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From: cs_e445@ceres (Vlod Kalicun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Custom HD Icons
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:49:24 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
Distribution: world
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ag@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Andy Garton) writes:
: I have an A1200 with 60MB IDE hard drive and (obviously) WorkBench 3.
: 
: I have seen in various magazine screen shots of WB screens different icons for the SYS: and WORK: hard drive partitions.  I am getting the normal floppy icons however.  I can't find a solution in my manual (possibly because the A1200 is supplied with only half the manuals I actually need :-().
: 
: How do I change these icons? 

In your SYS: partition, run a program called IconEdit in the Tools directory.
This prog allows you to edit your icons.

Simpy drag the HD icon into the IconEdit's window and it will be automatically
loaded.
Edit to your hearts content, then save using the menus.

Regards..

Vlod
-Amiga Advocate.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson)
Subject: Re: Re-partitioning GVP 500HD with 2.04 and FAAASTprep?
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 02:13:54 GMT

tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard) writes:

> I would like to repartition my GVP 500-8+ drive.  I want
> to have a separate partition for workbench files but
> my problem is this. I am using workbench 2.04 and 
> my GVP FAAAST Prep disk has old 1.3 files on its'
> floppy.  If I re-prep and partition the drive, how
> do I re-install the workbench partition with my
> 2.04 files?  Do I make a 2.04 boot floppy and copy
> the FAAAST Prep install program to it?
> 
> I saved the present contents of the hard disk with ABackup.
> 
> The GVP book isn't very complete.  It doesn't even explain
> the bad block remap button or the low level format button.

* You should be able to boot up in 1.x mode (and using the 2.x ROM, it'll 
be running in 2.x mode...), and then fire up the FaaastPrep program to 
clean off the HD.
 
You've already saved the drive contents...this is good; as you'll need to 
reformat the drive in order to create the partition.
 
The manual I have on the HD+ drive gives enough detail to partition the 
drives...I created a ten meg DH0: and have two 53 Meg partitions for 
Work: junk and Data: junk.  If you give it a size that you want, it'll 
let you know how much room you have and whether you have the room to 
format a partition of the sizes you request...it's pretty 
self-explanitory.
 
Feel free to send E-Mail if you have further questions...


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From: wjbaird@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Warren Baird)
Subject: Re: Byte A4000/A3000T-040 Review
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:47:33 GMT

In article <21143@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.095350.7566@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
>>> And come on,how many "home" users (with all the images that brings up)
>>> need a 25MHz 68040 machine?
>>
>>Perhaps more importantly... how many home computer users WANT a 25 MHz 040
>>machine?  ;-)
>
>Me! Me!  Oooh!  Oooooooh!  Gimme!
>
>Then again, I'm not a "typical" home user (if there is such a thing).

Maybe today most people don't really need 25 MHz 040 machines, but how
about in a few years when VR apps have become common.  VR will require
quite a bit of CPU to give half decent performance, and anything less
than a 25 MHz 040 will probably be insufficient.


>
>--
>Dan Zerkle  zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 756-5170


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Virtual Reality Laboratories Newsletters: Anyone getting them?
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:24:40 GMT

In article <C0Bo8z.290@rahul.net> mike@rahul.net (Mike Smithwick) writes:
>The next Amiga newsletter is due to come out this month. With 3 platforms
>supported it is becoming difficult publish 3 different newsletters.
>
>mike

     Thanks Mike ! BTW, I saw you on CNN ! Too bad the reporter wouldn't
  shut up and let you talk. DJ.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna)
Subject: Re: A1200 HD question
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 23:05:02 GMT

>drives many times on PC/AT's.  There isn't anything magical about IDE :)
>I've used adaptec MFM-IDE boards on older HD's so there isn't anything
>"special" about the media (I.E. hard sectoring).  As a matter of fact the
>only time you wouldn't need to low level format a drive, would be if it
>were hard sectored.
>
>Are the Maxtor 2085 80 meg drives hard sectored?
>
Well, I opened up my computer and looked at the drive (Seagate 50meg). There is
a label right on it that says "DO NOT LOW LEVEL FORMAT THIS DRIVE". I opened my
IBM at work (120meg Western Digital).  Right on it was a label that read
"DO NOT LOW LEVEL FORMAT THIS DRIVE."

