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Offline OlecranonTopic starter

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Gvp impact a3001
« on: July 11, 2016, 04:16:33 PM »
I have an A2000 with a GVP A3001 card.  This is the card that has the IDE controller that doesn't work with drives with over 1024 cylinders.  Since I've never found a drive to work on the controller, I use a GVP HC+8 SCSI controller.

Would I gain any benefits (or is it possible) trying to use the IDE controller connected to an IDE CF adapter+CF card for a boot drive?

I've looked around and some of the CF cards in the 200MB - 400MB range have cylinder counts below 1024.
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Re: Gvp impact a3001
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2016, 06:43:55 PM »
I have same card than you have. I don't have IDE rom in it, it didn't have it when I got card. So I don't have any actual experience, but I belive that with IDE rom there is a problems with Kickstart 3.1?

I ques benefit you will (possibly) get is joy of tinkering? I got Buddha IDE to it beccause there is plenty of working IDE drives, compared to old SCSI drivers and controllers.
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Re: Gvp impact a3001
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2016, 10:44:01 PM »
Quote from: utri007;810937
I have same card than you have. I don't have IDE rom in it, it didn't have it when I got card. So I don't have any actual experience, but I belive that with IDE rom there is a problems with Kickstart 3.1?

I ques benefit you will (possibly) get is joy of tinkering? I got Buddha IDE to it beccause there is plenty of working IDE drives, compared to old SCSI drivers and controllers.


My system has 1.3 in ROM, and then It loads a 2.04 kickfile.

The reason I'm wondering about this.

1) IDE controller is integrated with the accelerator.  Any speed improvement with this on a CF drive over a Zorro II SCSI controller?

2) My SCSI hard drive is fast (15K Cheetah), but incredibly loud.  I'd like to replace the drive with something slower/quieter.

What I'd like to do (if possible or worthwhile) is run a low capacity 200mb CF drive off the IDE controller and use that as the WB/Startup drive.  Replace the noisy cheetah drive with a slower and quieter drive for storage.

I'm not even sure if the A3001 IDE controller will work with a CF drive with under 1024 cylinders.
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Offline Matt_H

Re: Gvp impact a3001
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2016, 01:52:27 AM »
Worth a try - maybe it'll work! CF-IDE adapters and CF cards are quite cheap so you wouldn't be out much if it fails. If you're willing to risk a little more money, Jens' TrueIDE might give a better result.
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