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From: Thomas.Herlyn@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Thomas Herlyn)
Subject: Re: 3.0 in a 3000
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:18:51 GMT

sjk@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Phil Alvin) writes:

>I have a kickstart-ROM based A3000T-040.  If I get the softkick 3.0
>kickstart file, can I use something like set040 to boot into it and
>run AmigaDOS 3.0 on my system?

'Softboot' should work then, it has a lot of options to handle with
the Kickstart File in RAM (Get it from wuarchive.wustl.edu / aminet).
The problem is to get a superkickstart disk or file, I think only
developers can get it. If anybody knows an other way, please let me know.

	    Bye , Thomas Herlyn
From: cs89ssg@brunel.ac.uk (Sunil Gupta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: the inside of the machine
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:25:00 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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I recently opened up my stock a500 to clear out some of the dirt and cobwebs.

The circuit board is quite fascinating. The machine has a fat agnus, and
on the board it says 512/1M memory. There are 8 ram chip slots, but only 
every other one is in use. Does this mean that I can get an extra 512K of 
chip ram nstalled, in these vacant slots (I have extra fast ram).

Or should I forget it and save up for a A1200?
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From: cg18fgg@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Greg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: HD validation
Date: 24 Jan 93 05:15:01 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


One of my harddrives had an error ("block 150341 used twice") and will no
longer validate.  How can I correct this?

			Thanks much in advance,
				
				Greg
gcallahan@ucsd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: c92caren@IDA.LiU.SE (Lost-in-BitBucket(tm))
Subject: Re: 3.0 in a 3000
Organization: CIS Dept, University of Linkoping, Sweden
	<1993Jan21.192426.10707@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
	<ABAIR.93Jan24011358@parsons.sps.mot.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:37:09 GMT

In article <ABAIR.93Jan24011358@parsons.sps.mot.com> abair@parsons.sps.mot.com (Alan Bair) writes:

>   Talking about Kickstart disks, I just upgraded my A3000 to 2.1 and noticed
>   there was no Kickstart upgrade. I currently have the kickstart from 2.04,
>   version 37.175. Is there a newer 2.x version or any advantage to using the
>   3.0 one mentioned above?
Nope... there isn't any later 2.x Kickstart... The 2.1 upgrade is a
software only upgrade... The advantage from 3.0 would be the much
faster gfx, the MultiView tool, and all that other stuff that comes
with 3.0... I'm waiting for C= to release 3.0 for non-AGA machines...
They probably won't let it out to other than developers thou...:-(
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From: sjk@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Phil Alvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Help with Set040
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:45:42 -0600
Organization: Fred's Lounge
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: emx.cc.utexas.edu


In an effort to get some of my old programs to run on my new
A3000T-040 runing WB 2.1, I tried to use Set040 to boot into an
older kickstart. When I run it, however, it reports:

ERROR -> MMU already in use, I cannot install FASTROM/KICKROM.

I am not aware of running anything that is using the MMU. I am
running a few comodities but that's about it. What could be causing
the message - how can I check to see what is using the MMU?  Or is
this an incompatibilty with Set040?

Thanks,
Scot
sjk@emx.cc.utexas.edu
sjk@astro.as.utexas.edu
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From: matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik)
Subject: Re: What is RTG?
Organization: Informatik Club d. Universitaet, Zuerich
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:17:04 GMT

In article <C16p91.Bqq@netnews.jhuapl.edu> bandy@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Mike Bandy) writes:
>I've been seeing RTG mentioned, but can never remember seeing just
>what the hell it is...  So, what is it?  What does it stand for?

RGT=ReTargetable Graphics
DIG=Device Indipendent Graphics

This two words describe various solutions to the problem of displaying
graphics on different graphics cards, printers, etc... within a single
defined set of instructions common to all output devices.

Hope this helps
  Matija
>	Mike Bandy



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From: eric@ursula.ee.pdx.edu (FurryLogic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: 1200 info for non-Amigan
Date: 24 Jan 93 00:31:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: walt.1jso0kINN3s1
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kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki) writes:

>In article <1jmtvjINN1km@walt.ee.pdx.edu> eric@ursula.ee.pdx.edu (FurryLogic) writes:
>>
>>  A couple of question have I on A1200 from someone unfamilar with Amigas.
>>I have the spec sheet in fron of me and it mentions that a real-time clock
>>is an optional add-on. Is there a particular interface inside the box for
>>this, or is it a PCMCIA card? What would this clock cost? It supports 10MB

>The clock must be factory installed if you want it on the motherboard
>(unless you can handle that kind of thing.  If you do it yourself
>you void the warantee though.)  I'm not sure about the cost.

