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From: dcc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (David Crooke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A3000 questions
Date: 18 Dec 92 18:08:40 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

I would be grateful if an A3000 owner could mail me the answers to the questions
below. I have appended my current beliefs of the answers in brackets.

1. Is the A3000 capable of Super72 mode under 2.0? If so, in how many colours?
If not, will it work under 2.1, 3.0? Will Workbench run in this mode?
(Yes, Up to 16, (Yes), (Yes), Yes )

2. Can a PC Trisync (SVGA) monitor display Productivity and Super72? 
(Yes, Yes)

3. Can a PC TriSync display deinterlaced PAL/NTSC from the Amber output, and/or the
AGA DblPal etc. modes?
(Maybe)

3.5. How is the A3000 deinterlacer controlled? Can an autoboot game be forced to use 
it? Can DTP etc. packages (e.g. ProPage) be used with it? Can a large virtual screen
be force-promoted to Super72?
(Battery-backed RAM, Probably, Yes, Yes - With PD Utility)

4. Does an A3000 have space for mounting a 5 1/4" drive like a Syquest internally,
whilst allowing access to the drive to change cartridges?
(No)

5. Is there an external SCSI connector, what form does it take, and what is needed to
activate it?
(Yes, unknown, remove internal drive terminators)

6. In January I am planning to upgrade my current system (A500+, 6MB, 52MB HD, 68030
33MHz with MMU, 1084-equivalent PAL/NTSC monitor) with a budget of about L600. This
will stretch to cover a new A3000/25 and Trisync on trade-in, or more comfortably a
second hand 3000, but I can't afford a 4000. Am I better to go for a new 3000, a 2nd
hand 3000 or wait and see if CBM brings out an A4000/030 or similar (would need to be
at current A3000/25 price level, which is L1299 ($2100) here).
(Anyone's guess I suspect)

7. For the future, will the A4000 processor card work in the A3000 under 3.0?
(Possibly)

Cheers in advance,
Dave
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From: hhoff@drunol.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SYQUEST/3000 Problem
Date: 15 Dec 92 11:57:36 GMT
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DrAllosaurus@cup.portal.com (Samuel DrAllosaurs Crider) writes:

>Here is yet another thrill packed Syquest problem a student came to me
>with today:

>She has an 88MB Syquest drive on her 
>from a 44 cart to dh1: on the 3000 -- and Amy claims "Dh1: is locked."
>In fact ALL devices on the machine, floppy included, are said to be locked.
>Huh?
After mounting a write-protected Cartridge the OS2.04 thinks, that all drives
(or at least drives which are mounted after the cartridge) are write-protected.
If you use a 44MB cartridge on a 88MB drive, the Syquest drive simulates a write
protection, so all drives mounted after the Syquest will be writeprotected.

To get around this, boot with no cartridge (or with a 88MB Cartrige without
write-protection), mount all drives you need and then put the 44MB cartrige in.
But there might than be problems with the different format...

>We tried to recreate the situation at school with a different 3000 an
>a different Syquest but with the same 44 cart -- and everything worked
>okay.
Maybe you used an 44MB-Drive there or just put the cartridge in after booting.
>I haven't looked at all the paramaters involved with the student's system
>but I just thought I'd see if any of you have a thought.


>Thanks for any info!
I hope I could help with this information.

hhoff
From: pault@terapin.com (Paul Tibbals)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hurricane '030 incompatible with 2.1 setpatch?
Date: 12 Dec 92 22:51:28 PST
Organization: BBS

I had a similar problem with my Hurricane. I finally ended up leaving Setpatch
out except when booting with 1.3 (Multistart board).  I use Hurricaneconfig -a
-r at the beginning, if I just load the full program it 1) loads only 256K of
ROM to 32bit ram and 2) sometimes gives me crash problems.  I then at the end
of the user-startup use Addmem32, another Ronin program, to actually add in the
memory.  Then I use the 2.04 command "CPU fastrom" to load the 512kROM to 32
bit memory.  I do find that I cannot ever enable the 030's datacache under 2.04
for some silly reason (instant crash, even if it's Sysinfo dooing its
performance test).
From: Jon_Paddon@amusers.UUCP (Jon Paddon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Vector accelerator
Distribution: world
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:36:57 PST
Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

I am considering buying a Vector card for my Amiga 2000HD and would like
some input from the net world or anyone who might have one. Is the Vector a
good product? Does anyone who has one have any trouble with it?


