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- From: Rudolf_Neuhaus@ouzonix.bo.open.de (Rudolf Neuhaus)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Re: SCSI-Streamer on A3000
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <Rudolf_Neuhaus.0303@ouzonix.bo.open.de>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 18:55:56 CET
- Organization: Ouzonix Bochum
- Lines: 44
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- TRK> I did order the new BIOS for the drive, and guess what: it worked
- TRK> worse than
- TRK> before. I replaced with it with the original U07 BIOS and it worked
- TRK> as "well"
- TRK> as it had before.
- [..]
- TRK> using the original BIOS, I do have it running, although it backs up
- TRK> very slowly
- TRK> 2.2M/minute).
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- TRK> The key here is the Tandberg seems to drive other SCSI controllers
- TRK> bananas
- TRK> the way it does asynchronous writes. I suspect is has to do with how
- TRK> slow the
- TRK> drive writes to the tape (a block takes several seconds to write).
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- TRK> I have it working by turning reselect off. Using the GVP, there is a
- TRK> command
- TRK> that does this. The net effect is the backups go about twice as slow
- TRK> as they
- TRK> would otherwise, but they work.
-
- TRK> Look at it this way; the drive was relatively inexpensive (just over
- TRK> $200), so
- TRK> be happy you can back up your HD without swapping floppies. Sorry I
- TRK> don't
- TRK> have better news.
-
- Well, my problem is, that it does not work at all with my A3000. It always
- fails during writing. But it works with the Golem SCSI-II Controller and on
- all Macs just fine. I think there is a software Problem, too. The reason
- is, that with some Kickstarts it just works find reading(including 1.3 and
- 37.175) and with others it does not. I would be happy if it could write at
- all, but it can't. So maybe anyone has an idea here how to solve my
- problem. Maybe he says it won't write with the A3000 SCSI-Controller at
- all, or he says : "Here's a fix for you SCSI-Device". That would be it ;)
- Rudy
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