Re: RAMFast / SCSI question

[wickster@amiganet.chi.il.us (Chris Wicklein)]

"Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU> writes:

>bazyar@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>> "Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>> 
>> >I think my RAMFast is dying (again).  Here's the story:
>> 
>>   Again? What happened the previous time?
>
>First time was last year.  It turned out that the RAMFast had a bad
>SCSI chip.
>
>[Symptoms deleted]
>
>It was the SCSI cable.  I opened up the case, and straightened out the
>cable (must have been a kink).  Everything worked until I remade the cable....
>
>[Jawaid's helpful suggestions removed]
>
>Now I think I fried a chip on the hard drive.  Whenever I boot up now,
>I consistently get incorrect information.  The RAMFast is unable to
>find the serial number of the drive, and it reports the size of the
>drive as 323 meg (my drive is a 105 meg Quantum).  The RAMFast does
>see the drive, and the drive sounds fine when it spins up.
>
>It doesn't appear to be the RAMFast's fault.  I'll spend the time
>tonight going over the cable with a logic probe, but I'm not hopeful.
>
>I wish there was someone nearby that I could test my hard drive
>with....
>
>> >Does CVTech still exist?  Do they still service their products?
>> 
>>   Yes and no. Sequential Systems is now providing tech support, sales,
>> and service on the RAMFast.  Our number is 1-800-999-1717.
>
>So does this mean that the RAMFast is frozen in its current
>incarnation?
>
>  Seth ---> thes+@cmu.edu              It is not enough to watch.
>"I said 'Forget Topsoil, Think Tinfoil, There's tons of kids who want
>to get tanned.'" - Think Tree
        I'm sorry for quoting so much, but I haven't the foggiest how this
system works (yet.)  I just sent my RAM Fast to CV in Ohio as per the
directions on their answering machine.  Will this be forwarded to Sequential,
or will our UPS driver bring it back in a week?

        Has anyone had troble with bad ROMS??  Mine have died _twice_ in normal
usage.  It's getting _real_ old going without a hard drive for extended periods
of time.  How am I supposed to get 'shelly' written before I go back to my
'free' public education?

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