KCS Power PC Board – Help?

Fingerlickin_B · 22 February 2008, 15:27

I scored this off eBay.

It came with an A600 adaptor and installation software to suit.

It is almost working properly, but the manual is all Dutch (which I cannot read), so I need help.

The partition I am using as the “C” drive is seen and files can be written to it in DOS, but directories cannot be saved to.

To be more clear…when DOS (or anything running in DOS when run from floppy) tries to create a directory, the directory is created but it fails when trying to write to the directory.

Obviously I need to adjust something, but I don’t know what.

Here is what I have done so far:
A: DH1 partition is the Amiga bootable partition.
B: DH0 is set to FAT filesystem in HDtools.
C: DH0 chosen by PowerPC HD Setup as HDD for “C”, A600 IDE as HDD type from menu (yes, it is an A600 machine).
D: DH0 is then set as “not auto-mounted” with Hdtools, as per the English hand-written stuff in the manual…it won’t see the partition if auto-mounted, I checked.
E: The machine is running a 3.1 ROM (if that matters).

I can run DOS from floppy, but as said above when trying to install it fails when creating directory entries. Installing other software like games gives me the same problem too.

If anyone can help I’d really appreciate it…I’ve already had to learn very basic Portuguese this week, so learning Dutch too just isn’t a fun thought!

PZ.

keropi · 22 February 2008, 15:51

A600 adaptor? where does it plug? in the trapdoor? so u can only have 1MB chip?
sorry I cannot help you with this board, never had one...

Fingerlickin_B · 22 February 2008, 15:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by keropi

A600 adaptor? where does it plug? in the trapdoor? so u can only have 1MB chip?

Yeah, but you get more when in PC mode.

PZ.

fc.studio · 22 February 2008, 17:38

I read here, but probably you read it before than me:

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search....&base=dec&pid=

However, it seems:
- In Amiga mode you should have 2 MB chip RAM.
- In the previous version (not plus) some hard disk drives only are compatible in PC mode. Try to change it, if you can.

TheCorfiot · 22 February 2008, 18:34

I've got an original KCS Power PC Board and it worked brilliantly.
Then at some point for no reason now when booting DOS everything starts being printing on the screen from the bottom upwards???
not mirrored just last line to top...

I have not used it since but has anyone here heard of this before, someone mentioned it on amiga.org a few years ago but the link suggested is no longer active.... and no explanation was posted though he gent was obviously happy his problem had been solved.

Cheers all

Fingerlickin_B · 23 February 2008, 12:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by fc.studio

I read here, but probably you read it before than me:

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search....&base=dec&pid=

However, it seems:
- In Amiga mode you should have 2 MB chip RAM.
- In the previous version (not plus) some hard disk drives only are compatible in PC mode. Try to change it, if you can.

Thanks man, but it is in PC mode that I am experiencing the problems already.

Fingerlickin_B · 04 March 2008, 11:58

I've created a thread in the Requests area asking for a scan of the English manual for this card.

I've picked up a few more things from the Dutch? manual I have, such as naming the PC partition as KCS, but still not having any luck and it's sending me insane!

PZ.

jrom · 05 March 2008, 12:22

Well... I'm dutch and I have a A500+ version of de KCS board without manuals... could you scan then pls for me?

Fingerlickin_B · 06 March 2008, 03:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrom

Well... I'm dutch and I have a A500+ version of de KCS board without manuals... could you scan then pls for me?

I need to find my scanner driver disk. When I do the manual will be made available for sure

PZ.

r0jaws · 13 March 2008, 19:20

I have this board and manuals (in English), i can scan them and post you the pics if you like. (May take a day or 2 though)

Fingerlickin_B · 14 March 2008, 00:11

That would be great man

I did however manage to get it working last night with a CF card as HDD.

Still trying to get it to work with a real HDD though…I’ve tried three different drives without success…

I still haven’t been able to locate my scanner driver disk for those who have asked for the Dutch manual.

PZ.

r0jaws · 14 March 2008, 01:08

No worries,
I have just finished a rough PDF you can download from here (hopefully); KCS PC Board Manual - Eng
enjoy!
I'm having similar problems with my board, although to be fair, I haven't actually worked at it much yet.
If I have any luck I'll let you know.

Zetr0 · 14 March 2008, 01:18

@RoJaws

Welcome to the EAB, theres plenty of mischief to get up to around here

bUuuut, i believe you may already know this

Great to have you with us....

now.... should that you venture to "off topic", please ... beware of the duck...

r0jaws · 14 March 2008, 01:26

Ah yes, 'the duck!' now I remember!

