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From: dlundy@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM (Dave.Lundy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP series II - does it need 1.3 ROM?
Summary: Do I need CBM's 1.3 ROM to use GVP series II disk?
Message-ID: <1117@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM>
Date: 24 Sep 90 17:23:34 GMT
Reply-To: dlundy@emdeng.UUCP (Dave.Lundy)
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Organization: NCR, E&M Dayton
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I just received the GVP series II hard disk controller & Quantum 100MB
disk that I had ordered at a recent computer show.  When I asked the
salesman about transferring the contents of my 40MB Seagate drive on
my 2090 (not A) controller in my 2000, he said no problem, just plug
in the GVP board & copy the files.

After plugging in the GVP board (which was strapped for Autoboot) &
turning on the Amiga, I was greeted by a flashing power LED & precious
little else. :-(  I powered down, removed the Autoboot jumper from the
GVP board, & tried again.  This time I was able to boot normally.  But
when I tried to "prep" the new drive (whether booting from my disk or
the GVP floppy disk) prep failed.  One of the possible causes was 
"Autoboot mode".  Since the 2090 can't autoboot, I never bothered to
upgrade to the 1.3 CBM ROM.  I couldn't find any mention of ROM requirement
in the GVP manual, but I suspect that is the culprit.

Can someone verify this?  Also, once prepped, can it be used with 1.2 ROM?
I don't want to buy the 1.3 ROM if 2.0 will be available in a month or
two.

Thanks,
Dave
-- 
Dave Lundy      --       System Technician
NCR Corp., EMD-4         (513) 445-7337 
Dayton, OH 45479         ncrlnk!emdeng!dlundy