Problem with new CF PCMCIA card reader - CC0: or CF0:

[ognix]

Hello!

I've got (well, it not me really, but a friend of mine with no Internet access!) a similar problem, and I think it fits this this thread as well.

It regards a PCMCIA 1,2GB Flash Disk ATA from SanDisk: I think it's basically a PCMCIA adapter with flash memory inside.
When inserted in my friend's A1200 doesn't show up in Workbench, but it's recognized by HDToolBox if used with compactflash.device.
The A1200 comes with OS3.1, CFD package and FAT95 installed.

He has another similar flash disk, identical except for size its, 40MB, and that one works flawlessy.

Any clue or hint?

Thanks!
Luca "OgniX"   \8^)

[ognix]

gurthuk wrote:
All I can say is check the A1200 doesn't have a trapdoor expansion card installed - if it does remove it and try again. Worked in my case.

Well, I just spoke with my friend this evening and he managed to make the card working!
But it's the opposite case!
In fact firstly he used an unexpanded A1200 (bare 2MB with no expansions at all), and then he tried on another one with a Blizzard 1230 and it worked! :-)

He told me he put on the Startup Sequence the CardPatch and CardReset patches (both of them AFAIK); but regarding your case with RAM expansion maybe it's a problem related to those patches (or one al least).

Check out this (from CardPatch.readme):
"CardPatch disables these interrupts but does not disable the write protect
input (and GAYLE function). You can still read a level on this input by the
ReadCardStatus() function but interrupts are not generated by any change of
level on this input.

This interrupt can be used by some PCMCIA devices for an identification for
8/16-bit cards. Therefore CardPatch can cause a problem with old turbo boards
(4MB Fast RAM in ZorroII space) and with some rare PCMCIA hardware."
It's just a clue...

BTW I'm also waiting for my CompactFlash card to arrive: I already got the adapter and I hope to manage things working.

Regards,
   Luca "OgniX".   \8^)