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From: twang@csc.albany.edu (Teddy Wang)
Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Diamodscan vs 1960...
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Date: 9 Nov 92 09:11:41

    CM>   Hey.  I am on the verge of buying my 4000, and am torn between the
    CM> Mitsubishi Diamondscan 14" and Commodore 1960 as my monitor.
    CM> I am leaning towards the Diamondscan since it supports composite,
    CM> which
    CM> would be very useful.  Anyways, does anybody have any experience or
    CM> comments, particularly problems, with either of these two monitors.
    CM> Most importantly, is there anything that the 1960 can do, or do
    CM> better
    CM> than the Diamondscan????  Thanks..

    CM>  Chris Dunphy (cmd1@cec2.wustl.edu)

   My friend has a 3000 connected to a 1960 and it works perfectly. I like his
   monitor because of the crispness and the high detail.  I have a 1950, and
   his monitor has pictures that are a bit sharper and clearer when viewed in
   superhires.  There are no problems that I know of with the 1960.

From my personal experience, I can say only one thing.  Stay away from 
Commodore monitors.  Not that all of them are terrible, rather their 
quality control is questionable.  When I originally got my 2000, I received
a 1084SD with the computer, and the quality of the picture was and still 
is excellent.  Since, I've seen various 1084, 1084S, and 1084SD monitors
with much worse displays.  Same thing goes for the 1950s and to my knowledge
the 1960 monitors.  Your best bet is to go for the Diamondscan if it 
supports the 31Hz frequency needed to have no flicker.  Mitsubishi monitors
are known to be excellent in quality (same with Sony so you may consider
that manufacturer also).  I've got a Sony 1304 and it was about the 
best investments in my computer system I've ever made.  The picture is 
much sharper than those of the 1950 Amiga 3000UX at school.

Hope this helps you in selecting a monitor...

Teddy

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: nilsco@ifi.uio.no (Nils Liaaen Corneliusen)
Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Amiga 1200)
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:54:38 GMT
Originator: nilsco@kolsaas.ifi.uio.no


In article <36734@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
> (bla bla bla)

Hey, you are all wrong about this! The only serious alternative was Pat
Paulsen!

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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: AGA monitors.
Date: 6 Nov 92 05:01:20 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <Bx9FGL.3zp@rice.edu> dgb@owlnet.rice.edu (Dennis Gale Brown) writes:
> 
> The NEC series of Multisyncs seem to work well with the Amigas.
> If you have to buy a new monitor, the C= monitor is probably cheaper,
> but if you share a monitor between computers (Amiga and, say, IBM))
> then the NEC would be a good bet... 

The 1960 comes with a standard 15-pin VGA connector and works just
fine with PC's, includeing those from IBM...

-- 
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From: copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: A3000,1.3,2.0 HELP!!!
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 04:54:01 GMT

boing@mcl.ucsb.edu (Geff Hanoian) writes:


>	I just got an A3000 and I was talking to a friend of mine and he
>	said that his dad's A3000 allows you to boot off of a HD partition
>	for 1.3 workbench/KS if you hold down both mouse buttons at bootup.
>	Mine; however; doesn't do this.  Can someone help me out because since
>	I've upgraded I've lost a lot of gaming compatability.  I hoping it's
>	the ROMS and the I can boot in both.....  HELP!!!!   I'm a gaming
>	dood.  

FTP RKick and SetA3000 of wuarchive. whateveritis.  They will let you run 1.3
on the a3000 WITH harddisk and extra ram.  I can vouch for this cause I wrote 
them.

>	thanx

No problemo.


--                      
Simon Cope           	 
AFS Designs             
                        
copes@cs.curtin.edu.au
From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 600 PCMCIA
Date: 8 Nov 92 06:14:50 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <lfoh3jINNqv8@news.bbn.com> leekil@BBN.COM (Lee Kilpatrick) writes:
> 
> With the PCMCIA expansion port on the Amiga 600, I assume it is
> possible to put ROM memory here to use the port for game cartridges?
> Someone in a recent AmigaWorld mentioned that how the 600 might draw
> kids away from Nintendos, and if it had the ability to use cartridges,
> that would help.  Would PCMCIA be too expensive to use for cartridges?

