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Vipersan

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First let me say I know very little about Amiga..
My 1200 has had a few mods done to it allowing an external CD drive for example...and uses a CF card as hard drive positioned at the rear so can be accessed when the case is closed.
I recently bought Kickstart 3.2.2 Hi Lo ships which were 42 pin eproms..27C800 which surprsed me ..but they have been fitted.
Also bought an 8gb CF card which was pre prepared with workbench 3.2.2.
It boots just fine except a message appears on screen which I presume relates to the accelerator installed ..which is Magnum 030/40...fully pupulated with ram.
I'm assuming It is asking for some sort of driver disk for the card ?
Not being clued up I dont know for sure...so any help would be appreciated.
I can hit return and the message goes away..and booting continues.
I guess I'm asking what the message means ...and how to amke the A1200 happy again.
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Been digging for any info related to this Magnum accelerator...and very little out there.
It does for all the world look like a rebranded DKB Cobra card...for which there is a limited manual.
..which may be relevant but am not convinced there were any floppies with the card when supplied.
anyone familiar with the Cobra might be able to advise me ?
 

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Navigating to Libs...I see nothing to indicate 68030.lib
I didn't build this CF card/Workbench ..it came pre-prepared from Amigastore.eu (8gb CF) along with the Kickstart roms 3.2.2 ..
Sorry I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to software...I find hardware less of a challenge these days...being in my mid 60s with failing eyesight.
I tend to follow instructions/tutorials & guides to get things done.
anyhoo..
this is a photo of the libs drawer and what it contains.
 

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That's probably why you get the message, then: the OS is new enough to detect the problem, but is missing the CPU specific piece. For example, my A4000T with a QuikPak '060 has a 68060.library.

If the programs you want to run are running normally, then you can ignore the message. Alternatively, you could also try some of the tools on Aminet, like https://aminet.net/package/util/libs/MMULib or https://aminet.net/package/util/sys/Mu680x0Libs . These contain their own 68030.library files for particular purposes and should work with any generic '030, but I can't attest to how well any of these would work with your card.
 
Thanks CHC ...
The lack of Libs/drivers is what I suspected..and why I was hoping that there was a dedicated floppy out there for my card..possibly came with the card when new.
I have found 3 disk images here > http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/cobra
but these appear to relate to an add on for the Cobra with scsi....not cpu
My card being a Magnum ...but looks very similar to the Cobra.
rgds
 
I'm not familiar with these cards, but an 'EC030 is an 'EC030. If yours also has a 68EC030 and there's a 68030.library on those disks, it would likely work. I'd ensure you have an emergency boot disk first before trying it, though.
 
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