HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gibb@cgowgs.enet.dec.com (John Gibb        )
Subject: 2386 Bridgecard Intermitant POST test Failures
Reply-To: gibb@cgowgs.enet.dec.com (John Gibb        )
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 18:52:59 GMT


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone who has an 2386 bridgecard is experiencing the 
following problem.

The bridgecard is installed in a rev 6 amiga 2000.

When I do a reset or keyboard warm reboot, about 30% of the time the bridgecard
fails it's power on self tests. It gives the following beeps,
3-2-4. I looked up the code which is referenced in the Phoenix Bios Audio
post codes and it says that the failure is a keyboard controller test failure.

I can only assume that the bios the amiga is using has not drasticly changed
the post test codes.

Any suggestions would be appreciated..

Thanks

John
From: David_Corn@fcircus.sat.tx.us (David Corn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: reading HD Mac disks
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:47:39 GMT
Organization: The Flying Circus BBS, San Antonio, TX
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.25c beta (Oct 09 1992)


In <Bw218B.8y@ufrima.imag.fr>, soudan@boole (SOUDAN sebastien) writes:
> I know that AMAX is yet able to read mac disks with a standard
> Amiga drive. Does anyone know if the source of the trackdisk.device
> adapted for that is available? Where could i find the principles
> of the mac  floppy driver? I've got a HD pc drive,  which works
> with the amiga for DD , and I'd like to write a device for reading
> HD mac disks.
> e-mail: soudan@petri.imag.fr
> 
> -- 
> _______________________________________________________
>  SOUDAN Sebastien      ESI2 Gr2 / EUI Grenoble        |
> --> soudan@petri.imag.fr                              |
>        /\\                                            |

Amax II+ reads Mac disks in Amiga drives.

 

-- 
David_Corn@fcircus.sat.tx.us
.. david corn ...
From: Jarrett_Volzer@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Jarrett Volzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Vortex Golden Gate 386 25MHz
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:35:03 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

I just got a flier today with some new stuff from Vortex (makers of the
Atonce and Atonce Plus).  I don't even know if American distributors have
this yet.  Anyone seen anything on this yet?:
 
Golden Gate 25MHz 80386 PC/AT emulator for the A2000,3000,3000T
PC/AT slot support
Max 16 MB PC/AT RAM
up to 4 MB for Amiga
Use PC/AT IDE Hard Disk and Floppy drives (2.88MB) under AmigaDOS too.
Two free sockets for co-procesor (optional) and floppy controller
(optional)
 
The prices given were in German DM, so I won't bother posting them unless
someone is interested.  Finally some compteition for the overpriced 386
bridgeboard from Commodore.  I see from the price sheet that Vortex has a
486SLC model of the Golden Gate as well.
 
============================================================================

     |              |\  |                         I believe in the Big Bang
     |arrett_Volzer@| \ |eonate.amiga.atl.ga.us   Theory...God spoke and
  \__|              |  \|                         *BANG!* it was.
============================================================================


 

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From: bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry McConnell)
Subject: Re: AMAX II+ and GVP 030 Problems
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 11:10:45 GMT

In <EerKtfO00jWR45cYk0@andrew.cmu.edu> kimberg+@CMU.EDU (Daniel Kimberg) writes:

>[...] i've had the same symptom, getting to the finder just fine,
>even loading a bunch of questionable inits, but then dying as soon as
>i try to do anything worthwhile.  i've tried sys 7, 6.0.4, and 6.0.7,
>both vanilla systems from the apple distribution and loaded systems,
>loaded off floppy and syquest, all with no luck.

I've had the same problems with another EC-'030 board (SSL B5000-40). As
far as I can tell, it's a problem with Apple's system software (but I
could be wrong), which does Wierd Things (ie. crashes) if you don't have
an MMU with your '030 (all Apple's machine have "real" '030's).

Now, since some 3rd-party Mac accelerators have the EC version, I guess
they ship with an INIT to cure the problem. I have no idea how you'd go
about getting a copy of that INIT.

