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From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Help with A2286 installation
Date: 21 Dec 92 07:02:31 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <85619@ut-emx.uucp>, sjk@ut-emx.uucp (Phil Alvin) writes:
> 
> I recently got an  A3000T-040 and an A2286 bridgeboard.  I installed
> the bridgeboard and 5.25": floppy in my system.  I then used the
> Amiga Janus version 2.1 disk to set up the new PC drawer on my
> sys:harddrive and instructed it to install enforcer in my
> startup-sequence and make a 15MB PC virtual drive on one of my
> Amiga partitions.  I then brought up the PC and got the correct
> window displaying Janus library numbers, etc. but not recognizing
> the floppy drive.  I played around with floppy drive 0 vs. floppy
> drive 1in the configuration menu scren and got it to accept a 1.2 MB
> floppy drive in one of those

	If you have a twisted cable, make sure your drive is connected
	to the end connector, and the drive select is set to "0". 

> ports (I forget which.)  I then proceeded to try and boot the PC
> with disk 1/5 of the MS-DOS disks as instructed in the A2286
> manual addendum.  The 5.25" floppy gets accessed, but the PC comes
> back with a message of:
> 
> Boot failure, check disk and hit any key to try again

	I think I had a similar problem but with a sepparate HD controller,
	so it might not apply to you.  I had a controller with no HD
	connected and was attempting to boot with the 5 1/4 drive.  For
	some reason, the boot sequence was looking for a harddrive and
	there was none connected, so it gave the "boot failure...."
	message.  Logically, you would expect that it would detect no drive
	and go on, evidently this is not the case.

	I solved my problem by connecting a hd to the controller.  The hard-
	drive had not been prepped or formated etc.  The computer then booted
	off the 5 1/4.  So, I guess what I'm suggesting is, it might not be
	your 5 1/4 that's causing the problem.  I would try looking into 
	the fake hd area.  If everything looks right there  ( did you check
	if the hd configuration is proper? )  I would delete all the BB
	software and re-install without the fake partition.  Then see if the
	BB will boot off the 5 1/4 drive.  If it does, you've eliminated one
	variable anyway.

> 
> Any further attempts repeat this message without trying to access
> the floppy.  My hard drive light is going on, though.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? Is the PC trying to boot off my virtural drive
> instead of the floppy?  If so, how do I fix (or delete) the virtual drive
> to allow it to boot from floppy (at least the first time,
> so I can configure the virtual drive)?

	Did you manually check the user-startup sequence file to see that it
	had the proper commands inserted?

> Help!
> 
	I *hope* I helped.

> thanks,
> Scot
> sjk@emx.cc.utexas.edu
> sjk@astro.as.utexas.edu
Fred Heitkamp,  ** Not an organization **
From: db562s445@sycom.mi.org (Dave Birdsong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Current state of A64?
Date: 29 Dec 92 08:58:14 GMT
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! V0.975

The C64 is getting some Cool things in the way of Hardware..
There is a company called CMD and they are making so wonderfull things like a 
3.5 inch 1.9 meg Floppy... and thing called RamLink that can be expanded to 
16meg with it's own Power supply and even Battery Backup..( I have a freind 
that took his RamLink from one side of MichIgan to the other and plugged it 
into another users C128 and the data was still there, used it for 3 hours and 
drove home with out lossing 1 byte... and it is fast...
there is thing called Turbo CPU and it is a 4 Mhz cpu for C64 and they thing 
really flys then....
and of course the thing that made CMD so good to begin with Jiffy Dos a must 
for all 64 and 128 users unlike other fast loaders, this kone works all the 
time not just at the boot up state.
Dave Birdsong
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From: karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias)
Subject: UN*X
Organization: Merck Research Laboratories
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 02:48:29 GMT

Does anyone know of a public domain version to emulate the above?  If it can
run concurrently with the native OS (WB 2.04+) all the better.  Thanks.

Jim


P.S. I've tried Minix and can't get it to come to life so far.  Has anyone had
any experience with this particular package?

