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From: jdrew@nesbbx.UUCP (Jim Drew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Hurricane 500 board
Date: 10 Apr 92 09:39:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: nesbbx.jdrew.04xt
Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System
X-Organization: NES BBX +1 503 640 9337

Does anyone out there have (or even remember) the Imtronics Hurricane 500
68020 board?
 
I have one, which works great.  There are 8 sockets on the board for 32
bit memory.  For the last couple of years I have had 256Kx4 dips occupying
these 8 sockets..giving me 1 meg of 32 bit memory.  According to the
manual (which I am unable to find since I moved), you can replace these
RAM chips with 1Megx4 dips.  So....$170 later, I have the chips and when I
installed them, only 1 meg of memory shows...not 4megs, like it should be.
 
My question is this:  If someone has one of these jewels with the 1Megx4
dips in it...do you need anything else to get the memory recognized?
 
Thanks!

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From: bc343@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen Teeno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: External SyQuest, Aggravation! reselection??
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:15:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr9.011524.9070
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


   Having read several messages over the past months regarding
problems with SyQuest (or any second) drives and the A2091
I thought I had things covered, but I guess not... or else I
have a unique problem.
   The symptoms:  cartridges will format fine, however any
       attempt to write significant amounts of data to one
       of them results in the system freezing --- drive error
       led on, mouse movement possible but everything very
       slow.  On rebooting, the system SOMETIMES reports a
       CRC error on a specific block on the cartridge, or that
       it is not validated.   This does not always happen.
   The system:  A2000, 2.04 ROM, A2091 (rev. 4.0 modified -
       board; v6.6 roms).  The 40M Quantum on the A2091 is
       device 6, the SyQuest is set as device 3.  I've tried
       with and without the SCSI terminator on the SyQuest
       drive - same results.  (Should the terminator be on
       the SyQuest, or not?)
       Oh, yeah... I used the 'reselectionON' program from the
       2.0 Install disk to turn reselection on.
 I thought the v6.6 roms took care of reselection problems.  Am
I wrong on that?  Any other suggestions?
    Thanks in advance for any and all useful advice!
                              Steve
       preferred e-mail address    A039@NS.CC.Lehigh.Edu
From: David-L@cup.portal.com (David Steven Levin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CMI Multi-Port and RTS/CTS Handshaking
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:20:38 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Well, I just got my new Supra V.32bis modem and it confirmed the
fact that the CMI Multi-Port board's cmiser.device does not support
hardware handshaking.

ZModem uploads are hopeless.  I guess with the computer sending characters
at 38400 buad and the modem sending at 9600 without some way
to slow the computer down is impossible.

Anyway, I remember someone mentioning here that they were working on a 
new driver (he says droolingly).

Any info would be MOST appreciated!!!

David Levin
David-L@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: gad@linac.fnal.gov (Greg A. Deuerling)
Subject: Re: NEED MOTOROLA 680XX uP REFERENCE CARD................
Organization: Fermiland, Batavia, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:52:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.162114.23549@motaus.sps.mot.com> skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com (Skipper Smith) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr3.155410.19911@njitgw.njit.edu> njl5453@hertz.njit.edu (  Nitin J. Lad  EE) writes:
>>>
>>>Hello....
>>>
>>>Does anyone know where I can get referenc cards
>>>for following Motorola uPs in New Jersey or New York City area:
>>>
>>>	MC 68000
>>>	MC 68020
>>>	MC 68030
>>>	MC 68040
>>>
>>>-nitin lad
>>>
>>>Electrical Engineering
>>>New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
>
>Someone else has already given you addresses to contact, but I must warn you
>that there are NO Programmer's Reference Cards for any processors other then
>the 68000, the 68008, and the 68010.  PRCs are far to small to have all the
>opcodes and other information necessary to work with the 68020 and above.  If
>you want the equivilent information for the 68020 and above, you need to order
>the 68000 Programmer's Reference Manual and the 68020-68040 User's Manuals.
> 
>
>
>-- 
>Skipper Smith                             | skipper@wmtowdc.sps.mot.com
>Motorola Technical Training               | 8945 Guilford Rd  Ste 145  
>All opinions are my own, not my employers | Columbia, MD 21046

This is not really a programmers ref card, but Motorola  makes a Programmers
Reference maunal (Mot Doc # M68000PM/AD) It covers the 68000,68008,68010,
68020,68030,68040,68851,68881, and the 68882.
Call up a distributor, they most times give them out free.



