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From: kopnicky@great-gray.owlnet.rice.edu (Lyle Warren Kopnicky)
Subject: A4000 game promoter
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 09:59:36 GMT

	I've heard that there's a patch program allowing the A4000 to
promote even "nasty" program's screens (like DPaint).  I also know of
a utility called "PalCon" which puts your computer into Pal mode upon
reboot.  Is it possible to make a program which will install Promoter
on reboot, so that you can boot your computer, run this program, put a
game in and reboot, and have promotion work?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A4000 + AIBB = ERROR ?
From: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (LaMonte Koop)
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:07:46 -0600
Reply-To: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
Organization: SCS GP/Engineering Cluster

In article <jorngh.40.718953008@dhhalden.no>, jorngh@dhhalden.no (JORN GUNNAR HALONEN) writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.171845.1390@msus1.msus.edu> lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (LaMonte Koop) writes:
>>
>>It means that AIBB 4.5's memory bus port width code is in error...a fact I have
>>known about and since corrected some time ago in the later versions. (4.65 is
>>the latest as of now...4.55-4.61 had various problems and were 'jump-start'
>>releases..4.65 is the current true release).
>
>Ok, thanks ... but someone pointed out that it's impossible to
>determine the 'Bus Port Size' via software, is this true ? If
>not, can you briefly describe how it's done ?

    No, its not impossible on current incarnations of the 680x0 family and the
general makeup of the Amiga's architecture.  Basically, to check for it 
involves using precise timing of memory reads, while being sure the data
cache (if applicable) is not enabled.  You time a series of 16-bit word
reads, and compare that timing with a series of 32-bit longword reads.  On
a 16-bit bus port, the 32-bit reads will take approximately 2x as long as
the word reads, while there should be very little difference on a 32-bit
bus port.  This can also be extended to check for 8-bit bus ports, though
no current Amiga memory peripherals use such a port.  Of course, this may 
need to be modified on possible future architectures which may have different
bus widths and characteristics, but at present it is a viable method of such
testing.

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From: lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Lassa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: 386 & 486 Bridgeboards
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:21:18 GMT
Reply-To: lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Lassa)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Oct9.232731.4082@spcvxb.spc.edu> 5marte_f@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
>me). Also I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not the 386 Birdgeboard 
>(or the 486BB) will work with the A4000. I am looking for CBM engineers will 
>reply. 

All three C= Bridgeboards, A2088XT, A2286AT, and A2386SX will work in the A4000.
As for the third-party Emulator that you spoke of, it was not made
available to Commodore for testing, so you'll have to await their
response.
 
>		Thanx in Advance
>		Felix Marte
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From: kent@hal.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Monitors for A4000 - suggestions?
Date: 15 Oct 1992 22:51:10 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: usa
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In article <1992Oct15.202927.13169@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes:
>FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
>
>>Seems a bit expensive and a touch large for a computer monitor but I
>>thought the info. worth passing on.  Now, O Video Gurus.  If this baby
>>came in a 15 or 17 inch size for about $800 street price, could it be
>>hooked up to A2000/3000/4000 machines?
>
>Mitsubishi actually makes smaller ones.  They (at least) used to make
>a 13(14?)" and a 16" version.  I am using a 13" on my Amiga 2000 (w/o 
>deinterlacer).  It displays every mode including NTSC and PAL.  It 
>can handle 1024x768 of my SVGA (on my Bridgeboard's side), so I would think
>it should work with every A4000 mode.
>
>I am not sure whether Mitsubishi is still making these monitors... if 
>people care, I will post Mitsubishi's phone number.  BTW, my monitor
>also has a composite-in... for those who needs to do video.   

I have a Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 16 hooked to my A3000 here. It only sync's
down to 30 kHz. I am trying to find a 16" monitor which can display up to
1024x800 for my GDA-1 card and still sync down to 15.7 kHz for the Amiga 4000
(placing an order for one now). I called Mitsubishi's 800 number for info and
they stated that they do not have a 16" that can sync down to 15.7 kHz and
had never made one either. So, are you sure your 16" can do this? If so, what
is the model number?

I also have a request for info from Sony, but they haven't called me back in
a while...

Anyone else know if a 16" Multisync (1024x800) that sync's down to 15kHz?

