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From: siera@imada.ou.dk (Soeren Berg Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Don't deal with BRIWALL - Mail Order Warning !!!
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:38:33 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Math. & Computer Science, Odense University, Denmark

Just thought that I'd through my $.02 worth into this. Co'z I've had
the opposit experience. Placed my order and had it delivered UPS in just
4 days. Guess you were just unlucky... Or I was lucky, who knows. 
BTW. This happened during a stay in the states this summer, not delivered
to my home in denmark...... Oh yeah, try and ask for David, he was the guy
I spoke to.




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From: england@milton.u.washington.edu (england)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:59:34 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Apr9.005213.4701@cheshire.oxy.edu> leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:
>
>One use of the Gail-chip I have not heared someone on the net mention yet, is
>that it incorperates the AFD-technique.
>The first time you use a new Amiga you have to enter a personal code, wich then
>gets burnt into the Gail chip. Then each time you use new commercial software,
>this code is transfered to the disk (even if it's write-protected).
>Each time you use the disk after that, it compares the two codes, and if they
>don't match, the computer will be permanently blocked, and only CBM service
>people, will be able to reset it, and they are told to notify the police
>immediately, if an blocked amiga arrives.
>You could try to copy the disks before the code is transfered, but Gail will
>sense it and erase the disks.
>CBM have been installing the Gail-chip in all amigas since the first of April.


Soooo.......  The first time a friend comes over to you house with a game to
show you and you boot it up.......  Wham!!  It locks up your amiga.

And then call the cops!!  Not a very likely scenario.


For every protection scheme made someone else will be smart enough to crack
it.    (How many folks out there remmber 'Smarty Artie'???)


And I really think the police have better things to do than busting a couple
of teenagers trying to copy their latest 'warez.'


_______________________________________________________________________________
                                                         __ 
   I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed,       ///
   briefed, debriefed, or numbered.                __  ///  Only Amiga makes
                                                   \\\///   it possible..... 
   My life is my own.                               \XX/
_______________________________________________________________________________
 
                          england@u.washington.edu
From: 2frwreel@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: RE: A3000/Toaster
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:47:31 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <9204101650.AA26908@teetot.acusd.edu>, gs@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (Greg Simon) writes:
> 
>   Does anyone have a Video Toaster working on a 3000?  I've heard that
>>  the board needs to be hacked off to make it fit, is this true?
>>
>>  Also, I've heard that there is a Toaster-type card that will definately
>>  work in a 3000, does anyone know what it is called, if there is one?
>>
>>
>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ;-) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>Brian Wentz     
>>Virginia Tech                          wentz@csugrad.cs.vt.edu          
>>703-232-2300                 
> 
> I don't know about the 3000/toaster hack, but I believe the other
> "Toaster-type" card that you are refering to is the GVP IV24.  This
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^

It may not be the GVP that the above heard about but the new
24 bit boards from DMI and PP. The PP board is called Rembrandt
and both of them are based on the TI 020 chipset and are SAGE compliant. 
I seem to recall that both claimed Toaster like performance but with
much crisper output.  This is only from my memory however so corrections
are welcome.


> isn't _really_ a 'Toaster-type' card; it lacks the powerful switcher the
> VT has.  It _can_ do quite a bit though, Picture in Picture on WB, 24bit
> from grab, Caligari 3D, 24bit frame buffer, Scala titler, to name a few.
> 
> -Greg
> 
> gs@teetot.acusd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: What is A1500 ?
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 14:15:51 GMT

dac@dacami.UUCP (David Culberson) writes:

>In article <1992Apr3.021925.6630@v785.stanley.co.jp> janin@v785.stanley.co.jp writes:
>>
>>A friend would like to know what EXACTLY A1500 is.

>  The A1500 is two things; one, it's a marketing package by C= Germany
                                                                ^^^^^^^
>that is an Amiga 2000 with two floppies.  The other A1500 is a replacement
>case for the A500 that gives you a bigger power supply, space for two
>internal floppies, a few Zorro II slots, and some other such things.

NOT! It's UK, not Germany.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Subject: Re: High end Amiga stats?
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:56:52 GMT

Hello,

here a very interesting article, but I think .advocacy is the
better group for it.

What do you think?
When can we hope to get such a nice Amiga from Commo?
Can we hope to get it at all?