Yes, it can be used as a ROM cartridge, both the hardware and software
offer support for this mode.  Unfortunatly, the basic PCMCIA card/
connector and the large 16-bit ROM's needed for Amiga software make
the cartridges pretty expensive compared to 8-bit game stuff.

-- 
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but no way officially representing:   uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: pejanes@descartes.uwaterloo.ca (Peter Janes)
Subject: Expanding my A2000 - a question
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:25:58 GMT

Hopefully an easily-answered question (but with my luck...)

I've currently got an A2000 with A2090A and '286 Bridgeboard.  I'd _like_ to
add an A2091, but there's this small problem: where can I get power for it?
The power supply only has 2 connectors of the right type, and they're being
used by the HD on the 2090A and the BB's floppy drive.

If there's any way to power the new HD without getting another power supply,
_please_ let me know.  If I had to get another PS (hopefully not), where
would it go?

net.Thanks,
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jeremym@ravel.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Subject: Help:Cant boot my PAL games in PAL mode. Arrrgh.
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:55:06 GMT

I have a slew of non-standard boot-block Euro-PAL games, that I cannot
see the bottoms of. I have tried 3 or 4 programs to boot in palmode.
I tried leo-schwabs', nico francois, and some others. Leo's comes
the closest.. I can hear the pal kick in, then instantly thrown out.

I THINK it's my Commodore 68020 board that is killing off the PAL.

Here's my hardware setup:
	A2000 rev 4.3
	9 MB Ram
	Fatter Agnus (1MB)
	210 MB Quantum space with Trumpcard Orig.
	Com. 68020 board with 0k fast ram with 68881 Math co

Any ideas? I can't write another bootblock on the disks, as that would
really screw them up. And I really don't want to hack and slash
my computer for a switch. Any ideas?!??

Help! I wish I could play my games! They are TOO fast, and I can't see
the last lines. HALLLP!


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From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: amiga 1200 specs - fr
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 19:41:45 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <10013@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> <1992Nov6.150807.1520@cranel.com>

>>In article <10013@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.c
o
m
 >>(Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:

  >>Reality check please!!!
Then David Watters replies:
>I think it is painfully clear that Commodore, and any other computer
>manufacturer could gain a few things by looking at the insides of a 
>Sun IPX.
>-- 
>David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com)    Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
>Voice: (614) 433-0045      Callsign:            510F E Wilson Bridge Rd 
>FAX:   (614) 433-0073        "The Weasel!"      Worthington, Ohio 43085

I have to echo Peter above:

	Reality check please!!!!

The SUN IPX sells for twice (2 times) the price of the A4000.  You get a lot
of engineering done when you double the price.  And the SBus development
has already been done for the SUN.  It is designed for little bitty cards that
can be crammed into the pizza box.  Not so for the A4000.  I t was designed
to accept the larger but less expensive Zorro III cards.  Most Amiga cards
are priced under $1000 but few SBus cards are.  You are comparing two kinds
of fruits here.  About all you can conclude is they could make a dandy salad.

Dana Bourgeois
felinegrace@cup.portal.com
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From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Amiga 1200)
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:28:15 GMT

In article <M5mXr*i41@dynam.adsp.sub.org> cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
>In article <1d9i8gINN9i7@mozz.unh.edu>, Gregory G Greene writes:
>
>> 	I'm preparing myself for 2 things, TAX and SPEND.  I figure it won't

It is a fundamental part of US law - it is in our constitution.
And your english is fine, Jean-Marc.
>>    take Congress and their newly elected buddy to long before they start
>>    raising everybodies income tax, along with every other type of tax that
>>    they can get there hands on or create.  Look for national gun control 
>>    also, one more freedom down the drain.
>
>Do you really think that  being able to buy any kind of gun is a freedom ?
>
>--
>
>PS : forgive my bad English, I'm still trying to learn it
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>EMAIL :   ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor
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--
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"There once was a Lady from Hyde/who ate some bad apples and died/but while we
lamented/the apples fermented/making cider inside her inside!" 
                        -Member of the Court, Texas Renaissance Festival  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: knyal@ils.nwu.edu (Jarrett Knyal)
Subject: Re: SCSI, SyQuest, and diskchanges...
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:52:17 GMT

In article <10000061@hpmwmat.sr.hp.com> mikep@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
writes:

>
>		I'm becoming increasingly desperate to find a solution...
>		and SyQuest has attempted to help me, but with no success. 
>
>		Can you offer any assistance?
>
>		Thanks very much...
>
>		Mike Powell
>
>		P.S. terminator packs have always been in the SyQuest.
>		P.P.S. I don't recall if I told the system that
>		       the drive supported reselection or not (I 
>		       really don't know what that means anyway), although
>		       I DO know that I said it is non-bootable.

