HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1084 monitor problems.
Date: 7 Sep 92 04:35:58 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

>>It's the flyback transformator. One of the four solder joints that fix it to
>>the board is cracked. You have to resolder it (take care of the high voltage!).
>>
>
>How would I go about avoiding the high voltages.  What I mean is: "What high
>voltage parts should I look out for?" 
>I've never taken apart my monitor, so I don't know what to expect.

Even though the monitor may be unplugged (unplug it), the back of the CRT 
will hold a charge.  It's like a big capacitor that should be discharged 
before you work on it.  I usually connect a wire between house ground 
and the monitor's circuit ground (metal shield under circuit board).  
Then I make a connection from this point to the back of the CRT under the 
rubber cup where the CRT is connected (Poke it down in the hole).  As an 
added precaution it's a good idea to momentarily ground anything you're 
about to touch in case you didn't manage to discharge it.  

Although it is high voltage, it's not real dangerous because there isn't
much current behind it.  It will spark pretty good and give you a good scare
though if you don't drain it.  Work with one hand untill you disharge it.

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From: jpbaker@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon P Baker)
Subject: Re: Multiport IO, what are my options?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 20:53:04 GMT

There is a PD project out that you can also buy fully assembled. The
text file should be on wuarchive.wustl.edu. It allows the addition of
4 serial and 4 parallel ports to the 500,1000,2000. I don`t think it
works on the 3000. Also includes the drivers and programs to redirect
the serial output of applications that do not allow you to select a
device.

Jon

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (tim clinkenpeel)
Subject: 8520 diagnostics software?
Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:26:39 GMT

i believe an 8520 (or two) in my ol' 1000 is flaking out (again), although the
symptoms are sporadic and inconcise compared to the previous blow-out.

is there a proof-positive method of proving an 8520 as the culprit?
a diagnostics hack would be the ideal, although i'll take anything.

last time this happened, i pulled out the bad 8520 and put in a new one;
however, one leg of the chip got bent and broke the connection on that slot in
the socket.  i sent it out to get a new socket at the supposed 'best' amiga
repair shop.  this took 5 months and over 30 threatening phone calls.  when
it was finally sent back, UPS mishandled it enough to knock off both the
internal floppy heads.  on UPS claims instructions, i took it to a local
repair shop to have the drive replaced.  this took three weeks, even though
the item was in stock.  my patience expired during this period and i called
them one day saying "i'm coming to get it.  it BETTER (explative) BE DONE!".
when i arrived, they said "here ya go, all fixed".  i demanded we test it
before they receive a cent.  the machine did not function at all.  i took it
apart and what did i find -- TWO empty slots where 8520's should be.  they
'found' them whilst blubbering responsibility-shurking rhetoric and thus
began to reassemble the machine after a second, successful test.  i watched on
as the monkey put the screws in the holes until one didn't fit (screw too
large: wrong screw).  instead of trying another screw, the ape just pressed
harder and harder down on the screwdriver causing evil noises of unbridled
destruction.  i promptly took the machine and a handful of screws from him and
left.

with this in mind, you can plainly see why i'd prefer to know if the 8520(s)
are indeed the problem before i swap it/them out.

please respond via e-mail; e-mail is my friend.
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From: ba903@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Charles P. Hobbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Date: 11 Sep 1992 03:38:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ba903@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Charles P. Hobbs)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, Jim_Drew@cryo.RAIN.COM (Jim Drew) says:

>
>>      Got news for yaz. If it's not known already. Emplant will not apear in the show at the end of this week !!! I don't see mr JDrew letting us know that.
>> 
>> 
>Who the hell told you this????
> 
>              Seeya at the show!!
> 
>            Come by DMI's booth, that's where we'll be.
>
>
I'll be there. I would be especially interested in seeing both benchmark
type software, as well as actual applications (and System 7) running.
 
I'm at a decision point as to what type of computer I will be purchasing
(I currently use an Amiga 1000 with 512K). 
 
