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A2000
« on: December 16, 2008, 04:46:12 AM »
To all the mighty Amiganous Gods
 I humbly address this queation
A2091 stock standard scsi 2 meg on board
how do I use the  A2000-scsi+8 ram
what jumpers do I reset is it dangerous to try without knowing
What slot do do I seat it in
ie the cpu or one of the others
as there are three posibilities
 
 

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Re: A2000
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 05:31:09 AM »
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stanlong wrote:
To all the mighty Amiganous Gods
 I humbly address this queation
A2091 stock standard scsi 2 meg on board
how do I use the  A2000-scsi+8 ram
what jumpers do I reset is it dangerous to try without knowing


A2091 settingsJumpers (from TBBoAH):

JP1: Memory Size
0K: Set for no memory.
512K: Set for 512K of RAM.
1M: Set for 1M of RAM.
2M: Set for 2M of RAM.

JP2: Autoboot Enable
AUTO: Set to enable autobooting from the A2091.
DIS: Set to disable autobooting from the A2091.

JP3: Interrupt Select
INT6: Select interrupt 6.
INT2: Select interrupt 2.

 Notice that the A2091 is a slow and unreliable SCSI controller (it not work OK with CD and other removable media). The GVP HC+8 is a SCSI-2 controller (faster) and can hold up to 8Mb directly on it. Just sack out the 2091 and just keep the GVP SCSI controller.

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What slot do do I seat it in
ie the cpu or one of the others
as there are three posibilities


 Pretty much anyone! The Amiga have auto-configuring. Drop the card inside it and be happy. :-)
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Re: A2000
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2008, 06:02:42 AM »
Its not HC +
its the A2000-scsi+8Impact A2000-SCSI+8    
Company
Great Valley Products, USA   Date
1989   Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
   Interface
Zorro II
   Autoconfig ID
2017 / 1,2,3
 SCSI 2 DMA controller
WD 33C93 controller IC
autoboot ROM (optional on early versions) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
has no autoboot disable jumper - the autoboot ROMs have to be removed under Kickstart 1.2

should I remove the the boot roms as I have sys 2 rom ?

50 pin internal SCSI header
DB25 external connector

hard disk activity LED connector

wheron the board is this connector ?

no place for mounting a hard disk on the card
memory
eight 30 pin SIMM sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
accepts 1 MB SIMMs in groups of two
DMA between drive and 16 kB onboard SRAM
 
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rkauer wrote:

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stanlong wrote:
To all the mighty Amiganous Gods
 I humbly address this queation
A2091 stock standard scsi 2 meg on board
how do I use the  A2000-scsi+8 ram
what jumpers do I reset is it dangerous to try without knowing


A2091 settingsJumpers (from TBBoAH):

JP1: Memory Size
0K: Set for no memory.
512K: Set for 512K of RAM.
1M: Set for 1M of RAM.
2M: Set for 2M of RAM.

JP2: Autoboot Enable
AUTO: Set to enable autobooting from the A2091.
DIS: Set to disable autobooting from the A2091.

JP3: Interrupt Select
INT6: Select interrupt 6.
INT2: Select interrupt 2.

 Notice that the A2091 is a slow and unreliable SCSI controller (it not work OK with CD and other removable media). The GVP HC+8 is a SCSI-2 controller (faster) and can hold up to 8Mb directly on it. Just sack out the 2091 and just keep the GVP SCSI controller.

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What slot do do I seat it in
ie the cpu or one of the others
as there are three posibilities


 Pretty much anyone! The Amiga have auto-configuring. Drop the card inside it and be happy. :-)
 

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Re: A2000
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 07:44:06 AM »
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autoboot ROM (optional on early versions) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
has no autoboot disable jumper - the autoboot ROMs have to be removed under Kickstart 1.2

should I remove the the boot roms as I have sys 2 rom ?

You're giving the answer to that question yourself... Read the first line again.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008, 08:30:04 AM »
thank you  Jiffy et al
 

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Re: A2000
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2008, 10:31:02 PM »
I have a hard drive expansion card you can mount your drive with. Will include a SCSI cable. Alas, it also takes up a card slot in your 2000.

The card you have used a bracket mount to stand-off a hard drive flat on the card. There are 2 mounting holes at the rear. The bolts and nuts that attached the bracket were nylon. It had nylon pegs as stand-off's near the center of the card.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2008, 05:11:21 AM »
I have two 6.0 roms from an A590 are they compatible with the A2000-scsi+8 ?