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From: gs@teetot.acusd.edu (Greg Simon)
Subject: Amazing Computing A1000 ROM hack?
Organization: usd
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 07:22:45 GMT

Does anyone have the directions to this hack in a file-type form, or
does anyone know where I can get them?

Thanks

Greg Simon | gs@teetot.acusd.edu | Electrical Engineering | SanDiego 
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From: Ivan_Pintori@mas.sublink.org (Ivan Pintori)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: AsimCDFS & NEC CDR-35D
Date: 14 Dec 92 22:43:34 GMT
Organization: Mangazone Advanced Services - ++39-6-7029438

In a message dated Sat 12 Dec 92  5:51, Dredick@nmc.cit.cornell.edu (donald
wrote:

 D> Today, I bought the AsimCDFS CDROM FileSystem for my Amiga
 D> 2000. I seemed to really be having trouble with this system
 D> even though the claim in the documentation says that it should
 D> work with NEC CDR-3x.

I had no probs with the AsimCDFS and the NEC CDR-83.  Now, something that
you want to do again is re-installing, but now using the expert option
instead.  i seem to remember some problem in the novice mode.

If it doesn't still work, just give a call to the guys, they are REALLY
great at helping you out and listening to your probs!  They really want
your business, and they show it!


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From: tres@netcom.com (Gary Chow)
Subject: Re: AGA artifacts, shimmer
Summary: Vertical lines 8 pixels apart 
Keywords: AGA 
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 03:27:07 GMT

In article <92349.200813FAA102@psuvm.psu.edu> <FAA102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>In article <dej.026x@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca>, dej@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca (David Jones)
>says:
[stuff deleted]
>>On all of the AGA machines, a fine pattern of vertical lines could
>>be seen on the screen.  The lines were 8 pixels apart.  On one machine,
[stuff deleted]
>>
>>Have any AGA users out there noticed the same thing?  Commodore, what
>>will you do about it?
>>
>>--
>> David Jones, 6730 Tooney Drive, Orleans, Ontario K1C 6R4 CANADA
>>
>
>I think you're seeing things. I saw a demo on a 1960 monitor and the 4000 perfo
>rmed flawlessly.  The pictures were incredibly good.
>
>
>Name------Frederick-Aaron------|          ///

I have a 4000 sitting right in front of me.  And I can assure you that
David is not "seeing things" there are vertical lines 8 pixels apart!
(But you have to look real close) ... and it doesn't really bother me


Gary
From: pete@bignode.equinox.gen.nz (Pete Moore)
Subject: Re: Installing Fatter Agnus
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Organization: Equinox Networks
Reply-To: pete@bignode.equinox.gen.nz
Distribution: comp.sys.aiga.hardware
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Date: 16 Dec 92 08:11:38 +1200
Organization: Equinox Networks

Scott Carlson (carlsosd@cda.mrs.umn.edu) wrote:

>I recently installed the Fatter Agnus in my Amiga 2000, older version
>motherboard 4.X or something like that. Does anyone out there know what
>, beyond just swapping the Fatter Agnus for the Fat Agnus, needs to be
>done inorder to realize the full 1 Meg of Chip RAM.

(I also mailed this to Scott)

You also need to:

    1. Find Jumper J101 located on the lower right side of the power 
       connector CN400. It consists of 3 posts - 2 of the posts are 
       shorted together using a shorting block. Remove the shorting block
       and move it to the left, towards the power connector. For further
       info, see Page 13 of the A2000 system schematics - this jumper
       will enable address line 19 from the 68000 which controls the 1 
       meg address range.

    2. Locate and cut Jumper pad J500 (to the lower left of the 8520 at
       U301). This is a 2-pad jumper with a trace connecting the two 
       pads. See Page 9 of the A2000 system schematics - cutting this
       trace keeps the _EXRAM signal from being tied to ground.

    3. Finally, to enable PAL rather than NTSC - locate and cut J102, 
       NOT J201 as suggested in some docs. This is the equivalent of 
       bending pin 41 of Agnes in the A500 mod.

