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From: dbenn@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au (David Benn)
Subject: Re: C=64 files to AMIGA
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 03:43:56 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.181228.6191@ugle.unit.no>, kintel@solan.unit.no (Marius Kintel) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to copy files from the C=64 to the Amiga?
>I know it's possible using a 0-modem cable..
>But I want to disectly connect the 1541/1581 to the Amiga, and then simply copy
>the files..
>
>How can I do this ???
>
>Marius Kintel
>

You need A64. It's a shareware C64 emulator which also has 64-Amiga file
transfer utilities. If you register, you'll get an adapter that plugs into
your Amiga's parallel port. A 1541 or printer can interface to this.

I've transferred files from/to the a 1541 with this. Of course, the file
formats are totally alien to the Amiga. You'll have to write a program to
deal with this most likely (ie: to do the conversion).

Anyway, I highly recommend A64. It's a nice piece of work.

Regards...

 
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From: dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Switch
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:33:55 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

In article <1992Apr12.051651.17869@crash.cts.com> jgallego@pnet01.cts.com (Jose Gallego) writes:
>I have a Bernoulli 88 which is shared between between my Amiga 3000 and the
>Bridgeboard via a AB switch box.
>
>I haven't had any problems.  When I want to used the Bernoulli with the Amiga
>I just remove the Disk, flip the switch, insert the Bernoulli disk (amiga
>formatted) and use SCSIMounter (by Martin A. Blatter) to mount it.  That is
>all.
>
>Jose.

	How do you have the cables set up?  (25 PIN Switch box to 25 Pin
connector on SCSI bus?)  If so, I need to convert 50 pin Connector (Centronics
header type) to 25 pin.. Both SCSI cards (amiga and IBM) have 25 pin headers,
but the tape drive (Archive 2150S does not!)

						Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: paws@cray.com (Daniel Baehr  (1252))
Subject: Re: Puzzle Factory, Inc. I/O Expansion Board support?
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:30:56 CDT

In article <4588@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil> rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero) writes:

 [Stuff deleted...]
 
>
>Try writing or calling Jeff Lavin at the Puzzle Factory.  He was
>the author of the Amazing Article.
>

  I bought this and its still sitting on my junk heap.  I found a problem
 on the pcb itself and when I called the Puzzle Factory I got help from
 him ONLY after I badgered him a bit.  He basicly said "You didn't pay
 for technical support".  I can understand his point of view but he only
 reluctantly understood mine.  He wasn't going to give me ANY help at all
 which, like I said, is understandable but I'll never buy a "PD" type board
 from him again.  I would even think twice about buying a "commercial" product
 from him.  I do understand though that ALOT of people have gotten it to work.


>-- 
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From: v001gyzs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 1 handed keyboard/mouse usable on Amiga?
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:12:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


	Has anyone seen the Twiddler in the March Byte?  It's a one handed
keyboard AND mouse which straps to (either) hand like the new camcorders.
You press keys in combinations to access all the keyboard keys or to
tilt the unit for mouse input.  The Byte review said that it takes about
10 days to master it.  Right now it's only for IBM's and connects via
the keyboard and serial ports.
	I just saw an answer regarding the use of IBM keyboards on the
AMiga, but I understand the Amiga mouse doesn't use the serial port.  Is
it still possible to use the Twiddler on an Amiga?

Richard Ho
v001gyzs@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mrosen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael David Rosen)
Subject: VGA on the Amiga3000
Originator: mrosen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 07:01:52 GMT

I hope to purchase a VGA monitor to use with my A3000.  Some issues about
using a VGA monitor seem to have been answered but so far I have yet to see
any comments concerning the usefulness of purchasing a non-interlaced 
monitor over an interlaced (1024 X 768).  

Does anyone have any experience with this?

The monitors I've looked at so far are:
    OptiQuest 1000
    Panasync 1381i
    Viewsonic (4e or 6)

Does anyone know anything good or bad about these monitors.


Thanks,

mrosen
From: LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP me design an AMPLIFIER board for my Amiga
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:40:03 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston

In article <1992Apr8.162803.11586@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>,
yqdx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu says:
>
>Hi-
>  I would like to make my Amiga into a home electroencephalogram machine.
[rest of stuff deleted]

One of the BYTE back issues Circuit Cellar column has exactly what you
requested.  I don't remeber which issue, but it is one of the last
few hardware projects before the Circuit Cellar went to publish on
its own.  Yes.  That's when the last article I read in BYTE ceased to
exist.  I would have dropped my subscription if I had one.  :)

I would place that in 1991 vintage or so.  Look for it in
your library.  There were a lot of details, theory, actual circuits
included.  Word of advice is to use lots of caution in terms of isolation
and precautions in the construction and not to cut corners when safty
is involved.  I wouldn't want to see a "Help - my brains are fried
by my computer" message in comp.amiga.hardware.  Sort of bring home
fries to a different meaning.   :)


>-Chris B.
>Cornell biochem dept.

K. C. Lee
Elec. Eng Grad. Student
From: england@milton.u.washington.edu (england)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:20:58 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <44561@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> huebnere@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Huebner) writes:
>
>I'm going to go out on a limb here and conjecture that AFD stands for
>April Fool's Day?
>
>>gets burnt into the Gail chip. Then each time you use new commercial software,
>>this code is transfered to the disk (even if it's write-protected).
>>CBM have been installing the Gail-chip in all amigas since the first of April.
>
>April 1st, hmmm...
>
>>All of the above information from issue #7/1992 of `DatorMagazin' (the largest
>>swedish computer newspaper).
>
>Would that be, by chance, the APRIL issue?
>

Sh*t!!  I never even noticed the dates quoted (but then again I wasn't looking
for another April Fools joke on the 8th of April!!

In any event, can you imagine other implications IF such a protection
scheme was implemented??  Think of the fun virus coders could have by
using it to lock up an unsuspecting individual's machine!  And then "call
the police!"

hahahahahahahahahahahahah!

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   briefed, debriefed, or numbered.                __  ///  Only Amiga makes
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From: dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate Drives
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:09:39 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

In article <1992Apr13.212739.11868@en.ecn.purdue.edu> esser@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Chris Esser) writes:
>In article <3118@cs.rit.edu> dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg) writes:
>
	{MY ORIGINAL TEXT DELETED}
>
>I had backups, but since backing up an 85 Meg HD takes a considerable amount
>of disks, they were a few weeks out of date.  Seagate drives are slow and
								  ^^^^
>noisy -- disconnect the power from yours, and you will be amazed how quiet 
 ^^^^^
>the room suddenly is...  

>-Chris

	I am not sure how "slow" my seagate is/was (I have since moved it to
my IBM cause I got a 200 mb Maxtor (replacement for a Bad 96M lxt-100) )
But yes, I agree It is REALLY noisy!!! I never realized how noisy until I
removed it!! - But I don't think it was that slow - (It seemed ok to me!)
My new maxtor seems a touch faster, but I don't have the Specs yet.
(Maxtor 213ly)

						Dave


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cseaman@sequent.com (Chris "No problemo" Seaman)
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 00:43:18 GMT

twells@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Tabor J. Wells) writes:
< dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
< 
< 
< >One way to prevent pirating (at least for the time being) that really is
< >infeasable of defeating is to release software on CDROM, and really use
< >all the data that a CD can hold.  Until writable CD's became reality,
< >the sheer amount of data is going to prevent anyone from copying these things.
< 
< This is the same reason that will prevent such things from ever coming out
< on the market at a reasonable price. The sheer amount of developed data will
< make such a product total unfeasible. Not that it couldn't be done mind you,

Who said the data had to be program code?  You could digitize lots 'o speech,
a few hundred 24-bit backgrounds, some excellent music, and turn, say,
Dungeon Master, into the game of the century.  No additional coding (at least,
very little), yet you have just used most, if not all, of the space on a CD.

Regards,
Chris

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From: ronald@ecl014.UUCP (Ronald van Eijck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: mouse port probs
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:33:58 GMT
Organization: R&R Software

In article <1992Apr4.204307.21696@coe.montana.edu> ieeu0025@cs.montana.edu (CK) writes:
>I am having problems with my mouse port after a seeming harmless incident.
>My brother was playing a game (my mouse worked fine at this point) when he
>warm booted and then plugged in the mouse into the mouse port.  After this pointthe mouse refused to move but the buttons still worked.  I used another mouse
>and it did the same thing.  I tried my analog joystick on a game and it doesnt
>seem to work either (no pot evaluation or buttons).  I tried a joystick on both
>ports and it seemed to work fine in both ports.  My guess is that he gave the
>port a nice static charge and blew an ic.  Does anybody have any ideas why this
>is acting the way it is?  CIA prob?
>Thanks,
>Craig Keenan

You've probably blown a print fuse thats there in most amigas to protect
short circuit between +5v & ground on your port.

If this is the case you should find some small green component near the
mouse ports. It is probably named F1.

Hope this helps,

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Hans Ridder <ridder@zso.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Ami SCSI DB-25 pinouts & tape funniness
Originator: ridder@zowie.zso.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - DECwest Engineering
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:20:17 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.205915.20081@ninja.zso.dec.com> Hans Ridder <ridder@zso.dec.com> writes:
>I found the [Amiga DB-25 SCSI] pinout in the A2091 manual.  I can't put
>my fingers on it right now.  If you really need it, I can send it via
>email, or someone else will post it.

Actually I was wrong, it was in "Introduction to the Amiga 2000HD" that
came with my system.  The pinout is:

    1  -REQ 	14 Ground
    2  -MSG 	15 -C/D
    3  -I/O 	16 Ground
    4  -RST 	17 -ATN
    5  -ACK 	18 Ground
    6  -BSY 	19 -SEL
    7  Ground	20 DP (parity)
    8  D0   	21 D1
    9  Ground	22 D2
    10 D3   	23 D4
    11 D5   	24 Ground
    12 D6   	25 TRMPWR (terminator power)
    13 D7

>  Hans-Gabriel Ridder				Digital DECwest Engineering

-hans
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  {pacbell,pyramid,uunet}!rust.zso.dec.com!ridder
From: rmast@cs.vu.nl (Mast RN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: gayle and a500 1.3
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:22:56 GMT

I own an amiga 500 1.3 with a PowerboardPC, an action replay II and a second
drive, and am interested in updating my system to:
a harddisk (round 100 meg)
the new 2 meg chipmem fat agnus
the new 2.0 roms
Or in summary: all what a new 600 will give me.

BUT:
1. I want to be able to use the PowerboardPC(goes into the ram&clock exp.slot)
This powerboardPC likes the memoryconfiguration .5 meg chip .5 meg fast C00000,
and swaps a second .5 meg in at the same C00000 by software, used as ramdisk.
It will however also work with 1 meg chip, but then not allowing the ramdisk.
(due to multitaskingproblems)

2. I want a rom-switch 1.3-2.0, because of many software incompatibilities that
have to be worked out first and this will have to fit in the case together with
all other updates. (or is there a cheap case to expand space?)

3. The action replay fits in the expansionbus, and the only expansionbusHD I
know with throughput is the Supra, which is said to function as an antenna.
Has anyone thought of a way using the new gayle as a HD-controller in an old
amiga?

4. I want the possibility of later expanding my system with an accelerator.

And most important of all: What will be the cost of all this??

Many thanks for your reactions,
Robert
From: ree88132@zach.fit.edu (Keith Ledig /ADVISOR Kozaitis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Dead 1000
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:55:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: winnie.3667
Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne USA

I have a dead amiga 1000.  I have no way of determining what is
wrong with it.  I have checked all the obvious;
replaced 8520's
checked power supply while powered up (ok)
visually inspected board for ceacks, burnt spots, etc...
Could someone either post a symptom/cause list or
direct me to where it could be found (FTP maybe)
I also heard that the colors flashing on screen upon bootup
are suppose to tell you something.

BTW, it flashes a color or 2 upon bootup then gives me a bizzare
screen with horizontal lines and wierd interference.  I never get to
see the insert kickstart screen.
Before (once) I got it to work by wiggling the board and playing with
one of the 8520 sockets.  I since then replaced the socket and tested
the connections for continuity and shorts.  Now I get nothing at all.
This leads me to believe that something else is fried (was it before?)
I dunno.
HELP!!!
please.
From: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1MB chipram with 8371 Agnus.
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:45:06 GMT
Reply-To: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

From article <TERJESA.92Apr10160550@holmenkollen.ifi.uio.no>, by terjesa@ifi.uio.no (Terje Sannum):
> 
>    In the February issue of Amiga Format there is an article about WB2 and
> the new custom chips. It says that the 8371 Agnus can give you 1MB
> ChipRAM, but does not have ECS. Is this true?
> 
>    I did the chipram mod; switch JP2 and cut the _EXRAM line, but this
> doesn't seem to work. Sysinfo tells me that I got 1MB chip, but when
> filling up the memory with samples in Protracker/SoundTracker the last
> instruments get trashed. It looks like they get put in the new chipram
> area (>$80000), but played from the lower. Many other programs look
> wierd or crashes.
> 
>    So what do I have to do to get this hack to work? I have a rev.5 A500
> with A501 and KS1.2 ROM. Is it the KS version that can't handle 1MB
> chip??

No, I can run 2Mb chip ram under 1.2, the problem, I believe, is the 8371
Amiga Format are the _only_ people to have claimed that the 8371 is 1Mb chip
friendly, and it's my belief that this was a `mistake`.
I have only heard of one other person attempting 1Mb chip with the 8371, and
his machine thought it had 1Mb chip, but guru'd when it was used.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: prall968@Armstrong.EDU
Subject: Re: Memory checker program.
Organization: Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:36:11 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.172118.7664@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez) writes:
>I am having problem with my CHIP memory in my old A1000. Can somebody
>recomend a memory tester program that will help me locate what area and
>which chip is causing problems?
>
>	Thanks.
>	Victor

 I have a memory test program that came with my Accelerator Board.
I will mail you a copy of it (If I remember how....)
If you cannot recieve mail, send an Anonymous FTP site address and I will
Upload it there...

Gene Prall   prall968@pirates.armstrong.edu
-Documentation: Instructions translated from Swedish by Japanese for English
speaking persons...
Organization: Mythos/Xcalbrin Inc.
X-School: Penn State University
Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 01:58:36 EDT
From: Christopher M. Stoy <CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GVP's Slow Deliveries<?>

I ordered the same HD and it took aboout a month and a half to get.  I ordered
it though Tenex, along with a joystick and 1 meg ram for the drive.  I got the
joystick about 3 weeks after ordering (personal checks are SLOW, guess I should
get some plastic) and they said it would be another 4 weeks for the dirve.
About a week later my drive came in, but the ram didn't. The ram came in a week
later (couldn't use it though, my HD didn't work so I had to send it back. The
new one better work or I'll be REALLY pissed!) Anyway, all this stuff (except
the joystick) was on backorder from GVP.  They are either selling alot of these
things, or else they arn't making enough of them.  Maybe they'll step up
production in the future, but I guess we'll just have to wait for now.


Chris Stoy  INTERNET: stoy@endor.cs.psu.edu BITNET: cms129@psuvm.psu.edu
President, Slothman Software Inc. Makers of "SlothMonger , the slowest
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: tibbs@karazm.math.uh.edu (Jason Tibbitts)
Subject: Re: Power Glove interface to Amiga?
Organization: Blob Shop Programmers
	<1992Apr11.165309.23114@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:27:18 GMT

"Joseph" == Joseph Hart <vishart@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu> writes:

Joseph> I understand that there is a powerglove mailing list 
Joseph> available at glove-list@karazm.math.uh.edu.

That's correct.  To subscribe, send mail to:

glove-list-request@math.uh.edu

with the first line of the message reading:

subscribe glove-list <Your Full Name>

You can include other messages in the body, on separate lines, like:

help

To distribute messages on the list, send them to 

glove-list@math.uh.edu

Joseph> There is also an ftp site maintained at karazm.math.uh.edu
Joseph> which has power glove archives.

That is correct.  Please note that we must restrict anonymous FTP to
math.uh.edu to non-peak hours, so your connections may be refused between
8:00AM and 7:00PM CDT (I think those are the hours).
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: pad@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Paul A Daniels)
Subject: Re: What is A1500 ?
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 02:40:21 GMT


Does anyone have any of the specs for the 1500 which is a new case for the 500?
Does it cause a few compatablity problems? How many 2000 slot's does it give 
you, etc? How much does it cost? Can you still use something like your
GVP series II?     

	Thanks in advance,
		Paul.
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From: baron@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Baron Fujimoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: oz -> usa?
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:49:29 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Yeah, right.

I know someone bringing an A500 over from Australia.  What should he need
or need to know about to use it in the the U.S.?  Voltage/Frequency converter?
Will it be a PAL display?  Would that be a problem?


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