Kent Polk: Southwest Research Institute
Internet : kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu
From: u0g78@keele (Kharanth elMorak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Mixing Autoconfig RAM and Non-Auoconfig RAM
Date: 12 Oct 92 10:17:12 GMT
Organization: Keele University, England

Hello there,

Just a brief question...

I have a 4Mb RAM expansion board for my A500 (one that plugs in the belly
slot) populated to 4Mb. Of this 4 Mb, ca. 2.3Mb doesn't autoconfig, and
needs to be AddMemList()'ed.

I have purchased a harddrive recently, that has slots for autoconfiguring
RAM, will the two be compatible?

My 4Mb board adds 2 Mb to the top 2Mb of the auto-configure space, so where
does autoconfiguring RAM get added?  At the top of the list (rendering my
4Mb useless as it will be added after the autoconfig, or the bottom?

Many thanks.
	Martin.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Subject: Can A3000 power supply serve 2nd hard drive?
Organization: City University, London
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 15:05:40 GMT

The 135 watt power supply on my A3000 does not have a spare
lead. I was going to splice it - but will it overload the
system? Its for a large and heavy 5.25 Fujitsu 130M external
drive.

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From: CFL@buc.edu.au (Colin Linahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Joystick adapter + Multisync monitor.
Date: 15 Oct 92 06:38:46 GMT
Organization: Ballarat University College
NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.132.52.10


			
	I know these questions have probably been asked before but some 
replies would be appreciated.
	
	1. Does anyone have a circuit diagram for wiring an adapter to plug 
joysticks into your parallel port. (eg for three player games like projectyle
from EA ).
	
	2. If I buy a Golden Gate 386 Bridgeboard for my A2000 (I know a 
standalone P.C. would be cheaper but I don't have the desk space etc.)
 and a multisync monitor will changing displays from amiga to P.C. just 
involve swapping cables from vga card to rgb ouput ? will I also need a 
flicker fixer?  If so will this cancel out the need for a vga card for the 
bridgeboard? 
 
						Thanks,
	

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From: ganoe@sde.mdso.vf.ge.com (Craig Ganoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Photo-CD on Amiga/CDTV
Keywords: Photo-CD, CDTV
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:37:21 GMT
Organization: GE M&DSO - VF

In article <1992Oct5.210257.27182@ncar.ucar.edu>, rsc@hao.ucar.edu (Bob Campbell) writes:
> A guy asked that question at the Keynote presentation given by the Pres of C=.
> The big cheese said that no, it doesn't handle that format, and didn't really
> think it was a profitable venture to make the CDTV to be able to, since
> he doesn't think those CD Cameras by Kodak were selling well enough.
> 
There's no such thing as a Photo-CD camera, you get normal film (35mm) developed
onto a CD, and I've seen at least two current magazines, New Media and Popular
Photography (and I belive there was another) that have said that CDTV will 
support Photo-CD in the near future.  

> ie: The markets too small for the upgrade to be profitable.
> 
Market, what market?  Photo-CD has just barely been released and I'm not even
sure where I can get film developed to CD yet.  Kodak has just released its
players.  It's way too early in the game here to decide that the market's
too small.  It's more likely that Commodore would take a "let's wait and see"
stand, hopefully not, Photo-CD is the only thing CDTV currently lacks over CD-I.

> IMO, however, I think Kodak should give C= a hand.  Sell 'em together as a 
> package.  (Get Kodak to advertise ;-) )
>
I think they definitely need to work together on this, but I don't think that
they are right now.  Kodak would benefit from Photo-CD's penetration into 
the Amiga/CDTV market.  It would help CDTV sales, and it would be great to see
in Photo-CD ads that along with Kodak PCD and CD-I players you can play it on
CDTV too.  

Commodore also should be working with Philips on whatever MPEG FMV
CD movie standard they plan to make available for CD-I.  I think both
companies would benefit from having the standard more widely recognized.
As one magazine put it, PCD players, CDTV, and CD-I right now aren't
in a competition against each other, the real competition is to get the
general population to know that these machines exist before cheap CD add-ons
appear for existing video games.

