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From: cbenson@cs.strath.ac.uk (Calum F Benson CS90)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Help me buy a printer for my A500+
Date: 1 Oct 92 12:25:10 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.


	Well, the subject line says it all. I'm looking for a good quality
(preferably letter-quality) printer for my Amiga 500+. Never having owned
a printer before (or even used one much, and never with an Amiga) I'm somewhat
overawed by the choice currently available, so I'd like to hear from people
who are happy (or not!) with theirs.

	Having read a number of `best buy'-type articles in the UK magazines,
the two which seem to regularly come out top are the Canon Bubblejet BJ10ex,
and the Panasonic KXP1124i. These represent about the upper end of my budget
(indeed, they're stretching it a tad), and I'd like to have your opinions of
these pair of machines. I'm likely to be using my printer mainly for letters,
reports and the odd graphic dump.

	How good are the internal fonts on these machines? Unfortunately, 
I don't know of anywhere locally that can demonstrate the printers for me,
so I need some good advice here! And for the Panasonic, what sort of extra
fonts can I card ? And for how much ?

	I'm also concerned about their dimensions - I've seen the BJ10ex, but
not the Panasonic. I don't have much room to work with, so can anybody tell me
its exact size? Being a student, running costs are a big factor too. Just how
much cheaper is it to run a 24-pin as opposed to a bubble jet? 

	Getting on to the Amiga-specifics, and you'll have to excuse my
naiveity in this area, how good are the printer drivers for the two machines?
Indeed, does the Panasonic have a proper one at all, or would I have to rely 
on the EpsonQ or IBMProPrinter emulations? I'd probably need a new word-
processor to get the sort of quality documents I'm looking for too - any
suggestions as to which one will let me use all my new printer's features,
whichever one I end up with?

	Of course, don't feel obliged to restrict your comments to the two
printers I've mentioned - if you know of something as good (and cheaper!) 
please let me know. For instance, the Star LC24-20 MultiFont gets good reviews 
too - all my questions apply to it too, if you have one.

	That's a lot of questions - let's have a lot of answers, please :-)

		Thanks.

			Calum.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mmoore@cs.ulowell.edu (Michael P. Moore)
Subject: Looking for the "Pellhack" File   
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:25:33 GMT

I am looking for the hack that will allow you to hook up an A2000 accelerator
to the A500/A1000 port on the side of the computer.  I was told that it is
called "Pellhack", but I can't find it anywhere.  If anyone knows where it is
on a FTP site or if someone could uuencode it and mail it to me, I would be
quite pleased.

Thanks in Advance
Mike Moore
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From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 256 colors!!
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:26:11 GMT
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie

In <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. From what I've read in a 2.1 doc is that 2.1 has support for and 8 bit
>screen. Is this true. If it is my next question is in the "OFFICIAL C=

You are a bit confused. ECS does _not_ support a 256 color mode.
Intuition doesn't complain if you try to open such a display but
the extra bitplanes (4 in hires, 2 or 3 in lores) are simply ignored.

>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!!!!!

The 800x600 is indeed possible with ECS and it is a matter of the
right Monitor file.

>     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

The screen was probably 8 bit deep but only 4 bits were shown.

Regards,
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From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Floptical - recent Insite upgrade?
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 12:55:36 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep25.175222.29614@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <66772@cup.portal.com>

The DMI flopticals do have the special ROM, and do not not need to be
"unlocked".

Dan
From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Mem Expan. of A2000?
Date: 25 Sep 92 12:16:31 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

In article <21475@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de>, ph11mlar@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Arthur Recktenwald) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Amiga 2000 B with a memory card of 2MB. The card is full.
> Can I get a memory card with 2MB(expandable to 8MB) and put it in
> a different free slot.
	
	I'm not sure about your particular Amiga, but I have two
	different memory boards in my 2000 (rev 6) and they co-exist 
	just fine.

		Fred H.

