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From: al455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jamie Rishaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Which driver for Seikosha SP-1200AS?
Date: 10 Jan 1993 20:11:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: al455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jamie Rishaw)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu



i previously had an HP deskjet, and loved it.  i sold it, in lieu of
getting a laser, but it's on backorder.. and i have a crapload of
docs i want to print out (for uucp.)

my prob is this - i have a siekosha SP-1200AS printer, but there is no
driver for it, nor is there one on the amiga extras disk.  i have OS 1.3
on an a500.

any help?

thanks,

jamie
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From: keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Keck)
Subject: Re: SyQuest makes drive lights blink- why?
Organization: University of Georgia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:27:04 GMT

In article <73263@cup.portal.com> TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
>
>I've heard this is normal behavior for the SyQuest.  Older Maxtor
>drives do the same thing (for a completely different reason...).
>Its nothing to worry about, apparently.
>
>TomK@cup.portal.com
>Tom Krotchko

A couple of people have emailed telling me it's just the SCSI controller
checking for diskchange.  Kind of annoying, but I'll live with it.

Thanks for the feedback, folks!

Paul Keck  I'm not a SCSI controller, but I play one on TV.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: thumper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Mojica)
Subject: Re: 14MHz Amiga Double Speed
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:34:06 GMT

mpg92129@dit.upm.es (OSCAR JOSE MARTINEZ DE LA TORRE) writes:

> I try make my Amiga 2000 faster by increasing the clock input of a new chip
> which can 16 MHz MC68000P16 , as the cristal of Agnus is 28 MHz i divided into
>two with a Flip-Flop which gives 14MHz .
>	It is working faster but there are some problems 
> 
>	You can explain why?
>	
>	-	Don t allow to use fast Memory (4M) 

>	- 	Very frecuently block errors read write in a 100M HD Quantum.
>	
>	- 	Don t allow use floppy disk.


NOt sure. I bought an Adspeed to bring my Amiga 500 up to 14mhz and the only
problem I have had with it is I can't run 2 games ( but if I installed the 
jumper they would work fine)..

-Chris

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From: paulgc@sad.hp.com (Paul Christensen)
Subject: Tape Backups
Summary: Tape backups: PC->Amiga
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:35:13 GMT
Organization: HP Sonoma County (SRSD/MWTD/MID)
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Keywords: Tape

Tape Backups 

I have seen a couple of systems out there that use 
the parallel port for an interface. There are others that use
the PC floppy port for an interface. What gives? I cant hardly find
a scsi tape system - no one has them when I call.... 

I really need a tape system to safeguard my data, but I wont pay the
big $$ for a new DAT or new scsi. 

Why all the silence on the net here re. those parallel and floppy-controlled
tape systems? Is there just no one who knows how to get it working, or 
is everyone scrambling to develop a solution? ;-)

Maybe the parallel system would be the simpler of the two to interface
to the amiga.            

Any comments??


paulgc@hpsad.sad.hp.com


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From: lenn@du9ds3.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Heiner Lennackers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.5meg trap door
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:33:32 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Duisburg GH
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In <1993Jan12.135155.12568@samba.oit.unc.edu> Andy.Church@launchpad.unc.edu (Andy Church) writes:

>joek@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Joe Karthauser) writes:
>>I have a 1.5meg trapdoor upgrade for my A500 (Fatter Agnus). Is there any
>>easy way of modifying it so that I can have 1m chip and 1meg C00000 ram?
>  I'm not certain, but I think that there's only room for 512K at $C00000
>($C00000-$C7FFFF).  If you want more RAM, you'll need an expansion of
>some sort.
>  Don't take my word on this; I'm not too familiar with the A500.  I'm
>pretty sure it's right, though.  (Translation: Somebody else check this
>out.)

On the Amiga500 there is room for 1.75 MB ram at $c00000 ($c00000-dbffff).
To get 1MB Chip-Mem you will need at least the ECS-BIG-AGNUS(8372a,i hope
i have the right number in mind and in the u.s. there are the same).


Bye 
   Heiner
   
P.S. Excuse my bad english!

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From: alb@cbnewse.cb.att.com (alexander.h.berzins)
Subject: Problems with A500 running 2.1 (more info)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:02:31 GMT

About a week ago I posted an article stating my problem running
WB2.1 on my A500.

