From: fischers@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Samuel Fischer)
Subject: HELP ME PLEASE!!Lots of problems
Keywords: Problems printer agnus keyboard
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:07:57 GMT
Summary: Printer won't Print, Agnus won't work, Keyboard goes nuts

I posted this once, but I didn't get any answer. so, I'll try it another time ...

Here is my configuration ...

    -   A2000b (Rev. 4.1) with Kick 1.2 or Kick 2.0 (rev. 37.175) (switschable), 512 Chip/512 Fast
    -   A2630 (30 Mhz on Proc./36 Mhz on Coproc./ 4 Mb Ram)
    -   XTBridgeboard (512 Kb ram)
    -   XT Harddisk (20Mb) as Janus.
    -   3State Megamix 2000 with 2 Mb
    -   DeInterlace Card by Electronic Design. -   Evolution 2.2 with a
        Quantum 105LPS.
    -   I/O Card for the Bridgeboard
    -   Citizen Swift 24           |
    -   Golden Image Handy Scanner | via a Switchbox.
    -   De Luxe Sound              |
    -   Best 2400+ Modem
    -   second Internal Disk Drive

Now comes my problem(s?) :

First of all, my printer don't work anymore. It works fine from the BBoard through the software
LPT1 emulator, it works fine when I try it on an Atari 1040ST, but when I
try it directly on the Amiga, it doesn't. The Hex Dump modus shows, that the printer receive
the first character, after that, it just seems to wait. The Amiga tells me to
check Printer and Cabling. The scanner and the Sound Digitizer works fine. A
faster Printer works also without any problems (Panasonic 1083).

I tried some things without result :

        -   changed the cabling.
        -   tried any possible and impossible configuration. (in Preferences and
            on the printer)
        -   installed the printer device, a.s.o. again.
        -   bought a new CIA, and exchanged one and then the other (I didn't
            want to buy 2 new CIA's and then have them useless at home)

It didn't work.

Oh I forgot to mention, that I'd got this problems before I received Kick 2.0!

But that is not the only problem I have ...

I bought a big Agnus (8372A). I cut J500 and J102, but when I switch J101, I
just get blue and Black stripes on screen. Looks really nice, but it isn't what
I expected. ;)
Funny enough, I'm able to get to the A2630 menu before the stripes begin. and
there everything seems ok!

You say it's not enough ... well take this ... ;)

Every now and then, my Keyboard stops obeying me, and the computer starts
peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
^^^^^^...
that's what I meant ... It starts repeating the same char (or any key code like
Control-C) for a period between 30 secs and infinity.  sometimes it got so
srewed up, I can't even make a three_Finger_Harakiri (C-a-a). Just to give you
an idea : I had to reboot 6 times till now to write this text!!!
If I use the Fastrom option under 2.0 in my startup-sequence with

'    CPU fastrom cache burst'

I can be sure that my keyboard will be locked before the SS is over.:(

Under 1.2 with setcpu , it works withouttttttthis problem!
                                        ^^^^
                                        You see what I mean???!:(

As I'm not sure, all these problems are not connected, I wrote everything down.
If somebody has got any idea, I would be really glad to hear them. I didn't
print anything for month now (except when I was tough enough to copy every file
I wanted printed to the BBoard. But this is only working for Txt!:(, and Agnus,
my Keyboard and I aren't the best friend :\

Please E-Mail answers, as I'm not able to look very often in there for some
weeks.

Thank you in advance,
sammy
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