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Section 9: Technical Details
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Q9.1) How do I get a faster interrupt timer than the centisecond ones?
For this you require the use of IOC Timer 1, a 2MHz timer unused by RISC OS and claimable by code for use. Details of how to program the timer are available in the IOC datasheets, or you could look for various PD utilities like TimerCtrl that handle the timer for you.
I am informed that the Acorn TimeCode system now lays claim to Timer 1 and that software using it is deprecated.
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Q9.2) How can I create Interlaced GIFs on Acorn machines?
Four utilities exist to let you create these.
spr2gif will take a sprite and convert it to a gif file. It will interlace and render transparent the gif as well. For the transparency it uses the colour of the first masked pixel it encounters in the sprite - suitable for automated gif image creating. (No need to twiddle with specifying transparency colours.)
WebGIF allows you to add transparency and interlacing to your GIFs as well.
Creator, from about v2.00, can create interlaced GIFs. However you have to specify the transparency colour directly.
And finally InterGIF not only can create interlaced, transparent GIFs but is capable of creating animated ones as well.
On top of these utilities an increasing number of commercial programs can create Interlaced GIFs, Photodesk being a prime example.
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Section 10: Risc PC PC Card Details
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When reading this section it must be remembered that all references to the Emulator software featured in this section are to the Risc PC PC Second Processor Card controlling software, and not to the older Software PC Emulator software released by Acorn.
Q10.1) What is the latest version of the Emulator software?
The latest, publicly released for all PC card owners, full version is 3.06 and it is available from the Aleph1 FTP & Web site. (http://www.aleph1.co.uk/) Features include memory up to 32Mb, fully redefinable 256 colour modes and the addition of directly accessed SCSI drives.
The very latest version of the software (v3.03) has been released commercially as PCPro. This features SA compatibility, speed enhancements, VESA video drivers, a debugged shared memory system for faster operation, improved support for Windows 95, DirectX drivers and a variety of other enhancements. Details of this software can be found on the Aleph1 web site.
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Q10.2) Why does the serial port not work after using the card?
With v1.87 of the controlling software if you choose 'Direct Serial', to enable the serial port under the emulator, and then quit the emulator it doesn't correctly release the serial port back to RISC OS. However a temporary patch is to uncomment the very last line of the !PC486.!Run file.
Run .!RunImage
|uncomment the next line if you need to use the serial port after using !PC
| RMreinit SerialDeviceDriver
Namely uncomment the RMreinit SerialDeviceDriver so that the above looks more like this.
Run .!RunImage
|uncomment the next line if you need to use the serial port after using !PC
RMreinit SerialDeviceDriver
Then you should find control of the serial port returned to RISC OS after you have finished with the emulator. As of v1.91 this has been fixed and the serial port will be released properly. The latest version can be obtained from the Aleph1 FTP site.
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Q10.3) Why do Windows programs give me incorrect colours in a 256 colour mode?
This can happen if you forgot to put a 'p' after colour descriptor in your Windows mode definition string. For example to configure the emulator to give windows a 1024x768 screen mode at 256 colours with fully programmable colours your string should look like this:-
x1024y768c256p
Note the p at the end of the line.
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Q10.4) How much memory can I configure for the PC Emulator?
Up to v1.86 of the software the upper limit was 16 MB of memory. As of v1.87 that has been raised up to 32 MB of memory. However, for some odd reason, after 16 MB of memory the memory can be only configured in 4 MB chunks. Consequently the possible values go 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,20,24,28 & 32 MB.
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Q10.5) Can I use Win95 with the card?
Yes, however the installation of it is slightly more complicated than (should be) normal for a PC. Choose a custom setup and inform the Win95 installer of what hardware you have present, under the Video driver section install the default VGA driver.
Then complete the install. Once it is installed you may then install the Arm video driver in a similar fashion as for the instructions for installing it under Windows 3.11. There are specific Windows 95 instructions for ARMDRV v1.99, this version also cures the occasional icon redraw problem with Windows95. You should then be away.
With PCPro specific Win95 installation files and instructions are provided for both the Windows video driver as well as the Sound Blaster emulation. Not to mention general instructions for installing Windows 95.
