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From: dac@dacami.UUCP (David Culberson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  NEW DAK External CD-ROM.  (Re:  DAK $229 CD-ROM details)
Distribution: world
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:35:43 EST
Organization: My home system.

In article <1992Apr06.172915.27511@watson.ibm.com> sck@watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) writes:

>It is an incredible deal, but the interface is non-SCSI. It uses a permuted form of 
>the SCSI interface, but is sufficiently different such that Amigas and Macs can't 
>use them (pretty stupid IMHO). For a mere $229, however you can get a Sony? 
>internal SCSI CD-ROM drive (with Microsoft bookshelf). I have just purchased
>one for my 3000. Am placing the order for the CD-ROMFS tonight.

  Where can you get it from?  Sounds cool.  I could add an external drive
case if I needed to, but I don't think I will; hopefully I'll be getting
the check for my BridgBoard soon, so I'll have the 5.25" bay free.

		-David

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From: billy@mana.pub.uu.oz.au (Jeff Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Any useful things come with the a2620?
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 11:59:35 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Australian Public Access Network Association - Canberra.

I'm purchasing a a2620 second hand without the manual. I'm wondering if 
there is anything of interest in the manual or any other tips regarding
the a2620 that could be useful.

thanx in advance.

Jeff.

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From: rgty_lds@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 1 Meg hack & KS2
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:03:14 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

>
>    A 512K memory add-on for the 1000 was published in Amazing Computing
>magazine. I think it was in Volume 2, Number 3, but I'm not sure of that.
>It was probably in 1987.

>    I have heard of three work arounds to stop the memory from being used as
>CHIP Ram:
>

Rather than using the memory as Chip or Fast mem would it possible to use this 
as a location for zkick to locate KS2.04 ? 



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HiQ Tower case for A500
From: psantucci@desire.wright.edu
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:32:40 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

Perhaps this posting should go in c.s.a.reviews, but my node doesn't get that
group, so I'll have to go where I can. Here's my quandray:

The most recent Amiga World (12/16 bit audio samplers are the coverstory)
carries an ad from AMIGAMAN which includes a listing for the HiQ tower case for
A500. According to this add, HiQ gives A500 owners zorro slots, pc slots, a
video slot and a processor slot, a 250 watt power supply and detachable
keyboard case. In short, it makes a 500 into a 2000.

No other dealers have advertised this product in the same Amiga World, and 
I have been unable to find any magazine reviews of HiQ. I am not about to 
accept a salesman's word as to it's functionality and compatability 
standards. Have any of you used this device or seen reputable reviews of it ?
Please send me any detail you may have, especially if it includes info. on 
using an accellerator and/or video device (e.g. Toaster, IV24, etc.) with HiQ.
Please include the make of the device and any other mods you may have going in
your system. I am running an A500 with A501, DKB MegAChip, 1 MAST external
floppy, and a SupraDrive 500 40meg w/2 meg ram expansion. If HiQ is for real,
I may finally get the expandability I want.
Thanks for your kind attention,

Pat Santucci
e-mail to: santucci@eve.wright.edu
or psantucci@desire.wright.edu
From: The_Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (The Zapper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: VXL-30
Distribution: world
Date: 13 Apr 92 00:08:58 PST
Organization: The QuBE BBS

In a message dated Sun 12 Apr 92 23:40, Jdrew@cryo.rain.com (jim Drew)
wrote:

JD> I am running my VXL at 60Mhz with a MC68030RC50 part....works great. 
JD> I am using a thermoelectric cooler/heater unit on top of the 030 to
keep
JD> it cool.  Actually, the 030 is right at 20 degress...yes, it is frozen
JD> when running at 60Mhz.  :-)

  How much does a thermoelectric cooler cost and where can I get one? I am
heavily overspec'ing a 68881 and if it was possible to get my hands on one
of them for less than I fear it might cost, I just might...

  How cool can it make a small package get anyways? I think 20 US degrees
is about -6 in the rest of the world isn't it? That's decent...

