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From: jtillema@hindmost.lpl.arizona.edu (John Tillema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP Series II & A2090a Question
Keywords: 2090a, GVP, SCSI, MFM
Date: 23 Jan 93 05:19:06 GMT
Organization: Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ.

About a year ago, I upgraded to a GVP SCSI board and have been quite
happy with it, but want increase my disk space.  So I was wondering
if it is possible to use the 2090a and Series II board together.  They
seem to work fine together as long as you boot off of the 2090a, but
I want to boot from the SCSI drive instead of the ST-506 one (that
will mainly contain the PC HD for my bridgeboard).  Is there a way
to disable the booting of the 2090a? I currently have the GVP board
closest to the CPU slot, with the 2090a next to the Bridge Board.
I'm running OS 2.1

Thanks
John
jtillema@panda.lpl.arizona.edu
From: matt-dah@dsv.su.se (Mattias Dahlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 with 5 1/4 DiskDrive
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:03:47 GMT
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Michael Kloss (mk@einstein.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE) wrote:

: I used a A1000 for years without any problems. And now 
: I hate my new A1200. Where is the good *old* A1000 !?!

: I used my A1000 with a 5 1/4 diskdrive because of the low
: prices for disks. It works very fine !!!

You are kidding, right?

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From: chienhua@simplex.ecn.purdue.edu (Chien-Hua Hsiao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Which machine can use these simms
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:55:21 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


Please help me to identify which machine can use following simms.

+---------------------------------+
| +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ |
||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||
+----------------^----------------+
       |                  |
    32 pins            32 pins

These simms have 8 chips on it. The code on the chip is  AAA1M300J-08
                                                         NMBS    9130
Are the simms 1Mx8-80NS.

Thanks in advance. Please e-mail me.


Chien-Hua Hsiao
chienhua@ecn.purdue.edu
From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 -IDE Cable 2.5 -> 3.5
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:00:46 MET
Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
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In article <10569@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
> In article <1993Jan21.114706.2957@informatik.uni-bremen.de> mk@einstein.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE (Michael Kloss) writes:
> >
> >My first problem is that my A1200 doesn't have a Monitor-
> >Cabel from 23 Pol to 15 Pol. WHY ????? Is the Price so high
> >for C=, 
> 
> Yes, it's *very* high. Seems there is some electronics built-in. I guess
> to invert the sync polarities.

Wow... As far as I knwo it's one little chippie. At least that's whats
in the 23pol -> 15pol thingy that came with my A4000. And for all those
unhappy A1200 users, look at some FTP sites for a file called AMI2VGA.LZH
This contains the schematics to make a similar thingy like the one above.

If you have access to FidoNet, do a Freq at 2:280/207 (MotherShip Connection,
phone +31-20-6892708) for AMI2VGA.LZH. It's only 7KB and that BBS supports up
to v32bis connects. 

> Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to \\  Only my personal opinions...
> Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk

CYa, Paul

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From: gt6758b@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Maverick Kopack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Whats a software failure #8000 0003 and 0004 ??????
Date: 24 Jan 93 19:16:32 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Does anyone know what a Software failure # 8000 0003 and #8000 0004 are?
I've been getting these software failures regularly since I've installed
my Blizzard board and was hoping that the numbers would help me track down 
the problem....

Thanks,
Mike Kopack

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From: dnehring@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Dirk Nehring)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HD not validated
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:07:01 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

In article <1993Jan27.101935.22585@ugle.unit.no>, eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen) writes:
|> In article <gre253-270193180624@152.83.8.10>, gre253@its.csiro.au (Steve Green) writes:
|> 
|>  > Maybe this is why it was dropped from WB 3.0! Maybe they FINALLY wrote a
|>  > disk fixer that works!!
|> 
|> Speaking of which, what happened to DiskSalv?  I thought it was written by Dave
|> Haynie, and doesn't he work for CBM now?  Oh, does anybody have an OS2.0 -
|> compatible version?

