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From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: Specs on HD's required.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 01:01:50 GMT

peteru@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
>I have an opportunity (I hope) to buy some of the following drives
>for my Amiga.

>Imprimis 94601-15 (Wren VII 1Gb)
>CDC 94191 (Wren VI 660Mb)
>CDC 94181 (Wren VI 600Mb)

>But my problem lies in the fact that I have no specs on these.
>None at all, the only thing I know is that they are SCSI.

>That about sums it up. I would like to know if they are likely
>to work with my A2500 + A2090a + ICD2000. Also, how fast/slow
>are these beasties?
*----
I just moved my office, and don't have the specs at hand, but
they're very fast drives and do especially well if you run
synchronously.  I don't know if they'd work with an Amiga.

--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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From: djohnson@cs.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Questions about A2090 HD controller...
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:30:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

>I recently purchased a used A2090 SCSI controller for an old A2000.

>I know the controller isn't auto-booting, and that's no big deal.

No?  I've got one for sale if anyone wants one...


>Can a 3.5" Hd be mounted onto the card to act as a hard card?

probably not.  There are chips along the whole thing.  Probably
have to use an external disk.

>Also, how would one Low-Level format this drive?

If you have an a2090a, the software should be the same.  You should
get a disk with this (program is "prep").  Maybe 2.0 has hard disk
software?  All the software does is prep the first cylinder to put
information there.

>Does this interface support the FFS? I'd think not, but I'm not sure.

It does.  Any block device can support FFS.  (if you were a masochist,
you could put FFS on a SCSI tape :-)

>and lay the drive down on top of the remaining expansion slots.

I wouldn't recommend this, but if you do, don't just "lay" it,
but be sure it isn't going to move.  An external disk is your best
bet.
-- 
Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu
  - I'm not a well adjusted person, but I play one on the net.
From: Q-Bert@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Q-Bert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: I Need more IO Ports!
Distribution: world
Date: 23 Aug 92 09:14:03 EDT
Organization: The QuBE BBS

In a message dated Sat 21 Aug 92 23:42, Orre@thalamus.sans.kth.se (roland O
wrote:

 OO> In article <1992Aug21.115342.2033@cs.uow.edu.au>
 OO> u8705377@cs.uow.edu.au (Paul Anthony Wilkinson) writes:

>...
>  Does anyone know of a card which provides some general purpose bit
>  addressable IO ports for the Amiga? 
 OO> If you have an Amiga 500, 1000 or 2000 you can get an IO board that
 OO> was
 OO> described as kit-ware in the Feb 91 issue of Amazing Computing/Amiga.
 OO> This board allows an easy upgrade to 4 extra serial ports and 4 extra
 OO> parallel ports. The kit includes drivers with source code. The board
 OO> utilizes a lazy port address decoding on these machines (not on the
 OO> 3000). It utilizes 6552, twin ACIA for the serial and 6522, VIA for
 OO> the parallel ports. MIDI rate is managed with an extra oscillator.

 OO> The kit is sold from, among many others, the Puzzle factory. If you
 OO> need more info please tell me.

WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON!!!

I have been trying to build this thing for over 6 months now.  The reason
is that Puzzle Factory does NOT make the PCB anymore.  So if you do like I
did, and buy all the pieces for the project and then figure out that  you
have no PCB to put them on, you sort of paint yourself into a corner.

I have, at this time, tried to put the project on a protoboard, and figured
out that many times 40 pins is a wonderfull thing to get severely mixed up
with.  Also, I have tried to design a PCB for the parts, using PCBCAD and
figured that it wasn't that simple.  If you have never photoetched, don't.

The bottom line is: It's cheap (ya cheap, I bought $130CDN of parts and
can't use them, ya cheap), but not supported by anyone now.

BUT, if you do come out with a PCB for it, drop a line... A BIG LINE!

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From: ludwig@tron.gun.de (Ludwig Kamphenkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Chiper Streamer on Amiga ?
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:39:00 GMT
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neurath, Germany

Yo!!

I was wondering if it is possible to connect an Chiper streamer modell 540
ot an Amiga. Since it is not a SCSI streamer I would also need the the dox
instructing me how to bild the interface (IF there is one) and the most
important question is: Would I be able to back up my SCSI HD using that
streamer? Thanks for any help. Enjoy...

