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- From: roozemaa@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Peter.Roozemaal.IS-assistent)
- Subject: Re: RISC OS3.1 + SCSI problem
- Message-ID: <BzEw52.CM1@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl>
- Organization: Delft University of Technology
- References: <1992Dec16.120400.26928@fwi.uva.nl> <5847@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:22:13 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <5847@krafla.rhi.hi.is> adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David) writes:
- >blekken@fwi.uva.nl (Erwin 'Yaaah' Blekkenhorst (I88)) writes:
- >
- >>I have a Lingenuity SCSI interface (shouldn't have bought it in the first
- >ace)
- >
- >I have the same problem as far as this goes. Will there ever be a firmware
- >upgrade?
- >
- I don't know if Lindis will ever support an firmware upgrade but
- someone with an EPROM-programmer might help you with it. Lindis
- usually supplies an ROM-image on their support disks.
-
- >Unless subsequent damage has occured, wiping and reconfiguring the CMOS
- >values should fix it. If it is very old Lingenuity firmware, they might
- >have made a mistake that has since been fixed. I think I'm running the
- >1.3 firmware. Apart from the obvious hassles with directory size and filename
- >length, the only noticeable omission is that the new method of showing the
- >disk free-space is not supported. And of course the old gripe that it is
-
- The latest version I know about is the 2.43 or the like; it runs well on
- my old (1.2? or 1.30) hardware. Versions 1.87 is a stable version
- that ran well.
-
- The free-space "problem" may be fixed by an alias:
- set alias$free showfree -fs SCSI %*0
- {this should be refined by testing on command mode or using
- <FS$temporaryFS> }
-
- Success
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