The only solution is to run it in 68000 mode, which isn't *that* bad,
since without an MMU in '030 mode, you can't use your 32-bit memory, and
so you're not getting *that* much of a speedup.

>i did call gvp for another reason, btw, and they told me that you can
>just pop in the 50MHz 68030 (apparently it doesn't come in 40MHz)
>instead of the ec030 to upgrade.  as far as i can tell, the chips cost
>about $200, i don't know about insertion tools, etc.  i have no idea
>if this will cure the amax problem, but it seems likely.

It will. A-Max x.x performs perfectly on an A3000, which has an MMU. I
will hopefully be getting a "real" '030 chip soon, and can verify this...

Barry.
From: kimberg+@CMU.EDU (Daniel Kimberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: AMAX II+ and GVP 030 Problems
Date: 15 Oct 92 05:13:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.EerKtfO00jWR45cYk0
Organization: Doctoral student, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

well i'm sort of glad to know i'm not the only one who's had this
problem.  last time i posted it no one said anything.  i think the
conclusion is clear: the amax software just does not work with the gvp
ec030 board.  i have the cartridge version.  readysoft will be unable
to help you, and gvp will certainly be unable to help you, since it's
probably the amax software.  readysoft seems to think the problem with
the ec030 was fixed with the 2.51 release.  raymond told me they had
exactly that board and had tested it and it worked for them.  and in
fact, 2.51 unlike 2.50 does recognize that there is no mmu.  it says
so.  and it does get to the finder.  but then it crashes just the
same.  i've had the same symptom, getting to the finder just fine,
even loading a bunch of questionable inits, but then dying as soon as
i try to do anything worthwhile.  i've tried sys 7, 6.0.4, and 6.0.7,
both vanilla systems from the apple distribution and loaded systems,
loaded off floppy and syquest, all with no luck.  i've also tried
starting amax having booted with everything from very stripped amiga
startups to the amax boot disk.  everything works fine in the useless
68000 mode, though.

i did call gvp for another reason, btw, and they told me that you can
just pop in the 50MHz 68030 (apparently it doesn't come in 40MHz)
instead of the ec030 to upgrade.  as far as i can tell, the chips cost
about $200, i don't know about insertion tools, etc.  i have no idea
if this will cure the amax problem, but it seems likely.  it would
also be nice to know, incidentally, if the timing crystal can be
replaced as easily, as long as the 50MHz chip is in there --
supposedly the 882 is clocked independently.

dan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations

	
	From another thread, Ivan writes:
	
	"I called on the 10th, and they told me that the board would be shipping
	towards the 17th (about a week after).  Well, they even have a night
	answering service, so I definatly am IMPRESSED ;-)  They though about us
	poor Europeans that thoughtlesly call at 3:30 in the morning ;-)"

------------------------------

	It would seem that congratulations regarding the shipping of
	EMPLANT by some of us have been premature.....

	Shipping "towards the 17th" sounds too much like 'real soon now'.
	And whenever I hear RSN, I get worried....  RSN for the Toaster
	meant almost two years.... and for LIVE! it really meant never.

	-Mike-
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Can I use a 1.44M HD floppy in A3000?
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:58:40 GMT
Organization: City University, London

In article <1bg5m8INNlqq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein) writes:
>
>In a previous article, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) says:
>
>>The same question with a different slant - will CrossDos utilise
>>a 1.44M floppy drive? If so would I just connect the drive as if
>>an Amiga one? Or is there no software solution of this sort, and
>>I would have to attach the HD floppy via say the BridgeBoard.
>>
>>--
>>Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
>>Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
>>
>The latest version of CrossDos provides icons to (click on) "mount" a PC0:
>and a PC1: PC2: PC3: PC4: HD 1.44 Floppy.  You can also configure your hard
>drive for a DOS drive or partition.  

Please excuse my density, but are you saying that you _can_ just
attach an HD 1.44 IBM floppy to the A3000 and CrossDos will see
it?

>Using CrossDos and CrossPC I have formatted blank disks to PC, read MSDos
>disks which were created on an IBM, and run a DOS program (you need an
>MSDos System disk) on a 3000 with NO bridgeboard.