Loving it already, s'pose I better introduce me'self.
But it's late, and I've had half a bottle of cheap wine and am off to bed!
I shall forever remain a man of mystery.

Fingerlickin_B · 14 March 2008, 02:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by r0jaws

No worries,
I have just finished a rough PDF you can download from here (hopefully); KCS PC Board Manual - Eng
enjoy!
I'm having similar problems with my board, although to be fair, I haven't actually worked at it much yet.
If I have any luck I'll let you know.

Thanks heaps man, I'll check it out at home tonight!

As for those requesting the Dutch version, I will get it done, I swear!

PZ.

r0jaws · 14 March 2008, 09:10

Just to be belt and braces I've uploaded it to 'The Zone!' so it'll be there for at least the next 7 days.
Hope it helps

jrom · 14 March 2008, 09:19

Hey... thanks a lot...

Fingerlickin_B · 15 March 2008, 14:10

r0jaws, you are a legend and thanks so very much

As per the post below, I've scanned my Dutch version for those that asked, but there are problems "Zoning" it

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=401956#post401956

PZ.

Fingerlickin_B · 15 March 2008, 14:27

WOW, upon reading the English version it seems that I've actually been doing everything right (at least for the last week or so) after gleaning what I could from common words and other stuff not specific to the foreign language in my old manual.

So, it seems that either my partitions have been too large (success came running smaller 60mb partition (but a 40mb didn't work on a real HDD)), or my drives are too new and not suitable (more likely).

Have still only managed to get it working using one particular 128mb CF card partitioned into two halves & to date no other real HDD or CF card has worked...so I still need to figure out why...hmm?

PZ.

Fingerlickin_B · 17 March 2008, 13:39

Same problem is still persisting, and I've now tried the following:
Seagate 8gb HDD (two different drives tried) - FAILED
Maxtor 9gb HDD (Mac version from G3, I think) - FAILED
Western Digital 40gb HDD - FAILED
Seagate 80gb HDD - FAILED
Eagletec 1gb CF card - FAILED
Sandisk 512mb SD card - FAILED
Transcend 1mb SD card - FAILED
All of these drives took a Workbench 3.1 install and worked fine, except that they failed at the point where the DOS drive (partition) was being formatted.
What happens is it says "formatted 100%" in the DOS install, but it doesn't actually work, it just hangs at 100%...I've left it for up to 4 hours and still nothing after that. After a restart I end up with a full partition which DOS running from floppy reports as being the correct size, but 100% full...and then when getting to install/reformat it says not big enough, even when anywhere between 20mb and 900mb has been made available...I've tried so many partition sizes!

Success with only this one:
Kingston 128mb CF card
It gave no problems at all and everything went seamless...then it died as a result of over-use since I've had it for a while...lucky I had another, but it's also well used........once it dies I'm stuffed unless I can figure this out!!!!

Why this is happening, I do not know...but it's really annoying

22 February 2008, 15:27	#1
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	KCS Power PC Board – Help? I scored this off eBay. It came with an A600 adaptor and installation software to suit. It is almost working properly, but the manual is all Dutch (which I cannot read), so I need help. The partition I am using as the “C” drive is seen and files can be written to it in DOS, but directories cannot be saved to. To be more clear…when DOS (or anything running in DOS when run from floppy) tries to create a directory, the directory is created but it fails when trying to write to the directory. Obviously I need to adjust something, but I don’t know what. Here is what I have done so far: A: DH1 partition is the Amiga bootable partition. B: DH0 is set to FAT filesystem in HDtools. C: DH0 chosen by PowerPC HD Setup as HDD for “C”, A600 IDE as HDD type from menu (yes, it is an A600 machine). D: DH0 is then set as “not auto-mounted” with Hdtools, as per the English hand-written stuff in the manual…it won’t see the partition if auto-mounted, I checked. E: The machine is running a 3.1 ROM (if that matters). I can run DOS from floppy, but as said above when trying to install it fails when creating directory entries. Installing other software like games gives me the same problem too. If anyone can help I’d really appreciate it…I’ve already had to learn very basic Portuguese this week, so learning Dutch too just isn’t a fun thought! PZ. Last edited by Fingerlickin_B; 22 February 2008 at 15:34.

22 February 2008, 18:34	#5
TheCorfiot Amibay Senior Staff Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cardiff / Wales Posts: 1,302	KCS V1 DOS screen prints bottom to top I've got an original KCS Power PC Board and it worked brilliantly. Then at some point for no reason now when booting DOS everything starts being printing on the screen from the bottom upwards??? not mirrored just last line to top... I have not used it since but has anyone here heard of this before, someone mentioned it on amiga.org a few years ago but the link suggested is no longer active.... and no explanation was posted though he gent was obviously happy his problem had been solved. Cheers all

14 March 2008, 01:08	#12
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	No worries, I have just finished a rough PDF you can download from here (hopefully); KCS PC Board Manual - Eng enjoy! I'm having similar problems with my board, although to be fair, I haven't actually worked at it much yet. If I have any luck I'll let you know. Last edited by r0jaws; 14 March 2008 at 01:17. Reason: Dang servers!