The new machines sounds really good and real.
More real than the article about the A2200. :)

I hope this new Amigas will come soon!
(autumn? World of Commo in Frankfurt/Germany??) 
I've already orderd it (just for fun, but I would be 
very happy, if I realy would get one!).

	Georg.


In article <1992Apr8.063611.1749@tc.cornell.edu> chris@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Chris Wolf) writes:
>I was on a BBS and heard the following from someone who supposedely knew
>what Commodore had shown/planned concerning a new high end Amiga as of the
>last DevCon.  Unfortunately, I have a feeling that these stats are for
>the new high end machine that C= had planned but decided not to produce
>according to other sources on this net.  Anyways, here's the info as I
>heard it:
> 
>On other matters, since the last Dev Con the new amiga's stats should be
>approimately as follows....
>
>The whole system is supposed to be clocked around 50mhz...the DSP (digital
>Signal Processor) is 50mhz to be sure, but they may use a 25mhz 040 and have
>fun with cycles.  There was originally talk of a 50mhz 030, but I doubt it.
>The new chip set will be all new and totally useless in current amiga models.
>I think everyone understands the need for this.  However, they will be at least
>90% compatible with everything on the amiga today, both software and
>hardware-wise.   You just can't plug in the newest agnes into your a500.   The
>paths will all be 32 bit of course.
>
>Graphics - all 8-bit on the motherboard with a 256,000 color "HAM" mode usuable
>in ALL resolutions.   I've had a great time reading about the HAm-E speculation
>here.  I just couldn't spend the time on-line to answer until now.  Anyone see
>what the deal is now?
>
>Sound - 16-bit 50mhz stereo,probably tied to the DSP for extra happiness.
>  expect major upgrades in all sound areas, including voice synthesis.
>
>Graphics (again) - upgradable to 24 bit on the motherboard.
>
>No word on whether it will be SCSI II on the motherboard, but I wouldn't doubt
>it.  I also doubt whether this machine will be announced any time before first
>quarter 1993, let alone released any time soon...but who knows.
>
>That's pretty solid poop from a guy with far too many developer friends for his
>own good.  However, officially speaking...it's all RUMOR as far as we're all
>concerned.
>
>---- end of included text ----
>
>Enjoy....
>							- Chris
>.
>                            
>


-- 
  hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de		hessmann@unipas.uucp
From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: SCSI signal termination question
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:39:06 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

I'm having trouble getting my Spartan SCSI interface to work with an
external hard drive (Fujitsu).  

I bought the drive from a Macintosh mail order outfit and it has a
resistor terminator pack in it for the SCSI signals.  I'm not sure
what the values are.

My SCSI interface has a 330/220 ohm resistor network for each SCSI
signal.  

Should there be voltage dividers on each end of the SCSI cable (I
only have one drive)?

I was doing some probing with my scope and it looks like when the
controller on the interface end is sending a high level signal, the
voltage goes to approx.  3 volts.  From this I would guess that the
drivers are open collector outputs and the high level is determined
by the resistor network.

The confusing thing is, when the hard drive is driving the SCSI
signals, the high level output voltage goes all the way to 5 volts.
Is there some kind of incopatability here or what?

I know that 3 volts and 5 volts would be seen as high, but I've seen
strange things happen with logic when an input signal level exceeds
the supply voltage of the chip.  (The external hard drive has it's
own power supply, while my interface is being powered by my A500.

Another strange thing is that when I turn off power to my A500, but
leave the power on on the hard drive, the A500 stays powered up!

Pin 26 of the SCSI cable is tied directly to the 5 volt supply of my
A500.  This signal is referred to as Terminating power of the SCSI
cable.  My guess is that this voltage should be used by the drive
as power for the voltage dividers and should be seperate from the
drive's power source.  When I cut this trace my A500 does not stay
powered up when I leave the drive on.

Any insights to this would be greatley appreciated.

Thanks in advance
					Mike Lundberg
					app@shamash.cdc.com
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8538 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:7467
From: sijben@cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: C=64 files to AMIGA
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:01:31 GMT
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Originator: sijben@waal



There are (as far as I know of) three ways to convert files C=64 files to an Amiga:

1)- 0-modem (speaks for itself)
2)- Disk-2-Disk, it is a utility program that lets you use rou 5 1/4" floppy to read 1541 floppys (also does some converting)
3)- make an IEC interface out of your parallel port I have seen some schemas for it.