> 
> Arthur
> 
> --
> 
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> 
Fred Heitkamp,  fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu  (USA)

>          			    
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au (Trevor Elbourne (Supr. Hell) BE)
Subject: AGA compatible graphics board
Organization: University of New South Wales
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:15:57 GMT

[ Article crossposted from comp.sys.amiga.advocacy ]
[ Author was Trevor Elbourne (Supr. Hell) BE (trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au) ]
[ Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:59:57 GMT ]

A group of electrical engineers & computer scientists here at UNSW have begun 
designing a ZorroII, AGA compatible graphics board. The board itself will support
resolutions up to 1280x1024 in 24-bit. It will be totally system call compatible
with AGA and ECS, so that HAM modes etc will be supported, which will mean rewriting 
of certain libraries (definately graphics.library and maybe layers.library and 
intuition.library). When a AGA HAM8 screen is opened, the board will actually open
a true 18-bit screen and the library will handle the details. The aim of
the project is to make it fast and cheap -- affordable by everyone, not just
those who have a spare $3000 lying around. Another aim is to make it forward
compatible with anything else C= release in the future, this will involve
updating libraries and should mean you will never need to replace the board itself
(unless C= decide to support 2Kx2K resolutions, but this does seem unlikely).

The reason for the posting is to get any ideas/suggestions/comments that you
guys have, in order to make the board something that everyone is pleased
with. Please send in email with your ideas/suggestions/comments and I will
post a summary at a later date.

Cheers,
-Trevor

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: u911661@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Mad Mal)
Subject: WHY NOT -> Emplant and Cray II ... ?
Summary: .....
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:13:46 GMT

Are we ever going to see emplant, or would i have more chance of seeing a 
snail win the Indy 500 ?

Mal.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: jeremym@fraser.sfu.ca (Jeremy Thomas McDonald)
Subject: Re: EMPLANT: Let's settle it!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 04:45:20 GMT

taa33@isuvax.iastate.edu (Devin E. Parsons) writes:

>Jim,  

>  Please settle this debate over the existance of EMPLANT.  

>      I assure you it would be very easy, just tell us:
>   
>           1.  The patent # or #'s for your hardware.
>           2.  The name and address of three people (or more) who
>               have and are using EMPLANT, so we can get their
>               oppinion.
>           3.  Ship an EMPLANT TODAY, federal express to 
>               Amiga World so they can verify that the system
>               works!

>That is all that would have to be doen!  In fact, if AW says the system
>works you really don't even need the other users to verify.  

>   On the other hand, if you can not give us the patent #'s and names, and
>will not send one to AW, we can all assume you have just used up a lot
>of band width and the system of VaporWare.  So come on, Jim!  Settle it or
>get out of the Amiga development scene!
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Patenting is not applicable, at least the last time I checked.  The proper term
is industrial design.  Patenting is for something totally new in conception,
like a paperclip, and the processing takes around 2 years.  Industrial design
is for original PC-boards and the like, so this would be the method used to
register a new design (e.g., the Emplant board).
Apart from that technical misunderstanding, I agree that Jim should send a
board to AW for a review, if he has not done so already.
-
jeremym@fraser.sfu.ca -- yes a lowly student
From: Jdrew@nesbbx.rain.COM (**)
Subject: Re: Amax with a supra XP Hard Drive
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.22 (Sep 08 1992)
Date: 25 Sep 92 22:40:57 PST
Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System


In <3324@carroll1.cc.edu>, squid@carroll1.cc.edu (Craig C Schanning) writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> My friend said he will be buing Emplant when it comes out, and that he
> would sell me his Amax software.  I have a SupraXP hardrive on my 500
> and he said Amax may not work with it since he does not have a surpa.amhd
> file.  Does this file exist?  Would supra write this driver or readysoft?
> Do I need this file, or will anonther amhd file work fine.
> 
> Anyhelp would be appreciated.
> -- 
> ***************************************************************
> *          Craig Schanning - squid@carroll1.cc.edu            *
> *    And the next thing you know,  ol' Jed's a millionaire    *
> ***************************************************************
Well, actually I too have the Supra stuff as I helped beta test the new
stuff as well as write part of the ROM driver data.  Yes, there is a
Supra.amhd that works fine with AMAX versions 2.0 & 2.06, however, I have
yet to get the same driver to work with AMAX v2.51 (or higher).  I will
look into this problem so that Supra customers can have AMAX support.