The installation script dies with a software failure:
ERROR: 8100 000C  TASK: 00C1 CED0
The 2.1 Workbench disk also dies.

After I hacked up a startup-sequence to allow the machine to boot,
any attempt to change preferences causes a software failure:
ERROR: 8100 000C  TASK: 00C1 CE98

Any attempt to use RAM: ends up with a software failure.

I'm stuck.

System Configuration:
A500 (rev5 board)
AdIDE with 52M Quantum HD
A501 Memory expansion
2.04 ROM

Processor CPU 68000
CUSTOM CHIPS: ECS NTSC Agnus (id=$0030), Normal Denise (id=$00ff)
VERS: Kickstart version 37.175 Exec version 37.132 Disk version 38.35
RAM: Node type $a Attributes $305(FAST), at $C00000-$C7FFFF (0.5meg)
     Node type $a Attributes $303(CHIP), at $400-$7FFFF (~0.5meg)
BOARDS:
Board+ROM (HD?)(unidentified): PROD=2071/2($817/$2)(@$E90000 64K)


PLEASE HELP!

Al Berzins
alb@cbnewse.cb.att.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: rwesleyag@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: 30degC = Dead A4000!
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:44:01 GMT

What's the deal with my A4000! Its getting heat stroke!
The mouse starts staggering about the screen and the 
old disk light flash becomes a permanent feature of the
front panel!
This is not good. I heard a rumour that these machines
were shipped into Australia without heat sink cement
between the heat sink and chip, and when I recieved
my A4000 you could definitly tell someone had been
at it in a hurry ( mouse port screws missing, grubby
finger marks about its rear.)
I'm sure that the machine overheating like this is
doing some damage to the 040.
Today I went as far as to set a thermometer up next
to the case and a 30 degrees it became delerious.
(It was about 38 degrees outside, what a great big
hot country this is!)
Seeing as Im using my A4000 to make a quid at the
moment I and another friend who is having a similar
problem invested in a chip mounting fan (like the
magnum 040 boards have I think!) and guess what,
no difference, maybe lasts just a little longer.
Actually, I know for a fact that overheating this
chip is doing some damage but if these things are
meant to run at 37 degrees?????
What I would really like to know is WHOS RESPONSIBLE!
If this batch of A4000s were bench tested overnight
and died shortly after everybody went home then they
could have been left overheated for hours! This would
certainly reduce thier heat resistance even after the
heat cement was added (if indeed it was amiss in the
first place.)
I'm sure that commodore would environmentally check
these machines out but maybe you missed about 30 degrees
C at about 12% humidity.
I'm willing to bet that this is probably the hottest spot
in the world A4000's are being used at the moment and
there are only about 7 here.

Any comments or similiar experiences!

Adam and his (not so) Cool Amiga4000

BTW: I love my A4000
From: dcc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (David Crooke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200???????
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:19:03 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

In article <1993Jan1.023144.3147@sol.cs.wmich.edu>, 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu
(Martin Black) writes:
.......
> or something I would say, hmm maybe look into the a4000/030 perhaps 
> reduced enough in price by then.
> 
> Martin

Does this mean there is such a thing as a 4000/030 or is it still vapourware? If it
does exist, what is the price and availability and how does price compare with the
full A4000? It is, I assume, 25MHz 68030/68882 as with the A3000. Inquiring minds 
want to know!

Dave
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From: bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Date: 6 Jan 1993 22:46:52 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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In article <rmorgan.0fpo@vsbbs.UUCP> rmorgan@vsbbs.UUCP (RONALD MORGAN) writes:
>You are missing the point!  The point is that CBM did not put a frigging clock
>on their new "Flag-ship" model.  I have owned CBM products since the PET, and
>CBM never ceases to amaze me with their stupidity.  If brains were dynamite,
>CBM could not blow it's nose!

Alright.  They DID put a clock into their flagship AGA model -- the
A4000.  They did NOT put a clock into their entry-level low-end AGA
system, the 1200.  The word "flagship" entails more than just "The
last system they released", you know.  Do remember that the 1200 will
someday replace the 500s and 600s as the low-end bottom-of-the-line
machine.

>     "Commodore, the company you love to hate"

Is that a -MB- quote?  :)

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From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
Subject: GVP PhonePak FAX printing?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:19:37 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

Here's a question for GVP PhonePak owners.

Have you been able to print faxes?  At all?

