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From: stern+@pitt.edu (Eric G Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Need Help: A2000 Hardware Problem
Date: 6 Jan 93 18:11:49 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

> In a message dated Tue 29 Dec 92  2:47, gerry@pizzabox.dialogic.com (Gerry
> Lachac) wrote:
 
  GL> I have an old A2000 (Rev 4.2 Motherboard) that I bought via the first
  GL> CBM power-up program many many moons ago.  It is currently outfitted
  GL> with 2.04, a Microway Flicker-Fixer, an old CBM 2 meg expansion card
 and
  GL> a
  GL> GVP 030/22-combo.
 
  GL> Within the past month, whenever I boot the system, it will
  GL> hang at random spots during the system boot.  Sometimes a clock
  GL> program fails, sometimes Shadowmaster, sometimes Toolmanager.  It also
  GL> will crash during the first program I launch at random times.
  GL> HOWEVER, if I reset the machine 6 or 7 times (until everything seems
  GL> to work), the machine will run flawlessly until I shut if off.
 
  GL> -gerry

I've been having similar problems with my system after installing a

GVP 040 combo with attached 120 Meg hard drive.  The first time it
happens in the morning, even the three-fingered salute doesn't work.
I haven't been able to isolate it to a particular program though.
I put in echo commands into the startup sequence to try and find
out where the problem is occuring, and it hasn't happened since.

				Eric Stern
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: IBM joystick <-> Amiga??
From: phill@nebula.equinox.gen.nz (Phillip Coxon)
Date: 5 Jan 93 07:49:15 +1200
Organization: Equinox Networks, Christchurch, New Zealand.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Libra (SI6935848@NTUVAX.NTU.AC.SG) wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how may we connect an Analogue IBM joystick to
> Amiga's port??
> 
> A detailed pins connection layout will be much appreciated!

IBM ANALOG JOYSTICK    -    AMIGA CONVERSION
============================================           

AMIGA 9-PIN   Pin# >> Pin#    IBM 15-PIN
------------------------------------------           
Fire 1           3 -- 2       Trigger Fire   
Fire 2           4 -- 7       Upper Fire     
X-Pot            5 -- 6       Y-pot          
Fire 0           6 -- 2 or 7  Trigger/Upper      
+5 Volts         7 -- 1       +5 Volts       
Ground/Common    8 -- 4       Fire 1+2 GND       
Y-Pot            9 -- 3       X-pot         

VIEWING REAR OF FEMALE PLUGS - # ASSIGNS ::
-------------------------------------------
  1  2  3  4  5     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 
_________________ __________________________ 
\ u  u  o  o  o / \ o  o  o  o  u  o  o  u / 
 \  o  o  o  o /   \  u  u  u  u  u  u  u /
  -------------     ----------------------
    6  7  8  9        9 10 11 12 13 14 15   

"u"=Not used

NOTE :                      
------
Amiga Pin#6 Should be connected to either
# 2 or 7 on Ibm side, as this is used as an 
alternative fire button on some programs.

SOME ANALOG JOYSTICK SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
---------------------------------------
A-10 Tank Killer v1.5  - Dynamix
Birds Of Prey          - Electronic Arts
Formula One Grand Prix - Microprose
F-15 Strike Eagle II   - Microprose
F-19 Stealth Fighter   - Microprose
Flight Of The Intruder - Mirrorsoft
Mig-29m Super Fulcrum  - Domark

Phill Coxon  <phill@nebula.equinox.gen.nz> -- Christchurch, New Zealand
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Andy.Church@launchpad.unc.edu (Andy Church)
Subject: Re: 1.5meg trap door
Organization: Nonexistant
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:51:55 GMT

joek@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Joe Karthauser) writes:
>I have a 1.5meg trapdoor upgrade for my A500 (Fatter Agnus). Is there any
>easy way of modifying it so that I can have 1m chip and 1meg C00000 ram?
  I'm not certain, but I think that there's only room for 512K at $C00000
($C00000-$C7FFFF).  If you want more RAM, you'll need an expansion of
some sort.
  Don't take my word on this; I'm not too familiar with the A500.  I'm
pretty sure it's right, though.  (Translation: Somebody else check this
out.)

