Kennect Rapport & Drive 2.4 Troubleshooting
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PS, I disovered that the same drive mechanism ("BTM-F-660APA2") seems to have been used in a number of Akai music samplers including, at the very least, the Akai S-950. The manual states that it is compatible with both DD and HD floppies, so that's a good sign.
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Yes I have. And whatever I try, I am not getting it working. At the moment I use version 1.2 of the Rapport extension.
If you look at the version history, complete HD20 support was only added with v1.3.2. That particular version is still lost, but we do have 1.7.1, so I would recommend trying again with that. Remember, 1.7.1 is just a control panel, so just toss that into the System Folder and you should he good to go (just make sure to remove both the v1.2 Rapport init and the Rapport Prefs cdev first).
EDIT: Also, make sure that the HD20 is plugged into the mac first, then the dongle behind the HD20. (I would test with my own HD20, but its drive is not responsive.)
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I've tried all the software versions , but with no succes. When I have some time, I will try what you suggest, combined with 1.7.1.
I did some testing and the results are strange.
I tested first with these two setups:
512Ke – HD20 with Sys 6.0.7+driver 1.7.1 – Dongle+Rapport Drive – External 1,44 Mb floppy drive (A9M0106)*
Plus – HD20 with Sys 6.0.7+driver 1.7.1 – Dongle+Rapport Drive – External 1,44 Mb floppy drive (A9M0106)*
Both work flowless, even after several startups. And it gives the benefits of a working 1,44 Mb floppy drive as well.
From top to bottom: HD20 drive – Rapport 2,4 Mb floppy – External 1,44 Mb floppy – 800K internal floppy
Than came the strange part. I replaced the Plus for an original SE (non FDHD) and started it up with the inside harddisk (BlueSCSI). Put the driver 1.7.1 in the control panel of the system folder (Sys 7.1), turned it off and connected the HD20+Rapport+1,44 drive. During the next startup, as soon as the Rapport driver should load, mostly the startup freezes and sometimes the driver loads with the icon showing "not installed".
The same happened when I managed to startup the SE from the HD20: freeze or "not installed". While the same exact setup with a Plus or 512Ke works fine. I repeated the same setting with an SE FDHD and a Classic, both with the same results.
So the question is: what caused this difference in behavour? It seems to me that this setup only works with the Plus and 512Ke and most likely on a 512K with a startup floppy containing the HD20 extension. I can test this, but I have to swap the 512Ke-ROMs for 512K-ROMs and make a 400K startup floppy with the HD20 extension on it.
I also came to the conclusion that the BMOW Floppy Emu in HD20-modus won't work together with a Rapport drive. The Floppy Emu needs to be plugged in first, but it does not have a port to connect more devices. Connecting after the Rapport drive give always a freeze at startup when the Rapport driver should load.
* original 800K drive just swapt for a 1,44 Mb drive
One thing to consider is that technically the rapport et al wasn't designed for system 7, even if it does sometimes work with some coaxing, so it may be prudent to try the SE in System 6 using the same hardware setup to see if that makes a difference.
Without the HD20 drive, the Rapport drive works fine under System 7.1, even with the 1.2 version of the drivers. I tested it on a IIsi, SE/30, SE, SE FDHD, Classic, Classic II. On the IIsi even "always on the first startup". On the compact macs, mostly a restart is needed.
Second: the HD20 I use has System 6 on it. Even starting up from it on an SE, freeze or "not installed" is the result. While the same setup with a Plus and 512Ke works fine. So there is, running with System 6, something that give troubles on an SE, SE FDHD and Classic.