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=	     Greg Deuerling, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	      =
=	   P.O.Box 500   MS#127  Batavia, Il  60510   1(708)840-4629          =
= 			    Computer R&D Group				      =
=		            gad@linac.fnal.gov				      =
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From: p_troia@UPR2.CLU.NET (Paolo V. Troia Cancio 30-06-92)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: How can I find out if I have a HD floppy in my 3000?
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:04:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: upr2.m0laa4d-00002YC




	I seemed to have missed a thread about some new A3000's having been
shipped with the still to be released High Density floppy... How can I
determine if my 3000 has such a drive installed? Asuming I had the drive,
what is required in order to use the HD floppies? Do I need a special
mountlist entry or is it user-transparent?

	Since I have the feeling this was beaten to death recently, please
reply by e-mail (or mail me a copy of the followup).

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p_troia@upr2.clu.net     | Escuela de Medicina, RCM          | \X/ o nada!
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From: ieeu0025@cs.montana.edu (CK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Thanks Doods
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:22:41 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717

Thanks to all the netters that helped me in solving my problem. You were
correct it your assumptions that the input +5 fuse was blown.  I did not
know this fuse existed because commodore gave me a version 6.2 board and 1.3
workbench and the schematics in by manual were about version -1.1 and did
not show that fuse.  I finally got a hold of the schematics for a 3000 and
it had the mysterious fuse where it was supposed to be.  I piggybacked it
onto the old blown fuse and things are working great.  By the way, to the
guy who asked about where to find this pico-fuse, I got an exact copy (even
the same manufacturer) down at the local electronics store, and I live in
Bozeman Montana 20k people.  This makes me think you could find it anywhere
else in the world short of Greenland.
   To Dave Haynie, or anyone else in the know:  What the heck is that
component in series with the fuse mentioned above (labeled FB201)?  a ferrite
filter?

Thanks Again,

Craig Keenan...


ieeu0025@amin.ee.montana.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: robtu@itx.isc.com (Rob Tulloh)
Subject: Re: Mail Order Warnings !!!
Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
Date:  7 Apr 92 05:23:05 GMT

simon@ivem.ucsd.edu (Simon) writes:



>With all these "don't deal with this mail-order company" and "don't deal
>with that mail-order company" being posted these days (seems like this
>month I've seen more than I've ever seen), who can you order from reliably?
>Local dealerships.  Now if only the local dealers were better treated by
>CBM (I'm sure the dealers complain about CBM's sales as you people do about
>mail order stores).  But anyway, before mail ordering, try a local dealer
>first and see if they won't match the mail order prices.  This will not only
>alleviate your headaches and anger, but also help your productivity.  Besides,
>if you're going to wait 4 weeks for a product, why not ask a local dealer
>first and avoid that long wait.

Well, when I lived in a big metro area like Washington, D.C. it was not
a problem to find software competively priced  at the myriad of local
dealers. Hardware, you always shop for, sometimes at non-Amiga places.

Now that I am here in Texas, I find that the local dealers have a pretty
hard time staying in business.  Period. Now, I feel like giving them
my business, but I can't justify paying out the additional 20% to 30%
the local guy is going to charge me. Add sales tax, and it's no contest.
Mail order will win. As an example, I recently priced Quantum 80/105 MB
hard disks and got a price I felt was the best available. I called my
local dealer here and the best deal they could give was $30 more for
a 60MB drive. Bzzzt! 

Well, I always ask the local - but I hardly ever hear the answer I want.
I got excited when I found out I could get the 2.04 from the local
dealer for the same prices as other places. Problem was, the upgrade
was a waiting-list ordeal  here. I got next day from Creative. No
contest! 

Now, the local dealer is going to get the business
of the people who need support. I usually don't need support and I don't
want to be charged for it if I don't need it. It's too bad they can't
come up with 2 prices to meet the different needs of different customers.
Until my local dealer can offer me a price that is even within 10% more 
than the the cost of mail order, my business will continue to go elsewhere.
That's the sad fact!


Rob
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INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.         Tel: (512) 343 0376 Ext. 116
9442 Capital of Texas Hwy. North  Fax: (512) 343 1414
Arboretum Plaza One, Suite 700    Net: robertt@isc.com (polled daily)
Austin, Texas 78759                    robtu@itx.isc.com (same thing!)
From: ridder@zso.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Toaster on a 3000????
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:34:38 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - DECwest Engineering
Originator: ridder@zowie.zso.dec.com

In article <3729@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ee23042f@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Zaphod Beeblebrox) writes:
>  Does anyone have a Video Toaster working on a 3000?  I've heard that
>  the board needs to be hacked off to make it fit, is this true?