                       Ludwig
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From: doug@dsij.uucp (Doug Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  Biofeedback interface.
Date: 30 Aug 1992 17:30:07 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <64834@cup.portal.com> Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON) writes:
>I remember a Radio Electronic article years back, It mentioned a company
>in New York that made an interface for the C-64, plus had software
>that would allow you to monitor your heart rate and other things.  There
>also was a Circuit Cellar Byte article about a Bio-Feedback gizmo for the
>IBM PC(or maybe it was for the computer built in the same article series).
> 
>I also would be interested, could do some neat things with the Amiga and
>brain waves...

  Amazing Computing published a galvanic skin response project a few years
ago, and they sell back issues...

--

Doug Johnson		  *	Q: What do you call a tornado with long hair
Windsor, ON		  *	and boils?
Canada			  *	A: A cysted twister.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: coutinho_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Subject: Re: news
Reply-To: coutinho_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:19:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.151138.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>, landall_v@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>Hi
>
>Could someone please tell me how to get the data of a Plastic Card and to the
>serial Port.
>
>I would like to make a Plastic Card reader (NOT A WRITER (Well not yet ;-) ))
>
>THANKS in Advance
>-Landall_V@Kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
>

Geez, I've been waiting for someone to ask this question since Terminator 2
screened. 

:-)

Vance, if you email me I will tell somethings on the Industry of card reading,
I worked for one last year as part of my course work. 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: admiralq@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Samuel Castro)
Subject: Re: 38,400 Telebit Qblazer Modem ($299.00)
Originator: admiralq@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: admiralq@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:03:25 GMT


Can a stock A500 handle 38.4?

I don't know much about modems and such, but is it true 38.4, or is that 
just with "throughput", and would I get a 38.4 speed with compressed files?

If this is the case, I'm going to try and talk my school into getting these 
kinds of modems for the dialups!  :)

admiralq@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
From: keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 06:08:28 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Keywords: SetCpu ROM

In article <34791@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
> In article <1992Aug27.090130.15556@actrix.gen.nz> keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:
> >I am trying to reboot using SetCpu KICKROM DF1: . I have a 1.3 Kickstart
> >disk in df1:
> 
> There are two things you should try.  Some Amigas (no way to tell which) have
> 8520s that tend to take a little extra-long to start working after they come

Can these be easily replaced ?

> out of reset.  Experimentation with the SetCPU DELAY parameter (takes numbers
> from 1 to 100, default is 10) should eliminate this problem, if that is the

I have tried a lot of different numbers Is there a quantum i.e 5 10 15 20


> problem you're having.  Chip RAM can't be turned on until one of the 8520s is 

If I reboot and then break the startup-sequence then Setcpu KICKROM df1: DELAY n
the kickstart loads but the screen stays green and the power light flickers
I presume this is something wrong with CHIP RAM

> working.  Also make sure you're using SetCPU V1.6 -- older versions of SetCPU
> don't have any knowledge of 2.0 and may cause trouble.

I am using SetCpu 1.61 by Dave the DAD Haynie :-)

> 
> -- 
> Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>    {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      BIX: hazy
> 	"Work like a horse, drink like a fish"	- Psychefunkapus
>  

Keith
From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Floppy disk alignment
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 92 09:17:25 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>clock, giving around 102273 bits on a disk track at 300 RPM.  Should...

As far as I know Commodore uses 300RPM drives. This makes IBM<->Amiga
transfers slightly less than perfect, although it usually presents no
problem (with rare exceptions).

Dan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: clldomps@cs.ruu.nl (Louis van Dompselaar)
Subject: 14 MHz hack problem
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:30:49 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
Keywords: 14 MHz hack, accelerator

Hello,

I've been trying to install the 14 MHz hack in my Amiga
500 with rev 5 board and kickstart 1.3, but the machine
won't boot with it. It starts flashing it's power LED
at twice the speed it usually does (so at least the
processor is ok, and runs 14 MHz, and the control to
the CIAs is ok).
Anyone know what might be going wrong?

I figured that if this isn't going to work (damn! it's
a rather expensive chip I've put in there...), then
any accelerator I might buy will fail (after all,
to the rest of the Amiga they only look as speeded-up
68000s. So if e.g. the Agnus can't handle the speed,
it surely doesn't want a 68030 (or does that have
a different bus clock?)

