Re: A few (more) IIgs questions.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Labelas Enoreth writes ...
> 
> In article <19990819205303.06860.00001602@ng-cm1.aol.com>,
> supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> 
 ....

> > I think the GS-RAM III comes with 4MB of memory if the
> > sockets are filled.
> Well, the sockets are all filled...with strange upright chips I don't
> really recognize.
 ....

LOL! Neither does hardly anyone else. That's why having them installed is so
neat.

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And ...

> 
> Oh, BTW...how can I find out if I have that oh so special version of the
> Transwarp that allows me to upgrade to a higher clock speed? not 20, but
> whatever it was...14? 17? dunno. It's revision 1.7S, if that matters...
> Although I can't actually see the CPU on the card, that little cache card
> seems to be in the way, and I don't want to break it trying to pry it off
> to discover that I'm not supposed to...
>

     1.7S sounds like a good version number. You may even have the 32k cache
installed-- also nice. For info on speed upgrading see
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2ACCEL.html .


 
> Arrgh. I just discovered that GS/OS will no longer boot from my HD20SC...
> 
> It says 'unable to load START.GS.OS Error $0046' or something like
> that...why, oh why...Is this a problem with the TWGS and the Apple HS SCSI
> card? or the drive?

     GS/OS error $0046 is "file not found". This could mean that the file is
missing. Or, it may indicate a messed up Desktop file in your ICONS/ folder.
You could try booting from diskette and deleting the Desktop file on the hard
disk.

     If you are running at below spec voltage and/or getting spikes due to
overloading, then, you are likely to experience all sorts of errors.

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Plus ...


 ....
> Discovered that setting the Transwarp speed from TransWarp to Normal will
> allow GS/OS to boot, however...
> I get three screens informing me that I need a driver for AppleDisk3.5 and
> my SCSI card (even though both are installed) _and_ that an error or $0052
> prevented FSTs from being installed. And then it freezes when the bar hits
> the end of the thermometer.

     GS/OS error $0052 is "unknown volume type".


> Also...if I move the cursor block in the transwarp settings panel (in the
> control panel) up and down rapidly (by hitting up and down arrow keys)
> <don't ask me why I was doing it, I think it was idle frustration> the
> screen will get a scattering of gibberish over it. But then it goes away
> and things seem to return to 'normal'
> 
> Any ideas? I hope that the very TWGS I have quested mightily for is not
> now dying in front of me.

     It sounds like your hard disk may be getting beat around a bit. You may
need to clean up some stuff with ProSel-16 or a similar utility and reinstall
some files.

     Try pulling your hard disk and running your system from diskette with
mainly just the TWGS-- i.e. pull the SCSI interface and any other power-sucking
cards. (The idea is to simplify and to eliminate low voltage and glitching.)

     If everything works okay then many (or all) of your problems could relate
to not having enough clean juice at the motherboard and Slot cards.

     Something else to try is cleaning the contacts on your TWGS card. If there
are still problems, scootch up and re-socket each socketted IC on the TWGS.
It's kind of a pain; but, checking the continuity of lines in your TWGS cable
with an Ohm meter is a good idea, too.



Rubywand