Win98 should work on 586 cards, but I've heard that it won't work on 486 cards.
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Q10.6) Can I resize my PC partition?
Yes, this is possible. However the procedure is extremely risky and should not be attempted if you cannot afford to lose the contents of your partition. Ensure that you either have a backup of the partition or are prepared to possibly have to reinstall everything.
First off run Defrag on your PC to collect all the files towards the start of the partition. This is best done from DOS, doing it from within Windows 95 most likely means that the shutdown procedure will scatter a few files about potentially causing problems for resizing.
Secondly use this BASIC program to change the size of the partition under RISC OS.
REM Resize parition file.
chan=OPENUP("Drive_C")
EXT#chan=
CLOSE#chan
Change the filename to suit the name of your PC partition and adjust the size in bytes to the new size of your partition. Increasing the size of the partition is safe, but when shrinking the partition care must be taken to not shrink the partition below the size of the actual files contained within it.
Finally once the partition size has been adjusted boot up your PC and run the program PRESIZER.EXE. This is a DOS partition resizer and should allow you to now adjust the partition table and FAT to the new size of your partition.
N.B. It must be stressed again that this is a very risky operation and could easily result in total data loss of your partition. Also the procedure has only been attempted for increasing the size of the partition, not shrinking it - I'd be interested in hearing from people who have attempted to shrink their partition to know if it works.
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Section 11: Hardware Compatibility
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Q11.1) What IDE drives work on Acorn machines?
Note (added on 2nd Dec 1998): This list really needs a complete overhaul, which I am hoping to carry out, now that I have taken over the FAQ from Philip. Please keep an eye out for announcements of any updates. In the meantime, please feel free to notify me of any additions/amendments to the information provided below.
Here is a list of IDE drives known to either work or not work with Acorn hardware. If the drive appears with no notes then it will work fine with the machine specified. This list is maintained by Toby Smith (tcs@cs.bham.ac.uk) and all corrections, additions and updates should be emailed to him. Many thanks to those who have contributed their info.
The IDE Drives & Interfaces What Works With What list (19th October 1996)
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Manufacturer Part Number Size Interface Notes
Quantum Sirocco 2560 Std/RiscPC New Filecore
Seagate 2150 Std/RiscPC
IBM Aquarius 2148 Std/RiscPC
WstnDigtl Caviar 2148 Std/RiscPC [6]
Samsung WA32163A 2062 Simtec IDE
IBM DJAA-31700 1740 Std/RiscPC
Quantum SR1700AT 1740 Std/RiscPC
NEC DSE1700A 1700 Std/RiscPC M-CDU76E S-CFS210A
WestDig WD31600 1638 ICS (FS 3.13) (Partition on old filecore)
Quantum FB1280AT 1310 Std/RiscPC M-ToshibaXM5302B CDROM S-CFS420A
Conner CFS1275A 1275 Std/RiscPC M-CFS425 S-CFS420A S-CFS210A
Seagate ST51270A 1223 Std/RiscPC M-CFS425 M-SonyCDU6ECDR
Fujitsu M160TAU 1089 Std/RiscPC Wont master.