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From: romartin@dante.nmsu.edu (MARTINEZ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Need CATS Info Please
Date: 15 Dec 92 14:40:40 GMT
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Hello folks. I would like to have the address to the Commordore Technical
Support group (CATS). Could some one please email it, or post it here.
                                  Thanks   romartin@NMSU.Edu
From: cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: URGENT: power supply Q for 20000
Date: 11 Dec 92 14:30:49 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

Please could someone quicxkly tell me if it is possible to use a PC compatible
power supply with a Amiga 2000. I am trying to replace one and need to know
before tommorow. Please email:

	cikp14@uk.ac.strath.ccsun as well as posting the newsgroup if
		possible

thanks


Si.
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 12 Dec 1992 19:35:26 EST
From: <IO92257@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: ?'s about new A4000 models

In article <1992Dec11.061145.39@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>, tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA
(Tim Ciceran) says:
>
>No, he's in the right ballpark. Three additional A4000s were mentioned in the
>address given by Lew Eggebrecht at the WOC in Toronto. It appears to be
>merely a matter of time.
>
Great!  I want to upgrade, but the 4000/40 is way to much dough!
Maybe I will be able to sell or trade in my 2000 and get
Maybe I will be able to sell or trade in my 2000 and get
a new A4000!  And still use my hard drive and ram!
Sounds great.
-Brent Cook
<io92257 at Maine.maine.edu>
From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 - 68020EC ??
Date: 16 Dec 92 16:38:48 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Dec15.181333.8814@vaxc.aud.auc.dk> d505i@wartburg.auc.dk writes:
>In article 13055@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA, tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec11.093004.10703@walter.cray.com> walterb@sequoia.cray.com
>> (Walter Boese Jr.) writes:

>> >What does the 'EC' in 68020 mean for the Amiga A1200.

"Embedded Controller", "Especially for Commodore", or "Extra Cheap", depending
on who you ask.  

>> >How can you economize (sp) a chip that is pretty basic to begin with?

>> Take out the MMU.

The '020 never had an MMU.

The EC version costs less because it's in a 100 PQFP pin package rather than the
normal larger pin count PGA or PQFP packages.  In order to achieve this 
packing density, they cut out 8 address lines and simplified the bus arbiter
a bit.

>> >And if they did remove something, WHY?  The 68020 is getting outdated
>> >already, why degrade more than its age already has?

Well, Intel certainly hasn't done bad with their 80386SX.  And that was more
of a castration than a simple downgrade.  With the 68EC020, you're eliminating
address space, not performance.  And saving money in the process.  Everyone
understands "lower cost", even if they don't know all the factors affecting
the performance of a system.  That's the only reason people buy these SX
systems or the similarly crippled 16/32 bit machines from Apple or Atari.

>You keep on mentioning the MMU, but THERE IS NO MMU IN A 020!!!!
>The MMU was first in the 030.

Indeed.  The '020 could use an external MMU like the MC68851.  However, shortly
after the 68030 was released there was little point in this, since the '851
plus '020 cost more than the '030.  Such systems were short lived.  Apple's 
first Mac II and our A2500/20 are the only two machines I know of that used
the '851.  There probably were a few others, but not many.  Most of the earlier
'020 systems, like the Sun 3, built their own MMU out of SRAMs and TTL.  The
'851 took so long to get out, the '030 was on its heels.

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From: Boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CD-ROM drive info needed... 
Date: 16 Dec 92 18:41:37 MET
Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Distribution: world
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Hi Guys,

I've just been able to obtain a UniSys external SCSI CD-ROM drive.
It's a very professional looking package but now I need to get a
CD-ROM filesystem for it. The problem is that I'm not sure what
kind of drive's in there. My System Information program says it is
an MATSHITA-CR5xx with 1.0c ROM. Is this a Matshushita (Panasonic)
CR-501? It's Unisys ID is ESD2-CDR (UA2723001350) and it also says
CR-501-U, Made in Japan on the case. These units are originally
meant for use with the UniSys PW2 Advantage workstations. I know
where to get the filesystems, I just don't want to buy the wrong
one... (Hoping for Xetec to be compatible...) 

CYa, Paul

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From: ee_c420@ceres (Philip Trickett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Applied Engineering High Density on WB 2.0
Date: 17 Dec 1992 16:17:19 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
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	If you could post the address to either the net or me it 
would be greatly appreciated, do you know if this driver makes the drive
compatible with the new >2.0 HD disks??
	
	Phil
	ee_c420@uk.ac.king.ceres
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cwaig@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Craig Matchan)
Subject: VXL-32 RAM board woes (long)
Organization: Monash Univeristy Computer Centre Caulfield Campus
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:38:41 GMT


G'day all.

Sorry if this has aleady been thrashed out before, but here goes anyway.

I just installed a VXL 32 ram board in my A2000. I had to upgrade my rev 1-nn
VXL 030 bord to the rev 3-nn version.  That went ok, no probs.

