Amiga Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board User manual

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BLIZZARD 2040/2060
T u r b o Bo a r d U s e r M a n u a l
IMPORTANTADVICESattheBLIZZARD2040SERIES!
Beforeyoubegintoreadtheusermanualandtoinstalltheboard,pleaseconsiderthefollowingitems:
Includedinthepackageisthemanual"BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard",whichis,besideofsubtledifferences,
suitableforyour2040.Thedifferencesare:
Thesoftwareinstallation,asdesrcibedinthemanual,iscompleteunnecessary.
Duetothatthereisnodiskincluded.
Incaseofanupgradeofyour2040toa68060processor,whichwearequitepreparedtodoforyou,youwillbe
furnishedwiththethenrequireddiskette.
Toobtainproperfunctiona"68040.library"mustbeinstalledinyour"libs:"directory.Thislibraryispartofthe
operatingsystemandisnotavailablefromus.Theusageofthelatest"Setpatch"versionlowerstheriscof
incompabilities
PREFACE
Manythanksforchoosingourproduct.Withtheoverwhelmingperformanceofthelatestandfastestprocessorof
the68k-family,theMotorola68060,theBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardbringsalongaperformancelevelforthe
AMIGA2000whichwasformerlyunthinkableinthisformandattisprice.Withmorethan80MIPS
performanceandthehighperformanceoftheintegratedfloatingpointprocessorunit(FPU),theAMIGA2000
becomesapowerfulworkstation,whichismorethansuitedfortoday’smostdemandingapplicationssuchas3D-
calculationsandray-tracing,imageprocessing,animationorvideoprocessing.
SomeofthemostimportantfeaturesoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard:
• High-EndaccelerationboardfortheAMIGA2000with50MH-68060processorwithFPUandMMUfor
highestandmaximumperformance
• Four72-channelstandard-SIMM-socketsforthememoryexpansionupto128Mbyte
• mainmemory(mergedassemblyisalsopossible)
• Automaticself-integrating(auto-configurating)memorywithoptionalmirroringoftheoperatingsystem
(MAPROM-function,deselectable)foradditionalpowerincrease
• AnextremelyfastmemorylayoutgrantshighestdatathroughputinthefastRAM
• AsynchronousdesignforfullGenlock-compatibility
• Canberesetto68000-processorthroughthekeyboardforfullcompatibilitywithallsoftware(possiblewith
AMIGA2000model„B“only)
• IntegratedFastSCS-IIDMAcontrollerwithtransmissionratesofupto7Mbyte/sec.asynchronousandup
to10Mbyte/sec.synchronousontheSCSI-bus
• ThroughDMA-transmission(DirectMemoryAccess)theprocessorontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard
isnotcharged.Thus,theBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardisoptimallysuitedformultimedia-applications
• SolderlessandsimpleassemblyintheprocessorexpansionslotoftheAMIGA2000
• High-qualityprocessinginlatestSMD-technology
• Buildunderlisencefromphase5bydcecomputerserviceingermany.
Chapter1
TheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard
Scopeofdelivery
OnreceiptoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardpleasecheckthatthedeliveryscopeiscomplete.Thepackage
mustcontain:
• Oneboard(BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard)
• Twoinstallationdisks
• Thismanual
Ifoneofthesepartsshouldnotbecontained,pleaserefertoyourretailer.
IMPORTANT!BEFOREBEGINNINGWITHTHEASSEMBLY
BeforeyoubeginwiththeassemblyoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,youshouldfirstconsiderthe
followingitems.
1.Tofunctioncorrectly,theBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardneedsspecial68060-specificsoftware.This
softwarehastobeinstalledbeforetheassemblyoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard.Seealsochapter
„Softwareinstallation“.
2.TheAMIGA2000hasbeendeliveredastwodifferentmodelsbyCommodore,namelytheoldermodels(A)
andthelatermodels(B).YouanfindoutwhichmodelyourAMIGAisfromtheimprintontheleftbottomside
ofthemainboard.Ifyoudiscoverherealablewiththeimprint„COMMODOREAMIGA2000“,aserial
numberand„MADEINGERMANY(BSW)“,thanyourAMIGAisamodel(A).Withthesemodels,the68000
CPUhastoberemovedbeforeyoubeingwiththeinstallationoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard.Pleaseby
allmeansreadtheAppendixB„InstallationintheAMIGA2000,model(A)“beforeyoubeginwiththe
assembly!
3.FindoutwithwhichKickstart-ROMyourAMIGA2000isfurnished.Tograntthefullfunctionalityofthe
BLIZZARD2060,weurgentlyrecommendtheusageofKickstart-ROMVersion3.1.Shouldyouhavea
differentKickstart-version,pleasereadtheAppendixA„WorkingunderKickstart1.3or2.04“first.
4.IfyouwanttoexpandyourBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardwithmemorymodules(SIMMs),pleasereadthe
corrrespondingchapterfirst,becausetheassemblyoftheSIMMshastobemadebeforeinsertingofthe
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoardintothecomputer.
ASSEMBLYOFTHEBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard
Removeallcables(mainscable,monitorcable,mouse,serialandparallelcables),aswellas,ifapplicable,all
externallyconnectedunitsfromyourAMIGA2000.Nowloosenthetwoscrewsonthelowerleftandrightside
ofyourAMIGA2000(illustration1).
Illustration1.ScrewsonthelowerleftsideoftheAmiga2000
Ontherear,removethemiddlescrewlastly.Indoingsomakesurethatyouremovethecorrectscrewasshown
inillustration2.