Quantum Fireball 1080 ICS/RiscPC
Quantum Fireball 1024 Std/RiscPC
Seagate 31220A 1024 ICS/RiscPC Master only
Seagate ST580A 850 Std/RiscPC
Conner CFS850A 850 ICS (FS 3.12) M-M2684TAM [1]
Samsung SHD-30560A 560 Std/RiscPC M-CP3204F S-QMav540A
WstrnDigtl Caviar 2540 540 Std/RiscPC E-IDE
WstrnDigtl WD2540H 540 Std/RiscPC
Conner CFA540A 540 [4]
Quantum 540 DT Soft Format to 512M
Fujitsu 1603T 540 Std/A5000 RPC Format 1023cyls = 503Mb space
Quantum Maverick 540A 540 Std/RiscPC M-CP3204F M-SHD30560A
Conner CFS540A 540 Std/RiscPC Formats to 512M
Conner CFS541A 540 Std/A5000 M-CP30104H EIDE (512M = 1039 cyls)
Fujitsu M2684TAM 528 ICS Real 504M S-H3171-A2 [3]
IBM DSAA-3540 528 Std/RiscPC Odd noises! [3]
Seagate ST5660A 528 Std/RiscPC Format to 512M (1039 Cycls)
Quantum LPS540A 504 Std/RiscPC
Fujitsu M2684TAM 504 ICS (FS 3.13) S-ST9145AG
Conner CFS425A 425 Std/AnyAcorn Doesn't link to CFS210A and CFS425A
WstrnDigtl Caviar 420 Std/RiscPC [6]
Conner CFS420A 420 Std/Acorn Evolution # M-CP3044 M-CFS210A M-FB1280AT
Seagate 420 ICS
Maxtor 7420AV 420 ICS
Conner CP30424 (?) 420 ICS
Seagate ST3491A 408 [2]
Maxtor 7345A 340 Std/RiscPC S-CFS210. Wont work alone
Fujitsu M286T 340 Watford M-S-NEC D3756
Seagate ST3389A 335 Std/RPC Evolution/A5000
Quantum Prodrive 270 HCCS/A440 RPC
Seagate ST9300AG 260 Watford S-CFS420A 2.5 drive
Conner CP30254 250 ICS M-CP3044 S-CFS420A
WstrnDigtl 250 ICS
Seagate ST3290A 250 A310
Conner CFN250A 240 HCCSUltimate/A3010
Conner CFS210A 210 Std/RiscPC # S-CFS420A
Conner CP3204F 210 Std/RiscPC S-QMav540A
Conner CP3204F 210 Evolution
WstrnDigtl Caviar 200 Std/AnyAcorn WILL NOT WORK (poss [6])
IBM H3171-A2 171 ICS M-M2984TAM Real 163MB
Conner CP30174E 170 Std/A5000
SyQuest EX135i 135 Std/RiscPC700
Maxtor 7120 130 ICS Disable on-disc cache. (ICS util)
Seagate ST3144A 120 A310
Quantum LPS127A 120 ICS
Castle 120 Castle/A3000
Conner CP30104H 116 Std/A5000 S-CP540A
SyQuest SQ3105 AT 105 Std/A5000 M-CP3044 S-CFS420A
NEC D3756 100 Watford M-S-M286T
Rodime RO3139AP 100 Watford Works alone wont co-exist.
Maxtor 7080 85 ICS Disable on-disc cache. (ICS util)
Conner CP3085 (?) 85 ICS Running off computer's PSU too!
Conner CF3008E 80 Std/A5000 A4000 #
Maxtor 80 ICS (FS 2.03)
Conner CP30084E 80 Std/A5000 M-S-CP3044 Use links on base
not drive face.
Seagate ST51A/X 40 Std/RiscPC S-CFS420A
Seagate ST351A/X 40 Watford IDE
Conner CP3044 40 Std/A5000 # S-SQ3105 AT
PrairieTek 20 ICS (FS 2.01)
NEC CDR-273 CDROM Std/RiscPC600
Aztech CDROM Std/RiscPC700
NEC CDR-273 4x CDROM Std/RiscPC
NEC CDR-1300A 6x CDROM Std/RiscPC
NEC CDR1400A 8x CDROM Std/RiscPC
BTC BCD 739 8X CDROM Std/RiscPC Wont in Risc OS, will on PC-Card...
Phillips PCA53 5x CDROM Std/RiscPC Wont in Risc OS, will on PC-Card...
Creatv Labs Hex-Speed CDROM Std/RiscPC
Enlargements to notes:
[1] Formatted to 3 partitions 248M 248M & 316M (to get small LFAU)
[2] Seagate ST3491A Wont S/M to CFS240A (High end A5000). Will slave to CFS420A (Risc PC)
[3] This drive recalibrates for thermal adjustments every 10mins, making a click.
[4] CFA drives will work with RISC OS 3.60 (new Risc PCs, A7000) but not with older versions of the Acorn IDE interface. They will work on ICS interfaces though. (Badly defined part of IDE spec aparently)
[5] The HCCS interface apparently doesn't like podule slot 0, but is happy in others.
[6] WD Caviars often have initialisation problems - there is a fix elsewhere in the FAQ for this.
Understanding the list:
- Interface = 'Std/****' indicates the IDE interface provided with the specified machine as part of the standard purchase package.