Everything seemed ok, the extra ram appeared, the machine flew, all that good
stuff, until I actually tried to load something.  What is happening is that
the system keeps on crashing with a 8000 0001 - 8000 000B error, the value seems
to change each time I reboot. 

So, I disabled the 32bit ram and powered it up. It still crashed with the above
guru, although it took a little longer.

I managed to get the memory test program running and ran all the tests it let me
and low and behold the RSCAN test failed misserably with the following errors.

RSCAN error 1 at 8010000 (10000), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16
RSCAN error 2 at 8010004 (10004), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16
RSCAN error 3 at 8010008 (10008), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16
RSCAN error 4 at 801000c (1000c), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16
RSCAN error 5 at 8010010 (10010), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16
.
.
.
 
RSCAN error 16 at 801003c (1003c), wrote 0801aaaa, read 0800aaa
      lines:16

So according to the manual you locate the suspect chip(s) based upon the 
address/line values.  I did this and identified two memory chips refered to as
X:16-19 and Y:16-19.  I removed them and swaped them with X:0-3 and Y:0-3 fully
expecting either the errors to go away or at least the line value to fall
between 0 and 3. When I ran the test again it still reported the errors on line
16, which I spose means the faults are not with the ram chips.

Anyone who knows these VXL beasties have any idea what could be the prob?  I'll
be ringing up the supplier I bought the board from, but I thought I'ld see if 
anyone on the net knows whats going on.  

And yes, I tried removing all my personal stuff from the startup-sequence and
the wbstartup drawer, so it still failed on a standard setup.

I'm running ADOS 2.04 on a A2000 with a GVP Series II SCSI controller.

Thanks in advance

Craig

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From: petter@pnilsen.adsp.sub.org (Petter Nilsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1200 with 3.5" IDE HD possible ?
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:02:49 GMT
Reply-To: cbmehq!cbmnor!pnilsen!petter@cbmvax.commodore.com
Organization: Ultima Thule Software
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

Is it possible to install a 3.5" HD in the A1200 instead of the 2.5" ?

Someone here mentioned that he'd done it, but I can't find the posting
any longer.

(This will, ofcourse, void the warranty, but this is not important for
my question.)

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From: pcrayne@halcyon.com (Peter C. Crayne)
Subject: Re: Mits 1381A and the Amiga 500 - need a cable
Keywords: cable Mitsubishi 1381A Amiga 500 monitor
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:59:06 GMT

In article <mondo.724652626@cwis> eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu writes:
>I remember hearing of a company that can provide any cable for any
>purpose, but I can't remember the name.

That would probably be Redmond Cable, in Redmond, Washington. I don't
have their number, but it should be easy enough to find. It's in area
206.

>Scott Weddel   strider   Apple /// aficionado   eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu
>    Sterling Rider       MegaChip A500C= DCTV   UNLincoln Nebraska USA

-Pete
pcrayne@halcyon.com

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From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: CISC and RISC
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:54:36 GMT

In <71896@cup.portal.com> Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON) writes:
>  So I have a RISC machine with a 80 Mhz clock that takes 125 ns to do the
>  operation(aproximately), and my 40 mhz 68040 which takes about 50 ns to
>  to the same operation.  Why do I need a "faster" RISC processor when my
>  programs are 3 times bigger.  Ok, this is a roughly contrived example, but
>  based on REAL WORLD programming experience, this is close to the general
>  case.

Hardly a general case. You usually have more values in registers and most
of the time you _really_ have to fetch data from memory you have to wait for
slow memory. The shorter CISC code may still run as slow as the RISC code
in your example.

Regards,
-- 
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From: cs_e445@ceres (Vlod Kalicun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: What about Amiga sound chip improvements?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 15:03:51 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
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traynor@fnalf.fnal.gov writes:
: Hi--
: 
: I've heard all sorts of facts and figures about the new AGA chipset and the
: 4000/1200.  I know there are new graphics chips, but I've heard nothing 
: about improvements in the sound.  Furher, I've heard about Commodore's

Probably because there haven't been any improvements yet.

: plans for new chips in the future--but I don't know if they include 
: sound imporvements.  Does anyone know what Commodore is doing to 
: improve sound?  If they are doing something, should I just wait until 

C= reported on the net that they are bring out a DSP sound chips which if my
memory serves me, will be on the CPU board, or the Zorro III slot.
Im afraid I didn't save the article, but it you might be interested in hunting
around the comp.sys.amiga.announce archives.

: 94 or so when the new computers with new chips are released?

Well if the sound chips will be on another board, you should be able to just
slot them into the zorro slots.

Regards..

Vlod
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