroboard you have. If you have had any problems with any of these
- >>email me too (with rev of board)
-
- > I am using a 1200 Micronik/Blizzard 1230-IV/PicassoII at present. I put
- > this together two days ago, and it is working fine so far. I also installed
- > an Oktagon 2008 to run a CD-ROM, a Syquest 270 and an old optical drive, and
- > a 2386sx-25 bridgeboard subsystem. My buscard is 4.02, shipped in late Jan.
-
- > The 1230-IV is the only accelerator card I've seen work with the Micronik
- > buscard; the DKB Mongoose works partially, and the GVP is a washout. I
- > recently tested a number of Z-II cards with the Tower and 1230-IV. As the
- > Micronik manual says, DMA SCSI adapters do not work with an accelerator like
- > the 1230. However, all non-DMA cards I tested and the 1230 seemed happy
- > together. All other motherboard functions seem normal.
-
- > I don't have a Blizzard 1260 to try, but I hear it doesn't work, and that
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > Phase 5 is looking for the reason, because they originally had said its
- > interface was engineered to match that of the 1230. I also don't have a
- > Squirrel. Am interested in anything other folks have learned.
-
- > Hal Greenlee
- > HardDrivers Co.
-
- I have a revision 3 buscard which would not work with anything I tried,
- including an A1230III, it would not even boot. I now have a 1260 and can
- now use the following cards;
- Tandem CD+IDE controller - Works
- Piccolo-SD64 graphics card -Works
- Multiface3 I/O expander - Works
- The squirrel *will* work with the Tower but *not* with the A1260.
- GVP SeriesII SCSI/Ram - Works
- Vortex 486SLC - Unsure since the system recognises the card but it won't
- boot. My card may be faulty.
-
-
- Ken...................
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