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From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Quantum 105S Installation Problem
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 00:03:26 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <92Aug27.073312pdt.11568@alpha.xerox.com>, Michel_Denber.WBST147@XEROX.COM writes:

> I just got a Quantum 105S and the installation has not been going well.  I've

I used the following on my A2090 / Q105S:

DH4:       Device = hddisk.device
           Unit   = 5
           Flags  = 0
           Surfaces  = 6
           BlocksPerTrack = 33
           Reserved = 2
           Interleave = 0
           LowCyl = 2
           HighCyl = 10
           Buffers = 30
           BufMemType = 0
           Stacksize = 4000
#
DQ0:       Device = hddisk.device
           Unit   = 5
           Flags  = 0
           Surfaces  = 6
           BlocksPerTrack = 33
           Reserved = 2
           Interleave = 0
           LowCyl = 11
           HighCyl = 167
           Buffers = 64
           BufMemType = 0
           Stacksize = 4000
           Globvec = -1
           FileSystem = L:FastFileSystem
           DosType = 0x444F5301
#
DQ1:       Device = hddisk.device
           Unit   = 5
           Flags  = 0
           Surfaces  = 6
           BlocksPerTrack = 33
           Reserved = 2
           Interleave = 0
           LowCyl = 168
           HighCyl = 1018
           Buffers = 64
           BufMemType = 0
           Stacksize = 4000
           Globvec = -1
           FileSystem = L:FastFileSystem
           DosType = 0x444F5301
#

I hope that this helps.

Note:  the drive was jumpered to unit 3, so the unit in the mountlist is set
to 5 (i.e. add 2 for the MFM units.)


                                                Jim Pritchett


UUCP:  rwsys.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp
 or    utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: rgb monitors
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:34:57 GMT

cprince@mathcs.emory.edu (Chea Prince) writes:

Hint: The line "Followup-To: OA" in your posting sends all replies to the
      bitbucket. Followup-To: needs a valid newsgroup name.

>has anyone ever successfully connected an amiga 2500/30 to any one 
>of the following monitors:

>     hitachi 70J3 (was connected to an apollo DN460)
>     MassComp (circa 1985--no model designation)
>     apollo DN550

>all of these require separate R,G,B inputs--any hardware specs
>on these monitors would be appreciated 

I can't help you with specs for any of them, but what you need to look
for are the horizontal and vertical rates. The stock Amiga video is 15
KHz horiz. and 50/60 Hz vert. De-interlacers run at 30 KHz horizontal,
and the hires video cards are somewhere between 30 & 64 KHz. If the
monitors you mention are 19" they are probably in the 54-64 KHz range,
and will not work on the Amiga.
-- 
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From: manfred@edomdo.UUCP (Manfred Dolag)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Size of a Zorro II card
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:07:09 GMT
Organization: Edotronik GmbH

In article <phil.715308233@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
>Could someone please tell me the maximum physical size of a Zorro II card.
>
>That is, from the bottom of the edge connector to the top of the card.
>

the Size on an ZORRO-II-Card is:

    337,19 mm x 114,5 mm ( plus 7,62 mm for the connector )

>
>Why you ask?  I am thinking of building a Zorro II cage for my A1000 and I
>need to know how big to make it.
>
>
>THanks,
>Phil.
>
>
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From: kevint@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Kevin Taddeucci)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:58:17 GMT
Subject: Re: A2320 adjustments
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware

In comp.sys.amiga.hardware, asimard@fraser.sfu.ca (Andrew David Simard) writes:

 
 
> Is there a way to increase the "width" of the image that it
> is sending to the monitor (so to speak)?  The screen has
> enough height, but not enough width.  I still see the rather
> annoying "zipper" edge on the right hand side of the display.
> (Is there a resistor/capacitor than can be adjusted/replaced,
> or some other similar (or simpler) change that can be made??)
 
The following is a copy of some instructions, I grabbed from one of the 
notes groups a while back, which describes how to do what you want.

REMEMBER: There are high voltages running around in that monitor so be 
          careful. I take no responsibility for problems which might 
          occur as a result of this modification.
          
         
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From dschlott@linx.UUCP Wed Feb  5 21:46:19 1992
Relay-Version: version Notes 2.8.4  1990/05/09; site hpsad.sad.hp.com
From: dschlott@linx.UUCP (Dale Schlott)
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1992 05:46:19 GMT
Date-Received: Thu, 6 Feb 1992 20:56:10 GMT
Subject: Re: NEC 3D internal adjustment
Organization: None.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware

In article <860292g.697246299@aucs> 860292g@aucs.acadiau.ca (Rob Gill) writes:
>Hi...I'd like to know if all or most monitors (more specifically the
>NEC 3D) have some kind of adjustment inside that would allow me to
>widen the display even more than the external controls provide.

