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From: warrior@hss.abg.sub.org (Willi Ziegler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Problems in Interlace
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:43:36 CET
Organization: HSS Ziegler & Foeh GbR

In article <1992Apr11.190459.21491@beach.csulb.edu> kmchan@beach.csulb.edu (Kwan M. Chan) writes:
>Anyone else experience this or know why this happens?  When I use the
>interlace screen (under PPage3.0 or Final Copy 1.3.2), occasionally the
>screen will get garbled.  Images from one portion of the screen will
>suddenly be duplicated and overlayed over other portions.  FOr example,
>when I access the menus, sometimes the image of the menus will not leave
>when I'm done.  Usually, forcing the screen to refresh will fix this problem.
>Another example will be the image of the icons on the left-hand side of PPage
>will appear on other parts of the screen.

It sounds like a dead Agnus-Chip in your Mega-Chip


>Also, something interesting occurred last night.  I was using the 
>computer and all of a sudden, the video signal disappeared.  I know
>it isn't a problem w/ the monitor because I switched monitors and
>nothing showed up.  Rebooting seemed to return everything to normal.
>Any ideas why this happens?
Oh, is there the good old Byte-Bandit?
Try press and hold: LAlt,LAmiga,Space,RAmiga,RAlt in this Order.
When the screen appears, you have the Byte-Bandit (i think it`s a
Boot-Block-Virus)

Regards...
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From: garyf@wang.com (Gary Field)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-ROM
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:59:52 GMT
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias) writes:

>Here and elsewhere, I've seen some posts regarding the use of CD-ROM units on
>the Amiga.  Just how straightforward is this?  What I mean is: can you just
>connect a SCSI compliant (say Sany) drive to your system and have access to
>the available CD-ROM titles?  Surely, you must need specific drivers to access
>the data on the disk (e.g. Microsoft Library, etc., etc.) or do you have to
>write your own (or are they already written???).  Inquiring minds want to
>know.  :-)  Thanks.

The answer is yes to all your questions above.
You buy CDROM-FS from Canadian Prototype Replicas.
You make sure your SCSI card supports the Commodore SCSI direct protocol.
You connect a SCSI CDROM to the bus.
You put an ISO 9660 CD in the drive.
You mount the CDROM a an AmigaDOS device via a MountList entry.
You can now access the files on the CDROM as regular Amiga files.

C'est tout!
Gary

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From: chuckt@theborg.mlb.fl.us (Chuck Teschke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CBM's multi-serial card
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:44:14 EDT
Organization: The BORG BBS: 407-7224487 / Melbourne, FL. USA (Via CNet Amiga)

In article <14APR199215341639@oregon.uoregon.edu>, sworkman@oregon.uoregon.edu
(Michael Sean Workman) writes:
>I'm wondering if anyone's found any problems using Commodore's multi-serial
>card with Eric Drewery's StarNet BBS software?  I'm currently running a one
>line BBS and am expanding to two lines very soon and have heard that ASDG's
>multiserial card isn't as good as CBM's.  It's only got 2 ports and it is
>supposed to be slower and bog down the machine at higher baud rates.  Also,
>anyone using CMS's, does it really bog down at high speeds?  I'll be
>running one line with a 16.8kbps Dual Standard and the other with a Supra
>2400 Plus (v.42bis)  I have an Amiga 2000 (5megs) running under OS 2.04. 
>If you have a similar setup and/or know anything about it, please let me
>know what you think about the serial card.  Thanks.
>
>  //AmigaX (503)342-2144
>\X/Sworkman@oregon.uoregon.edu
>Just say NO! to single-tasking! 
On the contrary i would suggest the ASDG dual serial board as it has vastly
improved since the stories you heard came out.
I have a friend who just got one and he is running 2 USR dual 16.8K modems
with both ports locked at 57.6K  He can send and recieve out data on both
lines and get 3000+cps no problem.  the board is rated to go up to 115K if the
need arises.
From: genoa@m4-035-19.MIT.EDU (Jack Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Amiga 1000 Accelerators
Summary: If you have one, tell me about your experiences
Keywords: Amiga 1000 Accelerators 68030 68882
Date: 15 Apr 92 23:00:00 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Correctional Institute of Technology


I'm thinking of getting an '030-based accelerator for my venerable Amiga
1000, and I would like to hear from ANYONE who has one.  What brand do
you have?  Processor speed?  32-bit RAM?  FPU?  And degree of
performance gain do you get?  Have you had any problems getting it to
work?  

