Hello,
I wrote about this on e-mail, but let me repeat over here.
My A1200 has IDE splitter(plain cable one), 3.5 IDE connector on the back of the case(for slave IDE device). If IDE device (CDrom) is connected, PCMCIA works on cold boot, every time, no matter if drive is mounted automatically or not. I open Genesis and it works without issue.
If IDE CDROM is not connected upon cold boot, and I try to connect, Genesis throws me an error:
iface_init: could not open DEVS:Networks/3c589.device unit 0
If I pull card out Amiga goes black screen (resets?) and when I plug card in Genesis connects without any issue.
However, this with CDROM is interesting, why that works?
Is this known problem, and what is the best way to fix it? Obviously ACA1220lc works fine in this case, this is some other issue, I think.
It is worth noting that once I had Blizzard 1230/IV i had no issues with this PCMCIA network card. Also, before I put ACA1221LC in, My Amiga had 4mb/8mb memory expansion, and with that in 4mb mode I had no problem booting while PCMCIA in.
ROM:3.1.4, Classicwb FULL installed (adapted by HSTWB)
Thanks in advance.