Sorry, I am not clear whether this is using an Amiga 880K drive or
and IBM 1.44M drive?

Thanks.

--
Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: Vortex Golden Gate 386 Emulator
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 04:53:29 GMT

In article <Bw17FJ.K6y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mkiteam@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (E.Japel) writes:

>I have heard rumors about a 386 emulator from Vortex (makers of the ATonce)
>called the Golden Gate 386.  Ihave heard it was available in Europe, but have
>not seen any reference to it in the United States as yet. I would be
>interested in getting the specs for it...

Someone recently mentioned that Vortex had a 486SX version of the Golden Gate
as well. Any information concerning this board would also be appreciated.

Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga:299 alt.flame:13611 talk.bizarre:34299
From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,alt.flame,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Fond farewells
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:46:37 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson) writes:
>twisted@bessel.umd.edu (Rick MacKinnon) writes:
>>Well, now's the time to say goodbye to all our company.  My net access will
>>be removed as of 5:00 (EST) today. :(  I just wanna say that y'all are a
>>neat bunch of people, and I wish we could get together someday to do a
>>circle, do tarot readings for each other, or just sit and gab about
>>chocolate.


>well, rick---OR IS THAT DICK---we are not sorry to see you go. your posts are
>pretty much 100% pure grade z bandwith wasting smegma, an insult to all
>thinking humans. i wish i could rip your head off and cram it up bufalini's
>ass.

Now you've gone and done it, Rob. Don't you realize that this was just Rick's
way of telling the Net that he will be one of the lucky souls to be Raptured
during the Second Coming? In fact, this was a personal message to you,
indirectly, from our Lord, saying "Rob, here's one last chance to wake up and
be saved."  Your un-Christian response, and your blasphemous reference to
Saint Bruce (you hadn't heard about that either?) has sealed your fate.

Now, you will have to have your forehead barcoded like the rest of us lost
souls, and be tortured by the depravities of the Anti-Christ (Bill Clinton).
You think Al Gore's last name is a coincidence? There are no accidents!

I hope you enjoy your fate as much as I will enjoy mine.
The Democrats told me I could have that ewe I've been lusting for, in
exchange for my soul.  They should be calling you soon.
See you in H-E-double-hockey-sticks!

Matt "My fate was sealed by this sig line"
"Braindead individuals are incapable of accessing USENET." - Bruce Bufalini
                                                             psu.edu, naturally
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: gowen@sevmsa.cs.msstate.edu
Subject: Final Copy & Excellence! V3.0.
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:37:21 GMT

One of the main complaints about excellence! versus Final Copy is the price
difference.  Well, I noticed that BRiWall is selling Excellence! V3.0 for
$59, which is the same price as Final Copy I believe.  I called BRiWall to
make sure, and I even ordered E! V3.0 at this great price.  I am posting
this message in case others might want to know about this deal.  No, I do
not work for BRiWall!

-- 
Lon D. Gowen, PhD; Office:  (601) 323-7508; Fax:  (601) 325-8997
e-mail:   gowen@cs.msstate.edu
US Mail:  Computer Science Department; Mississippi State University;
          Butler Hall Room #320; P.O. Drawer CS; MS State, MS 39762
From: soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Where are Quarterback v5 patches?
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 08:27:15 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>Conveniently we had a power failure while I was running an optimiser on my HD
>last night, thus losing a large amount of data. DiskSalv didn't get anything
>back for me, so I decided to restore from my recent set of backups. However,
>the version of Quarterback which I use (v5.02) is sitting on my trashed HD,
>and the version which I got when I bought it (v5.00) doesn't recognise the new
>compression format which v5.02 uses. :-(
>
>So... where are the two patch files?? I don't actually have FTP access, but I
>was able to borrow a friend's a/c for a few minutes earlier today, and had no
>luck in finding them. If someone could give me the full site & path name, I'd
>be most grateful! Better still, if anyone has them lying around, could they
>e-mail them to me?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Barry.
>

Try hubcap.clemson.edu in /pub/amiga/incoming/patches as best I recall.

Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
               <soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
        SOFT-LOGIK BBS (PCP MOSLO) (314) 894-0057
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: TM 2.0, CSH, and archives...
From: mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon)
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:14:47 EST

I am having trouble setting up the csh scripts provided in the TM dist
in order to unarc and view archives files.

Ive got CSH (5.19) set up as instructed, have CSH: assigned to the script
dir, and copies the scripts into it.  I also copied the class.sh that
came with it.

I then have a exec object in TM as 'csh csh:unpack.sh' (or whatever the 
script name is).  When I drop an icon into it thou, I only get the
info on how to use it, and then I am stuck with the csh prompt.  There is
no button to close the window.  Also, in order to see this output, I have
to direct the exec output to con:.

I would really like to have this available to me....

TIA

-- 
Michael Neylon   aka Masem the Great and Almighty Thermodynamics GOD!
      //         | Senior, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Toledo
  \\ // Only the |   Summer Intern, NASA Lewis Research Center
\  \X/   AMIGA!  |         mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu           /
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard)
Subject: Copy/Paste utility for VLT and 2.0
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:38:38 GMT

I have just switched from 1.3 to 2.04 and I am looking for
a Copy/Paste utility to use with VLT.  I used to use
"Snipit" with 1.3 but when I tried to use it under 2.0
I got a major crash.  Is there an update for Snipit
or another routine available or does 2.0 have its' own
and I just haven't found it in the manual yet?

Thanks in advance,

Tim Leonard  tim@lenti.med.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: blatter@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter)
Subject: Re: Adobe Type 1 conversion/kludging
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 16:21:23 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.225253.13766@sfu.ca> flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui) writes:
>I managed to use dl2pfb from amiga.physik.unizh.ch to convert a SoftFaces
>Postscript download font to an Adobe Type 1 .PFB file.  Now, I need something
>to create/kludge an .AFM file from it.  I know the character spacing and
>kerning information may not be accurate, but I just want a method of converting
>my SoftFaces Nimbus-Q fonts into Compugraphic fonts for use with Pro Page.

FontDesigner, an outline font editor/converter for the Amiga extracts the 
metric information out of a Adobe Type 1 (PFB) file and can save the metrics
in AFM format. Of course it is also able generate Intellifont files directly.

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Martin A. Blatter                           blatter@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
                                                         -- Rich Kulawiec
From: jgh1+@pitt.edu (John G Hardie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: GnuEmacs 1.26 broken?
Keywords: GnuEmacs vfork
Date: 12 Oct 92 22:28:36 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Oct12.132619.26853@inmet.camb.inmet.com> vesty@bart.camb.inmet.com (Matt Vesty) writes:
>I just FTP'ed GNUemacs 1.26.  This is a port of 18.58 GNUemacs.  
>Whenever I used DirEd (^xd) or try to run an external shell command
>(M-!) I get the following error:
>	vfork error:  Not enough memory

You have an old version of libs:fifo.library and l:fifo-handler.

I think the newest version is on amiga.physik.unizh.ch and
it's mirrors but I don't remember which subdirectory.

When you get the new version, be SURE that the old one is gone,
and REMOVE any 'mount fifo:' calls from your startup.  Also remove
the mountlist entry just in case, and put a 'run l:fifo-handler' in
the startup instead.

Regards,
John


-- 
jgh1@vm1.cis.pitt.edu

	Give me chastity and continency, but do not give them yet.
From: rthorstr@doc.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: RE: Re: ToolManager 2.0 -- WHERE????
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:16:08 GMT

>In article <1992Oct6.082032.369@doc.bmd.trw.com>, rthorstr@doc.bmd.trw.com writes:
>>Can anyone tell me where and from what directory I can ftp ToolManager 2.0?
>>Also I would like the same info. for ToolDaemon.
>>
>>                                        Thanks in advance,
>>                                        EMAIL --> rthorstr@oz.bmd.trw.com
>Maybe you can help me, What is FTP and where can I get it if it is useful?
>

FTP stands for "file transfer protocol" and allows you to remotely connect
to a foreign host, who also supports ftp, and transfer files between yours and
the host's computer.  I use it regularly and its great.  As far as where you
can get it I can't tell you since I wasn't the one who acquired it for the
computer I am using.  I'm fairly sure it's public domain and someone on the
NET should be able to tell you where to get it from.

