Re: Any ideas what might be wrong with my Apple SCSI card?

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Ole Voss" <ole@netrogue.de> wrote in message
BBAB80F0.C91%ole@netrogue.de">news:BBAB80F0.C91%ole@netrogue.de...
> > If you have access to GS/OS 6.0.1, boot up the SYSTEM.DISK, eject it
> > using the eject button on the drive, then insert SYSTEM.TOOLS1 and
> > run Advanced Disk Utilities ( Adv.Disk.Util ). If you have 2 x 3.5"
drives,
> > then leave the System.Disk in drive 1 and insert the Tools1 disk into
drive
> > number 2. Once the drive is partitioned and initialized, then you can
set it
> > up for 8-bit operation, although you probably won't be able to access
all
> > of the partitions.
>
> I've got GS/OS installed on my IDE drives and I work from them, but I
> thought it would be neat to add a CD-ROM to access large amounts of data
(or
> programs) quickly. So you say I should just use the advanced disk
utilities.
> Do these work on SCSI drives only? And would you know why the Apple SCSI
> utilities don't show my drive? I can't load a CD-ROM either...
> This is all very buggy :-(

AFAIK, the ADU are for SCSI drives only being IDE controllers usually
had their own firmware and utilities, i.e. Focus, Vulcan, MicroDrive.
You may need to install the CD-Rom drivers. Also, some drives work
with GS/OS and some don't. There was a list of do's and don't's on csa2
at one time, and I never cut and pasted it since I had 2 drives that did
work.
What drive are you using and what speed is it?

> > Also, there is a term-power mod you might need to do to
> > the card. Here is a link to the file that shows you how.
>
> Bill, can you tell me what I need the mod for? I thought that it is
> sufficient for one device on the SCSI Bus to supply termination power.
What
> is this mod actually for?

That is what the mod does, and it won't hurt to have term power
supplied from 2 sources. Most have said that the mod is necessary,
but some say they didn't need it. I know the regular Apple SCSI card
needed it on the IIgs but not on the II+ or the //e. Weird.

> > In answer to your other post about CD drives, GS/OS does have drivers
for
> > that, but I have no clue how to use it in 8-bit mode if it can be used
that
> > way
>
> I don't need it in 8 Bit, it would be fine if showed up on my GS/OS
Desktop
> :-)

CD drives don't normally have termination, you may need to add one there.
Also, I have found that SCSI works better on the Apple IIgs when the ID's
are in decending order beginning with the computer and working your way
down from there. Hmmm, yes, I remember having trouble also when the IDE
drive was in a lower slot than the SCSI card. I'll probably be rebuked for
some
of these statements, but hey, I'm getting used to it. Good Luck.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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