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From: Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: baudbandit.device
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 07:44:24 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Oct12.235144.28402@ninja.zso.dec.com>

Well, I am getting 245-278 with my Zoom MNP modem and a LHA file.  With
BaudBandit.device and Xmodem I get a ton of errors, with Zmodem I get
zero.  Having tried both BB.device and the 2.1 serial.device, I still
see a reduction in cpu load, and only a small difference in transfer
rates.  The errors with Xmodem are on a per block basis, not at the
start or end.  This is with Jr-Comm 1.02a and Terminus(new beta Jr-Comm
I am testing).  The versions I tried are BaudBandit.device 1.2 and 1.4.
From: mikel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Michael Lorant)
Subject: Re: JRComm 2.0???
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:19:26 GMT

In article <BvpGBG.M1C@unccsun.uncc.edu> jagrizza@uncc.edu writes:

>X-Comm (soon to be released!) looks like it's gonna be HOT, tho... look out for it...

Well X-Comm is current progressing quite well, and its current version
number is 0.975beta. It is currently having its bugs removed and tidied up
with proper looking windows being added. If anybody wants to find out more
information on X-Comm or wants to give us some ideas on features to
implement then send all messages for the next 2 weeks to :-

	mikel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU

as the previous address we had posted is not being used for the next 2
weeks.

Look out for it! It is going to be HOT!


Will    Waring |            The X-Comm Development Team
Edward Lawford |              mikel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU 
Michael Lorant |                 "XPect the Best" 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: thumper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Mojica)
Subject: Re: Baudbandit.device?
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:28:44 GMT

paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz) writes:

>> If you put BaudBandit.device (which is shareware in opposite to
>> BaudBandit term prog that is commersal) in DEVS: on you amiga and
>> change serial.device on your term prog you will be able to use up
>> to 115200 bps on a standard amiga!!! It is superb! I have use it
>> for some month now an I have no bugs!
> 
>Most of those I know who's tried it has been forced to go back to the
>old serial.device when they encountered problems.

Yeah me to I tried using it with JrComm on our serial link-ups in our rooms
and all that happened when I tried to use the BaudBandit.device is that my 
whole system locks up.  :(
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From: huebner@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: SUPRA ROMs...
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:27:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1bka21INN3pm@crcnis1.unl.edu>, tcampbel@unlinfo.unl.edu (thomas campbell) writes:
|> I received a set of ROMs two days ago, and they (Caller ID ROMs) have 
|> a suffix of 'j'.  According to the docs, the non-Caller ID ROMs have a
|> suffix of 'h'.
|>  
|> tcampbell@unlinfo.unl.edu

Just one note of complaint on these.  One of the things I have been
waiting patiently for Supra to fix was the unreliable BUSY signal
detection.  Its apparently an isolated problem, only appearing on
certain local phone companies.  The H/J ROMS were advertised as having
"enhanced busy signal detection".  Well, all that's enhanced for me
is that now its completely non-functional (in the past it was just
erratic).

Also, the new ROMs are supposed to be able to initiate a connection
at some lower baud rate (ie: 9600 or so) and the step up if the line
is clear.  Well, I tried this as described in the manual because sometimes
I do have problems getting the v.42 stuff negotiated at 14.4k.  But it
never steps up.  Even calling locally it never step up the baud rate from
whatever I set S109 to.  Do I have it set wrong?

So what does work on the new ROMS?  Well, Caller-ID (I don't have it)
and Silent Answer (don't use it) probably do.  But not too much else.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.introduction:1346 comp.sys.amiga.misc:15230 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:17301
From: nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Barbagallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: JrCork
Keywords: CTS/RTS
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:11:40 GMT
Organization: Genesis Public Access Minix  +1 508 664 0149


 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!  Whenever I download with my HST using JrCork.. um
JRComm I get tons of errors... now, my friend told me to enable
CTS/RTS for hardware error correction instead of software... so I go into
general and click the dot.  When I go back into the General window the button
is off!  I go to click it again, exit...come back...  the dot is off!  Every
time I click the dot on and exit I get some kind of warning like (something
has been disabled blah blah blah)  How come I can't enable CTS/RTS... ?!
 
Also, how come I can't use 16 colors?  It's shaded off and I can only go to
8... what's the problem?

BTW, I have a 1 meg (512k chip) Amiga 500 with 2 drives... is it a problem
with the HST?  What settinngs should I have?

Help me!  Please respond via e-mail...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: jeh@raster.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
Subject: Re: Help me with shareware
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Digital Systems Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 21:14:56 GMT

Clueless Newbie (barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu) wrote:
: 
: 	I just tried out a shareware program and I didn't like it, so I
: don't want to pay the shareware fee.  Therefore, according to the
: documentation, I have to delete the program.  That is fine with me.
: 
: 	Unfortunately, the program is on a CDROM.  I am confused.

