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- From: datarat@interramp.com (Edward P.Chaltron Jr)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000 & DataFlyer SCSI card HELP
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 15:49:53 GMT
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- >I just bought a used A4000 and want to add a SCSI controller so I can tack
- >my Zip drive on. I got a Dataflyer SCSI+ made by Expansion Systems but am
- >having no joy with it. After running the installation software my machine
- >takes for ever to boot and does not want to know the SCSI. The hard drive
- >activity led stays on long after the WB comes up also. Is this normal?
- >The machine will not warm boot reset. I have checked all plugs several
- >times. The IDE pass through works and runs the IDE hard drive and the IDE
- >CDRom drive. Anyone know if Expansion Systems is still alive and if they
- >have an email address? Anyone had these sort of problems and found an
- >answer? I don't think it is a software incompatibility problem as I have
- >cut the contents of the HD down to only the basic WB 3.1. Any aid or
- >comfort will be appreciated.
- > Regards from down under.... Don Finlay
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- Had the same problem with my 1200 and SCSI+ and zip. Check both the rev level
- of the firmware and the version of the software. ES claims that you need Rev
- 3 and Ver3.1 of the system to use a Zip drive, but I managed to get the
- software to work with the 2.0 firmware. I installed it and then manually
- installed the ExpXDS.device and the 1200 driver from the 2.0 software disk. I
- don't know why it works, but it does...
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- Mah daddy always told me to be sincere, Even if Ah don't mean it.
- What you fear in the night in the day comes to call anyway.
- This space for rent.
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- datarat@interramp.com
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