  That's good, at least I don't have to get it on a card.

  [ blah...blah... memory rhubarb]

>>achieved using standard SIMM's (and with or without parity)? I also have

>It's achived in a couple of ways.  One is the PCMCIA slot, the other
>is the 100 pin expansion port on the underside, I belive there is 
>a memory expansion that has a clock.

  Hmmm, so there's no other sockets inside the unit for memory? Ack.

>>a 1024x768 NI 48kH VGA monitor. Will this be supported without additional
>>hardware? The specs mention VGA support, but it isn't clear whether that's
>>standard configuration or not.

>The monitor must sync down to 15KHz to get the full range of screen
>modes.

  Ick. Will Workbench run in the higher frequency modes?

  Thanks for the info.

-e.b.

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From: jorni@edb.tih.no (Joern G. Innset,o90a)
Subject: Re: 3.0 in a 3000
Posting-Front-End: Winix Conference v 92.05.15  1.20 (running under MS-Windows)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:11:27 GMT

In article <1k900cINN6mt@zikzak.apana.org.au>, darren@zikzak.apana.org.au (Darren Gower) writes:

>Can someone who knows post exactly what speed differences are between
>2.X and 3.X? It must be fairly significant - even AIBB (a system comparitor)
>is now being careful to mention the difference, without actually giving
>details. I remember reading of speed ups in the graphics library routines,
>but what else and by what factors?

Just a small comment - the graphics routines have been rewritten to take use of
the processor, i.e. not the blitter (I think it was) as it used to be. Hence, only
machines with processors faster than the 68000 will notice any speedup.

On my A3000 they were _fast_ in comparison to 2.0, although I haven't got the exact
data now.

Or so I've been told, anyway...:-D

Jorn I.
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From: macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com (Alan MacAnespie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: HD validation
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:19:05 GMT
Reply-To: macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments, PAS

In article <20099@mindlink.bc.ca>, Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs) writes:
>In article <1993Jan25.174452.1@waves.pas.ti.com> macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com (Alan MacAnespie) writes:
>>2. Use Quarterback Tools.  I don't know of any PD/Shareware programs that
>>can fix this kind of problem, but QBTools works just great.

>     I have a copy of FixDisk, by Werner Gunther.  This is a freely-
>distributable program that will fix up corrupted disks in place.
>The version I have is 1.2.  I don't know whether there's a newer
>one - this one is a couple of years old - but it's saved my bacon
>several times.  One limitation is that it can only handle hard disk
>partitions up to 48 megabytes in size, but my partitions are smaller
>than that anyway.

That's the reason I don't use it.  I remember running FixDisk, and having
it complain that my 80Meg partition was too big, so I never used Fixdisk. 
Funny, I keep thinking that my 80Meg partition is too small. :-)

>     FixDisk and DiskSalv are two utilities that I wouldn't do
>without.  If there's any way to recover data from a munged disk,
>one or the other should be able to do it.

I would say the same thing about QBTools and DiskSalv.  However, I don't
know if QBTools will handle 3.0 with Directory Caching or not.


>Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca
>I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

I not really indecisive, but I play one on TV.

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macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com   ||  applications a Renaissance Computist?

How many bits would a BlitBlit blit if a BlitBlit could blit bits?
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From: macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com (Alan MacAnespie)
Subject: Re: HD validation
Reply-To: macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments, PAS
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:44:52 GMT

In article <43949@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, cg18fgg@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Greg) writes:
> One of my harddrives had an error ("block 150341 used twice") and will no
> longer validate.  How can I correct this?

First: Don't Panic!  Most of your data should be safe as things are.

Second: "Block XXX used twice means that there are two files on the disk
that think that they own the same block on the disk.  This is not right.

Third:  This also means that at least one file contains the data of the
other file.  (i.e. it is corrupt).

Fourth:  AmigaDOS sees that problem, and will now refuse to provide the
harddrive for write access.  (to prevent you from screwing it up any
further)  This is the reason for the First statement.

Solutions
---------
You have several choices:

Do not, I repeat, DO _NOT_ use DiskDoctor on anything anymore.  It has been
removed from AmigaDOS distributions for malpractice.  It worked just fine
on ADOS 1.1 and 1.2, but it will *toast* just about any other disk.