This is a common problem, but the solution is simple.  You'll need:

 - a printer
 - a box of printer paper
 - an adding machine
 - a slide rule
 - a stopwatch
 - a green marker
 - whiteout

The key is that a CD-ROM is read optically, so you delete from it
the same way you blot out markings from paper.  The trick is to find
the right place on the disk to blot out.  But remember, CD-ROMs are
stored like music CD's, so you can find the right place by computing the
track time as if the program were a song.  Here's how you do that:

1. Print out a listing of every single file on disk.  This must
   be an unsorted list, so use the NOSORT option of your favorite
   directory program.  And don't forget to do a recursive listing
   so you'll get the contents of all the nested directories.

2. Go down through the list, in order, and try to run every single file
   as if it were a program.  Never mind that most of them are named
   README.fnf.  What's important is to time how long it takes AmigaDOS
   to load the file before it figures out that it's not a program.
   Use the stopwatch to measure this and write it down for each program.

   Of course, some of the files actually _are_ programs, which complicates
   matters a little.  For those files, you should time how long it takes
   to copy them to NIL:.

   Oh yeah, you'll need to apply a correction factor to these times based
   on your CPU and disk controller.  I don't have the exact formulas
   to use, but you can find the right factors by trial and error -- you
   only have to trash a few dozen CD's before the numbers converge.

3. Add up all of the times, up to the program you need to delete.  Now
   knowing the average playing time of a CD and the size of the disk, it's
   a simple calculation to figure out where the program starts and ends on
   the disk.

4. Outline this area with a green marker.  This step is very important.
   The green marker will prevent the deleted bits from leaking out and
   polluting the rest of the disk -- audiophiles use green markers on
   music CDs for the same reason.

5. Fill in the area outlined in green with whiteout.

I guarantee that if you use this method, you will never be able to access
that program again, and so you will fulfill your legal obligation.

I have had people tell me that they have problems reading CD's after
doing this, but obviously they didn't follow the directions carefully.

--
Ed Hanway --- jeh@raster.kodak.com
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From: ssurpeat@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk (Richard T Peat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Amiga - UserNet
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:14:35 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Humpal) writes:

>In article <10593@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> cbenson@cs.strath.ac.uk (Calum F Benson CS90) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct1.172207.27577@percy.robots.ox.ac.uk> bradshaw@robots.ox.ac.uk (Kevin Bradshaw) writes:
>>>
>>>Hello out there,
>>>	        I'm just about to receive a new A600HD and wondered if
>>>someone could send me some info about where to find good things to
>>>download via ftp. I use a SunSparc in the lab, and we have a 3.5"
>>>floppy drive unit. Is there a way to use this to transfer software to
>>>my Amiga (perhaps using some intermediate disk format such as IBM). If
>>>so, can anyone recommend a good program for the Amiga which will allow
>>>me to read/write from/to disks in the correct format?
>>>
>>
>>	My favourite PC<->Amiga transfer program is MultiDOS. Once you
>>have run it, you can forget all about it. Just insert a PC disk into your
>>Amiga drive and it will be recognised as a PC disk straight away. You
>>can then use any normal AmigaDOS command to manipulate the files, such
>>as list, copy and all the usual stuff. Indeed, with Workbench 2.0 (which
>>you'll get with your A600) you can use the GUI rather than the shell to
>>move your files about using MultiDos, which makes it even easier. And
>>there's no need to faff about with a special `PC drive' device like you
>>do with other transfer systems - DF0: is DF0: whether you have a PC disk
>>in it or an Amiga disk in it, unlike things like MessySID where DF0:
>>has to become MS0: if you want to read a PC disk from it.
>>
>	Actually, if the Amiga 600HD comes with Workbench 2.1, he will
>get CrossDOS for free.  All you have to do is mount the CrossDOS device(s)
>and the Amiga floppy drive will read both Amiga and MS-DOS format disks.


Not in the UK it doesn't. The A600HD, UK version comes with 20Meg Hard Disk,
and 2.05 Roms, with Workbench 2.05.

I should know, as I've got one!

Richard Peat
ssurpeat@uk.ac.rdg.susssys1
From: Ace@auilcs0.UUCP (James Knowlton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.04 QUESTIONS
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:15:17 GMT
Organization: Alternate Reality Video Graphics
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <ssurpeat.718453827@reading> ssurpeat@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk (Richard T Peat) writes:
> creutz@cco.caltech.edu (Michael John Creutz) writes:
> 
> >I just noticed that the palette program with 2.04 seems to only
> >open on the WB screen, unlike the 1.3 version which opened on
> >the frontmost screen.  Is there a way around this other than
> >digging out the old program?  Why was this nice feature removed?
> >Mike
>
> On my 600HD, with WB2.05 I have got the palette program to come up on the frontmost
> screen, although it is a bit tempramental about doing so. For instance it worked
> on IconMeister, but not on Dpaint.