- M-XXXXXX -Fitted as Master to drive (slave drive part number given)
S-XXXXXX -Fitted as Slave to drive (Master drive part number given)
- A '#' in the notes section indicates a drive provided as standard in an Acorn machine (at some point in history)
- Sizes quoted are the 'manufacturer' sizes (for purchasing reference) remember that manufacturer Megabytes are 1000k, whereas formatted megabytes are 1024K... to get the 'real' size; multiply the number given by 1000, then divide by 1024.
- Drives over 1Gigabyte are quoted in terms of megabytes (hence a 1G drive will be listed as 1024M) This is so that the list sorts nicely - divide the number by 1024 to get the size in gigabytes...
- Master / Slave information usually refers to other drives in the list!
Disclaimer: This list reports the reported experiences of others. Neither the maintainer, nor the contributors are definitely saying that these combinations will work - just that they have for them. So don't sue us!
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Q11.2) What are the master / slave link settings for my IDE Drive?
Most of the modern drives have this information nicely on a label on the top of the drive, but some of the earlier ones don't. There follows a list of drive settings for some of the packaged drives.
Extra submissions to Toby Smith (tcs@cs.bham.ac.uk)
DRIVE AS SOLE AS MASTER AS SLAVE
HSP C/D DSP ACT HSP C/D DSP ACT HSP C/D DSP ACT
CP3044 - y - y - y y y - - - y
CP3008E - y - - - y - - - - - -
CP30126 - y - - - y y - - - - -
CP30174E - y - - - y - - - - - -
CFS210A - y - - - y - - - - - -
CFS420A - y - - - y - - - - - -
Link connectors are on the front of the drive, the narrower end that doesn't have the cables coming in, next to the activity light connector (which is missing on Risc PC Drives - it's on the motherboard)
It should also be noted that if you need an extra linker don't expect it to have been provided (notably on the CF3008E, the 80M drive in the A4000 & A5000.)
(Details translated from table by Dave Walker, as published in Acorn User Sept 95. Not all permutations have been tested, and we ain't promising!)
Extra submissions welcome!
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Q11.3) Why won't my Western Digital IDE drive won't work after a cold boot?
Due to an obscure interaction between Acorn's IDE implementation and the Western Digital drives a problem occurs in that the computer becomes unable to find the Boot record that details the shape, format and other data of the hard drive. This results in a somewhat alarming and frustrating series of error messages that seem to indicate that the drive isn't formatted at all.
(And by extension implying that you have lost all your information stored on the drive.)
Fortunately that isn't the case. In reality your information is safe and sound on the drive and you merely need to give ADFS a helping hand in finding the boot record, after which it can carry on as normal. This BASIC program supplies dummy values to ADFS that allow it to do that.
REM> Specify
drive%=4
DIM rec% 64
FOR I%=0 TO 60 STEP 4:rec%!I%=0:NEXT
rec%?00= 9 : REM Sector size, 2^9 = 512
rec%?01= 8 : REM Sectors per track
rec%?02= 1 : REM Heads
rec%!16=4096 : REM Disc size in bytes
rec%?41= 0 : REM LBA mode disabled
SYS "ADFS_SectorDiscOp",,15+(rec%<<6),drive%<<29
END
(Thanks to Eduard Pfarr for this program.)
Running this program once, during boot up, will allow the drive to be used normally. This does mean, for the moment, that you cannot boot from a Western Digital IDE drive.
NB for RISC OS 3.10, or earlier versions of RISC OS, you will need to replace the ADFS_SectorDiscOp with an ADFS_DiscOp call instead.
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Q11.4) What works with what?
This list contains details of peripherals known to work on Acorn computers, and is intended as a rough guide for those wanting to upgrade.
The list covers all storage devices: hard discs, magneto-optical drives, tape, CD-rom, and related interfaces. It also covers modems, serial cards and printers.It does not cover IDE hard discs, as these are covered in a separate list in the FAQ.
This list is based on information from users, but it's fairly out of date now. If you have new information, corrections, suggestions or if you just want to tell me how good it is, please contact me.
