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From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1200
Date: 14 Nov 92 20:53:15 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <Paula_Lieberman.0702@amicol.UUCP>, Paula Lieberman writes:

> How about Commodore calling some more chips by -male- or sex-neutral names,
> or better still, leave out the anthropomorphisms........ 

Better yet, please take the feminist agenda elsewhere.


                                                Jim Pritchett


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From: germanm@weird.miami.fl.us (System Operator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: ParNET
Date: 21 Nov 92 10:04:50 EDT
Organization: Weird BBS [Amiga] (305)553-3207 S. Miami, FL USA

Anyone have their systems NETWORK'd using ParNET?  Any good?  Can it be set to
go faster than 32900 bps peak?

-- German Ma (aka SiniStar)
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From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200, SysInfo benchmark tests.
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 18:08:07 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <1992Nov2.200802.7834@cs.olemiss.edu>, Skip Sauls writes:

> so, but the amount of whining about the A1200 is almost as bad as that about
> the A4000.  What in the world do people expect?

The folks on this net expect to get the best, fastest, newest technology in a
laptop package for under $500 - no, that is too expensive, make that price $1.

68040 at 50 Mhz. (or 100 Mhz Alpha or...)
fast Gigabyte hard drive (or three)
CD-ROM jukebox
DAT
DSP
2048x2048x24 display
at least 20 Meg ultra fast static RAM
8 Meg ultra fast CHIP RAM
20 Meg Floptical drive
5.25" HD drive
emulation mode that runs ALL software for ALL computers faster than the original
  computer

and free software and hardware updates for life.


Oh, yes.  Don't forget, we don't want to hear any more silly whining from those
engineers who keep saying that it is not feasible, costs too much to build, etc.
Ask MB, he can tell you how to do it!


P.S.  For the humor impaired... 8^)


                                                Jim Pritchett


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dkm@col.hp.com (Dave K. Martin)
Subject: Re: 3M MCD-40 Tape Drives & HDBackup
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:11:42 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

I have two (yes 2, and *no* I don't want to sell one!) of the 3M MCD-40 tape
drives.  I use either BTNTAPE 2.1 or usually Quarterback 5.0 with them.
It is great being able to back up two hard drives at the same time, there
doesn't seem to be much SCSI bus contention (this is with a C=2091).

BTNTAPE and TAR are available from the Fred Fish collection.  BTNTape requires
that you create a mountlist and that you use TAR to do the backups/restores.
Quarterback 5.0 just asks for the SCSI id, no mountlist required.  BTNTAPE 
supports multi-volume tape sets (if the MCD-40 has the correct roms) but 
Quarterback doesn't seem to support this, it gives a write error and quits
instead of asking for a new tape volume (maybe AmiBack does support multi-
volume tapes).  As long as I remember this and don't try to back up more than 
39.8 meg per tape (I use 40m partitions anyway), QB works fine.

Dave Martin - dkm@col.hp.com
From: ghazi@wizofhoz.uucp (Ozzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: ECS Denise and 1084
Date: 20 Nov 1992 01:22:51 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <charro.722047439@ee.ualberta.ca> charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois) writes:
>I have an A500 with ECS Agnus, but the standard Denise.  I would like
>to run my workbench in SuperHires, and am wondering if my 1084 monitor
>could cope with the signal if I were to buy an ECS Denise.  As well,
>if I were to buy a flickerfixer, could it work with SuperHires
>Interlaced, or just the original standard Denise video modes?
>
>I understand (I think) that I'd need a multisync monitor to view
>Productivity modes, but I wouldn't mind a SuperHires interlaced
>workbench if it's possible with my old 1084.
>
>Thanks for your help...Dan

	You can use Superhires interlaced with the 1084. For some odd
reason though you should bypass a flicker fixer when using superhires or
productivity mode, of the two types I know of one automaticly bypasses the
fixer and the other has a bypass switch for using the two new modes the ECS
Denise gives you. Again I'm fuzzy on the whys, so maybe someone can explain
it better.