Illustration2.CenterscrewontherearoftheAMIGA2000
NowyoucantakeoffthecoveroftheAMIGA2000bypullingitcautiouslyforwardandupwards.Shouldyou
noticeresistorwhentakingoffthehousinglid,pleaseusenoforce,butlookbelowthelid,possiblyacableor
alikehasbeencaughtonthecover.
Afterhavingopenedthecover,youwillrecognizeontheleftbesidethe6800CPUthe86-channelprocessor
expansionslotoftheAMIGA2000(illustration4).Theboardhastobefittedintothisslot.Beforefittinginthe
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,pleasefirstremovetheslotcoverplatebelongingtotheprocessorexpansion
slotattherearoftheAMIGA2000.
Illustration3.Coverremoval–sideview
Illustration4.Rightsideview(lookingdown)
NowyoucancarefullyentertheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardasshowninillustration5.Pleasetakecarethat
theBLIZZARD2060sitsproperlyintheplasticguidancerailonthefrontoftheAMIGA2000,andthatno
cablesorothersarejammedbelowtheboard.Nowfixtheboardbyapplyinglightpressurefromaboveasshown
inillustration5.Iftheboardsitsproperlyintheappropriateslot,youcannowfixthescrewsoftheearlier
loosenedslotcoverontherearoftheAMIGA2000.Nowyoucanre-fastenthecoveroftheAMIGA2000and
re-connectallremovedcablesandperipheralunits.Herewith,theassemblyofyourBLIZZARD2060Turbo
Boardisfinished.
Illustration5.BLIZZARD2060installation(sideview)
OPERATIONOFTHEBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard
IfyoudisposeoftheKickstartVersion3.1inyourAMIGA2000,thentheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardis
immediatelyreadytouse,andputsit’sperformanceatyourdisposaldirectlyafterhavingbeenswitchedon.If
yourcomputerisfurnishedwithadifferentKickstartVersion(e.g.Version1.3or2.04),thenpleasereadthe
AppendixA„WorkingunderKickstartVersion1.3or2.04“first.
Ifyouhaveinstalledmemory(FastRAM)ontheBLIZZARD2060,youcandefinethroughajumperifthe
MAPROMfunctionwhichcopiestheoperatingsystemintothefasterFast-RAMshallbeactivatedornot.Itis
recommendedtolettheMAPROMfunctionswitchedonatalltimes(alwaysactivatedexworks),becausedueto
the16bit-widesystemarchitectureoftheAMIGA2000itexpandstheoperatingsystemROM-accessesto32
bit,andsoacceleratesthemconsiderably.
TheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardcanbedeactivatedwithouthavingtobede-assembled,ifcompatibility
problemsoccurwithcertainprograms.(AsinAMIGA2000Model„A“the68000CPUhastoberemoved,the
resetisonlyworkinginAMIGA2000model„B“!).Tode-activate,holddownthekey„0“duringbooting.
Howeverdonotusethekey„0“onthenumeralblock.TheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardisthencompletely
deactivated,whichwillreadjusttheAMIGA2000tothestandardconfiguration.howeverpleaseconsiderthat
notonlytheprocessoroftheboardisdeactivated,butalsoallexpansions,whichareoperatedontheBLIZZARD
2060TurboBoard.Soafterthedeactivation,neitherthememorynortheintegratedSCSI-IIcontrollerare
available.TheBLIZZARD2060canbere-activated,bykeepingthekeycombinationwhichisrequiredfor
resetting(CTR-AMIGA-AMIGA)downformorethan10seconds.
JUMPER
ForacompletedescriptionofthejumperswhichareavailableontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardpleaseturn
toAppendixC„JumperontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“.
MAPROM
OntheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardthereisajumperfortheMAPROMfunction.Ifmemoryisloadedonthe
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoardmemory,youcanloadthekickstartintothefasterRAM,inordertoaccelerate
theexecutionofoperatingsystemfunctions.IftheMAPROMjumperispluggedin,thekickstartisautomatically
recopied.Ifthejumperispulledout,thekickstartisexecutedfromtheROM.The(activated)MAPROM
functionoccupies512KbyteoftheRAMinstalledontheBLIZZARD2060.
MEMORYEXPANSION
AdjustmentandrecognitionoftheRAMinstalledontheBLIZZARD2060iscompletelyautomatical.Forthe
memoryassemblyyouneed32-bit-SIMMS,availablegeneralunderthetrademarkPS2-module.The
BLIZZARD2060acceptsSIMMSorthememorysizes4MB,8MB,16MB,32MB,andalsoallowsmerged
assemblyoftheseSIMS.TheorganizationoftheSIMMSmaybe32bitaswellas36bit.The36-bitSIMMSare
usedinIBM-compatible
PCs,whichusetheadditional4bitasparitybit.WiththeBLIZZARD2060,theseadditionalbitsareignored.
FortheoperationinaBLIZZARD2060SIMMSwithaspeedof70nsorfasterarerequired.
PleaseconsiderthatsomeSIMM-modulesofdifferentsuppliersareavailablewhichdonotmaintainthe
imprintedspeed.EspeciallySIMM-moduleswhichbeare.g.theimprintLaserPrinterMemory(orsimilar
phantasylabels)areunservicableasmemoryforcomputersystems.dcecomputerserviceprincipally
recommendsnottousesuchSIMM-modules.
