Side where Ethernet cable plugs in.
Side where SCSI cable plus in
Ethernet for Atari ST/Falcon
Recently, there are several Ethernet solutions for the Atari ST/Falcon series, and the two solution I obtained for my Falcon are
The ENEC series have sufficient coverage on the Internet elsewhere (see Thomas' Atari Projects EtherNE and Networking my STE). Unfortunately, I did not have luck with this adapter due to the unavailability of a suitable NE2000 Ethernet card around my area. I tried several NE2000 cards, all of which successfully worked in Windows but failed on the Falcon.
The DaynaPORT Pocket SCSI/Link Ethernet adapter, however, works fine on the Falcon.
Hardware setup: The DaynaPORT Pocket SCSI/Link Ethernet adapter
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Side where Ethernet cable plugs in. |
Side where SCSI cable plus in |
The hardware setup is just a matter of connecting the SCSI cable into the DB-25 of the adapter. It also have a Mac style HDI-30 SCSI port which is of no use to the Atari Falcon. This can be left unconnected. On the Ethernet side, the DaynaPort Pocket SCSI/Link Ethernet adapter supports both RJ-45 (10Base-T) and BNC (10Base-2) cable. Connect the BNC cable into the BNC port via a T-joint. Making sure that the 50-ohm network terminator is attached at both end of the network cable.
The default SCSI-ID or number is set at 3 and terminated. This means that the device is automatically terminated and you cannot daisy-chain another device on to it. If you are daisy-chaining other SCSI device, make sure you select unused SCSI-ID and no termination.
Plug in the power supply and the adapter is ready to use.
Software setup : Anodyne SCSI/Link device drivers, STING and HDDriver
The key to the using SCSI/Link is Anodyne device driver. Download it from the Anodyne software web site. In the archive there are 3 files - 2 programs and 1 text file. Read the text file for a better understanding of the driver, SCSILINK.STX. The other file SLSTINGX.TTP is a test program that checks the statistics of the device. This program will show you whether the SCSI/Link is indeed working or not.
STING is required and can be downloaded from the STING download pages. Setup STING according to the instructions. Nothing special is needed. Copy the SCSILINK.STX into the folder where all the other STX files are located. Just reboot to load this driver.
Enable SCSI arbitration in HDDriver so that the SCSI/Link is detected by HDDriver.
The STING configuration is pretty generic, some idea on how to setup can be found in the STING setup for ICS.
Have Fun!!