It will not fit as the Toaster comes from the factory.  You can make it
fit, *voiding your Toaster warranty*, by removing the "top" BNC
connector from the board, moving the connector bulkhead "down" one
position on the remaining connectors, then reinstalling the removed
connector in bottom hole and reconnecting it with some shielded wire.

>Brian Wentz     

-hans
-- 
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  ridder@rust.zso.dec.com			Bellevue, Washington, USA
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: fineberg@wugate.wustl.edu (Charlie Fineberg)
Subject: DKB MultiStart and A2000 rev 6.2
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri USA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:33:05 GMT

  Just wondering if anyone has had a problem hooking any multi-rom
adapters to their A2000 rev 6.2 mother board.  When I put my 2.x rom
into my rom socket it works just fine.  When I put my 1.3 rom back in
the socket it works just fine.  When I put my MultiStart II in with
both roms with the external line connected to the appropriate place
I get a grey screen.  When I try to reboot and hold the keys in for 
a long while it is still a grey screen.  The same thing happened with
an AIRROM board.  Any comments?  Details to follow:

	A2000 rev 6.2 mother board
	DKB MultiStart II
		External wire attached to Gary pin 41
		J1 set on two "lower" pins (Use 2.0 on bootup)
		J2 set on two "lower" pins (for use in A2000)
		2.0 Rom has wire cut

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com (Skipper Smith)
Subject: A2320
Organization: Motorola Semiconductor, Austin, Texas
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:37:50 GMT

I am having a problem with my SECOND A2320 (I sent the first one back with
similar problems, so I am beginning to doubt that the problem is actually in
the A2320).  
First, my setup-
   Amiga 2000
   GVP 40 MHz '030 accelerator (with 4 MB RAM installed)
   GVP Series II controller (also with 4 MB of RAM installed)
   100 MB hard drive and 150 MB tape hooked up to the Series II so I can use
them even if the accelerator is disabled)
   A2320 (properly grounded according to my meter)
   ADOS 1.3 (cause I have been too lazy to upgrade, though I have 2.0)
   lastly  1 MB Agnus, new Denise

The problem is this:  If I use the board as it comes adjusted from the factory,
pixels (individual pixels) of random location and color (I can't determine a
pattern) kind of quiver... it is hard too describe.  When I turn off the A2320,
the symptoms go away.  If I adjust the A2320 so that I get no "pixel jitter,"
then what I get is entire lines jumping all over the place with the number
of lines that jump seemingly related to the amount of activity the processor
currently undertaking (starting up a task or doing anything very intensive
causes about 30% of the screen to freak, moving the mouse causes about 5% of
the screen to freak, and leaving the machine along with nothing intensive going
on causes about 2 or 3 lines to freak at non-predictable times).  This is
EXTREMELY irritating when I am trying to play A10 1.5 at the highest level of
graphics, to say the least (otherwise, though, the game is quite playable at
40 MHz).  I can have individual pixel jitter or have entire lines jump, but
I can find no adjustment of the pot that will get rid of both.
 
Any ideas?
 
Things I need to investigate further- How does turning off the accelerator
affect things (I have done it, but I really didn't pay attention).
 
Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
 


-- 
Skipper Smith                             | skipper@wmtowdc.sps.mot.com
Motorola Technical Training               | 8945 Guilford Rd  Ste 145  
All opinions are my own, not my employers | Columbia, MD 21046
From: salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us (Bob Salnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  A1000 hardware mystery
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:34:49 GMT
Organization: Not Organized

I have a modulator for this plug if anyone is interested...

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      WA9BVE            |
From: scooper@cats.ucsc.edu (Scott Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Mail order true stories
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:23:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz


What folllows is not intended to be a judgement, but a true story about
how I was dealt with so you can make up your own minds:

I ordered a GVP A500 HD8+, 120meg drive from Creative Computers about 2
weeks ago, at which time they told me that these drives would be
backordered for about a week.  Since the end of that first week, I have
called almost every day -- until today, a customer service rep mumbled
something about GVP not shipping any more 120meggers until all the 105's
are gone.  Sounds like a load of hooey to me, but it's sort of
plausible, I guess.