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From: trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au (Trevor Elbourne (Supr. Hell) BE)
Subject: Re: Drive7 and AMAX
Organization: University of New South Wales
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:02:14 GMT


eric@mirador.com (Eric Black) writes:
: Has anyone any experience using Drive7 on a SCSI disk with AMAX?
: The driver it installs on the disk seems to hang on my AMAX, but works
: on a PowerBook (i.e. a "real" Mac).  Disk Manager Mac saved the day,
: allowing me to install a driver which works with AMAX so I could get
: back up and running.
: 
: Any hints?  Does Drive7 go straight to non-existent hardware, so it
: doesn't work with AMAX and the gvpscsi.amhd driver (on a GVP Series II
: hard-card)?
: 
: -Eric
: 
: -- 
: Eric Black	"Garbage in, Gospel out"
: Mirador Computing Systems, P. O. Box 308, La Honda, CA   94020  USA
:   Email: eric@Mirador.COM    Voice: +1 415 747 0101   FAX:  +1 415 747 0101

	Drive 7 is reserved for the controler. So the Amiga cannot use it.
I can't see why you need the address No. 7 though unless you have filled the
other six !!
--
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	- E. Blackadder

Trevor Elbourne 			VLSI and Systems Tecnology (VaST) lab
trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au                Dept of Computer Science & Engineering
trevore@cs.unsw.oz.au                   University of New South Wales
From: groenewo@fwi.uva.nl (Ferry van het Groenewoud)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: C64 Emulators
Date: 27 Dec 92 15:18:56 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

jsmcgi01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:

>In article <1992Dec23.154739.13882@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>, tjensen@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (todd.r.jensen) writes:
>> Has anyone had any luck with C64 Emulators for the Amiga.  I came across
>> a Shareware version (I forgot by who) written a couple of years ago.  Is
>> it worth it to go to the trouble to buy the patch cords for the C64 drives
>> so I can use my old outdated software on my slightly old Amiga?
>> 
>> Any advice, reviews, ect. would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Todd Jensen                                  o
>> AT&T Bell Labs             ___^o_    __o    <|\
>> (708) 979-1254                     _ \<_     \
>> tjensen@ihlpe.att.com             (_)/(_)    /


>The public domain A64 package is by far the best C64 emulator.  It does
>*everything* the 64 could do, better.  It also includes many enhancements (easy
>file transfers, use of a 3.5" as a C64 drive, menus, etc.) that make using it a
>breeze.

Frown. Does it fully support the SID-chip, then? I faintly remember the
A64 is pretty crippled since it is 3 times slower on a standard amiga as
a genuine c64, and as far as I know it doesn't support the SID-(sound)chip.


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From: dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
Subject: Sybil software updates?
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 17:24:08 GMT


Has anyone heard of a software update to Sybil that allows it to be used
with Amax 2.5?  I guess a general update is due as well.  Upload sites,
due dates, or rumors are welcome...

dylan
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From: iank@microsoft.com (Ian Kennedy)
Subject: Re: EMPLANT and PCMCIA
Date: 22 Dec 92 00:40:16 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Keywords: A1200,EMPLANT

In article <BzF22E.636@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jake Rose) writes:
>jansunde@alkymi.unit.no (Jan Sunde) writes:
>
>>By choosing the PCMCIA port on the A1200 for EMPLANT emulation, won't this slow
>>the whole thing down as the PCMCIA port is only 16 bits wide ??
>
>Is it really only 16 bits wide?  I thought I heard something about 32 bit
>memory cards for the 600!

Yes, it's only 16bits. But what would you use a 32 bit memory card on the
A600 for anyway? The A600 is a 68000 machine and therefor only 16bits
anyway.
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From: skb@hrojr.ATT.COM (Shawn Boyce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A3070/Caliper Tape Drive question
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:22:44 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: AT&T BL
Originator: news@cbnewsf.cb.att.com

>I have picked up a Caliper tape drive which I believe is the
>same as the type used in the A3070.  However, I have no manual
>to go with it.

You are correct -- the Caliper tape drive is the same as the A3070.  
The drive was made by California Peripherals, which was bought out by Sankyo.
Call up Sanyko ((714) 724-1505) to get the hardware manual.
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From: dostie@ccrs.emr.ca (M Dostie)
Subject: *** AMAXII, A/UX and MacX ***
Organization: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:51:38 GMT

Has anyone tried running A/UX with the AmaxII unit? And if so did you also
install the MacX program? Did they work? How well?

MD

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From: Gene_Ruebsamen@republik.fidonet.org (Gene Ruebsamen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Amax flicker fixed wi
Date: 1 Jan 93 20:05:53 PST
Organization: Eiffel Media of Orange County

> Lines: 16
>
> Hi!
>
> I've gotten conflicting advice on wether or not the ECS Denise and VGA or
> multisync monitor will solve that anoying flicker I get when running Amax.
>
> Can anyone please verify this for me?  I have an A500 and was under the
> impression I would have to buy a flicker fixer for around $200 (ouch!)
> along with a VGA monitor.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Mike Lundberg
> app@shamash.cdc.com
>
> note:
> My email address in 1993 will be:       michael.s.lundberg@cdev.com
A-Max II has the ability to use the productivity modes that are present
in the ECS chipset.. therefore, you can get a hi-res 640x400 screen
with no flicker without a deinterlacer product. You will; however, require
a multisync monitor.. I would suggest buying a flicker fixer anyhow unless
you are somehow going to upgrade to a 3.0 machine..