I have Diskslav 2.10b (BETA-Version) and have found out that it can't fix this error.
This Version of Disksalv is very buggy so I suggest not to use it.

Dirk

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From: dcc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (David Crooke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: New System
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:22:18 GMT
Reply-To: dcc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (David Crooke)
Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U

Amiga 4000's are made in Irvine, Scotland :-)


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From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Missing Mode Promotion
Date: 20 Jan 93 12:38:02 GMT
Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Organization: System Information 2.0 Development
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In article <38643@cbmvax.commodore.com> ross@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ross Hippely - Manuals) writes:
> In article <934118104127@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk> STUCS206@UK.AC.BHAM.IBM3090 writes:
> 
> First of all, since you have the 1960, you have no need to use VGAOnly.  It
> is only for those using monitors that display, uh, VGA only.  It adjusts the

Hmm. I've got an CTX 3436 multisync and VGAOnly is THE solution for those
shifting screens... It can handle DBL without VGAOnly without problems, but
shifts the screen when I go to PAL or NTSC screens. (The thing is prepped
for PC. When I get the docs I'm gonna retune it for Amy). But with VGAOnly
I have no more shifty problems... And guess who pointed me to that wonderfull
solution? Yep, you yourself. Job Well Done Ross!!!

> >The wonderfully usefull manual (THANK YOU COMMODORE (NOT!)) has
> >one line only one mode promotion, does anyone out there know what is going on?
> 
> Sorry about that.  The books were finished before final AGA hardware/software
> was available, so we did not have much to go on.  To help rectify the
> situation, all 3.0 machines now ship with an "AGA Graphics Supplement" that
> covers this material more thoroughly.  Since you bought an A1200 but obviously
> did not receive this document, you might look for a dealer who would be
> willing to give you a copy.

I tried. My dealer is willing but unable. He can't seem to get any. Is
there a chance of you sending me one for my A4000? The address is below
in the .sig. 

Thanks!

> Ross Hippely:                                               Technical Writer
> employed by, not speaking for:              Commodore Business Machines Inc.

CYa, Paul

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From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki)
Subject: Re: Work on A1000 with sys 2.0 and HD Skyline
Keywords: Adaptation
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:25:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.170738.13091@greco-prog.fr> serrie@ariane.greco-prog.fr ( Anne Serrie These analyse ) writes:
>I have always my old A1000 with Spirit 2 meg and HDskyline ST506. I
>can't drop this prehistoric sys like a beforeHollidaysdog. With Zkick I
>use the sys 2.0, but the mountlist not give result to mount HD. Somebody
>can help me and say me how to do for mounted HD with WB2.0

Try deleting the "filesystem" line from your mountlist.  That may help.


-- 
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From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HD not validated
Date: 26 Jan 93 07:06:46 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <43950@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, cg18fgg@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Greg) writes:
> One of my hard drives has an error ("Block 150341 used twice") and will no
> longer validate. How can I correct this?

	Have you tried the "DiskDoctor" program?  I've used it several times
	and it has work perfectly.  I'm curious as to why "DiskDoctor" was
	not included in WB 3.0.  Anyone know?

> 
> 			Much thanks in advance,
> 				
> 				Greg
> 
> gcallahan@ucsd.edu
Fred Heitkamp,  ** Not an organization **
From: GaryW@cup.portal.com (Gary J Wandrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Packet radio modems
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:29:42 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Your information on packet units (TNC's) is slightly incorrect.  There
is no special software required to drive the TNC, just use a standard
term program, such as the one that you use to call BBS's.  The TNC
uses standardized commands from the term program, internally converts
them into x.25 packets which are fed into the audio of your radio.  You
can purchase any number of TNC, Kamtronics (which I use), AEA, etc, as
long as they are external devices.  The only TNC's that you can't use,
at least directly, are those that fit internally into a IBM PC or MS-DOS
machine.  Hopefully this will help.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: paulgc@sad.hp.com (Paul Christensen)
Subject: Mouse For Amiga 1200
Summary: New amiga mouse.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:21:27 GMT
Organization: HP Sonoma County (SRSD/MWTD/MID)
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Keywords: mouse


