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The hunt for my SCSI starts...

Somewhere in amongst 20 years of dust...

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...Is more dust... :lol:

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oh wow ethernec.. I know that thing worked originally.. Maybe I can use that on the Falcon ? :shrug:

And double wow @Icky In amongst even more does is that what I think it is... Lost throughout the centuries... I think I chucked the case away for that a few years back because I thought I chucked the board :lol: :roll:

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ahhhh yes, overclocking the CT60 with a adjustable 3.3V rail.

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And looky looky what we have here... Looks like there was some WIP going on there :lol: Now back to the archives to find the cable...

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Weeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeee Click click click click click click click click click.........

(none of that fake emulated BS sound effect things you get these days! :lol: This is the real deal, oh yeah! 8-) )

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[Icky]

And double wow @Icky In amongst even more dust is that what I think it is... Lost throughout the centuries... I think I chucked the case away for that a few years back because I thought I chucked the board :lol: :roll:

A Gigafile!

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This is what was installed

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However this version seems to go completely nuts with byte swapping.

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And it also pretty much crashes every time you click on something :roll: So as not talk about this version again... Ever... :lol:


Moving onto 11.01

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So while I can transfer files between PC <> ST the by swapping has to be enabled. However as noted in the box, the Falcon can no longer AutoBoot from IDE :(

I did try trying to manually set a TOS & DOS type partition.. Like GEM for the BOOT so Falcon is happy.. then a second partition for DOS. But everything seemed to ultimately fail. There does not seem to be a way to just simply select byte swapping on one partition :(

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I think what was defing me before, was because TOS & WINDOWS could be used with and without byte swapping.. But it simply does not work without it enabled. So I think that is partly what was confusing me in all this :roll:

So the only way this would ever work is to have TOS & WINDOWS & BYTE SWAPPING all enabled and boot from floppy. Unless I'm missing something?

How I think about it I am sure PP driver could handle this type of stuff... I will have to try and find out and see if it will work on the Falcon.

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Found PP Partitioner . On windows it finds P1.. So that is how I remember it.

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There is actually 2 partitions on the card.

Problem is I cannot work out how to actually AutoBoot IDE on the falcon now ? Is possible I never actually had a copy of the IDE driver part ? Cannot really remember now :(

Anyone have any ideas about this ??

[dml]

IIRC you can't have windows compatibility/bytesewapping on the same partition that you are booting on F030. But if you have extra partitions (or more likely, removable drives) you can have both types mounted at once.

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Autobooting is just a case of choosing the 'install hddriver' thingy from the menu. But the boot partition has to be native partition format not Windows.

[dml]

PP driver is not likely to be friendly on F030... put your hard hat on :)

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PP driver is not likely to be friendly on F030... put your hard hat on :)

Driver for IDE adapters
Features:
TOS/DOS compatible multiple partitions
Easy selection of active C partititon during boot
Low RAM usage, fast work - pure ASM code
Works on ST, STE, Mega ST, Mega STE - if equipped with regular IDE IF . Falcon .
Min TOS v. : 1.00
Max partition size is 1024 MB - only Falcon with TOS 4.04
HW high-low byte swap option for faster work
Virtual floppy feature - optional
Easy usage, no Timer dependance - good for gamers

The Partitioner seems to work fine. I can save files on the PC to it. I just cannot access it on my Falcon because I think I never had a IDE driver program from him.

I wonder if anyone on here is still speaking to him to actually buy the driver for me :lol: :roll: :hide:

Failing that because I have my original boot drive and STING is on there.. I would assume plugging in EtherNEC should allow me to connect back up to my network.. hmmm... But I have not used this stuff for over 20 years now. This is why I like floppies, I know where I am with floppies. LONG LIVE THE FLOPPY! :lol:

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So EtherNEC is on 192.168.1.200 I have binded the IP address to the MAC address. The router sometimes sees the ping, but replies on a different IP address ?!

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:dizzy:

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So each time I try to connect to the FTP server on the Falcon, it crashes :cry: :cry:

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