If you have any equipment which you no longer require, please consider donating it to Archive magazine or Clares Micro Supplies, who will find a deserving home for it. Contact Paul Beverley at paul@archivemag.co.uk or DClare@Clares.demon.co.uk
Note that in all the following lists the interface refers to the computer and not the peripheral.
Hard discs
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A310 46MB Seagate ST157N SCSI-1 Cumana/Oak none
A310 46MB Seagate ST277N SCSI-1 Oak Use Acorn SCSIFiler
with RO3.1
A310 47MB Seagate 257 SCSI-8 Lingenuity none
A310 60MB Seagate ST-277N SCSI Oak Ext Apple
A310/4Mb 80Mb Quantum P80S SCSI Oak none
A310 87Mb Fujitsu M2612S SCSI-U Morley none
0608
A310 100Mb Quantum LP105S SCSI-U Morley none
A310 105M Quantum Prodrive SCSI Oak none
A310 105MB Rodime RO-3128T SCSI-1 Morley none
A310 105MB Syquest SQ105S SCSI-1 Morley none
A310 110MB Rodime RO-5125ST SCSI Oak Ext Apple
A310 117MB Quantum LP120S SCSI VTi/Alsys RO3.1+PowerROM
A310 191Mb Maxtor LXT-200S SCSI Lingenuity none
A310 210MB Conner CP3200F SCSI Oak Ext Apple
A310/4Mb 210Mb Quantum PD210S SCSI Oak none
A310 240MB Quantum LPS240S SCSI-1 Morley none
A310 270MB Syquest SQ3270S SCSI-1 Morley none
A310 330Mb Seagate ST2383N SCSI-U Morley none
A310 340Mb Conner CFA340 SCSI-1 Cumana/Oak none
A310 496MB Fujitsu M2624S SCSI VTi/Alsys RO3.1+PowerROM
A310 516Mb Quantum Maverick SCSI-U Morley none
540S 0901
A310 540MB Quantum Fireball SCSI-1 Morley none
A310 700Mb Quantum LIGHTNING SCSI Lingenuity none
730S
A410/1 170MB Quantum LPS170 SCSI-C Morley none
ProDrive
A410/1 115MB IBM 7910A12 SCSI-C Morley none
A410/1 213M Maxtor 7213S SCSI-U Morley none
A410/1 1GB HP C2247 SCSI-U Morley none
A420/1 730MB Quantm LT730S SCSI TSP/AAD 512Mb max.
A420/1 330MB Maxtor 7345S SCSI TSP/AAD none
A4xx/1 40MB Seagate ST251/1 ST506 Acorn ext Case+PSU
A4xx/1 40MB Seagate ST251/0 ST506 Acorn ext Case+PSU
A4xx/1 40MB NEC D3156 ST506 Acorn none
A4xx/1 68MB Seagate ST1100 ST506 Acorn none
A400/1 523MB IBM DSAS-3540 SCSI-16 Cumana none
A440/1 240M Quantum LPS240S SCSI-U Morley none
A440/1 1G Micropolis 4110 SCSI-U Morley none
A440 66M Rodime RO3085S SCSI Lingenuity none
A540 116Mb Conner CP30100 SCSI Acorn 1.05 none
R140 330MB Maxtor 7345S SCSI Acorn MK3 (Used with RISCiX)
R140 730MB Quantm LT730S SCSI Acorn MK3 (Used with RISCiX)
A3000 42MB NEC D3835 SCSI Serial port(VTi)
A3000 51Mb Quantum LP52S SCSI } Cumana none
A3000 81Mb Quantum ELS85S SCSI } Cumana none
A3000 105M Quantum LP105S SCSI HCCS-8i none
A3000 540M IBM DSAS-3540 SCSI HCCS-8i doesn't work!
