bought as part of A1200 3.5" kits.
Or you can buy a box (don't know the name) from Hi-Q that sits in place of the SX-1's lid. It lets you
plug in 3.5" IDE drives and it has a better power supply.
Q: Sometimes I have problems with my SX-1 and CD32 setup, causing freezing, and HD lock ups.
They seems to be power related, how do I solve these?
A: They are indeed power related, but it's voltage, not wattage.
Garry Cardinal wrote:
"My SX-1 enhanced CD-32 began hanging when I added an IDE drive to it. When using the hd the
system would suddenly freeze. I had a 2Mb
SIMM installed, going to another SIMM or hard disk did not correct the problem. This was all
independent of FMV card presence.
My SX-1's strange behaviour persisted until I bypassed the connections between the CD-32 power switch
and the SX-1.
I soldered a standard PC power supply female molex connector to the power switch on the CD-32
(switched side) and soldered a standard male molex
connector to the SX-1 +12 and +5 power supply distribution system as close as possible to the 2.5" hard
disk connector and ram socket.
(Of course, observe antistatic precautions. Those faint of heart, take this text to a qualified service
provider for the appropriate action.)
When I was done, my problems disappeared. My configuration: CD32, SX-1 (with extra switch for
memory test jumper plugging DB25 hole), 20Mb Connor 2.5, 4Mb 32 bit simm, FMV card, A500 Power
Supply"
You can also try a CD32 'Big Foot' Power Supply.
Q: How do I read Mac CD-ROMs?
A: Get aminet:/disk/cdrom/AmiCDROM-1.15.lha, unarchive it, use the following options in the
installer...
Device cd.device
Unit 0
Memory options Use any memory available
Other options Use Rock Ridge names, if possible.
Use trackdisk.device instead of SCSI-direct.
Map filenames Don't map filenames
General buffers 5
Read() buffers 5
Diskchange time 3
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