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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Cass on June 10, 2006, 09:37:10 PM

Title: KCS Powerboard & HD_DRIVE
Post by: Cass on June 10, 2006, 09:37:10 PM

I`ve installed a HD floppy (taken from an A4000) to my A500+.

The last time I tried to boot the KCS floppy instead of the mem check & bios MSDOS prompt, it showed a black screen with green fonts, the status line below (time etc.) and a strange message:
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PLEASE PUT THE SWITCH ON THE KCS HD_DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE POSITION AND RESTART
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I tried to disable floppies from the PC-Preferences program, but the screen came up with the same message.

Does anybody here know what it means, or how can I see the MS-Dos prompt?
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Title: Re: KCS Powerboard & HD_DRIVE
Post by: InTheSand on June 10, 2006, 11:26:44 PM

Hi,

Would the KCS board and/or controlling software know about HD floppy drives or HD floppies? My old board predates the use of HD drives in Amigas by a good couple of years!

I guess you have a more recent board, judging by the cryptic message you received...

Can you boot to an MS-DOS prompt with it using 720Kb DD disks?

 - Ali

Title: Re: KCS Powerboard & HD_DRIVE
Post by: Cass on June 12, 2006, 09:33:49 PM

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Can you boot to an MS-DOS prompt with it using 720Kb DD disks?
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Unfortunately no, I get this screen message.

I`ve found the old original disk, which boots nicely to the well-known bios ram-test & MSDOS prompt. I`ve used an online version diskimage of the KSC software, dumped to a floppy.

It`s been a long time since I had to boot to MSDOS, and it was probably a newer version than the one I got with the board.

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