Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!bill From: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sidecar Problems Message-ID: <5191@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 7 Nov 88 23:01:52 GMT References: <59690RSK100@PSUVM> Reply-To: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article <59690RSK100@PSUVM> RSK100@PSUVM.BITNET writes: >I have a 20 meg Plus hardcard, which works fine. The default address of the buf >fer to the amiga is at $E000. In this location, everything is fine, but when I >reboot the sidecar, it locks up.. Without the hard card, it reboots fine. > >If I change the address to $D000, the sidecar reboots fine, but the amiga inter >face software AKA janus system won't recognize it at all. So I can't use the >hard drive on the amiga side, unless I have the sidecar set at $E000. > >If someone knows what I can do to make the hard card reboot at $E000, or modify > janus.device or whatever to work at $D000, please help me.. > Some PC hard cards have there eproms set for addresses other than $C800. If your hardcard is not set for $c800, try that. The sidecar should be able to workwith a memory window of d000. A memory window of A000 will not allow the special software such as jlink and aread/awrite to work. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bill Koester (CATS) >>Commodore Amiga Technical Support<< Commodore International Ltd. UUCP {allegra|burdvax|rutgers|ihnp4}!cbmvax!bill PHONE (215) 431-9355 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The official word, is NO. I am therefore going anyway! Kirk - Star Trek IV Pleese desrigard eny spealing airors!!!!!!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=