Old HCCS hard drive

[Gerald Holdsworth]

"Jochen Lueg" <tudor@argonet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4c14a42e29tudor@argonet.co.uk... Hello I was trying to get an A310 operational again. Because the RAM batteries had more or less disintegrated I have lost the original settings. The machine was fitted with a small IDE drive. This is a 2.5 inch unit mounted on a card and the ROM is labelled A400 IDE V1.00. No matter what values I give the configure variables the drive produces an error. The same happens with a spare drive I found in a box. I'm looking for the correct configure values for IDEFSTimer, IDEFSDelay and IDEFSFirCache. There may well be something else I am not aware of. Does anybody know?


I have an HCCS manual in front of me, and on the first page it says...

*Con. IDEFSDiscs 1 [RETURN]
*Con. IDEFSDrive 4 [RETURN]
*Con. IDEFSDelay 8 [RETURN]
*Con. IDEFSTimer 4 [RETURN]
*Con. IDEFSDircache 32 [RETURN]
[CTRL]+[BREAK]

Hope this helps.

Gerald.

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[Ben Harris]

In article <4c1568294btudor@argonet.co.uk>,
Jochen Lueg <tudor@argonet.co.uk> wrote:Those are about the values that I entered. They don't work with the smallcard mounted drive but they do work with a separate standard drive alsofrom HCCS.

I don't know if it's relevant, but I think on these cards the three IDE
connectors (internal 3.5", internal 2.5", and external) are three separate
IDE buses, so you might need different configurations for drives on
different connectors.

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[Paul C Robinson]

In article <4c1568294btudor@argonet.co.uk>, Jochen Lueg
<URL:mailto:tudor@argonet.co.uk> wrote: In article <3f1b992d$0$2877$afc38c87@vipnews>, Gerald Holdsworth <spamblock@zoom.co.uk> wrote:


I recall having to type something like
*con. UltimateIDE ON
and doing a control break befor typing in any other commands.
Hope that helps.
I have an HCCS manual in front of me, and on the first page it says... *Con. IDEFSDiscs 1 [RETURN] *Con. IDEFSDrive 4 [RETURN] *Con. IDEFSDelay 8 [RETURN] *Con. IDEFSTimer 4 [RETURN] *Con. IDEFSDircache 32 [RETURN] [CTRL]+[BREAK] Thanks Gerald and Reg Those are about the values that I entered. They don't work with the small card mounted drive but they do work with a separate standard drive also from HCCS. Thanks again Jochen

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[druck]

On 2 Aug 2003 Paul C Robinson <Paul@havaccnt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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[Chris Walker]

In article <3163a81b4c.druck@druck.freeuk.net>, druck
<URL:mailto:news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote: On 2 Aug 2003 druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote: On 2 Aug 2003 Paul C Robinson <Paul@havaccnt.demon.co.uk> wrote: [snip your post] [snip entire previous posts] Hi, incase you are new to the comp.sys.acorn news groups, there are three little conventions that we follow to make it far easier for everyone to read. Apologies, that was mean to be sent privately.
You questioned whether Paul was new to the csa newsgroups but you may
remember that he was the support person for Aleph One sometime ago and would
regularly help out with tips for the 486 cards.

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[Stuart Winsor]

In article <ant022247868+gH=@Florida.my.home>,
Chris Walker <chris@wymondham.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: You questioned whether Paul was new to the csa newsgroups but you may remember that he was the support person for Aleph One sometime ago and would regularly help out with tips for the 486 cards.

I wondered if it was that Paul.

Stuart

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[Ray Dawson]

In article <3163a81b4c.druck@druck.freeuk.net>, druck
<news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote: On 2 Aug 2003 druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote:
On 2 Aug 2003 Paul C Robinson <Paul@havaccnt.demon.co.uk> wrote: [snip your post] [snip entire previous posts] Hi, incase you are new to the comp.sys.acorn news groups, there are three little conventions that we follow to make it far easier for everyone to read.
Apologies, that was mean to be sent privately.

That is no excuse. If you are sending a tick off to someone who you
believe has transgressed, you might at least find out how to use your own
news software - or even learn how to cancel a post.

It sets a very bad example to those who are a bit new to newsgroups and
think that an apology os all that is needed when a mistake is made. They
must realise that BLOOD is required at the very least.

Ray D

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[druck]

On 4 Aug 2003 Ray Dawson <Ray@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: In article <3163a81b4c.druck@druck.freeuk.net>, druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote: On 2 Aug 2003 druck <news@druck.freeuk.com> wrote: On 2 Aug 2003 Paul C Robinson <Paul@havaccnt.demon.co.uk> wrote: [snip your post] [snip entire previous posts] Hi, incase you are new to the comp.sys.acorn news groups, there are three little conventions that we follow to make it far easier for everyone to read. Apologies, that was mean to be sent privately. That is no excuse. If you are sending a tick off to someone who you believe has transgressed, you might at least find out how to use your own news software - or even learn how to cancel a post.

Canelling wont do any good these days, the majority of servers ignore cancel
requests, after some spammers decided to abuse the system by cancelling and
superseeding genuine articles with spam.
It sets a very bad example to those who are a bit new to newsgroups and think that an apology os all that is needed when a mistake is made. They must realise that BLOOD is required at the very least.

Providing new users with information on how to make a valuable contribution
to the the newsgroups, and not pissing off the existing users with sloppy
PC style posting will be of far greater benefit.

---druck

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[Graham Pegg]

In message <4c1c68d48bRay@raydawson.com>
Ray Dawson <Ray@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

[snip] It sets a very bad example to those who are a bit new to newsgroups and think that an apology os all that is needed when a mistake is made.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

No, this isn't a W*n*o*s group.

;-)

Graham

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[Reg Hems]

In article <4c1c68d48bRay@raydawson.com> Ray Dawson wrote: In article <3163a81b4c.druck@druck.freeuk.net> druck wrote:
Apologies, that was mean to be sent privately.
That is no excuse [...]
It sets a very bad example to those who are a bit new to newsgroups and think that an apology os ....

Erm... was that a deliberate mistake? Or a helpful comment aimed at a newby?

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