While never experiencing exactly the same problems you have, I have had
difficulty with Syquests carts before (naturally).  After I got SCSI Mounter
most of the problems went away, except one.  When I'd bring my Syquest to class
(I have an external 88 M) it would lock up any machine I hooked it to.  Turn
off the computer, hook up Syquest to SCSI port (we have GVP's at school), turn
on computer, it would execute the first couple of lines in the startup-sequence
and then freeze.  Someone noticed that the cable connecting the drive to the
Amiga was the one usually used to connect the Macs we have to Syquests.  After
the cable was switched to a different one, everything was fine; so it was just
the cable.  I not sure exactly why one cable should make a difference over
another but if i had to guess I'd say that not all cables have the same pinout
configurations, maybe they're not carrying some neccessary ground wire or
something.
>
From: Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How do you know if you have an HD floppy?
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 18:35:18 +0000
Reply-To: Roger_Nordin@atb.bbs.bad.se (Roger Nordin)
Distribution: world
Organization: ANet Test Bench, Karlstad, Sweden 
OD-Comment-To: Internet_Gateway

> You mean there are no command line arguments?

Correct. There are no command line switches for HD mode. The swith is rather 
located inside the HD floppy drive. The extra hole on the opposite side of the 
write protect switch on an HD floppy will enable the HD mode, so it's fully 
automatic.

> Will "info" work?

Yes.

                        _       .    __
    Roger Nordin     _ //      /!Net /est Bench
 2:203/602.0@fidonet \X/  Internet: Roger_Nordin@bad.se

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From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson - Amiga Networking)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga Networking?
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:02:38 GMT
Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson - Amiga Networking)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Nov13.020426.27829@zds-oem.zds.com> easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
>In article <37017@cbmvax.commodore.com> bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson - Amiga Networking) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov12.183712.11344@wicat.com> gsarff@wicat.com (Gary Sarff) writes:
>>>
>>>There are arcnet cards that fit on the expansion port on an amiga 500
>>>I have some of them.  I also have some that fit in a slot in the 2000.  This
>>>is at work, but we have had the cards since at least mid 1988, when I was
>>>hired, and a bit before that.  Part of a discontinued project to use amiga
>>>500's as low cost color graphics terminals to run our educational courseware.
>>>I have been trying to find out who made these cards and if they are 
>>>compatible with any software, but have not had any success. 
>>
>>Are they just cards or are they in a metal box? Are they C= A560's?  If
>>so, then the latest sana2developer.lzh archive that I _just_ sent to ESCO
>>has an A2060 SANA-II driver that will work with those and allow you to run
>>any SANA-II compliant software with them :)
>
>  Who or what is ESCO?  How can us mere mortals get a copy?  Do you 
>know of any SANA-II compliant software that is actually shipping? :-)

ESCO is the european developer support contact.

Mortals who are developers can get it from BIX.  I will also be sending it
to Fred Fish for inclusion on the disks (if he wishes) as well as posting
it to wuarchive (as soon as I can get in.)

This revision contains a correction in the header files that could affect
folks writing SANA-II drivers. It also now includes example SANA-II driver
source.

>  ___  ___    Jeff Easton             easton@zds-oem.zds.com
> (__  (__     Zenith Data Systems     j.easton@mi04.zds.com
> ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
>Monte Carlo   Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation

Brian
       +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +
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     {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!bj    or   networking@cbmvax.commodore.com
                       uva uvam vivendo varia fit 

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From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: Connecting a HD-drive?
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:18:07 GMT

In article <OA92-901-302p27_157183a0@piraya.bad.se> Nikolai_Waldman@p27.atb.bbs.bad.se (Nikolai Waldman) writes:

>Can anybody tell me if it is possible to connect a HD-drive to my
>A2000? If so, then how?