I am reading from my Dataflyer IDE manual (page 8, middle of the last paragraph)
"The IDE does not require a low level format.  As a result, the Prep program 
does not present this options if you have chosen an IDE type of drive to 
format."

Maybe I am a special case, but I bet that these rules apply to everyone.

Jeff Hanna

From: ag@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (andy garton)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:23:12 GMT
Subject: Re: A1200 HD question
Organization: Hewlett-Packard SSG/CSY-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc

Where did you "whip" the HDToolBox from?!?  (not from a disk that came with
your 1200 that's for sure :-)

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Andy Garton                                                 ag@hpopd.pwd.hp.com
Software Development Engineer
Hewlett Packard Ltd
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: casler@nbc1.ge.com (Jim Casler)
Subject: Re: WB 2.xx startup WITHOUT the window??
Keywords: Amiga, WB, Startup, Window`
Reply-To: casler@nbc1.UUCP (Jim Casler)
Organization: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., New York
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 10:20:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan06.200955.547219@zeus.calpoly.edu> jgodfrey@zeus.calpoly.edu (Jon David "JET" Godfrey) writes:
>I'm wondering if there is a way to lauch the "LoadWB" command so that
>when WorkBench pops on the screen it is just the background and not on
>its own window.  I like the feature of changing it thru the menus, but I
>prefer WB to be the background screen and am getting tired of the Amiga-B
>command at every reboot.

Well, yes, theere is.  Look in your Workbench menus and you'll find an
item that allows you to save your configuration. Select it, and from
then on, Workbench should come up as the screen background.  I've done
this on my system, and I rather like it that way, myself.
						Jim

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ja51359@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (axelrod)
Subject: Compression Device
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 07:29:07 GMT


What is the name and location of the device that allows on the fly compression
of all files transparently?  I know I read some discussion on it before.

Thanks
Jeff


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Subject: Please help w/ weird modem thing...
Originator: shulick@navajo
Reply-To: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:40:19 GMT


Well, finally got my Supra V.32 modem working.  Anyway, when I set it so
I can reboot or quit VLT w/o hanging up.  except when VLT isn't running,
output is 'frozen', and when I load up VLT, tons of output spams on the
screen.  But with my Supra 2400, it would continue to receive data even
tho a term prog wasn't running.  How can I fix this for my V.32?
Thanks.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: quix@panix.com (George Papadopoulos)
Subject: Re: PrintManager 1.0
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:38:33 GMT

In <43300@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> cs64wag@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner) writes:

>Very recently somebody posted that he had uploaded
>a commodity/printspooler named PrintManager to 
>"various ftp sites".  However, neither Archie or
>myself can find this file.  Can somebody please
>give me the name of the ftp site, and the directory
>PrintManager 1.0 is located in?

>Jeremy

	Since Archie is not that up to date, and since I put it up just today,
you'll be able to find it at the following places.

wuarchive.wustl.edu
		/systems/amiga/incoming/misc/Printmanager.lha

and

amiga.physik.unizh.ch
		/amiga/new/Printmanager.lha

(unless the administrators have moved it to another area, check the
 RECENT file listing)


	By the way, the program, a printer spooler is written by Nicola 
Salmoria, the guy who brought us all NickPrefs. Quite a handy util...

-GIP
From: jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga software for visually-impaired users
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:12:24 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Quentin Barnes) writes:

>What Amiga software programs and utilities are available for
>visually-impaired users?

Good question.  I've suggested to CBM directly that they include support
for the visually impaired, but so far no hint of anything stirring.  The
Amiga is the perfect system for these kinds of applications, what with
its internal voice synthesis system, the ability to recognize when the
mouse is over a gadget, etc.  It would be very simple for CBM to set up
the OS to pronounce the names of icons the mouse passes over as well as
other gadgets - GUIs which support speech like this aren't exactly
widely available, but systems for Windows to do this are available from
third-parties - the Amiga could gain some strong support by making itself
available to the visually impaired, and it would be good PR for CBM, to
boot.

>Quentin Barnes
>qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com | ..!uiucuxc!udc!qbarnes
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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AmigaOS Versions
Date: 9 Jan 93 16:50:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1993Jan9.095021.7566
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)

> Amid all of the confusion, I will now survey what I believe are the major
> versions of the OS and submit for correction by the wisdom of the net.....

