RocTec RocHard harddrive

[amigamad]

So is it possible you have the IDE only version? Are you trying to connect a SCSI or IDE drive?

i have a roctec hard drive for an a500 mine has an ide hard drive fitted but it can be changed for scsi it has both connections internally .As for the external scsi port i am notr sure how to set it up for cd it could be jumpers on the cd drive as well ,what software are you using to get the cd rom working . :-)

[amigamad]

but for the SCSI, a chip needs to be at the back of the RocTek motherboard- if there's a big socket with no chip in at the back, yours is like mine, and has no SCSI support.

mine has 30mb ide harddrive but the large socket has a chip in it so i presume both would work on mine i also have 8mb memory in mine . :-)

[amigamad]

Some info here http://www.amiga-hardware.com/rochard.html

I got this info from googles groop search ,

Sorry to say the RocTec is NOT RDB and scsi-direct compliant.  This means
that
most things like btntape and amicdrom just don't work with it, and
HDToolBox, expecting an RDB compliant device, doesn't work either.
You should ALWAYS insist on the original disks for ANY piece of hardware,
unless you're getting is super cheap, since some hardware is useless
without its prepping software.  The roctec is one of these devices.

And i have no software for the one i have but i did see it for download. :-)

From what i can make out you wont have much luck with a cd rom with it.

I got this from google group search as well ,

If anyone has found anyway of getting a CD-ROM drive to work with the SCSI
interface of a Roctec SCSI/IDE hard drive "sidecar" for the A500, let me
know.

I have tried both one version of AmiCDROM and AsimCDFS. Both had no success,
even when I tried the trackdisk option of AmiCDROM. As I understand it, the
primary problem is that the RocHard does not follow the RDB standard and is
not fully SCSI-direct compliant.

Software for the drive is here http://software.scm.tees.ac.uk/drivers/drivers/IDE_Controllers/rochard.dms

[amigamad]

I want to sell my one as well it only has a 30mb drive although i am going to try a larger one in it ,and it has the full 8 meg memory .

I need to sell mine along with the a500,s i have due to needing a bit more space .

I think the gvp drive might be a better option for the a500 . :-)