I am particularly interested in the Mega Midget Racer and the VXL030, so
if you know about either, I'd be very glad to hear from you.  Is the RAM
board for VXL actually shipping now?  I thought I heard mention of it.

Please reply by e-mail, and thanks in advance for all responses.

-- Jack
From: jeremym@ravel.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: How do I get Janus 2.0?
Keywords: Janus
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:47:30 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware


I am acquiring an XT bridgeboard, and and have the 2.0 ROM.

Question:
	DO I NEED JANUS 2.0 TO RUN PROPERLY!?

If yes, where do I buy, get, etc etc... Janus 2.0? 
Does one buy this from a dealer? Commodore? Is it free?
Help me netters.


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From: reaper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jason Butler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: "Old" A-3000?
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:19:06 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University

kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent Dalton) writes:

>>>>>> On 2 Apr 92 17:22:54 GMT, reaper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jason Butler) said:

>Jason> chris@kessner.denver.co.us (Chris Hanson) writes:

>>  Perhaps not. Have you looked in your machine lately? How new is it? There
>>are people claiming that they've received A3000s with 2.04 ROMs, though I
>>personally have not seen this, and Commodore has not announced it. The OS
>>in machines without 2.04 ROMs _is_ stored in that devs/Kickstart file, and
>>theoretically, if you delete that, it should give you 'Couldn't load Kickstart'
>>message.

>Jason> Yes, I have looked in my machine, and I do have the ROMS. Two of
>Jason> em.  When my machine was opened, it had kickstart in devs as
>Jason> well, I have now deleted the KS file, and my machine boots up
>Jason> fine!!  Also have the 1.76MEG floppy!  but didn't get the new
>Jason> pregnant mouse with my system.

>I'll trade you my pregnant mouse for your HD floppy and ROMs. :^)

Nah... Got a pregnant mouse on the way right now!!!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Gemini-10X driver?
From: nicholas@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:08:05 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

  I am looking for a driver for a gemini-10X printer.  I have Word 
Imperfect and it supported that printer.  The problem is I just 
bought Final Copy and it doesn't support the gemimi printer and I 
can't seem to get the driver off of the Word Imperfect print disk.  I 
could use either a driver or help on how/if I can get the driver 
undecoded and off Word Imperfect.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

	Thanks...Later Dudes,
			Gui.
From: huebnere@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:15:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44561
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Apr9.005213.4701@cheshire.oxy.edu> leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:
>Crossposted:
>Summary: Special hardware to stop piracy, using the AFD-technique
>Keywords: chip, piracy, AFD, Gail
>Message-ID: <1203@lysator.liu.se>
>Date: 8 Apr 92 09:36:51 GMT
>Sender: news@isy.liu.se (Lord of the News)
>Organization: Lysator Computer Club, Linkoping University, Sweden
>Lines: 31
>
>One use of the Gail-chip I have not heared someone on the net mention yet, is
>that it incorperates the AFD-technique.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and conjecture that AFD stands for
April Fool's Day?

>gets burnt into the Gail chip. Then each time you use new commercial software,
>this code is transfered to the disk (even if it's write-protected).
>CBM have been installing the Gail-chip in all amigas since the first of April.

April 1st, hmmm...

>All of the above information from issue #7/1992 of `DatorMagazin' (the largest
>swedish computer newspaper).

Would that be, by chance, the APRIL issue?

>Any more info on this?

Really though, the Gail IS a real chip, but its just a re-design of
an existing custom (Gary I think) to accomodate a simple IDE interface.

>Thom
Rob


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From: 01ksdavis@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: DEAD 1000 GUY READ THIS!!
Date: 14 Apr 92 23:42:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-ucs.1992Apr14.184225.6376


	Here is what those colors on the screen mean during a boot-up:

	Color		What it means:
	dark grey	Hardware checks out okay
	light grey	Software checks out okay
	blue		Bad custom chips
	green		bad CHIP RAM
	red		Checksumerror ROM (Bad ROM)
	yellow		Exception before a GURU-meditation could be given

	Good luck getting your Amiga 1000 back on line!