My dad has one of these in his 2000/030.  Everything works OK except
that printing faxes fails 100% of the time, often in a manner which
indicates it is writing over random parts of memory.

His printer configuration is correct, including the preferences set up.
He can print graphics or text from any other program including
DeluxePaint IV and Final Copy II.  He can even import a FAX from
PhonePak into Final Copy and print it out just fine.  But printing from
the PhonePak program itself just won't work.  This is with the HP
LaserJet III driver (which is obviously working great since it works
from other programs).  The settings we use are identical for PhonePak
and FinalCopy/Dpaint.  Also, we've tried darned near every possible
permutation of options in the graphics print preferences, and none of
them work in PhonePak (yet they all work everywhere else).

We've eliminated the possibility of conflicts with other programs by
shutting everything else down.  We just boot, run no other software from
startup-sequence or anywhere else, and then run PhonePak.  Same results.
We've also tried other printer drivers with other printers, and the same
thing happens - we can print graphics from other programs, but not
PhonePak.  It is not a lack of memory - he has about 4 Mb free during
the time PhonePak is "printing".

GVP Tech Support had nothing to say about the problem.  They claim it
works, yet it obviously doesn't since it often scrambles screen memory
when you print, and other times writes over other sections of RAM.
That's a fairly reliable indictment of their program, I'd think :-)

Its a bit of a problem, since printing faxes is important.  Always
having to import them to DPaint or Final Copy to print is not an
acceptable solution.  The card came with v1.0 of the software, and GVP
sent him v1.1 to see if it would fix the problem.  No dice - same
problem exactly.

Anybody else seen this?  Any way to fix it?  We'd hate to have to return
the card, but if 'ya can't print faxes with a fax card, that's a big
problem.

  - steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
Subject: Re: DD vs HD floppies
Keywords: Amiga CrossDOS
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:52:18 GMT

In article <1idvo4INNdql@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> goodwinm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Michael Goodwin) writes:
>Funny... all the IBM's I've seen with HD drives also read DD disks...

Without a bit of quoting, I really have no idea what you are replying to,
but I'd guess that someone implied that either an Amiga or Clone with a
HD floppy drive could not read a DD floppy.  After using the Commodore
HD floppy in the A4000, I can assure everyone that DD floppies work just
as well as they did on previous Amigas.  HD floppies also work, but the
speed is pathetic compared to a 386 or 486 Clone.

One problem that some Clone HD floppy drives have is that an HD floppy
formatted as a DD floppy in another machine, say an older Amiga or XT
with 720k drive, is not recognized as a DD floppy.  To get around this
problem, simply cover the hole opposite the write-protect hole with a
piece of tape.  Some drives may not have this problem, but the Commodore
HD drives unfortunately do.  Many people, myself included, have several
older HD disks formatted as DD which will cause problems.  I keep a roll
of tape around to cover the hole when I need to use one of these floppies.

Skip Sauls, Amiga Advocate
skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu
From: cnbp41@ccsun.strath.ac.uk (Ian MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 colour problems (was Re: A1200 Monit
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:51:10 GMT
Reply-To: cnbp41@ccsun.strath.ac.uk
Organization: Strathclyde University Computer Centre.

In article 18842@aber.ac.uk, ajr@aber.ac.uk (Ade Rixon) writes:
> In article <C0Fs36.B0F@cck.coventry.ac.uk>,
>  cmh061@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Batman) doodled:
> 
> > Can anyone help me with this problem?
> > My 1200 seems to have lost the colour white.! Its not the TV as I checked
> > my 500 on it, Its a real pain as the boot up screen is a shitty brown
> > colour.
> 
> This rang a bell. The other night my A1200 suddenly started displaying
> everything in monochrome. There was a flicker of colour while I was using
> it last night, but I think I will have to take advantage of my in-home
> warranty (boy, they're really going to like coming all the way out here!).
> Lucky I didn't install that hard drive yet. But is this some kind of
> generic fault with A1200s?
> 
> Ade_
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Are you using the internal modulator, or the RGB port ?
On my A1200 when using the modulator the colour sometimes dissappears
but from the RGB port it is fine. (How is the sound from your A1200 - is
it distorted in any way ?)