Yes.. This can be done on the 3D. There are 2 coils on the left side
of the monitor, toward the front a inch or so behind the three pots.
You will see a tall coil (couple inches high) with a short coil (less
than a inch high) in back of it. The tall coil will increase the width
of the screen when it's slug is turned counter clockwise. After getting
the width close, peek it using the short coil by turning it back and forth
for the max. width.

To completely cover the display you will have to back the tall slug out 
almost all the way. 


>I'd really like to get rid of the borders, esp. the wavy one on the 
>right side (I'm running a 730x470 WB...).
>Where would such a control be located?, and what would it look like?
>
>thanks,
>Rob
>
>
>
>--
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>|   18 Catherine Ct. Wolfville, N.S. CAN - (902) 542-3153   \\\/// do it      |
>============================================================ \XX/ Better! =====

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From: Marc_De_Roos@amusers.UUCP (Marc De Roos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Mattel Powerglove
Distribution: world
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:17:01 PST
Organization: The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In a message dated Tue 25 Aug 92  2:55, Kavanagh@alc.serum.kodak.com (david
wrote:

 K> If anyone has any questions about the box or the Powerglove, e-mail me.
 K>   kavanagh@serum.kodak.com
 K> see ya
 K> David

  Hi, I would like to know more about "THE BOX" as well as any info on the
powerglove that you have available - but have no Internet e-mail access :(
 Do you parchance have a GEnie account? ....or maybe a Fidonet address?
 
My GEnie address there is:   R.DE
                                               ...Regardes  Marc
 
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From: liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz (Liam Greenwood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: How to get an IBM type 661 drive working...
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:48:47 GMT+12
Distribution: world
Organization: It's Home, really...

    I'm trying to get an IBM type 661 3.5 inch hard disk working on an A590
with rev 6.6 roms. It seems to powerup o.k. When I read the drive to
find out about it, thence to write the RDB, it reports manufacturer as IBM
and model as 0661371, revision B. I then get a message saying no size
information available. When I try a low-level format or writing the RDB there
is a lot of controller activity, which doesn't stop unless the drive is
powered off or the machine rebooted, the drive make some head noise then
ceases (when I say noise, I mean stethescope city... this is one _quiet_
drive!). Does anyone know of any tricks etc. I may be missing? I have NO other
information on the drive which I'm looking at as a favour for a shop, which
is looking at it for a customer, who got it out of some piece of something...
    E-mail or post, either way I'm grateful for _any_ info...

    Thanks, Liam

--
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                 Don't tell my Mother I'm a programmer,
               she thinks I'm a piano player in a brothel

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: rvillari@cat.syr.EDU (R. Alberto Villarica)
Subject: Looking for Prototyping board
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 22:47:39 EDT

I'm looking for an autoconfiguring prototyping board for either Zorro
II or Zorro III.  I remember seeing someone posting about this several
months ago.  Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Email would be fine.

~Al
(email:  rvillari@cat.syr.edu)



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From: copes@pride.cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: SOLVED!!!! Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
Keywords: SetCpu ROM
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 08:56:16 GMT


keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:

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

>SetCPU 1.62 actually
>> 
>> Maybe that's your problem.  The lastest SetCPU is V1.60.  If you have a later
>> one, there's a real good change it's bogus.


>PROBLEM FIXED!!! I downloaded SetCpu 1.60 and everything is great. Setcpu 1.62
>is no longer in use. I don't know what it did but something was screwy. I got
>the setcpu 1.62 off a ftp archive. I thought someone must of changed the verdsion
>number = weird = 

>Whats the correct length of SetCpu 1.60 file Dave?

>Thanks for your help ( yet again)

>> -- 
>> 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

It sounds like the v1.62 you had was one that someone hacked for their own
machine and ended up on an ftp site.  Not surprising really, because daveh 
released the source on fish 400.

--
copes@cs.curtin.edu.au
From: Vic@angband.delfax.OCunix.On.Ca (Vic Lewington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  Where you might look for a kludge (was Re: A3000 / A2232 w/ SupraFAX)
Distribution: world
Date: 3 Sep 92 09:51:44 AST
Organization: MMI

In article <6251@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca> hugh@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Hugh D. Gamble) writes:
>In article <DGILBERT.92Aug26105644@aeshq.uucp> dgilbert@aeshq.uucp (David Gilbert) writes:
>>>>>>> On 22 Aug 92 06:39:40 GMT, rrrodewald@happy.colorado.edu said:
>>R> 2)  Hardware:  A2232 board seems to work fine, but it seems to crash the
>>R>                A3000 quite regularily with a 8000 0004 Guru.  Usually during

    Just to stir the pot, I use basically the same setup (A3000/25 with an A2232
handling my modem), and haven't had any problems with it...