ASSEMBLYOFSIMM-modules
PuttheBLIZZARD2060onaplane,hardunderground.Beawarethatsensitivesurfacescouldbescratchedby
thepinsonthebottomwhenmountingthememorymodule,thereforewerecommendtousee.g.amagazineas
support.NowaligntheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardsothattheexternalSCSI-IIconnectorpointstowardsthe
right.ThememorySIMMShavearecessopeningononesideofthecontactstrip,sothattheycannotbe
mountedupsidedown.Thisrecessopeningmustbeattheleftsidewhenmounting.InserttheSimmatanangle
ofaprox40flushintothesocket,thusthemodulecanbeinsertedwithoutproblems.Thensoftlypressdown
bothuppercornerstheSIMMdownwithyourthumbs,untilitaudiblylocksintoplace.Takecarethatthemetal
hooksleftandrightbesidesthefixationholesbothlockinovertheboardoftheSIMMS.Takecareforall
handlingsteps,thattheSIMsmustnotbesubjecttostrongmechanicalstress.
Note:Generallyitdoesnotmatterinwhichsequenceresp.inwhichofthefourSIMM-socketsyouinsertyour
SIMM(s).
SOFTWAREINSTALLATION
Theincludedsoftwarecontainsthenecessarylibrariesfortheoperationofthe68060CPU,thecommand
CPU060,anequivalenttotheCPUcommandoftheoperatingsystem,aswellassometoolsfortheoperationof
the68060CPU.Throughtheinstallation,the68040.library,ifexisting,isrenamedandthelibraries
68040.libraryand68060.libraryarecopiedintothedirectoryLIBS:furthermore,theCPU060commandis
copiedtoC:andadrawerwiththedesignationSOFT060isgeneratedinthesystempartitionwhichcontainsthe
toolsfortheoperationofthe68060CPU.
ATTENTION!
TheinstallationofthesoftwaremustinanycasetakeplacebeforetheassemblyoftheBLIZZARD2060Turbo
Board!Shouldtheoperationofa68000,68020,68030or68040Cpubenecessary,thenyouneedmakeno
modificationsoftheinstalledsoftware.Thepresentversionofthe68040.librarywhichisdeliveredtogetherwith
theBLIZZARD2060automaticallyrecognizestheinsertedprocessorandloadstherequiredlibrary.
Thesoftwareinstallationismadethroughaninstallationscript.Insertthedelivereddiskandopenitthrough
doublemouseclick.Beforethefinalinstallation,youshoulddoubleclickonthe„ReadMe“-filetoopenit.Inthis
text,theactualinformationonthesoftwareiscontained.Thesoftwareistheninstalledthroughdoubleclickon
theINSTALLicon.TheprogramintheSOFT060directoryhavetheirowndcumentationonthedisk,the
commandCPU060has,inadditiontotheargumentsoftheCPUcommand,thefollowingarguments:
(NO)SUPERSCALAR (de)activatesthesuperscalarmodeoftheprocessor
(NO)BRANCHCACHE (de)activatesthebranchcache
CHAPTER2
THEFASTSCSI-IIDMAController
ConnectionofalreadyRDB-formattedSCSI-Drives
Ifyouconnectaharddisk(orresp.anotherSCSi-unit)totheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,whichwas
formerlyoperatedonaSCSI-controllerintheAMIGAandformattedwiththeRDB(RigidDiskBlock)
accordingtoAMIGA-standard,thisunitisimmediatelyreadytouse.
Afterthecomputerhasbeenstarted,thepartitionsexistingonthisdiskmustbeautomaticallyrecognizedand,
resp.evenbooted.Ifthisisnotso,contactyourretailerinanycase,beforeundertakingfurthermeasures.
ATTENTION!
Ifyouwanttoconnectharddiskswhichyoualreadyoperateatadifferentcontroller,andonwhichdataare
memorized,weurgentlyrecommendtomakeasafetybackupoftheharddiskbeforeremovaloutoftheold
system.Eachnewconnectionofanalreadyoperatedharddiskbearstherisk–ifeversosmall–ofadataloss
througherroratinstallationorputtingintooperation.Ifthebackuponfloppydiskseemstooslow,askyour
retailerifhecouldtakeoverthebackupandre-installationforyou(e.g.onastreamer),orifyoucouldborrowa
streamer,possiblyagainstalowfee.Weexpressivelystatethatwetakeovernowarrantywhatsoeverfordata
lossesonharddisksorSCSI-unitswhichhavebeenpreviouslyusedbeforebeingconnectedtotheBLIZZARD
2060TurboBoard.
ConnectionofExternalSCSI-Devices
Tothe50-channelHigDensityFastSCSI-IIconnectoroftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardyoucanconnect
externalSCSI-unitswithacommercialbrandSCSI-IIcable.MostexternalSCSI-unitsarefurnishedwith50-
channelCentronics-connections,sothatforthoseacablewith50-channelSCSI-II-plugononesideandstandard
SCSICentronics50-poleplugontheothersidecanbeused.FurtherSCSI-unitscanthenbeconnectedviathe
firstunit,whilebetweentheunitsgeneralycableswith50-channelconnectiononbothsidesareused.Inany
case,youhavetotakecareofcorrectbus-termination(seeSCSI-bustermination),asotherwiseproblemswith
thedatatransmissioncouldoccur.
Duringoperation,youhavetotakecarethatthepowersuppliesoftheexternalunitsshouldalwaysbeactivated
beforeswitchingonthecomputer,anddeactivatedonlyafterthecomputerhasbeenswitchedoff.
