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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
Keywords: SetCpu ROM
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:57:36 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Sep2.060828.19559@actrix.gen.nz> keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:
>In article <34791@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug27.090130.15556@actrix.gen.nz> keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:
>> >I am trying to reboot using SetCpu KICKROM DF1: . I have a 1.3 Kickstart
>> >disk in df1:

>> There are two things you should try.  Some Amigas (no way to tell which) have
>> 8520s that tend to take a little extra-long to start working after they come

>Can these be easily replaced ?

They can be replaced, but since this problem apparently isn't qualified, there's
no telling if your replacement is going to warm up any faster.  And there should
be no need for this.

>I have tried a lot of different [DELAY] numbers Is there a quantum i.e 5 10 15 20

The quantum is 1 (eg, any integer), the range from 0 to 100.

>If I reboot and then break the startup-sequence then Setcpu KICKROM df1: DELAY n
>the kickstart loads but the screen stays green and the power light flickers

The Kickstart loads long before the reboot process takes place.  Why break the
Startup-Sequence?

>I presume this is something wrong with CHIP RAM

Obviously you don't have any hard problem with Chip RAM, or your system would
never work.  If you don't have enough Chip RAM for SetCPU to work (eg, one meg
of combined Chip RAM and $00C00000 memory), SetCPU should refuse to attempt a
reboot.

>I am using SetCpu 1.61 by Dave the DAD Haynie :-)

Maybe that's your problem.  The lastest SetCPU is V1.60.  If you have a later
one, there's a real good change it's bogus.
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From: bas@ftlcpu.UUCP (Bronislaw A. Skiba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Problem with Micropolis HardDrive...
Distribution: NA
Keywords: help, harddrive, jumpers, problems
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn 1.16c (6/22/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:27:31 EST
Organization: 2-Fast Computing

-- 
I really hope this is the right group to post this question/plea to.
I want to buy this 82meg Micropolis HD..._BUT_ when I connect it to
my A2091 + 40meg Quantum, I get the same LUN #'s for both drives.
Different scsi addresses(6 for Quantum, 1 for Micropolis) but the same
LUNs.  So, thinks I, You've got to change the Jumper for the LUN#...
Ok, so where _IS_ the jumper for the LUN#? Well?
Well that's my question: Does anyone out in netland
have one of these things, or the docs for one, or maybe someone from
Micropolis is out there reading this and can lend a hand.(Yeah Right!)

Drive specs: 1986 Micropolis Model #1373a (5 1/4", full-height)
                             Part # 900488-18-0A
The Drive says 'scsi 106 mb' on the media defect table but it
only formats out to ~80 meg.  It formats out correctly and reports no
errors.  It reports all bad blocks listed on the table.
I have come this conclusion because I'm assuming that both the physical
addresses(LUN#) and virtual address(scsi address) have to be different.
BTW: I'm running an Amiga2000, A2091 scsi controller(w/ver6.1 roms)
a 40meg quantum, and 3meg ram(total).  I'm also unsure of changing the
jumper settings on the controller.  From what I've read in the manual,
I don't think I have to change anything there.  Thanks for the help.
BTW: Please e-mail responses.  (unless the mail bounces, then post)

p.s. Has anyone heard when version 7.0 roms for 2091's will be out?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ac540@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carl Skala)
Subject: Re: A600... Physical layout of ports and connectors.
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 15:20:23 GMT


IF you have repsonded to this message and your mail to me bounced please
try again. FreeNet move the home directories to new machines and were
unavailable for a few days. 
Please add to the info how much power the 600 uses. The potential it has
for being a laptop has perked my interest in it.
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From: levi@cs.utk.edu (David Levi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Parallel port switch box
Date: 27 Aug 92 02:33:01 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu

I am thinking about building a switch box to switch between my printer
and the parallel connector of my DCTV.  I am wondering if it is enough
to wire up all the lines and just put a switch on the parallel port's
power line, or do I need to switch other lines as well.
Thanks for any help.

-Dave Levi    levi@cs.utk.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: engb@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Ben Eng)
Subject: bizarre virtual memory idea...
Organization: Jet Penguin Lavatories
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:05:26 GMT

I just had the most bizarre idea for implementing a virtual
memory scheme on the Amiga.  It's so off the wall, I haven't
given it more than about 30 seconds of serious thought (it
might be all it deserves).  But I'll lay it on you anyway,
just in the hopes of stimulating some productive thoughts.

