Squirrel interface and CD-Rom how to Install?

[MickTheLip]

Bought myself the above on EBay.Now I need to know how to install them onto my Amiga 1200.I've got the origional software but can't work out how to use it.HELP!!!!!

[MickTheLip]

I've installed the software but not sure how to access/mount the CDrom I've never had any experience with scsi software/hardware on the Amiga before!!

[A4000_Mad]

Hmmm..... This would connect to the PCMCIA slot of an A1200 so I guess you are using a right angled gadget? It also looks like you already have a CDrom in your A1200 Tower. So I guess you are using IDE fix or EIDE fix? If so, you should be able to use 'Find Device' in the IDE fix drawer to locate your CD-Rom and find out its unit number. Tick the box 'Show All Device Types' before clicking on 'Scan'. It should show up under 'squirrelscsi.device'. You should also see the unit number of the new device.

It is then a matter of having the correct dos drive in Workbench:Devs/DOSDrivers. You can probably make a copy of and then modify the driver CD0 or CD1 that makes your current CDrom work.


Can you tell us anything else that might help us to help you?  :-)

A4000 Mad


EDIT - I may have wrongly assumed that the Squirrel interface and CD-Rom were for the A1200 in your sig. If it is for an A1200 Desktop then kindly disregard this post  :lol:

G'night :sleep:

[MickTheLip]

Sorry I'm using A1200 desktop with Squirrel interface to add the CDrom.I've installed the software that came with it.There is a SCSIMounter tool but when I run this it shows no SCSI hardware at all.Could this be because of termination problems or what?

[A4000_Mad]

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I was right that I was wrong. Sorry but I really have to go to bed now. I'll try to be of help tomorrow in the unlikely event that no-one else has  :-)

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

Just quickly before I put my tired brain cell to bed.........

If you have an IDE fix drawer in your A1200 Tower, bring the whole drawer or just 'Find Device'to the A1200 Desktop on a floppy disk. Find out what you can as per my post above.

That'll teach me not to stay up half the night watching the moon  :lol:

G'night,

A4000 Mad

[Amiduffer]

Hi Mick. Congrats on finding the Squirrel. A darn good piece of equipment.

If you've installed the Squirrelprogram, then you're halfway.

Is there a CD0 in your DEVS drawer? Take it out of STORAGE if its not there. From the WB, click once on CD0, and choose info from the icon menu. The device and unit# of your CDdrive should be listed. Write squirrelscsi.device and whatever unit number your CD is and then save.

edit: of course, the last device in the SCSI chain HAS to be terminated.

[MickTheLip]

I've been investigating the power supply which appears to be working fine.Its when the power enters the custom made interface on the rear of the CDrom that things go wrong.I cannot find any power showing up on the molex connector which connects the custom interface to the CDrom.

[MickTheLip]

It's suddenly started working again! When I I use the SCSI Mounter progrm that is part of the Squirrel software it does not show the CDRom.I'm not sure if this is down to having no terminator or if its the wiring on the custom inerface?If there is no terminator could this be the problem and what number should I set the jumpers to on the SCSI chain baring in mind that for the present I'll only be using the CDRom on the Squirrel interface.

[MickTheLip]

Having left the power on the CDRom is still able to eject and load CD's.The programme for installing the CDrom which is in the Squirrel software does not find it.Could this be due to needing a terminator.The manual says the CDRom is numbered as 3 should I change it?The other question is about the SCSI cable sockets on the back of the Power CDRom.There are 2 female SCSI sockets on the back but which 1 do I need to plug the Squirrel into and I presume the terminator goes into the other SCSI socket.

[Amiduffer]

If all you have connected to your A1200 is the CD drive, then there is no need to worry about what unit number the CD is set to. Its when you have different items like ZIP drives and  scanners hooked up, that you have to make sure that each device has a different number. At the end of the chain, you have to terminate it.

1200===CD===terminator

1200===scanner===CD====terminator

1200===CD===scanner===Zip===terminator

It doesn't matter which port on the CDDrive you put the SquirrelSCSI and the terminator.

Again, make sure that your CD0 in your DEVS/DOSDRIVERS drawer is listed with SQUIRRELSCSI.DEVICE and has the same unit number as the CDdrive.

[MickTheLip]

Thanks for all the information.Will have to find a terminator.By adding a terminater will the Squirrel interface then recognise the CDRom?

[MickTheLip]

Just thought I've got a SCSI Sony CD-RW Rom in a Pentium 3 PC.Would it be possible to exchange it for the CDRom that is in the Power CDRom case.Just a thought I had if I terminated the Power Computing CDRom and it did'nt show up in the software that comes with the Squirrel.

[twizzle]

here is the procedure to fit a scsi squirrel cd & software.

switch off amiga connect scsi squirrel into pcmcia slot
plug into scsi cd.
the early type has a seperate pwr supply, later type is built in, switch on pwr, then switch on amiga.
insert software disc 1
it will then recognize your cd device a window will popup
showing your device in the right hand side click once & save,when finnished,it should have put a cdo icon in your sys/devices/drivers drawer it should also have named it CD2 OR CD3 , click once & choose info, in the tooltypes you will see UNIT=0 change this to 2 or 3 save,
then double click the cd icon to mount it.
put in your cd & you should see it on your wb screen (hopefully)
NOTE you have to have the scsi cd plugged in & switched on BEFORE you switch on the amiga.

hope this helps you out.
mike

[MickTheLip]

Thanks for all your info.When installing it gets as far as the window which lists the Squirrel SCSI in the left column but does not show up the CDrom in the right column.The CDrom opens and closes on pressing the eject button and after closing spins up and the light comes on briefly.My Power CD rom is the one with the external power supply but it has been replaced with a multivoltage one.Does anybody know what voltage the origional power supply was?It places an Icon for CD0 in my devs draw but altering it to the numbers suggested still doesnot recognise my CDrom!!