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From: sutela@polaris.utu.fi (Kari Sutela)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Binaries/Sources
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:03:55 GMT
Organization: University of Turku, Finland

jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:

>Quoted from <C03tHo.6F8@NeoSoft.com> by peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva):

>> OK, folks, send stuff.

>    Where?

If your news system is correctly configured, you can just post your
submission to the group and the submission will be mailed to the
moderator.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Disk validating in 2.0 ??
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:02:25 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.062531.14803@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
> >There are a few things you'd like to have happen after a disk crash.  The
> >first is what CHKDSK does and DiskDoctor should have done, which is simply
> >to restore logical disk integrity such that the disk's filesystem can run
> >properly.  This isn't all that difficult.  At the very least, you have your
> >program walk through a disk's tree and remove anything that doesn't pass
> >an appropriate validity test.

> Yes, that is what I want.  Now, what did you say was the name of the
> Commodore-supplied utility to do this?

Double-agreement. I mean, it's not rocket science. Any multitasking system
should come with something like fsck.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: easton@zds-oem.mi04.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: A1200's are here
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:37:46 GMT

  I just got a call from my very helpful but not-so-local dealer.  His
first shipment of A1200's has arrived.  He will be shipping my unit 
to me tomorrow.

  I cant wait.  :-)

-- 
  ___  ___    Jeff Easton             easton@zds-oem.zds.com
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 ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: lgibb@nyx.cs.du.edu (Lance Gibb)
Subject: A4000 SIMMS - Type???
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 18:12:54 GMT


Can someone tell me EXACTLY what type of SIMMS the Amiga 4000 uses?
The 4000 documentation doesn't list makes/manufacturers/etc... and I
have been told that there are both 8 and 9 chip SIMMS, 16 and 32bit SIMMS,
etc...  
 
My big concern is whether or not 4 megabyte SIMMS taken from a Mac are
compatible - my initial reaction is NO, considering that Memory World has
4 meg SIMMs for $109 and then it has A4000 4meg SIMMS for $159 - this
obviously leads me to believe there is a difference.
 
Any help would be appreciated - Please resond in Email, and if I get
enough repsonses I will post a summary to the newsgroup
 
Thanks in advance.
From: cg18ffl@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Spumoni...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: 3000 Performance results
Date: 2 Jan 93 08:11:44 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: University of California, San Diego


	Since I have gotten a few requests to report information on ways to
speedup the 3000, I'll outline what I've learned from various posters, in the
hopes this info will help somebody out there.
(I'd like to thank Daniel Barrett, Ed Brown, James P. Schaeffer, and Mike
Noreen for the helpful hints)

1) Copy the ROM to 32-bit ram. The command for this is 'cpu fastrom'. If you
have a softkicked 3000 this will not be necessary, as the ROM is already
resident in memory. This makes some OS operations a bit faster, window
redrawing is a bit snappier. (correct me if this is a result of turning the
caches on)

2) Using the same setcpu command, you can turn on the instruction and data
caches (and burst modes) of the 68030. Certain operations are thus speeded up
by about 10%, but the caches can cause incompatibilities, especially with the
module replaying routines used in many games. You'll know when they start
missing notes to turn the caches off. Oh, the command for this would be 
'setcpu cache burst' (tack on #1 if desired)

3) This is one that is probably common knowledge. Use CpuBlit (by Eddy
Carroll) to let the cpu handle text scrolling. It will be much faster, many
times even faster than 20-30 percent. It also eliminates 'bitplane flashing'
by blitting bitplanes 4 at a time. CpuBlit comes as part of the Ncomm2.0 and
Term 2.4b comm programs.

4) Issue the command 'addbuffers <name of HD partition>: 230.' Stick this
early in your s-s or issue it from the CLI. I was surprised at how much this
speeded up the disk accesses. Reading large directories consumed noticably
less time. 

5) For those of you with the newer RAMSEY revisions (use Sysinfo 3.01 to test
this) there is also a setting, I think, called 'page detect mode on'. This
will give an additional speedup of about 10%. However, on older A3000's (and
even new ones, like mine (!)) turning on this feature (due to a mysterious bug
in Ramsey) will cause weird and wonderful GURUs. If you want to mess with it,
use a program like ScRAMmer to play around with the Ramsey settings.
Otherwise, leave it alone. (see why I put it last? :))

Hmm, I think this about covers it. If any of you have any corrections,
additions, or comments, shoot. I'm not afraid to duck. :)


-------------------------------------------
...nverenin@sdcc13.ucsd.edu



Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Snapshot (was Re: ENHANCEMENTS: C= Please consider this)
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:16:41 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.143609.10651@nynexst.com> clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu) writes:
>   I like the Amiga "Snapshot" option because it "child-proofs"
>   my Workbench.  My two-year-old can drag and drop icons everywhere
>   but since he doesn't know enough to go and "Snapshot-All", I
>   get everything back.

