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From: saj31052@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scotty A Johnson)
Subject: HD problem revisited
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:42:48 GMT

I posted here once before regarding the problem with my harddrive.
Let me recap:

I have an IVS GrandSlam controller with a half height Quantum 105 meg
drive.

The system was purchased used, and it is connected to an A500.

The harddrive was in an A2000 about a year ago, with an internal
controller, and it exhibited the same problem:

Upon cold start, the drive does not speed up fast enough (I think).

When the controller looks at the drive, it thinks that the drive is
ready, and recognizes it, and upon autoboot, informs me that I have
a read error on block 60096.

A warm reset gives the SAME MESSAGE.  In order to boot off of the HD,
I need to turn the machine off, and then back on.

As far as I know, the only difference between the warm reset and switching
off the machine is that when I switch off the machine, it zeroes the
controller's memory.  This leads me to believe that the controller is
looking for the drive too soon.

However, since this was in an A2000, and had the same problem, I know
that the DRIVE is at fault.

So, what I would like to do, since the drive has been otherwise fine
for years, is to simply delay the booting process by about 5 seconds.
This will do the trick.

When I first switch on the machine, there is about a five second delay
before I hear the drive spinning up.  If the machine is warm, or when
I switch off and back on again, the drive begins spinning up IMMEDIATELY.

Why would that be?

Once again, the drive is otherwise perfect.  It is VERY fast, and
quite reliable.

Any info which may enlighten my would be MUCH appreciated.

Thanks,

  Scotty AJ
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From: spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Where to Buy new Floppy Disk Drive
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:31:24 -0500
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

I need a new internal floppy drive for my A3000 and I was thinking of 
getting one of the new high density floppy drives. Does anyone have
a part number and the name and address of a company selling them? Failing
that , does anyone have the name and address of companies selling the
standard density floppy for less than the $149 my dealer wants for one?

                              Thanks

                         Scott Corley

spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: GForce 40MHz OVERCLOCKING........
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:37:32 GMT

In <30SEP199212172921@venus.tamu.edu> cpw8034@venus.tamu.edu (ALAN CHIPIN WEN (409)693-2924) writes:

>Wrong.  CPU's are labeled and sold to what the manufactorer believes is
>a stable clockspeed.  Just about ALL CPU's can oscillate a bit faster than
>the rate printed... it's just that when pushed beyond the limit can cause
>mechanical problems due to heat dissappation (sp?).

This is of course nonsense. One of the most popular problems of the
68881 math coprocessor when clocked too fast is that it yields wrong
results :-)

>You can find example in MMR's ads.  Some 030's are rated higher than the
>actual chips... like 26Mhz's, 38Mhz's, and such.

Nothing else was said. Some chips may be usuable with a higher clockrate
than nominal, some won't. It is possible that MMR actually _tests_ the
boards (hopefully under some extreme environmental conditions) and it
is possible that they just stuff the slower chips and pray. Well, the
failure rate under normal conditions is probably low enough that they
don't care..

Regards,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson)
Subject: SIMM Memory ?
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 01:43:37 GMT

Okay...the scenario is this:
 
WHen I purchased my HD-8+, I also picked up some 80nSec SIMM's (2 1Meggers). 
 If I happened to put some 100nSec SIMM's in it, would the system cause me 
any appreciable grief?
 
The GVP dox call out 100nSec or faster for the speed rating; thus, I am 
ass-u-ming here that I shouldn't get much in the way of problems, but being 
a technician by trade, I know that it's best to plug in all the same speed 
rating.
 
Now, somebody semd me some REAL LIFE experience with doing this, if ya don't 
mind.
 
Thanks!

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From: pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted)
Subject: Re: A4000/Alice
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 12:53:24 GMT

jbono@tension.UUCP (John Bono) writes:
>the graphics chips on it is designed to be replaceable.  This means that when
>the fast chipset comes out, you will yank the board with AGA on it, and swap it
>for a board with AGAGA on it, and keep your '040 and zorro III boards.  The

Boy oh boy I cant wait for AGAGAGAGAGAGAUGH.