TheSCSI-bus
ATTENTION!
FortheconnectionofexternalSCSI-unitsonlytop-qualityscreenedcablesareadmitted,whichcomplywiththe
validstandards(CE,FCC,orsimilar).Forpurchasingsuchcables,whichofferthecorrespondingattenuation
properties,pleaseturntoyourretailer.PleasealsobeawarethatexternalSCSI-unitshavetofulfillthevalid
standardnorms!
SCSI-bustermination
Tograntafaultless,unimpairedfunctionfortheSCSI-bussystem,theSCSI-bushastobeterminatedelectrically
correct.YoucanthinkoftheSCSI-busasainglecable,whichhastohaveaterminalresistorateachend.The
singleunitsarethendirectlyconnectedtothiscable.Itfollowsthattheterminationresistorsmayonlybe
installedonthefirstandlastunit.Inthisregard,thecontrollercountsasoneunit.(seeillustration6).TheSCSI-
moduleontheBLIZZARD2060isfurnishedwithanactivetermination,whichautomaticallyswitchesonand
off,dependingonifexternalSCSI-unitsareconnectedornot.(pleasealsoseetheAppendixC„Jumperonthe
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“andthechapter„SCSIterminationjumper“.)
OntheusualSCSI-unitssuchasharddisks,alternationdiskdrives,orstreamers,terminationresistorsarealso
installed.TheterminationresistorsgenerallyarepositionedclosetotheSCSI-plug.Iftheresistorsaresocketed,
youcansimplyremovethemifrequired.Shouldtheresistorsnotbesocketed,(whichissometimesthecasefor
newerSCSI-unitswithSMD-solderedresistorsoractiveterminationontheunit-side),theregenerallyexistsa
jumperorswitchontheSCSI-unit,wihtwhichitcanbeswitchedoff.Forthelocalizationofsuchjumpersor
switches,orifyouhaveproblemstoidentifytheterminationresistors,pleaserefertothedocumentationofthe
correspondingSCSI-unit.Withexternalunits(e.g.scanners)orexternaldrivesitcouldbe,dependingonthe
supplierordeliveryscope,thatinsteadofresistorsinstalledonorintheunit,anexternalSCSI-terminationplug
ispositionedononeoftwoexternalSCSI-connections.
ATTENTION!
Thecorrectterminationisinevitableforafaultlessoperationofthecontrollerandotherconnectedunits.An
erroneousterminationcanleadtodatatransmissionerrors,non-recognitionofSCSI-units,orintheworstcase,to
datalossesonthememorymedia.Pleasetakegreatestcarethattheterminationismadecorrectly.
NOTE!
Ifyouremoveterminalresistors,pleasedonotforgettonotedownthefittingposition,incaseyouhavetore-
insertthereistances.Inmostcasesthereisamarkingontheboard,whichhastobeinaccordancewiththepoint
ontheresistor.
Basicallywecandistinguishthefollowingfourconnectioncombinationsforthetermination(whatissaidinthe
followingfor„harddisk“isofcoursealsovalidforotherSCSI-units).
OperationoftheSCSI-controllerwithaninternalharddisk
Attentionhastobepaidthattheterminationresistorsareinstalledontheharddisk.Fortheconnectionofthe
harddiskwiththeSCSI-controllerusetherespectiveplugsattheendoftheinternalSCSI-cable.
PositionoftheSCSITerminationJumperinthiscase:ONorbetterAUTO
OperationoftheSCSI-controllerandseveralinternaldrives
TheterminatingresistorsmustbeinstalledonthediskdriveattheotherendoftheinternalSCSIcable.The
SCSI-controllermustbeconnectedtothefirstconnectorontheSCSIcableandaharddiskmustbeconnectedto
thelastconnector.AdditionaldiskdrivescanbeconnectedtoanyfreeconnectorsontheinternalSCSIcable.
PositionoftheSCSITerminationJumperinthiscase:ONorbetterAUTO
OperationoftheSCSI-controllerwithexternalunitswithoutinternalharddisks
IfyouconnectunitsviatheexternalSCSI-connectionoftheSCSI-controller,withouthavinginternally
connectedaSCSI-unit,terminationresistorsmayandmustonlybeexistentforthelastunit,andthetermination
jumperontheexternalSCSI-plughastosetfromAUTOtoON(seechapter„SCSITerminationJumper).As
externalunitsaremostlyfurnishedwithtwoSCSI-connections,toloopthroughtheSCSI-bus,(i.e.toconnect
togetherseveralexternalSCSI-unitsinseries),thentheterminationresistorsshouldnotbeassembledonthe
SCSI-units(i.e.theharddisks,alternationdisks,streamers,etc.)themselves.ItisbettertouseaSCSI-
terminationplug,whichispluggedinthefreeSCSI-connectoronthelastunit,thismakesitpossiblethat
externalunitsareloopedinserial,atwhichonlytheterminationplugagainhastobepluggedintothelastfree
connectionofthelastunit.SCSI-terminationplugsareavailablefromretailers.
OperationoftheSCSI-controllerwithexternalunitsandinternalharddisks
Externalunitshavetobeterminatedasdescribedinthepreviousparagraph.Internally,onlyoneSCSIharddisk
shouldandmaybeterminated,andthismustbeconnectedtothelastplugoftheinternalSCSI-cable.Theother
endoftheinternalSCSI-cableispluggedintotheSCSI-controller.