Let me know how you get on with the in-home warranty.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Keck)
Subject: SyQuest on its side?
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:51:29 GMT

I just bought a used 44 meg SyQuest drive, in a little external case.
Trouble is, the case is not little enough.  Does anyone know if it
would be okay to put it on its side (i.e. the cartridge standing on edge)?
Keeping an eye on the vents, of course.

Also, the guy didn't give me a manual.  I'll gladly
pre- or reimburse someone to send me some photocopies of it, plus a buck
for your trouble.  Any takers, please email.

keck@athena.cs.uga.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: How does 2.04 perform on A500???????????????????
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:05:45 GMT

I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:


>From what I've seen, WB2.04 performs a little slowly on your bog standard Amiga.

Not really, unless you run a lot of commodities.  (The commodities system seems
to slow down 68000 machines - didn't see that happening on a 3000 or a 1200).

>If you want to use it seriously, I think a processor accelerator is a good idea.

A hard drive is the first priority, of course.  *Then* the accelerator.

>If WB3.0 becomes available, you'll DEFINITELY need a faster machine.

You'll need an AGA machine, I beleive!

>								Ian A. Inman.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: How does 2.04 perform on A500???????????????????
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:52:23 GMT

mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley) writes:

>charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:

>> I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> >From what I've seen, WB2.04 performs a little slowly on your bog standard Am
>> 
>> Not really, unless you run a lot of commodities.  (The commodities system see
>> to slow down 68000 machines - didn't see that happening on a 3000 or a 1200).
>The problem is not the 68000, the problem is the lack of Fast Memory.  My 
>2.04 A500 with 2 megs of memory ran very snappily, even with commodities.

Try moving the mouse while running a processor-intensive 
activity - one time with some commodities running, one time without those
commodities running. Bog! Most any commodities will do this if you run several
at once.

(My 500 has 1 meg chip/4 megs fast)

>> 
>> >If you want to use it seriously, I think a processor accelerator is a good i
>> 
>> A hard drive is the first priority, of course.  *Then* the accelerator.
> 
>Absolutely.  Hard Drive First.  Then More Memory, followed by 
>Accelerator.

Nah ... changed my mind.  Get a 1200 and give your little sister the 500. :)

>> 
>> >If WB3.0 becomes available, you'll DEFINITELY need a faster machine.
>> 
>> You'll need an AGA machine, I beleive!
>I don't think it needs AGA.

What does it need?  (Seems like if 3.0 were compatible with older Amigas they
wouldn't have bothered releasing 2.1)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: c92caren@IDA.LiU.SE (Dingbats)
Subject: Re: Chip Ram: Freeing It
Organization: CIS Dept, University of Linkoping, Sweden
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:32:53 GMT

In article <726360874.AA00310@csource.oz.au> Jonathan.Benson@f550.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Jonathan Benson) writes:

>   B> via the "avail" command. Is there anyway to force the things
>   B> that I load in my Startup into Fast RAM vs Chip RAM? Is there

>   Try FastMemFirst, this is a standard workbench command that makes all
>   programs that can use Fast Ram before Chip RAM.  cya.
Nope, it doesn't...
 It makes the OS use *REAL* fast ram before slow ($C00000) ram.
Normally fast (or possibly slow) ram is always used before chip ram
(unless a program requests chip ram ofcource...:-)
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From: samik@maths.tcd.ie (Samik Sen)
Subject: help:what are the a5000/b5000 like?
Summary: what are the a5000/b5000 like?
Keywords: a5000/b5000
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 09:54:11 GMT

 I have a 1 meg A500 and recently saw an add for the a5000/b5000 accelerators
by solid state leisure or some name like that(s.s.l).Of course i'd love a 
the gvp a530 or whatever but it is a bit more expensive than i can afford.My
objectives were to get 4 megs ram and maybe an accelerator later ,when i saw
this for quite a cheap price was wondering what it is like?Does anyone out there
have one?It has a 68020 16.67Mhz for the a5000 which should make it a bit faster
than the a1200 and a 25Mhz 68030 for the b5000 both with maths comprocessors.
 I am pretty new to the amiga scene and would much apreciate greatly knowing
in advance what a set up of an a500 with an a5000 and 4 megs ram is like.(
for instance how much faster is it really would you say(they gave an example
of raytracing which took 24 hours on an standard a500 which it took 1hr36min
with the a500 which is about 15 times faster but that would be the maths coprocessor as much as the 68020 etc...?)


Samik.
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