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From: sking@tyranosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott a king)
Subject: GVP 3050 Impact II & WDC CAV2200 (not working help!  please!)
Summary: Doesn't work.  I need help.
Keywords: GVP 3050, WDC CAV2200, harddisk, IDE
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:04:14 GMT

Netters,

I recently purchases a Western Digital Caviar 2200 IDE harddisk.  I have a 2000
with a GVP 3050 impact series II accellerator.  The 3050 has Faastrom V 3.41
(I think).  
I hooked up the diskdrive and went intor fastprep and followed GVP's
instructions and just did an automatic prep.  Everything appearred to work
fine.  Up popped a 202M dh1: (I have a Nexus controlling a SCSI as well).  
Great.  NOT.  When I copied files to the Caviar they were corrupted.  When I
took a closer look at them the first 512 bytes are fine and the reast is 
trashed.  Some of the bytes are correct but I couldn't find a pattern.  The
file size is fine.  

Anyone have a clue???

I tried the Caviar by itself and with the Nexus.  I tried doing a manual prep.
I tried mutliple partitions.  I tried 1 buffer.  I tried using just chip or
just fast ram for the buffer.  I tried many combinations but it doesn't work.

I called GVP (I got through after only 10 minutes!  Honest!) and they said 
"That is not one of the drives we have tested with our controller."  They
suggested that I call WDC and ask them if 1) the CAV220 is IO channel ready
and 2) if it uses sirus logic chip 235 (I think).  The answer to 1 must be yes
and no for 2.  I called WDC and they were clueless.  Said I must send a letter
so they can ask the engineers.

So I hope I've given enough info for some kind knowlegable sole to help me.
Has anyone got any ideas, solutions, suggestions??  Anyone ever hooked up
a WDC CAV2200 to an GVP3050.  Will joan find out that tom is sleeping with mary
and will mellisa marry joe or will joe join the foreign legion?  Hopefully the
answer to these and other exciting questions will be forthcoming soon.

Thanks for any help and for those who read all of this post!  ;-)

Scott King.
sking@cis.ohio-state.edu
From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: The "cool" fan debate
Date: 24 Dec 92 07:15:34 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <1hbjv5INNe35@uwm.edu>, bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
> The problem is that with positive pressure airflow systems, the
> problems come forward thusly:
> 
> 1) It is extremely difficult to arrange airflow in a way that brings a
> direct current of air across any one specified area.
> 
> 	This is solved in negative-pressure systems by placing a vent
> 	in such a way that the air coming in would blow over the area
> 	to be cooled
> 
> 2) Positive pressure airflow dynamics change the moment the physical
> layout changes.  Specifically, let's say we have a positive-airflow
> 2000, with a vent on the left side of the case, next to all of the
> slots.  The problem here lies in that dropping in ONE card will cease
> airflow across a huge expanse of the board now, and on top of that,
> any expansion cards in the machine will be cooled very poorly.
> 
> 3) It is extremely difficult for a positive-pressure system to cool a
> large area properly without making use of more than one fan.
> 
> These three problems are the reasons behind not using
> positive-airflow, even if it makes your computer that much cleaner on
> the inside.
> 
> Greg

	Sooooo.  When are we gonna hear from Commodore on this?  I spoke to
	my dealer and they were aware of the problem but would not touch my
	machine until they get a "tech note" on how to fix it.

	I looked at the PS, and turning the fan around is not something I'd
	care to tackle while the machine is still under warranty.

	It looks like the PS itself will have to be opened (tedious) or 
	replaced (easy).

	Is Commodore gonna let my A4000 blow up so I can then flame them for
	it?  They're dragging their ass again. ;)


> 
> --
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** These opinions represent no one else's, either living or dead or
in between **
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 Technical question
Date: 30 Dec 92 07:24:37 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <1992Dec29.175902.7596@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dcantrel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel T Cantrell) writes:
 >I was hoping someone could answer a question I have about the inside
 >of an A1200.  I know the 44 pin connector on the motherboard is an
 >IDE interface with the standard 4 power pins built in.  What I am
 >not sure of is what the 40 pin connector sitting next to the DOS 
 >ROMs.  