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From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: What is different about MAC scsi protocall?
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:31:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: shamash.41178
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

I have a problem that I'm hoping someone will help me with.

I recently built a Spartan SCSI interface (PD project) and purchased 
a Fujitsu hard drive from a Macintosh mail order outfit.  The trouble is,
I can't make them talk to each other.

When I bought the drive I assumed that SCSI was SCSI but have since
learned that my drive is firmware configured for Macintosh which is
non-standard SCSI.  On my particular drive, I can not make it generic
SCSI with jumpers and switches!  (The larger Fuji drives are fully 
configurable).

It turns out that I had the source for the low level Spartan formatter 
and was able to get it to seemingly work by putting in a delay between the
time when the SCSI SEL line was deasserted and when the REQ signal was
looked at.

The Spartan designer is sending me the source for the device driver and
I may be able to patch it so it will talk MAC protocall if I only knew
what that is.

If anyone can help me by telling me the differnce between MAC and generic
SCSI I would greatley appreciate it!

Thanks in advance
						Mike Lundberg
						app@shamash.cdc.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1300 Genlock on A500 HELP!
From: lrfrederick@ualr.edu
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:04:54 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

For all of you who would like to hook an A1300 genlock up to your
A500, I'll tell you what I tried that DIDN'T work.

Looking through the genlock user manual, I found the not only does
the 500 supply -12V where the 1000 has -5V, it also cannot supply
as much current as the 1000.  My solution?  I hooked up another
power supply to just the genlock itself.  It had all the right
voltages and could supply the current needed.  For some reason, this
didn't work.  The computer would not start up, it power light didn't
even come on.  Has anyone got any idea what is going on?  Is there
some kind of signal on one of the DC lines of the 500 that needs to
get to the genlock?

Thanks to all of you that have replied to my previous messages concerning
this genlock.  Hopefully, before long, one of us will find a way to get the
thing to work.

lrfrederick@ualr
From: Gerrit@laosinh.stgt.sub.org (Gerrit_Heitsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: PAL A2000 to the US
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:34:12 GMT
Organization: Lao-Sinh project (private UUCP site)

In article <1992Apr4.132748.29105@polari.com>, jsanchez@polari.com writes:

> pI have heard that the european power supply has internal
> jumpers that allow it to work on 110V directly but have not bothered to
> open it up to check.  
The power supply of my A2000 has a jumper to select between 220V and
110V. I found it as I opened it to replace the fan.
So taking an Amiga from Europe to USA should not be a problem.

> since I have a CBM deinterlacer.  If you want to change the display to
> NTSC, just use the preferences on 2.04 or change an internal jumper if you
> want the default to be NTSC.  Forget the jumper number though.  I don't
For the A2000 its J102 (set = NTSC, cut = PAL, only possible withe the
8372(A|B)).

Gerrit


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From: rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate Drives... now Maxtor drives !
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:55:39 GMT
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

Now that we are talking maxtor lxt-100s drives I've got a couple of 
observations and questions too.

My manual for the lxt-100S says that it uses 3 of the regular 220/330 ohm
terminator packs.  The drive only has room for two 11-pin packs, or
maybe 10 pin packs with some special jumpers.  I've *never* seen an 11-pin
pack, but the sockets are labelled from pin1 to pin 11 AND the outline
for the "rp" goes from pin 2 to pin 11.  Maybe I have a very early
drive, but it sure doesn't match the manual.

Also, the number of cylinders reported by the drive (756) is more than
that listed in the manual (733).

I haven't been able to get the drive to work terminated (internal in an
A3000) but it works pretty well as the first drive (unterminated) with
the Quantum 52 second.  The Maxtor does seem to develop read errors
on very large files.  The errors are consistent, so maybe you'd better
say write errors on large files that don't get detected until subsequent
reads are performed.

