Starboard/Starboard II Disk

15 November 2015, 01:33

I know this has been asked several times before. Can someone please upload the SCSI driver disk for Macrobiotics Starboard II? I have a nice unit from Ebay on my A1000. The memory works great, but I can't get the SCSI to work w/o the disk containing "Stardrive" device driver.

John

Toni Wilen · 15 November 2015, 20:35

I got it (don't remember where anymore) when I was implementing StarDrive emulation. Disk uploaded to the zone.

16 November 2015, 21:56

Thank you! Works perfectly - I can mount and format HD on my 30 year old A1000. I'm not sure if it is allowed, but perhaps I can send the adf to the Amiga Hardware Database. It might help others with this same question.

John

Arnie · 17 November 2015, 12:09

Hi John,

I had a stab at this with WinUAE.
My question is: Do you have to boot using the boot floppy (created from step 3) all the time, or can you make the HD bootable?

jbenam · 17 November 2015, 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Orwin

Thank you! Works perfectly - I can mount and format HD on my 30 year old A1000. I'm not sure if it is allowed, but perhaps I can send the adf to the Amiga Hardware Database. It might help others with this same question.

John

Definitely allowed, there's a good chance that the company doesn't exist anymore, and if it does, certainly it won't care about someone uploading some old drivers on an enthusiast website!

Toni Wilen · 17 November 2015, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnie

My question is: Do you have to boot using the boot floppy (created from step 3) all the time, or can you make the HD bootable?

It is not autoboot/mount capable, does not support RDB. It is very old.

mech · 18 November 2015, 06:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Orwin

Thank you! Works perfectly - I can mount and format HD on my 30 year old A1000. I'm not sure if it is allowed, but perhaps I can send the adf to the Amiga Hardware Database. It might help others with this same question.

John

I sent the stardrive disk to amiga resource, i dont know if they listed it yet

crixer · 10 May 2021, 17:09

Anyone have the Stardrive disk that supports wb1.3? I am guessing it is the last update for it.

Warty · 01 July 2021, 07:21

We just dug up a star drive last weekend at Ray's shop, and spent a few hours trying to get it working. And then found the AmigaLove post on it. We're going to write that ADF out to floppy and try it. I think the deal is that you can create your own 1.3 boot floppy for StarDrive, by mixing and matching. There's an ADF to download, but haven't tried it yet.

https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=585

The star drive disk we have is 1.2, which blocked us last week. The memory pack test disk is WB 1.3, so they were still in business at that point. Do we know if the company actually put out a 1.3 boot floppy?

15 November 2015, 01:33	#1
John Orwin Posts: n/a	Starboard/Starboard II Disk I know this has been asked several times before. Can someone please upload the SCSI driver disk for Macrobiotics Starboard II? I have a nice unit from Ebay on my A1000. The memory works great, but I can't get the SCSI to work w/o the disk containing "Stardrive" device driver. John

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15 November 2015, 20:35	#2
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,502	I got it (don't remember where anymore) when I was implementing StarDrive emulation. Disk uploaded to the zone.

16 November 2015, 21:56	#3
John Orwin Posts: n/a	Thank you! Works perfectly - I can mount and format HD on my 30 year old A1000. I'm not sure if it is allowed, but perhaps I can send the adf to the Amiga Hardware Database. It might help others with this same question. John

17 November 2015, 12:09	#4
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Hi John, I had a stab at this with WinUAE. My question is: Do you have to boot using the boot floppy (created from step 3) all the time, or can you make the HD bootable?

10 May 2021, 17:09	#8
crixer Registered User Join Date: May 2021 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1	Anyone have the Stardrive disk that supports wb1.3? I am guessing it is the last update for it.

01 July 2021, 07:21	#9
Warty Registered User Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Minneapolis, USA Posts: 301	We just dug up a star drive last weekend at Ray's shop, and spent a few hours trying to get it working. And then found the AmigaLove post on it. We're going to write that ADF out to floppy and try it. I think the deal is that you can create your own 1.3 boot floppy for StarDrive, by mixing and matching. There's an ADF to download, but haven't tried it yet. https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=585 The star drive disk we have is 1.2, which blocked us last week. The memory pack test disk is WB 1.3, so they were still in business at that point. Do we know if the company actually put out a 1.3 boot floppy?

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