Imagine a Zorro II or Zorro III expansion card with about
4 or 8 or 16 MB of fast RAM, as well as an onboard SCSI
controller.  Add in some smarts that acts like a MMU and
probably a load of logic to glue everything together.
There you have a RAM card that "looks" to the system like
a RAM card, but "acts" like a RAM card as large as the
amount of mass storage you stick onto the SCSI bus.

I haven't researched how Zorro reacts, but I would imagine
that this thing would be incurring some really nasty
"wait states" during page faults.  :-)

This scheme certainly could not enforce anything like
memory protection, because it doesn't involve any OS
support.  But if it just acts like a RAM card... maybe
it might be able to fool most applications (and most
importantly the OS) into believing it really is just
RAM.  Just how confused does the Zorro bus get when you
sit there for a few tens of thousands of bus cycles
waiting for the data to become available?  :-)

I would really like to know how viable this type of thing
might be.  Being a computer engineer stuck on software
projects all the time can get pretty boring.  If it seems
like a worthwhile project, I might be able to scrounge up
some competent manpower (hey, I know several individuals
who need thesis topics ;-) to tackle it.

If this is completely stupid, feel free to flame away.

Ben
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From: cd400@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dan J. Saunders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Did you ever buy anything at...[BRIWALL]
Date: 2 Sep 1992 16:25:26 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cd400@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dan J. Saunders)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, music@moravian.edu (Steve Heller) says:

>In <1992Sep1.192900.11080@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> keithc@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu (Keith Christopher) writes:
>
>>\
>
>>I've bought from BRIWALL before. Actually I like the knowledge their staff
>>has. They know the Amiga.
>
>Problem with Briwall is they are generally over-priced and
>under-stocked. I've been told they keep relatively little in stock and
>will "special order" things on demand without necessarily telling you
>about it so you may have to wait longer for delivery (and which may
>explain why they charge more). I live near them and have dealt with
>them on 2-3 occasions strictly for software, cables, etc. and haven't
>had any problems but I've heard others complain about price and
>delivery.

     I agree, I have ordered all of my amiga stuff by mail order and have
dealt with quite a few mail order businesses and briwall was one of the
worst.  They would promise that something would ship same day, and I 
would call back the next week and it would take them 10 minutes just
to find any information about my order and they would say it was shipped.
Another week and I call them and they say it was backordered yesterday!!!
They need to pull their heads out of their butts and tell the customer the
truth!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Anu.Kapoor@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Anu Kapoor)
Subject: DCTV
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 03:34:03 GMT

Hi. I was wondering if anyone out there could mail me what they think and
the pros and cons of DCTV. Any opinions on its purchase would be appreciated.
I here that the animation quality isn't good on an unaccelerated machine <ie
you can only get like 15 fps> Any comments would be appreciated.

Anu

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From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Biofeedback interface.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 08:33:53 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I remember a Radio Electronic article years back, It mentioned a company
in New York that made an interface for the C-64, plus had software
that would allow you to monitor your heart rate and other things.  There
also was a Circuit Cellar Byte article about a Bio-Feedback gizmo for the
IBM PC(or maybe it was for the computer built in the same article series).
 
I also would be interested, could do some neat things with the Amiga and
brain waves...







  Of course, first I have to find some brain waves...:)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: knurlin@spf.trw.com (Scott Karlin)
Subject: Re: Looking for Prototyping board
Organization: TRW Sensor Data Processing Center, Redondo Beach, CA
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 16:56:38 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.162433.705@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
>In article <ERICJ.92Aug27174455@lagos.cfsat.Honeywell.COM> ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen) writes:
>>In article <RVILLARI.92Aug26223931@lynx.cat.syr.EDU> rvillari@cat.syr.EDU (R. Alberto Villarica) writes:
>>
>>   I'm looking for an autoconfiguring prototyping board for either Zorro
>>   II or Zorro III.  I remember seeing someone posting about this several
>>   months ago.  Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
>I asked about this before and a couple days later received a flyer from a
>company named Celestial Systems. They offered a line of various prototyping
>boards. Now this was a couple years ago and I have no idea if they're still
>in business (don't imagine prototype boards are a hot ticket item). The
>company was based in Redondo Beach, Ca.