Any hints as to what might be causing my read errors?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: hassan@isl.mei.co.jp (Toorabally Hassan)
Subject: Re: NEW DAK External CD-ROM. 
Organization: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Japan
Reply-To: hassan@isl.mei.co.jp (Toorabally Hassan)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 02:56:34 GMT


Hello. This is my first post to this newsgroup and so I am sorry if the information I want
is a FAQ or if this is not the proper newsgroup to post this information.

I read a few posts regarding CD-ROM drives selling for $229 (NEC?) and one non-SCSI drive
for as cheap as $199. In those posts it was mentioned that these drives were listed in
the DAK catalog. Since I am based in Japan, I have not heard of the DAK catalog. I would
appreciate it if someone could give me pointers on how to order it. 

Any incidental information on other inexpensive CD-ROM drives would also be very welcome.

Thank you.


-Hassan
Email: hassan@isl.mei.co.jp

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cuajg@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Arthur Gramlich)
Subject: Re: Help me with Digiview and A1000/A500 paralell port
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 02:54:02 GMT

Sorry for the waste of space, but It's solved hopefully.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: abraxas@wizard.GUN.de (Reinhold Prickartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Stormbringer for Amiga2000C
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:48:26 GMT
Organization: *private Amiga site Cologne*
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I have a Amiga 2000 C with KS 2.0, 7 MB! Does Stormbringer 50 MHZ,
4 MB 32 Bit Ram, on my Machine good work or give it some Problems????

Best Regards

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From: AKURCZYN@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx (Alejandro J. Kurczyn S.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Need help. Video problems with A500
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:50:35 GMT
Organization: ITESM Mexico State Campus

I need help, my A500 has some problems with the video display (RGB and mono).
 
These are the symptoms:
 
 A couple days ago my wife was playing on the computer and suddenly when
  she pressed a key the game went crazy and a guru showed up. Since then:
 
 Every time I cold boot the amiga (turning it on) it shows a very dark
  screen with some black garbage. When the disk-hand must show up, white
  garbage does instead, and the black screen returns.
 
 After 20-30 seconds the display suddenly changes to normal, displaying
  everything ok, and that works for about 1 hour (not tested with more).
 
 If I turn off and on the amiga (without waiting) the display works fine.
  It seems like something inside the computer needs to "warm up" to work.
 
Here's my setup:
 
                 A500 Rev 6   (Rev 5 CIAs & power supply)
                 1MB Agnus (not activated)
                 1MB RAM
                 External drive
                 GVP Series II HD
                 1084S Monitor
 
Unfortunately I don't have the GURU number. Any help/hint will be welcome,
thanks for your help.
 
-Alejandro Kurczyn
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From: siera@imada.ou.dk (Soeren Berg Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Mail Order Warnings !!!
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:43:48 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Math. & Computer Science, Odense University, Denmark

I think we got your point!!! 
Besides, to my knowledge, noone but u can delete your messages... But I could
be wrong :)

Keep smiling.

BTW. I hope you get your money back.... or sue the bastards :)





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From: yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  A2052 2MB Ram expansion
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Apr 92 16:42:38 GMT
Organization: Blue-Knight Productions

In article <1992Mar28.210132.22600@news.media.mit.edu> dlleigh@media.mit.edu (Darren Leigh) writes:
>
>Note to Commodore folks: It would be nice if someone would look into
>this, though I'm not holding my breath as I understand you have higher
>priorities than discontinued products.  I just feel bad that a product
>of yours that I spent so much money on was broken from day one.
	Take some contact cleaner and eraser to yoru computer and board. I
am sure that it might be only contacts. Give it a try anyway. Just erase
the legs of the board and then use the cleaner to give it a nice contact
with the computer.

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From: mohawk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mohawk Dave)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Death of Pirating
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:26:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


Concerning the implementation of a "gail" chip which would lock the computer
from further usage if pirated sofware was used; The instant something like
this is implemented there's probably gonna be some viruses written in protest
that activate this function of the gail chip.  Additionally, virus writers
will be very happy if a gail chip allows them to write to protected floppies.
Implementation of such a chip woulddestroy the market for computers in which
they are implemented and then the software developers would have to shut 
their doors anyway.
 