I'm looking forward to seeing what Emplant can do.
From: rblewitt@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: FES -- Flubber Emulation system (was :Re: Emplant Thoughts...)
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:25:13 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <kkrebs.01o0@amilink.UUCP> amilink!kkrebs@citrus.sac.ca.us (Ken Krebs) writes:
>In article <65560@cup.portal.com> Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com writes:

>> Substantially faster than what? Faster than SoftPC, a product with many
>> man-years of development effort in it? Riiiight. (SoftPC gets a 2.something on
>> SI on a MacII-class machine, making it slightly faster than the current
>> Amiga emulators).
>
>So - if I run A-Max II+ (which is more than 10% faster than a Mac) and then
>run SoftPC, I will _still_ be able to emulate a PC faster than a Mac can?
>
>Wow.... the possibilities are endless.  :-)

Thats Right!!! And we here at Flubber Technologies Inc., the makers
of Flubber(tm) the rubber that bounces higher than where you drop it
from, have found the ultamate in technology emulation loops.  This
technology is so amazingly amazing, that each successive computer we
emulate is FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS!!!  With our unique
hardware/software package, we start of with a stock Amiga, and then
emulate a Mac (gaining 10%), emulating a 386 (big jump in speed)
emulating an ST, now about at 030 speeds, which emulates an Amiga at
5 times faster than the the equivilent Amiga, which then can emulate
a Next at full speed and then some, which then emulates a Mac
emulating a PC, emulating the Amiga.  With all the speed increases,
you now have an Amiga running at the equivelent speed of a 200 Mhz
040!!!  But is that good enough?? No!! Of Course not, we've been
raised on BLAZEMONGER, so we want more!  Lot's more!! More better
faster now!! And then some!!!! (pause to wipe the foam from my
mouth).  As you can guess, this emualtion cycyle is repeatable, so 
that's just what we did, 10 times in fact(**)!  The final result is
an Amiga sooo fast that it litteraly blows the doors of a Cray 3
(didn't know a Cray 3 had doors did ya).  All this for the
remarkable price of $299.99!!! 

** We tried running 11 cycyles, but it was so fast it started giving
results before we could run the programs.  It then dissapeared into
a rip in the fabric of space and time.




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From: Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Jarrett Volzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A64 program/emulator
Date: 15 Sep 92 04:07:14 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

In a message dated Mon 13 Sep 92 20:47, V122kzkw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (a F
wrote:

 VF> Greetings.
 VF> Within a few days, I will be making another order to a mail-order
 VF> companythat specializes in Commodore products (Tenex). In the Tenex  
catalog, there was mention of a product for the Amiga that would emulate
the C64. It even comes with a cable so that I can use the programs from my
64 on the Amiga
 VF> through the 1541 disk drive. Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone has
this emulator, could tell me if I should go ahead and purchase this or save
my money by purchasing a
 VF> different C64 emulator.
 VF> Thanx.
 VF> T.
 
What do you want to run on it?  I just bought it when it was in version
1.xx, and just recently paid for the upgrade.  I can't find ANYTHING that
will run acceptable on it.  I don't have an accelerated Amiga though, do
you?  You do have at least 1 meg RAM I hope.  I even tried code
optimization and conversion (supposed to speed it up a lot), on some
programs, and that didn't help much.  Most programs won't even boot though.
I am extremele disapointed in this product.  I couldn't even run
non-graphics (game type stuff) programs like paperback writer, Print Shop,
Print Master (won't even load).  There's a PD version out there that will
let you do everything but use the hardware interface to hook up the 1541. 
You can download programs to Amiga disks and try them, or if you have a
1581, you can save to that with Big Blue Reader (it will save it on an IBM
format disk), then put that disk in the Amiga and use CrossDos or Multidos
(better choice) to convert to an Amiga disk.  If you would like more
details, let me know here.  I'm gonna call Questronix (the makers of it)
and see if they have an upgrade in the near future.  If they don't, maybe
I'll sell you mine cheap.  I would even be willing to try out your programs
on it if you'd want to mail them here and pay shipping for the way back.  I
tell you all this only so that you may not get your hopes up about this
emulator like I did, and then find that you wasted your money!  It's kinda
sad that we can get an IBM emulator for $40 (PcTask) that will run PC
programs at a slow, but acceptable speed, but can't even run a few little 1
Mhz C64 programs!  The company CLAIMS that it runs most software, but I
found quite the opposite!  If you have any questions about my experience
with this, reply to this message in this newsgroup.  I read it regularly,
and will reply here.  
 