 
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
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: styx@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Allan Hirt)
Subject: Re: Amax Users
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:25:19 GMT

Did anyone get Fuzz to work?  It crashes Amax when I have it in the
system folder.

Allan
From: morcos@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Nader Morcos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Connecting a DOS-BOX to my AMIGA
Summary: IBM to AMIGA
Keywords: IBM , CLONE, AMIGA
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:12:07 GMT
Reply-To: morcos@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Nader Morcos)
Organization: Universite de Montreal

Hey guys, looks like I have to buy myself a DOS-BOX . Gotta do a lot of 
work related stuff. (compiling COBOl ... yes COBOL pgms, etc...).

Since there seems to be a lot of problems with the bridgeboards and the infamousEMPLANT doohickey, I'm planning to buy myself a high-end IBM PC clone. I'd like
suggestions and technical info. on how I can re-use my AMIGA's monitor, hard
disk, etc... with the clone. I.E. what kind of connections are needed?

I know this was discussed awhile ago but I wasn't paying attention then 'cause
I didn't really need the DOS side of things. If you have a set-up like the one
I'm talking about, I'd be interested in knowing how you worked it out.
I'd appreciate any help I could receive.

Thanks.
From: whitem@jester.usask.ca (Matt White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard User Mailing List - Good Idea ?
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:43:47 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Matt (matt@gbrmpa.gov.au) wrote:
: Hi,
: 	After spending a lot of time setting up my Bridgeboard, I'd like
: to propose a mailing list for BB users.
: 
: Exchanging information regarding the configuration or types of hardware
: added would probably be benificial to everyone who's got a BB, and even
: better for new users/owners.
: 
: What's everyone think?
: 
: matt.

Sounds like a great idea to me.  I just got a 2286 BB for my 2000.  

BTW, does anyone know what this hardware hack is to speed up the Janus
access?  I haven't been able to find it anywhere....

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User Support & Training         |  white@sask.usask.ca
Dept. of Computing Services     |  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA
University of Saskatchewan      |  My real computer is an Amiga...
From: bobl@bobsbox.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdmin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: NOW Jim Drew has my money
Date: 27 Sep 92 14:13:10 GMT
Organization: Raven Enterprises -- Piscataway, NJ USA
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <f66Kr*uB0@video1.bs.open.de> achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I just got my monthly Letter from MASTERCARD.
>
> At the 7th of September Utilities Unlimited takes my money.
> 384,9 $ for EMPLANT with Option C and Sybil.
>
> I really hope, that my Emplant will arrive here in Germany in some days.
>
> If not, I will sent my big brother to Jim. :-)
>
> Achim
>
> ----------------------------__
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>      Neuer Weg 1a     __  ///  Work: FH Hannover, FB Kunst & Design
> FRG 3300 Braunschweig \\\/// Zerberus: videomaster@bdb.zer
>  VOICE +49 531 41502   \XX/ * I own three Jeans, now I want my Indigo *

Jezz..I guess imaturity and impatience isn't confined to the US.  It
seems to me that this post is a bit premature seeing as how it probably
takes a couple of weeks *just* to ship to Germany.

I suggest all you Emplant bashers take a break.  Why don't you all give
us a 2 week break from your childish posts and whinings and the whole
net will be the better for it.  For that matter, why don't you all give
us a real break and purchase some color Macs...

NOTE: This is not aimed at Achim specifically but at the group of people
here who can't help but whine about Emplant and Jim Drew.

--
 Bob Lindabury

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner)
Subject: Re: Emplant pictures
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 15:23:04 GMT

In article <cekqioW00j_H1ealNX@cs.cmu.edu> Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu writes:

>Moreover, they weren't as empty as had been suggested. They had more
>than enough hardware to fake a mac. In fact, given what you can fit on a
>chip these days,  and given how uncomplicated macs are, they had more
>than enough hardware to *be* a mac.