Here is the address:
   Celestial Systems
   1116-A 8th Street, Suite 165
   Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-6098
   (310) 640-7734
   Cost is $49.95 + local tax in CA + $3.00 shipping to US destinations
   The board does not have autoconfig circuitry.  Anyone planning to build
   a board for the A2000 or A3000 should get a copy of the Technical
   Reference Manual from CATS for $40.00.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,misc.forsale.computers
From: kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack)
Subject: Looking for DEAD A500 power supply.
Organization: RL
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 12:14:45 GMT

Anyone out there have a dead amiga 500 PS they'd like to get rid of???? I
already have a PC/AT supply and need the cable off the Amiga supply to hook
into it and the computer. 

Will pay up to $15 for a full PS, $5.00 for just the cable going to the amiga
from the PS brick (must be full length!!!) I'll pay s/h and COD charges!!!!


Thanks,
Mike Kopack

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen)
Subject: Re: Looking for Prototyping board
Organization: Honeywell, Air Transport Division; Phoenix, AZ
	<ERICJ.92Aug27174455@lagos.cfsat.Honeywell.COM>
	<l9qsh0INNfph@aludra.usc.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:45:47 GMT

In article <l9qsh0INNfph@aludra.usc.edu> aliu@aludra.usc.edu (Alex Liu) writes:

   I wonder, is there a prototyping board that comes with an Autoconfig
   circuit?  I am not too keen with PALs, so I can't make an fully
   autoconfig board.

   Making a prototyping board with hard coded address is not too hard, but
   that is not the amiga way.

   At any event, can anybody give me (or post) a set of PAL equations
   or some cuircuitry to do Autoconfig?  (I would assume this is oneof
   the most basic Amiga circuits)

I certainly understand your concerns. Anyway, even if you had a board
with the autoconfig (which would really be nice), you still have to
burn a PAL so the autoconfig can get the manufacturer's number (or
whatever they call that code now), which tells the software what
driver to load for the card. If you don't have an assigned #, you can
fake one as long as it doesn't conflict with anything else in your
machine.

CATS used to publish a little book with the expansion specifications
and A1000 schematics all together. This is a good reference and gives 
an example design with an autoconfigure circuit, PAL eqn's, etc. I
think the technical manuals for the A2000 also have the PAL equations. 

If we're nice maybe somebody will post CATS' address, ph #, etc,
(I don't have it here).
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: marnold@cwis.unomaha.edu (Matthew Eldon Arnold)
Subject: GVP A530 Turbo -- update --
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:16:25 GMT

The GVP A530 ain't available.  Let's look on the bright side... we can
no longer accuse Amiga World of being last on the scene.  They've
made mention of the A530 for many moons now, and GVP still is not 
shipping the thing.

I called GVP early August to see what's up.  I played the a little game
with my touch tone phone and their call routing system.  I was dumped
into a voice messaging system; so I explained what I wanted and left my
name and number.  The message basically was:  I'm gonna buy the thing; I
just wanna know when I can get my greedy hands on it.  :)
No one called me back.

I called two weeks later (mid August) from a pulse phone (so I couldn't
have played the phun phone game even if I wanted to) and spoke to a
living, breathing person.  She explained they (the A530s) are
currently slipping out one or two at a time and wont be mass produced
until the first of September.  What the heck does that mean?  You ain't
gonna get one now, bub!

So I called today.  It's the first week of September.  They now claim
it'll be distributed in the middle of September.  (Something about the
IDES of September comes to mind.)  We all know what happens then.  The
Big C will unleash... well, what will they release.  We'll have to see.

The moral of the story:  The GVP A530 will be shipping exactly two weeks
from "now."  ("Now" is relative, of course.)  And why should anybody
drop that much cash just moments before the revolutionary new
machines are introduced?

Post here if you heard any different from GVP!  C ya.

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From: Fred_M_Hamilton@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Parallel port switch box
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 19:51:35 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world


You can **NOT** add a parallel port switch box to your DCTV, even though the
manual itself suggests it.  It SEVERELY degrades the quality of all 
video digitizations.

I bought a box right after I bought DCTV, and saw the above effect (noise, 
scan lines mal-aligned, ugh) right away.  I called DC and they said "Yep, 
you can't use a parallel port switcher with DCTV-the speeds too great and
the extra capacitance of just an extra foot of cable will screw it up."  A
few days later I called back, and told them I was thinking about building an
electronic port switcher that would eliminate these problems.  They said
"Great!  Let us know if you do it, that would be great!"  I was pleased to 
hear that they were interested, and asked for information on just what the
signals were doing on the parallel connector, to save me a lot of reverse
engineering.  "We can't tell you that."  Like I was asking for industrial
secrets...