>upgrade will be more expensive than replacing a single chip, but will probably
>be *less* expensive than upgrading them all, and because they are surface
>mount, will be faster as well.
> 
>John
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From: pat@ocf.berkeley.edu (Patrick Horio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CSA MMR 25MHz 68030/68882 w/ 512k 32-bit RAM for $ 350 !!!!
Date: 6 Oct 1992 02:34:48 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: planecrash.berkeley.edu



CSA Mega-Midger Racer
  25 MHz 68030 / 68882
  512K of 32-bit RAM on Board


	$350 !!!!

	

I  am selling this cheap simply because I need money now !!!
I will split shipping&handling charges with the buyer as well.  If you
are interested, please mail me back at

pat@ocf.berkeley.edu 

or call me at  (510)643-2120

Thanx a lot and reply soon if you want to take advantage of this 
incredible deal !!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jerry@cs.mcgill.ca (Gerald (Jerry) KUCH)
Subject: Re: Articles Describing the Amiga
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 06:01:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.024830.12396@cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>
>
>Recently, somebody mentioned to me that Dave Haynie or somebody like that wrote
>an aritcle in Amiga World a while back describing the machine, the chipset
>and a bunch of stuff like that.
>
>Does anybody have the issue number and article name or such an article, or
>any others that would well worth reading.
>

It was in the AmigaWorld Tech Journal sometime last year... in the Fall 
I think.  I have the issue(s) around somewhere... or at least some of
them.  I'll see if I can find them for you.

>Thanks!
>
>Marc 'em.
>
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From: pat@ocf.berkeley.edu (Patrick Horio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP HD8+ EXTERNAL HD w/ 52M Quantum & 2M RAM for $350 !!!!!
Date: 6 Oct 1992 02:26:59 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: planecrash.berkeley.edu


GVP Series II external HD with 52Meg Quantum LPS and 
  2 Megs of Ram installed (expandable to 8 Megs)  

  $350 !!!


I  am selling this cheap simply because I need money now !!!
I will split shipping&handling charges with the buyer as well.  If you
are interested, please mail me back at

pat@ocf.berkeley.edu 

or call me at  (510)643-2120

Thanx a lot and reply soon if you want to take advantage of this 
incredible deal !!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: saj31052@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scotty A Johnson)
Subject: NEEDED: Info on adding speed to A500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:58:18 GMT

That about says it all.

My system is so slow, I swear it's still using a slide-rule..

Thanks,
  
  Scotty AJ
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From: mike@Turing.ORG (Mike Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: ECS with VGA without Flicker Fixer!
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:07:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: murdoch.1992Oct5.200759.19790
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.


A good idea if you have ECS and don't want a flicker fixer is to get a
Multisync 3D which I understand *will* sync down to the 15khz modes
as well as the non-int modes.
From: grh@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (george.r.heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Help with GVP Series II Hard Disk Controller
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:36:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

Fellow netters,

     I'm hoping some of you more hardware-literate folks out there may
be able to help me out with my 2-year(?) old GVP Series II hard disk
controller (without memory).  For most things, it appears to be working
fine, but for a number of applications (SuperJam!, Links, and even an
old copy of zoo), I keep getting a series of Read/Write Error Requestors
whenever I read those applications from the disk.  The problem seems
to be related to those specific programs themselves rather than some
sort of hardware error.   I'm wondering if I need a ROM upgrade or
some sort of software patch from GVP.  I think I got one of the first
GVP Series II's, but I really don't know what ROM version I have.
If anyone has a clue about this one, I'd appreciate an email follow-up.
Thanks.

Randy Heuer
grh@floyd.att.com
From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CBM Discusses Future Am.
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 00:14:08 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <1992Sep19.161602.25846@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, Ralph Seguin writes:

> >They infact claim that the chip is produced for 200Mhz and some
> >fail but work at 150Mhz.  They claim they have the technology for
> >300Mhz with their next generatation CMOS.
> 
> The solution is NOT to crank up the clock rate, but to go
> super-scalar like the Viking chip (Super-SPARC).
> You can always crank up the clockrate later.  Personally
> any processor built with the ability to run VMS in mind
> scares the willies outof me.

Now Ralph,
           VMS is not really THAT bad.  It does have a few basic design flaws,
though...  (I do like Unix (tm) better.)



