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
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