1. The best/cleanest solution would be to use the unequaled utility
DiskSalv, written by your (and my) Amiga's friend, Dave Haynie.  This
utility will fetch all the files that are located on just about any
damaged/demented disk and copy them to another location.  The main problem
with this is that most people don't have large empty disks hanging around
that are empty enough to move another disk's data onto it.  (or dozens of
floppy disks) Then reformat the disk, and copy the files back.

Now, the next future version of DiskSalv (2.0?) is supposed to have some
fix-in-place capability, but I don't believe that Dave Haynie has
completed/released it yet, so this doesn't help you.  :-(

2. Use Quarterback Tools.  I don't know of any PD/Shareware programs that
can fix this kind of problem, but QBTools works just great.  This is a
commercial program that provides fix-in-place disk recovery and will
usually detect this kind of problem right away and is pretty capable of
fixing it.  (It also does disk defragmentation and other little goodies,
but that isn't as important to you right now.)

3. If the disk mounts, but does not validate, you should still have read
access to it.  Just COPY all the files that mean something to you off the
disk, reformat it, and copy files back on.

4. Use your latest backup disks and recover the drive from them.  (You do
have backups don't you?)

> 			Thanks much in advance,
> 				Greg
> gcallahan@ucsd.edu

No problemo, mon.

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macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com   ||  applications a Renaissance Computist?

How many bits would a BlitBlit blit if a BlitBlit could blit bits?
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From: arzheim@wilbur (Kai Arzheimer )
Subject: Re: HD validation
Organization: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:45:54 GMT

Alan MacAnespie (macanespie@waves.pas.ti.com) wrote:
: In article <43949@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, cg18fgg@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Greg) writes:
: > One of my harddrives had an error ("block 150341 used twice") and will no
: > longer validate.  How can I correct this?
: 
: Solutions
: ---------
: You have several choices:
: 
: Do not, I repeat, DO _NOT_ use DiskDoctor on anything anymore.  It has been
: removed from AmigaDOS distributions for malpractice.  It worked just fine
: on ADOS 1.1 and 1.2, but it will *toast* just about any other disk.
: 
:
It seems as if this is not longer true under OS2.0 . DiskDoctor works fine for me - but I
wouldn't give a guarantee :) 

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From: csirigna@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca (Carmine Sirignano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Wing Commander HELP!!!
Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:22:39 GMT
Organization: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada

I am not sure what I am doing wrong.  I have just flown the full mission where
you get the new Rapier to try out and give input.  I have no damage but, when I 
return to the Tiger Claw, it won't do the AUTOMATIC docking.  I target the 
Tiger Claw, I communicate asking for permission to Land, it gives it too me
but I always crash into it.  My speed is at 70.  I can't get it to land.

csirigna@thunder.lakeheadu.ca
Carmine Sirignano
From: dgriff@unixg.ubc.ca (David Griffiths)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Compiling 1200 Games list...
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:49:24 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: kynok.ucs.ubc.ca

I'm currently putting together a list of all of the games which work
on Amiga 1200s.  If anyone out there can tell me if their games work
or not, please leave me a message.

In the message, please include:

Game Title (and version if possible)
If it worked %100
If it was accelerated

And what you had to do to get it to run (ie, turn off cpu cache,
disable AGA, etc.)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Chaos Engine
From: grayfish@oneb.almanac.bc.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 07:51:28 PST
Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac, Nanaimo, B.C.
Summary: not to exciting

tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:

> Anyone happen to know the status of Chaos Engine from the Bitmap Brothers?
> From the screen shots it looks quite impressive, but I've yet to see any
> reference to it elsewhere.
> 

I have played a demo of this game. It is your basic Shoot'em up, nothing to
exciting. That's just my opinion. If you like that type of game it is 
probably very good

Graham Fisher  (Sumo)

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From: mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: New Game Standards***
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:18:19 EST
Reply-To: mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley)
Organization: Lakes Public Access

rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) writes:

> mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley) writes:
> 
> > No.  You are stuck in a situation in that you have the least expensive 
> > machines which does not easily expand.   The problem is not, and has 
> 
> The point is still valid.  The low end machines _could_ have been 
> expandable for only a little more outlay.  C= simply seems to believe 
> that if you can't plunk down a grand at one time, you don't deserve to be 
> able to get the machine bit by bit.