PositionoftheSCSIterminationjumperinthiscase:ONorbetterAUTO
ADJUSTMENTOFTHESCSI-IDOFTHECONNECTEDUNITS
Forthedistinctionofdifferentunits,whichareconnectedtotheSCSI-bus,SCSI-unitshaveaso-calledSCSI-ID
whichcanrepresentavaluefrom0-7.TheintegratedSCSIcontrollerontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard
itselfhastheID7.ThismeansthattooneBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardupto7SCSI-unitswiththeIDS0-6
canbeconnected.IfmoreSCSI-unitsshallbeconnectedtotheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,thentheSCSI-
IdsoftheseunitshavetobeadjustedsothatnounithasthesameID.TheSCSI-IDforexternalSCSI-unitsis
generallyadjustablewithasmallswitchbytheuser.Hereforepleaseconsultthedocumentationofthe
correspondignSCSI-unit.
ATTENTION!
IftwounitsareconnectedtotheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardwiththesameSCSI-ID,thiscoulddamageone
oftheSCSI-units.Inanycase,onlyoneunitisrecognizedbythe
BLIZZARDSCSI-software.Viceversa,ifaftertheconnectionofe.g.anewharddiskthisunitisnotrecognized
bytheBLIZZARD-SCSI-software,thismaybeahintthatpossiblyaSCSI-IDisadjustedatthisboard,whichis
alreadyoccupiedbyanotherunit.Thesameisofcoursealsovalid,ifanewdiskappears,butsuddenlyaearlier
connectedunitcannolongerbecalled.ToavoidoperationoftwoSCSI-unitswiththesameIDinanycase,you
shouldcheckbeforetheconnectionofanewSCSI-unitwiththeBLIZZARDSCSI-software(e.g.theProgram
UnitControl)whichSCSI-Idsarealreadyassigned/occupied.
NOTE!
ThesequenceinwhichtheSCSI-IDsareassignedcanprincipalybefreelychosen,i.e.neithermusttheSCSI-IDs
beassignedcontinuously,nordoestheselectableSCSI-IDdependonthepositionoftheunitine.g.aseriesof
connecteddisks.NeverthelessitisrecommendedtoassigntheID0tothefirstconnectedunit,andtoassignlater
connectedunitswiththefollowingIDsinascendingsequence,asthiscanconsiderablyshortenthesystemstart-
time.
ATTENTION
WithsomeharddisksitcouldhappenthattheydonotfunctionproperlyontheSCSI-ID0.Inthisspecialcase,
pleasechangetheSCSI-IDontoanyotherID.
SCSI-CONFIGURATION
TheSCSI-controllerontheBLIZZARD2060isprovidedwithdifferentpossibilitiesfortheSCSI-configuration.
TheseareadjustedviatheSCSI-device-config-jumper.TheSCSI-device-config-jumperareabovetheplugfor
theinternalSCSI-cable(seealsotheAppendixC„JumperontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“).
SCSIconfigjumper
Thejumpersarecontinuouslynumberedfrom0to7,whilejumper0isatthebottomandjumper7isatthetop.
(seealsotheAppendixC„JumperontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“).
Theindividualjumpershavethefollowingfunctions:
Jumper7:reserved(open)
Jumper6:reserved(open)
Jumper6:reserved(open)
Jumper4:SynchronAuto-Enable(closed))
Ifthisjumperisconnected,theSCSI-controllerevaluatesatconnectedSCSI-units(especiallyharddisksand
removabledisks)informationeventuallyenteredintheRDB(RigidDiskBlock),iftheharddiskistobe
operatedinthesynchronousmode,andthenactivatesthesynchronoustransmissionmodeautomatically.Ifthis
jumperisnotconnected,thenaneventuallyexistingsynchronousentryisignored,andtheharddiskisoperated
inthestandard-asynchronous-mode.
Jumper3:Slowcablemode(open)
Thisjumpershouldonlybeconnectedifduringtheusageofextremelylongcables,especiallyattheconnnection
ofexternalSCSI-units,transmissionproblemsoccur(normallyonlyforcablelengths>5m).
Jumper2:SlowInquiryMode(open)
Thisjumpershouldbesetwhenharddisk(whichcanoccurespeciallywitholdermodels),afterthecomputerhas
beenswitchedonarenotdirectlyrecognized,butonlyafteranotherreset.Thisisduetotoolongawarm-uptime
oftheharddisk.Withtheslowinquiryjumpers,thetimeisprolonged,forwhichtheSCSI-controllerwaitsfor
thereactionoftheharddiskafterthefirstrequest.
Jumper1:reserved(open)
Jumper0:Debugmode(open)
Onlyfortestpurposesbyauthorizedservicepersonnel.
SCSITERMINATIONJUMPER
1-2:AUTO(AutoDetect)
Theterminationresistorsareactivated,butareswitchedoffthroughplugginginanotherexternalcable.This
adjustmentmustbeset,ifyouhaveconnectedoneormoreSCSI-units,notwithstandingifexternalunitsare
connectedornot.
2-3:OFF(TerminationOFF)
Theterminationresistorsareswitchedoffnotdependingontheconnectionofanexternalcable.Thisadjustment
isnottobeusedinstandardoperation.
Open:ON(TerminationON)
Theterminationresistorsareactivatednotdependingontheconnectionofanexternalcable.Forexplicitely
switchingofftheterminationthroughanexperienceduser.
Terminationpower(TP)connected
Ifthisjumperisconnected,theSCSI-controlleractivatesthesupplyvoltagefortheterminationresistorsonthe
SCSI-bus.