> 2.01, 2.02 - Disk-only (SuperKickstart) for early A3000's. Unstable.
> 2.04 - The first major release of 2.0x, for 3000's and in ROM for
> A500+/2000.

> Can people add to or correct this?


Looks pretty complete to me.  The only thing I can add is that my A3000
came to me with v2.03 on the HD and with a set of v2.03 disks.  This
version was reasonably stable and only gave me an occasional problem.



        -=- Ed

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mike@rahul.net (Mike Smithwick)
Subject: Re: Virtual Reality Laboratories Newsletters: Anyone getting them?
Organization: a2i network
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 09:12:34 GMT

In article <C070vy.Bru@uceng.uc.edu> skellner@uceng.uc.edu (Sean Kellner) writes:
>In article <1993Jan1.103522.27424@actrix.gen.nz> keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:
>>Being a VistaPro and Distant Suns owner I use to get newsletters from VRLI
>>on a regular basis but I have not received one for at least 6 months. Anyone
>>know whats happening and as well is VistaPro going to be AGA compatible?
>
>
> One of the programmers for VistaPro is active in the local user group as well
>as some of the boards, real nice guy.  Anyway, I can ask about the newsletter,
>don't think he's directly involved but he should know.  VistaPro AGA is almost
>done and I hear it is impressive. But for now just render in 24 bits and convert
>>
>>They are one good company. I hope they stay in the Amiga market.
>>
>
> They are expanding, but it looks like they will stay here (at least VistaPro
>looks that way.)
>
>>
>>Keith
>
>  Sean
>    skellner@uceng.uc.edu
>-- 
> skellner@uceng.uc.edu
>

The next Amiga newsletter is due to come out this month. With 3 platforms
supported it is becoming difficult publish 3 different newsletters.

mike


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From: dmkasten@redorc.chi.il.us (Bowie Poag)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: A2020? AGA-Based A2000 Replacement
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:36:00 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network


Word on the boards around here (Northern Illinois) is that Commodore has a
machine called the A2200 .. Essentially a A1200 with slots.. The same as the
A2000 was the next step up form A500.. 020/030-capable, AGA chipset, Zorro III
bus... 

Anyone heard similar rumors? Im deciding wether or not to jump ship to A1200,
and was wondering if this new Amiga rumor has weaved its away anywhere else. If
the rumors are persistant enough, ill be waiting a while for the A2200 to
garner enough third-party support to make it a viable option... But if no such
machine is in the works, I might as well hop over the A1200..



        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ccb8m@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Charles C. Bundy)
Subject: A1200 HD question
Originator: ccb8m@onyx.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:11:16 GMT

For all you Amiga "guru's" :)

I've had my 1200HD/80 for a week and a half.  The problem is this :)
My Maxtor HD is acting flakey.  It started giving me block errors as
I put stuff onto the HD.  Needless to say I immediately whipped out 
HDtoolbox and did a "verify drive."  Five times I ran it and five
times it came back with "No Errors"!  However when I would attempt to
read certain files I still got the "block error" requestor.

OK me thinks, let us do a low level format!  Well I tried and tried AND
tried, but it never worked!  Nothing was ever deleted! No Low level format
was ever done!  Before I yell at C= or my dealer, I thought I'd see if
I was doing anything wrong.

Can anybody give me any clues?

Thanks,

Charles C. Bundy IV
ccb8m@virginia.edu

P.S.  Sometimes I have to wait for ~30sec to a minute before I can boot from
      the HD upon inital power-up (cold start).  Is this normal?  (I get the 
      3.0 ROM screen with the floppy disk insertion animation)

P.P.S. Does the 1200 have an internal RT clock?  Sysinfo says I have one, but
       if so it is battery-disabled, because I always have to go to Prefs to
       set the time...
From: cs_e445@ceres (Vlod Kalicun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Seeking home budgeting/accounting software
Date: 5 Jan 1993 16:36:37 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ceres.kingston.ac.uk
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CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET (Kevin Cole; Washington DC) writes:
: Greetings from the void,
: 
: I don't have access to the comp.binaries or comp.source groups, so I decided to 
: ask here:  Can people give me recommendations on home finance/budget programs 
: akin to QUICKEN for the PC's?  QUICKEN did everything I wanted, and was 
: affordable (less than $50.00, if I recall correctly).
: 
: I tried something called BUDGET from the Fred Fish collection, but it made my 
: screen flash yellow, and I had to reboot, so that's not the answer.  (Or, if it 
: is, it's not the *complete* answer.)
: 
: Thanx for any suggestions.