They were intended to upgrade a 1 MB Chip RAM machine to 2 MB Chip RAM.
But as it now turns out that probably all future A1200's will come
already with 2 MB on board, these connectors will perhaps vanish some
day. - As far as I know, you can also connect an RTC (clock chip) there.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to \\  Only my personal opinions...
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
Wer's nicht kann, soll's bleiben klopfen oder Steine lassen!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: Re: help needed !!!! (2.5 inch ---> 3.5 inch)
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:07:48 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.150052.6546@prime.mdata.fi> ppihkala@mits.mdata.fi (Petri Pihkala) writes:
>In article <ehrmann.724941920@tschil> ehrmann@tschil.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Guido Ehrmann) writes:
>>I need some help with my amiga 1200 !
>
>>or can anybody tell me the pin-setting of the 2.5 inch plug !!!!!!!!!
>>(the one from the 3.5 inch i know !)
>
> As far as I know their pinning is identical at pins 1-40 and pins 41-44 just
>replace that IBM-style drivepower connector. According to A600 schematics 41 &
>42 are connected to Vcc (+5V), 43 is ground and 44 is connected to Vcc via 4.7
>kOhm resistor.
> P.S. Does anybody know what this block in A600 is as it contains two 28F20's
>and 74F139 (U37), is labeled FLASH MEMORY and has text 'FLASH AND U37 IS
>OPTIONAL'?

  Interesting!  I wonder if this is in the A1200 as well?

  The Intel Memory Databook lists the 28F020 as a 256k x 8 flash memory.
I wonder if the C= Engineers were thinking of Flash for the kickstart ROM,
thus allowing flash updates from disk to future versions?   Most likely
the cost of Flash parts killed the idea, and they went back to the same
old Masked ROM.  Remember, this is a low cost machine...

>ppihkala@mits.mdata.fi

-- 
  ___  ___    Jeff Easton             easton@zds-oem.zds.com
 (__  (__     Zenith Data Systems     j.easton@mi04.zds.com
 ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
Monte Carlo   Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: tres@netcom.com (Gary Chow)
Subject: Re: GVP Series 2 controller in A4000
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:44:01 GMT

In article <1Zabs*OL0@prolix.apana.org.au> dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
>
>Sysinfo 3.01 reported 750KB/Sec, whereas in my A2500/30 the same
>drive/controller was pushing 1.4Mb/sec.
>
>But it's still usable.
>
>I am at a loss to explain the performance problem.
>
>The 120MB IDE drive pushes over 1MB/sec in raw read speed.
>

I popped a Trumpcard Professional (Non-DMA) SCSI controller into my
A4000 and SysInfo v3.01 reported 940KB/sec with a SyQuest 88.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: aarndt@uglx.UVic.CA (Aaron  Arndt)
Subject: Action Replay + Blizzard Board = Problem!
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 12:48:09 GMT

    I recently bought a Blizzard Board from a friend and have been having some problems with it when an Action Replay is connected to the system. I have noticed that the BB will not run in 7Mhz when the ARIII is plugged in, even when the hard drive is plugged in the system will run fine but there are some little glitches around the screen.  In 14Mhz mode the BB works with the HD and only sometimes with the ARIII.  I have a rev 5.0 A500 512K Aggie and the A501 and a Spirit Technologies HDA-501 controller (I



 know it's ancient).  The system will run for a bit with the ARIII but will crash after a bit usually with a guru #21000001 (Device get error, I think).  The BB has 1MB ram on it as well.  This is a very annoying problem as I like having 2MB and the accelrator but I need the ARIII more for my programming.  Has anyone had simular problems or know of a fix of some sorts? Any help is appreciated!
From: amiga@src4src.linet.org (Michael Lipson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: DigiView gold
Date: 28 Dec 92 02:39:26 GMT
Organization: The Source for Source

I have a slight problem and I was hoping that someone on the net can help me.
I recently acquired a digiview gold and am trying to get a good digitized 
picture.  When ever I try, however, I get a picture with small horizontal black
lines and greenish blue vertical lines.  The picture between these lines looks
fine.  I have tried to correct the problem through tracking but haven't been
able to.

