GVP Impact A2000-HC

[motrucker]

In order to use one of Mechy's CF readers, SCSI CD-ROM, or a decent size HDD on a Series-1 GVP controller, You'll have to get the gvpscsi.device 3.15 ROM from Ralph Babel's site. http://babel.de/amiga.html Unfortunately most Series-1 cards need a PAL update as well to use the 3.15 ROM. If your card has two EPROMS, an odd and even one with Ver 1.0 burned in them, the chances are you won't be able to use the 3.15 ROM as it'll more than likely still have the old PAL on it. I've been trying very hard to find a Series-1 controller with the updated PAL so that I can make the PAL available to everyone.

If you do download the 3.15 ROM, you don't need to split it into odd and even, just burn it into 1 EPROM (If I remember correctly, you'll need a 27C128) and plug it into the even socket.

Your alternative is to get a GVP IO Extender card http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ioextender and use the EPROM socket on that to get your 3.15 working. Just check the version of the IO Extender card, the newer versions didn't have the socket soldered on the board. You'll need to ensure that the autoboot jumper is disabled on your series-1 card and then enable J4 on the IO Extender card. This is the method I've used to get the 3.15 rom working with my A2000-HC+2 series 1 controller.

Hope this helps! :anger:

I thought I had one of these cards. Turns out it is an A 4000 HC8 Series II with a FASTR 4.13 ROM - would that work?, or do I still need to upgrade?

[motrucker]

Thanks for the reply.  I found the 3.15 rom, and burned it to a 27C128.  I found the rom, and through some reading, figured this out.  I don't know which is the 'even' socket, so i've tried it in both, same result.  I also tried it with the jumper, J2 on and off, and it still says autoboot roms not installed.  I guess it is due to the PAL update you are talking about.  If you find out any more on this, let me know.  Thanks.

There is a 2091 on it's way to you (with the computer) that has version 7 ROMs and revision 8 SCSI chip. I do believe this will do what you need, too.