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Re: GVP Impact A2000-HC
« on: October 21, 2012, 07:01:09 PM »
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:
 

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Re: GVP Impact A2000-HC
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2012, 11:27:36 AM »
I'm not sure which PAL it is yet, I'm still trying to source an A2000-HC series 1 controller that has the upgraded PAL in order to compare with my current A2000-HC+2 series 1 that has the old PAL on it. I've tried the 3.15 rom on it without success.

Here is a link that briefly describes it, it's near the bottom of the FAQ:

http://ftp.back2roots.org/padua/text/GVP.FAQ1

AFAIK, the PALs on the old GVP cards aren't protected, so it should be easy to copy them.

In the end, I just bought an A2000-HC+8 series II card to solve my problems. I'm still on the hunt for a series 1 card with the upgraded PAL so that I can make the upgraded PAL available for everyone.

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Re: GVP Impact A2000-HC
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2012, 08:20:31 AM »
Excellent! Your card has the updated PAL already installed. :D From the pictures on amiga.resource.cx it looks like there's another jumper just above and to the left of the 50pin SCSI connector. Connect your LED cable to that jumper and see what happens. The LED will only work when the cable is connected the right way round. If it doesn't work at first, just rotate the cable plug 180 degrees and plug it in again. You can't damage the card this way, so don't worry.
 

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Re: GVP Impact A2000-HC
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2012, 06:51:28 AM »
Sorry to hear it didn't work. At least the CF reader has an LED and if you add a CD-ROM drive, that'll have an LED too. I found this post while searching for info on the PAL, it seems your A2000-HC doesn't need an upgrade while the A2000-HC+2 does.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25431

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