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From: Boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GVP SeriesII & A4000
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:10:58 MET
Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Distribution: world
Organization: System Information 2.0 Development
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1992Sep29.094629.41442@urz.unibas.ch> joachim@urz.unibas.ch () writes:
> Hi Netland!
> 
> I currently own a GVP Series II SCSI host adaptor (2Meg RAM on board,
> gvpscsi.device V 3.15), that I'd like to use with an A4000 (should
> I decide to upgrade to an A4000).
> 
> Will this card work in an A4000?
> If not then why not? Could this problem be fixed by e.g. disabling the RAM
> or upgrading the firmware?

I've been told that it will only read when used in an A4000. It does not seem
to be able to do a write. Looks like a driver problem. It seems the A2091 has
the same problem. C= has a ROM fix but that one seems to switch of DMA and
makes it a PIO controller. :-( I've asked the same question in the GVP support
area on FidoNet and hope to get an answer soon. I'll be posting it here. 

CYa, Paul

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jpotter@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Potter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: A4000/Alice
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:10:18 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Division, The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
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In article <1992Sep28.202441.25596@ultb.isc.rit.edu> eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story) writes:
>Si.  Then this whole series of speculations is moot.  To anyone who
>KNOWS.. WHAT are the provisions for custom chip expansion on the A4000
>board?  DSP slot? Alice, Lisa slotted? none at all? what?

The DSP, when (or if) it comes out, will probably be on a replacement
processor board. Any upgrades to the AGA (or a new paula chip) will
require a motherboard replacement. The A4000 is modular to this extent,
and since the most expensive stuff on the motherboard is the AGA chips,
replacing it won't be that prohibitive cost-wise.

Jon
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From: aa422@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joe Tooman, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 500 Towers
Date: 27 Sep 1992 18:25:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


	In order to put a 500 motherboard into a tower case, you
must understand a few things about tower cases and the 500
motherboard.  First off a tower case is designed for a IBM
mother board which is more than half the size of the 500 mother
board. I spent a while adapting my 500 so I could put it into
a full tower case. The problems I ran into were that 1. the 
motherboard was too long so I had to make a L adapter for the 
expansion bus that would enable me to use my scsi controller.
2. I had to make cables to run from the back of my 500 to
the back of the tower because there is no way to match-up
the ports. This involved a lot of soldiering and parts. 3. I had
to hook up my 230watt power supply to the 500 which you need to
figure out which pins need how many volts (for this you need
a multimeter). 4. I needed a 2000 keyboard case which I was able to find
mail order. I used a 8 pin din to connect the keyboard to the tower.
(again a lot of soldiering.)

The whole process is a pain in the a** but I thought and still
think it was worth it. It is nice having all my harddrives,
controller, and CPU in the tower case.

Joe
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: My Amiga 3000 Disaster
Keywords: Amiga 3000, Troubleshooting, Repair
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 03:36:56 GMT

dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Salamon) writes:

>One of the features of the A3000 that I discovered by accident :-) is that
>when you have any kind of short ciruit or overload on the power supply lines,
>the power supply turns itself off to prevent you from totally frying things.

They also shut down if they don't detect the correct resistance through the fan.
My computer shut down a couple of times shortly after initial power on due
to this.:-(

>If you still have the short and then try to turn the machine on again, you'll
>get the kind of behavior you are describing.


>David

>--------------------------------------------------------------
>David Salamon                Physics Graduate Student (Slave)
>d-salamon@uiuc.edu           University of Illinois
>--------------------------------------------------------------

copes@cs.curtin.edu.au
From: M-Santi@cup.portal.com (Michael Mark Santiago)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: What SIMM32 for a GVP Combo board??
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 92 22:07:26 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Does anyone know, if there's other SIMM32 that will work on a GVP Combo (22MHz)
  
board, since GVP's own are pretty expensive..

Thanx in advance,

Siera

No. The standard 32-bit SIMMS are only 8-bit wide. The GVP SIMM32 are
32-bit wide.  It was my understanding that GVP is the sole producer
of these SIMMS.

Michael S
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson)
Subject: Re: FALCON VS AMIGA
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 01:39:16 GMT

rico@disaster.hacktic.nl (Rico Jansen) writes:

> Atari has no OS, or would you call TOS an OS ?
> 
> Rico Jansen (rico@disaster.hacktic.nl)

What...you call MS-DOS an OS, I guess Atari can call TOS an OS...  :)
 

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From: trudel@athos.rutgers.edu (Jonathan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Ooooold A500 "upgrade" questions
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:57:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

It's been a while since I've done any serious work on an Amiga, so
please forgive my faulty memory.

