Amiga 1200T : PCMCIA Not working (3Com) : Help please

burf2000 · 21 August 2015, 11:34

Hi there, I am trying to get back in to Amiga so I treated myself to a right angle PCMCIA adapter so I could use my 3Com network card with my A1200T

First of I got the card working with my normal A1200 (4MB memory + flash, WB 3). Card works fine

Green light comes on.

For the love of god I cant get it to work in my Tower, no GREEN light ever!
I have a A1200T with a Blizzard IV 030 50, 16MB ram. WB 3.1(roms), a internal IDE thingy that allows me to run 2 HD + CDROM.

I also believe I have SilverSurfer Serial thing to.

I have literally tried everything

CardPref (or whatever it calls) shows a 3Com card (designed for memory cards)

I have installed AmiTCP exactly how I have it on my other machine. comes up with a Asl.library in use error by another device?

I have cardreset (force and TICK 50) and cardpatch in startup

I have tried pulling and pushing it back in

I have tried running the A1200 with only 1 drive incase of power issues

I have tried the little jumper on the Blizzard to copy rom in to ram

I have tried copying the asl.library from the other machine but that broke other stuff

I get cant open device or unit 0

liviux76 · 21 August 2015, 11:56

Hello,
I have the same 3com card on my Tower and it works perfectly.
Have you tried to put a CF through a pcmcia2cf adapter in the right angled adapter to check if it works?

burf2000 · 21 August 2015, 20:50

I am buying one now mate, maybe my port is dead

liviux76 · 21 August 2015, 21:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by burf2000

I am buying one now mate, maybe my port is dead

maybe... it could be either the port or the right angled adapter... when you have the pcmcia2cf adapter you will be able to do some tests...

alexh · 21 August 2015, 22:49

Have you tried the pcmcia software reset fix?

burf2000 · 22 August 2015, 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Have you tried the pcmcia software reset fix?

Is that different to the "I have cardreset (force and TICK 50) and cardpatch in startup"

ncafferkey · 07 September 2015, 19:33

Are 3c589.device and pccard.library installed? Does modemtest work (find it on Aminet)?

Amiga1992 · 07 September 2015, 21:35

I had problems running cards with these drivers. In the end I sold them, I couldn't be bothered.
I never knew if the cards got faulty or something, but my PCMCIA port runs fine with card readers so I am assuming it isn't faulty.

21 August 2015, 11:34	#1
burf2000 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Farnborough Posts: 80	Amiga 1200T : PCMCIA Not working (3Com) : Help please Hi there, I am trying to get back in to Amiga so I treated myself to a right angle PCMCIA adapter so I could use my 3Com network card with my A1200T First of I got the card working with my normal A1200 (4MB memory + flash, WB 3). Card works fine Green light comes on. For the love of god I cant get it to work in my Tower, no GREEN light ever! I have a A1200T with a Blizzard IV 030 50, 16MB ram. WB 3.1(roms), a internal IDE thingy that allows me to run 2 HD + CDROM. I also believe I have SilverSurfer Serial thing to. I have literally tried everything CardPref (or whatever it calls) shows a 3Com card (designed for memory cards) I have installed AmiTCP exactly how I have it on my other machine. comes up with a Asl.library in use error by another device? I have cardreset (force and TICK 50) and cardpatch in startup I have tried pulling and pushing it back in I have tried running the A1200 with only 1 drive incase of power issues I have tried the little jumper on the Blizzard to copy rom in to ram I have tried copying the asl.library from the other machine but that broke other stuff I get cant open device or unit 0

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21 August 2015, 11:56	#2
liviux76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: BO/Italy Posts: 711	Hello, I have the same 3com card on my Tower and it works perfectly. Have you tried to put a CF through a pcmcia2cf adapter in the right angled adapter to check if it works?

21 August 2015, 20:50	#3
burf2000 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Farnborough Posts: 80	I am buying one now mate, maybe my port is dead

21 August 2015, 22:49	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,355	Have you tried the pcmcia software reset fix?

07 September 2015, 19:33	#7
ncafferkey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Ireland Posts: 67	Are 3c589.device and pccard.library installed? Does modemtest work (find it on Aminet)?

07 September 2015, 21:35	#8
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I had problems running cards with these drivers. In the end I sold them, I couldn't be bothered. I never knew if the cards got faulty or something, but my PCMCIA port runs fine with card readers so I am assuming it isn't faulty.

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