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- Short: Use ATAPI devices (CD-ROM) with IDE port
- Author: olli@elaborate-bytes.com (Oliver Kastl)
- Uploader: olli@elaborate-bytes.com (Oliver Kastl)
- Version: 1.4
- Type: disk/misc
- Replaces: disk/misc/idefix97.lha
- Kurz: ATAPI Geräte (CD-ROM) an Amiga IDE port
- Requires: OS 2.04, OS 3.0 or better recommended.
- Date: 14.07.97
- Url: http://www.elaborate-bytes.com
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-
- IDE-fix '97 is the all-new "all in one box" solution for all your IDE problems!
- Also very useful for owners of SCSI CD-ROMs!!!
-
- ATAPI:
- Allows you to use ANY ATAPI device with your Amiga, including
- ANY ATAPI 1.2 compliant IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM, LS120 ATAPI Floppy drive,
- TORiSAN ATAPI CD-ROM changer, NEC 4x4 changer and more!!!!
- Supports reading of CDDA data from IDE port (requires MakeCD or
- similar ATAPI CD-Reader program).
-
- ATAPI CD-ROM changers:
- ATAPI drivers and CacheCDFS are modified to support ATAPI changers
- like TORiSAN and NEC changers. You can either use a seperate changer
- utility to change to the desired disk, or you can mount each disk
- seperately! This is a great advantage for BBS systems!
-
- New drivers are included for:
- Amiga IDE port (A600, A1200, A4000, A4000T) WinnerCD (Vesalia),
- AT-BUS2008, TandemCD, TandemAT, AlfaPower, AlfaPower plus, CD1200,
- CD1200 plus, AlfaQuattro (all AlfaData Technic Corp.), Buddha
- (Individual Computers), EasyCD (Telmex), RandyROM (MLC), SpeedUp System(VOB)
-
- CacheCDFS:
- Very sophisticated ISO9660, RockRidge and MAC HFS compatible
- CD-ROM FileSystem. Features: Amiga Protection bits supported, advanced
- LRU caching algorhythm, Built-in MultiSession support, Trax support,
- MultiVolume support (more than one ISO image on a CD). Embedded Audio
- support. Works with with SCSI-I, SCSI-II and ATAPI drives! Supports
- reading from CD-Writers!
-
- CDFSprefs: An intuition based preferences tool to adjust CacheCDFS
- settings "on the fly".
-
- IDE-fix:
- Enhance your IDE-port! Faster transfer, faster booting, less CPU use!
- No MaxTransfer troubles, set MaxTransfer as big as you like!
- TD64 commands supported, use IDE drives bigger than 4 GIG with your
- Amiga (requires FileSystem with TD64 support).
- Patches into the system "on the fly", no reboot required.
- Use 4 IDE drives with your Amiga (with additional 4 drive adapter)!!!
- Supports removable IDE units (SyQuest or ZIP IDE drives) without trouble!
-
- PlayCD: Full featured Audio player for SCSI-II and ATAPI CD-ROMs.
- Programmable, requires only small amount of memory.
-
- CD32: Turns your Amiga 1200 or 4000(T) into a CD32 with the press of a button!
- Supports SCSI-II or ATAPI CD-ROMS! Includes playing of CDDA from CD32 Titles!
-
- AutoParkPrefs: Completely rewritten AutoParkPrefs, intuition based.
- Allows parking of IDE harddisks after a defined time of inactivity.
-
- UnInstall: Removes the whole package if you don't like it.
-
- Documentation is included in english and german.
-
- Restrictions of unregistered version: Nag requesters, otherwise full
- functional.
-
- This package is shareware, registration instructions are included.
-
- IMPORTANT:
-
- Amiga Installer 1.24 or better is required.
- It has to be located in the system path,
- otherwise the installation tools will not work.
-
-
- History:
-
- This is version 1.4 of IDE-fix '97
-
- Changes from version 1.3:
-
- IDEfix, all atapi.devices:
-
- - Better emulation of SCSI-II calls. A lot of SCSI CD Audio players, which
- failed, may now work with ATAPI CD-Roms. Better support for playing audio
- with ShapeShifter and ATAPI CD-ROMs.
-
- - Much better working DiskChange with ATAPI floppies (LS-120) and ATAPI
- ZIP drives.
-
- CacheCDFS:
-
- - Now supports HighSierra formatted CDs.
-
- - Bugfix: The filesystem didn't work correctly with Directories and Files
- having a semicolon in their names.
-
- LoadIDE:
-
- - Bugfix: Fixed a possible enforcer hit (read from location zero)
-
-
- FormatLS120 has been renamed to FormatATAPI.
-
-
- This is version 1.3 of IDE-fix '97
-
- All changes anly affect users of Amiga embedded IDE port,
- not users of other controllers. These changes may be added
- to the other devices in a future release.
- These changes are not yet mentioned in the documentation.
-
- Changes from version 1.2:
-
- IDEfix, atapi.device, installation routines:
-
- - Added support for the SpeedUp 4-drive adapter by VOB on A600/A1200/A4000
- embedded IDE-port. A lot of people asked for this, as the original VOB
- drivers seem to work unreliable.
-
- - Changed documentation and programs for my new e-mail address.
-
-
- Changes from version 1.0/1.1:
-
- IDEfix:
-
- - Added code to recognize OEM-EIDE ZIP drives as removable.
- However, it is still not confirmed, if it works.
-
- - If IDEfix runs from chip-memory (e.g. installed with LoadIDE) it copies
- itself to fast memory at initialisation, improving performance.
-
- - Avoids accidental "double-mounting" of volume, if patched "live" into system
- (not loaded with LoadIDE) as reported from some customers.
-
- - Has atapi.device embedded. ATAPI units can be accessed with atapi.device as
- before, or through scsi.device (if IDEfix is running).
- As a side effect, ATAPI devices are visible at boot time.
-
- - Has MountLS120 embedded, so booting from ATAPI Floppies (LS-120) or ATAPI-ZIP
- drives is possible. CrossDos will automatically mounted, if present.
- If a medium WITH RDSK Block is present at boot time, it will be mounted as
- a removeable harddisk (for compatibility with formatted ZIP or SyQuest media).
- If no or an unformatted medium is present, it will be mounted as a floppy.
- This mechanism works with EIDE drives (SyQuest EZ), too!
- The BootPriority is as follows: DF4 - 4, DF5 - 3. DF6 - 2, etc.
- NOTE: To boot from an ATAPI/IDE floppy, a bootblock must be present.
- You can add one by typing install DFx:
- NOTE: After installing an IDE/ATAPI floppy, you must adjust the "last-RDSK"
- flags on your existing harddisks. To do so, start HDToolBox after IDEfix is
- running and save changes to your harddisks.
-
- - Increased stack size from 512 to 1024 bytes.
-
- - Changed mount mechanism.
-
-
- ActivateCrossIDEfix:
-
- - New program, will be added to s:user-startup on installation.
- This tool will activate mounted CrossDos Floppies on IDE/ATAPI drives.
- If you don't like all this CrossDos icons, delete it from s:user-startup.
-
- MountIDE:
-
- - Changed for the new mount mechanism of IDEfix, resulting in faster
- operation.
-
- Disclaimer:
- IDE-fix '97 is copyrighted software. © 1997 Elaborate Bytes, Oliver Kastl.
- This software is freely distributable, if NO profit, except reasonable charges
- covering the cost of the distribution, is made with it.
- You may NOT bundle this software with hardware, if you wish to do so, please
- contact me.
- License is granted to distribute this Software on AmiNet and AmiNet CDs.
- This software is provided "as is", without any warranties.
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