>The latest version of the driver has fixed the DTR problem. Call your
>dealer or Commodore to see about getting a newer version that the one
    The drivers that came with mine are ver 34.12 You wouldn't happen to know
the version #'s of the latest?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: terjem@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Normann Marthinussen)
Subject: A2620 ram speed
Organization: University of Tromsoe
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:35:40 GMT

Does anyone know what the differentjumper settings on the J500 jumper on the 
A2620 cards means?

The manuall only says that the default settings is for 100ns ram timing which 
is the speed on the ram. This should as far as I know make the 68020 run at one
wait-state. However, I tried to move this jumper to the lower position (which
I believe is 80 ns) and everything seems to work just fine, with the additional
bonus of a small but noticable (and measurable) increcment in speed.

Just wondering if anyone could confirm that the lower position on this jumper
really is 80ns or if anyone knows if there might be a third setting (no 
connection between the pins). 

Anyway, if it is normal that 100ns ram chips can handle 80ns speed I suppose
that this is the cheapest way to accelerate a A2620 card.


Terje Marthinussen
terjem@stud.cs.uit.no
From: GELSON@VORTEX.UFRGS.BR (Gelson Dias Santos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Using a XT IDE controller. Is it possible?
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:16:00 GMT


  I have a XT IDE controller/adapter and a Seagate 40M IDE Harddisk currently
installed in a XT clone. I would like to know if it would  be possible to use
this controller and harddisk in an Amiga. I know there is a shareware project
that allows an old MFM controller/harddisk to be used. My question is:can I use
this IDE adapter in place of the MFM controller? Would it be necessary to write
a new device driver?
  Any help/opinion/info would be welcome.

  PS: the XT IDE controller is from Juko Electronics.

* Gelson Dias Santos  *  Internet: Gelson@vortex.ufrgs.br           *
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From: JOHN_P_SULLIVAN@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HELP!! etc.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 13:34:13 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

I don't have an internal GVP, but setting up my external GVP for my A500
gave me similiar problems.  Start up "FaastPrep" again and choose Manual
Mode. You should get a screen with your 40MB drive listed as SCSI ID 0, 
as you said. Make sure the "Last Drive" and "last LUN" boxes are not 
"checked".  Now you should be able to move to ID 1 using the < and >
arrows. On this screen, make sure the "Last Drive" and "Last LUN" boxes
are "checked".  Someone suggested this in one of the other letters, but
I'm not sure it was quite clear.
  If this does not solve the problem (it did for me), maybe one of the 
following quotes from the GVP User's guide will help:
  1. ONly the last SCSI device in the chain should contain the resistor
packs.... If there are both internal and external SCSI devices, the the
last *external* SCSI device is considered to be the last device.
  2. ...GVP removes all terminating resistor packs on hard drives that 
are mounted on our controllers, so removing them is not necessary


   Again, those are quoted from GVP
Also, you may want to set the priority of your boot drive to 0, rather 
than the -5 as you noted above.  Mine is pri 0, and the partitions are
pri -10, and they all work just fine.
   Hope this helps
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
Subject: Re: NEC 4FG Border-less Display??
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 12:28:18 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

In article <92239.141112K3027E6@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, <K3027E6@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes:
|> References: <alfredo.035y@ajahnv.lonestar.org> <52430@dime.cs.umass.edu>
|> 
|> Dan Barrett writes:
|> >I have a 5FG, and it gives a borderless display (full overscan)

 The 5FG has not the same electronc than the 3FG or 4FG do have.

|> 
|> That sounds great, but I have another question:
|> Is ist possible to get a 50 Hz PAL display with the FG-series of monitors?
|> I read in the spezifications from Nec, that the FG-models are not able to
|> display 50 Hz Screens. Their frequency starts at 55 Hz, and thats to high
|> for PAL!! Is that right????
|> Do you have ever seen a 50 Hz PAL screen on your 4/5FG?

 I do have seen that. It is possible. A company here in Germany does sell
 the 3/4FG with 50Hz. They complain to be 'officialy' allowed to
 adapt the Nippon's to the Amiga community.
 In fact, i think there must be some sort of Oscilator inside which must be
 either soldered out or changed, i don't know about that.

 It is right that you need 50 Hz to run PAL, but it will flicker anyway
 (nothing to do with flickerfixer, it's the monitor...).