Try the program 'colors' in the sys:tools/ drawers.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: u8705114@cs.uow.edu.au (Anthony Thomas Cusack)
Subject: Need arp program (not just libs)!!!
Summary: I Need it!!!!!
Keywords: arp 
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 05:19:59 GMT

My hard drive recently crashed and when I went to reinstall the arp
commands I found that my original of the arp programs was stuffed totally
Can someone either 1)	sent it to me, or
		   2)	tell me the ftp address where I can get it from.

I originally got it from AB20.etc...., thet alleged mirrors of this 
site don't seem to have it though.

With thanks.

Anthony Cusack
u8705114@cs.uow.edu.au
From: ssurpeat@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk (Richard T Peat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.04 QUESTIONS
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:30:27 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

creutz@cco.caltech.edu (Michael John Creutz) writes:

>I just noticed that the palette program with 2.04 seems to only
>open on the WB screen, unlike the 1.3 version which opened on
>the frontmost screen.  Is there a way around this other than
>digging out the old program?  Why was this nice feature removed?
>Mike

On my 600HD, with WB2.05 I have got the palette program to come up on the frontmost
screen, although it is a bit tempramental about doing so. For instance it worked
on IconMeister, but not on Dpaint.

Richard
From: Roger_Martensson@nola.bbs.bad.se (Roger Martensson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: A600 questions
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:01:40 +0000
Reply-To: Roger_Martensson@nola.bbs.bad.se (Roger Martensson)
Distribution: world
Organization: Nolaskolans TCL, Ornskoldsvik, Sweden 
OD-Comment-To: F_Nunez

 FN>    worried. Am I being wrong, and the 'strategic' chips are mounted on 
 FN> nice 
 FN>    sockets, or does the A600 need major surgery for upgrading? 
 
One thing. When the AGA chips and those new wonderful MGT(=Mathematical. M=
Mega and so on) soundchips come, then you will need 32 bit architectur(Hmm.. 
Probably misspelled) on the motherboard. The A600 is 16bit. 
 
 FN> expect 
 FN>    to find PageUp and the gang on the keyboard. I mean, imagine 
 FN> working on your 
 FN>    latest C source for the ultimate telecomms program and suddenly, 
 FN> this little 
 FN>    message appears on your screen: 'Press 'END' to continue.'. You 
 
Well, those few texteditors I have used only have the numerical keyboard to, 
as you allready know, put numbers on screen. Fex, NComm has a pageup/Down 
option. Shift + arrow-up,shift+arrow-down.   Another Ex. Matt dillons ASCII 
editor(Wonderful editor) has: Shift+ arrow-up/Down. Top/botton. CTRL-arrow-up/
Down. One page up/Down. 
 
I think you should go for one of those HD(40M) version. You will never regret 
it. A harddrive (Even a AT/IDE) must be the most wonderful hardware to own. :) 
 
/Rm  
  
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From: fnunez@bilbo.cs.uct.ac.za (F Nunez)
Subject: A600 questions
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 10:53:17 GMT

I've owned a C64 for a few years and a few months ago decided to take the plungeand buy one of the low-end Amigas (yes the A4000 is very nice but we can't all
afford one). Recently I saw on the Internet news the ofiicial press release withthe A600 specs in it. At a first glance (and at a second and third glance too)
the machine seems pretty impressive, looks notwithstanding (although it *does*
Look a tad like a toy). My favourite features are the Smart Card interface and
the built-in hard disk. However, once the initial enthusiasm wore off, a few
questions reared their ugly heads:

1) Upgradeability: On say an A500 if the latest 256 zillion colour 32 channel
   quadraphonic stereo chipset comes out, or if the latest WB V17 with the
   ultimate user-servile (beyond friendly) user interface hits the streets,
   one only has to pay up, go home, open the machine, pull out a few chips
   out of their sockets and stuff the new ones in (observing the right
   orientation). The A600 is, as far as I know, totally surface-mount. I have
   messed around with surface-mount technology before, and you need tweezers,
   a temperature-controlled soldering iron, nerves of depleted uranium (steel's
   way too soft) and hands steadier than the Himalayas. In other words, I'm
   worried. Am I being wrong, and the 'strategic' chips are mounted on nice
   sockets, or does the A600 need major surgery for upgrading?

2) The Numeric Keypad: Having cut my teeth (figuratively - I'm older than that)
   on a C64, I never got into the habit of using a numeric keypad. Problem is,
   that particular set of keys is on every other Amiga in production, so it is
   only fair to assume that some word-pro, editor or even a game might expect
   to find PageUp and the gang on the keyboard. I mean, imagine working on your
   latest C source for the ultimate telecomms program and suddenly, this little
   message appears on your screen: 'Press 'END' to continue.'. You search for
   the key, and... ? I hope I am being silly here too and there is some way to
   configure say CTRL-U to behave like 'PageUp' and so on.

