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From: cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
Keywords: SetCpu ROM
Date: 7 Sep 92 13:24:48 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

Have you tried setting the SetCPU option that disables the addition of autoconfig boards ?? I have to use this option on my B2000 with GVP Combo 33 as the SCSI driver doesn't seem to come up properly.

If anyone knows of a way of putting a Kickstart 1.3 file from a floppy onto a hard disk , then could they also let me know !

Thanks...

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From: bobschulien@cup.portal.com (Robert John Schulien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: SupraFax -- the saga continues...
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 21:48:06 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep12.162827.12373@polari>

> Ok, I'm having no problem with 2400 baud connections and all v.32 connectio
> seem to work as well. However, am having a devil of a time connecting to
> v.32bis (supra no less ;-) ) systems. I'm using JRComm -- what should I set
> the baud rate in JR-Comm to? (right now I have it at 9600 'cause 19.2K 
> didn't seem to go across too well for v.32bis connections) Next, I have the
> serial port configured to 19.2K with RTS/CTS on. However, while the modem
> flashes 14.4K, any transfers still hover around the 930 cps mark... (thus
> I presume that while the modem is connected at 14.4K the transfer from the
> modem to my Amiga occurs at 9600 baud... is this correct?)

When I first got my Supra modem (v.32bis) I had the same problems trying
to connect higher than 9.6.  Connections to dual standards sometimes got
me 12.0, sometimes got me 9.6, and sometimes got me 0.  Connections to
other Supra v.32bis modems was out -- 0 everytime (unless I did a
ATN0S37=9 which shut off 12.0 and 14.4 :-().  I wound up calling Supra
tech support (after 3 hours of busy signals), and the fellow tells me
to try the command AT%G0&Q9S9=3.  With this command in and cast in
stone with a AT&W, the modem has performed as it should have from the
start.  Which is to say that connections to dual standards and other
Supra V.32bis modems have gotten me 14.4 every time.
I don't have the fax software, so living with the %G0 until the new
ROM comes out is no sweat.  Give it a shot :-)  Hope this helps.
Bob Schulien       bobschulien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: Ways to double hard drive capacity???
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 19:37:06 GMT
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you

oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner) writes:

>Can't the
>Stacker people be sued for false advertisement? I mean, is it so hard to
>say "compress the information" instead of "double the capacity of the
>drive"? 

Since the compression is transparent to the user (in most cases),
Stacker really does effectively double the capacity, since for most
intents and purposes, it does work that way!  Is that so hard for you to
understand?

>If you want something that compresses data, I think the Amiga approach which
>lets one choose WHICH files get compressed and is transparent only after
>compression is better. Try PowerPacker or Turbo Imploder. Turbo Imploder is 
>PD, PowerPacker is not.

Is that all you have on your hard disk?  Programs?  What about data
files, like anims, pictures, fonts, mods, text files, and other useful
things?  Imploder can't do any more for these than LHA, and constantly
archiving and dearchiving data is something that users want to avoid.
They want a package that will do it for them, on the fly.  This is what
Stacker does for the PC user, and it's only a matter of time before
there is a similar product for the Amiga.  Whoever creates that system
first and makes it work, stands to make a lot of money, since the market
is demanding it.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: abair@parsons.sps.mot.com (Alan Bair)
Subject: Re: RAM chips and the A3000
Organization: AMCU, Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas.
	<ABAIR.92Sep4215200@parsons.sps.mot.com>
	<1992Sep6.234843.377@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 03:37:16 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.234843.377@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> mbuc1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Matthew Richard     Buchanan       ) writes:

   I have a 3000 with 2 meg chip and 2 meg fast, which is made up of 4x256K Zips
   (not sure whether they are static column or not) That makes 16 chips for the
   2 meg fast, am I right??

YES: 2 banks of 8 chips (1M/bank), but those are 256Kx4 Zips.

   Anyway in order to transfer my chips over to the 4x1MB static column Zips, and
   increase my fast memory from 2 meg to, say, 4meg, I understand that this
   will require 8 chips per meg, which equates to 32 chips. At $14-15 per chip
   we have $110-120 (US) per meg. Down here that equates to over $200 per meg
   which will cost me at least $400 just to get back where I started

I am not sure what you mean by getting back to where you started, but to get
4M, you would need to add 16 more 256Kx4 chips; 2 banks of 8 chips (1M/bank).
This would fill out all the Fast Memory slots. To get more Fast Memory, you
would need to switch ALL Fast Memory chips to the 1Mx4 chips. Since these
are larger, you only need 1 bank of 8 chips to get 4M, so that filling all 32
slots would give you 16M of Fast Memory. So from your figures, 4M with the
1Mx4 would cost $200.


