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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Omnibus video solution
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:59:34 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
Keywords: Omnibus, video, Amiga, A3000, availability

In article <17935@pitt.UUCP> gwalborn@cs.pitt.edu (Gary Walborn) writes:
>Ok, I am very interested in this Omnibus video card for the Amiga (thanks
>for the info, Dave).  Now the big question.... Where can I get one? How
>much to they cost?  Does anyone know of a vendor for this product?  I am
>REALLY curious now!

I don't know of anyone distributing it in the USA yet.  The card's inventor,
Oliver Bausch, has recently managed to get a net address, so I suggest at this
point that interested parties write him.  The address is:

	obausch@green.t-informatik.ba-stuttgart.de	

For those who missed it, the oMniBus is what we call a "dumb Bridge Card"
(I think Jeff Porter coined the phase) with special support for video.  This
card bridges between the Zorro and ISA buses, but it contains no CPU, just
bus translation logic and some relays.  The relays act as a software controller
A/B switch for video.  The outputs from a VGA and your Amiga go in, you
monitor connects to the output of the oMniBus card.  

The software is the real key here.  The card comes with two libraries, 
"isa.library" and "ivga.library", a 2.0-style Monitor file called "c5",
and an IVGAPrefs preferences editor.  The "isa.library" is apparently the
Zorro to ISA bus management code, and the "ivga.library" is the VGA card
management code.  Anyway, you set things up and then fire up the IVGAPrefs
program.  This lets you set the desired scan rate for each of the supported
VGA resolutions (mainly 640x480 through 1280x1024 with the TSENG card I 
have).  When you run the ScreenMode prefs, those resolutions you've enabled
here show up as standard Amiga display modes.  Anything that lets you supply
a screen mode (Workbench, for example) can now run on the VGA display.  The
oMniBus knows when its supposed to be displaying, so when you select Amiga
generated screens, the A/B switch kicks over to the Amiga's output.

There's also a utility to display "hi-color" pictures (16-bit direct), and
they're working on some screen promotion tools and some other devices that
can be managed on the ISA bus.  I always looked at the ISA bus as being more
important for this kind of thing (eg, cheap, standard hardware) than for
PClone emulation, so I'm glad something like this is finally out and in my
system (it's not the only one, I know about the Golden Gate board too, but
the really cool part of oMniBus is all of Oliver's software).

-- 
Dave Haynie / Commodore Technology, High-End Amiga Systems Design (cool stuff)
 "The Crew That Never Rests"  {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh   BIX: hazy
		SCIENCE:	"I'll believe it when I see it"  
		RELIGION:	"I'll see it when I believe it"

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: smith@spezko.enet.dec.com (Ed Smith)
Subject: A2091 blues
Reply-To: smith@spezko.enet.dec.com (Ed Smith)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:47:44 GMT


I fighting a problem with my A2091 on my A2000, 4MB fast, 1MB chip, and 3
CP3100 SCSI disks (100MB).  The A2091 has 6.6 roms.

The problem is when copying large files from disk to disk on the A2091 it
hangs the SCSI bus, SCSI LED on solid.  The rest of the Amiga still works
just no disk accesses because of the hung bus.  My SCSI configuration is
as follows:

	       25 pin 
	       External 
	       Connector
	       (empty) 
		  |
		  |
	A2091	--|	
		  |
		50 pin
		on card
		connector
		  |
		  |- CP3100 (unterminated, mounted on card)
		  |
		  |- CP3100 (unterminated, 5 1/4" bay mounted)
		  |
		  |- CP3100 (terminated 220/330, 3 1/2" bay mounted)


The problem happens on any drive to any drive, with either 2 or 3 drives
hooked up, with re-selection turned on or off (what is that anyway??), with
copying with/without buffers and even if I remove my 4MB memory card and
use a basic machine.  I also tried just using a basic startup with none of
the PD stuff I normally run.