  --Andy Church

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From: tcarter@53iss4.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 1 Meg Agnus Install
Keywords: Help Please
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:57:17 GMT
Organization: Imaging Systems Division, NCR Corp, Waterloo, Ont., CANADA

On January 07, evening, I will be attempting to install a 1 meg agnus in an
A2000. Yup, I have the puller but I don't know what rev motherboard is in this
beast (its not mine, its a friends). I have instructions for a Rev4.x
motherboard and need to know what is different (if anything) when installing
on a Rev 5 or Rev 6 motherboard....If you know...PLEASE respond even if there
are no differences so I may be a little more confident when I open this sucker
up. Any/all help is greatfully appreciated...E-mail only please. Thanx...

--
Tom Carter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Backup on VCR
From: mchandy@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:53:43 EST

In article <72918@cup.portal.com>, DonH@cup.portal.com (Don - Hirschfeld) writes:
> If there is anyone out there that has a bridgecard and an open PC
> slot, I've got a PC card and software that will backup a 40 meg HD
> to a standard T-120 VHS tape in 2 hrs with full backup/restore features.
> Just attach the output of the card to the video input on the VCR and
> run the software. I'll sell it for $50 + shipping. Leave E-mail.

That seems awful slow for a 40meg backup...especially considering the time to 
verify the data (a must-do when using videotape with all its dropouts).
There are PCM systems which can store the equivalent of 2GB of digital music
(sampled at 48kHz) onto a 2 hr videotape.  

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner)
Subject: Re: 2.0 on A1000??
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 18:00:36 GMT

cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:
: db562s445@sycom.mi.org (Dave Birdsong) writes:
: 
: >  I had a A1000 with a DKB Kick Start Board in it with 2.04 in it and it was 
: > really cool!!
: >
: > [ deletia ]
: >
: > Oh yea it can have 2 roms in it to,(1.3 and 2.0 or 1.2 and 1.3 but WHY?)
: > Dave Birdsong
: >
: 
: For those brain-dead, non 2.0 compliant programs that have to run under a 
: 1.x environment (many older games come immediately to mind...) would 
: require that 1.x ROM in order to be able to boot-up in 1.x mode, thus the 
: two ROM sockets...

Actually, I'd like to be able to have a 2.0 ROM, a 1.3 ROM, and be able to
boot off of a KickStart disk (for those really bold games).  Is this feasible?

I've heard that the KwickStart II will support either two ROMs or one ROM
and loading from KickStart disks.  Is this true?  I've heard that the
KwickStart II is available for $52 mailorder, but the cheapest price that
I've been able to find is $69.  Where can I get the $52 price?

			Thanks in advance,
				-=:[ VAL ]:=-
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From: eric@wolf359.UUCP (Eric Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: EPROM programers and Amiga
Keywords: EPROM GAL GALER
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:00:36 GMT
Organization: Engineers in Exile
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel2

I've decided to try my hand at building Zorro II/III boards.  For this I
will need to program EPROMS (Autoconfig) and preferably, GALs as well.
 
I've not had much luck in finding the required tools. The only
specifically Amiga tool I've seen is GALer, from one of the fish disks.
Unfortunately for mono-lingual fools like myself, the program and all of
it's documentation is in German.  Further, it requires a GAL programmer of
the author's design.  While it is possible that the instructions required
to build this device are in English I rather doubt it.  Sending $15 to
Germany to find out doesn't s
 
Does anyone have any ideas?  Better solutions?  I'd hate to have to buy a
clone just so I could build hardware for my Amiga.
 