The A600 is a very nice machine, but these things I've just mentioned really
bug me. Is there anyone out there going to tell me I have nothing to worry
about, or have CBM really screwed up this time? (in that case, does anyone have
the A500+ specs lying around? I hear it has the same chipset and version of DOS
as the A600)

--
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* Email: fnunez@bilbo.cs.uct.ac.za| on the same stone - ancient Spanish saying *
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Aquarium Dbase : best way?
From: coutinho_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 10 Oct 1992 21:17:44 GMT
Reply-To: coutinho_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

What is the best way to have a COMPLETE search of all the fish disks?
I have 3 meg ram, 2 floppies at the moment... next month I get a HD for
my controller (A500 )

I know of the auarium program on disk 301 etc. but I want to be able to search
the entire databae, or most of it.

Thanks.

Brian

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From: fgd3@nifty.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe, III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re:  Learning C on the Amiga
Distribution: world
Date: 10 Oct 92 22:23:49 EDT
Organization: Fabbian G. Dufoe, III

In article <8ep_kyi00VpA4IMUYd@andrew.cmu.edu> Edward J Allard <ea0s+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>To add a bit of a different flavor to this thread.. Is it really worth
>spending the money on a compiler for the Amiga if all you have to work
>with is floppies?  I have an A1000 w/3 floppies, 2Meg fastram, but I

   Even though I have a hard drive, it is small and already pretty full.  So
I run my SAS C Compiler v5.10b from floppies.  I have 2.5M of RAM so I make
the compiler executables resident, then copy the include files and the
libraries I use frequently to RAM:.  If I'm in a real hurry I also copy my
source code to RAM:.  Compiles are quite fast.  I've been satisfied with the
performance.  I don't know if you can do that with version 6.0, but the
upgrade brochure says you can run with two 880KB 3.5 inch diskette drives.

--Fabbian G. Dufoe, III
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From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: How should I organize a hard drive?
Date: 15 Oct 92 06:32:29 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

dvoelker@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Voelker) writes:


>     I've just acquired a 120MB hard drive, after having none at all.  
>I'd appreciate some advice on the best way to configure the drive, and
>the best way to organize it.  I'm leaning toward only one partition, and
>subdividing within that.  Obviously, I don't want a lot of clutter at the
>root level, but nor do I want a needlessly long hierarchy of drawers.
>Can anyone pass on any simple tips, or a plan that's worked well for you?


BE SURE TO PARTITION YOUR DRIVE!!!

(sorry for yelling... but I was darn stupid not having done that.  Now 
I regret it.  If only I can find some media to back my stuff onto... )

Yours Sincerely,
Kelvin

PS: try to partition your drive into sections of 40MBs... and be sure 
    to get ReOrg and FixDisk... you will probably need them soon or later.

e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: 10667547@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (JIMMY FANG)
Subject: RFD/ADMIN:  comp.sys.amiga.introduction FAQ's
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:26:08 GMT

As the new maintainer for the Frequently Asked Question Lists for the
comp.sys.amiga.* hierarchy, I would like to request help in keep this list 
up to date.

An FAQ I see often is what are the *major* sites that carry Amiga software.
I only use two sites, one of which is a mirror, so I'm not in a really good 
position to answer it.

If you are a user, or maintainer of a FTP site that carries Amiga software, 
please e-mail me with the site name, ip number, and path to the files.

Ideally, I would like a short description of what the site carries and how 
good/bad it is and where it is located.  I think it would be a good idea to 
try to minimise the inter-country FTP'ing when the file could be found 
locally.  I have found out that using an Archie search for "amiga" is 
practically useless.

Eg:	Carries fish,mods,pd games, utilities, welcomes uploads
EG:	Fish disks only, no uploads
EG:	Amiga Physik carries everything!

Get the drift?  Ideally, I would like to have a "top 40" list of amiga sites 
that carry a significant amout of amiga software.  Some of the sites that 
turn up on the archie search have one amiga file, while others that 
have hundreds (such as amiga.physik.unizh.ch) don't.  Go figure!

BTW, my university accounts will be gone after November, so I'll be 
paying via private internet for the privilege of maintaining these FAQ's 
during my school vacation.  (ie. no more FREENET).  If I can't get an 
internet account, these postings will be appearing in comp.sys.amiga (
something that I can get on a local BBS via echo).

If you have any suggestions for what to include on the FAQ's and could type 
it up (so I can can paste it in), it would be much appreciated.

PS.  comp.sys.amiga.games FAQ is coming RSN :)