Hell with "child proofing"... have you ever used a Mac at Kinko's or one of
the other service places? It's a pain finding ANY application, half the files
have been renamed to "jlk;jlk;jlk;" or "dsfsdfsdf". My 3 year old at least
seems to be satisfied with renaming the stuff on the default desktop. She's
managed to throw MacPaint or MacDraw in the trash a couple of times though.

I've only had a kid trash my Amiga once, by dragging the wrong file into the
wrong directory...
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kennethm@cc.gatech.edu (Kenneth Moorman)
Subject: Icon request, FAQ?
Reply-To: kennethm@cc.gatech.edu (Kenneth Moorman)
Organization: College of Computing
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:13:17 GMT

Now that I finally have an accelerator and can enjoy 
a 16 color WB without crawling, I am looking for nice
16 color icons.  A common name I hear is R.D. McVey.
Where is this collection of icons available for FTPing?
Thanks. 

			- Kenneth Moorman (kennethm@cc.gatech.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: driver for color scanner
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:51:05 GMT

HELP! Recently, I bought ScanPlus full page color scanner which is HP
ScanJet compatible. However, where can I find the color driver? Thanks
for advance.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: A1200 vs A1200HD - differences
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:25:58 GMT

sjchmura@kimbark.uchicago.edu (steven joseph chmura) writes:

>I have seen mention on the net that these A1200 versions include
>different manuals ect.  Would someone please explain the differences?

>Is there an HD install disk in the non- hd version?
>Manual Differences?
>Is there a HD cable in the non HD version?  If not, is the cable standard?

Also, is the 1200HD availible in the US yet?  By a Power-Up deal?

I have heard that the 1200 no-HD lacks the AmigaDos manual (Really stupid
, C= !!! ), the Arexx manual, the video cable you need to hook up a VGA 
monitor, the HD cable you need to put in your own HD (supposedly your dealer 
will have them though), and the Install disk (Really really stupid,
C= !!!!)

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|      /aylor | IRC  : Tomalek / The Romulan     | \X/--\miga 500 |  J rainy |
+-------------+----------------------------------+----------------+----------+
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
Subject: Re: Did I REALLY upgrade from WB1.2 to WB1.3?
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:43:47 GMT

From article <Twin-Peaks.02of@fbi.amigans.gen.nz>, by Twin-Peaks@fbi.amigans.gen.nz (Dale Cooper):
> I have had my Amiga500 for about a year, and have only just noticed that
> when I click onto the WorkBench screen, it says...
> 
>  "Workbench release 1.2."
> 
> Arrrrrggggggg!!!!!!!!!!  Why does it say this, my computer is WB1.3!  Is
> there a program which displays this which may have been replaced with a
> WB1.2 version, or is my A500 getting a split personality?

At the CLI type "version".  You should get a response 
Kickstart version 34.5. Workbench version 34.28

The Kickstart is the ROM (1.3 is only needed for autobooting drives),
the Workbench is what is known as 1.3.2 (I think - I have forgotten the
history of this machine's upgrades).
Anyway, the leading 34. says 1.3.
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From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Minimum Room Temperature for an Amiga
Date: 30 Dec 92 03:58:15 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: glia.biostr.washington.edu

In <1992Dec29.203521.29317@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner) writes:

>cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:
>: kroener@cs.uni-sb.de (Thomas Kroener) writes:
>: 
>: > One question: What is the minimum room temperature for an Amiga-User 
>: > to work :-) ???                                                 ^^^^
>: 
>:  
>: Gee, is this while using an Amiga (which the answer is now known to be 
>: 5C), or while doing something else?  :-D

>What is the minum room temperature in which an Amiga can reliably be stored?
>I've had an Amiga in a cold room recently not be able to read any disks.
>What temperature should the room be to keep this from happening?  Anyone
>from Commodore know the answer to this one?
>--
>|================== #include <disclaimer.h> ==================///=============|
>| "AMIGA: The computer for the creative mind" (tm) Commodore /// Weber State  |
>| "Macintosh: The computer for the rest of us"(tm) Apple \\\///   University  |
>|== "I think, therefore I AMiga" -- val@csulx.weber.edu ==\///= Ogden UT USA =|

I'm the one who started this thread, and minimum recommended room temperature
for USAGE (of a 2000, since that's what I asked about)  is  41F (5C).  I don't
know anything about storage, but you *do* pose a good question that hadn't
occurred to me to ask... :<

Crystal
  ;>

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Binaries/Sources
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:24:57 GMT

Well, I have sent mail to the moderator.