                                      Good Luck,

                                      Rod
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: hetland@gribb.hsr.no (Hetland, Thor H.       7-95)
Subject: HP Laserjet Preferences
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:08:34 GMT


Anyone out there witch have a good preferece-driver for HP LaserjerIII?  

I am also looking for a program to print out 2 column pages (2 in 1) with 
headings and 2 sides tracking.

Please answer in e-mail to

hetland@hsr.no


Totto-92
From: doug@dsij.uucp (Doug Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Set Colours for MicroEMACS?
Date: 13 Oct 1992 01:47:55 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1992Oct8.212302.10038@qucis.queensu.ca> akerman@qucis.queensu.ca
 (Richard Akerman) writes:
>Is there any way to automatically set the colours for MicroEMACS.  I open it
>up on a separate interlaced screen but I don't have any flicker-fixing 
>hardware so I have to set the colours to make it useable.

    I'm not sure what you mean by automatic, but the 'colors' program can be
used to set the colors of the frontmost screen. Set Memacs to the desired
configuration then drag it down to the bottom of the display. Click on the
shell and run the colors program (in the Tools directory). It will open a
window in the Memacs (front) screen and let you set the palette. If you
subsequently change the Memacs screen the colors will revert to the Workbench
colors.

>Richard J. Akerman   | akerman@QUCIS.QueensU.Ca    +-------------------------- 
>Semi-competent       | akerman@QUCdnAst.BITNET     | One pretend sheep!

--
Doug Johnson		  *	Q: What do you call a tornado with long hair
Windsor, ON		  *	and boils?
Canada			  *	A: A cysted twister.
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Wednesday, 14 Oct 1992 22:19:17 PST
From: LORETI, Maurizio <MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Copy/Paste utility for VLT and 2.0
 <1992Oct14.144754.1093@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>

Why not to use the ability of VLTto grab characters from
the screen and store them in the clipboard (example in
scp/neatstuff.scp) ? You can paste them in a CLI window
with a RightAmiga-V ...

               Maurizio
From: mcgowen@cse.ucsc.edu (Richard McGowen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: GnuEmacs problem.
Date: 13 Oct 1992 00:40:39 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: wiyot.ucsc.edu

If I start up emacs and immeadiately do a right-amiga X, the program
flashes the screen and locks up.  Acutally, whenever I use cut/paste
options it seems to die.  Anyone else experiencing these problems.

Richard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: ged@phantom.cs.hut.fi (Camillo S{rs)
Subject: HD backup
Reply-To: Camillo.Sars@hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, CS lab
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 10:41:17 GMT

I'd like a GOOD HD-backup program. None of the ones I've tried so far
have handled my hard and soft links gracefully. One almost killed the
HD...

If you have any recommendations, please send them by e-mail as well as
posting them, I don't read c.s.a.app regularly.

--
ged@hut.fi                   Amiga 500 //
ged@niksula.cs.hut.fi             2.04// Aim for the impossible and you
Department of Computer Science    \\ //   will achieve the improbable.
Helsinki University of Technology  \X/     --- Camillo S{rs
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: stefanb@rama.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker)
Subject: Re: Multi-Level Docks in TM2.0
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date:  8 Oct 92 19:31:50 GMT

cramer@vivaldi.psu.edu (Michael R. Cramer) writes:

>Is there a way for a dock item to open another dock? I use 3 different term
>programs and a few text editors, etc. and would like to have an icon that
>opens a term dock, another to open an editor dock, etc...Any way to do this?
>or any thoughts of adding it in the future?

It is not possible now, but will be added in the future.

	Stefan

-- 
Mail    : Stefan Becker, Holsteinstrasse 9, D-5100 Aachen ///    Only
Phone   : +49-241-505705                      Germany    ///  Amiga makes
InterNet: stefanb@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de     \\\///  it possible..
                                              ECG148  \XX/  -->A3000/25<--