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From: matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt Crowd)
Subject: Here is a WB 2.04 BUG : Attention Commodore !!!
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 00:27:32 GMT

I've foung a bug with the shell in WB2.04

I was playing around with cron and setting up an output window
for the cron when I found it.

If you open a shell so that the "prompt" line doesn't appear,
ie. the vertical height is just not enough for it, the Close 
Gadget on that Shell is useless, and the only way to
close it is with CTRL-\

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: Darren_Gilchrist@telepro.UUCP (Darren Gilchrist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga Owners Unite
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Apr 92 10:23:19 CST
Organization: TelePro Technologies

In a message dated Tue  7 Apr 92 09:00, Abend@flounder.cis.ohio-State.edu (
wrote:

 AS> Path: access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cis.o
 AS> hio-state.edu!flounder.cis.ohio-state.edu!abend
 AS> From: abend@flounder.cis.ohio-state.edu (dan edward abend)
 AS> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
 AS> Subject: Amiga Owners Unite
 AS> Message-ID: <1992Apr6.164638.23661@cis.ohio-state.edu>
 AS> Date: 6 Apr 92 16:46:38 GMT
 AS> Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews        )
 AS> Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and
 AS> Information Science
 AS> Lines: 25

 AS> Do you own a Commodore Amiga?

 AS> If so then be prepared for the opportunity of a life time.
 AS> If not then I feel sorry for you.

 AS> I'm not selling anything.  In fact, someone else already has done
 AS> that part
 AS> because you own an Amiga.  It doesn't matter what possessed you to
 AS> purchase
 AS> it.  The simple fact is that you did.  By purchasing an Amiga, in a
 AS> way,
 AS> you took a risk.  You did buy a computer with a huge established base
 AS> of hardware and software but you did choose a system with tremendous
 AS> potential.  Would you like to unlock that potential?

 AS> Even though you may feel like the only Amiga owner in existence, you
 AS> are 
 AS> not alone and I have set out to prove it.  Amiga owners deserve
 AS> respect.
 AS> Just because we don't own an IBM compatible or a Macintosh, doesn't
 AS> mean
 AS> we are inferior.  It's time for you to stand up for your choice of
 AS> computer.

 AS> All you have to do is reply to this article with your email address
 AS> and I
 AS> will mail you an Amiga owner's survey and more information about
 AS> something
 AS> brand new in the world of Amiga computing.

 AS> Buckle yourself in, it's gonna be a bumpy ride but one you won't soon
 AS> forget

 AS> Dan Abend, Amigaphile                           (abend@cis.ohio-
 AS> state.edu)
 AS>                    Only Amiga makes it happen  ;)

Okay, you have my attention. :^)

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From: Don.Macphee@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Don Macphee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: .5 meg chip degrader?
Date: 11 Apr 92 02:42:36 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service


 Sorry so late...

 My A2000 mentions moving a jumper to 'get' 1M chip, perhaps you can run
it the other way?

A2000 - A machine that WANTS more toys.
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From: specter@disk.uucp (Byron Max Guernsey)
Subject: Re: LhA_e122.run on ab20 is bad
Organization: The Alaskan Organization for Amiga Domination
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:27:05 GMT

jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes) writes:

>From article <1992Apr8.184312.29587@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu>, by consp11@bingsuns (Brett Kessler):
>> I just ftp'ed LhA_e122.run from ab20, put it onto an MS-DOS disk, and
>> brought it to my Amiga.  I couldn't get it to extract itself - it kept
>> giving me the GURU.  Thinking I may have had a disk error on the
>> MS-DOS disk (or in the transfer), I used LhA on the Unix side, which
>> came back with a corrupt archive.

>A friend e-mailed me LhA_e122.run that he'd downloaded from ab20 and it
>extracted fine for me ! Maybe something was having a bad day....I'd try
>downloading it again. Has anyone else downloaded it successfully of not ???

Ooops, forgot to type "BINARY" or "MODE BINARY". It works wonders with binary
files :) Unfortunately I've forgotten to do it on entire disks full of stuff.
I haven't downed it yet, but the error Brett described is exactly what happened
to me.