I even tried replacing the SCSI chip on the A2091 with the one from my A2090A
(I bought the A2091 to replace the A2090A).  I also tried a new SCSI cable.

I CAN however copy disk to disk if I just use the A2090A or put 2 disks on
my A2090A and just put one on the A2091 (the configuration I'm using currently
to workaround this problem).

I thought that the 6.6 ROMS were to fix a disk to disk copy problem.  Any ideas
what might be going on here?  I bought the A2091 used so if it's likely a 
broken A2091, I guess I out of luck.

Any ideas welcome,

..Ed
From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GVP Combo board not recognizing 870meg SCSI on cold boot.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:10:05 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <aMtfs*yw1@caleb.UUCP>, Jim Pritchett writes:

> In article <rmbyers.0ctk@bfield.uucp>, Randy Byers writes:
> 
> > I've got a 22mhz combo board (5megs RAM, SCSI controller, 22mhz 030).  I've got
> > 3 SCSI hard drives chained together - 2 105meg Quantums and an 870meg Toshiba -
> > brand new.  When I do a cold boot, the system recognizes the 2 quantums and
> > boots off of the one, but it never recognizes the Toshiba.  However, when I do
> > a warm boot (ctrl-amiga-amiga), it recognizes it just fine.
> > 
> > Any idea what the problem is?  A further clue is that the drive does grind away
> > a bit on cold boot, but it makes other noises on warm-boot - there are three
> > partitions on it - on warm boot, it makes three distinct clucking sounds -
> > accessing each paritition I assume.  It doesn't make these noises on cold boot.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> It sounds like the Toshiba takes too long to spin up.  There is a PD program
> (sorry I don't remember the name) that should help.

You could also try adding "gvpscsicntl -r" to your startup-sequence after enough
time has passed to allow the drive to get ready.  This is supposed to rescan the
SCSI bus for devices.


                                                Jim Pritchett


UUCP:  rwsys.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp
 or    utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
From: mani@raunvis.hi.is (M'ani Thorsteinsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Need help connecting HD to GVP Series I
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:41:40 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.misc

I am about to install a 213MB Maxtor HD in an A2000 using the GVP Impact
Series I controller.  Unfortunately, I don't have the manual for the 
controller, so I don't know what jumpers need to be set - the location
(number) of the autoboot jumper, led connector, etc...  I have the 
installation disk, version dated March 29, 1989 (any upgrades?), but the
software isn't very informative, so it would be greatly appreciated if 
someone could give me the necessary info (jumpers, whatever....)
                                        Thanks,
                                               Mani Thorsteinsson
                                               mani@raunvis.hi.is
From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI PHASE ERROR using Archive 2150S
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:02:11 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <1ik9hvINNjf6@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, Hans Hrasna writes:

> In article 8u1@caleb.UUCP, jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
> >Hello,
> >       I have been using an Archive 2150S tape drive with my Amiga 2000 /
> >GVP 33 MHZ Combo board.  I'm using BTN v2.1 and tar to do backups.  My
> >problem is "random" but increasingly frequent SCSI PHASE ERRORs which
> >cause tar to abort the backup operations. 
> *stuff deleted*
> >Anyone out there have any helpful suggestions?
> 
> I have the same problem with my Archive 2150 and GVP controller... with Quarterback
> 5.03 and AmiBack 2.0f ... 

I just bought AmiBack.  I couldn't get past the phase errors until I used the
"Syncronous" mode.  I haven't tried gvpscsicntl 5 DCOFF yet to see if it fixes
the tar phase errors.

GVP says some tape drives don't do disconnect/reconnect properly.  I wonder
if that is really true of the Archive 2150S...

> 
> I'd be very interested if anyone has any answers/suggestions... I have 
> version -03 ROMs on my 2150.

Mine are -07.  According to Archive, there is a newer version, but the ROM
is NOT socketed.  They want $75 and me to mail them the drive for the update.
I decided not to do that.  (I really didn't want to part with the drive for
an indefinite period.)  They didn't seem to think that the new ROM would help.


