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- From: jperkski@kentcomm.uucp (Jim Perkowski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SCSI PHASE ERROR using Archive 2150S
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- References: <1sQds*8u1@caleb.UUCP> <1ik9hvINNjf6@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> <jperkski.02ow@kentcomm.UUCP> <iann.726724051@cnw01>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 01:30:32 EST
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- In article <iann.726724051@cnw01> iann@storesys.coles.oz.au (Ian Nicholls) writes:
- >jperkski@kentcomm.UUCP (Jim Perkowski) writes:
- >
- >> Use the command GVPSCSICTRL <unit #> DCOFF and see if it helps. If I
- >> don't have this command in my user-startup my drive will lock up on
- >> Ami-Back and QB 5.03.
- >
- >I have a 2000 with a GVP series one card, and several SCSI devices.
- >
- >I had a problem with SCSI disk read failures when the tape was running,
- >This was solved by the gvpscsictrl command, with a side effect that the
- >SCSI bus hangs until the tape finishes it's command (rewind, write,
- >etc.). I discovered that I was only transferring 2k at a time to the
- >drive. Set the jumpers on the 2150S to transfer 16k blocks (the maximum
- >which my GVP card could transfer in one go) and you can omit the
- >GVPSCSICTRL command.
- >
- >Having done that, I haven't any trouble with Ami-Back writing to my
- >tape drive.
- >--
- >"In some parts of the city, curiosity didn't just kill the cat, it threw
- > it into the river with lead weights tied to its feet" - Terry Pratchett
- >
- >Ian Nicholls Phone : +61 3 829 6088 Fax: +61 3 829 6886
-
- Thanks for the information. I will see if I can do the same with my Sankyo
- and get back to you with the results.
-
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