                                                Jim Pritchett


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 or    utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green)
Subject: Re: FALCON VS AMIGA
Organization: CSIRO ITS
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 03:13:54 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.180434.2579@fy.chalmers.se> f92anha@fy.chalmers.se (Anders Hammarqvist) writes:
>In article <y4kqRB1w163w@coyote.datalog.com> cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:
>>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...  :)
>>
>
>No, no, MS-DOS is only an advanced boot-strap loader :)
> 
>>
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>
>Anders Hammarquist
>f92anha@fy.chalmers.se (Yes, Sweden :)

No no no

MSDOS is a non-reentrant interrupt handler!

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From: Jan.Lucenius@tel.vtt.fi (Jan Lucenius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: power supply questions
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:48:33 GMT
Reply-To: lucenius@tel.vtt.fi (Jan.Lucenius)
Organization: Technical Research Centre of Finland
NNTP-Posting-Host: tel.vtt.fi

I have heard and read that there would be problems with the 2.5 A
power supply version on Amiga 500 if extra hardware is added (for
example HD) that not has a supply of its own.

Found a 3 A supply from a small old microcomputer. Would it be possible
to let both feed the same 5 V line in parallel without risk of destroying
one of them or some other hardware ? Should one or both feed the 5 V line
through a diode so that there would not be reverse voltage when switching
on and off? Or would a diode in this case cause too much voltage drop?

is there any special timing requirements for how fast the different
voltages should be switched on and their mutual order? In which order
are power switched on/off when add-on hardware has its own power supply ?

Jan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dmacphee@nyx.cs.du.edu (Don mac phee)
Subject: Re: Re: A4000/Alice
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, 4 Oct 92 23:08:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.142725.26472@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:

 Sorry. Obligitory snide comment first.

>| Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
>-----------------------------------------------------
>  COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH WANTED.  Absolutely *NO* qualifications required
>  (we'll take *ANYBODY*).  Contact the ISU athletic office for details.

 Why don't you apply? You'd probably wind up as the first coach to get 
beaten up by his own team.

>In article <jbono.04bq@tension.UUCP> jbono@tension.UUCP (John Bono) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep25.201919.15792@microsoft.com>, iank@microsoft.com (Ian
>>Kennedy) writes:
>>>Of course others have said all of the custom chips in the AGA machines
>>>are surface mounted. In that case there will be no upgrades at all.
>>>
>>All the chips in the A4000 are surface mount.  However, the entire board with
>>the graphics chips on it is designed to be replaceable.  This means that when
>>the fast chipset comes out, you will yank the board with AGA on it, and swap it
>>for a board with AGAGA on it, and keep your '040 and zorro III boards.
>
>   Bullshit.  The "board with the graphics chips on it" is the motherboard, 
>and Commodore in their entire history has never offered motherboard upgrades
>for older Amigas.  

 You want to know something? Marc is RIGHT! The custom chips ARE 
on the motherboard. However, not having to replace the backplane and
the CPU could save a bit of money....

 And as to motherboard upgrades, it might make a certain amount of sense
now to do it. (No CPU, no backplane, quite a savings.) And with the 
--
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2000 /// Rpg104@Uriacc.Bitnet \\\ 0002 MPC was the first PC clone on the
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From: M-Santi@cup.portal.com (Michael Mark Santiago)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GForce 40MHz OVERCLOCKING........
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 92 22:01:35 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)



Hi, I have a GVP G-Force030 40Mhz and I want to overclock this board...does any
one know the MAX clock rate for a 40MHz processor ???  ( I think 46-48MHz but I
 don't know....)

Thanks in advance.
Please mail the answer at the following address : 

  Internet: menegon@ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it




You cannot overclock the CPU on the G-Force 030 boards for two reasons.

First of all the CPU, which is rated for 40MHZ, will not run reliably
at higher speeds. 

Secondly, the PAL chips on the board are timed for the speed of the
board. If the CPU were overclocked, the board would just not function.

Michael S
From: dlittle@sscvx1.ssc.gov (DENNIS LITTLE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 1084 Problem
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:00:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: sscvx1.29SEP199213001660
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

Recently I've been having problems with an original 1084 (I know
there was more than one manufacturer, but I don't know how to tell
the difference).  The problem is it will work fine for a while and
then over about a 5-10 second period, the picture will vanish.  I've
used this monitor with my VCR as a TV and had the same thing 
happen so I know it isn't the computer, but I have no idea where
to look for a solution.

