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From: danb@gaff.physci.psu.edu (Dan Babcock)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcon (wasn't: Amiga Falcon)
Organization: Penn State University, Physical Sciences
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 00:40:21 GMT

In article <30370@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>In article <1992Apr14.001701.546@imada.ou.dk> micro@imada.ou.dk (Klaus Pedersen) writes:
>
>However, I'm pretty sure they aren't running burst cycles into video memory.
>The whole concept of video memory, anyone's video memory, implies strict
>determinism in the video controller to memory path.  You can't hold off a
>fetch, not even for a nanosecond, or the video fetch fails.  So you wind up
>with "slow" (Atari) or "Chip" (Amiga) or "Bank A" (Apple IIci) memory which
>doesn't support any clever CPU tricks.  

Unless you use a FIFO for your DMA, and account for the worst-case access
time. The ARM chip set lets the CPU and DMA use page mode in a single
memory bank. However, this probably wouldn't work too well for the
Amiga (just double the clock, please. :-)).

-- Dan

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Gerrit@laosinh.stgt.sub.org (Gerrit_Heitsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: is there going to be a 386 BB?
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:33:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: laosinh.3m3Tq*tX0
Distribution: comp
Organization: Lao-Sinh project (private UUCP site)

In article <1992Apr10.134328.9540@public.sub.org>, Peter Kittel writes:

> Amiga 3.5" drive as drive A: with 720 MB, same video modes (text, CGA)
                                    ^^^^^^
> as 2088 and 2286. It's called A2386SX.
Can you send me one of these drives ? ;-)
(sorry, couldn't resist...)

Gerrit


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From: Zaphod@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zaphod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Quantum Drives - Are they reliable?
Distribution: world
Date: 13 Apr 92 03:23:33 PST
Organization: The QuBE BBS

I've got an A500 and a 52LPS - the theorectically fastest transfer rate is
around 800KB/sec. From rough guesses, I would say that it only approached
2/3 of that in real usage, but there could be other factors besides the
drive here...
 
I did have a PD benchmark program, but it only tests CPU and RAM. Oy vey.
 
I know this belongs in c.s.a.a., but WB running on ANY amiga with a HD is a
beautiful thing to see.. even if we don't get all the pretty colors (not
that I want them :)


-- Via DLG Pro v0.991

* Zaphod @ the QuBE, where the pretzels are..

"Take my PC, please"
From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Analog joystick firebuttons not responding
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:47:43 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I have an analog joystick/digital-analog converter setup that for some reason
has stopped recognizing the firebuttons.  It doesn't work on my 500, it doesn't
work on a friend's 500, but it works on a 3000.  If anybody has any idea what has
happened to cause this, please let me know.

Jeff Hanna
sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu
From: Devin_Smith@telepro.UUCP (Devin Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Supra
Date: 14 Apr 92 07:41:04 GMT
Organization: TelePro Technologies

I have the Supradirect.device v7.1 device driver (according to VERSION). 
Could someone send me a newer version of this and the SupraAuto.DevInit
files, and any other files I need for my Supra controller?  I have an old
4x4 controller for the A1000, mounted on an A500 (works wonderfully!). 
Only problem is, the Supra device coding crashes ProWrite v3.1 all the
time, with a three-finger-salute being the only way to get out of it
(mouse/keyboard freeze).  If you have anything I can use, anything newer
than "Supra Series II v1.09f", I'd love to get a copy of it from you via
e-mail UUencoded.  Thanks!

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From: ej@id.dth.dk (Erik Johansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Help needed with memory problem
Summary: Problem adding 4 Mb RAM to GVP hardcard
Keywords: memory A2000 GVP hardcard SIMM RAM
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:36:35 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science


A few weeks ago I bought 4 Mb RAM for my GVP A2000-HC+8.

After installing and booting the system comes up with either
a white screen or some guru meditation.

After playing around with the bits and pieces, trying to
find out where the ploblem was, I realized that it had to be
a problem on the harddisk controller card.

When the dealer tried the controller+memory in his machine
it worked just fine.

Now it could only be a problem of my A2000.
Perhaps the Ramsey chip ?

Any suggestions as to what could be the problem, will be appreciated.


-- 
Greetings from Erik Johansen        ///  //\\
ej@id.dth.dk                   __  ///  //  \\    echo *flames* > /dev/null
Institute of Computer Science  \\\///  //====\\
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From: kendrix_j@mims.enet.dec.com (John R. Kendrix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Data Corruption on a Quantum 80m...
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:25:05 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Alpharetta, Ga.