Welcome to the sad cold world.  "C= seems to think that If you don't have 
any money, you shouldn't have a machine".  This is only a slight stretch 
from what you say above.  You buy the low end machine, you get 
trade-offs.  Why is this hard to accept?  No one cheated or tricked you.  
You willingly bought an unexpandable machine.  ('you' in these statements 
directed to any a500 owner complaining about lack of expandability.  not 
necessarily you personally, cause I haven't really heard you complain 
about it.)
From: davids@amiganet.chi.il.us (David Strangeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Black Crypt - 1 st level
Date: 21 Jan 93 07:23:20 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

3315943@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:

>I am having trouble early in the game. I have mapped out as much of the
>game as I can - yet there is a door on the starting level that I can not open,
>and a door and a porticulus on the two-headed orgre level that I can not open.
>I am also unable to find the orgreslayer blade. Help!
> 
If you had mapped out level 1, you would have the key for that door.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: sherman@panix.com (Sherman Chan)
Subject: Old games recommendations
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:50:41 GMT

Tenex (and some of the Software Etc's around here) are selling some
games cheap, and I'd like to hear some opinions on these before I plunk
down some cash for a bunch of these.  

Turrican (InnerPrise) $9.99
The Plague (InnerPrise) $7.99
Sword of Sodan (InnerPrise) $9.99
AquaVentura (Psygnosis) $14.88
Ork (Psygnosis) $14.88
Amnion (sp?) (Psygnosis) $14.88

So can anyone recommend any of these games?  Email or posting will be fine.

-Sherm
From: M.A.Pye@bradford.ac.uk (Michael Pye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: populous 2
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:32:29 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 91756349@ccw314
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]


On Populous 2, in a 2 player game (over null modem cable) how do you
use higher level characters ( as opposed to the basic character it
seems to select). Any ideas ?

Mike..
University of Bradford
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story)
Subject: Re: Street fighter 2: HAHAHAHAHA
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:52:17 GMT

In article <727542961.9478@minster.york.ac.uk> amc-a@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
 [stupid timing example]

Listen dude, you do not use the intuition line drawing routine for games
under the OS.  

                  ---Ezra


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From: tjcalnan@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Timothy Calnan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Fish_Disks
Date: 25 Jan 1993 09:49:40 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

I wasn't sure where to post this so don't tell me I posted it in the
wrong place.

Anyway, is there an ftp site with fish disks from at ieast 770 and up.

While i'm writing something on here, does anyone have any stuff which
uses the AGA set to some degree. Its about time that an AGA demo from
one of the Euro groups came out to. 

Post anything good to     tjcalnan@tartarus.uwa.edu.au


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: mlc9g@Virginia.EDU ("Matt Condon")
Subject: Re: Wing Commander flames and fun
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:21:23 GMT

abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu  writes:
> 
> Look... we really don't care how good WC is on the IBM.  We have an Amiga--
> and we want to know if the Amiga WC version is any good.  We can talk
> about Defender if we want, though the game is ancient (on many many 
> computer formats).  We talk about them because we want to know what's up
> with the Amiga game scene, OK?  so, if you don't think you are in the
> right newsgroup, perhaps you really aren't reading the right newsgroup.
> 

Yeah, we don't give a shit if other versions of programs are
ten times better!  We don't want to know if software companies
are putting out inferior software.! We want to be ISOLATIONISTS!

Seriously...

Personally, I WANT to know if the Amiga version is
significantly inferior to other versions.  I refuse to support
companies that put out ports quickly (or not so quickly, in
Origin's case...) for the sake of getting a port out, without 
worrying about the quality.  Right now Origin fits that bill 
rather nicely.  I don't want to say "OOH!  Wing Commander for 
the Amiga!  I'm going to run out and buy it now simply because 
they finally ported it."  I did that with Ultima V...  I went
and bought it, simply because it was Ulitma V, without even
bothering to find out how it compared to the other versions,
and I feel I was ripped off.  From the sound of it, WC for the
Amiga, while nice, and perhaps reasonable by the standards of
about five years ago, just simply doesn't cut it, either.

AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BAD PORTS WITHOUT LETTING THE
COMPANIES KNOW THAT WE WON'T TAKE IT, THE COMPANIES WILL
CONTINUE TO PUT OUT BAD PORTS.
From: Jimmy_Anuszewski@dream.uucp (Jimmy Anuszewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Faery Tale
Date: 22 Jan 93 04:20:47 GMT
Organization: DreamStates BBS & CyberNet HQ in G'ville, FL   1-904-331-4317

I thought faery tale was good for it's time.  I wish they would have
released the sequel like they said they would have.  But I consider EOTB II
better by far.

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