                                                Jim Pritchett


UUCP:  rwsys.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp
 or    utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
From: evermic@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Mickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Diamondscan 1381As - Opinions
Summary: Anybody?
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:17:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1iv5gqINN733
Distribution: usa
Organization: CS Dept, Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu

Anybody have any opiniions on this monitor?  I am looking
at one for my 4000, and I just wanna know what people think.

Also, anyboy know where I can get a NEC 3d?  Thanx.

-MIC
.
From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: AGA Byte Mode?
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:02:08 GMT
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

To: cbmvax!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!cc.curtin.edu.au!cjdn
Subject: Re: AGA Byte Mode?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
Cc: 
Bcc: 

In article <1993Jan6.134352.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> you write:
>Does the current revision of AGA chip set have a byte mode display format.
>Sorry if this an old question.  Months ago, before AGA machines were generally
>available, several post specs. indicated that AGA could operate in either bit
>planed or byte mode.  I am currently experimenting with some graphics 
>operation that would simplified if a byte mode was available.  I sure writers 
>of PC emulates would love a byte mode to support VGA emulation simply.

No, there is no chunky pixel support in AA.

>Thanks
>
>D.A.Newman : cjdn@cc.curtin.edu.au


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From: jkrutz@burner.com (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: video/audio hardware
Date: 4 Jan 93 10:08:33 MST
Organization: The Back Burner BBS (via C-Net Amiga)

>[ From    ] ballms@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (BALLMS) (Mark) writes:

(stuff about wanting to sync quality digital audio with an Amiga deleted)

Mark, look into the SunRize AD1012 (4 track mono 12 bit) and AD516 (8 track stereo 16 bit) digital audio cards.  They both have built-in SMPTE time code readers for synchronization.  For MIDI, look into Bars & Pipes Professional from Blue Ribbon Soundworks.  The SunRize cards come with software for digitizing, editing and synchronizing.  The SunRize software and BPP will multitask together, and BPP will synchronize to the time code reader in either SunRize board.  AD1012 is around 5 or 6 hundred bucks, AD5

16 is around 1200 or 1300 bucks and BPP is around 200-250.

Hope that helps.
 -Jamie

--- Via UCI v1.20 (C-Net Amiga)
From: ag@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Andy Garton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: DD vs HD floppies
Date: 5 Jan 1993 17:51:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpopdlch.pwd.hp.com
Keywords: Amiga CrossDOS

To format to DD using a HD PC drive use:

	FORMAT B: /F:720

This works for me...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andy Garton                                                 ag@hpopd.pwd.hp.com
Software Development Engineer
Hewlett Packard Ltd
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From: steves@CIS.Prime.COM (Steve Stamford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CDTV MKII
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:47:19 GMT
Reply-To: steves@CIS.Prime.COM
Organization: Computervision R&D Ltd

I have been away for a while so please don't flame me if this has been asked before.

Does anyone know if there is a AGA CDTV on the horizon(Commodore??). I only ask because I am thinking of buying an A1200 and don't want to have to shell out an extra 300 or
so pounds for a cdrom when it becomes available. I am sure lots of people would buy 
one instead of the A1200+cdrom option.

Thanks in advance 

steve

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Computervision R&D LTD, Harston Mill, Royston Road, Cambridge, ENGLAND
+44 223 872377 Ext 350. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: zant0001@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Zanto)
Subject: Why do I get CRC errors DLing to my Dataflyer at 14.4?
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 23:51:12 GMT

Why is it that I lose characters on my serial port when I access my hard
drive, connected to the Dataflyer SCSI?  I just got it, and from what I've
heard it is different from the older ones they use to sell, which had more
jumpers on them.  The one I have has the 2.0 Autoboot ROM(supports CBM
RDB) and has 6 chips on it.  Not much there, a few latches, ROM, SCSI
chip.  Does it use DMA now or something?  My system seems to slow quite a
bit when it's accessed alot.
From: Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: I have a clock for the A1200
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:06:02 GMT
Reply-To: Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin)
Organization: ANet Test Bench, Karlstad, Sweden
OD-Comment-To: Internet_Gateway

> I sure am glad I bought that Microbotics Mousetime clock that
> plugs into joystick port #2 on my A1000.  At the time (AmiExpo #1
> in Chicago), it seemed to be inconvenient, but it looks like it
> will be the best solution to a clock for the A1200 I've seen so far!

