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| ACTEL Activator 2S - APSW software needed |
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| rg58:
Silly me, the blank check is asking for the number of pins of the FPGA, then the package, then the die. This old DOS version doesn't support my 42MX :( |
| rg58:
I still didn't get the Windows version working, neither on Windows 98 SE, nor on Windows 2000. The Windows version is my only option that supports my ACTEL FPGAs (42MX and others) - the old DOS version doesn't support them, the FPGAs are newer. Yesterday I changed the IRQ back from 10 to 11 (default) on the SCSI card. Changed IRQ to 11 as well in Windows. Played with the device driver in config.sys and BIOS thereafter, no change. I then downgraded Adaptec ASPI drivers from 4.71.2 to 4.60, checked that all required files are in the correct folders (as per instructions from the internet), checked the correct settings in the registry, corrected 1-2 things. Did this for both Windows versions. Outcome: Still no change. Still saying "ASPI manager down" or "SCSI controller not found" in both Windows versions/installations on the same machine. Of course the 2 Adaptec tools from above still show the SCSI adapter and the programmer (as a tape drive, correct, according to the manual), and the tool still tells me that ASPI is working properly! So what's the darn problem now? What else can I try? I'm running out of ideas and options... Crappy piece of software, that is |O |
| JimboJack:
1. Hardware, old dusty Pentium 60 ? lying around ? Pentium 133 ??? 2. Find a W98 ME non-patched initial release then patch, can you go Win95 ? 3. Found old software had issues with how much RAM you had installed even on virtual machines simulating old software, 4-8 Mbytes, be standard workstation, 32MBytes was alot back then. |
| rg58:
That's something I tried yesterday in fact. Same machine (Pentium II), I unplugged the existing 2 HDDs and plugged in a single 130 MB HDD, cleaned it, freshly installed Windows 95 on it, then some drivers. => no change Just now I cleared out ALL other cards, only ones left are SCSI adapter and graphics card. Also unplugged a CD drive and reduced RAM from 256 MB to 64 MB. => no change Had previously investigated missing file and registry accesses through monitoring tools, even copied some (hit/miss) windows system files into the program folder... => no change I don't have another machine of this age available, otherwise I would try again on a different hardware (doubt it would change anything). Now I'm stuck with this stubborn software... |
| rg58:
The interesting fact is that the original link was... http://www.actel.com/products/tools/activator/apsw.zip ...which indicates an original install version from the manufacturer. But in fact it is NOT ! After unpacking the .zip file, you'll find 'Uninst.isu' as the only file in the root folder of the application, basically an uninstall file. So this is just a packed version of an already installed software! System files that went into the /windows/system/ folder and important registry entries MIGHT BE MISSING! 'Uninst.isu' contains the following strings of network shares of the original machine it was once installed on: W2K-WANGZ1\LiberoFAQ J:\\W2K-WANGZ1\GURU K:\\W2K-WANGZ1\RN \\sv-fp-01\DEPT743 \\sv-fp-01\IPC$ The internet archive only has 2 captures of this file, 21/06/2006 and 13/11/2005. Unfortunately both files are identical! No other version can be found. So I'm still looking for a proper install version of this software :-( |
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