ZuluSCSI opinions?

[JHanna]

...SATA has never really taken off with modern Amiga solutions, presumably because it doesn't offer any performance advantage over IDE...

It's not the speed, its the reliability and availability.

A brand new 4TB SATA drive costs nothing at all these days. Haven't seen a new IDE drive for sale for many many years, and the biggest I ever had was 80GB or something ridiculous by today's standards.

 

[davideo]

I've got a SCSI to SD adaptor on my WarpEngine.

It does seem to want to Validate itself on a regular basis

 

[fitzsteve]

I've got a SCSI to SD adaptor on my WarpEngine.

It does seem to want to Validate itself on a regular basis

Might be a file system/block size issue. I seem to recall a version of PFS3 that used to shit itself on a regular basis. The latest PFS3AIO should be good! Double check the version you're using.

 

[JHanna]

It does seem to want to Validate itself on a regular basis

Uh-oh. Alarm bells.

Is that a ZuluSCSI or an older device?

 

[fitzsteve]

That's SCSI2SD I believe. I had one of those, although it was reliable in my case I'm sure it was only capable of about 2.5mb/sec

 

[JHanna]

Might be a file system/block size issue. I seem to recall a version of PFS3 that used to shit itself on a regular basis. The latest PFS3AIO should be good! Double check the version you're using.

I take it the default FFS Filesystem that comes with OS3.2 is still no good then?

 

[fitzsteve]

I take it the default FFS Filesystem that comes with OS3.2 is still no good then?

I don't use 3.2 I'm still stuck 10yrs ago using 3.9 and PFS3AIO

 

[davideo]

Uh-oh. Alarm bells.

Is that a ZuluSCSI or an older device?

I can't remember but I'll have a look tomorrow but I've had the card a few years.

@fitzsteve It's currently set as FFS IIRC on OS3.2.2

 

[fitzsteve]

I used 3.2 on my PiStorm setup and was pretty underwhelmed tbh. I do intend to try it again on my A500+ with TF536 as I've inherited a 3.2 Rom.

 

[fitzsteve]

I can't remember but I'll have a look tomorrow but I've had the card a few years.

@fitzsteve It's currently set as FFS IIRC on OS3.2.2

Oh geez I remember FFS validation from back in the day my A1200 took like 8hrs once lol

 

[JHanna]

I don't use 3.2 I'm still stuck 10yrs ago using 3.9 and PFS3AIO

I'm tempted to go "back" to 3.9 as 3.2 seems flaky as hell. At least so far.

 

[davideo]

I'm tempted to go "back" to 3.9 as 3.2 seems flaky as hell. At least so far.

I must admit I had less trouble with 3.9

 

[fitzsteve]

For me, when I use my retro kit it's to do retro stuff, play old games, etc so the OS I used back in the day still serves its purpose. I was hoping 3.2 would build on 3.9 but it seems to just be a slightly updated 3.1 very barebones. But as I say I do intend to revisit (maybe as early as tomorrow lol)

 

[davideo]

For me, when I use my retro kit it's to do retro stuff, play old games, etc so the OS I used back in the day still serves its purpose. I was hoping 3.2 would build on 3.9 but it seems to just be a slightly updated 3.1 very barebones. But as I say I do intend to revisit (maybe as early as tomorrow lol)

If I get time I could be doing the same tomorrow if I find my old ROMs and a spare CF card for the IDE

 

[Timtheloon]

I'm a fan of the FastATA A4000 cards but the 1200 version annoys the hell out of me, when it works, its great but every time I do a mod to the machine I find I'm forever trying to get it seated correctly.

Wish they would make a better solution for connecting it to the motherboard.

I myself have not had much luck with SCSI, Think I've only got the one machine which uses it, but it was already set up with it when I got it.

I've started using SD cards more with my builds, with the IDE to SD card adapters moving away from CF just because they are easier and cheaper to obtain.

I do have a SCSI to SD adapter just haven't gotten around to setting it up.

 

[cloverskull]

My A1200 had a FastATA (most recent revision, can't remember exactly) working well and then one time I turned the computer on and the cable connecting the FastATA to the part that sits on the Gayle chip started melting and smoking. Very odd. Since then I have not wanted to use a FastATA. I have no idea what caused it to happen but it just decided to nearly catch fire for no reason.

 

[JHanna]

My A1200 had a FastATA (most recent revision, can't remember exactly) working well and then one time I turned the computer on and the cable connecting the FastATA to the part that sits on the Gayle chip started melting and smoking. Very odd. Since then I have not wanted to use a FastATA. I have no idea what caused it to happen but it just decided to nearly catch fire for no reason.

I hate all those A1200 expansions. Had an A1200 around 2001 that was expanded far too much, with kludges all over the place, and as a result was flaky as hell. As soon as I could afford it I moved to a 4000. Much more stable.

 

[fgh]

BlueSCSI v2 is great. You get wifi for free, and same speeds (8MB/s) as a real HDD.

(Btw you don’t need high byte termination unless the controller is 68pin and drive 50)

 

[cloverskull]

I hate all those A1200 expansions. Had an A1200 around 2001 that was expanded far too much, with kludges all over the place, and as a result was flaky as hell. As soon as I could afford it I moved to a 4000. Much more stable.

I'm in the process of doing this myself. I'm building a highly expanded A4000 and then a run-of-the-mill A1200. Best of both worlds

 

[JHanna]

(Btw you don’t need high byte termination unless the controller is 68pin and drive 50)

Other way round actually.