[iyonix-support] Re: CanoScan 2700F SCSI Iyonix interface?

On Wed 18 Feb, David J. Ruck wrote:
> 
> Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed 18 Feb, C J Craig wrote:
> > > I did try a backplane & an Acorn SCSI card but could not get it to 
> > > work. DP's Twain driver is on his Iyonix page. In fact he 32 bitted 
> > > one for me. I was never sure where the problem lay.
> > 
> > The firmware on any podule would need to be 32bitted and update for
> > Iyonix compatibility.
> 
> I thought Castle had ported the firmware for the original Acorn SCSI, as
> that's how they tested the podule backplane in the Iyonix?

They did the RO 5.15 I think but then broke support in the next release of
the OS and never fixed it:-(

> I keep getting 10million days since your support contract ended emails from
> PowerTec, and looking at their website they claim to have 32bitted their
> SCSI3 card, which is suprising as I didn't think Gary Partis had been
> around since the Iyonix came out. I still have the card, now plugged in to
> the Iyonix, but I got rid of the SCSI scanner with the Risc PC, so have no
> reason to pay for an upgrade.

Last time I spoke to Gary a couple of years ago he had 32bitted the
'generic' part of his PowerManager but he was doubtful he'd ever get round
to the hard ware specific parts. He sold his Iyonix on ebay last year so I
doubt anything will ever progress further.


Chris Evans

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