Hello,

I have been having problems with my harddrive.  They first came to light when I
kept having problems unarcing files.  Lotsa corrupt archives...  At first I
thought that I had a problem with downloading.  Then I tried an experiment.  I
took a archive on a floppy which I knew to be good, copyied it off to both a
partition on the Quantum80m and the Seagate48m.  I then tested the archives. 
The archive on the Seagate tested out 100% ok with Lha, & Lz.  The archive on
the Quantum failed and aborted.  It tried this some more with different
archives from floppies...  Each time I got the same result.  Here is my
configuration.

Amiga 2000
GVP series I w/2megs ram and GVP fastrom 4.0
80 meg Quantum (1989)
48 meg Seagate (1988)

To install the hard drives, I used GVP's Fastprep software in AUTOMATIC mode. 
The drives were repreped a couple of weeks ago when I moved to 2.04 and
upgraded to fast roms 4.0.  I thought everything was OK until I started
noticing these Crashes and archive corruption.  I didn't know if the crashes
were from 2.04 or from corrupted binaries.  

Since I discovered the problem, I have re-preped and reformated the Quantum
using the AUTOMATIC mode in GVP's fastprep software twice, I've tried doing
everything manually twice as well.   I'm still getting data corruption.  Files
compared with 'compare' show alot of differences...

HELP!!  What could the problem be??

Please respond by mail since I don't read this group much.  

Thanks,

 John R. Kendrix                  Disclaimers:  The opinions expressed here   
 Digital Equipment Corporation                  aren't likely to be claimed   
 Phone:  404-343-1739                           by me, much less my employer. 
 E-Mail: decwrl::"Kendrix_J@mims.enet.dec.com"
From: Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca (Ernie Gorrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 11 Apr 92 17:54:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11378
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Thomas VanNess Leavitt writes:

{Lots of remarkable stuff about hardware protection scheme deleted}

> All of the above information from issue #7/1992 of `DatorMagazin' (the
> largest swedish computer newspaper).

        Any chance this issue was dated April 1, 1992? :)
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From: francis@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (Demierre Francis,85L2,Tel. x3503)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Info on Fujitsu M2263SA SCSI 770MB Hard-disk needed, please ...
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:52:41 GMT
Reply-To: francis@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch
Organization: Ascom Hasler AG



Hi Netland and Amiga fans !


I got my Amiga 3000 since a week now and I am planning
to buy a big second hard-disk for it soon.


I have elected the Fujitsu M2263SA 5 1/4" SCSI disk, ~750 Mbytes.

I have seen and heard such a drive already (it's a bit noisy) but
I still would like to buy that one.

My basic question is:

    - Did anybody already try that drive on a 3000T Rev 6 + WB 2.04 or UNIX ?
    - Does it work at all, is it recognised by the Amiga (Rigid Data Block
      info, etc ...)
    - Any comments on performances
    - Power Consumption ( how many Watts ? )
    - Any other comments ?

Please e-mail answers, tips, coments (or flames) to the below mentioned
address.

Grateful in avdance ...

Francis


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From: vidiot.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate drive to slow at boot time!
Date: 15 Apr 92 21:30:47 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

I too have a problem.  I'm booting off of a 296N drive with a GVP SCSI 
II card.  I get the three figner solute telling me to insert WB1.3 disk.

Of course, when I reboot (warm), everything is fine.  Is there anyway I 
can adjust the GVP card (jumper or whatever) to wait a bit longer for the 
drive to spin up?

Eric
From: raymondu@terapin.com (Raymond Ulibarri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: WANTED: Amiga 2000 Keyboard
Date: 4 Apr 92 18:15:06 PST
Organization: Not an Organization

   Howard, don't let Commodore sucker you into buying a new keyboard.  I
accidently dropped my keyboard 6 weeks ago, and it lost about 15 teeth.  So I
called everywhere to try to find replacement parts.  Hell, all I needed was
the keys so I could plug them in myself!  But every Amiga keyboard source
doesn't deal in parts -- only in complete replacement(at a cost of +-100.). 
So I went to my local dealer and asked them to scavenge a few keys from their
spare keyboards.  $5. worth of plastic saved me from having to buy a $100.
keyboard.
   If it's a component problem, send it to your dealer and have them check the
chips on the PCB.  If it's a key problem, you can fix it yourself, guaranteed.
   