Do NOT trust 'reply'!  wolf359.ustores.missouri.edu is BOGUS
Smart: eric@wolf359.uucp  Dumb: wuarchive.wustl.edu!wolf359!eric
"Please leave.  I have a bomb and I'd quite like to explode it"ject: EPROM programers and Amiga
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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Questions about new computers/future chipsets
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:38:17 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Dec29.165251.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:

>Has C= mentioned whether the new machines (A4000, A1200, etc) will 
>be able to handle either their low-end or high-end chipsets when they
>are released in 1994?  

Not as plug-in replacements.  The days of drop-in replacement chips are long
gone.  Why?  Only those who consider ECS a major improvement over the original
chip set need wonder.  

The A4000 will be capable of running 4.0, and 4.0 is supposed to support RTG.
Therefore, the A4000 could support any display device added in as a Zorro
card.  It's possible to put the new "high-end" chip set on such a card.  Whether
C= will do so or not is up to C=.  In the end, it won't matter all that much
anyway, since there are already display cards out there with better-than-AA
performance that'll work in your A3000 or A4000.  RTG will simply make it 
easy for a developer to provide Monitor files for such cards.

As for the A1200, certainly some display device might fit on its local bus
card, but it might be a tight squeeze.
-- 
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 "The Crew That Never Rests"  {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh   BIX: hazy
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		RELIGION:	"I'll see it when I believe it"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Distribution: world
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:54:04 EDT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS

In a message dated Sun  4 Jan 93 14:33, Charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles
wrote:

 C> From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
 Message-ID: <1993Jan3.142053.27741@hubcap.clemson.edu>
 Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:20:53 GMT
 C> Lines: 17

 C> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:

 C> [For some inane reason, the A1200 has no clock]

>To C= people:   Why the f*ck?
>  How the f*ck?
>  When... you get the picture.... Why was this allowed to happen?
>   even bottom of the line ibm clones have f**king clocks!

 C> My personal theory was that it was a marketing decision.  Anyone have
 C> a better
 C> idea? :)



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.....
C> + Rick __     + EMAIL:charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu +   //\          +
 C> /|\ It's +
 C> |      /aylor | IRC  : Tomalek / The Romulan     | \X/--\miga 500 |  J
 C> rainy |
 C> +-------------+----------------------------------+----------------+----
 C> ------+
 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....

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
From: mtja@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Michael T.J. Armstrong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1200 PSU & IDE Problems
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:48:00 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

I recently purchased (after a lot of hassle) an IDE Hard Disk for my 1200.
Its a Quantum 120MB. I fitted it myself (knackering C='s warrenty) and
it worked fine...... for an hour. The happiest hour of my life :-). After
that, the machine would not even reset properly. The 1200 accesses the drive
during reset and then crashes quite impressively with some interesting
fireworks on the screen. It never even gets to the boot menu if both
mouse buttons are pressed nor does it access a floppy.

After talking to the supplier he said that the RDB (of something like that)
was corrupted and it had to be sent back to be reformatted. He said that
the PSU 5V line is only rated at 3amps which is enough to power an internal
hard disk and the internal floppy but not an external floppy. I didn't
have an external floppy drive connected but the symptoms that I was getting
were the same.

This is were I realized that my PSU is an A600 one. The HD supplier stated
that could be the problem and asked me to get it changed to a 1200 version.
This causes more problems as all the 1200's in the shop were I bought
mine have an A600 PSU. Great :-(

What I would like to know is:

1) Is it true that you cannot have an A1200 with an Hard disk and an external
   floppy? (Apart from powering the external floppy separately)

2) Are all the PSUs supplied with the A1200 just A600 ones?

3) Has anyone else got an A1200 with a 120MB Hard drive working correctly????


I don't think I ever be able to put my full faith in the A1200 again......


Any help would be *grately* appreciated.