17 March 2008, 13:39	#20
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	Same problem is still persisting, and I've now tried the following: Seagate 8gb HDD (two different drives tried) - FAILED Maxtor 9gb HDD (Mac version from G3, I think) - FAILED Western Digital 40gb HDD - FAILED Seagate 80gb HDD - FAILED Eagletec 1gb CF card - FAILED Sandisk 512mb SD card - FAILED Transcend 1mb SD card - FAILED All of these drives took a Workbench 3.1 install and worked fine, except that they failed at the point where the DOS drive (partition) was being formatted. What happens is it says "formatted 100%" in the DOS install, but it doesn't actually work, it just hangs at 100%...I've left it for up to 4 hours and still nothing after that. After a restart I end up with a full partition which DOS running from floppy reports as being the correct size, but 100% full...and then when getting to install/reformat it says not big enough, even when anywhere between 20mb and 900mb has been made available...I've tried so many partition sizes! Success with only this one: Kingston 128mb CF card It gave no problems at all and everything went seamless...then it died as a result of over-use since I've had it for a while...lucky I had another, but it's also well used........once it dies I'm stuffed unless I can figure this out!!!! Why this is happening, I do not know...but it's really annoying Last edited by Fingerlickin_B; 17 March 2008 at 13:45.

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22 February 2008, 15:51	#2
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	A600 adaptor? where does it plug? in the trapdoor? so u can only have 1MB chip? sorry I cannot help you with this board, never had one...

22 February 2008, 17:38	#4
fc.studio Cat lover Join Date: May 2004 Location: Italy Age: 54 Posts: 804	I read here, but probably you read it before than me: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search....&base=dec&pid= However, it seems: - In Amiga mode you should have 2 MB chip RAM. - In the previous version (not plus) some hard disk drives only are compatible in PC mode. Try to change it, if you can.

04 March 2008, 11:58	#7
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	I've created a thread in the Requests area asking for a scan of the English manual for this card. I've picked up a few more things from the Dutch? manual I have, such as naming the PC partition as KCS, but still not having any luck and it's sending me insane! PZ.

05 March 2008, 12:22	#8
jrom Wannabe asm coder ;) Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 459	Well... I'm dutch and I have a A500+ version of de KCS board without manuals... could you scan then pls for me?

13 March 2008, 19:20	#10
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	I have this board and manuals (in English), i can scan them and post you the pics if you like. (May take a day or 2 though)

14 March 2008, 00:11	#11
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	That would be great man I did however manage to get it working last night with a CF card as HDD. Still trying to get it to work with a real HDD though…I’ve tried three different drives without success… I still haven’t been able to locate my scanner driver disk for those who have asked for the Dutch manual. PZ.

14 March 2008, 01:18	#13
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@RoJaws Welcome to the EAB, theres plenty of mischief to get up to around here bUuuut, i believe you may already know this Great to have you with us.... now.... should that you venture to "off topic", please ... beware of the duck...

14 March 2008, 01:26	#14
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	Ah yes, 'the duck!' now I remember! Loving it already, s'pose I better introduce me'self. But it's late, and I've had half a bottle of cheap wine and am off to bed! I shall forever remain a man of mystery.

14 March 2008, 09:10	#16
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	Just to be belt and braces I've uploaded it to 'The Zone!' so it'll be there for at least the next 7 days. Hope it helps

14 March 2008, 09:19	#17
jrom Wannabe asm coder ;) Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 459	Hey... thanks a lot...

15 March 2008, 14:10	#18
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	r0jaws, you are a legend and thanks so very much As per the post below, I've scanned my Dutch version for those that asked, but there are problems "Zoning" it http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=401956#post401956 PZ.

15 March 2008, 14:27	#19
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	WOW, upon reading the English version it seems that I've actually been doing everything right (at least for the last week or so) after gleaning what I could from common words and other stuff not specific to the foreign language in my old manual. So, it seems that either my partitions have been too large (success came running smaller 60mb partition (but a 40mb didn't work on a real HDD)), or my drives are too new and not suitable (more likely). Have still only managed to get it working using one particular 128mb CF card partitioned into two halves & to date no other real HDD or CF card has worked...so I still need to figure out why...hmm? PZ.

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