Does anybody has a way to tell what info is stored in the clock chip? I still am unable to set the default screen width to 80 colums. The problems indeed were caused by dropped out batteries after coming home from a fair. As a result of all this I also lost contents of a complete harddisk. I would like to prevent this on my other harddisks and ZIPs. Hapzee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maico Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: Re: harddisk read only?
> Hello Alex > > > ] Now didn't the Novaxis interface store information in the clock chip? > > ] > > ] I bet that causes your trouble... > > > That might indeed be the root cause. If memory serves me well, there was > one > > interface which allowed sharing of harddisk between multiple MSX > computers. > > But to prevent corruptions to the fat, only one MSX was allowed to mount > the > > harddisk in read-write mode while other MSX computers could then only > mount > > the very same harddisk in read-only mode. > > Indeed > When clock chip info is gone, then novaxis tries to read it, it indeed gets > often id 4 > Novaxis is indeed the interface you could tell with fdisk which scsi-id was > able to read-write to a partition. > > Bert scsi-interface however was able to tell which scsi-id can read write on > which partiton, any partition. More computers can write to the same > partition. And it had a dos utility called rights.com to change those rights > temporary and or permanent. > > > It might be that this was indeed the novaxis interface and that the ID(s?) > > that can be mounted on the MSX in read-write mode is(are?) stored in the > > clock-chip. And as long as no value has been stored, the interface falls > back > > to ID-6 as being the only read-write ID and all others as read-only... > > I beleive that depends how the bits ware fallen when turning on the msx > computer. Sometimes another cartridge can overwrite this same clockchip info > to save its own settings. > Bert scsi-interface also does save info in the clock chip. > > > So, it might very well be that the solution is: replace the battery for > the > > clock-chip and set another ID with the novaxis specific software... > > Replacing the battery might be usefull if the problem already occurs when > turning the msx computer off and on and the settings are allready gone. > > > But then again, I might be talking complete nonsense now... > > Not quite :-) > > greetings > Maico Arts > MSX-NBNO > > > -- > For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html > > ================================================================ > Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
