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From: bdraschk@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Bernd Raschke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 in tower case?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:48:46 GMT
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen
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vmkiili@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Ville-Matti Kiili) writes:


>I have an A3000 and I want to put it into tower case. Does A3000
>motherboard fit well into some cheap PC tower case, or is more work
>needed? Has anyone done this before?
Certainly not any cheap PC tower case. Just take a look at the backside:
Horizontal slots and all the external connectors (SCSI, Floppy, serial ...)
Although, here in Germany a smaller company sells a MiniTower perfectly
fitted for the A3000.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: hruska@brtph380.bnr.ca (Bob Hruska P840)
Subject: I have a clock for the A1200
Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:56:55 GMT


I sure am glad I bought that Microbotics Mousetime clock that
plugs into joystick port #2 on my A1000.  At the time (AmiExpo #1
in Chicago), it seemed to be inconvenient, but it looks like it 
will be the best solution to a clock for the A1200 I've seen so far!

Anyone else have one of these?


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From: uubell@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jeff Bell)
Subject: CSA Derringer problems...
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:20:09 GMT

BACKGROUND:

I just installed a CSA Derringer in my A500, and I'm now having some weird
overscan problems.  As 90% of the work I do with this machine involves video,
this is a rather LARGE problem for me.

PROBLEM:

First off, except for the problem I'm about to detail, my system works quite
well, thank you.  The Derringer is a nice piece of work, and I've realized a
big speed increase with not much moolah.  However, it seems the 'ole Amy doesn't
like overscanned custom screens anymore.  When I run DPaint in overscan (STD or
MAX, doesn't matter), approximately half the screen is black (the right half, to
be precise).  If I shift the screen over to the left, BOOM, the whole pic shows
up as it should.  The same problem has been encountered in a number of packages
that I own, as well as PD packages.  Here's another oddity, that may have
something to do with my dilemma.  ADPro just decided to include SuperHiRes in the
list of screen modes, something that wasn't there before.  Note that I do NOT
have the ECS Denise installed.

I've tried rebooting into 68000 mode and re-running these programs: no change
whatsoever.  The problem persists.  However, if I remove the Derringer completely,
and re-install the 68000, the problem disappears.

CONFIGURATION:

A500 with A501 1/2meg memory card
1meg Agnus, with 1meg of CHIP activated
Xetec SCSI controller (updated to latest specs: not BELIEVED to be the prob)
CSA Derringer with 25mhz 030/881 and 4meg of 32bit RAM
OS2.04
Rev 5 motherboard

And that's about it.  I've tried eliminating certain 'enhancement' programs I'm
running (CpuBlit and the like), to no avail.

The frustrating part about this is how well the Derringer works otherwise.  I'm
not even sure if it's the fault of the Derringer, but it seems strange that things
are normal when I remove it from the system.  

Anyone else experience problems like this after installing an accelerator?

CBM people?  Any ideas?

(Sorry if this is the second time this has been posted: not sure if the first
post got out).

Thanks in advance, ramblerambleramble...
  
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From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
Subject: Re: Chip Ram: Freeing It
Organization: Andrews University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:39:38 GMT

In article <C92CAREN.93Jan8013231@kol23.IDA.LiU.SE> c92caren@IDA.LiU.SE (Dingbats) writes:
>In article <726360874.AA00310@csource.oz.au> Jonathan.Benson@f550.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Jonathan Benson) writes:
>
>>   B> via the "avail" command. Is there anyway to force the things
>>   B> that I load in my Startup into Fast RAM vs Chip RAM? Is there
>
>>   Try FastMemFirst, this is a standard workbench command that makes all
>>   programs that can use Fast Ram before Chip RAM.  cya.
>Nope, it doesn't...
> It makes the OS use *REAL* fast ram before slow ($C00000) ram.
>Normally fast (or possibly slow) ram is always used before chip ram
>(unless a program requests chip ram ofcource...:-)
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When you load the workbench, instead of the normal loadwb command try doing
a "loadwb -debug" -- this gives you an extra set of invisible menus but if
you point to it with the mouse you see the items "flushlibs" and "debug".
Choosing the flushlibs several times, frees up some memory.

NOTE: This is on a 1.3 system.  I'm not so sure if 2.xx has it :(
From: hennes@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Hennes Passmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinions on this DERRINGER acellerator/ram board?
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:14:49 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Mike Harlock (harlock@rahul.net) wrote:
:[zap]
: The CSA Derringer Acellerator:
: An acellerator board that fits inside an A1000, 2000 or 500, that
: has a 25 MHZ 030 CPU with 6881, and room for 32 megs of 32 bit ram,
: that comes with 4 megs of ram (remaps kickstart), for only $500?!
: 
: I am considering buying it for my spare A1000, which I may be running a
: BBS on shortly.  Has anyone had any experiences with this piece of hardware?
: ...oh, and, where does this thing plug in? It looks like one of those
: things that sits on the motherboard and replaces a few chips.  The reason
: I am wondering is I still need to fit a SCSI controller on the 1000.
:
I've posted this on the net instead of e-mail because people seem to keep
asking things  about the derringer.