I recently purchased an Amiga500 that has the 1.2 roms in it.  I
believe that the machine's been in storage for a while, so everything
it has is somewhat old (1988 is my guess).  I've got a few questions
regarding the machine (Unfortunately, I haven't had time to open it up
and look at what it's got):

1) Is there anything I have to worry about when upgrading the
Kickstart chipset?  I'm planning on getting one of those 1.3/2.0
Kickstart swappers...

2) It came with a Xetec SCSI controller.  Is there anything on the
controller that might have to be upgraded to get it to autoboot?  In
other words, is there a version of this controller, if any, that won't
autoboot, and if so, what is that version?

3) I was also given a 1MB Spirit Technologies internal memory board
that's warped too badly to use.  Is there any other memory board that
its chips will work with, or would I have to buy another Spirit Board
to make use of these chips (I seem to remember CBM frowning on this
power-sucking internal addition)?  If so, recommendations would be
greatly appreciated.

4) Lastly, does anyone have a good recommendation for an alternative
to the power switch on the external power supply?

Thanks for any help you can supply.  Before now, I've been using an
A1000 that only had 512K of memory for the longest time, and only for
games, so my current Amiga knowledge is quite limited.


						Jon
From: peter@aristotle.sbi.com (Peter Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A4000 modular, ha
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:41:26 GMT
Reply-To: peter@avogadro.sbi.com
Organization: Salomon Brothers Inc.



If this is modular i am confused...

why dont we go back to the good old S100 Buss!
Now that was modular....

A processor slot is nice but how about making the graphics modular, and sound....

Hummm almost sounds like a PC hua.

peter
ttfn...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: MSH HD mount entry
From: markyboy@nutmeg.ntu.edu.au (Mark Villazon)
Date: 28 Sep 92 12:14:22 +0900
Distribution: world
Organization: Information Technology, Northern Territory University
Keywords: MSH

Does anyone know how to mount an IBM partition on the amiga side.
I have done it before but for some funny reason it doe not work any more !!

it works well on when using IBeM but you can't see it on the AMIGA side ?



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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Network between Amiga and Sun?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 18:40:34 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

In article <1a20dnINNoem@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
ram@cats.ucsc.edu (Ronald Andrew MacCracken) writes:

| Would it be possible to network an Amiga and a Sun 3 together?  Would there
| be any way to access each other's files, use the other's processor, etc.?
| I assume I would need Amiga UNIX, but am not sure.

Works just fine.  I've helped 8 people do just that this year alone (incl.
Valentin Pepelea at Accolade, and Mike Schwartz (whom I've sure you ALL know!))

You do not need Amiga UNIX; just the AS225 package under AmigaDOS will do.

The Sun-3's Ethernet and SCSI are so fast, they make excellent file servers
(even for SGI, HP, and DEC systems! :-)

The Sun needs to be setup as an NFS server whose (relevant) filesystems are
"exported".  Since you mentioned "Sun 3", be sure you get SunOS 4.1.1 (the
last for that architecture platform), and from "suninstall" simply select
option 2 "custom or server".  Then follow the menus, and you'll be all set.

It helps to use some fast disks (i.e. Quantum 425S, HP97549, Wren 7, etc.)
but it works just fine even with small disks (on the Sun).

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]
From: vexar@watserv.ucr.edu (Joe C Solinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Flaming The *Other* Guys
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:21:18 GMT

Greetings Amiga-ns and Amiga-esses,

	I don't think we need to really flame users who flame the Amiga.  They  
obviously want attention or are trying to predict our reactions to their  
statements (see the string on Falcon versus the Amiga).  Besides, are most  
other machines annoying on their own?  We could just sort of leave it at "I  
don't need to flame you, IBM-er, your OS does it for you," or "Why should I  
flame you?  Isn't your computer bothersome enough on its own?"
	The next time you see a nasty bugger from the *Other* side, let him be.   
He likely (or she, but let's just pretend that it is a he in this case and  
leave that stupid sexist thing out of it this time, okay?) had a bad day or  
something, or some Amiga-n or -ess bothered him, and rather than dealing with  
it in a grown-up fashion, he resorted to put-downs.
	We don't need to do that, my fellow Amiga-ns and -esses.  We are happy  
computer users (except sometimes for the guys who are always opening up their  
machines and messing with stuff, but then their happiness is usually more  
satisfying in the end of their strife), and darn it all, we wouldn't want to  
have another machine, and that is all there is to it.  No ammount of *Other*  
people can change that.  Let this list be a peaceful hallow for our types, and  
ignore those who invade.
	Oh, um that part about opening stuff, let me qualify that: they are not  
happy with the performance of their machines, so they improve their machines.   
They are happy individuals, though.  Gotta be careful, because remember, this  
is c.s.A.hardware, you know.
	If this made you puke, I know, but I had to say it.  I am in a really   
weird mood right now.  An emotional outlet, I would imagine.
Joe Solinsky