I myself use option 2). It works with my commodore 5 1/4" amiga drive.


Paul Sijben
From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How do I put 2 autoconfigs on the same card?
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:04:52 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <D88JOAVE.92Apr4162532@odal17.IDA.LiU.SE> d88joave@IDA.LiU.SE (Joakim A Verona) writes:

>There is a bit defined in the autoconfig area that says that two
>logically different devices are on the same board. The manual does not
>say how configuring such a board is different from configuring a normal
>board. 

I'm not exactly sure what it's used for either, as it's mainly a software
issue.  It does make it possible to know how many physically distinct 
boards live in a system.

>Our assumption is that we configure one device first as normal, then
>dont assert config_ou t, and configure our next device after wich we
>do assert config_out. 

That's correct.

>As I see it however, you should be able to do this anyway, without setting a 
>special bit, unless this fools the backplane in some way.

Again, this is mainly of concern to the software.  I don't know if it
does anything with this information or not, but the specs want you to supply
the information in any case.  Perhaps an expansion library person could 
comment on this?
-- 
Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      BIX: hazy
 "I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused" - Elvis Costello
From: pat_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Pat Meloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2065/AS225 works fine with Slingshot!
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:50:07 PST

In article <1992Apr13.230022.11691@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> mx8@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
>
>      The A2065/AS225 Ethernet system from Commodore works just dandy on an
>A500 with Slingshot, a low-cost single-slot A2000 adapter.  It also works 
>when plugged into the bus-pass through of the Supra 500XP.
>
>      Many thanks to Micro R&D and Industrial Color Labs for making this test
>possible.
>
>      Eric Beyer, Cornell University

RIGHT-ON! Now all I have to do is wait for AS225 to fully support an Amiga
only configuration and I'm all set! (Meaning I can't justify buying a
DOS/UNIX box to act as a file server when I have a perfectly good
multi-hundreds of megabytes equipped 2500 sitting here).

 One step closer though!
--
From: mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000T power problem
Keywords: A3000T
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:40:43 GMT
Organization: Mississippi State University

woofie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (the real woof) writes:

>Hi..

>I've had my A3000T for just 5 days, and I'm already suffering problems.

>I use a power surge protector for my monitor, computer and peripherals.
>I know there's nothing wrong with it, since I used it with my A2000 setup.
>Recently, however, when I power up my computer, I hear the hard drive  
>*start* to boot up, and then the computer just dies.  This only happens
>when I cold boot, but this has already happened at least 5 times.

>I'm extremely frustrated.  When I pay $4000+ for a computer, I don't
>expect it to give me problems so soon.

>Any suggestions?  Please?

>Thanks,


 I wonder how come you didn't call Commodore. Their reputation on 
 warranty repairs is *EXCELLENT* . They replaced everything that gave
 me problems with a new one.

  Call them !!!!

 Mubashir
From: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:19:13 GMT
Reply-To: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

From article <70319@ut-emx.uucp>, by mohawk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mohawk Dave):
> 
> Software companies claim that if there was no pirating of games, game prices
> would drop.  THat's BS; just consider the high price of cartridge-based
> games for various entertainment systems.

That's their pathetic excuse for charging ripoff prices for rubbish games.
Throughout history, each time a company releases a game with a new form of
protection they up the price (co they know no one can copy it).

And if you dont believe me then why is RobocopII $UK39.99 (that's the game
with the dongle).
From: miranda@mozart.amd.com (Paul Miranda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP 50MHz Accelerator and daisy-chaining
Summary: howdidodat
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:30:30 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

I am buying a gvp 50 mhz (with the onboard 120M quantum), and
I would like to know if anyone has recommendations on using it
with my existing 40 meg rodime .. it would be nice to keep it
around for Amax and ibm emulation .. do i need to do anything non-obvious
like SCSI terminator packs, standing on my head.. etc 
the rodime comes from before RDB's so I know i will need to do something
special with formatting it.. 
thanks bunches...
				Paul Miranda
          			miranda@mozart.amd.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Subject: Re: Transputers- Where are they?
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:18:56 GMT

In article <56845@cup.portal.com> TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
>I saw the transputer demonstrated a few years back. Neat stuff.
>
>Definitely not fast enough to ray trace in real time.
>
	Anyone ever tried to use those tranputer boards made for the IBM PC
in an A2000 with a bridgeboard? What about that DSP board?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington)
Subject: Re: Advice needed for scanner
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 04:49:14 GMT

kensaga@diku.dk (Kenneth Fribert) writes:
>Does it support multiple scans, OCR, gray-scales, colour etc.