		:-)Kyle
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cseaman@sequent.com (Chris "No problemo" Seaman)
Subject: Re: DMI Floptical drive.
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 00:51:50 GMT

riesermc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Rieser) writes:
< I find the ads for this attractive.
< 
< The 20 MB floptical is a SCSI drive apparently a laser aided floppy that
< reads/writes standard floppies plus its own 22MB floppies.
< 
< I think I want one.
< 
< What does anybody know about this drive?

The question which comes to mind is:

Is the price of the drive and media worth the (assumed) convenience
it will give?  It actually ends up being more expensive than either
floppy disks or streaming tape, with all things factored in.

For my money, I'd much rather go with tape for backups.

Regards,
Chris

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From: expert@diku.dk (Stephan Grubbe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Upgrading A500 --> A1500
Date: 10 Apr 92 11:44:48 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen


I'm thinking about getting a harddisk for my A500, and what I really
want is a internal drive. If I buy the A1500 upgrading kit, will it
then be possible to install a harddisk in one of the Zorro II slots
(is that what you use them for?)? And what about controllers and all
that stuff? And is it financially a good solution, concidering that 
I get additional slots for future upgradings?

Thanks in advance

  Stephan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: walsh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John Lawrence Walsh)
Subject: Re: DMI Floptical drive.
Keywords: 20MB floppy, floptical
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 03:03:42 GMT

In article <45674@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> riesermc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike Rieser) writes:
>I find the ads for this attractive.
>
>The 20 MB floptical is a SCSI drive apparently a laser aided floppy that
>reads/writes standard floppies plus its own 22MB floppies.
>
>I think I want one.
>
>What does anybody know about this drive?
>
>I saw DMI has them for $645.
>I saw BriWall has them for $545.
>
>Is there another vendor for these devices?
>
>Thanks
>Mike


	SafeHarbor has these drives on special this month for $399.
	Internal version that is...  I too want one, but I don't 
	understand why I should have to buy it through DMI.  They
	don't make the drive.  A company called Insight manufactures
	them..  If someone could give me an address, I would like to
	call them direct.  The disks cost only ~$10 each....  This
	is *much* better than a tape drive, or whatever the negative
	comment was..

					John


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From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu Ayala)
Subject: Supra XP 500 vs GVP Series II
Keywords: hard drive, ram
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 12:23:29 GMT



  I know this has been asked before, but I'm torn between getting
  a Supra XP 500 vs GVP Series II harddrive expansion for my A500.

  I've heard of people having problems with the GVP where the drive
  stops spinning, and the fan goes up and down.  

  I'm also interested in the differences between RAM expansion.
  The GVP is relatively straightforward.  There are four SIMM
  slots.  You can either plug in 1x8 Simms or 2 4x8 Simms (to get 8 Mg).
  Does anyone know if you can plug in 1 4x8 Simm to get 4 Megs
  instead of 4 1x8 Meg Simms?  Right now I only want max of 4 megs,
  but you never know about later on.

  The Supra configuration has me more confused.  I called them and
  the guy said that you had to buy the one with 2 Megs installed to
  get more than 2 megs.  If you buy the one with 1/2 meg installed
  you can only get a maximum of 2 megs!  That didn't make sense to
  me, as I thought, why can't I take out the 1/2 meg (which is 2
  256x4 Dram) and plug in the 1x4 Zip?  It seems like there are
  only 2 slots available (is that true?)  And also is it true that
  if you need to expand further than 2 Megs you need to buy another
  ram expander board?  

  Finally, I'm interested in how important is the low power consumption
  of the Supra.  The guy on the phone claimed that it didn't need an
  extra power supply.  However I'm planning on getting one anyway.
  I'm concerned about GVP using too much power.  I don't want to
  drain too much power from my wall socket.  Right now, everything
  (Amiga, monitor, HP DeskJet 500, Supra Modem) is hooked to a power strip.
  Isn't something bad likely to happen if you have too many things
  drawing power from one socket?


  Finally, what other Amiga hardware (boards) use the 1x8 Simms and/or
  the 1x4 zips?  This is to maximize my reuse of chips in case I
  get a 3000 or something.  Not likely at the moment, but just to keep
  in mind.

  Thanks for any information on the two, or any comments on other
  configurations.

  Clare
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From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Q: 2000 PC-port
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:40:37 GMT
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt

leikvoll@hsr.no (Morten Leikvoll) writes:

>How can I access the PC ports in a B2000 from the 68000 processor? 