> -- 
> ***********************************************************************
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> * rcampbell@cudnvr.denver.     *   because, er, I am, in fact, made   *
> *           colorado.edu       *   entirely of wood.                  *
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Craig
From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help: my battery backed up clock suck,.
Date: 14 Oct 92 18:45:55 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <pwappy.719046910@well.sf.ca.us> pwappy@well.sf.ca.us (Jeff Walkup) writes:
> In <Bw3FHt.HHK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> saj31052@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scotty A Johnson) writes:
> 
> >I just recently purchased a used A500 with the A501,
> >and the clock looses about 2 seconds a day.
> 
> >Anything I can do about this?
> 
> >Scotty AJ
> 
> You're lucky... my A3000's clock seems to gain about 18mins every few days!
> I dunno if its one of the funny games I'm running, or what... I know the
> clock in my A500 (A501) was subject to getting munged by screwy games/demos,
> but my A3000's clock acts different, it doesn't get totally messed, just
> gains time like crazy.

All of our RTC implementation have and adjustment capacitor for slow/fast
adjustment of the RTC.  On the A501, it's hidden under the shield...

Are you sure that it's the RTC losing time, or is it just falling out of
sync with the system time?  The system time has a known, seconds per day,
error becuase it's clocked of the NTSC vertical sync rate instead of a true
60Hz refrence.

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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A570 Cartridge Slot
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:01:45 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <16.2ad76154@ivgate> john.haubrich@mtask.omahug.org writes:
> Commodore's press release info stated that the A570 CD-ROM drive had a
> "rear cartridge expansion slot" -- does anyone know what this is? PCMCIA 
> or yet another bus connector?

The A570 uses the same DMAC chip and organization as the A2091 and A590.
In the A570, the DMA bus signals that would attach to the SCSI chip are
present on an expansion connector so that one could make a SCSI adapter
card or SCSI controller+SCSI drive hard card.

There is also an internal header where you could add a "memory chip only"
fast RAM card.

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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: What SIMM32 for a GVP Combo board??
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:05:25 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Oct6.101454.18385@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Winfried.Krueger@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Winfried Krueger) writes:

>>No. The standard 32-bit SIMMS are only 8-bit wide. 

That's a self-contradictory statement.  The standard 32-bit SIMMs are 32-bits
wide, otherwise they wouldn't be 32-bit SIMMs.  Some 32-bit _systems_ use four
8-bit SIMMs per word.

>>The GVP SIMM32 are 32-bit wide.  It was my understanding that GVP is the sole 
>>producer of these SIMMS.

Yup.  They apparently invented their own pinout, rather than use the standard
(memory module standards are set by JEDEC).  I guess that way, you have to buy
the memory from them, so they make a profit on your upgrades.

>Things are even worse: There are 32-bit wide SIMMs for use with IBM PS/2,
>Apple Macintosh IIFX and Amiga 4000. But all these are not compatible
>with the ones made and used by GVP. 

We used the JEDEC standard for 32/36-bit SIMMs.  I have no idea what the PS/2
is using.  The Mac IIfx SIMMs are actually 8-bits wide.  You just expect them
to be 32-bits wide because they have some many pins.  They're Apple proprietary
SIMMs with integral write latches or some such, so they have separate paths
to the DRAM read and write data buses.  Or something like that.  Anyway, far as
I know, the IIfx is the only machine in the world to use that kind of SIMM.
DKB Software's A2632 and, I believe, the PP&S 64MB Zorro III RAM board all use
the JEDEC standard.  Some PC Clones do too, though the 8/9-bit SIMMs are the 
more popular module.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: Anu.Kapoor@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Anu Kapoor)
Subject: Amiga 600 Specs
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:49:44 GMT

I am considering purchasing an Amiga 600 and I wanted to know a few things.

A) What type of IDE does the 600 use, i.e. 40 pin or 44?

B) Does it ship with 2.0X or 2.1?

C) <This is a tech question for George Robbins or someone>
    Would an accelerator such as the GVP A530 be possible for the 600?
    Via either the enderbelly slot or the PCMCIA?

D) Is there any truth to the rumor printed in Amiga World that C= is
working on a 386 card for the 600?

Please mail any responses as I find it harder and harder to keep up with
c.s.a.h and c.s.a.m. Thank you in advance for any help.


<now if only it came with a HD bigger than 80>

Anu Kapoor

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: gabin@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (jay.gabin)
Subject: Will this monitor work with a flicker fixer?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:24:23 GMT

Hi!  I have an Amiga 2000 and am wondering if a friend's
monitor will work with it if I get a flicker fixer.  The
monitor specs:

NEC Multisync 3A
9pins
15.5 - 35 Khz horizontal scan rates
56 - 62 hz vertical scan rates
manual says it supports: CGA, EGA, and PGA (yes, PGA) graphics modes
it's non-interlaced, and supports 800x600 resolution
manual claims it supports "30Mhz bandwidth"

Any help on this is greatly appreciated.  It'd save me a
bundle to be able to use this monitor.