"Hey, can't we all just get along?" -Rodney King (In Living Color)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jhgwees@cs.ruu.nl (Jeroen van Wees)
Subject: Golden Image Ram expansion for A500
Summary: is the rc1000 ram expansion from golden image any good ?
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:48:20 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
Keywords: ram a500 amiga expansion golden image rc100

Hi there 

Is there anyone out there using the 

   Golden Image Ram expansionbox RC1000  2/4 Mb
   for the A500       (external)

Is it any good ? An especially : does it take much power (current)?
I also have a harddrive (without it's own power supply connected
to my A500 and I'm curious if my own power supply can handle both
the harddrive and the external ram-expansion.

The reason I'm asking is that I can buy one rather cheap.
But what's cheap if it doesnt work, eh.

Any information welcome,

	   thanks,              Jeroen
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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Kickfile500.3946
Date: 25 Sep 92 21:35:00 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

bijlpe@nijmeg.ingr.com (Peter Bijl) writes:
>Hello ,
>
>Can any one tell me How I can kick the Kickfile500.3946 in another
>address ($c00000 for example) .

No.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: scweddel@nyx.cs.du.edu (scott weddel)
Subject: PH# for PP&S 040/500 with MegaChip
Summary: Want to ask PP&S about compatibility of 040/500 with MegaChip.
Keywords: compatibility, 040, PP&S, MegaChip, accelerator
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 19:00:09 GMT


I upgraded my Amiga 500 with a MegaChip and ECS Denise the other night and
am wondering whether the PP&S 040/500 kit would be compatible with this
arrangement.

Does PP&S have an internet mail box?  How about on GEnie?

What the PP&S phone number?  and address?

Are there any PP&S reps frequenting these message groups?


Scott Weddel   strider   Apple /// aficionado   eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu
   Sterling Rider        * Megachip 500 ECS *   UNLincoln Nebraska USA
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 256 colors!!
Date: 2 Oct 92 09:11:53 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <Rob_Semenoff.0ing@saug.UUCP> Rob_Semenoff@saug.UUCP (Rob Semenoff) writes:
 >
 >     I just put the ECS denise into my A2000. I then used PSX the public
 >screen utility and opend up a 640 X 400 X 256 screen. Updating the screen
 >took A LONG time even with a 25MHz GForce!. From waht I understand is that
 >The ECS can open a 256 color screen, But WB 2.04 holds you back to a max of
 >16. 

No. ECS can only display 16 colors on the WB. There is no way to squeeze
it to 256 colors. You need the new AA chips to do this. WB 2.04 does not
"hold you back", be assured.

 >From what I've read in a 2.1 doc is that 2.1 has support for and 8 bit
 >screen. Is this true. 

No, it's only in version 3.0, that the higher color modes of the AA chips
are supported.

 >If it is my next question is in the "OFFICIAL C=
 >PRESS RELEASE" the specs for WB2.1 said that it handles 800X600 screens
 >with the ECS chip set. HOW is this done!! is WB2.04 really holding us back
 >this much!!!!!

Well, this just (and simply) an additionale "Monitor" file that programs
ECS for this resolution. It was not ready for the 2.04 release, but I
*guess* (can't swear) that this Monitor file also works with 2.04.

 >     After opening up the 640x400x256 screen, I used the screen manager
 >list mode, ScreenX and a little screen utility. They ALL said that the
 >public screen was an 8 bit screen. If this is true This is the ONLY!!!
 >reason i'd upgrade to WB2.1

Perhaps this (mad?) utility even allocated 8 bitplanes in your memory.
But your ECS chips can only display 4 of them in WB Hires!

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From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Network between Amiga and Sun?
Date: 1 Oct 92 12:37:17 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

In article <35429@cbmvax.commodore.com>, bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson - Amiga Networking) writes:
|> 
|> Release 1 of the AS225 software was a client-only package. Therefore it's
|> not "weird" that a server was not included. 