Anyway, a parallel port switcher is definitely a mistake.  It will work fine
with sound digitizers and printers, but not DCTV.

-Fred
From: faith@amiganet.chi.il.us (Fred Drummand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Cheap 500 System for amiga user/Second system
Date: 1 Sep 92 04:33:27 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

Here It Is, The System You Have all Been looking for!

A Perfect Second System For You Great people!

A500 1 Meg Chip                          $240
Addram Board with 4 Megs Installed       $200
A520 Video Adapter                        $10
Seagate 49 Meg Hard Drive                $125
DataFlyer 500/2000 HD Controller          $90
BigFoot 200 watt Power Supply             $90
Commodore 1701 Composite Monitor     +   $100
                                 ----------------
                                         $855.00

Make Offers on seperate coponents, or take whole system for one low price
of $750.00!

 
                                

Fred Drummand
Collumbia College
Graphic Arts Major
From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 38,400 Telebit Qblazer Modem ($299.00)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 14:45:35 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

In article <1992Aug26.103645.19605@dfki.uni-sb.de> fettig@disco-sol (Thomas &)
writes:

|  thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
|  : 
|  : [comments about QBlazer Modem] 
|  : Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]
|  
|   Sounds really good. Can someone give me further information on this Modem?
|   Thad, What are your experiences with it? 

What more can be said than that it works perfectly at all standard modulations
and DTE (RS-232) speeds?  OK: "Sehr gut und wunderbar!"

Further information?

The four modem case screws are M1.7x9mm.

Modem's case bottom is 61.3248mm (2.374") square; height is 58.3100mm (2.296").

The case's slope is 3 degrees from its widest girth (at 9.2000mm (0.362")) from
the case bottom.

8 LEDs for all standard indicators: SD, RD, DCD, DTR, OH, EC, MR, LB.
Note: "EC" for Error Correction, "LB" for Low Battery (though in my product
I simply feed +9 VDC directly into it.

Current at idle is about 30mA, online is about 185mA, and when dialing (AND
the speaker is enabled) is about 235mA.

Comes with the "standard" Telebit humongous manual, plus a smaller "guide"
that fits into the carrying pouch.  Standard also is the external 9V power
supply, phone cable with RJ-11 plugs, two data cables, and a 9-pin-to-25-pin
adapter.

The QBlazer is an incredible bargain for the price.

And it has typical Telebit reliability (confirmed by all my tests); for one
of my companies, I test several hundred different modems a year with one of
my products.  The modems *I* buy for my home and office use are all Telebit
(I used to buy Ven-Tel).

Computers on which I've tested the QBlazer include:

	3B1
	3B2
	Amiga
	DEC-20
	HP-9000/700 series
	Motorola 6300
	SGI IRIS
	Sun-3 and Sun-4
	Unisys/Convergent MightyFrame
	uVAX
	VAX (11-780, 11-785, 3100, etc.)

(haven't tried it on my C-64 though! :-)

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, tha@cup.portal.com ]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cs125a39@ih-nxt04.cso.uiuc.edu (cs125 student)
Subject: C= 2002 Monitor????
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:48:01 GMT

Anyone know what the C= 2002 monitor is??? It's probably an older model as  
I'm looking to buy it used for an Amiga system but I need to know if it's  
RGB or composite and if it supports the standard resolutions. Any reply  
would be greatly appreciated.
 
         Mike Traum
From: swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: NorthGate Keyboard Help
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:20:37 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

Hey all..
	For my latest project, I purchased a Northgate Omnikey Ultra X for
my '1000.
	The adaptor that I built works fine, and the keyboard (I'm typing
with it now) is behaving itself.
	I had to change the wiring of the RESET button on the back
(Northgate didn't follow the specifications for resetting the Amiga from the
keyboard... bad Northgate!), which simply involved jumpering the KCLK line
to one side of the switch... So my accelerated Computer resets fine now.

	My problem (you knew there had to be one, didn't you?) involves some
of the extra keys on the board.
	I have a modified Keymap that I got from GEnie for the keyboard, and
it adds some features.

	I can't get programs (CygnusED is a notable example) to recognize
the page up, page down, home, and end keys.  
	I've tried changing the keymap file several ways, with no success.

	Anyone got any good suggestions???


(by the way, the feel of the keyboard is just great ... Northgate is selling
them for $69, the Amiga Keycaps are $15...)

	-steve


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