   What I want to know is: Are these assumptions correct? Can anyone both in NZ
   and overseas confirm this??

   Obviously 8 rather than 4 of the 4x256K Zips are required to make 1 meg. Again
   I assume this is because of the 32 bit requirements.
   And likewise, 8 of the 1Meg chips are needed for 1 meg of memory with
   those chips.

Partially correct. You always need 8 chips per bank; 4 bits/chip * 8 = 
32bits/bank in terms of words. However, the bank of 256Kx4 chips provides 1M
while the bank of 1Mx4 provides 4M of memory.

   Sorry I'm not a techie! AdvaTHANKSnce... Matt
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From: divineg@prism.cs.orst.edu (Glade Diviney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Replacing the A500 keyboard
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:55:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Sep14.025512.679
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept


  My A500 keyboard is finally biting the dust.  I'm just wondering if anyone
  out there has managed to use a 2000's keyboard on a 500...or if some
  kind of strange interface is needed.  Anyone?

-=Glade Diviney
  divineg@prism.cs.orst.edu
From: DennyA@cup.portal.com (Denny Lee Atkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: 4000
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 16:34:29 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep12.004219.1688@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <65730@cup.portal.com>

>Unfortunately CBM left an equally important half of the "MultiMedia"
>equation off their list.  The new machines still do only crappy 8 bit audio.
>Worthless for any real professional applications.
>
>Really a shame.
>
Joel,

Commodore's press conference had a multimedia presentation running on
the A4000. It was darned impressive, and the 8-bit sound certainly
sounded as good as anything probably could coming out of a conference
room sound system. I doubt I would have been able to tell the
difference between 8-bit and 16-bit in that situation.

Sunrise makes some really nice 12 and 16 bit audio solutions. Plug in
a card and Presto! Those who need the better sound can get it, the
rest of us don't have to pay an extra $200-300 for a system.

And Commodore publically stated that better sound was in the works.
I'd rather have a 4000 now than wait another 5-6 months while they
sort out the complications of making a DSP work transparently in an
Amiga environment.

>   ========================================================================
>  / Joel E. Swan....Pres./...Media Specialties, Ltd., Oak Forest, IL.USA  /
>/ Portal ID: joeles..../...joeles@cup.portal.com                        /
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From: Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zapper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: LUCASs
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Sep 92 20:04:31 EDT
Organization: The QuBE BBS

  I am having a small trouble getting my Palomax MAX-125 HD adapter to run
stably on my a500 with my LUCAS accelerator installed... by fiddling around
I can make it ALMOST work... I can get it up to the point where it will
recognize the HD as a DOS device and use it, but I get many many checksum
errors and the rig is unuasble... occasionally I can't get the HD to be
recongized as a DOS device or even gurus upon accessing..

  I'd love to hear from anyone who has...

   -a LUCAS working stably in an a500 (especially with a HD)

  ...or

   -a LUCAS working stably in an a500 or a1000 with a Palomax or similar
    styled HD controller card...

   PLEASE E-mail me if you have this combination, I won't take much of your
time...

   I just need a little info on how you set it all up... thanks in
advance...

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 - Static Column RAM's
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:36:32 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Sep8.080513.28019@ifi.uio.no> eriks@ifi.uio.no (Erik Saastad) writes:

>I thought that (at least on the older 3000's) there was a bug in ramsey. 

All A3000s have the same RAMSEY, and the same RAMSEY bug.  This is a bug in
page-detect mode (one of the modes that requires static column DRAM) which
causes RAS precharge in conjunction with hard disk activity to sometimes last
only 40ns, rather than the 80ns its supposed to last.  We found this bug
quite late because the software people had already determined that page-detect
mode didn't buy anything with the 68030 and AmigaOS (other CPU/OS combinations
could find this more more useful).

>This bug does so that you will have no difference in performance with static or
>page ram. Maybe this bug is corrected on newer 3000's ?

All A3000s will run faster with static-column DRAM using RAMSEY's other special
mode, burst mode.  This has always worked.

