Short: New SCSI device for Blizzards Author: gzenz@ernie.mi.uni-koeln.de (Gideon Zenz) Uploader: gzenz ernie mi uni-koeln de (Gideon Zenz) Type: driver/media Architecture: m68k-amigaos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- PURPOSE Everybody who owns the SCSI-Kit-IV for his Blizzard accelerator, and who owns removable drives like ZIP, streamers etc knows the problem: Crashes, SCSI bus lockups etc, which only go away if he switches reseletcion and removable off via UnitControl. But who looked on Phase5`s ftp server could see a nice improvement: there is in /pub/phase5/beta/scsi/ a new SCSI Rom 8.1 available! And even more nice news: It`s not developed any more by Ralph Schmidt, so there could be some improvements! And there are some: The problem with reselection and removable has (nearly) gone away, so you finally can use your streamer/zip/whatever without never ending crashes! But what the hell can you do with a simple ROM image? Again pay $$ for an update, so you finally can work a bit better with your expensive hardware? Well, this is where SoftSCSI comes: It`s a software patch, so you can use the new 1230scsi.device v 8.1 without any hardware changes! USAGE & INSTALLATION Very easy: First copy at least the files SoftSCSI and A1234.ROM of this archive in your C: assign. Now put in the first line of your startup-sequence this one: C:SoftSCSI NOTE: If you use other programs like FastEXEC, KickBlizz etc., there is a NORES option, so you won`t have multiple resets. An example: C:SoftSCSI NORES C:FastEXEC C:KickBlizz MyROM TECHNICAL This paragraph is for advanced users only, so don`t get mad because you don`t understand a word :) It`s quite a bit hacky, but it works :^) To understand it, you need to know a bit about the autoconfig(TM) process. SoftSCSI hooks itself right after the expansion.library in the KickTagPtr. On a reboot, expansion.lib now configures our expansion board, the blizzard, and the Blizzard rom itself configures the SCSI rom, if present. Thereafter SoftSCSI initalizes the original Blizzard config area anew, using the new scsi rom, so when the autoboot process starts, not the original scsi.device but the new one will be called. That`s all folks. GREETS I`m greeting all of the Phase5 support line, hopefully this will relieve you a bit :-) HISTORY v1.0 (27-Nov-96) - Initial release FUTURE - Do a Fastlane, Cyberstorm MK I and B2060 version. DISCLAIMER The included files "A1234.ROM" and "scsi.readme" are taken from ftp.phase5.de and are © by Phase5 Digital Products! They aren`t in any way modified, and just included for the comfort of the users of SoftSCSI. This software is subject to the "Standard Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note" It is Freeware as defined in paragraph 4a. For more information please read "AFD-COPYRIGHT" (Version 1 or higher). AUTHOR If you have some comments, please don`t hesitate to contactme! Gideon Zenz Giersbergstr. 41 53229 Bonn GERMANY EMail: gzenz@ernie.mi.uni-koeln.de -Gideon Zenz, 27-Oct-96 SECURITY If you want to be shure you have the original programs, check with "md5sum -c SoftSCSI.readme". (md5sum is part of the PGP package), and of cause check the integrity of this readme with PGP! 97ff19e7f9bc823259401c55dbd70b13 *SoftSCSI - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3ia mQCNAi3izr8AAAEEAMi+7o+iKDG26t8EuoX0NJ92iwhkviRC3GdJ1Uvef4+xJA3V ey20ZnzBg/OokPdo0a3VxhwyjD2auyFmp7DLupQTko7Wx2zLk19EzVBxI6NggUev ep+eaVvAi8V/YosYh0Xg4/dScOq391irO6k9+BPqkQPH+bRNCUBgnhXGkfElAAUR tClHaWRlb24gWmVueiA8Z3plbnpARXJuaWUuTUkuVW5pLUtvZWxuLkRFPokBFQMF EDH2trkAYAKC86RPCQEBgTUH/A8KTc/9NKi/mbzkPGUyywI3krp/HqGDAQVN89QF ynq5PtTSuKy5Q4DAmJwQ4gna9GJQytme1YbaXKjNNxMi2b33Rhd9aj5HKVHx6bRg uJ7LpgAotz6FuI6Ny76V1ccwQQnbxroy+EKOR2uOnOh/Gr4NbVz1QTVqksYyp/T5 rwI1esgJlTKxow6Y9BAutyC4M3n9Snc6sViGQwZsH9Xxts9c9meI7LRjleWjSFcl 7LuZVyf6LFFuzo9jQQTt+Ak69wCeN4Qq5oTzLJQa9KzgQaxj70oP9LyTPBkdYPWH a+JYPCxgyBojY8igq7PmSRiMnJKhWkQx+uRQbnpuDHPgvgSJAJUDBRAx0dc3QGCe FcaR8SUBAciDA/4qaRFv5KZGlIbAeGphlR33+aBjMZDf1MlC1QcIk2yPY9tTMIis z06IckZw7Oq+RVBmJOvOZtJJJuVCuufyHKSg3+HRj6YE4lQ7/ojCU7yPcrdfny4o LKEpehRB/F89Mzan7cjyLI9qH07I2wq7a9wCwP4BDpa0lxMAQd9Uk+UN6g== =qm/Q - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAwUBMpyGJ0BgnhXGkfElAQG5ZgP/W77mWjElVEB4+83FF8dIc/Bp5jVd7ASi ojz7qc1LuWLUjcjiux7WZp6nJyficRpF+tBVVJZVMKS3Jeu050j5ueMqv31RZ7kq FS1sDBnOK6ceT3FTxr9Rf9nC7KJUyyqtU/qQYP52cwNPbHwVTwmC9e4ieNuMVIi+ 3ceG9XhdPUk= =Eu43 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----