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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Robert17 on July 02, 2004, 02:44:48 PM
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hey all I just got a squirrel and cd rom from ebay to use with my A1200, it has arrived but without drivers, I've asked the seller about it just now, but thought I'd just ask you lot if there was somewhere I could get them as I don't have too much faith in ebayers!
Thanks
Robert
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How about this: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?product=Squirrel&company=
Bye,
Thomas
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I've sent an email to him pointing to ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/
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that's fine although I still can't get the Ami to PC link to work, and the seller I bought it off isn't responding to emails. Heeeelp!
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Just start CrossDOS on the Amiga and format a 720 KB PC disk, and copy the files to the disk from the PC. The files aren't that big that they can't fit the disk.
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crossdos is running so how do you get it to format a disk for a pc?
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ok I figured out crossdos, just trying to get the dms image onto a disk with some programs from aminet, a lot of hassle though, nothing ever seems to work on the amiga, I'm not sure why someone would sell a cd-rom without drivers, that's like selling a car without wheels... grrr :pissed:
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what do you mean "nothing ever seems to work"?
The DMS files has to be unarced before you can use it. Find a program that can handle most of the compression files, similar to UnARC from the OS3.9 CD.
If you have DMS in C: just write this line in shell to get the disk image uncompressed to disk so you can use it
dms write squirrelscsi.dms or what ever the file is called.
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I downloaded blitzDMS but I couldn't get it to work, however I've ordered the drivers from a website I found, I just can't help thinking how much easier it would have been if I had have had the proper disks in the first place, as far as nothing working is concerned my OS 3.0 installation disk didn't do things properly as it should have done so currently I have a bodged installation as I know the square route of sod all about amiga commands, and secondly my Ami to pc link has never worked and I've tried everything.. sheesh! *lets off steam*
Lol the only thing that has worked out of the box is that blizz you sent me!
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Well, good to know that the stuff I have sold is not giving any problems :)
What kind of help do you need? Are you trying to install a SCSI harddrive or a SCSI CD drive? And your Ami to PC link, what is it exactly?
If you are on broadband with the PC, and have a router or a hub, it's real easy to get the Amiga online. Your Amiga is capable of it with the accelerator.
Feel free to send me an email with all the questions you have; not sure I know the answer to all of them, but most of them I'm sure :)
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Hum,
i remember that i used an updated driver that was on a Cu amiga disk...
anyone remember which one...?
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Hehe cheers Blob, sorry about my impatience everyone just that I've been a windows user all my life so this is very different, I'm trying to set up A SCSI cd rom on a Squirrel pcmcia interface that I bought on ebay. The bloke reckons he had the drivers on his hard disk. I have all the books and gubbins just no disks! The Ami to PC linkup is a parallel lead with software but I spent about an hour trying to get it to work to no avail :-(
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It's easier to setup a network with the PC if you are using a ethernet card, but as it's a PCMCIA card you are most likely to use, then you can't be online and using a cd at the same time. You could make the CD on the PC a shared device though, and then you could use that instead.
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I've actually ordered the drivers from a site I found, so fingers crossed they'll come on disk, it'd be kinda silly if they didn't :-P and hopefully they will actually turn up! I think the CD rom will make it a lot more easy to transfer files without getting an ethernet card :-)
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Your choice, but I believe you are wrong. I trasfered 3 gig MP3s to my Amiga using a 10 MBit ethernet card, and it took about an hour, or an hour and a half. Can't do that with CDs I believe.
I can mount my PC drives on my Amiga, and access them like it was an actual drive connected to the Amiga.
I hope the drivers for the SCSI interface turns up though.
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So,
What's the score with squirrelSCSI.driver software downloads?
Are the original ones sold with the squirrel not free?
You could download them from various sites, but i can't seem to find any...
Where are the links?
Why are ppl charging money for them?
Is it piracy when the manufacturers have already received monies from the original sell?
[Like when i buy a jar of coffee, i don't expect to pay extra for the jar...the jar is included in the total price]
So any opinion on this ppl?
[BTW, I`m going to start selling bit of Martian land tomorrow - so stay tuned]
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Just for future reference and for other Squirrel users.
The Squirrel was made by HiSOFT and is a PCMCIA slot SCSI interface.
This means Small Computer Systems Interface and is a super fast
connection method for multimedia use.
Here are the brethren:
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Squirrel (Classic Squirrel) - the one you have
A SCSI-1 device, non-DMA PCMCIA fitting - approximately 300k/s max
speed. Had a white case.
The Whippet - A PCMCIA high-speed serial interface for internet
surfing that had a 230kbps maximum speed (4x a 56k modem). Black case.
Surf Squirrel - Combining the Classic Squirrel with The Whippet this
PCMCIA fitting multimedia expansion card had Fast SCSI-2 (non-DMA)
*and* a 230kbps serial port (9-pin).
As far as I can remember the Squirrels didn't get along with the
Blizzard 1260 and so needed a driver update. They require a terminator
at the end of the chain (a little terminator block on the back of your
CD-ROM or the terminator switch enabled).
:-)
Hope this is interesting to someone.
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Well, I ordered the driver from http://www.amigautils.co.uk/
I hope it's still alive, I'm trying to use the cd-rom with a Blizzard 1230 IV
It's in a black case and mounts with the squirrel logo facing down, if that's any help?
Robert
I'll probably need to get a new A1200 PCB anyway was I managed to break one of the PCMCIA pins whilst inserting this card the wrong way up (I thought it would go logo facing upwards) Doh!
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I have Squirrel installation disks here.
PM me if you have nothing from that site, I'll run you a copy of them (they should be legal for copying - there just drivers?)
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Thanks Hopper, I may take you up on that if they don't arrive within a week, where abouts are you, I could mail you some floppies with a stamped addressed envelope maybe?
We'll see, as it is I don't know if it will work as I broke one of the end pins in my PCMCIA port, I suppose it's just one pin so if I'm lucky it may still work lol
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Hey hey just a quick update, I finally sorted out my pcmcia port and have the software I need, but low and behold, mr clever ebay man didn't send a scsi terminator in with the stuff so I still can't use my cd-rom, anyone know somewhere in the U.K I can buy a scsi terminator?
Thanks
Robert