T.J.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: Re: 1200 and KickStart1.3
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:53:11 GMT
Keywords: 1200 

In article <eln150f.726296814@mdw030.cc.monash.edu.au> eln150f@mdw030.cc.monash.edu.au (TW Chua) writes:
>Hi everyone,
>	The answer to this question could be quite simple, but I just want
>to make sure. Could I install a 1.3 ROM in a Amiga 1200? 

  No.  All the 1.3 ROM's I know of are 16 bit wide.  The A1200 has two
16 bit wide ROM's with the code split lo, hi words.

>                                                        If so does this
>make it more compatible with some old games. I am thinking of using a 
>Kickboard to install both 3.0 and 1.3 ROMs.

  Try degrader or some such program.  Turning off the Cache might help
some programs.

  Because of the physical differences between the ROM's (see above),
I doubt you will find a kickboard that fits the A1200.

>YP

-- 
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 ___) ___)    Saint Joseph, Mich.     easton@andrews.edu
Monte Carlo   Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: groening@kirk.fmi.uni-passau.de (Sascha Groening)
Subject: Trouble with GVP COMBO & 2 HDs
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:06:52 GMT

I just encountered some problems connecting a second harddisk (Quantum LPS105)
to my 22mhz 68030 combo card. My frist drive is a Quantum LPS120. Each drive 
has two partitions. I removed the terminating resistorpacks from the LPS120.
At first the system refused to boot. Then I removed the EP (Enable Parity ?)
jumpers from the two drives. Now, the system sometimes boots from my boot-
partition on the LPS120 and sometimes the system hangs. I have set all partitions
to Bootpriority -128 except for my boot partition (priority 0 ).
The LPS120 is on ID 1 and the LPS105 on ID 2. If I set any drive to ID 0.
The system refuses to boot totally. I discovered, that at any time the LPS105
is mounted correctly, but the LPS120 switches on the HD-LED and doesn`t stop
doing whatever it is doing. Has anyone had similar problems ?
I`ve got gvpscsi.device version 3.6 or 3.8, I think.
Any help appreciated !!

                   Sascha Groening
                   groening@kirk.fmi.uni-passau.de
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: sjchmura@kimbark.uchicago.edu (steven joseph chmura)
Subject: 68881 vs 68882 for Raytracing
Reply-To: sjchmura@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:46:20 GMT

I am planning to purchase either the MX1200-16mhz 68881 board or the 
25mhz 68882 board.

There is a $70 price difference between these two boards for the A1200.

For raytracing/rendering applications, what will be the "real world"
speed difference between the 2 processors.  Obviouosly, the 25mhz 68882
is faster, but how much of a rayttrace/vistapro rendering uses
the FPU?

Thanks.........
-- 
________________________________________________________________________________Steven Chmura				University of Chicago Medical School(M1)
  "Given enough time, the impossible becomes probable, and the probable
	inevitable.."  -George Wald, "On the Origins of Life"
From: push@media.mit.edu (Pushpinder Singh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: re: EPROM programers and the Amiga
Date: 11 Jan 93 04:27:15 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory

There are plans and software for a parallel port eprom programmer
available on wuarchive.wustl.edu.  I built it and it works fine.
Check it out.

Pushpinder
From: ssurpeat@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Richard T Peat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Backing up on a VCR
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:38:24 GMT
Reply-To: ssurpeat@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., University of Reading

In article 9348@fy.chalmers.se, f92anha@fy.chalmers.se (Anders Hammarqvist) writes:
>In article <3JAN199318154970@md2.huji.ac.il> robi@md2.huji.ac.il (Dr. Wartenfeld Robi) writes:
>>
>>     Hello.
>>  I once saw some instructions on building an interface whuch allows
>>connecting the amiga parallel port to a Video Cassette recorde and backing up
>>the hard disk to the VCR.  If anyone has those instructions please send a
>>copy to me.
>>     Thanks.
>>        Robi.
>
>I would also appreciate a copy, or an FTP site...
>
>Tnx, Anders.


Me too!

Thanks.

Richard Peat.

uk.ac.rdg.susssys1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:01:22 GMT

In article <rmorgan.0fpo@vsbbs.UUCP> rmorgan@vsbbs.UUCP (RONALD MORGAN) writes:
>You are missing the point!  The point is that CBM did not put a frigging clock
>on their new "Flag-ship" model.

  I would argue that the A1200 is _not_ their "Flag-ship" model.

>                                I have owned CBM products since the PET, and
>CBM never ceases to amaze me with their stupidity.  If brains were dynamite,
>CBM could not blow it's nose!
>
>     "Commodore, the company you love to hate"

  You guys are getting all worked up over a little thing like a clock?
The C= Engineers provided a path to upgrade with what appears to be a 
relativly cheap clock module.  Someone is bound to market one.

  I think they made the right choice.  Why burden the thousands of game
players who will buy the A1200 with the additional cost of the clock
hardware?

>Ronald Morgan                      >>>LIGHT FIGHTER<<<

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From: tcarter@53iss4.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2620 Accelerator Query
Keywords: RAM
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:53:04 GMT
Organization: Imaging Systems Division, NCR Corp, Waterloo, Ont., CANADA

Me again....I didn't get any info with my A2620 accellerator but am aware that
I can upgrade from the 2 megs of 32 bit Ram already on board to a total of 4
megs. Well I could if I knew what the part number of the correct RAM was....
Anyone enlighten me?

Thanx....E-mail please!

--
Tom Carter
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 600 & Fast Ram
Date: 12 Jan 93 06:52:13 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <Greg_Bastow.05f1@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca> Greg_Bastow@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Greg Bastow) writes:
>How does one add some FAST memory to an Amiga 600. The MicroBotics card
>only add CHIP ram:-(

That sounds impossible: The A1200 comes already equipped with *all*
possible Chip RAM, 2 MB. *Every* RAM you add after this can only be Fast.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg)
Subject: Re: Monitors, monitors and 5D!!
Organization: IDK/Frontec - System Design Group
Date: 8 Jan 93 09:25:12 GMT

(I post this, since many people have questions about the NECs.)

amiga@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Amiga Utilities) writes:
> What I want to know is if the 5D will sync down to 15kHz

No it won't. The 5D's horizontal scan rate range is 31.5-66 kHz.
The only NEC that does 15 kHz is the DataSmart DM-2710 (15-38 kHz).

> and what will I need to do to be able to use it? (Cabling, etc.)

It uses a standard 15-pin connector, so you'll likely be able to hook it
right up to your flicker fixer (or whatever you use).

> 1) Will it be safe to sit this huge beast on top of my A2500?

Umm, I haven't studied the physics of the A2000 box :-) but considering the
5D is a rather large dude (H:19",D:19",W:21") I think you'd try it before
you buy.

> 2) How much should I expect to pay for an ex-demo Multisync 5D?
> (Either in A$ or US$)

Can't say. My product sheet state a list price of $2.699 (US) so anything
below that... :-)

> Thanks heaps for any info.

Hope this helps.

		-- Bjorn

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: djm2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Daniel Jr Murrell)
Subject: Re: CSA Derringer problems...
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:59:56 GMT


Hey,  
  I got a Derringer for XMas, and I just tried DPaint.  Everything works as
usual, and ADPro never gives me SuperHires either.  Maybe it's something else.
As far as satisfaction goes, I can't be happier with my Derringer... and I got 
the bare-bones minimum configuration (no FPU and only 1 meg 32 bit ram).
The only problem I encountered was the ol' accelerator keeps popping out of the
socket problem CSA products tend to have.  That was easily fixed by using a
kneaded eraser to build up the feet so that they would touch the motherboard.
BTW, my configuration is rev. 6a 500, 030, 1 meg 32bit, 2 meg 16bit fast, 1 meg
chip (modified), Dataflyer 500 HD.
Good luck!

Dan