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From: jmarin@messi.uku.fi (Jukka Marin)
Subject: Re: Adding memory to spite the OS
Date: 22 Jan 93 07:57:04 GMT
Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland
Keywords: 68030, bigger address space, more RAM

khan@cheshire.oxy.edu (Onnie Lynn Winebarger) writes:

>     Hi guys.   I have a question concerning some limitations of the OS
>concerning RAM expansion.  As I understand it, the OS was designed with
>the 68000 in mind, and its address space as well, so the limited the size
>of addressable RAM to 9 MB, with the rest marked for various devices and
>such.

Well, the Amiga was designed by intelligent people and there is no limit
for adding memory in the OS itself.  The 9-meg limit comes from the 68000
itself and there's no such limit in 68020/030/040 which can address 4Gbytes
instead of 16MBytes.

>    Well, I have a 500 with an A530-Turbo, with the 68030 processor, which
>has quite a bit more address space than the 68000.  So I was wondering if
>there was some way to add more fast RAM than those 8 MB.  I realize that the
>A530 comes physically limited to the addition of 2 SIMM's, but this is more
>of a question in principle.

You can only have 8MB of FAST RAM in the Zorro II autoconfig area, ie.
the area that can be accessed by 68000 and Zorro II expansion boards.
You can have any amount of RAM above the 16-meg space if your accelerator
allows for it.  Some accelerators place their RAM in the 16-megs space,
so any other device connected to the CPU bus can directly access that
RAM (like hard disk interfaces etc).  Some accelerators place their RAM
above the 16-meg boundary and if that is the case with your board, you
can still have another 8 MBytes of 'normal' FAST RAM in your machine.

Having 16-bit (below 16MB) FAST RAM on an accelerated machine isn't all
that wise, though..  The 32-bit CPU's slow down to 68000's speed or below
when they have to access slow 16-bit memory.

>   So, how can one do it, or has 2.x solved this problem, etc?    

It has nothing to do with 2.x or 3.x.

  Jukka Marin

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From: jyork@iastate.edu (Justin York)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Difference between 030EC and 030 ?????
Keywords: 030
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:33:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: pv343d.jyork.727911206
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

In <mac1.727907709@Ra.MsState.Edu> mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema) writes:


> Subject says it all. What are the diferences between the two chips ?
> What would we be missing in the A4000/030EC ? 


>Mubashir 

The 68EC030 officially has no MMU. Some of them have partially functional
MMU's, and some software can be convinced that you do have one, but it will
not work properly. If you ever want to use virtual memory, or Enforcer, etc.,
you will NEED an MMU, and hence, a full 68030.
 
					Justin York
					jyork@iastate.edu
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr. Peter Kittel, Commodore Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.5 ROM chip?
Date: 27 Jan 93 06:42:01 GMT
Organization: Commodore Germany

Reply-To: cbmehq!cbmger!peterk@cbmvax.commodore.com
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Distribution: 
Organization: Commodore Germany
Keywords: 

In article <1993Jan26.143009.27260@zip.eecs.umich.edu> dburnett@emunix.emich.edu (Don Burnett) writes:
>People may not know this on the net, but this was an obvious realization 
>for me whe reading grapevine's ad. When you buy an A600 (non-HD version)
>your rom chip doesn't support the built-in IDE controller. 

This is past. At least from now on every A600 (and A1200 in any case)
comes with a KS ROM that has already the IDE support.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: anneu@edb.tih.no (Anne Kristine Ugedal,o92b)
Subject: Re: 1084 help
Posting-Front-End: Winix Conference v 92.05.15  1.20 (running under MS-Windows)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:40:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.211842.11666@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, albrnick@chargers.ent.ohiou.edu 
(albright) writes:

>I was wondering if anyone out there can help me with a problem I'm having
>with my 1084 monitor.  After the first few mins that it is on it will make
>a clicking sound and then black out.  If I tap/hit it it will occasionally
>go back on, but it'll almost definately black out again, and then be that
>much less likely that it'll come back on again.  It does it with great
>frequency now and I cannot afford to get another monitor.  I'm using my
>TV in conjunction with the A520 now.   
>
>Any help would be gratly appreciated.
>
>Thanx,
>   -Nick

I had a similar problem with my 1081 monitor, and it turned out to be a faulty
cable ie. bad soldering on two of the wires at the computer-end. If it isn't the
cable then I do not know...

Anne
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: drew@bluemoon.use.com (drew wenger)
Subject: Monitors
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 12:28:34 EST

I must have missed the list of multiscan monitors that work with AGA.
If someone could please email it to me I'd be forever in their debt.

