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From: bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Bevis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP memory question...
Keywords: how?
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:09:09 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I'm considering getting myself a GVP G-Force 030 Combo-25/1 or 40/4
but I'd like to know a little more about the memory arrangement...

The 25/1 comes with 1Mb and is expandable to 13Mb with the addition of
three SIMMs.

The 40/4 comes with 4Mb and is expandable to 16Mb with the addition of
three SIMMs.

The question is, how are they doing this?  Consider the 25/1.  Initially,
it has one meg with it.  Is it 8, 16, or 32-bit wide?  How do (or CAN)
they combine a 1Mb memory with 4Mx24 to achieve 32-bit wide memory??  I
suspect the board doesn't really use 32-bit wide memory, and thus I am
hesitant to purchase it.

Next consider the 40/4.  Is the 4Mb initially present 32-bit wide?  If
so, does the addition of three SIMMs reconfigure the board (perhaps
with a jumper change) such that this memory is then part of a 32-bit wide
block of 16Mb?  This is strange!

What's going on here?  If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it!
I certainly don't want to get stuck with an 030 board using any non-32-bit
memory design. 

Creative computers can offer me no explanations, so I can't buy 'till I 
know WHY!

-Jeff, the nervous consumer

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From: jheadley@dvorak.amd.com (James Headley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: RAM chips and the A3000
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:03:54 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In <1992Sep1.235235.1952@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>I need to add more memory to my A3000 and I'm having trouble finding
>1meg x 4 Static column ZIP ram chips at a reasonable price. I have been
>able to find nybble and page mode ZIP ram chips easily. I understand
>that the static column chips support burst mode and thus are 10% faster
>than the nybble & page mode chips. But I believe I've seen a post here
>on the Net which stated that due to a bug in the RAMSEY chips of early
>A3000s (like mine) that causes the burst mode not to be used. Can anyone
>especially from Commodore confirm this? Also could you give me the name
>and phone number of a company selling static column chips?
>

Along the same line, I recently got 16 of what I thought were static
column ZIPs from a local company.  When I installed them in my
A3000-25 I booted up to find, much to my surprise, that everything
appeared ok (I was not sure I inserted them all the way into their
sockets).  Workbench showed a little over 11 meg free as expected.  The
problem I have is that when I do a setcpu command to enable burst AND
cache, the system reboots!!!  This is not good right?!  When I again
check to see if cache/burst mode are enabled it shows that one is (I
don't remember which) but not both.  I can enable either one successfully
but not both.  Does anyone know if this is what would result from some
other form of RAM (other than static column).  Should I be concerned
that I did something while inside my system?

Thanks for any help.
James H.
jheadley@dvorak.amd.com

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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: NEC 4FG Border-less Display??
Date: 27 Aug 92 07:51:38 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB

<K3027E6@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes:
- References: <alfredo.035y@ajahnv.lonestar.org> <52430@dime.cs.umass.edu>
- 
- Dan Barrett writes:
- >I have a 5FG, and it gives a borderless display (full overscan)
- 
- That sounds great, but I have another question:
- Is ist possible to get a 50 Hz PAL display with the FG-series of monitors?
- I read in the spezifications from Nec, that the FG-models are not able to
- display 50 Hz Screens. Their frequency starts at 55 Hz, and thats to high
- for PAL!! Is that right????
- Do you have ever seen a 50 Hz PAL screen on your 4/5FG?
- 
- thanx in advance!
- 
- rk :)
- rk@gup.uni-linz.ac.at
- OR
- k3027e6@edvz.uni-linz.ac.at

My 4FG has no problems at all with neither PAL nor black borders. I've
heard problems with PAL on the smaller 3FG.

The 4FG is a nice monitor, though it has a very small screen (compared
to the size Nec says it has)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: edds@rhythm.unx.sas.com (Tom Edds)
Subject: 2286 and Microbotics 8-UP problems
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:49:55 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


I discovered over the weekend that the 2286 Bridgeboard in my 2000HD
doesn't like the Microbotics 8-UP! I just installed.

