Re: System 6 & SCSI

[Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>]

Hrm, I don't think its a RAM problem - it has pretty full expansion card.  I
think its got 2MB or something.  I'll try the drivers from the System 6 disks.

By the way, is there a reference anywhere for commands for the "monitor".  Is
anything like the command set in the Mac debugger (that window you get with the
">" prompt)

-Jon

James Gray wrote:

> The * place is called the monitor. It has limited debugging capabilities. By
> typing commands you can view memory and stuff like that.
>
> You are getting to the monitor by your software crashing. One thing that can
> cause this is not having enough memory for the software being loaded. Try
> booting with the shift key held down. This will stop some extra software
> from being loaded. If the program now loads, it can mean not enough memory
> or one of the extras being loaded being bad.
>
> The rom3 should have enough memory for a good boot.
>
> - James - [IMAGE]
>
> Jonathan Reed wrote:
>
> > I have the Apple High-Speed SCSI card in a IIGS ROM3 in Slot 7.  After
> > much agonizing trying to get it to work with my HD20SC (turns out the
> > drive itself is bad), in despartion, I plugged in my ZipPlus drive.
> > SCSI Utilities finally showed me that there was something on the bus,
> > and it would even partition the ZipDisk for me.  Upon booting System 6,
> > it said "SCSI Device requires driver".  So, I installed the SCSI drivers
> > from the SCSI Utilities disk onto the System 6 boot floppy.  Now, when
> > booting, it crashes when the progress bar is about 3/4 full, and dumps
> > me into what appears to be a debugger (it has an asterisk for a
> > prompt).  I'm not exactly sure what to do there (It's been 9 years since
> > I last used a IIGS), so I'm stuck.  This occurs with or without the Zip
> > drive plugged in, so I am led to believe that its a problem with the
> > SCSI drivers.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this?  Are there different drivers for
> > System 6?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon