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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Retronaut on June 15, 2024, 05:47:56 PM
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I recently fitted a Dicke Olga accelerator card in my Rev 6 Amiga 2000. And it went very well, and its now pumping along quite nicely.
Originally it came with a IVS Grand Slam SCSI + Memory adapter, which also has an extra parellel port (no idea why...). So it uses the same drivers as the TrumpCard, as its the top end version of it.
This was previously working, though I recall it was a right old PITA to get it to work. Now however I cant get it working, at least in terms of SCSI and only when booted into Workbench 3.2.2.
When I boot from the older of the two utils disk available for it, labelled online as 2.0f, I find its TCUtils app runs and shows the drives on it (BlueSCSI). These show as DH4, DH5 and DH6, each being 3.9GB which is total overkill.
When however I boot into WB, I see no drives, at all. Formatted or not.
I prefer to use HDUtils in Workbench, so I have modified HDTools to use IVS_SCSIpro.device and then run it, and... nothing, no drives shown.
When I use ShowConfig and expansion cards, it shows the correct devices. Dicke Olga appears there, as does the GrandSlam. It appears as 3 devices, 2x 4mb memory devices, and 1x SCSI device.
When I look at Devices in ShowConfig however I see no IVS_SCSIpro.device. I'm assuming this would normally load in from the cards ROM?
Assuming this is NOT the case, I looked in the 20f floppy's DEVS folder and found these files.
clipboard.device
clipboards
IVS_SCSI.driver
IVS_scsi.drives
IVS_SCSIpro.amhd
IVS_SCSIpro.device
IVS_SCSIpro.driver
keymaps
system-configuration
So, I know that .device files should go in DEVS:, but where do the .driver files go?
I see there is a DOSDrivers folder in DEVS: so I placed those there.
The other two related files, IVS_scsi.drives and IVS_SCSIpro.amhd, I'm really not sure where those should go, if anywhere. Would these be needed?
So, I have tried variations on these files being present ONLY in DEVS:, the .device file in DEVS and the Driver files in DOSDrives, and the other two files moved around. Nothing works. So far I can get the TCUtils to run, but it does not find the card. And I can run HDUtils with IVS_SCSIpro.device, and again it never finds any drives.
Oh great Amiga experts. Please chip in to get this card working.
BTW, I dont really NEED to get this working for its SCSI drives, BUT, I could get its SD card on a back bracket and then it would have a nice removable drive for file transfers. Also, as its BlueSCSIv2 I could get its WIFI working, which would be very nice.