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From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Ami
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:13:54 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1e2imsINNr9e@mozz.unh.edu> <1992Nov15.003931.1679@msus1.msus.edu>
  <69600@cup.portal.com> <69753@cup.portal.com> <69821@cup.portal.com>

>>You probably already own one.  It's called a car. :-)  Just give it a slovak
>                                                                       ^^^^^^
>HEY! Those of us whose parents came from this soon-to-be-ex-region-of
>Czechoslovakia take great offense at this ethnic slur.
                                                  ^^^^
Actually, it's not even close to being a slur but rather a compliment -  a
compliment to some of the fine weaponry made in eastern Europe.

>Incidentally, Slovenia is not Slovakia. Just in case you didn't know.

Having worked in or visited all but one of the eastern european
countries....  trust me, I know ;-) (In fact the news from former Yugoslavia
are hurting me deeply.  I've friends there too.)

>>or jewish sounding name like the Lexus AK67 or Oozi Wagon.
>
>If only I could speak Slovak, I'd throw many curses your way.

Why?  No one has thrown any your way.  

You missed the point completely.  The point it, if the gun was made in
the X-Soviet Union (or greater eastern Europe) or Israel, it would be
banned.  So the question is, if a car had the same name, would it be banned?

>
><g>, but I'm going to be "sensitive" as long as everyone else is.
>
>TomK@cup.portal.com
>Tom Krotchko

-Joel
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From: jaxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Jon Hanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1200 with hard drive
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:53:02 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

I'm very interested in getting an A1200, however I am undecided as whether to get one
now and buy an hard drive for it, or wait for the official A1200HD to be released and
get that. Can anyone offer any reasons to opt for the one or the other ? What would be
the difference between the two ? Would the Commodore HD be just as good as a decent
seperate one ?

Cheeres, Jon.

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From: U28037@uicvm.uic.edu (Jason Kratz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HiQ tower case for A500
Date: 17 Nov 92 09:42:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: uicvm.92322.034230U28037
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

Has anyone purchased one of these things or does anyone have any
information on it?  I would really like to get one so that I can expand
my Amiga with more things.  The problem is that I have a SupraRAM 500XP
and I don't know if I'll be able to put it inside the case with the
motherboard.  Any help that anyone can give would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Jason
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: HD Checksum error
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:41:57 GMT

gkropf@bfield.uucp (Gary Kropf) writes:

>>When I try to delete something off the "Work:" volume, I get "Volume Work:
>>is not validated."

>First, BEG, BORROW, STEAL or BUY (I would suggest the last opition, buy) a copy
>of Quarter Back Tools. This program will solve your problem. I had the same
>thing happen to me...

Quarter Back Tools is usually recommended for this occurance.  It seems
to be a common problem that continues to crop up.  So why doesn't the
Amiga come with a utility to fix this?

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From: Zack_Allison@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Zack Allison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Hard Drives
Date: 13 Nov 92 09:47:02 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: The Village BBS

     Does anyone out there know where a good place to get a hard drive is? 
I don't need a big 200 gig drive (although that would be nice...) something
100 to 150 megs?  Leve email to Zack_Allison@Neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us 
Thanks...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: alan@pacdata.uucp (Alan McLachlan)
Subject: Re: Genlock/Amiga 1000
Organization: Pacific Data Products
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:37:04 GMT

In article <721805400.1220.0@hadamard.math.cmu.edu> cd27+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Dalton) writes:
>In message <1992Nov13.183114.1039@pacdata.uucp>, alan@pacdata.com writes:
>>Does anyone know where or how to obtain that old genlock for the 1000 that
>>sat under the case (it was an Amiga product)
>>
>
>In a recent Briwall add "CBM1300 Genlock ...... $69"  
>
>Isn't this the one?
>
>Briwall isn't bargain basement ... but they support the 1000 more than any
>other mail order house.  And they have a clue about what they sell.
>
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Ok...could you tell me how to get a hold of these people? 