A3000 730M Quantum LT730S SCSI HCCS-8i none
A4000 1G IBM DPES31080 SCSI HCCS none
A5000 340MB Quantum LPS340S SCSI Cumana none
A5000 540M Conner CP30540 SCSI1 Cumana none
A5000 1.06G Conner CFP1060S SCSI-2 Cumana none
A4 520M Fujitsu M2684S PSCSI Atomwide bid parallel
RPC600 110MB Rodime RO-5125ST SCSI Oak Ext Apple
RPC600 116MB Conner CP30100 SCSI-1 Alsystems none
RPC600 121Mb Maxtor 7120SCS SCSI-2 Cumana none
RPC600 163MB Quantum ELS170S pll SCSI Atomwide none
RPC600 163MB Quantum ELS170S SCSI Oak none
RPC600 163MB Quantum ELS170S SCSI-2 Castle tec none
RPC600 163MB Quantum ELS170S SCSI Morley-U&C none
RPC600 210MB Conner CP3200F SCSI Oak Ext Apple
RPC600 317MB Imprimis 94241-7 SCSI-1 Alsystems none
RPC600 496Mb Fujitsu M2624F-512 SCSI-1 TSP/AAD none
RPC600 496MB Fujitsu M2624F-512 SCSI-1 Alsystems none
RPC600 502MB Quantum ProDrive525S SCSI2 Alsystems none
RPC600 507MB Fujitsu M2684S-512 SCSI-2 Alsystems none
RPC600 523Mb IBM DSAS-3540 SCSI-2 Cumana filecore limit
RPC600 550MB Quantum Fireball SCSI-2 MCS none
RPC600 650Mb Cumana Proteus SCSI-2 Cumana New Filecore
RPC600 850MB Quantum TRB850S SCSI-2 Cumana none
RPC600 1Gb Quantum Fireball SCSI-2 Cumana none
FB1080
RPC600 1G Micropolis 4110 SCSI-U Morley none
RPC600 1.7G Quantum Sirocco SCSI-2 Cumana New Filecore
RPC600 2.1Gb Fujitsu 2915 SCSI-2 Cumana New Filecore
RPC600 2.5G Quantum Sirocco SCSI-2 Cumana New Filecore
RPC700 105M Quantum LP105S SCSI-2 Alsystems none
RPC700 140M Fujitsu M2624SA SCSI-U Morley none
RPC700 340MB Maxtor 7345A IDE Acorn none
RPC700 540M Conner CP30540 SCSI1 Cumana none
RPC700 730M Quantum LT730S SCSI-2 Alsystems none
RPC700 2G Quantum Atlas scsi-2 Alsystems early drives noisy *
RPC700 520M Seagate ST3660A IDE Acorn none
RPC700 1G Fujitsu M1614TAU IDE Acorn none
RPC700 1.6G Conner CFS1621A IDE Acorn none
RPC700 1,6G WD AC31600H IDE Acorn slow startup, fast drive
RPC700 1.7G NEC D3747 IDE Acorn none
RPC700 2G Fujitsu M1624TAU IDE Acorn none
RPC700 2G Seagate ST32161A IDE Acorn none
RPC700 2.1GB WD AC21000 IDE Acorn none
RPC700SA 520M Seagate ST3660A IDE Acorn none
RPC700SA 1.6G Conner CFS1621A IDE Acorn none
RPC700SA 2G Seagate ST32132A IDE Acorn none
* RiscPC cases amplify vibrations from drives. According to Quantum technical support, drives with high spin speeds need to be internally balanced like car wheels to avoid vibration. Their first models (including the Atlas range) were not balanced, but current models are. Apparently the vibrations do not affect performance or reliability.
Non-working combinations
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A410/1 1GB HP C2247 SCSI-8 Lingenuity did not work
A3000 540M IBM DSAS-3540 SCSI HCCS-8i doesn't work!
A310/OS3.1/MEMC1A/ARM3 SCSI VTi see below
This combination has been reported to be troublesome due to timing problems on the bus. This problem does not occur with a standard A310. If the problem is found to be present, it can be fixed by fitting a 2nF capacitor across the /BL pull-up resistor.
