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Title: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: brian_ronn on April 22, 2019, 05:02:47 AM Hi Emus
I've just finished installing a Drem and its now working like a dream. Nice, silent and fast. I have skipped the part that makes the EII boot from the Drem as it required soldering on the mainboard of the EII. Instead I boot the EII in HD OS 3.1 from the Lotharek HxC drive. Once the EII has finished booting the Drem gets in action. I can recommend doing the upgrade as the original EII HD is at the end of its life. Best regards Brian Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: PatPend on April 22, 2019, 09:38:48 AM Nice. How did you format the HD images? Another post (http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=3147.msg11839#msg11839 (http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=3147.msg11839#msg11839)) indicated this was tricky because of the need for a defect sector list. Did you run to any problems?
Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: brian_ronn on April 22, 2019, 01:31:49 PM Hi PatPend
First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the write precompensation. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on. Best regards Brian Denmark Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: brian_ronn on April 24, 2019, 02:11:38 AM Hi PatPend First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the defective listing. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on. Best regards Brian Denmark A correction of the above is in order: The R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A has to do with disabling the write precompensation. Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: PatPend on April 24, 2019, 08:31:01 AM Hi PatPend First of all I had to set the R-PU jumper on the ACB4000A MFM controller to disable the write precompensation. On the Drem SD card Theres a .cfg and .dsk file for the EII HD. I enabled those files in the Drem. Booted up the EII from the Lotharek HxC with the HD OS 3.1 and initiated the format routine. After a short while the virtual HD was ready to access and store banks on. Best regards Brian Denmark Thank you for this information. Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: brian_ronn on July 03, 2019, 12:27:04 AM Hi again PatPend
Now you can use Emxp v3.09.1 from www.emxp.net to create the .dsk and .cfg files and store EII banks onto the .dsk files. This is a very nice feature/enhancement provided by Esynthesist. Best regards Brian Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: PatPend on July 30, 2019, 01:35:56 PM Hi again PatPend Now you can use Emxp v3.09.1 from www.emxp.net to create the .dsk and .cfg files and store EII banks onto the .dsk files. This is a very nice feature/enhancement provided by Esynthesist. Best regards Brian Yes I've been using it and it's glorious. Awesome work by Esynthesist! Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: dfiorucci on February 13, 2020, 06:32:08 PM How long does it take the Drem to be up and running after power on?
Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: brian_ronn on February 17, 2020, 01:02:13 AM Hi Dfiorucci
The Drem takes approx. 7 to 8 seconds to boot up. Best regards Brian Title: Re: I have a Dre(a)m and its up and running Post by: dfiorucci on February 17, 2020, 01:39:23 AM Very Cool
So you could load a blank operating disk with the HXC in 3 seconds and be ready to boot into the drem within 7 seconds. That is so cool |