Byron


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From: ian@ug.cs.dal.ca (Ian Littlewood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga Owners Unite
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:24:51 GMT
Distribution: dal
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

In <1992Apr6.164638.23661@cis.ohio-state.edu> abend@flounder.cis.ohio-state.edu (dan edward abend) writes:

>Do you own a Commodore Amiga?

>If so then be prepared for the opportunity of a life time.
>If not then I feel sorry for you.

>I'm not selling anything.  In fact, someone else already has done that part
>because you own an Amiga.  It doesn't matter what possessed you to purchase
>it.  The simple fact is that you did.  By purchasing an Amiga, in a way,
>you took a risk.  You did buy a computer with a huge established base
>of hardware and software but you did choose a system with tremendous
>potential.  Would you like to unlock that potential?

>Even though you may feel like the only Amiga owner in existence, you are 
>not alone and I have set out to prove it.  Amiga owners deserve respect.
>Just because we don't own an IBM compatible or a Macintosh, doesn't mean
>we are inferior.  It's time for you to stand up for your choice of computer.

>All you have to do is reply to this article with your email address and I
>will mail you an Amiga owner's survey and more information about something
>brand new in the world of Amiga computing.

>Buckle yourself in, it's gonna be a bumpy ride but one you won't soon forget

>Dan Abend, Amigaphile                           (abend@cis.ohio-state.edu)
>                   Only Amiga makes it happen  ;)


Sounds good... count me in. :)
From: bignone@aurora.unice.fr (Frank Bignone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Fractal Landscapes Progs Need !!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 11:03:03 GMT
Organization: University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis


	Where can I find C-sources, for Fractal Landscapes progs ??

			Thanks in advance, Frank.


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From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: PLEASE, the TRUE legal scoop and distibuting music samples
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:09:55 GMT
Reply-To: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

>In article <92097.195932CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher M. Stoy) writes:
>>I doubt Genesis would care about the demo.  He isn't hurting sales in any
>>way I can see (in fact, he is most likely increasing them by making people
>>want to hear the entire song).

In article <1992Apr8.093538.2652@bristol.ac.uk> ccjy@bristol.ac.uk (APATHY=) writes:
>And i would just like to add that Phil Collins of Genesis is a nice man with
>good values in life.

	Well, then, the solution is obvious!  Simply ask Genesis for
PERMISSION to use the music in the demo.  If they say yes, then great!  If
not, then you will know for a fact that they DO "care" how their music is
used.

                                                        Dan

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From: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: 337 shells on an Amiga 500 - WB is **slow**
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:49:54 GMT
Reply-To: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Organization: NeuSoft

>>>Now, some other design changes can make a big difference in speed of both
>>>layers and the graphics rendering methods.  And such changes can easily
>>>gain 500% to 600% in speed.
>>
>>Please, go on!  I want to hear how the system can be optimized so much, and
>>also why CBM hasn't gone and done it yet!
>
>Maybe you should read my signature...  And also understand that we don't
>just sit around doing nothing after a release of the OS.  Technology always
>continues to advance.

I *had* read your signature, actually.  Can we expect this very useful
optimization to be incorperated into the next release of the OS?  I should
hope so.  The Amiga needs to have every edge over the competition it can get
at this point - just think how impressive the Workbench would be if it ran
6 times faster!  Impressiveness is the key to sales, too - the user must be
impressed from the first moment he or she sits down at the machine, and not
have to get over a bad first impression.

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From: P_TROIA@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Stuck woth bad 3000 kickstart disk
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:21:00 GMT


     Help! I just got my new 3000 from the dealer today, but it seems that 
someone at the dealership screwed up my kickstart disk while trying to set 
up the system for me. Unfortunately, they don't have any backups available 
and I'm afraid I'll have to wait several days before they can get a new 
disk from Commodore. If some kind soul with the disk would take pity from 
my suffering could he please e-mail me an uuencoded copy? I would not ask 
if I were not desperate, I'm just staring at my shiny new 3000 screen 
saying: "Error reading floppy!. Reboot system.". I'll be forever grateful 
if someone sent me a copy of the disk.

     Thanks in advance!