You mean the slots? No, they are *only* connected to the power supply,
all other lines are totally separated from any 68000 line.

>Or can I not without a bridgeboard?

This is the case.

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From: sticht@edith.deg.sub.org (Stefan Sticht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: INSTALLING a DENISE chip
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:09:22 MET
Organization: private

In article <CONSP03.92Apr12223947@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu> consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) writes:
>How does one properly install a Super Denise chip into a rev. 6.1
>Amiga 2000 motherboard?

Remove the old Denise and plug in the new one.

Greetings, Stefan
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From: bkryshka@mac.cc.macalstr.edu (Barry Kryshka, MN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: MacROMS and AmaxII for sale.
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:33:37 -0600
Organization: Macalester College

I have some Mac roms for sale.  Expecting to get between $100 and $150 for 'em.

I also have the cartridge and MacOS6 software and docs.  I expect about $100 for
those.

Maybe $225 together.


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From: cqn1676@zeus.tamu.edu (CHINH QUOC NGUYEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Amax Mountlist
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:50:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


I previously put up a post about having trouble making a mountlist for Amax.
From the letters I received about this, I think I wasn't very clear as to why I
wanted to do this (thanks anyways guys!).  I know how to get my Amax partition
to automount using HDToolbox, but when I do that, I get the stupid icon
AMAX:#?$0.  I would like to get rid of that by not automounting the partition
at startup (boot) but mounting it when I run Amax.  I can't seem to get my
mountlist right and the example in the manual doesn't work.  My configuration
again is a 3000/25 with 52meg quantum drive.  Because I can't seem to get the
mountlists right, I also have the same problem with my IBeM partition.

Chinh Nguyen
cqn1676

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: Re: AMaxII+ Availability
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:33:10 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.015022.15328@news.Hawaii.Edu> tlee@mickey.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Timothy Lee) writes:
>>As of today (92 04 13), I have been informed by ReadySoft that the AMaxII+
>>hardware emulator will be on dealer shelves within two weeks. Registered users
>>of the current AMax II software should receive upgrade notices within the
>>next three weeks. While we've heard this all before, ReadySoft was emphatic
>>that this was not a projected release date, but rather an official
>>announcement of availability.

>  Anyone have the address for readysoft??

ReadySoft Incorporated
30 Wertheim Court, Suite 2
Richmond Hill, ON
CANADA
L4B 1B9

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From: mrubino@engws5.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael N Rubino)
Subject: Re: AMax II interlace flicker
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 02:47:00 GMT

In article <92105.125808U56200@uicvm.uic.edu> U56200@uicvm.uic.edu writes:
>Hey all,
>I've just recently purchased an AMax II (don't even have a Mac drive yet),
>but I have noticed an INCREDIBLY annoying interlace flicker when the Mac boot
>screen comes up.  I've tried resetting the various screen parameters in the
>set up screen, but they all distort the boot up screen horribly.  Is there any
>easy way to eliminate (or at least reduce) the flicker without my having to go
>and buy a flicker-fixer chip.  I've also heard that if a buy a flicker-fixer
>I'll also need to get a multi-sync monitor or it doesn't work!  That would end
>up costing me more than my original 500 did.  Right now I have a A500 with a
>A501 clone and a 1804S monitor.  Is there anything I can do?

The first thing to try is to play around with the screen colors AMAX uses.
AMAX gives you the option of using the Workbench colors (the first two).  Try
setting them to black and medium gray.  You want low contrast colors, black
and white are the WORST for flicker.  You can aslo play with the brightness
and contrast controls on your monitor.

Other than that you might want to try one of those polarizing filters that
fit over the monitor.  Most of them are just smoked plastic.  I haven't seen
one that actually works.

>Thanks all,
>Steve C.

You're Welcome,
-Mike
From: sie@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Simon Raybould)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: BB XT problem. Help?
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:53:26 GMT
	<1992Apr3.190041.6732@clark.edu>
Organization: Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Birmingham, England


	Do you have the jumper on the BB set to Color mode?  My AT BB was sent from
	the factory in mono mode.

	Rick

You don't need to change the jumper, I have the jumper set to mono and
colour works perfectly well!! The jumper just selects the mode at boot
up. The mode can be changed later with the "MODE" command.

E.G.   MODE CO80 to select colour 80 column.


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