	1. He says he sent out everything that he could compile and/or run.
	   If he couldn't, he assumed it was broken.

	2. He says people aren't sending him anything.

OK, folks, send stuff.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
Subject: Re: photo cd routines now on
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:27:11 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.4247.24283@dosgate> "grant robinson" <grant.robinson@canrem.com> writes:
>-> >Infact if MB knows anything about C=, he'll know that C= believes CD
>-> Rom
>->
>->
>->
>-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>-> >machines are the way of the future.
>-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>-> They have a hell of a way of showing it.  The first systems with
>-> built-in
>-> CD-ROM drives were available almost three years ago.  Commodore has
>-> been using
>
>Well by your standards C= should be releasing Amiga's with holographic
>memory any day now...better start saving the pennies. 

   Get serious.  There are big differences between a holographic memory system
and a CD-ROM drive.

> CD rom drives are
>only now becoming an economical and accepted form of mass storage

   CD-ROM drives have been available for less than $500 in large quantities for
some time.  Commodore has been selling the CDTV for over two years, so 
Commodore could have developed a real Amiga (not CDTV) CD-ROM system two years
ago.  

> and C=
>is reacting to it through the release of the A-570 addon for the Amiga
>500 which includes a CD-Rom and expansion potential for a hard drive and
>extra memory.  I thought you'd like to know.

   Thanks.  I already knew about it.  But developing one drive for a 
discontinued system will not cut it.  Besides, it IS an A500 we're talking 
about.  Max 640x400 interlaced display, 7Mhz CPU, 1M of RAM, 4096-color
palette.  What is Commodore going to use to compete with the Tandy 
sensation which uses a 16-million-color palette, 25Mhz 486 CPU, and an
800x600 non-interlaced display?  Do you seriously think an A500 with A590
CD-ROM drive could compete with this system?

>  At the same time
>integrating the equivelant of CD-rom plus CDTV widgetry has to be shrunk
>to the size of a 5.25 bay

   That's the silliest idea I have ever heard.  When Commodore developed the
BridgeCard, did it all have to fit into a 5.25" drive bay?  If any external
circuitry was needed at all beyond what is available on the CD-ROM drive,
it could be put on a Zorro II card.  An A3000, for instance, probably would
not need anything other than the drive.  The CD-ROM OS extensions could be
ROM-kicked, and everything else would come standard on the drive.  An A4000
would need a SCSI controller, which would go onto a card.  In no case would
anything other than the drive have to fit into the drive bay.  That's silly.

---
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--------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos)
Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD
X-Spook-Fodder: hero heroin tree shrub bush birth life death FBI CIA NSA
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: inet
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 19:58:54 GMT

In <C0AD0s.A2M@NeoSoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <S37732V.93Jan3120215@lk-hp-18.hut.fi> s37732v@snakemail.hut.fi (Markus Juhani Aalto) writes:
>> And CD's have better quality because they don't use lossy compression
>> methods for data as both DCC and Minidisk do.

>No, they use lossy compression for *audio*. What a DATA-mini-CD would do is
>anyone's guess. That would give about 100 MB / mini-CD, read/write.

well, we're actually having a minor terminology quibble here.

Minidisc and DCC do not employ lossy compression on the audio signal in the 
audio *domain*, they employ lossy compression in the digital domain, by 
applying Fletcher-Munson type audability curves to the incoming signal, then
tossing bits if they fall out of bounds (DCC uses PASC, MD uses ATRAC). audio
can be compressed in the audio domain (obviously - its done all the time in the
recording studio), but that won't reduce the raw digital data stream like
digital compression can (obviously again - think of it as .ZIPing or .LHARCing
the data [an imperfect metaphor however]).

Sony does intend to introduce minidisc for computer data storage at some point
in the future - it will assuredly *not* feed the incoming computer data
through a Fletcher-Munson curve!  %^)

-- 
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       Cosysop - Threat Management Institute BBS 707 935 1713 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kkuisman@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Kalle E Kuismanen)
Subject: PC to Amiga
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:16:12 GMT

	I need to transfer files over sneakernet from PC to Amiga. Do
you guys know any PD or Shareware programs for PC that can write onto
Amiga format disk's. FTP site would be nice source.

