jimmy@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan) (03/26/91)
I currently own Amax I and I did get the upgrade offer to Amax II though I chose not to purchase it then because Amax I was sufficient for my purposes and I did not have a harddrive then. Now that I do own a harddrive I am considering on purchasing the Amax II. The problem that I have is that I have heard from friends that Amax II will not work on the harddrives unless WB 1.3 roms are installed on the Amiga. I did not purchase the WB 1.3 roms because I figured WB 2.0 roms would be available so, I am currently booting off my floppy disk and reassigning everything to my harddrive for control. Has anybody been able to create a Mac partition and use that mac partition from Amax II without WB 1.3 roms? If you did, I would be very grateful if you would tell me how you did it. Like I said, Amax I is/was sufficient for my needs but since I have a hardrive w/o WB1.3 roms, I would like to know if I could still create and use a mac partition. My current setup: A2000 w/ 5 megs w/o WB 1.3 roms 1 meg Agnus GVP Series II controller w/ 200 meg harddrive Amax I w/ external Mac compatible drive. If someone can solve my dilemma either e-mail or post is fine.
rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) (03/26/91)
In article <34886@mango.athertn.Atherton.COM>, ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black) writes: > [To run A-Max, ...] > You'll need the FAAASTROM firmware for the GVP controller, That's what ReadySoft wrote in their README file, but it's not true. If you are using a MountList entry instead of RDB automounting, "gvpscsi.amhd" does not require any Amiga-OS driver at all (i.e. you could even remove the driver ROM completely). Ralph
ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black) (03/27/91)
In article <12140@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> jimmy@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan) writes: >I have is that I have heard from friends that AmaxII will not work on >the harddrives unless WB 1.3 roms are installed on the Amiga. Not true. I have been using A-MaxII successfully with my hard drive (and GVP controller) with the 1.2 ROMs; I just boot from floppy, as you do. The only difference between 1.2 and 1.3 is the autoboot capability. Once you have booted, there is no operational difference. I also am waiting for the "imminent" release of the 2.0 ROMs. > Has anybody been able to create a Mac partition >and use that mac partition from AmaxII without WB 1.3 roms? If you did, I >would be very grateful if you would tell me how you did it. Yup, no problem. Just follow the instructions that come with the A-MaxII. You'll need the FAAASTROM firmware for the GVP controller, but I believe that all Series II controllers have it. Check with GVP to make sure; I had to buy a new ROM for $50 or so. You'll use the GVP setup utilities to partition your drive, and make sure your A-Max partition has "AMAX" as the first four characters of its name. It's easy. I've been using my A-MaxII for many months at this point, and am quite pleased with it. I much prefer the Amiga or Unix, but where I work we seem to have settled on using Macs for documentation/drawings/charts/slides, and it's nice to be able to work late nights at home instead of at the office. And with the 68030 accelerator in my Amiga, and a flicker-fixer on the display, it's quite a bit nicer and faster than the Mac Pluses at work! -Eric -- Eric Black "Garbage in, Gospel out" Atherton Technology, 1333 Bordeaux Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089 Email: ericb@Atherton.COM Voice: +1 408 734 9822
ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black) (03/29/91)
In article <07067.AA07067@babylon.rmt.sub.org> cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel) writes: >In article <34886@mango.athertn.Atherton.COM>, >ericb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Eric Black) writes: > >> [To run A-Max, ...] >> You'll need the FAAASTROM firmware for the GVP controller, > >That's what ReadySoft wrote in their README file, but it's >not true. If you are using a MountList entry instead of RDB >automounting, "gvpscsi.amhd" does not require any Amiga-OS >driver at all (i.e. you could even remove the driver ROM >completely). Well, it didn't work for me until I did get the new ROM. Must have been doing something wrong, and started doing it right, but I don't know what it was. -Eric -- Eric Black "Garbage in, Gospel out" Atherton Technology, 1333 Bordeaux Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089 Email: ericb@Atherton.COM Voice: +1 408 734 9822