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Offline Robert17Topic starter

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Squirrel scsi
« on: July 02, 2004, 02:44:48 PM »
hey all I just got a squirrel and cd rom from ebay to use with my A1200, it has arrived but without drivers, I've asked the seller about it just now, but thought I'd just ask you lot if there was somewhere I could get them as I don't have too much faith in ebayers!

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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2004, 03:23:47 PM »
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2004, 03:32:28 PM »
I've sent an email to him pointing to ftp://ftp.hisoft.co.uk/pub/amiga/squirrel/
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2004, 03:40:13 PM »
that's fine although I still can't get the Ami to PC link to work, and the seller I bought it off isn't responding to emails. Heeeelp!
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2004, 04:31:49 PM »
Just start CrossDOS on the Amiga and format a 720 KB PC disk, and copy the files to the disk from the PC. The files aren't that big that they can't fit the disk.
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2004, 04:43:20 PM »
crossdos is running so how do you get it to format a disk for a pc?
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2004, 05:26:12 PM »
ok I figured out crossdos, just trying to get the dms image onto a disk with some programs from aminet, a lot of hassle though, nothing ever seems to work on the amiga, I'm not sure why someone would sell a cd-rom without drivers, that's like selling a car without wheels... grrr :pissed:
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2004, 05:38:50 PM »
what do you mean "nothing ever seems to work"?

The DMS files has to be unarced before you can use it. Find a program that can handle most of the compression files, similar to UnARC from the OS3.9 CD.

If you have DMS in C: just write this line in shell to get the disk image uncompressed to disk so you can use it

dms write squirrelscsi.dms or what ever the file is called.
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2004, 05:52:06 PM »
I downloaded blitzDMS but I couldn't get it to work, however I've ordered the drivers from a website I found, I just can't help thinking how much easier it would have been if I had have had the proper disks in the first place, as far as nothing working is concerned my OS 3.0 installation disk didn't do things properly as it should have done so currently I have a bodged installation as I know the square route of sod all about amiga commands, and secondly my Ami to pc link has never worked and I've tried everything.. sheesh! *lets off steam*

Lol the only thing that has worked out of the box is that blizz you sent me!
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2004, 05:58:50 PM »
Well, good to know that the stuff I have sold is not giving any problems :)

What kind of help do you need? Are you trying to install a SCSI harddrive or a SCSI CD drive? And your Ami to PC link, what is it exactly?

If you are on broadband with the PC, and have a router or a hub, it's real easy to get the Amiga online. Your Amiga is capable of it with the accelerator.

Feel free to send me an email with all the questions you have; not sure I know the answer to all of them, but most of them I'm sure :)
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2004, 05:59:40 PM »
Hum,
i remember that i used an updated driver that was on a Cu amiga disk...



anyone remember which one...?






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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2004, 06:17:07 PM »
Hehe cheers Blob, sorry about my impatience everyone just that I've been a windows user all my life so this is very different, I'm trying to set up A SCSI cd rom on a Squirrel pcmcia interface that I bought on ebay. The bloke reckons he had the drivers on his hard disk. I have all the books and gubbins just no disks! The Ami to PC linkup is a parallel lead with software but I spent about an hour trying to get it to work to no avail :-(
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2004, 06:23:24 PM »
It's easier to setup a network with the PC if you are using a ethernet card, but as it's a PCMCIA card you are most likely to use, then you can't be online and using a cd at the same time. You could make the CD on the PC a shared device though, and then you could use that instead.
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2004, 06:33:27 PM »
I've actually ordered the drivers from a site I found, so fingers crossed they'll come on disk, it'd be kinda silly if they didn't :-P and hopefully they will actually turn up! I think the CD rom will make it a lot more easy to transfer files without getting an ethernet card :-)
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Re: Squirrel scsi
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2004, 06:57:48 PM »
Your choice, but I believe you are wrong. I trasfered 3 gig MP3s to my Amiga using a 10 MBit ethernet card, and it took about an hour, or an hour and a half. Can't do that with CDs I believe.

I can mount my PC drives on my Amiga, and access them like it was an actual drive connected to the Amiga.

I hope the drivers for the SCSI interface turns up though.
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