[Techtoolslist] FLUKE 9100A SCSI to CF Adapter - Success with Stratos CF AZTECMONSTER

[John Robertson]

techtools-steve wrote:

> I received a couple emails inquiring about the SCSI to CF adapter I 

> used so here are the details.  Everything you need is currently 

> available at a reasonable price and the physical installation was 

> rather painless.

>

> The adapter I used is the Stratos CF AZTECMONSTER and you can buy one 

> direct from Japan http://www.artmix.com/CF_AztecMonster.html but I 

> found it easier and with significantly cheaper shipping to pick one up 

> on ebay.  There were multiple listings for the board on ebay yesterday 

> but it appears each had multiple bidders and closed above the starting 

> price.

>

> My FLUKE 9100A has the V6 roms installed and was configured using 

> Service Disk 1.4.  I have successfully loaded the v4-1b software with 

> the v6.1 update pending availability of new disks (hint-hint Andre)!


You speak of V6 roms, whereas I thought the last version was the V5 for 
40MB SCSI upgrade as I have those on Flippers. If you have something 
labelled V6 I'd love a copy to see if that may have an effect on my 
AztecMonster integration.

>

> http://arcadehacking.com/public/fluke/FLUKE9100A_CF_AZTECHMONSTER_01.jpg

> ...

>

> I hope this info helps someone else unbrick their Fluke 9100 after a 

> fatal hard disk failure.

Well, not so far!

I have been unable to get any of my 9100s including the 9100FT/68030 to 
recognize the Aztecmonster with a Transcribe 128MB CF card at all. Keep 
getting errors when the unit tries to format the drive. The cable and 
machine handle a regular SCSI drive just fine so I have to wonder if you 
have anything unusual in your setup.

I get this error with the AzetecMonster:

"Error Setting 512/Sector Format" followed by "sensekey:05 additional:26"

Using an ACARD ACE7720U with an IDE to CF adapter I get this error 
message...

"Can't seek to track 0" followed by "sensekey:05 additional:26"

Any SCSI experts here who can interpret these messages?

I've tried other CF cards, but all I had were 512MB and larger, the 128 
was the only 'small' card here.

Thanks!

John :-#)#

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