Without the 8-UP!, the BB works fine.

When I install the 8-UP! (with 6 megabytes), everything except the BB
works fine. However, when I try to run PC-Color, nothing happens,
except that sometimes the machine reboots.

I've tried shuffling both boards through various slots, to see if that
makes any difference. It didn't.

Any guesses about what the problem might be? 

I'm pretty ignorant about the hardware end of things.  I worry a bit
that about the power supply being strong enough.  The machine has an
A2091, a second hard disk, a FlickerFixer, a Supra modem card, the
2286, and now the 8-UP. Is this too much to ask of the power supply? I
guess I'd expect different symptoms if it was a power problem.

I'm tempted to pull some or all of the RAM chips out of the 8-UP!, to
see if that makes any difference, but I don't want to fool with the
chips anymore than I have to.

Thanks for any tips...

\tom

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From: peterg@acci.com.au (Peter Gill xst2)
Subject: ESDI Controller for Amiga500 ??
Keywords: AMIGA ESDI HD
Reply-To: peterg@acci.com.au
Organization: Australian Computing and Communications Institute
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:18:04 GMT

I have got hold of an ESDI Hard disk and want to connect it to 
my Amiga500. I have been in contact with various Amiga retailers,
but none of them know of an Amiga compatible ESDI controller.
Does anyone know of their existence?

Thanks.
Peter Gill
Melbourne
Australia
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: fischers@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Samuel Fischer)
Subject: Powerglove : karazm.math.uh.edu does not answer
Keywords: power glove nintendo amiga 
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:58:39 GMT
Summary: where to find how to connect the Nintnedo PG

hi there! I read in Mondo 2000 that mailing to request@karazm.math.uh.edu would
provide me with info and software on how to connect the Nintendo Powerglove to
the amiga. As karazm... does not respond : Can somebody mail me how to connect
it to the Serial port? 
thanx,
sammy
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mdg1@engr.uark.edu (Michael D. Glover)
Subject: Upgrading an A2000 to 2.0 and other questions
Summary: What is required to upgrade an A2000 to 2.0?
Keywords: 2.0, A2000
Organization: University of Arkansas
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:38:15 GMT

I am about to upgrade my 2000HD to 2.0 and I was wondering how much trouble it
is to do the upgrade myself.  I have seen an upgrade kit advertised for about
$90, which includes the ROM chip, the software, and the manuals.  I gather that
all that I have to do is just take out the old ROM, stick in the new one,
re-install the 2.0 software, and I am on my way.  Is it really that easy?

Also, I have seen where it is possible to order a "Super Denise" which
supposedly will give me a "productivity mode" that is flicker-free.  Does it
really get rid of the flicker?  Has anyone got one in a 2000?  Will it even
work in a 2000?  Is it worth the extra $$$ to get one along with the 2.0
upgrade?

Also, does anyone have a bridgeboard (2088, in my case) that is running under
2.0?  Are there any problems?

Thanks for ANY and ALL kinds of help/suggestions!  

Mike Glover
mdg1@engr.uark.edu
From: swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Are the Supra 14.4K modems working yet?
Date: 23 Aug 92 17:41:13 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

mrubino@csws2.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael N Rubino) writes:

> In article <robbins.714423061@pv1649.vincent.iastate.edu> robbins@iastate.edu
> >Has supra finally got a set of roms to stick in those 14.4Ks of theirs that
> >actually work yet?  I would like to get one, but I thought I'd check to see
> >if they have the finaly rom versions out yet.  Thanks.
> 
> 
> I picked up a Supra V.32bis FAX Modem las Friday.  The ROM version I have is
> V1.200-C TR14-Jxxx-001 032.  I don't know if that is the ROM that everyone is
> waiting for.  I haven't experienced any problems yet.  I have connected to
> Compuserve and BIX at 9600 bps, local BBS's at 9600 bps and 14,400 bps, and
> my University's system at 2400 bps :-(  I haven't gotten into the FAX part of
> things yet.