Indeed, I just thought about this when reading the other messages about the 
clock problem. A new era for clock devices such as this? ;)

> Anyone else have one of these?

I have one for my A1000 as well. :)

                        _       .    __
    Roger Nordin     _ //      /!Net /est Bench
 2:203/602.0@fidonet \X/  Internet: Roger_Nordin@bad.se

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: danb@shell.portal.com (Dan E Babcock)
Subject: Re: Why do I get CRC errors DLing to my Dataflyer at 14.4?
Organization: Portal Communications Company -- 408/973-9111 (voice) 408/973-8091 (data)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:31:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.235112.13420@news2.cis.umn.edu> zant0001@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Zanto) writes:
>Why is it that I lose characters on my serial port when I access my hard
>drive, connected to the Dataflyer SCSI?  I just got it, and from what I've
>heard it is different from the older ones they use to sell, which had more
>jumpers on them.  The one I have has the 2.0 Autoboot ROM(supports CBM
>RDB) and has 6 chips on it.  Not much there, a few latches, ROM, SCSI
>chip.  Does it use DMA now or something?  My system seems to slow quite a
>bit when it's accessed alot.  

Probably the non-DMA controllers based on the 5380 (Wordsync, Nexus, TrumpcardPro, etc) have logic to insert wait states (halt the CPU) until a 16-bit data word is ready. This would have the same effect as a DMA transfer in that interrupts
are sometimes locked out for long periods of time.

Dan
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI<-->MFM and SupraDrive 500XP
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:59:34 GMT

In article <John_Davis.6hlt@equinox.gen.nz> John_Davis@equinox.gen.nz (The Nose) writes:
>John D Barela (jbare@cup.portal.com) wrote:
>
>>Also, does anyone know where I might find an OMTI 3527 SCSI <-> RLL board.
>>I have been told that this is a faster board, but I can't find any sources.
>>I know that these things have been out of production for some time, but was
>>hoping to find one at a surplus outlet. No luck so far.
>
>I doubt the omti will be any faster, when we tested the 4070 it gave
>a raw speed of about 700K/s, the theoretical maximum for a 1:1 RLL drive
>is about 800K/S, so it looks like the 4070 merely is getting lost revs
>on step (which means we should have told format on the sun to skew accross
>cylinders).
>
>>Another elusive piece I've been trying to track down is an Emulex MT-02.
>>This is a SCSI <-> QIC-36 adapter that I hope to use with a Wangtek
>5099EG24
>>tape drive (60MB). BTN tape handler supports the Emulex board and I would
>be
>>sooo happy to back up to tapes. Thanks in advance to all responses.
>
>ask around any Sun oriented outfit - the mt02 was the standard tape
>controller in the old sun shoeboxes (typically connected to either an
>archive 5945c or wangtek 5099en24). Since a 60Mb tape drive is a bit
>small for a Unix system nowdays, you should be able to find an un-used
>one easy enough (that's how I got mine)
>
>--
>--
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>John Davis | davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz    |
>           | chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz   | #include witty_comments.h
>           | John_Davis@equinox.gen.nz      |

I have an Adaptec SCSI to RLL/MFM adapter, capable of supporting up to
4 ST-506 hard-drives at once... unfortunately, my and my friends lack of
knowledge about MFM specifications (writing a boot-list) and the non
standard nature of my Atasi 39.3 meg MFM hard drive have conspired to
render this unusual after months and months of trying.

Now, my Palomax won't talk to it either, for the same reason.