I've been told by one person that the problem is probably a power
supply failing, but I'm not sure what rating the power supply is
or anything else.  Is there a non-commodore replacement part for
this that could be gotten from a normal PC shop that will work
(or for that matter from an electronics dealer)?

me
From: thly@pe.chalmers.se (Thomas Lydhig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Maxtor LXT213 HD problem
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:57:49 GMT

I have exactly the same problem!!! I have Microevolution SCSI-card and the
supplyer of this card says that I have to live with this problem!!  :-(
However I use to press Control-Amiga-Amiga directly after power on. This makes
the booting faster. But if someone have a better solution for this problem
please show it to us!!!

	Thanx Thomas Lydhig	Email:thly@pe.chalmers.se
From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Upgrade 2000 or to 4000
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:12:16 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk writes:
>I already have a B2000 with the following specification:
>
>	(1) 1.2 Kickstart
>        (2) 20  Mega/Byte Hard disk.
>        (3) CPU standard 68000
>
>I have looked at upgrading the above machine to the following
>
>     	(1) GVP G-Force 030 50Mhz Combo -50Mhz 68030
>            50Mhz 68882, 8 Mega/Byte ram SCSI controler
>
>    	(2) 120 Mega/Byte hard disk.
>	(3) 2.04 Kickstart + Workbench to suit.
>        (4) DCTV
>        (5) MegaChip 2000 2Meg Agnus
>
>The main use of my machine is running Read3D, creating raytraced
>animations. ie Rendering. What I want to know is (1) does anyone
>have any comments on the above upgrade. (2) Would I be better to
>upgrade  to a 040  board. (3) or  would I do better to sell  the
>B2000 and buy a Amiga 4000. If so does anyone know the price of
>an Amiga 4000 + Appropriate monitor in the UK I have heard about
>2500 pounds.

I would think that buying an A4000 would be cheaper than getting
all of that upgrade hardware for your A2000.  Personally, I would
go with the 68040 processor over the 68030...

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From: achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3640 in A3000 PROBLEM
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:42:58 GMT
Reply-To: achim@video1.bs.open.de  (Joachim Gothe)
Organization: Mix Broadcast Video and Computer
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel1

In article <35528@cbmvax.commodore.com>, Dave Haynie writes:

>>I plug the A3640 in my A3000, switch power on, and nothing happens....(Black sreen)
>
>Never-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever.......

stuff deleted .... =;-)

>You need to change the following jumpers (as I recall):
>
>	Jumper	Name		Position
>
>	J100	CLK90 Source	3-4
>	J104	CPUCLK Source	2-3

Now it runs with Disk BUT.....the A3000 can't find the SCSI-Drives.
HDtoolbox find them, can read the Drive-Type(Quantum LPS250) but after
the Reset, no HD appears.

A Guy from Commodore Braunschweig say, that in the A3000T they install
a different PAL (U701).

Next week, I will get the new PAL and a 9mm high Processor-Fan.
Then I will try it again.

Thanks for your Help, and also to Michael Sinz (I have no U103)

Achim

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From: fgd3@nifty.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe, III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re:  Amiga-IBm file transfer
Distribution: na
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:17:13 EDT
Organization: Fabbian G. Dufoe, III

   I don't know about the minimal requirements for a null modem adapter, but
here are the connections in my Radio Shack model, which has worked
transferring data between Amiga and PC, Amiga and Tandy 102, PC and
Tandy 102, Tandy 102 and Tandy WP-2.

Male     Female

1        1
2        3
3        2
4        5
5        4
6        8
7        7
8        6
20       8

Pins 6 and 20 are tied together on both sides.

--Fabbian G. Dufoe, III
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   St. Petersburg, Florida  33705 | internet: fgd3%nifty@tct.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: sdkeppel@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Steve Keppel-Jones)
Subject: ASDG Dual Serial Board driver
Summary: sucks
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:13:52 GMT

Has anyone else tried to run TCP/IP (specifically KA9Q) over a DSB port?
If so, what version of the DSB driver did you use?  And did it work?
Is there a better version available than 1.5 (a public domain one perhaps)?
Am I asking too many questions?  =8^>

Any help would be greatly appreciated...
-- Steve
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