	Many thank's Kalle Kuismanen
From: igraffma@mail.stx.com (Ira Graffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Pictures to present
Date: 23 Dec 1992 12:14:01 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

          Hello, sorry if this is not the right place...

          I am preparing a multimedia slide show about weather using
          my 2000 at a local school.  Great way to show off Amiga
          capabilities as well!  I need some computer pictures to use.
          I received some help from wx-talk people but I need more.  I
          need iff or gif or pcx pictures.  I plan to use AmigaVision
          in hi-res interlace 640x400.  I need a picuture that if a
          child looks at it and I ask what season is this, he/she will
          say FALL.  I need same for SPRING.  I need pictures, can be
          scenery, wildlife etc tgat have nice puffy cumulus clouds,
          wispy cirrus (mares tails). and layerd clouds.  A dark rain
          clould or thunder head would be great!

          Thats all I need to complete my collection.  Any else you
          have I'd like to see.  I can send you disks, or if the
          pictures can be FTPed, we can do that too.

          Thanks in advance for any help!

          -Ira
From: randy@stagetwo.uucp (Randy Gault)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: A4000 + A2091 = sloooooow
Date: 1 Jan 1993 20:25:30 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

I am using a new A4000 and a 2091 with 6.6 ROMs.  The problem is, disk
access is incredibly slow.

I came across a program called A4091pat.lzh on three different sites
(merlin.etsu.edu, quepasa.cs.tu-berlin.de, and oes.orst.edu) which all
turned out to have the same corrupt file.

Does anyone have a solution to this?

Since this is Commodore's answer to the "Why no SCSI?" question, maybe
they'd like to provide such a patch?

-- 
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From: Jason.Price@launchpad.unc.edu (Jason Price)
Subject: Re: .zom extension
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:34:05 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.073241.14695@prl.philips.nl> hens@prl.philips.nl (Patrick Hens 44223) writes:
>What kind of file has a .zom extension?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Patrick Hens.
>
Those are ZOOM files.  The latest version Zoom5.4 is a very slow disk
archiving program.  It's a good archiver, just so damn slooo.

Jason 
pricej@v3.hanscom.af.mil

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From: jsmcgi01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Printer Help
Date: 30 Dec 92 07:04:14 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I am going to purchase a 24-pin (maybe color) printer *very* soon and wanted to
rely on the summed knowledge of the AMIGA community to help me decide.
I am looking for hi-quality (360x360), hi-speed (bi-directional, lots o' CPS in
draft and letter), preferences supported (not going through the old "Guess the
printer driver" game), and reasonably priced (say 250 or less).

Thanx to one and all for any help rendered.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Viruschecker current version?
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:29:21 GMT

>Hello.  What is the current version of Viruschecker?   I thought I saw mention
>	of a 6.20 somewhere, but the latest version I can find is 6.15.  I
>	checked wuarchive, hubcap etc and can't seem to find anything.  
>	Thanks for any info.
>
>Chris Davis   cld@wucs1.wustl.edu

 Look in the mirror of ...physik.ch on wuarchive. It will probably be
in there. Thats where I got v61.9 DJ.

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
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                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: ENHANCEMENTS: C= Please consider this
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:18:40 GMT

In article <guineau.08jy@wjg.UUCP> guineau@wjg.UUCP (W. John Guineau) writes:
> I use KCommodity. It allows a qualifier for window to front/back. I use

>    left-amiga + left-mouse = window/screen to front
>    left-amiga + right-mouse = window/screen to back

> this mirrors my Motif setup at work and makes depth management of many windows
> very simple...

Ah yes. Another reason I prefer OpenLook to Motif is I'm tired of playing
Musical Mousebuttons. OpenLook has a nice consistent SELECT/ADJUST/MENU setup
much like the Amiga.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: inet
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 16:12:27 GMT

In article <S37732V.93Jan3120215@lk-hp-18.hut.fi> s37732v@snakemail.hut.fi (Markus Juhani Aalto) writes:
> And CD's have better quality because they don't use lossy compression
> methods for data as both DCC and Minidisk do.

No, they use lossy compression for *audio*. What a DATA-mini-CD would do is
anyone's guess. That would give about 100 MB / mini-CD, read/write.
-- 
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