The derringer 030 - 68030 25 Mhz (full 030,not EC030)
                    Optional FPU at 25 or 50 Mhz
                    1 optional 32-bit SIMM 1,2,4,8,16 or 32 MB.
                    (60ns for burst mode needed? / 32Mb not available yet)
The deringer goes into the 68000 socket and measures about 15 x 15 cm.  

Sysinfo 2.56 claims: (vs a500)
 x  .97  nocaches no 32-bit ram
 x 1.20    caches no 32-bit ram
 x 6.xx  nocaches    32-bit ram
 x 8.03    caches    32-bit ram

The deringer 32-bit RAM does not go into the autoconfig(tm) adress range.
Implies:  d3 dram (~addram) needed in startup-sequence.
          more than 8 mb fast ram alowed.



Hennes@stack.urc.tue.nl  
Just programming my own State[space] of mind. 

: 
: Input/reviews appreciated.
  Output written -Hennes
: --Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Edward_Swatschek@mindlink.bc.ca (Edward Swatschek)
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 08:14:13 GMT

> Paula Lieberman writes:
>
> It occurred to me that with a "User Keep Out" system board, and
> battery-backed clocks eventually needing the battery replaced, that NOT
> having the clock chip on the system board isn't all that stupid an idea.
> Now if there were a trapdoor for a battery-backed clock chip.....


   Battery replacement should not be a problem - it should be rare enough
that a service call is acceptable (my A501 clock battery is going strong 4y
now).


>  C> + Rick __     + EMAIL:charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu +   //\          +
>  C> + "Every Girl Already Has A Boyfriend" --- Murphy's Law Of Dating...
>
> You're looking for 14 year olds?  And what about lesbians, -they- don't
> have "boyfriends" !  Most dateless males, are dateless for good reasons --
> terminal nurdliness, lack of bathing, narcissism, calling women "girls" ...
> if you want a 1950's girl, well, there's probably more demand for them than
> there are people who in 1993 would prefer to be living in that era....


    You've read an awful lot into this .sig ... to use a phrase used this
thread already, lighten up.


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From: tage@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Need Recommendations on IDE hard drives for A1200
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:50:45 GMT
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada







        Can anyone recommend IDE hard drives for the A1200??  I'm looking 
specifically for drives over 40megs!!!!! They have to be able to fit in the 
A1200!!  Thank you for your help!
                                 
				                   Tony Tage
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com (Dave Loveall)
Subject: Re: 3.5" ide with a 1200?
Reply-To: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Federal Systems Division, Reston VA
Date:  4 Jan 93 05:44:32 GMT

In <1993Jan3.110745.1004@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:

>Rod Dorman (rodd@jpradley.jpr.com) wrote:
>: In article <1993Jan1.075838.28303@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:
>: >Oh, on a side note...  What was the purpose of the shielding on the 500? I've
>: >been using mine w/o shielding for about 2 years and nothings gone wrong...

>: Offhand I can think of two reasons:
>: 	1) to get FCC certification
>: 	2) to not screw up your neighbors TV reception
>: -- 
>: 					-- Rod --
>: rodd@jpr.com
>So, since everybody in the dorms has cable, and its already certified, 
>removing the sheilding does nothing?

Unless the machine causes interference to radios or stereos or the like in 
the vicinity of the machine.  Any vicinity in the future as well.

All things considered, its rather unlikely that the FCC would come knocking
on your (dorm) door..
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: sheun@cs.city.ac.uk (Sheun Olatunbosun)
Subject: DD vs HD floppies
Keywords: Amiga CrossDOS
Organization: City University
Date:  5 Jan 93 15:18:24 GMT

Hello,

I'm having a problem finding an IBM compatible machine which will accept
my DD (Double Density) floppies. All the I've seen PC's seem to have the HD 
(High Density) drive as standard. I would really like to use the Amiga 
CrossDOS facility for transferring work from the PC's at my university to my 
A1200 at home.

I would like to know what others have done out there (do not reply "I found
a PC with a DD drive"). For example, is it possible to buy an Amiga-dedicated
HD drive to connect to the external disk port? If so, how much? 
Of course, a new device handler/driver would probably be need to handle it, so
that the Amiga can take full advantage of 1.44Mb disk capacity. 