Thanks in advance.
Mike
(amiga@src4src.linet.org)
From: BC@cup.portal.com (Robert David Comer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A4000 price, availablity
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 23:05:35 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

>I have owned an A1000 since early in 1986. It is clearly time to upgrade.
>I will buy either a PC clone or an A4000. Cheap PC clones can be had.
>It appears they have their own problems with processors outruning antiquated
>busses and graphics accelerators being good at windows or DOS but not
>both etc. As I wade through the morass of ISA, EISA, VESA VL, VGA, SVGA,
>etc (without the benefit of good definitions of what these specs actually
>mean), the seamlessly designed A4000 looks very attractive.
>
>For those of you in-the-know, I have a few questions:
>
>1. Is the A4000 available now?

Yes

>
>2. What is the street (mailorder?) price?

~2800.00

>
>3. Does the A4000 have a SCSI driver available yet?

You really mean SCSI controller, and not yet (specifacally for the 4000 that
is, some older ones will work, just not very fast...) The new SCSI controller
will be ready SOON!

>
>4. I have spent a considerable amount of money on software for my A1000.
>   (E.g. WordPerfect, Manx C, Superbase, Digiview, DeluxePaint, Logistix,
>   etc., etc.) Will any of this work on the A4000?

I don't have my machine yet, so all I can say, is that I've heard is most
things work, some need the latest verision though...

>
>5. In general do software companies offer upgrades at reduced prices to
>   registered owners of older versions of their software?

Most of the time, this is the case (I've never seen it any other way, unless
it's a game, and then sometimes, they'll do it for games!)

>

>6. Is the A4000 going to be hardware upgradable? That is, when new pro-
>   cessors are released or new graphics options are made available,
>   how easy will it be to upgrade the A4000? I know that this might be
>   impossible to answer. Has CBM indicated anything about the status
>   of the A4000 with regard to future hardware development directions?

Definitely the processor can be upgraded.  I don't know about the Graphics
(custom) chips.

>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Alan Peters
>
>--
Bob Comer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: C=2232 multiser @ >>19.2Kbps??!!
From: mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
Date: 24 Dec 92 13:31:21 EST

I am using a C=2232 multi-serial card in my C=2500 for running a BBS.
Apparently the fastest speed the serial.device driver for the 2232 is 
19.2Kbps.  I would like to run it at either 38.4Kbps or 57.6Kbps.

I have tried actually setting the serial port config of my BBS software at
these higher speeds, but this seems only to affect the CTS/RTS flow control,
not the actual DTE to DCE rate, which remains at 19.2Kbps (not the higher rate
it is set at).

I need to get the 2232 running at higher speeds so I can speed up xfers and
free up some of the CPU time required to wait for the serial port to free up.

If anyone knows what I can do to get the C=2232 operating at speeds higher than
19.2Kbps, please let me know!!!

Mike ---> mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 15:25:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan1.081253.28607@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:
>Jeff Easton (easton@zds-oem.zds.com) wrote:
>: In article <1992Dec31.070125.18936@midway.uchicago.edu> sjchmura@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>: >Since the clock has a seperate conector than the FAST-Ram slot, is there
>: >an easy way to add one?

>: Plug the mythical clock module into the exposed header.  Reverse the
>: procedure to put it back together.
>
>:   Has anyone announced a clock module that plugs in here?
>
>Are you trying to tell me that the 1200 doesn't come with a f**king clock?