   Raymond Ulibarri
   VP, MultiCon
   Multimedia Concepts
   (510)261-1001
From: uduck@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Steve Galle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 1950, AGAIN... (Help, please?)
Summary: 1950 dead, need help.
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:01:05 GMT

It seems that the posts asking questions about C='s 1950 monitor never end.
Unfortunatley, as mine never gave me any trouble, I ignored most of them.
Last night, however, my 1950 just quit. I was using it, and it just went
away. The power LED went out too. All that seems to work is the de-gouser,
or whatever it is that makes that 'flashtube' sound; Kinda like when a 
camera flash recharges it's capacitor. I opened it up, and looked at the
only fuse I could see, and was unhappy to find that it was in fine shape.
(This is the fuse that is right at the end of the wire that connects to
the power plug.) 
I know this is only a vague description of what's wrong, but I'm hoping 
it has happened to someone, or isn't too uncommon. If anyone knows what
might be wrong, Please let me know. If I need to take it in, I will, but
it'll be a real financial strain...    Thanks a bunch.
-Steve
From: hpverwei@cs.ruu.nl (Dick Verweij)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Can the amiga >880 KB ?
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:13:55 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

Is there a way to read disc's formatted HIGHER than 880 KB?
(e.g. 1.44 MB)
- with the standard 3.5 diskdrive
- with a (perhaps non-excisting) HD 3.5 diskdrive (for Amiga)


-- 
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From: dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Switch
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:40:53 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY


	**** WHOOPS!! ****



>	How do you have the cables set up?  (25 PIN Switch box to 25 Pin
>connector on SCSI bus?)  If so, I need to convert 50 pin Connector (Centronics
>header type) to 25 pin.. Both SCSI cards (amiga and IBM) have 25 pin headers,
>but the tape drive (Archive 2150S does not!)

	I didn't mean centronics type....I means a standard 50 pin header
	(Narrow...2 rows of 25 pins..etc)

					Dave
From: jwalkup@terapin.com (Jeff Walkup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: DMI 24bit board ?
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:54:33 PST
Organization: Not an Organization

Has there been any more news about the new DMI 24-bit accelerated
graphics boards?

Supposed to be released April 1, does anybody have one?
If so, how do you like it?  
Please, NEW news only, preferably from someone who's *using* it.
I've read all the hype already.  Thx...

-----------                                                          //
Jeff Walkup [jwalkup@terapin.com] -  Graphics/Animation Designer  \\//
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8639 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:12309
From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Will the Blitter become redundant?
Date: 10 Apr 92 12:20:53 GMT
Organization: Max Planck Institut fuer Radioastronomie

In <1992Apr4.220542.482@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
>increase the numbers of palette registers, and do not speed up the copper
>proportionately, this has dire effects on the chipset as a whole.  Right now
>it takes 2 scanlines for the copper to update the palette registers between
>pull-down screens.  If the palette registers were increased to allow 256
>colors, and the copper was not sped up, would anyone like to make the 
>calculations to show how many scanlines would be required to update all of
>the new palette registers between pull-down screens?  I'll give you a hint:
>it's a LOT more than 2...


What intelligence ! Do you fear that a graphic system with 256 colors would
be the same speed as the current one ? Hint: that's 320x200 with the load
of a 640x200x4 display. I think that the copper limitation of such a system
would be the least one.

Regards,
-- 
Michael van Elst
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Internet: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
From: kevint@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Kevin Taddeucci)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:46:09 GMT
Subject: Need Genlock Info
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware


I am looking for a low cost ($200 U.S. or less) genlock for my Amiga
3000/16 with 6Megs. I intend to use it for home video titling and  
recording the Amigas display on tape so I don't need anything fancy.
I have looked through Amiga World magazine and found a few genlocks
which seem to meet this cryteria. Before making a choice on which one
to buy I though I would consult the wisdom of the net so here goes.

Oh I also have an Amiga 1000 with 2 floppies and 2Megs. I have seen the
CBM1300 Genlock for $59 (BRiWall). Although I would rather get a genlock
which works with the A3000, this price is pretty attractive so if you
have any knowledge of this genlock I would like to here about it as well.
Would there be any significant disadvantages to using the A1000 setup vs. 
the A3000 setup.


The genlocks and prices I have seen are as follows:
(All prices in U.S. dollars)

AlterImage  $179 (Creative Computers)

MiniGen     $185 (ComputAbility)

A2300       $169 (Commodore)



My questions are:

1. Do these genlocks work with an Amiga 3000?

   I have heard that the A2300 may or may not work.


2. Are there any features which make one a better choice?

3. What is the relative quality of thier output?

4. What, if any, software do they come with?

5. Is there another genlock I should consider?

6. Is there anything else I should know?


        Thanks in advance for any help!
       ----------------------------- ------------------------------------
      | Kevin J. Taddeucci          | e-mail: kevint@hpsad.sad.hp.com    |
      | Firmware QA Group           | HPDesk: Kevin TADDEUCCI /HP5300/A0 |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: 8939527@hydra.maths.unsw.OZ.AU ()
Subject: Re: Adapters to Connect Multisync Monitors to Amiga RGB
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 01:45:24 GMT

In article <7618F24FA47F024B5E@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU> P_TROIA@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU writes:
>
>     I would like to connect a multisync monitor to my Amiga, and I was 
>wondering if someone knows of any adapters that will let one plug 
>a standard 15-pin Multisync monitor to the regular Amiga RGB port. If 
>someone knows where I can get such a product (if it exists) please let me 
>know.
>
>     Thanks!

