Connecting a IDE CDrom drive to my A1200 & accelerator card

iowtheme · 18 March 2010, 09:02

Hi All

Looking for, How to guide
to Connecting a IDE CDrom drive to my A1200

I have The 4-Device Buffered IDE interface for the Amiga A1200
http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/id.jpg

TEAC CD-224E / Dell 079ETT CD ROM Drive (B94 Version)
http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/cc.jpg

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And I am having some troubles with my
Microbotics M1230XA accelerator card
http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/m1230xa.jpg

Put it in to the A1200 and it do not show up
in ( BOOT Screen ) or then WB is loaded too
Do i need a driver for the accelerator card and
do i need KS 3.1 Rom install.

My A1200 as KS 3.0 Rom install

HELP PLZ

fc.studio · 18 March 2010, 09:39

About the card you can download manual and software here:

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/mbx1230

perhaps you can find in it a solution.
With KS3.0 the memory on this card needs to be configured, but without SIMM your Amiga should boot.

- I would test it without RAM and with a different SIMM.
- I would verify if the card really doesn't touch the metal shield inside the A1200.
- If you have a 3,5" hard drive you could have power issue.

prowler · 18 March 2010, 21:00

About the CD-ROM drive:

If the CD-ROM drive is being mounted externally, connect a 40-way ribbon cable from the drive to the secondary IDE channel on the 4-way buffered interface. Configure the drive as Master and supply power to it from a PC PSU Molex connector.

Install IDEFix to get the CD-ROM drive recognized.

Think about mounting the drive internally when you've got it working properly.

18 March 2010, 09:02	#1
iowtheme Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: uk Posts: 214	Connecting a IDE CDrom drive to my A1200 & accelerator card Hi All Looking for, How to guide to Connecting a IDE CDrom drive to my A1200 I have The 4-Device Buffered IDE interface for the Amiga A1200 http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/id.jpg TEAC CD-224E / Dell 079ETT CD ROM Drive (B94 Version) http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/cc.jpg -------------------------------------------- And I am having some troubles with my Microbotics M1230XA accelerator card http://www.2e0zak.co.uk/b/m1230xa.jpg Put it in to the A1200 and it do not show up in ( BOOT Screen ) or then WB is loaded too Do i need a driver for the accelerator card and do i need KS 3.1 Rom install. My A1200 as KS 3.0 Rom install HELP PLZ

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18 March 2010, 09:39	#2
fc.studio Cat lover Join Date: May 2004 Location: Italy Age: 54 Posts: 804	About the card you can download manual and software here: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/mbx1230 perhaps you can find in it a solution. With KS3.0 the memory on this card needs to be configured, but without SIMM your Amiga should boot. - I would test it without RAM and with a different SIMM. - I would verify if the card really doesn't touch the metal shield inside the A1200. - If you have a 3,5" hard drive you could have power issue.

18 March 2010, 21:00	#3
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	About the CD-ROM drive: If the CD-ROM drive is being mounted externally, connect a 40-way ribbon cable from the drive to the secondary IDE channel on the 4-way buffered interface. Configure the drive as Master and supply power to it from a PC PSU Molex connector. Install IDEFix to get the CD-ROM drive recognized. Think about mounting the drive internally when you've got it working properly.

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