Yes, provided that the HD floppy is manufactured by CBM and that you are
running 2.04. Contact your local dealer for availability of these drives.
In Canada they retail for ~$120.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: kaltenha@informatik.uni-freiburg.de (Raoul Kaltenhaeuser)
Subject: Monitor switcher
Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 10:55:42 GMT

Is there a monitor switch box (similar to the printer switch boxes)
around for the A4000? I wonder if it is difficult to build one myself.
Can I simply connect a multipol switcher with the appropriate wires,
or is that too simple? I want to change monitors while computer and 
monitors are turned on.

Raoul







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From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: : Green Screen A500? Bad RAM? Help!
Date: 11 Nov 92 10:51:33 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
> In article <boozer.05zb@arb.uucp>, boozer@arb.uucp (Chris Griffin) writes:
>>
>> I have found that the green screen means a bad chip in the custom chip set.
>> Probably the fat agnus. This chip is pretty cheap and plentiful.

        It doesn't always mean the chip has a fault. It can mean that the chip
is simply loose in the socket, and needs to be re-seated. 5 minutes work could
save you from buying something you don't need to buy.

> I just realised - these diagnostic colours on startup aren't much help to
> someone with a mono screen ;-)

        Yep.

           Bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au  OR  bull@monu1.cc.monash.oz
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From: juncewic@turtle.cis.ohio-state.edu (thomas michael juncewicz)
Subject: 68030 ACCELERATOR NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:23:49 GMT

Hello.  OK, here's the poop:  I'm sick of runnin at 7.14 MHz.  I was
considering purchasing an A3000, but I've heard that lotsa poorly written
software breaks on it for one reason or another (KS 2.04, 030, etc).  Prob.
is I LIKE that software :)  Anyway, I decided to get an accelerator board
instead, but when I started looking, I saw hundreds of different brands
with various specs at various prices.  So, I need YOUR help on deciding on the
best choice.  Here is my current configuration:

A2000
1 Meg CHIP, 2 Meg FAST (8UP board)
KS 1.3
AdIDE w/ 80 Meg HD

I want to have an 030-based system running at least 25-MHz.  Now, I've seen
some boards like GVP's combos that have HD's with em and like 8 megs of 
memory, but this is overkill (especially in price-$1000).  On the other hand,
I've also seen something called a VXL*30 or something like that which ran
at 25-MHz w/ 68881 for $350.  I assume the latter has nothing else with it,
like RAM or HD, which is fine.  My question is, what do you guys recommend
I should get?  Should I go for the higher end stuff?  Does having 32-bit
memory REALLY improve performance?  Should I get a 40-50 MHz model--is the
speed difference noticable enough to warrant the extra price (I know the bus
and memory will be the bottlenecks)?  Should I just spend the cash on an 040?
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!

As a guideline, I need the power for rendering software and heavily
math-intensive applications (like Flight Simulators :)).  Also, I need
something that can fall back to 68000 mode without having to pop open my
case and set jumpers.  Finally, because I'm a starving college student 
(aren't we all) it has to be as affordable as possible, certainly less than
$1000 (otherwise I'd just get an A3000), and hopefully around $500-$600.
Well, I think that about covers my dilema...PLEEEEEEEEEEEZE respond ASAP
via email OR post (I read this group religiously).  Thanx in advance
fellow Amigans...

Tom

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Salamon)
Subject: Re: Hook up an IBM internal modem to my 500?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:57:53 GMT

aramsey@ugly.UVic.CA (Aaron  Ramsey) writes:

>Is there any possible way to create some sort of connecter to do this?
>I have my hands on a 9600 baud modem that is an IBM internal, and would
>like to use it with my 500.... can I rig something up, or should I
>sell it, and buy an external modem?

Well, my GoldenGateII board will certainly do this, but you need a true
Zorro II slot for it, along with an IBM one in-line (like in A2000/3000/4000
machines).

David

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David Salamon                Physics Graduate Student (Slave)
d-salamon@uiuc.edu           University of Illinois
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From: rosborn@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Ryan H Osborn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: I need audio digitizer plans!
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:23:54 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Audio Sampler
Summary: 
Expires: 
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Keywords: 

   I am looking for plans to build an audio digitizer.  If anyone has any
information on where to look or has plans they no longer need please send
me some E-mail.  Thank you in advance.
							Ryan Osborn

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