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Summary of Contents for Alpha Microsystems AM-402
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Page 1: Installation Instructions
AM-402 SCSI CD-Recorder Installation Instructions PDI-00402-00, Rev. A02... - Page 2 FIRST EDITION: September 1999 To re-order this document, request part number PDI-00402-00 FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
- Page 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION PRODUCT DESCRIPTION TOOLS REQUIRED PREPARING THE AM-402 FOR INSTALLATION SCSI BUS TERMINATION External SCSI Bus Termination Internal SCSI Bus Termination INSTALLING THE AM-402 CD-RECORDER INTO THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE INFORMATION FOR THE CD-RECORDER PDI-00402-00, Rev. A02...
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Page 4: Product Description
• AMOS 2.3A or later operating system software If you are installing an AM-402 SCSI CD-Recorder into an external subsystem, you will need to use the installation instructions shipped with the subsystem in conjunction with the AM-402 specific instructions in this document. - Page 5 CD player or recorder with the highest SCSI address. If you still want to read from that CD player, make sure that you select a SCSI ID for the AM-402 which is less than that used by the CD player.
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Page 6: External Scsi Bus Termination
PRA-00222-20 Wide, active The type of terminator you need depends on your computer and the SCSI peripherals in it. The AM-402 CD-Recorder should function correctly with a passive SCSI terminator. However, the Eagle 250, 450, AM-6000, AM-7000, and Roadrunner 040 and 060-equipped computers require active termination, as do certain other peripheral devices. - Page 7 Page 4 INSTALLING THE AM-402 CD-RECORDER INTO THE SYSTEM The AM-402 CD-Recorder can be installed in an external subsystem chassis, Eagle deskside chassis, or AM-990 system cabinet. Complete instructions for physically installing SCSI peripherals are included in the computer Owner's Manuals for these computer systems. For installation in an external subsystem, consult the instructions furnished with the subsystem.
- Page 8 MAKACD FUNCTION Copies one or more AMOS logical disks to a recordable CD media in a supported CD-recorder. CDs created with MAKACD can be used for software distribution or for system backups. Using a 4 speed CD-recorder it only takes about 15 minutes to record an entire 600MB CD. CD's created with MAKACD can be easily read after mounting the CD with the ACD program.
- Page 9 MAKACD Page 2 OPTIONS /HELP Display the available options and exits Same as /HELP Display version information and exits /COUNT:n Creates n CDs containing the same data /DEV:xxx: Uses device and driver named xxx: instead of the default CDR: /EJECT Ejects the CD in the recorder and exits /ERASE:ALL Erases the entire rewritable CD by overwriting all data areas on...
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Page 10: Operation
Page 3 MAKACD Speeds from 1 to 32 may be specified. If the CD-Recorder does not support the speed specified, recording will be done at a lower supported speed. /TOC Writes the table of contents of the current CD and exits. /TEST Write CD in test mode, which does everything except turn the CD laser on when recording. - Page 11 MAKACD Page 4 After entering the MAKACD command, the following will be displayed: MAKACD Version X.X(xxx) - Copyright (C) 1999 Alpha Microsystems Inc. Initializing SCSI CD-Recorder... If MAKACD finds multiple possible CD-recorders (including CDROM drives) while scanning the SCSI bus, the following message will be displayed to allow you to select the drive to use:...
- Page 12 Page 5 MAKACD MAKACD then displays information about how much space is required on the CD and where recording will start. Calculating space requirements: AMOS partition requires 16165 sectors 289735 unused sectors remain Calculated starting AMOS sector is 0 MAKACD then gives you the opportunity to abort or to start the recording process. Note that once started, the recording operation can be stopped by pressing ^C which will render the CD-R disk unusable.
- Page 13 MAKACD Page 6 • The SSD overlay file (CDR000.OVR) MODIFYING THE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION FILE: The CD-recording device must be specified as a non-sharable device in a DEVTBL statement in the system initialization file. Example: DEVTBL /CDR0 No other changes are required in the system initialization file. The available CD-recorder device driver files are supplied either with the MAKACD package or with the Alpha Micro CD-recorder you purchased.
- Page 14 Page 7 MAKACD • Invalid switch • Invalid switch option System requirements messages: • MAKACD requires a 68030 or higher CPU. • MAKACD requires a full interrupt level dispatcher. • MAKACD requires a SCSI dispatcher. • MAKACD requires AMOS 2.x or compatible operating system. •...
- Page 15 MAKACD Page 8 • Error - Unable to set desired write mode. A device error has occurred while attempting to setup the CD-recorder for real mode or test mode recording. • Error - Unable to set recording speed. A device error has occurred while attempting to setup the CD-recorder for the desired recording speed.
- Page 16 Page 9 MAKACD The AMOS hidden sector parameters could not be calculated. • Error- Unable to remove CD-Recorder data buffer from memory. • Error - Unable to write AlphaCD special sector. An error was received while trying to record the AlphaCD special sector. •...
- Page 17 MAKACD Page 10 Disk currently has nnnnn free sectors CD contains tracks 1 through 10 If the CDR media is not blank, this message shows how much space is available and what CDR tracks are currently recorded. Recording new information on this CDR will make the previously recorded data inaccessible by the ACD program.
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