Please help,

Louis


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From: jl@amiganet.chi.il.us (Jason Dredd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Are the Supra 14.4K modems working yet?
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:44:21 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <robbins.714423061@pv1649.vincent.iastate.edu>, robbins@iastate.edu
(James D. Robbins) writes:
>Has supra finally got a set of roms to stick in those 14.4Ks of theirs that
>actually work yet?  I would like to get one, but I thought I'd check to see
>if they have the finaly rom versions out yet.  Thanks.
>
>
>-- 
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>   \XX/      \ /  \/  \ __|__ \__/ /--\    |    515-292-4886 or 515-292-3271


Nope! hehehe. are you kidding! they told me first of August, now we are looking
at the end of September!

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From: kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Need Installation software for C= A2090 Controller
Date: 24 Aug 92 21:43:19 GMT
Organization: RL

Well, the title pretty much says it all. I bought an old A2090 real cheap,
but I just found out that it didn't come with the Install diskette. This
disk is essential for using the controller as it contains the low-level formatting
utilities.

Would some Kind soul do me a favor and DMS or Zoom a copy of it and post
it up to some FTP site where I could get at it and then erase it ASAP???
Heck, I would even go to the trouble of UUdecoding it if you want to send
it that way. 

Please!! I really need this software pronto!! I have a RAM card on the way
and I wanted to get both installed and working at the same time.

Thanks,
--Mike Kopack

PS: respond at kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: copes@pride.cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: RAM chips and the A3000
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:01:00 GMT


spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:

>I need to add more memory to my A3000 and I'm having trouble finding
>1meg x 4 Static column ZIP ram chips at a reasonable price. I have been
>able to find nybble and page mode ZIP ram chips easily. I understand
>that the static column chips support burst mode and thus are 10% faster
>than the nybble & page mode chips. But I believe I've seen a post here
>on the Net which stated that due to a bug in the RAMSEY chips of early
>A3000s (like mine) that causes the burst mode not to be used. Can anyone
>especially from Commodore confirm this? Also could you give me the name
>and phone number of a company selling static column chips?

>                                  Thanks

>                               Scott Corley

>spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu

That's right, although the naming conventions of the different modes are often
confused.  If you get hold of SetRamsey by Nic Wilson off a fish disk, it will
report the 'standard' configuration as burst mode.  This is 'page' mode (I 
think), and is set by diag at startup.  It is the only one set, because this
mode works on all A3000's.  What Nic refers to as 'Static Column' mode is burst
mode, in which ramsey utilises the scram chips.  Setting this mode will give
you a speed increase.  On my machine (latest rev.) I get the fastest speed by
setting 'static' mode on, 'burst' mode off.  This gives a 10% speed increase 
over the 'standard' config.  I tried this mode on an earlier machine, and it
ran fine, but SuperDmac no longer functioned and we couldn't use his hard 
disk.  Real handy.  For older machines, you should be able to upgrade the chips
to the newer versions.  However, I suspect the problem is with Dmac, and not 
with Ramsey, as the machine still ran, but dmac stopped working.
On my machine, if I run both modes on, the machine runs slower.  This doesn't
seem right.

I suspect Nic got his naming from the types of ram needed to support the mode,
and C= got the names from what the mode does. 

Perhaps Dave Haynie can shed some light on the Ramsey/SuperDmac problem, and
whether SetRamsey is setting the right bits in Ramsey. 

--
copes@cs.curtin.edu.au
From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: NEC 4FG Border-less Display??
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:43:29 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <alfredo.035y@ajahnv.lonestar.org>, alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org (Alfredo Jahn V) writes:
> I am *very* close to getting a new monitor for my 2000. I would like to
> get the NEC 4FG (15" MultiSync monitor). I also need a de-interlacer of
> some kind.
> 
> I hear that the C= board (flicker fixer-like board) is better than the
> flicker fixer. The salesman at my local Amiga store told me that, among 
> other things, it gives you a "border-less" display. Is this true? Can I 
> get a "border-less" display with the NEC 4FG? The guy at the PeeCee store 
> told me that "the great thing about the NEC is that you don't get the one 
> inch black border around the display..." Is that the case with an Amiga?

Yes.  The 4fg will give you a borderless display with any computer it
works with.  The overscan is a capability of the monitor.  

> 
> I realize that the video slot gets used for the C= (and FF) boards - 
> (and) thats ok (I don't plan on going to a Video Toaster). What I really
> want is an SVGA quality display. Can I get that with non-flicker interlace 
> mode? 