Jarrett

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From: kkrebs@amilink.UUCP (Ken Krebs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Distribution: world
Reply-To: amilink!kkrebs@citrus.sac.ca.us (Ken Krebs)
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:42:35 PST
Organization: Sacramento Amiga Computer Club - Sacramento, CA

In article <65560@cup.portal.com> Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com writes:
> >> Ok, so now you admit your BIOS emulation will be slower than what's availab
> >> now with CrossPC and PCTask. Have fun emulating the hard drive and floppy
> >> drive controller at the hardware level.
> >>
> >> >We dont really want you to see everything
> >> >that we are doing....
> >>
> >> That much is clear.
> 
> >On the contrary, our emulation is substantially faster simply because of
> >the type of processor that we are emulating.
> 
> Substantially faster than what? Faster than SoftPC, a product with many
> man-years of development effort in it? Riiiight. (SoftPC gets a 2.something on
> SI on a MacII-class machine, making it slightly faster than the current
> Amiga emulators).

So - if I run A-Max II+ (which is more than 10% faster than a Mac) and then
run SoftPC, I will _still_ be able to emulate a PC faster than a Mac can?

Wow.... the possibilities are endless.  :-)


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From: salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us (There is no substitute for displacement...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: AMAX II+ on an A3000 NOT!
Date: 11 Sep 92 01:56:40 GMT
Organization: Not Organized

I have one of these things, and despite the help of ReadySoft for over 3 
months, have not been able to even get System7 onto it reliably, let 
alone boot System7.

Has anyone else had difficulties with System 7?  Can anyone offer hints?  
The guy I have been working with at ReadySoft is Raymond Liu (spelling is 
my guess).

The last red herring was a complete low-level format of my 100 mb drive - 
It has taken me a week to get over that on the Amiga side, and of course 
the effect on the Mac side was "no change"

HELP!  before I go NUTS!

bob


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: hcheng@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu ()
Subject: Mac emulator w/ A4000 and AGA ?
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:58:18 GMT


	Hey, does anyone know if amax II+ will work in the new A4000?
Specifically, will it work with the ide hard drive?  I heard that WB 3.0
uses a scsi.device that makes the ide appear like a scsi, so I was 
wondering if Amax II+ could use the same hard drive using some similar
method.
	Also, Jim where is emplant?  Is it compatible with the A4000 
and the AGA chipset?  I'm this close -> <- to buying AmaxII+, but I'd 
much rather have a color mac.  I kinda need it for school by the 
beginning of October.  If it isn't out by October, I'm afraid I'm going
to have to settle for the Amax II+. :-(  

Joseph
hcheng@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: Vince@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Vince Koh Kia Keng)
Subject: Re: AmaxII v2.51 and C= A3070 Tape Drive
Keywords: AmaxII, A3070
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:48:47 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.132101.9804@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> rmunoz01@mot.com (Rafael Munoz) writes:
>Hi all!  I have been searching for a driver/backup program on the Mac which
>will allow me to use my A3070 Tape Drive for backups.  However, I have not found
>one yet.  Do anyone out there know of such a program either PD/shareware or
>commercial?  Any info will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>*****************************************************************************
>* Rafael Munoz           Internet: rmunoz01@motu370e.comm.mot.com           *
>* Motorola, Inc                    ...or... erm008@email.comm.mot.com       *
>* Plantation, FL         Bix: rmunoz              //                        *
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>*                                             \\//Amiga - Gotta Have It!    *
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>* Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and NOT my employer's!                *
>*****************************************************************************

	Yes, I've used "FastBack II" on the Mac (AMAX) and could backup
my entire mac partition onto my 150Mb SCSI tape drive via GVP II hardcard
without any problems.

-Vince
From: sarrasin@disuns2.epfl.ch (Christian Sarrasin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Need a-max rom->disk program
Keywords: mac, amax
Date: 5 Sep 92 10:08:27 GMT
Reply-To: sarrasin@disuns2.epfl.ch (Christian Sarrasin)
Distribution: na
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

In article <1992Aug24.201035.17220@hubcap.clemson.edu> jshea@eng.clemson.edu writes:
>
>I have just received A-Max II 2.5.  I previously had 2.0 and a friend made me
 a copy that would load the roms from disk, which is much faster. 

[...stuff deleted...]

>p.s. I tried a program called FastMax 3 [...stuff deleted...]

Yes, I too patched my copy of A-Max 2.06 to load the ROMS off disk (about 1.5
sec vs. about 30 secs), but there doesn't seem to be such a program available
for patching 2.5(1). I don't think FastMax3 or any of the previous programs 
will work.

If someone knows a way: please post! Thanks.

