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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: orange on June 17, 2005, 08:19:59 PM

Title: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 17, 2005, 08:19:59 PM

Is v6.12 the latest ROM for Oktagon? Please send it to me if you have it..

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: yogisumo on June 17, 2005, 09:24:11 PM

6.10 is here..
http://main.aminet.net/disk/misc/oktagon.lha

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: Chain on June 17, 2005, 10:57:46 PM

what organization is this eprom? or what type? in dont have any numbers on it :( firend of mine have eprom programmer so i want upgrade my 2008 too

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 17, 2005, 11:40:54 PM

its 27c256
BTW, I have found 6.12:
http://www.dreieinhalb.de/wsht/download.sht

 :-)

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: yogisumo on June 18, 2005, 05:45:04 AM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: pablotinch on June 26, 2005, 06:27:39 PM

how do i install the rom ?
do i have t isntall anydriver for the oktagon 2008 work in the amiga 4000 ?
how does it work ???

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 26, 2005, 07:14:32 PM

It works great  :-D . I have successfully used 4,3GB HDD with it. No need for octapusy. You need EPROM programator like WILLEM, and empty 27c256 eproms + UV lamp to erase them. You might already have erasable eproms on your Oktagon, look for a 'window' on chip, it might have label over it

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: pablotinch on June 26, 2005, 07:49:56 PM

ok, also how do i istall the oktagon in the a 4000 ?
do i have to istall any drivers ?
i have no clue any ideas ?

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 26, 2005, 10:18:23 PM

er.. just plug in the damn thing. then use hdinsttools, but DO NOT FORGET to add something like device=oktagon.device in tooltypes or commandline of hdinsttools.

Do you have some HDD and hdinsttools on it? If not, make a bootable diskette with it and with PFS-060 in l:
(if you have pfs and 060)

but I'd check oktagon specs on internet first. When I used it with A4000 (060) it was so slooooow. It doesnt have DMA. Builtin IDE might even be faster!!?? On the other hand if you must connect scsi devices(?), and dont have fastlane..

PS, I could burn CDR-s on oktagon but only x1 IIRC or maybe x2.

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: pablotinch on June 27, 2005, 04:37:50 AM

you have to be more easy one me , this is mine first amiga 4000 , and i have no idea how it works.
is the octagon more faster than the normal atapi in the amiga 4000 ?, if not i should just use the atapi drive and forget about the oktagon.
also can explain better what i have to do to install the drivers ?
thank for your time

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 27, 2005, 07:43:09 AM

sorry, but I don't really know about CDROM drivers. I bought A4000 with everything already installed. And I'm not sure about speed, too. but I do remember being dissapointed with it
(after hearing so many stories about SCSI being better, less CPU time consumer, bla bla) but maybe something wasn't configured right.

you can find some docs and software here:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?amiga=4000&cat=scsi#oktagon2000

If you want to connect SCSI HDD larger than 4Gb, I can give you detailed instruction, send me email at: orangekds@mail.ru

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: spirantho on June 27, 2005, 03:17:38 PM

Quote

orange wrote:
but I'd check oktagon specs on internet first. When I used it with A4000 (060) it was so slooooow. It doesnt have DMA. Builtin IDE might even be faster!!?? On the other hand if you must connect scsi devices(?), and dont have fastlane..

PS, I could burn CDR-s on oktagon but only x1 IIRC or maybe x2.

It's not that slow. I use mine with a CD-R (4x writes perfectly happily), and a Zip drive. Faster than internal IDE for sure.

I've never had any problems with my Oktagon, always been very good reliable hardware. Mine's in my 4000 CSPPC/060 BTW.

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: orange on June 28, 2005, 12:14:04 AM

I see, well mine was probably misconfigured.. sorry
have you tried connecting HDD, what speed do you get then?

Title: Re: Oktagon v6.12
Post by: SIR-GERMAN on November 13, 2005, 06:09:58 PM

CAN SOMEBADY SELL ME OR BURN THE LAST ROM FOR THE OKTAGON 2008.
VERSION 6.12
THANK YOU ????