Thankyou!


Drew Wenger
drew@bluemoon.rn.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: niko@artcom.de (Nikolai Luckow)
Subject: Re: Power Glove Software
Organization: ART+COM e.V., Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:20:36 GMT

Bradley_Yen@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Yen) writes:
>Does anyone have the software to use the Nintendo Power Glove with the Amiga?

Please make hints available to the public.
I'm desperately looking for that, too.

Thanks in advance
Niko

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From: Jonathan.Benson@f106.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Jonathan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: hardware hack
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 10:07:08

Hi

I> My friend and I installed a switch on my 500 to let me switch between
I> half a meg and a full meg chip ram.  In full meg mode it has problems.

Did you make sure to keep those wires SHORT, as if they're too long, I
believe this may cause problems.  Hope this helps.

Regards, Jonathan.

 * Origin: Andy's Attic! V32b (03) 749-4897 (3:633/106.0)
From: mcscs1amh@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: PRICE ENQUIRY
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:52:48 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology


WITHOUT BEING TOO HARSH, I`D LIKE QUOTES ON HOW MUCH THE FOLLOWING IS
WORTH ALTOGETHER.

		1MB AMIGA 500,
		EXTERNAL DRIVE
		DPAINT 2
		ALTERED BEAST
		BATMAN THE MOVIE
		F18 INTERCEPTOR
		ROCKSTAR ATE BY HAMTER
		DUGGER
		SAS COMBAT SIM.
		SOFTARE PC EMULATOR.
		MOUSE
		MOUSE MAT
		TV MODULATOR

I RECON ABOUT 250 - 300 POUNDS BUT...?
From: farget@neurosens.univ-lyon1.fr (Farget Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: What is AmiLink ????
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:32:54 GMT
Organization: Laboratoire CNRS.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: vigour2.univ-lyon1.fr
Keywords: AmiLink

Hello,

     A friend who have an AMIGA 2500 uses in French video society, gave me a 
fax paper on a product named AmiLink. But this paper is not exhaustive. I 
think AmiLink is a hardware+software which able to control Video Tape 
Recorder and others Audio/Video equipment. My friend told me that it is 
probably a professional hardware, because it can read VITC and LTC SMPTE/EBU 
time code which is use in professional video.

     So, is somebody know what is really AmiLink, and where we can buy it ?

Thanks.

           //
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech
From: headrick@atlantis.ssd.harris.com (Joe Headrick)
Subject: A2410 Help !
Organization: Harris Corporation - GASD
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:06:19 GMT

Help! 
     I have a C= A2410 / Lowell Graphics Card and need some help.

     I am using it under Unix (2.1) and it mostly works well, I did
     have to move it to the bottom slot in my A3000 to make it work.

     The reason I need help is - when I bought it the seal was broken
     (I didn't notice) and the AMOS disk and instructions were missing!!!
     I would like to use it with ASDG's program (which I own) but need
     the driver!!!

     My dealer says "backorder", C= says "talk to your dealer" 
     (well I did finally get someone to say they would send me a disk
      but it's been a week now and no disk yet....)

     If anyone can tell me where I can ftp / get a driver from.....
     It would be GREATLY appreciated. I have had this card for 4 months
     now, and am beginning to wonder if I will ever see a replacement.

--wjh--

Joe Headrick                 | internet : headrick@atlantis.ssd.harris.com
Harris Corporation - GASD    | work     : (407) 384-1700
Orlando, FL                  | ...... in no way reflect ......... etc
From: Bradley_Yen@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: OptMouse
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:39:23 PST
Organization: Tunnel-Vision BBS!

I'm using your OptMouse software to run a mouse off of one of my I/O
Extenders ports!  Work's great, except for one small bug(?).  I can't
hold down the left-mouse-button and click the right.  If I do this the
mouse driver crashes(?) and I have to go into a CLI window to disable
the driver and then I can run the driver again and everything is okay.
Does the update cover this problem?

I wish I could get a copy of the update.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


-- Via DlgQWK v0.65a
From: limahl@tka.uucp (Paul Leclair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Trupcard with A2090 controller
Date: 21 Jan 93 00:48:45 EDT
Organization: The Kobayashi Alternative BBS - (207)/946-7246

 
  I have a question that needs answering.  I have a friend who just purchased
an A2000.  He has put in his Trumpcard controller and SyQuest 88 meg drive into
the machine.  I have an A2090 controller and an old MFM Seagate drive he wanted
to buy off me, but I was told you can not put both controllers into the same
computer.  He wouldn't be able to run both at the same time.  The 2090 is NOT
the auto-booting controller.  It is the older one from a 2500.