Gene

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From: db562s445@sycom.mi.org (Dave Birdsong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: 486 BridgeBoard?
Distribution: world
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! V0.975
Date: 31 Dec 92 17:44:11 EST
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange

In an article, karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias) writes:

>Is there such a thing?
>

>Jim
yea and it is cool if you have to have an Icredabily Boring Machine (IBM)
Computer Link in Garden CIty Michigan has sold some for about $1000.00 or 
something like that.. the number there is 313 522 6005 and ask for Dan.
Dave Birdsong
db562s445@sycom.MI.ORG
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From: damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos)
Subject: 2286 BIOS query
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:43:15 GMT


i'm wondering if it would be possible to swap out the CBM BIOS ROMs
on my 2286 BB with something like Ami-BIOS or MR.BIOS, etc...or are there
special things going on in the CBM BIOS ROMs relating to the dual-port ram 
janus interface etc, that might preclude their use.

i've heard "good things" about some of these BIOS replacements, and am
curious whether the use of same might have a salutory effect on my system...

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       Cosysop - Threat Management Institute BBS 707 935 1713
From: ewong@ucs.ubc.ca (Eldon Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A2286 + Qpro = SLOWWW
Date: 23 Dec 1992 17:23:35 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

In article <Rick_Lang.00s7@amusers.UUCP> Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang) writes:
>CDC> From: Carl-D@cup.portal.com (Carl Thomas Demelo)
>
>CDC> I just added a brand new A2286 to my A2000 today.  I set up a 10MB
>CDC> Problem is that, it is ridiculously slow, it takes minutes just to get
>
>Simply specify somewhere in user-startup "Addbuffers AT: 300" for a 10
>meg virtual drive and your notice speed will improve (where AT is the
>partition for your virtual PC drive).

If you have more memory add as many buffers as you can afford.  I set mine
to 1000 and it is amazing the difference in speed.  

>Your virtual drive should be in its own partition to work best; the
>addbuffers command will ensure that all the file pointers are in memory;
>if it's too small, you end up thrashing your hard disk as it tries to
>locate all the directory extents.

I completely agree.

>
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From: lindblad@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Jarkko Lindblad)
Subject: Re: speed of typical software 8086-emulation
Organization: University of Helsinki
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:44:51 GMT

Jarkko Lindblad (lindblad@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
> I'd like to know how many clock cycles do IBeM and PC-Task use on
> emulation of some typical 8086 instructions as I need to do some kind
> of comparision between them and a 8086-emulation routine I'm writing
> myself. If the authors of these pieces of software could give me some
> numbers I'd appreciate it, thank you.

Ah, I forgot to say that I'd prefer to get the actual speed figures
for 68000.

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From: edmondse@woods.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Wanted A64 Emulator
Date: 3 Jan 93 17:17:06 GMT
Organization: University of Lowell

I would like to get the C64 emulator A64 mentioned in several
of the previous posts. First I wonder does it work with
1571 drives? Also is the company that produced it still around?

I believe it was an outfit called Questronix in Hartford, CT.

If the company is gone would anyone care to sell me there complete
A64 Emulator package (with the hardware interface)?

If so reply via email to me Eric Edmonds
              at edmondse@woods.ulowell.edu

Thanks
From: Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A2286 + Qpro = SLOWWW
Date: 21 Dec 92 14:37:37 PST
Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

CDC> From: Carl-D@cup.portal.com (Carl Thomas Demelo)

CDC> I just added a brand new A2286 to my A2000 today.  I set up a 10MB
CDC> Problem is that, it is ridiculously slow, it takes minutes just to get

Simply specify somewhere in user-startup "Addbuffers AT: 300" for a 10
meg virtual drive and your notice speed will improve (where AT is the
partition for your virtual PC drive).

Your virtual drive should be in its own partition to work best; the
addbuffers command will ensure that all the file pointers are in memory;
if it's too small, you end up thrashing your hard disk as it tries to
locate all the directory extents.