Who said anything about needing additional hardware to emulate a Mac?  
ReadySoft's Amax certainly doesn't use any additional hardware to actually
emulate the mac.  They just use the hardware to read the rom then patch it to
ram, then use the rest to direct the floppy drive signals.  The actual Mac
emulation takes place *OFF* of their own board.  "SOME" people don't use any
additional hardware *AT ALL* to emulate a Mac!  (via cracked/hacked Amax)

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From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: CrossDOS 5.0 hard disk formatting problems
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 19:58:05 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

You must run FDISK and FORMAT under the emulation. In fact trying to
format the HD partition with the CrossDOS format may cause FDISK to not
work properly. (You can wipe the partition clean if needed by
doing a FFS format). The latest version (5.04, you can download it
from the Consultron BBS) has a big warning text in the Installer
telling people not to do what you just did. :-)

Dan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Re: Epson printer drivers for Amax
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:24:26 GMT

In article <Jarrett_Volzer.06jo@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us> Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Jarrett Volzer) writes:
>Ok, I checked out the sites I listed in the previous message for finding
>the drivers since so many people were sending Email about it.  I was unable
>to find the drivers on two of the FTP sites, but they did show up on one. 
>I checked this out today (9/30).
> 
>Site: lth.se
>Path: /pub/mac/info-mac/ex
>File: epson-printer-drivers.hqx  (maybe that was hxq...anyhow, it's there)
> 
>Also, if you have questions about stuff you see here, it's probably a good
>idea to discuss it publically instead of through email (that's why I'm
>posting this here now) so that everyone can benefit from the answers to the
>questions. This is a general comment about the newsgroups in general, not
>just this topic (unless of course you don't have write privledges in this
>area).
>Well, anyhow, I hope this is useful to those who are sick of that
>compressed printing from Amax.
> 

	They do not seem to work well with Amax 2.5. Has anyone got them t
work ?

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From: cardinal@amiganet.chi.il.us (Paul Nowatzki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard User Mailing List - Good Idea ?
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:38:41 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <1992Oct1.015458.24320@gbrmpa.gov.au>, matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt)
writes:
>Hi,
>       After spending a lot of time setting up my Bridgeboard, I'd like
>to propose a mailing list for BB users.
>
>Exchanging information regarding the configuration or types of hardware
>added would probably be benificial to everyone who's got a BB, and even
>better for new users/owners.
>
>What's everyone think?
>
>matt.


Good idea! Until it gets up and running though, there is a newsletter that
accmplishes pretty much the same thing. It's called Crossings. You can contact
the publisher at:

                        Deland Editorial Services
                        P.O. Box 1080
                        New York, NY 10028-0007

                        1-(212)-369-8131

for subscription information.

It has bailed my fanny out on several occasions.


Paul

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From: alexr@capella.EETECH.McGill.CA (Alex Rousseau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Your impressions on CrossPC
Keywords: n
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:37:55 GMT
Organization: McGill University - Montreal, CANADA.

To any owners of CrossPC, could you please give me your impressions on
the program. I have an A2000 + RCS68040 and hope that compatibility is
not an issue. Your comments will be welcome.

Thanks.

Alex.
From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Epson printer drivers for Amax
Date: 3 Oct 92 03:52:49 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

>>Site: lth.se
>>Path: /pub/mac/info-mac/ex
>>File: epson-printer-drivers.hqx  (maybe that was hxq...anyhow, it's there)
>> 
>>Well, anyhow, I hope this is useful to those who are sick of that
>>compressed printing from Amax.
>> 
>
>	They do not seem to work well with Amax 2.5. Has anyone got them t
>work ?

I've been playing with Amax 2.5 with mac system 6.0.7 and True Type fonts.
BTW, you need sys6.0.7 or greater to use True Type fonts.
The Epson driver I'm using is from the Amax Utilities file (on wuarchive)
mentioned recently.  The printing on my 9 pin Epson looks great!

I haven't done a lot of stuff yet, just a few test lines, but so far I 
like it!

I had memory problems with MacDraw and True Type fonts untill I turned on
Multi Finder.  Works fine now with only 512K chip ram out of 3 megs total.

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