Christian

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: summ50@cse.unl.edu ()
Subject: Re: A64 program/emulator
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 05:21:58 GMT

cwhi2@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Craig Dean          Whitmore       ) writes:

>Its me again.  <344RPDD%CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU@cs7> asks me if the C64 emulator
>will read C64 disks on the 5 1/4 disk drives.  Well I don't know but I read
>a while ago of a program called Disk-2-Disk (Like Dos-2-Dos for the IBM) that
>lets you read C64 Disks with a 5 1/4 Disk drive.  If anyone can tell me where
>this program is/if it is commerical or not would be helpful.

>Thank You.


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	A64 version 2.0 will read 5 1/4" C-64 disks if you pay the
	shareware fee -- you then receive a cable to interface the
	1541 drive and the Amiga.

	For all those interested, A64 v2.0 is available on Fred Fish
	disk 555.


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From: nwickham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Neal Wickham)
Subject: Re: Mac emulation & color - a fantasy?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 18:25:54 GMT


Jim,

Will the new Emplant board make spaghetti and meatballs?
  
If I buy one now for my 2000, will it later work in a 4000 with the
AA chip set in 256 colors?

What is the latest word on 386/486 emulation?



                                   NCW
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Re: Emplant Thoughts...
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:34:08 GMT


	Got news for yaz. If it's not known already. Emplant will not apear in the show at the end of this week !!! I don't see mr JDrew letting us know that.
And a note to make. Will Emplant actualy run MAC as a task under Ados ?
	George


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: jshea@eng.clemson.edu (john mark shea)
Subject: A2286 Bridgeboard, mouse driver, DosShell
Keywords: Bridgeboard, mouse, Dosshell
Reply-To: jshea@eng.clemson.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Clemson Univ.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:06:55 GMT

I hope this hasn't been answered too many times already, but I haven`t been reading this group until recently.  

I just ordered the A2286 bridgeboard.  It came with Janus 2.1 software.  I got it all installed and everything, but I can't get the mouse to work in the MS-Dos Shell.

I run Amouse in my autoexec.bat.  My system is A3000/16 w/ 6 Megs RAM.  

Also, my emulator came w/ 5.25" drive. What drives can I use internally (cheapest ones).  Can I just get a regular PC drive from Computer Shopper?

					Thanks in Advance,
					
					John Shea
					jshea@eng.clemson.edu
From: Jdrew@nesbbx.rain.COM (**)
Subject: Re: 486 emulation with Emplant...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.21 (Sep 04 1992)
Date: 5 Sep 92 21:34:48 PST
Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System


In <4SEP199211315418@venus.tamu.edu>, cpw8034@venus.tamu.edu (ALAN CHIPIN WEN (409)693-2924) writes:
> I know that the 486 emulations is not due out until Christmas at the earliest
> but how is this going to be accomplished throught the ROMS/software "drivers"?
> I suppose you can mount a 486cpu on the board somehow, but they're kinda 
> expensive in themselves.  
> 
> alan
The IBM emulation will be software that relies heavily on our hardware to
handle memory usage, timers, and interrupts.
 
We can also plug (with an adapter card) a 386 or 486 processor into the
SIMM socket on the EMPLANT board.

 
Jim Drew, Vice-President
          Utilities Unlimited, Inc.  1641 McCulloch Blvd Suite #25-124
          (602) 680-9004             Lake Havasu City, AZ  86403
          (602) 680-9006  FAX        (602) 453-9767  BBS
From: mike@struad.uucp (Michael Cianflone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re:   Emplant Thoughts...
Distribution: world
Date: 13 Sep 92 19:11:39 PST
Organization: Structured Applications & Designs, Inc. R&D Institute.

In article <1992Sep13.155906.19361@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna) writes:
>>  Ok, enough of this. I called Utilities Unltd Tuesday 9/8, and talked to
>>Jim Drew himelf. He said he would not have any productions machines at the
>>show to sell becuase they won't have them back in time, however he *will* have
>>a working model (prototype) at the show, and he *will* be there with it.
>>
>>Mike Cianflone - Senior Software Engineer - Hardware Consultant - Tech Support
>
>BZZZZZZT!  Wrong Answer--Thank you for playing.
>
>He was not there.  His board was not there.

Yep, he wasn't there. I talked to a DMI person and asked about EMPLANT and
he said that were going to give JIM some room in their booth to show EMPLANT
working on a resolver board. Jim didnt't have the resolver driver working
so they wouldn't let him show it at all. They didn't want to give him free
space to show his board unless it also showed off the resolver.

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