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Post by capitala1 on Jun 23, 2006 19:41:01 GMT -5
Anyone had trouble w/ scsi zips thats been resolved. And could u please share your story of how you got the problem resolved. Thank You
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Post by showpony4 on Jul 7, 2006 1:10:48 GMT -5
Probably best if you detail what the problem you have is...t here are too many potential problems to choose from.
For me, Rule number 1 for SCSI is - ALWAYS turn on SCSI device first. Thirty seconds later, insert disk, thirty seconds after that, power up ASR. When turning off, remove disk, then turn off the SCSI Drive and then turn off ASR> SCSI=first on and first off everytime.
Other major problem I had was with the particular disks I was using. Turned out that there was a set of poorly manufactured Syquest 1-5 mb cartridges from Hong Kong and I had three of the bastards! Caused me no end of grief including totally trashing my drive when the seocnd one failed and losing half a library of sounds.
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Post by BumpInThaNight on Jul 7, 2006 15:38:43 GMT -5
Dont quote me on this but...
I had problems with my SCSI set up, specifically because it's a daisy chain consisting of 2 Iomega zip drive 100's and one CDR. You gotta make sure your termination is correct on the back of these units, IE, I went from my SCSI output from the ASR to zip one, then to zip two, then to the CDR. Each zip needs to correspond with what designated slot the ASR is looking for. In other words, I hit *change storage device= 5*, zip one should be set (switch on the back) to 5. If I hit *change storage device= 6*, zip two is set to 6 on the back. The CDR is by default #7, and should be set to "terminate" on the back, so the ASR knows that is the end of the chain.
I dont know how many people have more than one device chained togeather, but it's a great convinience once you've got it dialed in. Now I'm trying to figure out how to format my own Zips from my PC and be able to transfer WAV files that way.... = virtually infinate storage = LOVE. Haha Hope this helped
edit: as far as booting up and shutting down as Pony stated, I dont have much of a delay for whatever reason. I can power up the zips and within a second or two boot up the ASR 10. I have the OS on zip 5. BUT I do have to start the SCSI devices FIRST because regarless of where your OS is, it must be started first, otherwise the ASR wont boot correctly.
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Post by showpony4 on Jul 9, 2006 18:58:34 GMT -5
I should clarify...the reason I give the drive a little time when booting up is that it just seems to be a bit more reliable that way. I never get a crash if I delay between operations when booting up, but I sometimes do get a crash if I don't. My Drive (and half of my disks) were purchased new in 1992. 14 years of successful operation (touch wood!) so far...
It pays to be extra careful with them as SCSI is a fairly sensitive format compared to others, and I learnt the hard way after a total breakdown of a Syquest drive in 1996. Mind you, I beleive Iomega and other more recent SCSI devices are more stable than mine.
NB I still always boot up the SCSI first, even if I want to use an OS from a floppy as the ASR often can't 'see' the SCSI drive if you try to change device to get some sounds off it, and crashes are more likely.
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