THESCSI_SOFTWARE
Thediskincludedinthedeliverycontainscomprehensivesoftwarefortheinstallationoftheharddisk,aswellas
forindividualadjustments.Furthermore,aCD-ROMfilesystemandthechangingsoftwareDynamiCacheare
includedinthedeliveryscope,whichcanbeusedforincreasingtheperformanceinmanyapplications.
ThedocumentationforthedeliveredsoftwareiscontainedonthediskinformofaHotHelp-File.Thiscanbe
calledduringtheusage(bystrokingALTandHELP),andexplainsthefunctionsofthesoftwarethrougha
comprehensibleuserguidancemenu.
TheSCSIsoftwareisinstalledbyopeningthedisk-iconontheSCSI-toolsdiskthroughdoubleclicking.Onthis
disk,youshallfindaniconwiththelabelInstall.BeforeusingtheSCSI-toolsandtheHotHelpfiles,youhaveto
startthisprogrambydoubleclickingontheicononce.Theinstallationisthencarriedoutbyaninstallerscript.
ERRORTRACKING
Error:Thecomputercan’tbestarted
Checkifthemainscablehasstablecontact.Ifthisisso,kindlycontactyourretailer.
Error:Autoconfig-error
Ifafterthestartingofthecomputerresps.afteraresetaredscreenappeardswiththetitle„ExpansionBoard
Diagnostics“,thenpleaserefertoyourretailer.
Error:NoconnetedSCSI-unitisrecognized
CheckifpossiblytheBLIZZARD2060FastSCSI-controlleritselfisnotconfigured(bymeansoftheprogram
„ShowConfig“inthetoolsdirectoryoftheworkbench).Ifthisisthecase,pleaserefertoyourretailer.Under
correctconfigurationoftheBLIZZARD2060FastSCSI-controller,pleasealsocheckalltheitemsofthenext
errordescription.
Error:AnewSCSI-unitisnotrecognized
Checkiftheunitisconectedtotheinternalpowersupply.forexternalunits:Checkifthemainscableofthe
externalunitisconnectedcorrectly,andiftheunitisswitchedon.
ChecktheSCSI-IDoftheconnectedunits.
ChecktheconnectionoftheSCSI-cableontheBLIZZARD2060FastSCSI-controllerandontheSCSI-unit.
ForexternalunitscheckthecorrectpositionoftheexternalSCSIcables.
CheckthecorrectSCSI-bus-termination.
Ifnecessaryexchangethecableorconnect(forinternalunits)theSCSI-unittoanotherplugofthecable,tofind
outeventualerrorsofthecable.
Error:Thepartitionsofadiskwhichwasformattedearlierarenotrecognized
FirstyoushouldcheckwiththeprogramUnitControlwhichisdeliveredtogetherwiththeBLIZZARD2060if
therespectiveharddiskisphysicallyrecognized.Ifthisisnotthecase,pleasecarryouttheinstructionsofthe
previouserrordescription.Ifthediskisrecognized,checkiftheformerlyusedcontrollerwasRDB-compatible,
andalsoobligethestep-by-stepinstructionfortheconfigurationofaharddisk.Ifwiththeinstructionsgiven
thereyoustillcannotconfigurethedisk,pleaserefertoyourretailerbeforeyouundertakefurthermeasures.
Error:Duringoperationofaharddisk,transmissionerrorsoccur
CheckthecorrectSCSI-bus-terminationresp.terminationoftheindividualconnetedunits.
ChecktheSCSI-IDsoftheconnectedunits.
CheckthecorrectterminationoftheSCSI-cable.Ifnecesaryexchangethecable,tofindoutpossiblecable
malfunctions.
AnothercausefortransmissionerrorscouldbeifaSCSI-unit,expeciallyduringoperationwithlongcables,is
operatedinthesynchron-modewithhightransmissionrates.Inthistesttrytodecreasethetransmissionrateby
meansofUnitControl.
Problem:ASCSI-unitworksslowerthanexpected.
Checkthecorrectadjustmentsofthesynchronoustransmissionandthemask-andmaxtransfer-valuesofthe
concernedpartitions.YoucanusetheprogramcheckMaskforthispurpose.
CheckforpartitionsoperatedunderAMIGA-DOSifthoseareoperatedwiththeFastFileSystem(FFS).The
adjustmentFastFileSystemInternationalMode(FFSInt).cancauseperformancelosses,alsotheAMIGA-DOS
formattingwithdirectorycacheoftenleadstoaconsiderabledecreaseofthetransmissionrate.
Ifnecessarycheckiftheharddiskisfullyutilized,andthefilesaredistributedovermanytracks.insuchacaseit
canbesensibletooptimizetheharddisk,specialprogramsforthispurpose,so-calleddisk-optimizer,are
available.Pleasepayattentiontotheoperatinginstructionswhenusingsuchprograms.
Generalremarkstotheerrortracking
Anotherreasonforerrorswhichoftencausesunexplicablemalfunctionsofthesystem,istheusageofnon-
systemconformsoftware,whichforexampledoesnotworkcorrectlywiththeWorkbench3.1oftheAMIGA
2000.Thiscouldalsobeseeminglyunimportant,littleutilityprograms,whicharee.g.calledinthestartup-
sequence.Ifyouhaveanindividuallyconfiguredsystem,itisimportant,thatyoueliminatethiserrorsourcealso,
byexecutingatestwithastandardconfiguration.
Shouldyouhaveproblems,whichdonotcorrespondtotheabovelisted,orwhichcannotbeeliminatedwiththe
proposedsolutions,pleaserefertoyourretailer.Beforecallinghim,makeaverypreciseerrordescription,which
statesyoursystemconfigurationaswellasresp.systemerrornumbersincaseofsystembreakdowns,andkeep
penandpaperready.
CHAPTER3
Guarantee,TechnicalAdvisingandService
GUARANTEETERMS
OnthisBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,dcecomputergivesaguaranteeof6monthsforcomponentsand
processing,startingwiththedateoffirstsales.(Dateoftheretailer’sbillissuedtotheregisteredfinalcustomer).
Withinthisguaranteeperiod,weeleminatealldefectives,atourfreechoiceeitherbyexchangeorrepair,which
areduetomaterialorproductionfaults.Throughtheexecutionofguaranteeservices,theguaranteeperiodisby
nomeansaffected.Consideringtheincludedsoftware(DynamiCace/Cdrive),thisguaranteerefersonlytothe
datacarrier(disk).
Excludedareguaranteeservicesfordamagesormalfunctions,whichhavebeencausedbyoutsideinterferenceor
improperusage,especiallyalsounauthorizedrepair.Modificationsofthehardware,ofwhatkindsoever,make
theguaranteeclaimnullandvoid.
alsoexcludedareguaranteesericesformalfunctionsorfunctiondistrurbancesontheBLIZZARD2060Turbo
Board,onotherunitsconnectedon/totheAMIGA,oroftheAMIGAitself,whichoccuraftertheassemblyof
theBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardorlatermodificationsofthesystem(ase.g.theinsertionofnewexpansions),
asfarasitcannotbedoubtlesslyproventhatatecnicaldefectoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardisthecause
ofthemalfunctionorfunctiondisturbance.Modificationsofthehardwareand/orsoftwareoftheAMIGAare
expressivelyincluded,whicharecarriedoutthroughthecompanyAMIGATechnologiesinformofrepairs,
upgrades,orsystem-updates.
Dcecomputertakesovernowarrantywhatsoeverthatthisproductissuitedforacertainapplication.
Furthermore,wetakeovernoliabilityfordefectsordamagesonotherunitsthantheBLIZZARD2060Turbo
Board,aswellasexpressivelynotforthelossofdata,whichareorseemtobeindirectorindirectconnection
withtheusageoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardortheincludedsoftware(DynamiCache/Cdrive),evenif
wehavebeeninformedaboutthepossibilityofsuchaconnectioninadvance.Foralsodeliveredharddisksor
otherSCSI-units,exclusivelytheguaranteeconditionsoftherespectiveproducerareapplicable.
InanycasepleasereturnyourregistrationcardstatingthedateofpurchaseandserialnumberoftheBLIZZARD
2060TurboBoard,sothatincaseofproblemsorguaranteehandlingthiscanbeprocessedwithoutfurther
demandsordelays.
TECHNICALADVISINGANDSERVICE
Shouldyouneedtechnicalinformatione.g.fortheassembly,expansionorcompatibilityofyoursystem
confirguration,pleaserefertoyourretailer,whowilladviseyouwithcorrespondingcompetenceandofferyou
thesuitableexpansionproducts.TheexperiencedAMIGA-resp.Dcecomputerretailershavethenecessary
knowledgeaswellasadditionalserviceinformations,whichwillcontributetofastproblemsolutionincaseof
simpletechnicalproblemsorcompatibilitymatters.Alsofortheassessmentofpossibleguaranteecases(please
alsorefertothechapter„Handlingofguaranteecases,returns“)yourretailercanassistyou.
FurthermoreyouwillreceivecomprehensivesupportinformationsthroughourWorldWideWeb-serverinthe
Itnernet.Youwillreachourhomepageunder:
 +http://www.dcecom.de
Hereyoucanrequestallsortsoftechnicalinformationtoactualandfutureproducts,whichareimportantfor
generalinformationortechnicalsupport.Theseinformationarepermanentlyactualized,andcontaine.g.hintsto
testedandsuitablehardwareexpansionsorwell-knownerrorsourcesandcompatibilityrestrictionsaswellas
tipsandinfosforsolutionofoccuringproblems.
Shouldyourretailerattimesbenotabletohelpyou,oryouhavenoaccesstoourelectronicsupportmedia,
pleasereferinwriting,byfaxorbyphonetooursupportdepartment(seenextchapter„Support,guarantee
handling,returns“).
SUPPORT,GUARANTEEHANDLING,RETURNS
Inallcountries,pleasecontactourdistributorsoryourretaildealerdirectlyforanyguaranteeissues..Incasea
defectnotcoveredbythewarrantyisdetermined,theprocessinglump-sumand,additionallyincaseofrepair,a
repairfeedependentuponthedefectwillbecharged.
Wearenotliableforshipmentdamagescausedbypackaginginadequateformailingofdevices.Whenmailinga
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard,alwaysusetheoriginalpackagingaswellasanadditionalsturdycontainer(e.g.
mailingbox)andifsorequiredbolsteringmaterial(e.g.decomposablefillingmaterial).
APPENDIXA
WORKINGUNDERKICKSTART1.3OR2.04
Asmentionedatthebeginingofthismanual,weurgentlyrecommendtheusageofKickstartVersion3.1to
enjoythefullperformancerangeoftheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard.ShouldyouhaveinstalledKickstart
Version1.3or2.04inyourAMIGA,pleaseconsiderthefollowingitems:
Kickstartversion1.3
BecauseKickstart1.3doesnotrecognizethe68060properly(itwillbeidentifiedandinitializedasa68030
withoutFPU)andthereforeonlyapartofthefunctionalityisavailable.Thismeans,thatthebuildinMMUand
FPUcannotbeused.
Applicationsusingthisfeatures(e.g.Raytracerandsimilarsoftware)willnotfunctionproperlyorevennotat
all,inworstcasetheywillcrashthesystem.AnotherproblemiscausedbythebuildinFastSCSI-IIController
oftheBLIZZARD2060.ThisDMA-devicedependsoncachesupport-functionsoftheoperatingsystem,which
arenotavailableunderKickstart1.3.ThereforetheSCSI-IIcontrollerisdeactivatedonboot-timetoenshurethe
integrityofyourdata.Weencouragetheusageofversion2.4orbetter3.1togetthefullthecapabilitiesoutof
yourBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard.
Kickstartversion2.04
AlltoughunderKickstart2.04theBLIZZARD2060isfunctionproperly,someofthelatestversionsofthird
partysoftwareareusingfeaturesoftheversion3.1.Wethereforeencouragetheusageofversion3.1toenshure
fullcompatibilitywiththissoftware.
Note:OlderversionsoftheKickstart(below1.3)willnotworkwiththeBLIZZARD2060TurboBoardatall.
APPENDIXB
INSTALLATIONINTHEAMIGA2000,MODEL(A)
IfyourAMIGA2000isaModel„A“,whichisoneofthefirstmodelsofthiscomputer,youhavetoremovethe
socketed68000CPUfromthemainboardoftheAMIGA2000duetoaboardlayouterrorbeforeyouassemble
theBLIZZARD2060.Butbeforeyouremovethe68000,makesurethatyouhavealreadyinstalledtheincluded
softwareoftheBLIZZARD2060.Foropeningthehousing,pleasereadthechapter„Assemblyofthe
BLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“asfarasthepositionwheretheBLIZZARD2060itselfisassembled.
Inordertoreachthe68000COU,youhavetoloosenfourscrewsattherearoftheAMIGA2000whichfixthe
powersupplyattherearwall(illustration7).
Illustration7.PowersupplyscrewsontherearoftheAMIGA2000
Atthefront,twoscrewshavetoberemoved(illustration8).Nowyoucanlifttheunitpowersupply/diskdrive
carriercarefullyupandout.Shouldyouhaveproblemswithinternallyconnectedplugs,flatribboncables,etc.
whentakingitout,loosenthemcarefully,andmemorizeornotedowntheirpositionandorientationforthelater
re-assembly.
Illustration8.DiskdrivecarrierscrewsonthefrontoftheAMIGA2000
Putdowntheunitpowersupply/diskdrivecarrierbestontherightsideofyourAMIGA2000.Ontherightof
the86-channelprocessorexpansionslot,the68000CPUtoberemovedispositioned(illustration9).
Illustration9and10.Positionandremovingofthe68000CPUintheAMIGA2000model(A)
Nowyoucometothepointwhereyouhavetoapplyspecialcaution,astheprocessorisgenerallystifflyfixedin
it#ssocket.Howevernoforceisrequired,butratherfeelingandtherighttechniquetoloosentheprocessor.
Takeaslot-screwdriverandinsertitfrombelowintotheslotbetweenprocessorandsocket.Shouldtheslotbe
toonarrow,movethescrewdrivertoandfromapplyingslightpressureordistortitslightly(illustration10).
Ifthescrewdriverispositionedbetweenprocessorandsocket,softlylifttheprocessoralittlethroughslight
turningmotionsofthescrewdriver,butreallyjustalittlebit.Repeatthejustexplainedprocedureontheother
sideoftheprocessor,andyoucannowbymeansofcontinuouslychangingthesidesbyandbylifttheprocessor
completeyoffthesocket.Youwillnotice,thatateachrepetition,youcanpushthescrewdriveralitlefurther
undertheprocessor.Thislongerleveldistancecanbeusedtoloosentheprocessoronitsentirelengthwithlittle
effortandwithoutjammingoffitssocket.
Afteryouhaveremovedtheprocessorfromthesocket,youcanre-assembletheunitpowersupply/diskdrive
carrier.Makesurethatyoure-connectanyconnectors,flatribboncablesorotherwhichyoumighthaveloosened
properly.
Nextyouhavetoclosethejumper„ECLOCK“and„CCLOCK“ontheBLIZZARD2060(exworksinopen
position).HeretoseealsoAPPENDIXC„JumperontheBLIZZARD2060TurboBoard“.Nowyoucan
continuetheassemblyoftheBLIZZARD2060asdescribedinchapter„AssemblyoftheBLIZZARD2060
TurboBoard.“
APPENDIXC
JumperontheBLIZZARD2060
Jumpername StandardSetting
SCSI-CONFIG
Jumper7RESERVERD (open)
Jumper6RESERVERD (open)
Jumper5RESERVERD (open)
Jumper4SynchronAuto-Enable (closed)
Jumper3SlowCableMode (open)
Jumper2SlowInquiryMode (open)
Jumper1RESERVERD (open)
Jumper0DebugMode (open)
SCSITERMINATION
(1-2)=AutoDetect (AUTO)
(2-3)=TerminationOFF
(offen)=TerminationON
TERMINATIONPOWER
TERMINATIONPOWER (closed)
MAPROM
MAPROM (closed)
CCLOCK
CCLOCK (open)
ECLOCK
ECLOCK (open)
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