Thanks
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From: 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black)
Subject: Re: Will 1200 run IDE (now) and SCSI (later)
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:29:03 GMT

hilton@leechs.lzo.dec.com (Greg Hilton) writes:


>Hiya,

>I have a large SCSI drive I would want to
>put on a 1200 eventually.

>If I got a 20mb IDE 1200 now would this  prevent
>me adding SCSI via the trapdoor later?

certainly not.  That is if you get from a different company than cbm.
They will use their own driver er scsi.device.  And if you get a cbm one
then I am sure they will rewrite the scsi.device to work with it or it might
already might work for it.

Martin
From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A4000 and CDrom (aka IDE blows) (was Re: IDE : Possible
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 01:24:58 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
 @holli.UUCP>   <69583@cup.portal.com>
  <1992Nov16.065630.5622@desire.wright.edu>

>In article <69583@cup.portal.com>, joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) wr
i
>tes:
>>>> Actually I'd have 5 drives, one in the 4000 and four still in my 2500.  No
,
>>>> sorry, this may be what YOU want, but not what I NEED.  I would need at
>>>> least three of my current SCSI peripherals in the 4000, not just one or tw
o
>>>> IDE drives.
>>>>
>>>        How did you get 5 drives in the 2500??.  Inquiring minds want to
>>>        know!!
>>
>> Bomac tower.
>>
>        What do you think of it?  Are you statisfied, indifferent..?
>
>>>-Fred
>>
>> -Joel

It's HUGE and fairly ugly.  It feels like a garage built Mack truck and I
had to add some spacers to make my 2000 case bottom to fit right.  I'm
neither hot or cold about it.  It works.... but it aint no work of art.

-Joel
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From: bohlman@plains.NoDak.edu (Daemon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Problems!!
Date: 23 Nov 92 12:20:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.By64yx.E3v
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <sbiddle.06ev@aviate.welly.gen.nz> sbiddle@aviate.welly.gen.nz (Steve Biddle) writes:
>Software Failure is Error: 8000 0003 Task: 00C03510. It's also had a green
>screen and 9 flashes, which is also apparently supposed to indicate that
>Agnus is incorectly seated. My system is a 500 with 4 megs, 2 in an A590 and
>2 internally, with 512K Chip..
>
>    Any comments/ideas/suggestions would be _gratefully_ accepted..

First: 	What are you running in your startup-sequence and 
	WBStartup drawer?
Second: What programs are you running just before/during/
	simultaneously with the crash?
Third: 	Have you had your agnus checked and/or other 
	motherboard chips?
Fourth: Have you looked into the 2.1 enhancer kit? (with new setpatch
	which fixes most 8000 0003 errors...)

If you can answer the above, I'll be glad to help.
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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How to access individual bits of a CIA
Date: 16 Nov 92 06:26:45 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <BxqxLu.682@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu writes:
> In article <69502@cup.portal.com>, Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com writes...
> >Why don't you buy a copy of the Hardware Reference Manual?
> 
> I have the manual.  It doesn't tell me what I need to know, and neither 
> does the RKM.
> 
> Specifically, I want to know how to directly access DRDY* and ACK*.

Well, it doesn't tell you, because you can't.  8-)

Assuming you're talking about the "strobe" and "acknowledge" pins on the
parallel port, strobe is tied to the "PC" pin on the 8520, which pulses
each time that Port-B is accessed, while acknowledge is tied to the "Flag"
pin, which can be enabled to cause an interrupt.

So, there is not much in the way of explict control or sensing of these
signals, the 8520 stems from the days where "simplicity" of microcontroller
chips was valued over regularity or generality of function.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ajft@ajft_sun.cs.adfa.oz.au (Adrian Tritschler)
Subject: Re: ECC Was: Re: Moving 500 to 1200, BAD NEWS
Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:09:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.001328.10434@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, ceg@bret.jpl.nasa.gov (Chuck Goodhart) writes:
|> In article <H0mXr*h41@dynam.adsp.sub.org>
|> cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
|> >with 10 bits you will be able to correct an 1 bit failure and detect a
|> >2 bits failure.
|> 
|> By my calculations, 12 bits are required for 1 bit correct, 2 bit detect
|> on 8 data bits.  10 bits will only get you 6 data bits.