Am I in too far over my head here? Sorry. I'm five days new to the Amiga world.

Oh, and one gripe with CBM. I can't understand why the latter has refused to 
include as standard the AmigaDOS and Arexx manuals into the A1200 package. It's
all very nice playing with workbench (move a file here or there and manipulate)
and seeing what the machine is capable of through other people's work (demos,
games, utilities and application packages), but at the end of the day I want to
be able to do something for myself (be it just to display an empty window at
some position on the screen).
The A1200, I believe, is capable of a lot from the programmer's point of view.
Making the AmigaDOS and Arexx manuals optional means that many users (USER
definitely suffices as the correct word here) are unaware of the potential of
their beast.
At the moment, I'm having to borrow a manual (AmigoDOS1.3) from an A500 owner
to find out what I can do with AmigaDOS3! Obviously, I am going to have to buy
an AmigaDOS3 manual to know what new commands are still going untapped. Oh!
I also borrowed "The Very First" disk from him. A very competent demonstration 
for any novice who is completely new to the world of computers. The mentioned
disk explains mouse movement, buttons, windows, menus and the shell. The
interaction here is far more beneficial to the user than reading about the
various features in the workbench manual. Where's the corresponding disk for
A1200 owners. What happened to the "say" utility/speak handler (even if it was
a bit naff)? A friend told me that Arexx was lurking on the Extras disk for 
Workbench 1.3/2.0 owners with no mention to it. Doesn't Commodore want users
to USE, MAXIMISE the knowledge of their computers?

Hell, I wish Commodore would get there act together. 

 "The A1200, a new specification games machine to replace the A600/A500+?"

 ...not for me it won't be.

Sheun

p.s. don't forget my initial question.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: sheun@cs.city.ac.uk (Sheun Olatunbosun)
Subject: Replies to DD vs HD posting
Organization: City University, London
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 13:05:39 GMT


Thanks to everybody who replied to my posting, via the net or email. It's nice
to receive an abundance of replies to a problem which has probably been 
mentioned on this newsgroup before.

Sheun
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner)
Subject: Transputers for Amiga?
Summary: Are there transputer boards available for the Amiga?
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 21:05:37 GMT

What is the current availability and pricing of Transputer and/or parallel
CPU boards for the Amiga?

			Thanks in advance,
				-=:[ VAL ]:=-
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From: jperkski@kentcomm.UUCP (Jim Perkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: How to connect: NEC3D <=> Amiga500
Distribution: world
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:23:41 EST
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1if8q5INN7h3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bi922@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Petros Michalis) writes:
>
>Hi,
>I just got a NEC-3D monitor and I'm trying to connect it to my A500.
>I know that I can get a solid 640*480 (Productivity) mode as I have
>the ECS Denise and 2.04 but can please someone tell me how I can
>connect the monitor to the A500 standard RGB port?
>A pin-to-pin diagram works fine with me but I'd rather buy one if
>you know somebody selling such a cable before attempting to build one.
>Thank you in advance,
>	Petros Michalis
>
>Comp. Sci.
>Queens College of CUNY
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Redmond makes such a cable. The number is RCA646. Discription: D23F-HD15F Amiga
to NEC 3D MultiSync (buffered). The price I have is $25, but I am quoting from
old literature. You can reach Redmond at:
                                          Redmond Cable
                                          17371-A1 NE 67th Ct.
                                          Redmond, WA 98052
                                          Phone: (206) 882-2009
                                          FAX  : (206) 883-1430
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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: '030 A.G.A. Amiga
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:26:29 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB
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Magnus_Thelander@p18.atb.bbs.bad.se (Magnus Thelander) writes:
: In a message of Thursday the 31 December 23:41:00, Luke Chastain wrote:
: 
:  LC> In response to "I want C= to put out an A4000/030," rumors say
:  LC> that that will not happen and that the only 030 version of an AGA
:  LC> machine will bw the revision of the A3000.
: 
:    An A.G.A.  A3000 is a much better machine then an A4000/030 in my
: opinion, since the A3000/A.G.A.  will have built-in SCSI (I hope).
: 
: Yours truly, Magnus

Since it's much easier to replace the '040 with an '030 in the A4000
than to add AGA to the A3000  AND
An A4000/30 is mentioned by Commodore Officials (at WOC)  AND
An SCSI-2 card will be sold separately -

I don't beleive much in an AGA A3000...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: soudan@boole (SOUDAN sebastien)
Subject: Re: XT BridgeBoard help
Organization: University of Grenoble (France)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:17:11 GMT

smith@spezko.enet.dec.com (Ed Smith) writes:



>I have an XT BB with a 5 1/4" 360K disk as drive A and a 3 1/2" 720K as drive
>B.  The 720K disk is external.  I would like to dump the 360K and leave the
>720K floppy on the external port but have it come up as drive A.  I had heard
>there was a hardware hack that could be made that would allow this.