To their credit, I made them an offer, namely that they ship me a 105
and a copy of Final Copy without changing the price (roughly a $20
savings for me), which they accepted, and if you believe them when they
say that these two items are in stock, I should finally have my order on
Monday, two and a half weeks after making it (and paying for overnight
shipping).

'Nuff said.

Scott Cooper
scooper@cats.ucsc.edu
From: s915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Leanne Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Help Needed - Friends 500 dead!
Date: 6 Apr 92 10:15:46 GMT
Distribution: comp,aus
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

My friends Amiga 500 has decided to give up the ghost.

Upon power up all that happens is he gets a blank blue screen

HIs setup is just a standard 500 with 512k of chp, 512k FAst and 1.3

Any help appreciated

Leanne Taylor

s915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington)
Subject: Re: Memory checker program.
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:20:21 GMT

vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez) writes:
>I am having problem with my CHIP memory in my old A1000. Can somebody
>recomend a memory tester program that will help me locate what area and
>which chip is causing problems?

On a similar note, I once had a small problem with my fast RAM.  I had
a RAD: disk mounted, and I extracted an archived file to this disk.  I
received a read/write error!  I have never had any further troubles with
my RAM, but still the event troubles me.  I realize that the archive
may have been corrupt; I think I checked this, though.

Anyway, I would like to get a program which checks all of memory (the way
Intel machines do when they boot up).  Thanks.

-- Gerald
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8733 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:7599
From: grx1042@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Steve Snodgrass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Can I reorder the free memory pool?
Date: 12 Apr 92 20:17:21 EST
Organization: UT Student Union Board

I have a minor problem that I thought I'd see if there was any solution to:

I have an A500 with Expansion Systems' BaseBoard RAM expansion (2.5 Megs on
it), and a Trumpcard 500 Pro controller with IVS' Meta4 RAM board (1 Meg on
it), for a total of 4 Megs of RAM.  I have the 2.04 ROM and full ECS.

I only boot up with 1 Meg of chip RAM, and 1 Meg fast (from the Meta4), the
other 2 Megs on the BaseBoard must be configured with AddMem (called through
their configuration program).

The problem is: the 1 Meg on the Meta4 is true fast RAM, whereas the BaseBoard
RAM is actually slow RAM (i.e. interferes with the chip bus).  Thus, I want to
use the Meta4 RAM first.  However, when the BaseBoard RAM gets AddMemed, it
goes to the front of the free memory pool, thus everything that is run after
the BaseBoard RAM gets configured uses it.

So, is there some way to reorder the free memory pool so my 1 Meg of Meta4 RAM
goes to the front?  I'm capable of writing a little C program to accomplish
this, if necessary, I just have no idea how to go about it.

Thanks.
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: chris@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Chris Wolf)
Subject: High end Amiga stats?
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 06:36:11 GMT

I was on a BBS and heard the following from someone who supposedely knew
what Commodore had shown/planned concerning a new high end Amiga as of the
last DevCon.  Unfortunately, I have a feeling that these stats are for
the new high end machine that C= had planned but decided not to produce
according to other sources on this net.  Anyways, here's the info as I
heard it:
 
On other matters, since the last Dev Con the new amiga's stats should be
approimately as follows....

The whole system is supposed to be clocked around 50mhz...the DSP (digital
Signal Processor) is 50mhz to be sure, but they may use a 25mhz 040 and have
fun with cycles.  There was originally talk of a 50mhz 030, but I doubt it.
The new chip set will be all new and totally useless in current amiga models.
I think everyone understands the need for this.  However, they will be at least
90% compatible with everything on the amiga today, both software and
hardware-wise.   You just can't plug in the newest agnes into your a500.   The
paths will all be 32 bit of course.

Graphics - all 8-bit on the motherboard with a 256,000 color "HAM" mode usuable
in ALL resolutions.   I've had a great time reading about the HAm-E speculation
here.  I just couldn't spend the time on-line to answer until now.  Anyone see
what the deal is now?

Sound - 16-bit 50mhz stereo,probably tied to the DSP for extra happiness.
  expect major upgrades in all sound areas, including voice synthesis.

Graphics (again) - upgradable to 24 bit on the motherboard.

No word on whether it will be SCSI II on the motherboard, but I wouldn't doubt
it.  I also doubt whether this machine will be announced any time before first
quarter 1993, let alone released any time soon...but who knows.

That's pretty solid poop from a guy with far too many developer friends for his
own good.  However, officially speaking...it's all RUMOR as far as we're all
concerned.

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Enjoy....
							- Chris
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