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From: logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ICD Host Adapters...
Message-ID: <248@wet.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 89 22:11:06 GMT
References: <237@wet.UUCP> <4574@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan)
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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In article <4574@crash.cts.com> fgbrooks@crash.CTS.COM (Fred Brooks) writes:
>
>I bought an ICD host adapter for a SMD-SCSI interface to my 2312 fuji drive
>hooked up to an 5580 adapter. The hardware is solid but I woundn't use the
>software. For one there is no way to setup a generic SCSI drive. By useing
>Supra's utilitys I select other controller and drive, plug in the parameters
>and away she goes.
>

I don't know which version of the ICD software you are using but the version
I received lets you format drives that the ICD software doesn't support by
modifying the ICDFMT.DAT file.  It's not as quick as Supra's way of letting
you plug in the parameters right there and then but it appears to work.

Quick update to my ICD woes.  It appears that FAT Speed is compatible with
the ICD driver.  You just have to run it *before* any type of startup
program such as Desk Manager and Super Boot.  Also, the Quantum formatted
after I switched parity and modified the ICDFMT.DAT file.  Nothing in the
ICD documentation about this but the tech support at ICD was helpful.

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