  Is this true or is there a way to make it work with the Trumpcard?

  Please help..

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From: johnl@crash.cts.com (John Lindwall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2091 questions
Date: 28 Jan 93 06:19:07 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

I just picked up a C= A2091 SCS host adaptor.  I'm curious how out of
date it is.  The board itself is "REV 4.0 MODIFIED" and the ROM is
6.1  (copyright 1990).  How old is this?  Please email responses to
johnl@excalib.com or reply to this account.  Thanks!

John Lindwall    johnl@excalib.com   
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:23746 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:35193
From: matt-dah@dsv.su.se (Mattias Dahlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Difference between 030EC and 030 ?????
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:05:46 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Justin York (jyork@iastate.edu) wrote:

: If you ever want to use virtual memory, or Enforcer, etc., you will
: NEED an MMU, and hence, a full 68030.

According to the docs of the Enforcer you COULD use it with a 68EC030,
don't ask me how.

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From: hakanl@lulea.trab.se (H}kan Lennest}l)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Spartan SCSI
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:43:56 GMT
Organization: Telia Research AB, Aurorum 6, 951 75 Lulea, Sweden
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 + PL8]

un036443@wvnvms.wvnet.edu wrote:

:      Does anyone have any information on the Paul Harker's Spartan SCSI
: interface? I recently FTP'd a file containing schemtic, mountlist, and
: hard drive specs. The file had no documentation and i have alot of questions 
: about it.

There are two archives around (spartan.lzh and spartan34.4.lzh). You
really need both of them.

An article describing this project is to be found in the AC/Tech magazine 
(the second issue 1992, I think)... An archive containing this information 
might soon appear on an upcoming fish disk.

: 1. Is anyone using this SCSI interface?

Yes me ! (among others)

: 2. How well does it work?

It works quite well, both with disks and tape streamers.

: 3. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Paul Harker?

His e-mail address is 71546.1665@compuserve.com.

: 4. What series is the IC?

It is an AM5380.

/H}kan
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From: fjeske@amiganet.chi.il.us (Felix Jeske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Idek 5017 17" Monitor
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:17:55 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

Does anyone have any experience with the Idek 5017 monitor?  I'm buy a 4000
soon and this is the only monitor I can find that has a 17" reen and canan scan
from 15 to 40 kHz necessary to display all the modes of the 4000.  It has a
sucky 0.31 mm dot pitch but I'm living with this currently on my 1950.

If any has any info, I'd appreciate hearing from them.  Thanks.


Felix R. Jeske
Author of BackUP V3.85:  The way to backup your hard drive!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
Subject: Updating Rev 5 A500 (Fat Agnus, etc...)
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:49:30 GMT


Where would I find out what I'd have to do to allow my Sister's Amiga
500 to use a Fat Agnus?  Way back when, I heard of a motherboard modification,
but didn't bother saving the description, because she didn't have one then...

Help, anyone?
thanks,
dylan
dylan@cs.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mathers@sibelius.trl.OZ.AU (Steven Mathers)
Subject: Re: NEC 3d/4d specifications
Reply-To: s.mathers@trl.oz.au
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:13:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.185223.5675@ida.liu.se>, y88kenek@odalix.ida.liu.se (Kenneth Ekman) writes:
|> Martin_Dolan@guru.apana.org.au (Martin Dolan) writes:
|> 
|> >nec 3d  -  works in all aga modes.
|> 
|> >nec 4d - will not go down to 15khz, so will not work...
|> > 
|> >i just had to get rid of my nec 4fg cause it wouldnt work...  nec 3d is the
|> >ONLY nec monitor that goes to 15.6khz
|> 
|> Except for the old Nec Multisync II (Not 2A!) which is
|> said to be even more flexible than the 3D.

And also except for the NEC I, which works with fine with my amiga 500,
so must go down to 15KHz OK.  I have to adjust it manually for 
productivity mode though.  (not smart enough for auto-synch?)

Does the amiga RGB output have any synching signals that the NEC monitor
needs to auto-synch?
From: cg18fgg@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Greg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HD not validated
Date: 24 Jan 93 05:17:33 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

One of my hard drives has an error ("Block 150341 used twice") and will no
longer validate. How can I correct this?