Have you tried HomeAccounts2 ??
They did a demo version, which stopped performing in the new year, but if you
change your clock back temporarily, you should at least see if its any good.
It should be at a local ftp site. Let me know if you have trouble, and I'll
see if I've still got it amongst my disks. :-)

Regards..

Vlod
-Amiga Advocate.
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From: matt-dah@dsv.su.se (Mattias Dahlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1000 & misc. questions, advice
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:56:59 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
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Dave Sill (de5@ORNL.GOV) wrote:

: What's the current state of Amiga technology?  What are Commodore's
: stated plans for the Amiga's future?  Is the user base steady, growing,
: or declining?

It's definitely growing. Did you see the reports in comp.sys.amiga.announce
from World of Commodore in Toronto? The future of Amiga is very exciting.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: c92caren@IDA.LiU.SE (Dingbats)
Subject: Re: Gremlins are munching my memory! (FastRam)
Organization: CIS Dept, University of Linkoping, Sweden
	<1993Jan5.173028.25995@ra.msstate.edu>
	<1993Jan5.181527.13640@hubcap.clemson.edu> <crystal.726270855@glia>
	<1993Jan5.235130.5582@hubcap.clemson.edu> <crystal.726289898@glia>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:10:29 GMT

In article <crystal.726289898@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:

>   Hmmm....I changed the icon into a Project icon.
>   default tool  c:iconx
>   tool types:   avail flush      (no need to see the memory, it pops up on my
		 endcli            WB screen anyway, if I click the screen)


>   EXECUTE: cannot open StrangeBird     (uh, the icon is a pterydactyl  *laugh*)
>   object not found

Ehh...

I think that creating a file named "s:StrangeBird" with the contents;

-----8<------------
avail flush
endcli
-----8<------------

and then stuffing "IconX" as DefTool in the project icon named
"StrangeBird.info" might do the magic for you.

if you don't want a window poping up on your WB then also add the tool
type "WINDOW=NIL:" to the icon...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
Subject: Re: A1200 Notes
Organization: a gora
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:19:10 GMT

In article <Paula_Lieberman.07re@amicol.UUCP> Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman) writes:
>re article by Jeff Easton discussing briefly his new Amiga 1200: There're
>markings on the two extra keys (extra compared with the US 500s, etc.)  The
>ones on my 1200 -- which is still the -same- 1200 with the read-only
>internal floppy drive -- Commodore Express provides -no- support for the
>1200 in the US whatsoever.  "We haven't gotten any of them yet, we don't
>even know what they look like, go bother your dealer and ask the dealer to
>swap it with another 1200"   Yeah, sure..... The dealer hasn't gotten a
>second shipment of them in yet, and the dealer's comment is also,
>"Commodore Express is supposed to handle that, in the first place."  If the
>dealer HAD gotten ne machines in, I've been assured the machine would be
>swapped.  But it's -supposed- to be Commodore Express, and within 24
>hours.... it's been a week and a half..... I called Monday, I called
>Thursday, on the latter I was told to call back Monday.  Commodore Express
>rates an "F" for responsiveness to Amiga 1200 problem.


  Why do you use so many run-on sentences?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
From: shulick@cineret.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Subject: Re: Help me identify Guru Meditation #
Organization: Vallen Software
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:11:57 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.171800.8765@athena.mit.edu>, farhi@athena.mit.edu (Bill Hoston) says most sayishly:
>Can someone please tell me what Guru 8(1|0)000 0005 is?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill Hoston

8(1|0)000???  That would be either 81000 or 80000, and there are only
four digits.  I'll assume you mean 8(1|0)00.

8100 0005 = Corrupt memory administration list - wrong memorylist input.
   (whatever that means) :)
8000 0005 = Divide by zero

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