>Anyone know how to modify the XT BB to make drive A on the external port?

>Thanks,

To change the number of a drive, there's a particular jumper on the back
of it. Then configure the setup to swap the #1 and #2 drives specifs
(for my part, i 've added a 3 1/2 to my 2286, but i don't know if 
the setup is the same for the 2288, it depends what you understand
with 'external'. if the drive is connected with the first drive on the
same drive interface plug)

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From: m_krok@tron.gun.de (Matthias Krok)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re^2: Domino Graphics Board from Germany
Organization: TRON Public Mailbox, Neuss, Germany
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 14:01:00 +0100


balzer@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Michael Balzer) writes:
: In article <29DEC199220013289@trentu.ca>, nrichers@trentu.ca (NIKOLAJ
: RICHERS) writes:

: You might want to wait for the Merlin graphics card by XPert (successor of
:Domino), it costs about the same as the Retina but gives you better resolution/
:frequency relations and a real good blitter (seems to be ET4000/W32) and 24 bit
: with TVPaint jnr. 2.0 and a *working* Intuition emulation and an automatic
: monitor switch (you don't need two monitors).

A few pieces of information from the XPert-announcement:

1280x1024 pixel - 24bit
max. 120Hz
"perfect 32bit-technology" (I think, they mean the Zorro-II-support ;-)
up to 4MB Ram onboard
Output: PAL/NTSC, CVBS, Y-C, RGB, S-VHS (!!!)
You can upgrade your Merlin with a "digital Realtime-Digitizer and a digital
24bit-Genlock" - That means, for example, TV on a 24bit-Workbench !!!

Available on february `93 ...


That`s what the announcement sais... sound very interesting, but I have to
wait until feb. :-(

-- THE ANSWER V2.03
From: h_hucke@bdb.escape.de (Henning Hucke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re^2: Questions about new computers/futu
Organization: BDB * The private Z-NETZ-BBS in Braunschweig (Germany)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:39:00 +0100

chucks%pnet51.orb.mn.org@UUBDB.ZER wrote on 02-Jan-93 in <2ly_nePxBv@UUBDB>
with Subject:Re: Questions about new computers/future chipsets

cp> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
cp> >In article <1992Dec29.165251.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:
cp> >>Hi--
cp> >>
cp> >>Has C= mentioned whether the new machines (A4000, A1200, etc) will
cp> >>be able to handle either their low-end or high-end chipsets when they
cp> >>are released in 1994?
cp> >
cp> >   No.  The chipsets in the A4000 and A1200 are surface-mounted. They
cp> >cannot be replaced.
cp>
cp> Marc, you didn't answer the question, you just spewed a half-truth.  C= has
cp> NOT said that the 1200/4000 will not support the new chipsets.  And just
cp> because the chips are surface mounted, doesn't mean that the 1200/4000
cp> won't be able to support them.  Ever heard of RTG?

Dream on!!!!!!

This would be the same problem like with todays Amiga3000-computers which
can't run the AA-Chips because one would have to build nearly the whole
computer on the AA-Zorro-Board because of the Chip-Bus.

The only somehow practical method would be a motherboard-exchange. And I
don't think that Commo is willing to to that (at least here in germany)!

Henning

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Edward_Swatschek@mindlink.bc.ca (Edward Swatschek)
Subject: Re: No clock in A1200?
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:34:17 GMT

> cse_stu@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
>
>+ Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON) writes:
>+  Sorry, you are right, the MBX1200 doesn't have a clock, just fast memory
>+ and an FPU.
>
> Might want to keep those 500's so you can hook up the 1200 to the 500 for
> the
> time.


You could always wirite an AREXX script to log on to a BBS to get the time
whenever you power up. :)


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From: goodwinm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Michael Goodwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1200/IDE
Date: 8 Jan 93 03:16:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1iirmsINNdsl
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.
NNTP-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu

In article <Jarrod_Karau.0bz9@abcd.Houghton.MI.US> Jarrod_Karau@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jarrod Karau) writes:
>I have access to an IDE drive that is formatted IBM.  WOuld I be able to
>access it easily with my A1200.  WITHOUT re-formatting it...
>
I believe the A1200 is comes with CrossDOS, doesn't it?  If this drive that
you have access to is a 2.5" drive, then you should be able to use it.

>JLK
>
>
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