 Hm. How about release 2 ? When will it be out ? I am really in need of a good
 new package. Please don't tell me that it will be included within a new
 Version of the OS, like 3.1 or whatever. I want it unbundled...
 Anyway, SANA-II specs is a must for a new release...

[...]
|> 
|>        +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +
|>        Brian Jackson    Amiga Networking Group, Commodore-Amiga Inc.
|>                         bj@cbmvax.commodore.com
|>      {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!bj    or   networking@cbmvax.commodore.com
|>  "He's known far and wide as The Duck of Death."  Uva uvam vivendo varia fit 

 Hey, i want to connect my Amiga to the internet, all i need is good
 software, the present AS225 isn't. 
 (Or give me docs on the socket.library, then i can implement Software
  myself..)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: spz@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (S.P.Zeidler)
Subject: Re: Network between Amiga and Sun?
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:56:03 GMT

In <1992Sep27.195854.2505@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer) writes:

>|> You do not need Amiga UNIX; just the AS225 package under AmigaDOS will do.
>And the A2065 i presume :-)
>Anyway, you might try DNET to have access on files on the Sun, using the
>serial line.
At 38400 this is quite livable. Your usual 3/60 comes with 2 tty ports;
the Sun won't notice the load from the serial lines.

>|> The Sun-3's Ethernet and SCSI are so fast, they make excellent file servers
>|> (even for SGI, HP, and DEC systems! :-)
>Hm. Dedicated-Server i hope. Sun-3 are of 68030 type if i remember right.
a Sun 3/50 is a 12/16MHz 020, a Sun 3/60 is a 20MHz 020, and 
a Sun 3/80 is a 25MHz ? 030.
A DECStation 5000/125 _will_ pull down a 3/60 to standstill if talking
full blast in tiny packets, but if you do only reasonable amounts of
ordinary NFS traffic, you won't see much difference.
Decent amounts of RAM help, of course.

>Just two words.
>In the AS225 TCP/IP Software - Package no NFS-Server for the Amiga is included,
>this is a bit weird when you want to connect Amiga's together, with no 
>Unix-Machine around. 
>The other tools (ftp, telnet) open their own screen, likely very weird.
>I _HOPE_ this will be changed in the future version of the AS225, which should
>be out RSN.
And the rlogin window (on WB) only does a display beep. I currently help
that by ftp'ing stuff to speak: (HelloHelloHello RING :-), but being able
to wake ppl otherwise would be nice.

regards,
	spz
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From: bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry McConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Is anyone out there using a Mega Midget Racer w/ GVP HD8 II
Date: 30 Sep 92 20:35:29 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

In <66875@cup.portal.com> Neon@cup.portal.com (Anthony Joseph Bruder) writes:

>I presume you mean GVP Impact II A500-HD+.  Yes I run an MMR with a
>68030 with no real problems.  A minor problem is with the fact that
>the GVP cannot DMA any 32 bit ram you may have on a MMR daughter board.
>This slows down reads and writes quite a bit.  I use a program called
>DMAfix which is FD. This has brought my HD back up to speed.

DMAfix will cure your problem in this situation, but an even better solution
would be to set your address mask on each partition to 0xfffffffe (basically
telling the GVP Series II that it can DMA everywhere, and if it finds some
non-DMA memory, it'll use its own workaround which is a LOT faster than the
OS method). This will give you higher speeds than the FD version of DMAfix,
and almost identical speeds (well, a tad slower) to the registered version.

Barry.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: aramsey@engr.UVic.CA (Aaron  Ramsey)
Subject: 030 question....
Reply-To: aramsey@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 19:03:27 GMT

Something that I've been wondering, and have never seen posted... (either I missed
the posting I guess... or it's a really stupid question).  I've got a VXL-30 40mhz
in my 500 (boo hiss...  8) ). The EC030 can address 4 gig of mem right? Well...
can I add this much memory to my machine now? What I really mean.... have I
broken thru the 9 meg barrier that the 68000 had? I realize that the bus is holding
me back still.... but if I were to use 32 bit ram somehow added to the VXL board...
I think it could be done. Anybody?

Another thing.... what is involved in swapping a real 030 for my EC030?
From: urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Concern (Not flames) over IDE for A4000
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:23:52 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service

In article <35579@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
> The decision to go with IDE was made by
> Engineering Management, specifically Bill Sydnes, former VP of
> Engineering.  
When did Bill Sydnes cease to be the head of Engineering?
What is his current position at C=?
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