The V1.200-C roms are the intermediate set of roms from Supra.  They're
being cagey about the release of the new ones; they were SUPPOSED to be out
beginning of August... Now they're talking about the "end" of august...

Sigh.  I guess we'd have to describe that as "Real Soon Now," eh?

	-steve



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: rvillari@cat.syr.EDU (R. Alberto Villarica)
Subject: Re: WHATS WRONG WITH THE SUPRA14.4?????
In-reply-to: cshamis@desire.wright.edu's message of 28 Aug 92 19:05:41 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 10:51:02 EDT

> In article <1992Aug28.140541.3795@desire.wright.edu> cshamis@desire.wright.edu writes:
> 
>    Path: newstand.syr.edu!psinntp!psinntp!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!uoft02.utoledo.edu!desire.wright.edu!cshamis
>    From: cshamis@desire.wright.edu
>    Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
>    Date: 28 Aug 92 19:05:41 GMT
>    References: <jc.02jd@selune.demon.co.uk>
>    Organization: Wright State University
>    Lines: 26
> 
>    In article <jc.02jd@selune.demon.co.uk>, jc@selune.demon.co.uk (Jerry Cullingford) writes:
>    >> Has supra finally got a set of roms to stick in those 14.4Ks of theirs that
>    >> actually work yet?  I would like to get one, but I thought I'd check to see
>    >> if they have the finaly rom versions out yet.  Thanks.
>    > 
>    > Well, I got mine a couple of weeks back, and it works fine. 14.4K across the
>    > 
>    > My ROM claims to be "V1.200-C TR14-Jxxx-001 032"
>    > -- 
> 
>    WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
> 
>    Hey, I want to get a supra 14.4 also (Dayton Computer Fest is tomorrow for me!)
>    WHats this stuff about old/new ROMS?   Whats the chances of my getting the old
>    roms, whats the difference between the new ones and the old ones?  If I get the
>    old ones, does supra pay for the upgrade?  Do I?  I wont buy a modem if it
>    comes with a monkey for mah back!     IM SO CORNFUZED!!!!
> 
>    My mouth has been watering for this modem for almost three weeks --i make very
>    little money ;( --  And now when im ONE DAY away from getting it I hear this!
>    Oh.,..the pain... the pain...  
> 
>    Someone please post an enightenment.   Thankyou.
> 
>    CShamis@Desire.Wright.Edu  <=====  Thats Me!
> 

1.200C is the latest version of the roms.  If you buy a modem now,
that's most likely what you'll get.  Supra is testing a newer version
now that fixes some fax problems as well as some data problems
(auto-retrain and stuff).  They claim that it will be shipped FOR FREE
to all registered owners at the end of this month (August, not
September).  In any case, the modem works fine with 1.200C.

~Al
From: mikep@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:14:33 GMT
Subject: "I've fallen, and I can't power up!" :-)
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware

	
	Hi all....

	Decided to set up a case/power supply for a SyQuest drive for
	my A3000 (since it has no 5.25" drive bay).

	It has it's own fan, power supply and power switch.

	For some reason, my A3000 will not power up if the SyQuest
	is powered up...!  More specifically:

		The system seems to work fine if I FIRST power up
		the A3000, then a second or so later, power up the
		SyQuest box.

		If I power up the SyQuest before the A3000 then the
		Amiga simply does not come up at all.... no fan, no lights
		no activity whatsoever.

	My guess is that the Amiga power supply is seeing some voltage
	through the SCSI ribbon cable, coming from the SyQuest, and
	causes the Amiga supply to believe there is an electrical fault,
	preventing the Amiga from powering up.

	Does this sound right?

	Is my system in danger because of this?

	Is there a more elegant way to deal with this situation?

	Thanks in advance.

