GVP HD8+

[patrik]

Have you set a unique ID for each drive and terminated only the last drive on the scsi-chain?


/Patrik

[patrik]

And is the termination correct? Some controllers works disregarding how you terminate, but some controllers are very kinky with the termination.

(edit):

I have a IVS Grandslam controller which doesnt seem to care how I terminate or if I terminate at all, it works disregarding.


/Patrik

[patrik]

Ok, then it shouldnt be a problem of electrical nature.

If it is the Commodore HDToolBox you are using, you could check the tooltype settings. It has some tooltypes setting how many drive-ids it should scan etc. Is there a HDToolBox alike program supplied with the GVP btw?


/Patrik

[patrik]

Try the HDToolBox equivalence on the disk supplied with the HD8+. If you dont have the disk, download it from the link below:

GVP HD8+ Disk


/Patrik

[patrik]

Now I am assuming that you are on a pc, wanting to transfer files to the amiga.

If you have Workbench 2.1 and above you will have the ability to read pc-disks right out of the box. Just mount PC0: which per default is located in the Storage/Dosdrivers/ directory. One thing to remember though is that you will probably have to use a DD-disk (720KB) as most amigas doesnt have HD-diskdrives.

If you dont have Workbench 2.1 or above you can use MSH to read ms-dos disks, though this presents a moment 22 case as you cant transfer this program to the Amiga via disk from the pc without being able to read ms-dos disks.

If this is the case, you could transfer files via a nullmodemcable if you have any sort of terminal software on the Amiga.

When you have the file on your amiga, you can use DMS to unpack it onto a disk.


/Patrik