			Much thanks in advance,
				
				Greg

gcallahan@ucsd.edu
From: sdo@email.sp.paramax.com (Scott Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 4000 rumors. True or false?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 12:40:17 -0600
Organization: Paramax -  Eagan, MN
NNTP-Posting-Host: grimm.sp.paramax.com

dseaman@oread.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> Can anyone confirm or deny the statement in Amazing Amiga's romours
> section that claims that in 1993 the "A4200 (working title) will add a
> PCMCIA slot, a high-speed scsi-II interface instead of IDE, and
> possibly a DSP." 

	Sounds reasonable, but who knows if it's true.  I'd expect
such a beast to include the DSP, but it might not be usable for
a while (until 3.1 is out).  It would give more options than the
current A4000, and would fit in with the idea that the A4000 is the
bottom of the new high-end line..  I wonder about the PCMCIA slot,
unless we're going to be seeing SANA II drivers for some PCMCIA
Ethernet cards soon.  What else would you use a PCMCIA card for on
a A4000-type machine?  (Unless, of course, we start seeing PCMCIA
games :))

> I have also heard that the retail price on the 4000/040 will drop to
> $2700 instead of the current $3400.

	This is just bringing the machine's retail price in line
with it's street price.  My local dealer is selling the A4000
Power-Up package for $2593, if I remember correctly.

		Scott Olson
From: evil@tony.ksu.ksu.edu (Todd Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Is the Canon Bubble Jet any good?
Date: 23 Jan 1993 21:05:06 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: tony.ksu.ksu.edu

In article <C19Lq7.G0A@mach1.wlu.ca> mart4678@mach1.wlu.ca (Phil Martin u) writes:
>: > I am interested in a good printer.  
>: > 
>: > I have seen Canon's BJ printer advertised at Best Buy for around $350
>: > 
>: > Is this printer good quality.  Is it easy to find cartridges for?
>: > Does it work well with word processors (ProWrite and Final Copy) and
>: 

Just bought a Canon BJ-200 (at Best Buy even!:) and it is SUPERB.
Everything from controls to cartridge replacement are well designed
and very compact.  The print quality is a very crisp 360x360 dpi, and
it equals or betters just about every laser printer I've ever used,
even some of the top of the line HPs (no flames!--I'm just REALLY
impressed with the bubblejet's price/performance level).

It is VERY fast (in high-quality mode) with all wordprocessors I've
tried it with (my new FinalCopyII is still in the mail), but it slows
when printing hard-core graphics (at least until I get the latest driver--
this is said to help a bunch on graphics handling).

The cartridges for these machines are interesting because they contain
the print head, so every time you buy a new ink cartridge (400-500 text
page life) you get a new print head contained with it.  This makes the
cartridges a bit expensive ($20) but looks to be a good design choice in
the long run.  I'll have to keep you posted to see how it is going in a
year or so (Canon has a TWO YEAR warranty!).
Oh yeah, the machine's price is $359 (US) and comes with built in sheet
feeder (100 sheets) and ink cartridge (and install disk for IBM's with
windows). 
   
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber)
Subject: NEC 3d/4d specifications; AGA compatible?
Keywords: NEC, AGA, monitors, specifications
Organization: Smith College
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:11:04 GMT

In looking for a new monitor, I've found some good deals on the 
NEC 3d and 4d.  Will anyone out either send me the specs for the scan
rates and/or confirm that they works with all the signals the AGA chip
set can throw at it.

Thanks in advance,

-john

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From: cs4gp6au@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Lockie      RJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Dir caching
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:53:08 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University


	I just wanted to know how to check if my Hard Drive is
formatted with the WB3.0 directory caching on? Is there any way
to tell, or should I reformat it to be sure?

	Bob Lockie: cs4gp6au@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
From: broeking@zuse (Jens Broeking)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2630 HELP
Date: 28 Jan 93 10:31:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Dekanat Informatik Universit{t Dortmund
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X-XXDate: Thu, 28 Jan 93 07:38:17 GMT

From: fabrizio lodi, lodi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:41:05 GMT
In article <1993Jan28.084105.4829@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> fabrizio lodi,
lodi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it writes:
>Someone know how to switch from 68030 to 68000 without the A2630
bootmenu?
>(With 2.04 this boot menu is "dead"!).
>
>Thnaks for the help!
>
>Fabrizio Lodi
>

Hi

Normally the boot menu is NOT dead !
You only have to hold both mouse buttons directly alfer reset and
before the AMIGA is looking for the drives.

Another way is to buy the new roms for your A2630 board
With them you only have to hold the right mouse button to get into
the
boot menu. If you hold both you will enter the partition boot menu
(under 2.04 or greater)

bye Jens
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