	-Mike-

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cmv@looney.att.com (Craig M. Votava)
Subject: Re: 38,400 Telebit Qblazer Modem ($299.00)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 02:38:05 GMT

In article <0eaZDXu00j_HE_r3E8@cs.cmu.edu>, Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu writes:
|> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.hardware: 25-Aug-92 38,400 Telebit
|> > Qblazer Mode.. Craig M. Votava@looney.a (1220)
|> 
|> > I've been running SLIP with it now for about 3 days, and have had no
|> > problems
|> 
|> Which version of SLIP are you running? Where does one get it? Is it easy
|> to set up and use? Does it support NFS?
|> Am I full of questions today or what?

I'm running under Amiga-Unix, so I doubt that many of the readers in this
group will be interested. The WONDERFUL Amiga-Unix programmers (who USED to
work for Commodore) thoughtfully included SLIP with the latest version.

I'll be posting an article of what I have, and how I did it in comp.unix.amiga
"real soon now"...

-Craig

	()_()	Craig Votava
	 (_)	AT&T Bell Labs
		cmv@looney.att.com
From: MsgPost.v1.00@mtask.omahug.org (MsgPost v1.00)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: [1 of 2] Information from Supra on new ROMS
Date: 02 Sep 92 07:59:24 CST
Reply-To: msgpost.v1.00@mtask.omahug.org
Organization: Multitasking Systems, Kansas City
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware

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From: jl@amiganet.chi.il.us (Jason Dredd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 38,400 Telebit Qblazer Modem ($299.00)
Date: 3 Sep 92 02:37:36 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <mohr.0210@educom.adsp.sub.org>, mohr@educom.adsp.sub.org (Frederic
Botton) writes:
>In article <78459@ut-emx.uucp> violator@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Violator) writes:
>
>SupraFaxModem V32bis does all this... and more !!! for less than that !
>
>--
>   /\      /~~ /~\  /  / /~~ /~~/ /|/\ uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmfra!educom!mohr
>  /==/=>  /-- /  / /  / /   /  / / / /  :-Cdi Destroys The ozone layer :-C
> /____\  /__ /__/ /__/ /__ /__/ /   /  cbmfra!educom!mohr

And twice the hastle, a three times the connection problems, and four times the
waste of money.

You get what you pay for! I found out the hard way!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jpbaker@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon P Baker)
Subject: Re: TECH: "Virtuality" --- Amiga 3000... Some observations and Questions.
Keywords: amiga virtuatlity game observations questions
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:51:50 GMT

There is a traveling set in the "midwest" U.S. that goes around and
spends 10days or so at arcades that can't afford to buy one. It was
~US$4.00 to play when it was here in Bloomington, for something like
2-3minutes.

The people I know that played it thought it was great, but with only
polygon graphics I'm not impressed.

Jon

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: etxpnil@etxsj.ericsson.se (Per Nilsson)
Subject: BTNTape (again)
Organization: ERICSSON Telecom, Stockholm Sweden
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:46:25 GMT

Thanks everybody who helped me with my tapedrive,
as it turned out my tapedrive wasn't a 150M drive after all.

Now for my next problem with BTNTape.
When I store some files on a tape with tar on my Sun workstation, 
I can't read it with my tapedrive at home.
Both the tapedrive on my Sun and the one at home are a QIC-24 drive.
I'm using gnutar and the BTNTape-driver on my amiga.
Have I set up the BTNTape wrong or doesn't this work at all ?

 -- etxpnil@etxsj.ericsson.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Subject: Re: Looking for Prototyping board
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:24:33 GMT

In article <ERICJ.92Aug27174455@lagos.cfsat.Honeywell.COM> ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen) writes:
>In article <RVILLARI.92Aug26223931@lynx.cat.syr.EDU> rvillari@cat.syr.EDU (R. Alberto Villarica) writes:
>
>   I'm looking for an autoconfiguring prototyping board for either Zorro
>   II or Zorro III.  I remember seeing someone posting about this several
>   months ago.  Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>