-- 
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   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      BIX: hazy
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 - Static Column RAM's
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:35:34 GMT

mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:

>eriks@ifi.uio.no (Erik Saastad) writes:
>>
>>In article <PyFqqB2w165w@blackhl.hacktic.nl>, pschaap@blackhl.hacktic.nl (Peter Schaap) writes:
>>> In response to those articles posted last week in this newsgroup
>>> concerning the use of static column mode ram in the Amiga 3000, I would
>>> like to mention the following:
>>>
>>> 1. Use those chips instead of page-mode RAM's. Running your A3000 in
>>>    in burst mode will make it MUCH faster.
>>
>>I thought that (at least on the older 3000's) there was a bug in ramsey. This
>>bug does so that you will have no difference in performance with static or
>>page ram. Maybe this bug is corrected on newer 3000's ?

>********** AAAAARRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!    (One more time...)

>There is no difference in RAMSEY in any production A3000 machines.
>There are only bugs in the programs that think they know how to play
>games with RAMSEY and with the users who do not listen when we (Dave
>and I) keep stating these facts.

>(Sorry, but this is getting to be too much!  I'm sure Dave is also
>getting tired of seeing and re-answering this...)

No boubt.  So here's a suggestion.  Set up a script to check the news spool,
looking for A3000, static-ram, RAMSEY etc.  Whenever it finds a post about it,
post a form letter about the _real_ story.  Just a suggestion...

PS: when can we expect an A3000 tech ref manual?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: 4000
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 13:25:20 GMT

joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) writes:

[stuff deleted]

>Unfortunately CBM left an equally important half of the "MultiMedia"
>equation off their list.  The new machines still do only crappy 8 bit audio.
>Worthless for any real professional applications.
>Really a shame.

But ain't that *so* like Commodore recently? *sigh*

I think there's a workaround for the sound problem, though.  Aren't there some
add-on sound boards for Amiga (Sunrize's comes to mind.)  With the announcement
that Amigas *still* have only 8-bit audio, maybe there will be more.

>-Joel
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From: lkelly@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Question about vxl-30/ram-32 @50mhz
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:08:35 GMT
Reply-To: lkelly@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Kelly)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

Well, I've just recently received the Ram-32 board w/2meg burst capable
(60 ns) ram on it...Whew...what a speed up from normal 25mhz operation...
Now, I was also able to barely manage an '030 @50mhz with a 50mhz clock.
The problem is..whenever I try to run the vxl/A500 @ 50mhz, and turn
on the 32-bit ram, the system locks up!!  At first, I thought it was
power (still have normal A500 power supply), but when I think about
it, I don't see how it could be when the system works perfectly @ 25mhz.
Just doubling the clock should not increase power consumption should
it?  I did notice that microbotics had mentioned that if you were running
@50 mhz, you need to have 60ns ram, or get the new FPGA chip if you
have 80ns.  I assume they were only talking about the ram on the Ram
32 board.  It is 60ns so I should be okay there.  Any ideas as to what
could be the problem???

  PS - System:  A500 w/Xetec hd controller, Xetec fastram w/8 meg 70
ns, 1 meg chip, super denise, vxl-30 @25mhz, trying to go to 50 mhz,
vxl-32 ram board w/2meg 60ns fast page.

     Thanks for help!!!

       -Larry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: 4000
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:10:20 GMT

dale@ntg.com (Dale Luck) writes:

>In charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
>>So what *do* you get besides the extra colors/screenmodes and an '040?
>>Any apps yet support AGA?

>GfxBase's X11R4.1 (released in Mar)  supports the 256 color modes of the AGA.
>We are working on supporting some of the other graphics stuff as well.

Good to hear developers not taking AGA lightly ...
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From: dduff@infopls.chi.il.us (Dennis Duffner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2090 and Adaptec        
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 10:03:01 CDT
X-Maildoor: WaflineMail 1.00r

I'm anticipating reciept of an A2090 controller which I'll use with a
Adaptec 4000 MFM->SCSI board on my 1000.  (As soon as I get the
Slingshot in that is!  ;)  )

Anything I should watch out for when I take the 40 MB 251-1 that I have
and hook it up?