Close, try 11, (8 + 3). The number of detection/correction bits is log (base 2)
#databits. I don't believe it can be done in 10.

 See you local library re. Hamming Codes.

|> Chuck Goodhart, ceg@bret.jpl.nasa.gov

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll)
Subject: Software to access SCSI drive code pages?
Keywords: SCSI drive code page Maxtor
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:05:50 GMT

A friend of mine has picked up a ~400 Mb Maxtor SCSI drive which is
configured for 1024 byte blocks. Maxtor have given him instructions on
how to switch this to 512 byte blocks, which basically involve modifying
a value in code page 3 in the drive's configuration.

So, I'm looking for some software on his behalf that allows code pages
to be edited. Amiga would be nice, but he can probably get access to a
Mac, PC or NeXT system if necessary.

If necessary, I can always write a quick hack to do the job through
scsi.device; I'm a bit a bit fuzzy on how code pages are addressed via
SCSI though, so any pointers in this direction would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Eddy
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr)
Subject: My Vector review...
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 16 Nov 92 05:03:32 CST


   I am working out couple of small bugs in my vector setup.  I WOULD
 like to note that it IS working FINE.  I just have a couple of strange
 things happening with the SCSI port and I would like to make sure that
 I understand it FULLY and that the fault is not mine before I go and
 post something wrong.  I am getting VERY GOOD support/help from IVS 
 with the very few problems that I have had.  NONE of the problems have
 prevented me from using ANY advertised feature or caused my system to 
 crash.  I'm just a picky person.

   I have tested the sharing of memory and SCSI port with the 68000 and
 it CAN access the ram AND SCSI HD on the Vector when in 68000 mode!!  
 The HD on the Vector sure screams along in '030 mode!!  WOW!!  A copy 
 from the HD-to-memory "appears" to be as fast as a ram-to-ram copy. I 
 will try to include some diskperf numbers in my review.


   Daniel Baehr





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From: rob@spirits.ka.sub.org (Roland Bless)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 2090 w/ 2.0?
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:58:40 GMT
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In article <Bxxsy1.C4E@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, Jason Balicki (KodaK writes:

> I know this is a FAQ, but I can't seem to find the list anywhere.  Does the
> 2090 work under 2.0?  I plan to trade for one soon and I'd like to know if

Yes, OS2.04 worked on my old 2090. Naturally, you have all the disadvantages
a A2090 has (no autoboot, some DMA problems). It would be better to get an
A2091.

Regards,
 Roland
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From: cs_d604@ceres (David Scutt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A501 clock question.
Date: 16 Nov 1992 15:26:58 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
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rbc@engr.ucf.edu (Robotics Club) writes:
: okay, Where is the FAQ for this group?
: 
: Seriously, I have a A500 +501, ram works fine, I even got it
: to go one to mb.
: 
: SetClock returns:
: Battery Backed up Clock not Found.
: I tried SetClock reset, same thing.
: 
: Is this quick fix? or does anyone have an idea where I can get
: specs on the clock chip? I got the board used, so its possible 
: that it sat long enough for the battery to die.
: 
: Thanks, I know its gone around before, wish somebody could
: archive this group in some way.... sigh.
: 
: thank you very much.
: 
	MeThinks maybe the battery is low.

	Try leaving you Amiga on overnight, then try 'setclock opt reset'

	It's worth noting that some software screws up the A501's clock....
From: sh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Stephen Harvey)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:27:49 GMT
Subject: HP DeskJet 550C (Colour Inkjet)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Reply-To: sh@hplb.hpl.hp.com

Does anybody out there know if there is a printer driver for this beasty
available for the Amiga?? I know there is one for the HP PaintJet (See Amiga
Format review December or November issue) would this work??

Please reply by email.

Thanx in advance.

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