Buddha 2018

[giZmo350]

Thanks for the clarification Kirk_M!

[lost_loven]

Getting tired of waiting to... Debating making my own cable also..just bought 120gig ssd to toss in. Killing me looking at this thing lol

[kirk_m]

Getting tired of waiting to... Debating making my own cable also..just bought 120gig ssd to toss in. Killing me looking at this thing lol

You should.  It's not hard at all if you have the parts (I scavenged parts from old PCs).  It took all of 10 minutes to fabricate.

[Jeff]

You should.  It's not hard at all if you have the parts (I scavenged parts from old PCs).  It took all of 10 minutes to fabricate.

Does it work better after the flash update?

[kirk_m]

Does it work better after the flash update?

Yes, prior to me updating mine, virtually no IDE device I plugged into the buddha, other than the provided installation DOM, was recognized.  Afterwards updating, it recognizes all the drives I had tried before.

[curtis]

I've discovered that changing the HDToolBox Information to device=buddhascsi.device helps alot in getting the DOM recognized.

May be a no brainer to a lot of people, but I hadn't even thought of it until I got to pondering the typical GVP SCSI device needing that little change.

Still doesn't recognize all the cards, but it's a LOT better now.

Found one off-brand 4GB cf card that works perfectly in a PC, but Amiga thinks it's been write protected, even after I JUST formatted the stupid thing in my PC.

Oh well, I've got a 5GB Seagate microdrive that's working like a champ now.

[giZmo350]

I've discovered that changing the HDToolBox Information to device=buddhascsi.device helps alot in getting the DOM recognized.

May be a no brainer to a lot of people, but I hadn't even thought of it until I got to pondering the typical GVP SCSI device needing that little change.

Well Duh!
Ha... j/k.... good catch!

Still doesn't recognize all the cards, but it's a LOT better now.

Found one off-brand 4GB cf card that works perfectly in a PC, but Amiga thinks it's been write protected, even after I JUST formatted the stupid thing in my PC.

Curtis.... check the revision of your firmware. I got to thinking... even tho you asked AmigaKit to "take care of that for you" the latest updates might have succeeded your order date.

Oh well, I've got a 5GB Seagate microdrive that's working like a champ now.

Operating correctly with your GVP Combo Card?

[curtis]

Will check the firmware when I get a chance.

Yes, the Buddha is working just fine with the GVP Combo card.  Mostly.

Only thing that isn't recognized is the RAM on the combo board.  However, I don't think that's due to the Buddha card.  I tried it without the Buddha installed and still no RAM.

Reset the jumper to auto-config the RAM into the Zorro space and I get the red screen at boot up saying it's bad.  Move the jumper so the RAM isn't in the Zorro space and it boots up fine, but no RAM.

Any suggestions?

[giZmo350]

Will check the firmware when I get a chance.

Yes, the Buddha is working just fine with the GVP Combo card.  Mostly.

Only thing that isn't recognized is the RAM on the combo board.  However, I don't think that's due to the Buddha card.  I tried it without the Buddha installed and still no RAM.

Reset the jumper to auto-config the RAM into the Zorro space and I get the red screen at boot up saying it's bad.  Move the jumper so the RAM isn't in the Zorro space and it boots up fine, but no RAM.

Any suggestions?

Hmmm, have you tried re-configuring the ram modules? Maybe a bad ram stick? Do you have any "other" ram in the system from an additional board?  The only two additions I have in my test machine is the Buddha and the GVP card. I did notice one thing... when I use the Buddha with the GVP card, the machine takes about 20 seconds to boot and all the ram does show up.

Since I have 40MHz version of the combo card, is there anything you would like to check? You might want to start a new post.

[curtis]

Yeah, might be better to start a new thread rather than hijack this one.  Really hate it when people go wandering off topic.

And you're right about the L-O-N-G boot time.

[klx300r]

so this updater from Jens..do we need a cable or not?:confused:

[klx300r]

I've discovered that changing the HDToolBox Information to device=buddhascsi.device helps alot in getting the DOM recognized...

ah maybe this is all i need as I can't see one of the two DOMS in my Buddha right now BUT where can I find this buddhscsi.device The installer only gave me the buddhaatapi device:confused:

[lost_loven]

Yes there is a firmware update and also a CPL update with the cable that goes from the card to your parallel port

[kirk_m]

so this updater from Jens..do we need a cable or not?:confused:

To update the CPLD, yes, you need a cable.  

After updating the CPLD, you update the flash ROM, for which a cable is not needed.  You can't do the FLASH ROM without doing the CPLD first.

[lost_loven]

I read over on a1k.org Jens said it didn't matter what order it had to be done in.

Quote from Zick Doctor  Show contribution
First flashing and then CPLD?

Or better vice versa.

Jens  - This makes no difference.

http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=62869&page=27

[Acill]

ah maybe this is all i need as I can't see one of the two DOMS in my Buddha right now BUT where can I find this buddhscsi.device The installer only gave me the buddhaatapi device:confused:

Its in the ROM on the device, not installed. This is so it can be used to boot off of at powerup.