Yup.

-- 
  ___  ___    Jeff Easton             easton@zds-oem.zds.com
 (__  (__     Zenith Data Systems     j.easton@mi04.zds.com
 ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
Monte Carlo   Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
From: 2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1200 owners, please answer these questions..
Date: 28 Dec 1992 07:07:01 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu

In article <pati.725482342@milton>, pati@milton.u.washington.edu (Pati Irish) writes:
>Im really debating getting a 1200 because of the follwing I have heard, could
>someone please answer if these thing are true or false..
>
>I heard the the 1200 will only run %25 percent of the software out there..

Only if you count non-multitasking games.  99% of Productivity stuff is
fine (as long as we're throwing around %s).

>
>And is a 1084 good enuff for the 1200, i mean do you really need a multisync
>to use the AGA software??

If you like the display on your 500, but just want more colors, a 1084
(15.75kHz only monitors) will please you.  A Multisync (15-32 kHz) will
also give you a lot more display modes (esp. Hires flicker free displays).

>
>someone please get back to me, im really sick of this slow 500.. i wanna
>faster amiga bad.... Thanks..

Sure.


 ----------------------------
 Ryan K. Brooks                        "You're never dead till you're        
 2575BrooksR@vms.csd.mu.edu                  out of quarters."     
 Marquette University EECE              
 NemeSys Corporation
 "Curtains for Windows"
From: root@bcstarc.stgt.sub.org (Frank Pecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Omnibus video solution
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 19:01:52 GMT
Reply-To: root@bcstarc.stgt.sub.org
Organization: BOeblingen ComputerScienTific ARChive

From article <17935@pitt.UUCP>, by gwalborn@cs.pitt.edu (Gary Walborn):
> Ok, I am very interested in this Omnibus video card for the Amiga (thanks
> for the info, Dave).  Now the big question.... Where can I get one? How

ArMaX Computersysteme
Hauptstrasse 63
Weil im Schoenbuch
Phone +49 7157 62481
Fax   +49 7157 63613

> much to they cost?  Does anyone know of a vendor for this product?  I am

DM 598.-- (about $400),
includes 6 months of free software update service.

> REALLY curious now!

It works with WBs 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0.

>
> Gary Walborn <gwalborn@cs.pitt.edu>
--

Frank Pecher, Schwalbenweg 26, 7030 Boeblingen, FRG,  root@bcstarc.stgt.sub.org
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From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Data/Instruction Cache & BURST modes on 68030? Why/when?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 11:15:39 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Dec22.212901.860@samba.oit.unc.edu>