     Desperate,

     Paolo Troia
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From: whites@tardis.union.edu (Shayne White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: memcheck
Keywords: problems.....
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:49:41 GMT
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY

I am using MemCheckV5.0 by Koen Peetermans on my Amiga 2000HD w/ 3 megs and
2.04 OS.  When I run MemCheckCLI I get everything OK except:
	utility.library 
		-$014a: bad!
	SCSI/XT	BAD!
	gadtools.library
		-$02fa: bad!
		-$0318: bad!

It does say resident OK, but everytime I try to exit the program with the right
mouse button, I get a system error - #8700004.  Everytime I do it it is the 
same system error.  I know this isn't much to go on...but if Koen or any one 
else take a stab at it, it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Shayne White
whites@tardis.union.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: A600 specs
Keywords: Wimpy Power Supplies
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 00:43:56 GMT

seh@pmafire.inel.gov (Steve Holaday) writes:
>In article <1992Apr7.153431.25384@cs.rose-hulman.edu> gunnbr@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Brian R Gunn) writes:
>>I was referring to the wimpy power supplies on the 500 and the 64.  Sounds  
>>to me like the 600 will be another one of those machines that Commodore  
>>assumes will remain bare bones, and therefore provide a wimpy power  
>>supply.

Any finger pointing should be at those companies that chose to flaunt
CBM's clearly published A500 power budget specs. One of the main design
considerations of the A500 is price, so a cost-reduced power supply is
almost a given. But it seems that a number of hardware vendors are even
cheaper than CBM, so not only do they fail to supply their own power,
they even lie about the need to do so.

>I think you also forgot the wimpy A590 power supply.  I bought 2 MB of ram
>chips for it last November that - due to time constraints - have still not
>been installed.

Nope, no problems there. The A590 I had had 2M installed from the second
day I had it. Never any trouble with power.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: aj733@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Hnat)
Subject: Re: Crash-trapping.  A few Q's
Reply-To: aj733@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Hnat)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 07:36:09 GMT


In a previous article, sah@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Sikamikanico) says:

>
>1) What's the best PD program to trap system crashes, tell you what went
>wrong, and fix it up?  AND also kills the processes, windows, and screens 
>related to the crash without causing another crash. :)
>
>2) Same as question #1, except what's the best commercial prog to do this.
>
The best program that I've seen to handle most problems is ARTM...stands for
Amiga Real Time Monitor. It gives you alot of info about what's happening
with your system and let's you take care of frozen windows and tasks among
other things. Definately the program to get.

Check archie for current whereabouts...prog artm should work fine without 
giving you a zillion entries.

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From: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: PalCon for 2.0?
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:52:55 GMT
Reply-To: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: NeuSoft

In article <1992Apr13.115157.17945@exu.ericsson.se> exukev@exu.ericsson.se (Kevin Autrey) writes:
>Does there exist a program that allows my Amiga 3000 to boot up in PAL
>mode under 2.0?

Yes!  What you want is called "degrader" - it does the job quite well, and
does several other things as well.  It's an all-around fun-loving kinda
utility.  Anyway, it should be on ab20 (hey, no more uploading starting today)
in the incoming/amiga directory.

>\/ Kevin Autrey / Wk: exukev.ericsson.se / Hm: kevin@batpc.lonestar.org

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From: dtiberio@csws7.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AmaxII HD Partition
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:12:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: sbcs.1992Apr6.181214.24203
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

In article <1992Apr6.045155.5807@cs.uow.edu.au> u9148043@cs.uow.edu.au (Justin Jay Lister) writes:
>I am having troubles getting the Mac Partition on my Hard Drive formatted
>
>I have 2000 GVP II HC8+4 120Meg Q and running under 1.3 or 2.04 i have
>three partitions on my hard drive dh0: dh1: amax: (for the amax partition)
>i have also copied the required devs file to the devs/ of dh0:
>when i boot into amaxii it recognizes the hard drive, prompts me if i wish
>initalise it. But it doesn't put up an icon  for it (doesn't seem to 
>initalise  to hd partition properly)
>
>Could someone please email me with complete details step by step to install
>it.


