Now..help getting X-Surf 100 & Rapid Road to work

[matt3k]

Try a USB mouse to test.

USB Sticks will need more work to get going by setting up FAT.

Good luck!

Matt

OK, once again thanks to Thomas for putting me in the right path to continue with the configuration of X-Surf 100 & Rapid Road.

The X-Surf 100 board and Rapid Road are installed inside the A3000 and I can see a white light coming from Rapid Road.

I have installed Poseidon and launched Prefs/Trident where the status shows as online



Trident - Rapid Road photo 20160322_101129_zpsoj0diav5.jpg

But plugging a USB stick doesn't do anything. I'm reading the instructions in the leaflet that came with Rapid Road but that there's no troubleshoot guide.

Any help will be very welcome. The same to help me to get online with the X-Surf 100.

[matt3k]

Roadshow works great with the xsurf 100.  No issues at all for me on my 3000 with an 060.

I would bet the controller isn't enabled on Poseidon.  I had fits to get that working.  Delete and manually connect the rapidroadxs100usb.device and save config.

If that doesn't fix it I bet it is the 3640 which has a known issue with rapid road.

The only other option is a flaky power supply.  Check to see if you have black on the connector to the mother board.

[matt3k]

Go to prefs and run trident.  Go to controllers on left window browser.  You will see the rapid road device there (if not just add it).  Select new and go to deva/usbhardware and add the 100 version of the device.  

The install for Poseidon is buggy and doesn't always add the controller properly.

[matt3k]

Guys, thank you for all the advice about a gfx card for my A3000. I think I will just keep my eyes open for a PII + GVP Spectrum. No rush, since I need to recup.

I will move on to my next project in a new thread coming a forum near you...

IMHO and being and Amiga 3000 owner since 1991 and having tried about every possible combinations of graphics cards and setups.  I would stay away from the picasso II and the spectrum cards, they are both fine cards but the Cybervision 64 is the best plug and play zorro 3 card for the 3000D.  In normal use it is much faster than lower end cards and is has a path through.  The Retina BLT Z3 fills the space between the picasso II and the cybervision 64.  It is a real fast card, not as fast as the cybervision and it lacks a paththrough.  If your going to spend real money get the CV64, it makes a much better improvement in useability and speed than an 040  card does.

The only reason I would install a Mediator Board is to get DVI out and higher resolutions, other than that I haven't found any other real advantage to owning one.  The speed difference between a radeon and the cv64 is not that great really, running my 3000D on the CV64 in 1024x768 and the radeon in HD (granted it is a much higher screen) is pretty close in performance.

Again this is my experience with the 3000D.  Good luck.