Jay

gabin@mantic.att.com


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Subject: Adding 2nd internal floppy to A3000
Organization: City University, London
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 13:17:01 GMT

I am at it again! I tried to move the external 3.5" floppy from
its own case to the spare 3.5" bay at the front of the A3000. I
connected it up to the ribbon cable and the power cable. But it
did not work...df0: showed up in `info' but did not respond. 
Df1: did not show up at all. Have I done something very silly?

I enquired about a drive that physically resembled the A3000
floppy, but it costs over #110 pounds! And that's not even the
HD version! Does it have to be the special CBM drive that goes
inside the machine?

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Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
From: wscc90r@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Wilson Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Calling Amgia users in New Orleans...
Date: 16 Oct 92 09:46:46 GMT

Hi there,

I will be attending a conference in New Orleans at the end of this
month, and I plan to do a bit of shopping while I am there.


I wonder if anyone who knows the area can tell me where the good
computer stores are in the area, especially the ones that sell Amiga
stuff.


Thanks very much in advance....


Wils
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From: hakanl@lulea.trab.se (H}kan Lennest}l)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Photo-CD on Amiga/CDTV
Date: 7 Oct 92 12:10:12 GMT
Organization: Telia Research AB, Aurorum 6, 951 75 Lulea, Sweden
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Marc N Barrett (barrett@iastate.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Oct5.210257.27182@ncar.ucar.edu> rsc@hao.ucar.edu (Bob Campbell) writes:
: >IMO, however, I think Kodak should give C= a hand.  Sell 'em together as a 
: >package.  (Get Kodak to advertise ;-) )
: 
:    Why should Kodak waste their time with Commodore?  Phillips is giving more
: than adequate support for PhotoCD, and has vastly better hardware for 
: displaying PhotoCD pictures in standard hardware, without needing expensive
: (and non-existant) extensions.
: 
: >***********************************************************************
: >* Bob Campbell                 *    Well that's, er, very interesting *
: >* rcampbell@cudnvr.denver.     *   because, er, I am, in fact, made   *
: >*           colorado.edu       *   entirely of wood.                  *
: >* rsc@hao.ucar.edu             *                     - Scotsman, MPFC *
: >***********************************************************************
: >DISCLAIMER: "Nothing I say affects anyone else in any way."
: 
: ---
: | Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
: COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH WANTED.  Absolutely *NO* qualifications required
: (we'll take *ANYBODY*).  Contact the ISU athletic office for details.

Yes, I am sorry I have to agree with this. Philips PhotoCD players are allready
available here in the shops just slightly more expensive than audio-only players.

/H}kan
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From: Todd_Petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Todd Petit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard drive does not keep spinning
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:43:03 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

In a message dated Sun 11 Oct 92  6:44, Rick_lang@amusers.uucp (rick Lang)
wrote:

 RL> Recently my Seagate ST157N hard disk drive gave up and I'm wondering
 RL> if
 RL> anyone has encountered this problem.  It is not the famous 'sticky'
 RL> disk as
 RL> I can easily spin the disk manually.  Here's the symptom:

 RL> When the system powers up, the disk begins to spin but it does not
 RL> completely rev up, then it dies down a bit, then starts to rev up
 RL> again,
 RL> then dies down completely.  This happens on both my A2090 and my
 RL> Microbotics Hardframe so the controller's not at fault.  I've also
 RL> tried
 RL> different power plugs but it always fails with the identical pattern
 RL> I've
 RL> described.  Sounds like a power problem (a short?) that the drive is
 RL> detecting and shutting down to prevent damage.  What do you think? 
 RL> Thank
 RL> you for your reply.

I have the same drive, connected to my A500 via a Trumpacard unit plugged
into my expansion port. I have had a similar problem on occasion. It WAS a
power problem, caused by a bad connection between the Trumpcard and the
A500. I have to seat it JUST RIGHT to make a good connection or I get
similar symptons to what you have described.  I don't know if this
helps...but good luck!
                                                    Todd

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware