Mac OS 9 Lives
Digital Audio Workstation & MIDI => Audio & MIDI Hardware => Topic started by: Blzproductions on October 24, 2019, 06:45:05 AM
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I've had one of these kicking about for years, but have only recently managed to get hold of a host card (SBS 21-100-2)
Only issue is that the Mac doesn't see the host card in the System Profiler, or the Chassis
There are a set of 5 jumper on the top of the card, I wondered if anyone knows how they should be set?
I take it there are no drivers/extensions associated with the use of the chassis?
Hoping that's all the issue is.
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right PCI should not require any driver.
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ATX PSU packed up minutes after posting the last post, so I'll start there, and see what's what.
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Yes a 'flakey' power supply can cause some weird problems that are hard to track down.;D
Last year I spent 2-3 days trying to solve a problem but then the power supply finally died completely... installed a fresh supply and all was well.
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I've got a digidesign 7 slot pci chassis. It's got a host card in the chassis. What about the computer side though. What pci cards are compatible? Are the cables just normal scsi?
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It requires a Host card in the Mac (a bit of research led me to the SBS host cards, as the Digi MH477 is just a rebadged SBS chassis), and a suitable cable.
I had everything apart from the card for the Mac which I now have, but I don't have any manuals, so not sure if I need to move any jumpers on the host card or not.
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i´ve never tried - but often been told that only the 13 slot chassis will work as generic PCI expansion for OS9.
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not sure if I need to move any jumpers on the host card or not.
I have a few different chassis (Magma and SBS) and have never moved any jumpers... in fact I didn't even know that there were any jumpers that COULD be moved or have I ever heard any mention of jumper settings on a chassis or associated card!!
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So I just took a look at my spare SBS host card (21-100-2) and I see that there are 2 rows of jumpers on there! On the top 3 jumpers labeled J2, J5, J6... pin 1 is open and pins 2 and three are jumped. On the bottom 2 jumpers labeled J3 and J4... pins 1 and 2 are jumped and pin 3 is open.
I'm pretty sure that I've tested this card and It functioned properly (wouldn't bet my life tho! :)).
Like I said, I've never heard mention of jumper settings on these cards for use in a ProTools environment, however... if something can be moved there's someone out there that will move it!! Haha!
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Thanks for those jumper settings.
Will compare to the settings on mine.