Yeah, that is a question I have.  If I get a scanner with this multiple
scans feature, could I use color filters to produre a color image?
(Something like the way DigiView does it.)

-- Gerald
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dsherif@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (Darin D Sheriff)
Subject: Atonce+ problem Help!!!
Originator: dsherif@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 02:11:33 GMT

Dear fellow amiga users,
     A friend of mine purchased Atonce+ recently and loves it to death.
He has one major problem with it however.  It does not seem to like Ram boards
His Amiga 2000 would crash if Atonce+ and a Ram board was in it.  He tried
a Supra board and then a Adram board.  That did not work.  He tried closing
off fast ram and just have chip ram.  Nope, straight to the guru.  He is
desperate.  If anyone has had this problem and has conquored it, please email
me and let me know.  Thanks


-- 
Darin Sheriff; Amiga 500 owner. dsherif@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu
"Make one move and i'll kill him with this deadly jelly-baby"
                                 -The Doctor-
Disclaimer: Aliens did it.
From: dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Disk Speeds
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:32:59 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY


	I realize that most disk speed benchmarks (benchmarks in general)
are not really worth much, but for curiousitys sake, what is about average
for hard disk speed (using disk speed 2.0) my #'s are as follows:

	13 Files/s Create
	26 Files/s Open/Close
	147 Files/s Scan
	51 Files/s Delete
	197 Seek/Read

Buffer Size		512	4096	32768	262144
-----------------------------------------------------------
Bytes/s Create		29K	169K  	318K	372K
			30K	209K	582K	874K
			109K 	209K	817K	862K


	This was done on Medium Intensity, with a Hardframe Controller
	(1.9 Roms) and a Maxtor 213LY.

						Dave
From: labman@cs.rit.edu (Lab Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HP drivers
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:28:19 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a low-end laser or bubble-jet printer.

Does anyone have experience or an opinion on the

1. Epson Action laser II

2. Cannon Bubble Jet ex

The Epson is HP2 laser jet compat.

What drivers would I use for each?
what quality will I get?

can anyone tell me where to find HP printer drivers,
or can people send me any they have.


any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance,

Ken W.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8441 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:11952
From: vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez)
Subject: Memory checker program.
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:21:18 GMT

I am having problem with my CHIP memory in my old A1000. Can somebody
recomend a memory tester program that will help me locate what area and
which chip is causing problems?

	Thanks.
	Victor

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dohm@cat3.cs.wisc.edu (Nathan Dohm)
Subject: Amiga Token Ring interface card?
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
	-- Nathan Dohm
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 06:19:33 GMT
From: damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1000 hardware mystery
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:22:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1=zjq0k.damiel
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

I just gave away one of my old A1000's to a friend of mine who lives
several hundred miles away. as i was packing it up, i noticed something
i don't have any recollection of, for some reason. there wasn't time
to check it out, and i gave all the manuals to my friend too.

on the back of the machine, between the Composite video out and the
23 pin RGB out, there was a medium sized round DIN connector, with
a tv screen "icon" above it, with a blank screen area (the composite
video out has three circles on the screen).

i'm curious what type of output this is. my friend doesn't have a
monitor, and we haven't been too sure just what he can use besides
the commodore 1084. he'd like to get something cheap or used (or both!)
[i'm using my 1084 for the DCTV output from my 3000].

TIA.


-- 
paul theodoropoulos                                         damiel@netcom.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: FDHD
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 07:08:53 GMT

ree88132@zach.fit.edu (Keith Ledig /ADVISOR Kozaitis) writes:
> 
>Please tell me more about your HDfloppy drive on your 3000
>I heard some 3000's were released with the 1.44 meg drives.
                          ^^^^^^^^
Wrong word, use "shipped". These HD drives are not yet officially
released. In HD mode, they still are not reliable, in normal DD
mode, they work reliably.

>Can us 3000 owners hook up a 1.44 floppy and make it work???

No, it's a very special sort of HD drives that slow down their 
rotation speed to half in HD mode, and the stability of this
rotation is also their problem.
We hope to find drives that are stable enough.

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