I asked about this before and a couple days later received a flyer from a
company named Celestial Systems. They offered a line of various prototyping
boards. Now this was a couple years ago and I have no idea if they're still
in business (don't imagine prototype boards are a hot ticket item). The
company was based in Redondo Beach, Ca.

jeff
From: stewartm@bfield.uucp (Stewart Mckinnon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: DF0: - slow to respond.....
Date: 26 Aug 92 09:04:45 EST
Organization: Bakers Field BBS

I have an A2000 with 2 internal floppies, 40 meg HD and 3 megs of RAM. I have
an odd situation with my DF0: drive..... when I insert a disk, the drive light
takes about 4 or 5 seconds to poll the disk. When I insert a disk in DF1: the
drive light comes on the *INSTANT* the disk does in. When I use OPUS, it seems
to take forever for the drive light to come on, and if I click on directory for
DF0: I get "no disk present in drive DF0:" This wait seems very odd, since DF1:
has no waiting at all. Also, is it normal for the drive lights (both) to flash
for about a millisecond every so often, whether there is a disk in the drive or
not? Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. Thanks.....

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From: spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: RAM chips and the A3000
Date: 4 Sep 92 07:01:01 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

In article <+9knnvh.damiel@netcom.com>, damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes:
> In <1992Sep1.235235.1952@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>>I need to add more memory to my A3000 and I'm having trouble finding
>>1meg x 4 Static column ZIP ram chips at a reasonable price. I have been
>>and phone number of a company selling static column chips?
> 
> 
> i can conditionally recommend AMT International in california - 
> 1 408 942-9655 and FAX 1 408 942-5509.
> 
> their current price for 80ns Static Column ZIPs is $14 per chip, better than
> i've ever seen anywhere else.
> 
> paul theodoropoulos                          damiel@netcom.com



14 dollars per chip is an incredible price. The lowest price I had gotten
before was $16.50 and one place wanted $30! I can put up with a little hassle
to save some money. My deepest thanks for the information about AMT, Paul.

                            Scott Corley

spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: monty@sagpd1 ()
Subject: Re: Minor Annoyances with SyQuest drive
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:17:55 GMT

In article <mike.0338@agrijag.UUCP> mike@agrijag.UUCP (Mike Schiller) writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.210243.28806@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wbennett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William F Bennett) writes:
>>
>> >> Also, is there some way to avoid having the hard disk light on the
>> >> computer flash every second or so?  I've changed SCSI IDs so that the
>> >> internal hard drive has a lower number than the SyQuest but this made no
>> >> difference.

	This has nothing to do to boot order. The OS polls the scsi Syquest
	to detect diskchange. I used to worry about it also :)


>> >or without a cartridge in the Syquest, so it's an OS thing. It is annoying
>> >and if anyone ever comes up with a patch, that'd be great.
                                       ^^^^^^

	Patch He#$ it should be an option in HDtoolBox for removable drives.
	For that matter it should be adjustable for all HD's. Some take longer
	than others to come on line.

>
>This is NOT true. If a SyQuest hooked up to a 3000 doesn't have a cartridge
>in the drive you can still boot the machine, it's just that the A3000 will
>poll the drive for 30 seconds before deciding that the drive is dead and
>continuing on to the rest of the drive IDs. While I always try to have a
>cartridge in the drive when I boot, I've also booted my system MANY times
>without one in the machine. This is true of ANY removable media device
>hooked to the A3000's SCSI port. I had at one time a SyQuest, a CD-ROM drive
>and a Konica KT-510 drive, all removable media devices, and when I tried to
>boot without disks in any of them the system booted just fine, only it took
>1.5 minutes for the A3000 to start it's boot (30 sec x 3 devices = 1.5 min)


	C= if you are listening could this be incorporated in 2.1 before
	it is released. Why could not all removable media drives have an
	adjustable time out? Waiting several minutes to boot just because
	your syquest, cd-rom, floptical, bernoulli all do not have media
	is kind of silly don't you think?????

	Monty Saine