	There is an article in Amazing computing. cant remembet the issue but
You it on the cover.
	CYA hope it helps. (A note to make you will need a deinterlacer 
to get rid of the flicker. And the deinterlacer comes with the socket.
	CYA again....
		George T.


>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Paolo V. Troia           | Universidad de Puerto Rico        |   // Amiga
>p_troia@upr1.upr.clu.edu | Escuela de Medicina, RCM          | \X/ o nada!
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From: dac@dacami.UUCP (David Culberson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  Atari Falcon (wasn't: Amiga Falcon)
Distribution: world
Date: 5 Apr 92 17:54:17 EST
Organization: My home system.

In article <1992Apr2.185702.26132@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cmk57122@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher M. Kmiec) writes:

>WRONG! Tramiel left C= before they bought Amiga Inc.  And the first company 
>that Amiga Inc. went to was ATARI, but Tramiel gave them a lot less that
>they expected, because the ST was on the way.  So they went to C=, but
>C= wasn't interested at the time.  Then Amiga Inc. came back to Atari to
>except the low price, but meanwhile Atari lowered the it by half.  At
>this moment C= bought the Amiga.

  I bet Tramiel regrets that decision...

--
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From: johnl@SDFSERV.hac.com (John Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: mouse port probs
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:42:33 GMT
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Apr4.204307.21696@coe.montana.edu> ieeu0025@cs.montana.edu (CK) writes:
>I am having problems with my mouse port after a seeming harmless incident.
>My brother was playing a game (my mouse worked fine at this point) when he 
>warm booted and then plugged in the mouse into the mouse port.  After this pointthe mouse refused to move but the buttons still worked.  I used another mouse   
>and it did the same thing.  I tried my analog joystick on a game and it doesnt
>seem to work either (no pot evaluation or buttons).  I tried a joystick on both
>ports and it seemed to work fine in both ports.  My guess is that he gave the 
>port a nice static charge and blew an ic.  Does anybody have any ideas why this
>is acting the way it is?  CIA prob?

Yes.  Check for +5V from the mouse port.  Both the analog joystick and
the mouse requires it, the mouse buttons and the 8-direction joystick
does not.  The "pico-fuse" on the mouse port +5V line may have been blown.
Unfortunately, I believe this will require a trip to the a friendly
repair shop to replace.

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The above opinions are those of the user and not of those of this machine.
From: re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:43:38 GMT
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>Why back up a CDROM? They are not subject to the same degradation in
>reliability that magnetic media are. As long as you don't abuse the
>disk it could last many, MANY years without any problem. Besides, what
>would you back it up to, magnetic media?! A backup is supposed to be more
>reliable and longer lasting than the original.
It's nice to have programs that you can configure, which you don't want to do
on an original (not that you can alter the contents of a CD-ROM in any case.)
In the case of cool 24 bit continuous play digitized sound games you of
course have to be able to write out your comprably huge save files don't you?
I'm not saying that CD-ROM distribution is a bad idea, it's just a dumb
thing to do just for the sake of preventing piracy.
    I'm sure you could create lots of games that are pretty to look at on
CD-ROM, but it certainly isn't NEEDED to make really cool games.  My experience
has been that the amount of disk space a game uses has very little to do with
how fun it is after the first 30 seconds or so.

--Ron Ely
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: danb@gaff.physci.psu.edu (Dan Babcock)
Subject: Re: Puzzle Factory, Inc. I/O Expansion Board support?
Organization: Penn State University, Physical Sciences
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:39:11 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.190725.2838@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes:
>paws@cray.com (Daniel Baehr  (1252)) writes:
>
>>  I bought this and its still sitting on my junk heap.  I found a problem
>> on the pcb itself and when I called the Puzzle Factory I got help from
>> him ONLY after I badgered him a bit.  He basicly said "You didn't pay
>> for technical support". 
>
>I think it is a great product, and considering the price, a fantastic value.
>I know he told me a number of people called him up with problems, and they
>all turned out to be assembly errors.  However, a number of those people
>initially questioned his parental heritage.  I know he was soured on the
>idea of doing any more PD projects.  How would you feel?

It's true, when you do a PD project like this, you run into some very
weird people, some of whom have only a foggy idea of what they're
doing. However, this is nothing that a sensible, well-balanced person
can't handle. Unfortuntely, Jeff is neither sensible nor well-balanced.

-- Dan