DAT-heads Digest #826

Contents:
  Re: DDS Drive upgrade help ("Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.")
  ISO: help with garage band please (shane b)


From: "Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr." <wayne@hoxnet.com>
Subject: Re: DDS Drive upgrade help
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 13:03:39 -0500

Dano wrote:
> On Mon, 8 May 2006, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr. wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dano wrote:
>>
>>>Hello, I was going through some boxes of mine and found a nice DDS drive
>>>for my PC. In hopes to get it running to transfer some DATs of mine, I
>>>installed it, downloaded the audio firmware with fup.exe and tried to run
>>>it. Unfortunately, it didn't work as I hoped.
>>>
>>>The drive came from a Sun system and has the firmware:
>>>ARCHIVE Python 02635-XXX596A
>>>
>>>When I run the fup program, I get "Firmware download not supported by
>>>normal fup update"
>>>
>>>Can anyone here help me out on this or maybe provide me with some
>>>updatable firmware?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Dan
>>>
>>
>>If I'm not mistaken (and I very well may be) this model uses a socketed 
>>EEPROM and the chip must be removed and flashed with a conventional 
>>EEPROM programmer.  The circuitry of the drive itself has no provisions 
>>to do this.  The firmware for these is available; however, it is not 
>>user flashable.
>>
> 
> 
> I actually got it working! Here's what I did.....
> 
> I was initially using the fup.exe v2.5 which was not letting me update the
> oem firmware on the drive (ctd8000). After a lot of searching and a little
> reading, I ended up at http://www.hoxnet.com/dat-tools/ and downloaded the
> "flashdat.exe" program along with the V5acb-15.hex file. I booted with a
> dos disk and ran the flashdat.exe with the new hex file. Bam! It worked
> without a hitch!
> 
> Peace
> Dan
> 

How embarrassing.  That's my site.  Sorry for the misinformation.  I got 
some models crossed in my head I think.

-- 
Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.



From: shane b <dronelistee@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: ISO: help with garage band please
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:18:54 -0700 (PDT)

greetings
i am using garage band to mixdown multitrack .aiff
files.
when i import tracks longer than 60mins into garage
band it cuts them off at 60mins, how do i get around
this.
please email me off list if you can help me
thank you kindly
shane


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