|>You should leave the setting  alone!  A small tutorial is in order!
|>SetPatch will setup the system correctly so that the caches and burst
|>are correct for the Amiga. 
|> 
|>several long words of data.  This happens faster than if each long
|>word was a separate access.  This pre-loads the cache and allows you
|>to get extra 'hits' on the instruction cache(or data cache).  There
|>are times(code that branches) where this might slow down the cpu, but
|>in general it wil speed it up slightly.
|> 
|>The 68020 has a single cache for data and instructions, the 68030
|>has separate ones.  The cache size in this case is 256 bytes.  The
|>68040 has 4096 byte caches for instruction and for data.
|> 
|>There are no such things as stupid, dumb, or ignorant questions, just
|>stupid, dumb, or ignorant people that will not ask questions.
|
|Thanks a lot for this info.  I have always known about the cache and when
|I use sysinfo it says data cache off so I put a command in my SS to turn
|it on thinking I was missing something.  I guess I'll turn it off.  Since
  If you turn on the data cache, you run the risk of crashes if the chipe
  memory is data cached.  This is due to the custom co-processors accessing
  the chip memory and changing location while the cpu has the data cached.
|you are answering questions can you tell me what mungwall and enforcer
|are? I know people mention using it on a 3000 cause it needs an MMU. 
  They are tools for debuging.  Enforcer will memory protect the area of
  memory most programs should not be referencing.  In C, a null pointer
  is in effect a pointer to address zero.  The Enforcer will trap a reference
  via a pointer of this type(uninitialized pointer for example) and give
  a report that will identify(to the programmer) where it happened.  it
  also has the side effect of preventing crashes while debugging!  If you
  are using CPR(SAS/C 6.1 debugger) and Enforcer,you get a nice friendly
  pointer to the exact source line that caused the problem!  MungWall is a
  similar tool that keeps track of what memory(and size of the allocations)
  you allocate.  It allows you to find memory a program allocated and did
  not release and in some cases references outside of the allocated memory.
  They are very useful tools.
|Thanks for being helpful!  One other thing, I use an A3000 with 2.04 in
|rom, is there anyway I can use CPU or some other command to softkick 1.3
|in rom? (I know I could do it w/o the rom but I just want to go 1.3 in
|rare times not enough to justify removing the rom.)  Thanks!
  There was a tool that developers got that allowed you to build a kickstart
  disk from a ROM, or you could find a 1.3 kickstart.  I believe Dave Haynie's
  SETCPU tool will allow that(softkick the machine) if you have an MMU.
From: pati@milton.u.washington.edu (Pati Irish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 1200 owners, please answer these questions..
Date: 27 Dec 92 18:52:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: milton.pati.725482342
Organization: University of Washington

Im really debating getting a 1200 because of the follwing I have heard, could
someone please answer if these thing are true or false..

I heard the the 1200 will only run %25 percent of the software out there..

heard the try'n to add a 2.5 int. drive such as the maxtor 80 meg, just doesnt
work at all...

And is a 1084 good enuff for the 1200, i mean do you really need a multisync
to use the AGA software??

someone please get back to me, im really sick of this slow 500.. i wanna
faster amiga bad.... Thanks..
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: menegon@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (marco menegon)
Subject: PROBLEM : SCSI HDs WORKIN' ONLY with OFS
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:08:42 GMT

Hi, this is a problem occurred two times, with two different HDs, one come from msdos ( a real IBM scsi hd) 
and one from a Unix server :
if I try to format them in FFS all seems to work BUT when I try to access the disk I have a " NO DISK IN DRIVE " error !!!!!
the only thing I can do is format them in OFS, all works with fantastic speeds ( 27 KB/sec transfer rate ....AAARRRGGGHHH) 



Should anyone help me ???? Please send answers to the following E-Mail address.

Thanx in advance to everyone...

P.S.     MERRY XMAS  AND  HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!


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E-Mail : menegon@ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it  |
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From: mglicksman@loyola.edu (Michael `SLAM' Glicksman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: Touch screen input?
Date: 29 Dec 92 06:08:00 GMT
Organization: ALL - Amiga Lovers of Loyola
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <epang.725595265@sfu.ca>, epang@fraser.sfu.ca (Eugene Pang) writes...
>Does anyone know how touch screen drivers for the Amiga simulate right
>mouse button clicks, in addition to the obvious left mouse button click
>and mouse movements?

I use a touch screen by ELOGRAPHICS(sp?). Any time you touch the screen, it
registers a Left mouse click at that position. Dragging your finger across the
screen is like holding the left button and moving the mouse. A right mouse
click is accomplished by pushing the CTRL key and touching the screen.



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From: wood@kepler.pss.fit.edu (Matt A. Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500 Pwr Supply Switch problems
Date: 2 Jan 93 22:25:09 GMT
Organization: Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
Originator: wood@kepler.pss.fit.edu

Hello.  Lately the switch on our A500 power supply has been working
only intermittently.  Is this a common problem, and if it is, is it
a problem with the switch or with the power supply?  Is it something 
I can fix myself or do I have to replace the power supply?  

Thanks very much for your help!

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware