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Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« on: March 27, 2007, 07:13:33 PM »
Hi there. I've been a lurker on the site for quite some time, absorbing what I can of useful Amiga advice. I'm breaking my silence because i. I might have something to contribute to the community and ii. I've gotten myself into a tough hardware project.

I want to hook up a CDRom to my Amiga 2000HD. It is a SCSI CDRom attached to the end of a A2091 chain. I'm running WB 1.3 that autoboots from an internal hard drive. I've installed AmiCDFS and still can't read the disk. If I place a CDRom in the drive during startup, the computer locks and doesn't boot.

So, my questions are: first, is is possible to install and use a CDRom drive under WB 1.3? Second, if it isn't, would an upgrade to WB 2.0 help matters? Third, if it is, what process should I follow to install it and how would I test the results?

I really appreciate it. Thanks.
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2007, 07:17:07 PM »
Hi,
do you have the lastest firmware for the A2091 ?
If not,....  :rtfm:
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2007, 09:38:35 PM »
Thanks. I have the version 6.6 ROMs for the 2091. That's probably the culprit. Besides getting a new board, does anyone sell just the 7.0 or Guru ROMs?
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2007, 09:55:15 PM »
You will need to update both the ROMs and the Western Digital SCSI chip on that board.

Software Hut in the USA sold these chips when I did my upgrade about 6 years ago.
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2007, 11:16:39 PM »
While updating the ROMs might be good. Check other things. When I had a A2000 with 2091 and external CDdrive, for some weird reason, the CD drive tray HAD to be open, or else the A2000 wouldn't boot up.
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2007, 11:56:53 PM »
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the CD drive tray HAD to be open


It's strange but I've also got an IDE CDrom that works fine but prevents an A4000 from booting unless I open and close the CD tray immediately after switching it on. Wierd!!

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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2007, 12:30:32 AM »
I thought AmiCDFS requires wb 2.0?  I could be wrong though.

I know that Ralph Babels CDROM Filesystem runs under 1.3

http://babel.org/amiga/
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 02:43:20 PM »
That's a good point.  I've also had a situation where I HAD TO put a CD in a CD-ROM drive for the Amiga to boot.  Otherwise it would just hang indefinitely.
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Re: Hello everyone. Amiga 2000 SCSI CDRom question.
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 04:31:53 PM »
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I thought AmiCDFS requires wb 2.0?  I could be wrong though.

Some early versions (about 1.04 - 1.07?) should work - but never seen it to be confirmed
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