Help!

Want to take my Adaptec off me?  I need cash, bad.

Thom

mail reavis@cheshire.oxy.edu
From: hugh@kink.PhaedraV.On.Ca (Hugh D. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: How to connect: NEC3D <=> Amiga500
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 01:40:59 EST
Organization: Phaedra V

In article <1if8q5INN7h3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, Petros Michalis writes:

> I just got a NEC-3D monitor and I'm trying to connect it to my A500.

Good choice. I have those on about a dozen Amigas I work with.
(not all at once)

> A pin-to-pin diagram works fine with me but I'd rather buy one if
> you know somebody selling such a cable before attempting to build one.

Try Redmond Cable. People seem to like them. See the ads in Amiga
magazines. I have an old number for them:

>From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
>Subject: Re: Multisync Cables
>Message-ID: <1079@crash.cts.com>
>Date: 4 Jan 90 07:16:09 GMT
>Sender: root@crash.cts.com
...
>As I posted before in this list, you can purchase already made (or custom)
>cables from a company called Redmond Cable.  Phone # 206/882-2009.
>
>I find they do a real good job on the cables and their turnaround time is
>tops.  I've never had a problem with them or their cables and I would
>recommend you give them a try.  If they don't have your cable in stock, they
>will make it up for you custom and the prices are reasonable.
>
>-- Bob
>_______________________ Pro-Graphics BBS  201/469-0049 ________________________
>                                             
>InterNet: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com          |       ProLine: bobl@pro-graphics
>    UUCP: ..crash!pro-graphics!bobl          |        CServe: 70347,2344
>ARPA/DDN: ..crash!pro-graphics!bobl@nosc.mil |  Amer. Online: Graphics3D

The connection is pretty straight forwards if you have the pinouts for
both ends. Connect R,G,B,Hsync,Vsync, and ground. I think you want:

Amiga NEC 3D
3     1
4     2
5     3
11    4
12    5
20    9

Use a fairly short shielded cable, and ground the shield to the
connector. If you can't find a DB23, hack the end off a DB25.

Fair warning, I'm a s/w guy, and a pretty high level one at that. :-)
        
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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:49:22 EST
From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 2.0 UNIT_MICROHZ timer questions...
 <1993Jan5.110742.11479@rhrk.uni-kl.de>

In article <1993Jan5.110742.11479@rhrk.uni-kl.de>, apel@physik.uni-kl.de (Martin
Apel (SAGA)) says:
>
>It would be much better to open the misc.resource for the PARALLEL_PORT
>and PARALLEL_BITS (Take a look into resources/misc.h). Otherwise
>initialization of the parallel.device might interfere with your writing
>to the 8520 registers.

You are the 3rd person to told me so... :)  I have just changed my
program to be using the resources last night.  It doesn't seem to solve
the problem I had under 2.1.  I only used the parallel.device to get
exclusive access to the printer port (I only had 1.3 docs to work with
at thetime I wrote the program.  I am looking into the newer RKM files
on the fish disks.) and afterwards I reinitialize the 8255 registers.
Whatever happens to the port, the 4 or 5 chips I have consistantly works
in 2.1 Unfortunately the other 15 or so doesn't. :(

I guess I'll have to bring the machine back to the lab to find out what
happens.

>apel@gypsy.physik.uni-kl.de             mistake than to call arithmetic an
>(Martin Apel)                           exact science. There are .. hidden

K. C. Lee
Elec. Eng. Grad. Student
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Subject: Re: A4000s dieing in the heat.
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:42:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.082255.15502@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:

<discussion of fixing A4000's fan deleted>

>Exactly where is the "air flow" supposed to be? There don't
>appear to be any inlets, except the 5.25 drive bay cover
>slightly askew!

I have taken the little spring loaded door off of my floppy drive and I
can feel air being sucked in, so that is one possibility.  Another is to
get a drill and put holes in the front of the case, heck, it couldn't
look much worse than it does now...  :-)

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