I don't know about this.  I am not very well versed in Amiga video
output.  All I know is that the 4fg can handle a resolution of 
1024x768 with an infinite amount of colors (I run 256) at 70 Hz.  

> 
> Stats: Amiga 2000, rev 4.x mother board, 2.04 and the new custom chip set.
> 
> Comments?  Suggestions?  Answers?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
>   - alfredo jahn
> 
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From: aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:41:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Biofeedback interface...a search
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware

I'm also interested in the bio-feedback interface.  Some software would be
nice as well.  

Please post info...Thanks.
From: maze@diku.dk (Mads Haahr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Maxtor LXT340SY - Blocks Per Track?
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:42:26 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

I've recently purchased a LXT340SY drive from Maxtor, but my C Ltd.
controller wants to know how many Blocks Per Track (or bytes per track,
since a block is 512 bytes), but the docs from Maxtor aren't very helpful
on this.

I've tried calculating it but end up with something like 63.2, and I figure
most drives use a value between 15 and 36.

Does anybody know?

-- Mads Haahr
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Department of Computer Science -  University of Copenhagen -  Denmark
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           "No, my first name doesn't mean that I'm nuts."
From: music@moravian.edu (Steve Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Problem installing CSA MegaMidgetRacer...
Keywords: CSA MMR
Date: 31 Aug 92 00:39:22 GMT

I've been having a hard time getting my CSA MMR seated in the 86-pin
cpu socket. The 68000 chip goes in and out with a normal amount of
presure, but the MMR resists the socket. I'm afraid I'll break
something if I press any harder. I'm able to get it in enough to work,
but a good bump on the computer or table will knock it loose. Has
anyone else had a problem like this? BTW: I'm working with a B2000.
Email appreciated...

music@moravian.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: rlippert@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Ryan Jon Lippert)
Subject: Re: Are the Supra 14.4K modems working yet?
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:53:04 GMT

Hey I got my SUPRA 14.4 about 2 weeks ago. Haven't had any problems YET!!
I have rom version 1.2c I can connect to HST's (DS) Compucoms (forgot which
ones though,The high speed ones of course!) I haven't any problems with
dropout,loosing data,etc,etc no problems as of yet! Hell i would recommend
these to anyone and everyone! I got mine for $272! I you want the address
of the guy let me know and i'll get it to ya! See ya....
From: ghazi@wizofhoz.uucp (Ozzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:   Quantum hard drives: A Tale of Woe and Heavy Sarcasm.
Date: 3 Sep 1992 05:49:29 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <36909@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes:
>Did ghazi@wizofhoz.uucp really type:
			 ^^^^^^^^^^^
	Sure did.

>> 
>> 	That's nice, some people got lucky, some people got screwed, some
>> people read this group before investing in a flawed product.

>will get the corrected drive.  The drives that have been shipping since
>March have had the update.

	I bought my drive after March, nice to know you cann't depend on
retailers to give the newest revisions, even if there were known problems
with older revisions. I didn't get the corrected drive, even while they
were shipping. 

>> 	The LPS120( smaller brother of the 240) is also a horror story for
>> some.
>
>I'll pay you a dollar per meg for your Quantum...

	If it's such a great product, why are you only offering 20-25% of
it's actual value. These things cost a bit more then $1/meg. Those
experiencing the problems shelled out a few hundred dollars for the drives
more like $4 or so per meg, depending on size of drive.
	I suppose if you were to buy a Hard Disk or any product, that gave
your system a headache, you would just get rid of it for 20-25%. Get real,
you would do the same as anyone else, try to fix it, replace it or send it
back, where it should have stayed until it worked properly.
	It tends to piss people off when they have to spend another small
fortune trying to get fixes, that should have come with the product to
begin with.
	Don't get me wrong, the replacement I got is another Quantum, but
it was still a piss off that 6+ calls(long distance) had to be made, to
even get a tech line, work with a crippled system for weeks while waiting
for fixes or replacements. 	 

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From: akerman@qucis.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman)
Subject: Need memory test
X-Disclaimer: All opinions expressed herein were sent to me telepathically
              by Elvis from Mars.
Reply-To: akerman@qucis.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Queens Univ., Kingston, Ontario, Can.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 23:16:51 GMT


I just got a new motherboard and I noticed solid or broken white lines on the
Workbench.  When I move a window around there is evidence of massive memory
problems with dozens of lines across the screen and sometimes echos of the 
moved window.  What programs can I get to test the memory?

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