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From: dmose@sequent.UUCP (Dan Mosedale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VD0 help
Summary: Still no luck
Keywords: Please
Message-ID: <21143@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 89 20:34:39 GMT
References: <4450@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1989Aug31.142939.17009@agate.uucp>
Reply-To: dmose@crg3.UUCP (Dan Mosedale)
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 johnf@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan) writes:
 ] balzer@frambo.enet.dec.com (Christian Balzer) writes:
 ]]The new VD0: works like a charm (after installing the new CRD and DRD 
 ]]utilities) on my 5 MB A2500 type system at home. It fails however 
 ]]miserably on my 1 MB A500 here in the office, showing the described 
 ]]symptoms (unable to load device).

Hmmm..  strange! Perry?

 ]]Now the only "real" difference between the systems as far as VD0: is 
 ]]concerned, is the lack of "real" FAST memory in the A500.
 ]]So if your system doesn't contain FAST memory besides memory at
 ]]$C80000, the new VD0: will fail. 
 ]]And yes, I tried to set the BuffMemType to CHIP mem (3), but no go.

 ]You don't need to have any FAST memory.
 ]I installed VD0: on my 1 Meg A500 the other night, and it works just
 ]fine.  I have a Super Agnus, and set the BufMemType to 3.  Guess it's
 ]time to send in my check.

Hmmm...weird.  I have a 1 Meg Spirit Insider inside my 1000, which autoconfigs;
I think it's $C000000 memory.  So (apparently) for the new VD0: to work, your
machine must have more than 512K - but $C000000 memory doesn't count when 
calculating this total.


For those still interested in helping (thanks for all the responses so far)
my configuration is as follows:  Amiga 1000, 1 Megabyte spirit insider,
and CMI Processor Acc. revision 3, pal grounding mods.  I just grounded
the pals and put in the Accelerator last week....I tried to install VD0: 
several weeks ago and it didn't work then either.

I have tried switching from ARP back to 1.3 Mount, futzing with my mountlist,
and finally just using the one supplied with VD0, all with no success.

Thanks for any help you can provide!  

-Dan Mosedale
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