 Still, the black border rests.

|> 
|> thanx in advance!
|> 
|> rk :)
|> rk@gup.uni-linz.ac.at
|> OR
|> k3027e6@edvz.uni-linz.ac.at

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From: bheinz@tbag.tscs.com (Bill Heinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Amiga 2000 Problems??
Date: 2 Sep 92 23:36:39 GMT
Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group

A buddy of mine just bought a rev 4.3 2000...Wondering what kind of incompatibilities he can expect from this...I have heard some horror stories about 2.0 and serial cards etc. from the older 2000's...any suggestions or inputs? thanx...

--- Via UCI v1.02 (C-Net Amiga)
From: menzies@CAM.ORG (Stephen Menzies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Problems switching from 68040 to 68000
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:32:07 GMT
Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada

tw5232@albnyvms.bitnet (Teddy Wang) writes:

>Howdy,

>I own a Fusion Forty equipped with 9 megs of ram (four 1x9 70ns simms and four
>1x9 80ns simms, all are manufactured by Micron) which is sitting in my 2000. 
>I've got a problem concerning switching processors (from the F40 68040 to the
>original 68000).  Whenever I switch using the hardware switch on the back of
>the board, the computer refuses to boot-up right away, it takes several (9-10)
>warm boots (CTRL-A-A) to get it going again!  And when I switch back it does
>the same thing.  I own an ICD AdSCSI 2000 (switched from a Trumpcard Pro) which
>has 2 105 Quantums and 1 40meg Sony hooked up to it.  Worse yet, everytime I
>switch processors and the computer does boot-up, the drives take a billion
>years to finish-booting (2 minutes was the last time I booted, bootup usually
>takes less than 39 seconds).  Has anybody out there had the same problem?

>I would call RCS but it's a REAL LLLOOONNNGGG distance call and costs me a
>pretty penny every time I call.

>Thanks for the help,

>Teddy

>     ////////  
>       //                                             twang@thor.albany.edu
>      //                                              TWANG@ALBNYVMS.BITNET
>     //  eddy Wang                                    TW5232@ALBNYVMS.BITNET
>    //   Computer Art and Animation at SUNY Albany
>         New Illusions      Albany, NY                  "Increase the Peace..."

Teddy, you can't go straight from the 040 <> 68000 mode on a warm boot.
The system must be powered down for 30s to flush everything. RCS is
aware of your question though, and will be intouch.
	
Somewhat related, atleast to warm and cold boots, is that RCS now has
"plug & go" roms for the 040. There is no software instalation required
anymore, everythings automatic. Boot up time is now down to 10s. Controllers
like the 2091 are automatically detected and the 16bit roms are moved
into 32 bit Ram, increasing speed. There's a $50 US upgrade fee for those
who already have the board. All new boards shipped will have new roms on
it.
	
hope this helps..
	
stephen
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From: j1lee@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (--- James C. Lee ---)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Need advice on A500 Trumpcard 500AT
Date: 26 Aug 92 10:29:48 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

Hello...  I recently got a Trumpcard 500AT, but it did not work at
first.  The setup-utility seemed to pause when I run it and it never went
to the format screen.  Well, as it turned out, it was the problem with
the drive (I had a Xelek 120.6 MG, and it didn't recognize the drive).

Anyway, so I went out and replaced the drive with a Connor 170MG drive.
Now everything works, or at least I thought so.  It scanned the drive,
showed that there were no errors, then went on setting up the drive.
After that, the HD boots and everything seems to go fine with one
exception--every once a while, the drive gives a little "Volume b -
checksum error block 10038"...  Sometimes it gives the same block number
and sometimes it jumps around between five or six numbers.  Everytime
this happens, when I reboot the computer, the problem disappears.  I
didn't think the problem was very major until finally one of the blocks
(with checksum error) remained there even after a cold-boot.  It didn't
validate one of the two partitions, and therefore I decided to re-setup
the drive.  Now it's still giving me a few checksums here and there
(maybe a couple every few hours or so)...

So what's wrong with this?  Does the power-supply have to do with this?
I have an A500 with an external drive and Trumpcard 500AT with 170 MB
Connor drive and 5 MB of RAM.  If so, which power-supply do you recommend
that I get?  Also, does it help if I disconnect the external drive?  Or
is it an entirely different problem?

				Thanks in advance,

					James   (j1lee@sdcc13.ucsd.edu)
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From: joonas@krk.fi (Joonas Kekoni)
Subject: Re: Supra 14.4K Roms ==> Supra 2400 --- Possible???????
To: kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack)
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 13:17:44 GMT

 I think it would be easier to put 2400 v42bis roms to normat or 
2400mnp5 supra. on the 2400 mnp5 supra those 2400 v42roms would
work direktly.
those supra 2400s are based on intel chipset, v32bis and v32 are
 based on rockwells chipset. the oly same things are corpotion and
aluminium box. I just happened to think is it possible to hack
v32 supra to v32bis supra?


















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