I was wondering if annyone knows if I can buy an amiga 1200 mouse for my
amiga 3000? I saw the 1200 at HT electronics in Sunnyvale, CA and LOVED
that mouse. I hate the old pregnant mouse.... 

paulgc@hpsad.sad.hp.com
From: miller@isrc.sandia.gov (Dave Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Monitors, flicker, AGA, mass confusion, help please
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:21:35 GMT
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Org. 1600, Albq., NM

I have been a faithful Amigoid since 1985, having purchased an A1000, A2000,
A3000, and now an A4000.  HOWEVER, this business with monitors and flicker
seems to be getting worse rather than better.  I understand CBM's desire to
provide as many options as possible to the user community and I appreciate
that, but we naive users who don't understand all the details of various
video-related concepts are only getting more confused.  There are many 
users of Amigas like myself who simply want to turn the machine on, get the
best resolution, most colors, and NO flicker, without so much difficulty.

I read all the manuals that came with the A4000 and even read the AGA
supplement, but they do not help!!  I saw the list of monitors provided by
Bjorn Stenberg (very nice), now I need someone to interpret it for me...

I want to buy a monitor for my A4000.  The cost must be under $5000, this is
my only restriction.  Therefore, from that list, which monitor will give me
the best resolution (i.e. maximum number of visible rows and columns), 
maximum number of colors, overscan (i.e. no borders - all of the visible 
screen real estate usable), and NO FLICKER.  

I am accustomed to using Sun workstations at work, so I basically want my
Workbench screen to approach as nearly as possible that type of appearance
in terms of screen size and resolution. 

Can someone help be please

Dave Miller
miller@isrc.sandia.gov
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 -IDE Cable 2.5 -> 3.5
Keywords: A1200
Date: 22 Jan 93 16:57:11 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <1993Jan21.114706.2957@informatik.uni-bremen.de> mk@einstein.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE (Michael Kloss) writes:
>
>My first problem is that my A1200 doesn't have a Monitor-
>Cabel from 23 Pol to 15 Pol. WHY ????? Is the Price so high
>for C=, 

Yes, it's *very* high. Seems there is some electronics built-in. I guess
to invert the sync polarities.

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From: hhoff@drunol.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HD floppy on A3000 problems
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:26:53 GMT
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
NNTP-Posting-Host: drunol.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Keywords: HD floppy

leekil@bbn.com (Lee Kilpatrick) writes:
>chsieh@Ingres.COM (Chemin Hsieh) writes:
>>I recently bought a HD floppy for my A3000.  After changing the jumper 
[stuff deleted]
>>mountlist entry?  Or does formatting an HD disk with an LD drive screw
>>up the disk such that it can't be reformatted with an HD drive?
[stuff deleted]
>"blank" out the disks by rubbing a magnet around on the outside of the
>case and then trying to format them.  I suppose this is okay to do,
>anyone know anything to the contrary?
I don't think that this is a good idea...
One problem with HD-Disks on Amigas is the software. The Kickstart/WB2.04
doesn't work properly with HD and DD-Disks in combination. Either only use
DD-Disks after booting or only HD-Disks after booting, but don't use
different types. I always disable my DD-only Disk-drive, when I want to use
HD-Disks in my other disk-drive, because the System might get confused even
if there hasn't been any DD-disk in the drive. I hope this problems will
be gone when I get version 2.1 of the operating system.

I think there is a software solution to this problem on one fish-disk (with
a name like HD-Fixer?), but I don't know where.