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From: ieeu0025@cs.montana.edu (Craig Keenan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: VXL-30 ramboard
Date: 7 Sep 92 21:01:27 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717

Did anyone out there buy the VXL-32 ram board?  On the two meg version is the
board full of ram dips?  In other words, did they put 256x4 chips for the two
meg version and 1x4 dip drams for the 8 meg version leaving people who buy the
2 meg version in the hog shit if they want to add some more memory? 
Thanks for a reply,

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: gowen@sevmsa.cs.msstate.edu
Subject: Re: 4000 (A hack?!)
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:12:49 GMT

In article <a7xn+cq.chet@netcom.com>, chet@netcom.com (Eric Chet) writes:
> In article <9209132215.AA03484@nettlerash.berkeley.edu> RPG104@URIACC.BITNET (Don Mac Phee) writes:
>>
>>  Is the processor *IN* the processor slot, or is it mounted like the
>>Tandem (On a replacable card?)?
> 
> It uses the processor slot, so when a new processor comes out 68060, RISC.
> It's just plug and go.  From this machine you can see it's a modular design,
> AA and 4x chip bandwidth was the main drive for the base system.
> 
>>
>>D o n   M a c   P h e e  (Rpg104@Uriacc.Uri.edu)
> 
> /**************************************************************************
>  * Eric Chet       | Amiga does it better
>  * chet@netcom.com | Ray Tracing and other graphics techniques 
>  * BIX: chet       | "Use what is useful, simply to simplify"
>  */

"Just plug and go"?  If you change architectures (i.e., move from an '060 to
an incompatable RISC chip), you cannot just plug and go.  All the software
that currently uses the Motorola '0x0 architecture will not run because the
instruction set is different not compatable.  You would need a compatable
WorkBench, KickStart, and application-oriented software.  This implies that
C= (as well as all other developers) would need to recompile their software
using a compiler that produced the proper machine code - not a trivial task.
For example, try taking any Amiga program and running it on your Sun, IBM,
or VAX; the program will not run (unless you recompile for the new
architecture or provide some sort of emulation).  I am curious how you plan
on a plug-and-go upgrade for incompatable architectures?

Always curious,

Lon

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From: stewartm@bfield.uucp (Stewart Mckinnon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1084 monitor problems.
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:45:40 EST
Organization: Bakers Field BBS

RE: MONITOR BLANKING OUT......

I think I know what's wrong. Is yours an old-style 1084? My monitor did the
exact same thing. It proceeded to go from a bit of flickering to a blank
screen. Tapping the case brought it back - most times.

What I found, when I disassembled the monitor, was a broken/intermittent solder
connection on one of the connections to the FLYBACK TRANSFORMER. This
transformer handles the extremely high voltage that the picture tube uses.

*** USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU PLAN ON DOING THIS YOURSELF. EVEN AFTER THE
MONITOR IS SHUT OFF, THERE IS STILL RESIDUAL LETHAL VOLTAGE THAT MUST BE
DISCHARGED BEFORE HANDLING THIS AREA OF THE MONITOR. BE _VERY_ CAREFUL!!!!***

It was a simple matter to remove the old solder and make a new joint. It has
worked perfectly ever since.

Hope this helps - just be *CAREFUL* :-|

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Bevis)
Subject: Re: 4000
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 16:26:39 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.132520.7820@hubcap.clemson.edu> charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
>joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) writes:
>
>[stuff deleted]
>
>>Unfortunately CBM left an equally important half of the "MultiMedia"
>>equation off their list.  The new machines still do only crappy 8 bit audio.
>>Worthless for any real professional applications.
>>Really a shame.
>
> [stuff removed]
>add-on sound boards for Amiga (Sunrize's comes to mind.)  With the announcement
>that Amigas *still* have only 8-bit audio, maybe there will be more.
>

Well, this is the most disappointing aspect of the 4000 for me.  I was
really looking forward to great new graphics and sound.  They got 1/2 of it.
But don't give up all hope!  This new machine has got to have at least 
double the DMA bandwidth from how the graphics modes sound, so maybe there's
room in there (time-wise) for more audio dma.  Certainly, to add four 
more audio channels requires no more external pins.  It only presents
itself as a problem when you try to integrate it into the internal register
map (like interrupt bits, lots of additional registers for control).  It
requires a bit of space on the chips, too.  (don't know how much, but I
suspect it is significant.)

Maybe we'll get better audio yet... But true, it should've been in there.

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