Removable hard discs
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A310 105MB Syquest - SCSI Oak none
A440/1 88MB Syquest SQ5110 SCSI-U Morley none
A410/1 105MB Syquest - SCSI-U Morley none
A3000 135MB SyQuest EZ135 SCSI Cumana none
A3000 270MB Syquest SQ3270 SCSI HCCS-8i MOFS (!MagOpt)
A5000 135MB SyQuest EZ135 SCSI Cumana none
A5000 270MB Syquest SQ327 SCSI-2 Alsystems none
A4 105MB Syquest - PSCSI Atomwide bid none
parallel
RPC600 88MB Syquest SQ5110 SCSI-2 Cumana none
RPC600 105MB Syquest - IDE ICS none
RPC600 105MB Syquest - SCSI-2 Castle none
RPC600 105MB Syquest - SCSI Oak none
RPC600 105MB Syquest SQ3105S SCSI-2 Castle none
RPC600 135MB Syquest EZ135 IDE ICS minor bugs
RPC600 135MB Syquest EZ135 SCSI-C Morley none
RPC600 200MB Syquest SQ5200C SCSI-2 Cumana none
RPC600 1GB Iomega JAZ SCSI-2 PowerTec none
RPC600SA 105MB Syquest SQ3105S SCSI-2 Castle none
RPC600SA 1GB Iomega JAZ SCSI-2 PowerTec none
RPC700 135MB SyQuest EZ135 SCSI Cumana 16bit none
RPC700 135MB SyQuest EZ135 SCSI Cumana 32bit none
RPC700 135MB SyQuest EZ135 SCSI-2 Alsystems none
RPC700 135MB SyQuest EZ135 IDE Acorn none
RPC700 270MB SyQuest SQ3270 SCSI Cumana 16bit none
RPC700 270MB SyQuest SQ3270 SCSI Cumana 32bit
Care needed with flash rom software upgrades
RPC700 270MB SyQuest SQ3270 SCSI Alsystems none
RPC700 270MB Syquest SQ3270 SCSI-2 Alsystems none
Firmware 3_05 and above recommended
CD ROM
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Computer Speed Manuf. Model Interface Interface Special
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A310 3.4x Toshib XM5201 SCSI-1 Cuman/Oak CDX driver
A310 1x Sony CDU-541 SCSI-U Morley none
A310 2x Matsushita CR-503 SCSI VTi/Alsys RO3.1+PowerROM
A410/1 2x Apple CD300 SCSI-C Morley AppleSony module
A410/1 2x Sanyo CRD-250S SCSI-2 Morley none
A420/1 2x Apple CD300e SCSI TSP/AAD CDFS 2.2+ driver
A3000 2x Toshiba XM-3401TA SCSI HCCS-8i none
A3000 4.4x Toshiba XM-3601TA SCSI HCCS-8i IOC CDFS SCSI2 driver
A5000 2x Toshiba XM-3401TA SCSI Cumana EESOX CDFS_SCSI2 driver for photocd
A5000 2x Aiwa ACD300 SCSI-2 Alsystems none
A5000 4.4x Pioneer DR-U124X SCSI-2 Cumana Eesox SCSI2dr
RPC600 2x Nakamichi MBR-7 SCSI-2 Cumana Eesox SCSI2 7cd changer
RPC600 2x Apple CD300e SCSI Acorn MK3 CDFS 2.2+ driver
RPC600 2x Cumana Indigo IDE Cumana none
RPC600 - Plextor PX-4XCS SCSI-2 Cumana
RPC600 4x Cumana Proteus SCSI-2 Cumana
RPC600 4x Sanyo CRD-254S SCSI-2 Cumana EESOX scsi2 driver
RPC600 4x Sony CDU76S SCSI-2 Cumana Eesox SCSI2 driver
RPC600 4x Sony CDU77E IDE Acorn RiscOs3.7/SA
RPC600 4x Toshiba XM-3601TA SCSI-1 TSP/AAD EESOX SCSI2 driver
RPC600 4x Cumana Proteus SCSI-2 Cumana none
RPC600 4x Panasonic PD-1 LF1000SCSI-2 Power-tec none
RPC600 4x NEC Multispin SCSI-2 Power-tec none
RPC600 4x Matsushita CR-504 SCSI-2 Power-tec none
RPC600 4x Hitachi CDR-770 IDE Acorn Cumana/Powertec ATAPI
RPC700 4.4x Toshiba XM-3601TA SCSI-2 Alsystems none
RPC600 6x Mitsumi FX600 IDE Acorn CDFS2.30 or RO 3.6
RPC600 6x TEAC CD-56E IDE Acorn CDFS2.30 or RO 3.6
RPC600 7x Toshiba XM-3701TA SCSI-2 Cumana Eesox SCSI2