Bye, hhoff
From: jperkski@kentcomm.uucp (Jim Perkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 hardware questions.
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:14:42 GMT
Organization: Privately owned and operated UUCP site.
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In article <C17B32.J1z@newcastle.ac.uk> A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk (A.C. Crook) writes:
>
> Could anyone answer the following questions:
>
> 	1) Is it possible to put an fpu onto the A1200 motherboard, and if
> 		so how is it done?
>
> 	2) Can I fit a bbu clock onto the board, and again how is it done (also
> 		where do I get the chip for this, it ain't in Maplin or RS)?
>
> I'm proficient with a soldering iron...
>
> Adey.
>
> Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Microbotics is making an expansion board for the trap door. It has a 68881 FPU
and space for 8 megs of fastram. I do not know it it comes with a clock though.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: paccalon@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (daniele paccalone)
Subject: Bridgeboards & 4000 !
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:35:20 GMT


I own an A2000 with an A2286 .. since i'm going to buy an A4000
do I have to sell my BridgeBoard or can I install it in the
A4000 ?? Please ! Let me know !
Thanx...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dnehring@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Dirk Nehring)
Subject: Syquest with AT-Bus
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:27:54 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

   I want to know if there exists a 88MByte - Syquest-Drive for an
AT-BUS (I have an A4000) and if it really exists, how fast and expensive
is it?

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From: Jules@learnlink.emory.edu (Sean P. Murphy)
Distribution: world
Organization: Project LearnLink: Linking Educators Everywhere!
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:54:58 EST
Subject: Screen Resets on Amiga 3000's

     Does anyone have any advice on startup-sequences on an Amiga 3000?  I
use custom fonts and overscan on my WB screen and when the system boots, it
comes up with the "close all stuff" requester and sits there until the
original startup-CLI ends.  Then, when it resets the screen, any icons that
were snapshotted so as to be off of the original screen are moved to fit on
the new one.  Is it possible to launch a background disattached process to
carry out additional commands so that the original CLI window is closed? 
It looks REALLY tacky to have your screen come up in some bizarre mode and
then switch and screw up all the icons!  Also, how in the HELL are you
*supposed* to set the default screenmode to interlace?  When I installed
2.1, it didn't bother to ask and I had to copy an old system-configuration
file from 2.03 disks.  What exactly is the format of that bloody file and
how do you change it?
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From: mathers@sibelius.trl.OZ.AU (Steven Mathers)
Subject: Re: Memory expansion for 1200
Reply-To: s.mathers@trl.oz.au
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:31:29 GMT

In article <jperkski.03m4@kentcomm.uucp>, jperkski@kentcomm.uucp (Jim Perkowski) writes:
|> 
|>  I saw a new item from Genie that GVP will release a 40mhz 030 accelerator
|> for the A1200 called the A1230 in February. An fpu is optional and are the
|> SIMM modules. It can be populated with 1mb, 4mb or 16mb SIMM's. USA list
|> price is $499. Hmmmmm....I don't see where it includes a clock.:(

$500 bucks unpopulated?  Wait and see how much the 4000/030 costs.
From: Ahmad_Badr@amigabw.uucp (Ahmad Badr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Tape Backup
Distribution: world
Date: 23 Jan 93 22:36:07 EDT
Organization: Amiga Bandwidth

HI!
I`m looking for a tape backup that plugs in the paralell or SCSI ports of
both my AMIGA & IBM and drivers for both machines, so that i can plug it in
whichever machine I`m using.
Is there a standerd filing system for tape backups like the ISO for CDROM
so that I can use the same cartridges for both machines and exchanges
data??
     Thanks....  A.B.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: akiy@siva.cs.titech.ac.jp (Akiyama Jun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: C= 1950 Jitters!
Date: 28 Jan 93 07:52:34 GMT
Reply-To: akiy@cs.titech.ac.jp
Organization: Tokyo Institute of Tech., Dept. of Computer Science, Japan

((carrico@oread.cc.ukans.edu writes:)

> My OH so wonderful C= 1950 monitor is jittering
> up and down. Can anything be done about this? It's
> killing my eyes, or do I need to buy a new monitor?
> Thanks in advance...........CIAO!

My 1950 did that too, and as far as I know, the problem has been
recognized by Commodore for a few years now, but nothing's been done
about it.  My advice is save up and buy a new brand of monitor.  I
did, although my SVGA monitor doesn't work with PAL.  Oh well...


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