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Page ii Installation Instructions: Roadrunner 030 & 040 AM-1000 / AM-1200 Upgrade

12.0 34-Pin X-Bus Cabling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

12.1 AM-172 to AM-985 X-bus Cabling Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

12.2 AM-174 to AM-985 X-bus Cabling Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

12.3 Connecting the 50-Pin SCSI Interface Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

12.4 Connect DC Power Cable to Roadrunner Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

13.0 BOOTING THE NEW ROADRUNNER HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

14.0 INITIAL SYSTEM TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

15.0 OPERATIONAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

16.0 ROADRUNNER LOGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

17.0 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

APPENDIX A - SCSI TERMINATION

A.1 SCSI TERMINATION USING EXTERNAL TERMINATOR OPTION . A-1

A.1.1 Termination Procedure (W/O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

A.2 TERMINATOR POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

APPENDIX B - READ-AHEAD AND WRITE BUFFERING

B.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

B.2 READ AHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

B.2.1 Controlling Read-Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

B.3 WRITE BUFFERING FOR SCSI-1 AND SCSI-2 DISK DRIVES . . . . B-3

B.3.1 Potential Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

B.3.2 Setting Up Write Buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

B.4 FINAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

APPENDIX C - ROADRUNNER SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

C.1 PREPARING FOR A ROADRUNNER UPGRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

C.1.1 Protecting Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

C.1.2 Warm Boot Ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

C.1.3 Booting from a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

C.1.4 Upgrading Your AMOS Operating Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

C.1.5 Preparing the Software to Boot from

the Roadrunner Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

C.1.6 Roadrunner Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

APPENDIX D - ROADRUNNER AM-174 PROGRAMMING INFORMATION

D.1 ROADRUNNER AM-174 PROGRAMMING INFORMATION . . . . . . D-1

D.1.1 The Problem and Why It’s a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

D.1.2 What You Must Do.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

D.1.3 One More Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

D.1.4 New Cache Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

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