hikey
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Has anyone any experience with these? Looks like a neat alternative
to having separate scsi-ide bridge and ide-cf adapter.
to having separate scsi-ide bridge and ide-cf adapter.
CF-SCSI adapter CF AztecMonster
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Where did you find it ?
Looks like an interesting alternative
Looks like an interesting alternative
It's like having an ACard together with an CF2IDE adapter. Pretty neat actually but for 90 euro not so appealing.
I prefer the 3.5" SCSI Multicard Reader though better that can use other cards (not only CF) as well at a much lower price
I prefer the 3.5" SCSI Multicard Reader though better that can use other cards (not only CF) as well at a much lower price
Stratos Aztec Monster
Stratos Aztec Monster
I'm running one of these in my A500 with a GVP-Impact Series-II, replaced ROM. Works fine for older CF cards like my hokey 128mb's. Newer 4/8gb's the problems I have is that both GVP, C= and aminet hard disk partitioners tend to read/guess the disk geometry wrong.
Also with larger/modern cards, Maxtransfers becomes an issue. After a lot of trial and error setting it to 1fc00 seems to keep it happy. Flies in the 500.
I have a second one that runs in a stock config on some of my DEC gear.
But yeah, works fine with a few hours fiddling/experimenting.
Stratos Aztec Monster
I'm running one of these in my A500 with a GVP-Impact Series-II, replaced ROM. Works fine for older CF cards like my hokey 128mb's. Newer 4/8gb's the problems I have is that both GVP, C= and aminet hard disk partitioners tend to read/guess the disk geometry wrong.
Also with larger/modern cards, Maxtransfers becomes an issue. After a lot of trial and error setting it to 1fc00 seems to keep it happy. Flies in the 500.
I have a second one that runs in a stock config on some of my DEC gear.
But yeah, works fine with a few hours fiddling/experimenting.
I've used one of these, also in GVP kit.
Details here :
https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=29435
It works very well with the same exception; drive geometry is incorrectly reported. Im pretty sure this is due to the rom controller chip of the GVP and not the AztecMonster itself.
Details here :
https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=29435
It works very well with the same exception; drive geometry is incorrectly reported. Im pretty sure this is due to the rom controller chip of the GVP and not the AztecMonster itself.
I have several of these, both the 2.5" and 3.5" versions. They're mostly in my Macs, but I do intend to put them into Amigas as soon as I find the time.
(It's pretty amazing to have a dead silent Mac Portable.)
They're just great. Expensive though. I buy them from the Japanese manufacturer on Ebay. They're a great alternative to the SCSI-IDE bridges out there. Being a single piece of kit helps a lot when you're using them in tight spaces as a drop-in replacement for a SCSI HD.
(It's pretty amazing to have a dead silent Mac Portable.)
They're just great. Expensive though. I buy them from the Japanese manufacturer on Ebay. They're a great alternative to the SCSI-IDE bridges out there. Being a single piece of kit helps a lot when you're using them in tight spaces as a drop-in replacement for a SCSI HD.
I have 2 of this in my Amiga.
It works very well on CSPPC (OS4) and the second one on A3000 built-in SCSI. In both I have new 4 GB CF and it works without any problem. Very fast also.
If you need any specific information about this device let me know.
It works very well on CSPPC (OS4) and the second one on A3000 built-in SCSI. In both I have new 4 GB CF and it works without any problem. Very fast also.
If you need any specific information about this device let me know.
It's like having an ACard together with an CF2IDE adapter. Pretty neat actually but for 90 euro not so appealing.
I prefer the 3.5" SCSI Multicard Reader though better that can use other cards (not only CF) as well at a much lower price
That sounds promising. How much speed does that give?
They are rated at 4 to 5MB/s.
It's like having an ACard together with an CF2IDE adapter. Pretty neat actually but for 90 euro not so appealing.
I prefer the 3.5" SCSI Multicard Reader though better that can use other cards (not only CF) as well at a much lower price
That sounds promising. How much speed does that give?
I just got one of these this week to put in my A3000. The Amiga freezes during boot, when it attempts to access the Aztec Monster board. I'm assuming that it's because I have the older WD33C93A-PL-00-04 SCSI bus controller IC. I found a source of the newer WD33C93B-PL that is supposed to have the bugs fixed. I had to buy 5 chips to make the minimum order, so I will likely list the remainder on eBay. I will post links here when I have them. I'll also let you know whether the Aztec Monster works then, or not. I was able to get the Amiga to boot by separating the RESET wire (pin 40) in the ribbon cable going to the Aztec board and connecting it briefly to ground. I was able to read the CF card ID that way too.
I just put one of these in my A3000 with WarpEngine 040-45MHz. I have it attached to the WarpEngine's SCSI port and I am getting about 8.5MB per second reads according to Sysinfo.
Works great! I have a 8GB card, but without changing the file system it only sees 4GB.
Works great! I have a 8GB card, but without changing the file system it only sees 4GB.
I had one in my A3K with a warp engine. I agree with JimDrew - you get blinding speed with that combo.
I used it with a Cyberstorm II and had the same no-boot you describe - even after adding all the latest chips and terminators and INT2 mod (WD, ramsey, buster, superDMAC)
Something in the CyberStorm tromps the bus...
I moved it to my Phoenix 1000's SCSI bus where it works fine there (at the Phoenix's "blazing" 250kb per second)
I used it with a Cyberstorm II and had the same no-boot you describe - even after adding all the latest chips and terminators and INT2 mod (WD, ramsey, buster, superDMAC)
Something in the CyberStorm tromps the bus...
I moved it to my Phoenix 1000's SCSI bus where it works fine there (at the Phoenix's "blazing" 250kb per second)
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I can't bring myself to do that hack. My Phoenix is one more fix away from actually working perfectly. I will become the first person on Earth to have a fully working Phoenix!!
WhisperingWeasel
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This looks very interesting, has anyone tried this on an 1200+blizzard SCSI ? That SCSI-SATA version looks very tempting...
mine works fine on the Cyberstorm MK2 SCSI module, it just is rather picky on what CF cards to use (some just won't be read at all (eg. Kingston), others work fine (Hama)) and make sure to DISABLE reselection in the CyberSCSI tool to avoid the hang/black screen at boot.