Software companies claim that if there was no pirating of games, game prices
would drop.  THat's BS; just consider the high price of cartridge-based
games for various entertainment systems.
From: cc_s522@titan.kingston.ac.uk (Mr. A.Carr-Smith (Computing Services))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Buying a hard drive
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:04:43 GMT
Organization: Kingston Polytechnic

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: sc144120@seas.gwu.edu (David Corrleon)
Subject: Cable
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: World 
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:47:13 GMT

Does anybody know the pinout of the cable to connnect the 31Khz exit
of the Amiga 3000 to an analog entry of a monitor ?

Thanks, David.
From: jgallego@pnet01.cts.com (Jose Gallego)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI Switch
Date: 16 Apr 92 03:16:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.1992Apr16.031612.22314
Organization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon CA

dsg6397@cs.rit.edu (David S Greenberg) writes:
>In article <1992Apr12.051651.17869@crash.cts.com> jgallego@pnet01.cts.com (Jose Gallego) writes:
>>I have a Bernoulli 88 which is shared between between my Amiga 3000 and the
>>Bridgeboard via a AB switch box.
>>Jose.
>
>	How do you have the cables set up?  (25 PIN Switch box to 25 Pin
>connector on SCSI bus?)  If so, I need to convert 50 pin Connector (Centronics
>header type) to 25 pin.. Both SCSI cards (amiga and IBM) have 25 pin headers,
>but the tape drive (Archive 2150S does not!)
>
>						Dave

I connected the DB25 SCSI on the A3000 to the AB Switch box using a DB25
extension cable (~ 3ft.). From the Bournoulli controller (IBM side,
Bridgeboard) a 50 pin connector (flat) to DB25 on the AB switch box.  From the
middle DB25 of the switch box to the Bernoulli I used another 50 pin connector
to DB25.

Jose

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: dano@usl.edu (Dan Stephenson)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcon (wasn't: Amiga Falcon)
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:40:40 GMT

peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:

>dano@usl.edu (Dan Stephenson) writes:

>>What i think he may have been talking about was the fact that
>>the CPU blits so much better than a so-called Blitter, that not having
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>one wasn't AS BAD as one mihgt think.

>This is a misconception or legend. As far as I hear it, you can do
>*certain* blitter tasks faster with the 68030, but not all! So for 
>overall speed, the blitter is still needed, and your statement does
>not hold for the general case.

O.K.  All the same, I rather have one than not! ;)

-Dan
.


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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: GVP-Combo on A2000
Date: 10 Apr 92 00:07:21 GMT
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

I am thinking of getting a GVP-combo board, but I need to know the exact
specs, and experiences from people who have one.

One question that is *very* important, is will it work with an A2000, rather
than a B2000?  Has anyone tried it?  Does the manual that comes with it give
information on jumpers to switch to change it's mode.

I know that the A2630 will work on either, but I like the thought of the
really fast SCSI port.


Thanks,
Phil.


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From: rich@documail.UUCP (Rich McCallister)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: High Density Floppy Drive - still more questions
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:51:59 GMT
Reply-To: rich@documail.UUCP (Rich McCallister)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Organization: Bell & Howell DocuMail Division, Evanston, Ill.

In article <10242@inews.intel.com> rtrevino@leupp.intel.com (Roy Trevino) writes:
>3)  If anyone has gotten multidos, crossdos, msh, etc to work with it
>to be able to read 1.44 mB pc disks?  (I think this was already asked, but
>I never saw a response).

    I've used my old Cross Dos (version 3.06???) with an HD floppy. It seemed
to read either 1.44 or 720K disks with my old mountlist entry (for 720K
disks).  To format a 1.44 Meg floppy I needed to use a different mountlist
entry (that is, a disk with the "extra" hole in it, indicating HD, would
still format as 720K using my 720K mountlist entry, but formatted as 1.44 meg
using a 1.44 Meg mountlist entry).