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From: jharris@cup.portal.com (John D Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPLANT for 1200?
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 22:45:52 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>Jim, how can you post this stuff with a clear mind?  We all know how EMPLANT
>does not have HardDrive support, but here you are telling us that if we
>have a HD hooked up to our system EMPLANT will use it.
>
>C'mon, give us more credit than that.

As of version 1.5 of EMPLANT, hard drive support (actually the device
support he was talking about) is a working part of the product.  It booted
my existing AMax partition without a hitch, and the new video drivers give
real time screen refresh as long as you have an MMU.

The 16 color version of the real time video display is not quite finished,
but when he gets it done, EMPLANT will be a very solid and usable product.
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Subject: AT-Once-Plus w/ Microbotics VXL-30?
From: mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
Date: 25 Dec 92 23:41:10 EST

Does anyone here know whether the Vortex AT-Once Plus is compatible
with the Microbotics VXL-30 for the A500?

Note: it is ok if I have to run the VXL-30 in 68000 mode to get compatibility!

THANKS,
Mike
mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu

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From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2286 + Qpro = SLOWWWW!
Date: 22 Dec 92 06:58:50 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <1992Dec22.084507.10578@enea.se>, tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:
> Carl-D@cup.portal.com (Carl Thomas Demelo) writes:
> : I just added a brand new A2286 to my A2000 today.  I set up a 10MB virtual
> : drive (Autobooting), and installed MsDos 5.0 and Qpro 2.0.
> : Problem is that, it is ridiculously slow, it takes minutes just to get a
> : blank spreadsheet going (color emulation, draft quality graphics).  

	You will find this to be true on any "modern" PC app.  Evidently the
	older programs were not as hard on the disk drive.

> : Furthermore, everytime I try to acces a menu, the hard drive will grind away
> : drawing each menu item.  What am I doing wrong?  I cant use this spreadsheet
> : at this speed.  
> : 
> : Carl
> 
> The best thing would be to add a PC HD to the A2286, but I beleive an ADDBUFFERS
> command on the Amiga side, with a lot of buffers, will help on the way.

	Adding a HD controller and drive to the PC side is what I ended up
	doing and it really is much, much better.  Actually faster that some
	similarly equiped 286 clones.  And if you get a large HD for the PC
	side you can make a small MS-DOG partition and use the rest as an
	Amiga drive by using the ADISK/DJMOUNT programs.  The Amiga partitions
	are fairly speedy and certainly useable.  I've put my "main" apps on
	the Amiga HD and use the ADISK partition for storing archived programs.

> 
> I also recall a HW mod to the card, what was it about?	

	I can send a file posted by someone that tell how to do it, if you
	wish.  Never tried it myself.
> 
> -- 
> =============================================================================
>  Tommy Petersson              tope@enea.se              Enea Data AB, Sweden
> =============================================================================
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From: qsnow@lonestar.utsa.edu (Quentin . Snow)
Subject: GoldenGate 386
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:17:56 GMT

As I have just aquired a Golden Gate 386 PC BrideBoard, I am having a couple
of problems/questions that I hope someone can help me with ...

1:  When the emulator is active, I can no longer make use of the Amiga-side
    serial port (ie. run my BBS and use the emulator at the same time).  I know
    that the emulator takes/makes use of the device for the ibm side, but there
    should be SOME way to disable this function so one could run a BBS and
    still be able to use the emulator without taking the BBS down.  Any
    Suggestions to the? 

2:  I am running the emulator on an A3000 with 6 megs of ram.  I want(ed)
    to be able to use some of the RAM on the brideboard side, but I have
    been unable to do so.  I go into the setup, select public 20%, then
    save the config.  When I reboot, I still do not have any extra memory, 
    nor does the emulator "boot" information screen say it is using any
    Amiga external RAM..  What else do I have to set?  I can find no help
    to this in the manual.

3:  I hooked up a VGA card to on of the ISA slots and began the emulator
    again (with the monitor plugged into the vga card).  The vga gfx from
    the card worked fine, but it (the vga card) caused a TREMEDIOUS slowdown
    on my floppies (being used from the amiga's drives).  Since there is this
    slowdown of the floppy access/read/write, it tends to corrupt data that is
    sent to/from the devices causing very bad things to happen :-( ..
    Is this the vga card, or is there something else that I need/should know
    about....
 
Any help is greatly appreciated .. Thankx .. A frustrated GG386 users :()



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From: manacsa@l13ff.jsc.nasa.gov (Gerry Manacsa)
Subject: A1200 and AMax?
Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:03:42 GMT

Have any of you 1200 owners tried running AMax II on the A1200?  I am planning
on buying a 1200 RSN, but continued AMax compatibility is a big issue for me.