	I have the same problem with my A3000. 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga
	Re: sid/ab20/new ftp sites
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 17:43:02 GMT

Now that AB20 is closing, how about posting stuff to comp.{bin,src}.amiga?
If the moderators are really holding up the works, then do something about
THAT. Not only will you get better coverage, you'll provide a uniform index
for archive sites, and your software will become part of the Prime Time
Freeware collection.
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From: mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: IBM compatibility; I have an idea !!!
Summary: idea
Keywords: idea
Date: 13 Apr 92 05:12:30 GMT
Organization: Mississippi State University




   I wonder why didn't it strike anybody else  (i.e: The idea )
   So they came up with a 386-SX Bridgeboard in 1992  (at least in Germany)
   The wonderfull long due toy has 

  1. No SVGA/VGA or even EGA support
  2. No high density drives come with it (Thats what I hear)
  3. Price > US $800.00

 Now I don't know many people who will jump on this deal.
 In a world where I can get a complete 386SX-25 system for alot less
 e.g: 
 386SX-25 , 40 Meg HD, 2 HD floppy drives, 101 keyboard, VGA card and 
 VGA monitor and usual stuff like DOS and windows could be had for
 as little as $700 or even less

 Mostly people will be buying it because they want an IBM *inside* their
 Amiga, mostly to show off to friends: See my Amiga, damn thing can run
 almost anything. And they find their investment justified when they hear
 : Wow man !
 Also there are people like me who don't have much desk space and are moving
 from one place to another every once in a while and would really like to 
 keep just one computer

 Now what I think Commodore or any other business should do is make
 a small and slim case for 386-33 motherboard. 386 side should be connected
 to Amiga's power supply, keyboard, floppy drives and display (if easy and
 possible for the HD too, 386 has its own HD controller)

 386-33 motherboard with the processor could be had for around $300.
 Manufacturing cost of the case should be no more than $50, IDE controller $15
 VGA card $35

 Now for around $400 you could have a real * 386 - 33 * working with
 your Amiga. In the case of Amiga 500, Amiga's motherboard should be moved
 in the tower case or desktop case.
 Now think of the possibilities you could also have a 486-33 with your Amiga
 500, or would you wait for Commodore to come out with a 486 BB in the year
 2000 with a price tag of double the price of the then 486-33    

 California Access sold enough Bodega Bays to cover its cost and made a 
 decent profit out of it, but they made few mistakes. Now this project is
 fool-proof (well almost). Actually you're not really integrating the two
 computers with each other so the chances of any confllicts are minimum
 Somebody's gotta do it

Mubashir
P.S: I haven't gone into technicalities because I think its not very tecnical 
     at all


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From: Michael.Robbins@f240.n231.z1.royaljok.fidonet.org (Michael Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: TEST & IDE DRIVES
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:43:00 GMT

This is a test of our BBS's internet mail gating, I would appreciate
if anyone reciving this message outside of central Indiana would 
reply and let us know if we are getting thru.
                       
I also have 2 IDE harddrives forsale. Both less than a year old and 
no defects on the media. $150. each.
ST157A formats out to 44.2 megs
WD93044-A formats out to 42 megs
both have access times of 28ms.
If interested call (317) 856-4615 or try and reply via the net.
From: kontos@clipper.ingr.com (Thorne Kontos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: 2.04/memory questions
Keywords: Low memory after upgrade
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:29:23 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Intergraph Advanced Processor Division - Palo Alto, CA


     I waited four months for 2.04 to arrive, and when it finally
did, they wanted to take two days to install it. (ARRRRG...) So
I took the package home and did it myself in an hour. 
     
So here are the questions:

     1) Graphics memory - After installing 2.04, I find I am
        getting a "low memory" requestor, when I try to run
        large animations that ran seamlessly under 1.3.
        System: A2000/80M HD, 2M Ram installed. Is there any
        way to use this ram as graphics memory, or must I now
        purchase the ECS chipset to gain more graphics
        memory? (I miss my anims!)
     2) What are the advantages/disadvantages of reformatting my
        HD under the new FFS system?
     3) If these are FAQ's, can someone please direct me to 
        where the 2.04 FAQ list is kept.

Thank you very much for your time and bandwidth,
                                      Thorne K. Kontos