HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sck@watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy)
Subject: Re: high density disks, A3000
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:38:09 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

In article <1992Aug18.130916.12737@phillip.edu.au>, t9014135@phillip.edu.au writes:
|> How do you know if you have a high density drive on your Amiga 3000, I have
|> tried to format a HD disk but it formatted to 880k,....I have been told that
|> WB2.0 does not support HD formating is this true.....

If you have the currently unsupported 1/2 speed HD disk drive in your Amiga
3000 then (under 2.0.4) you can format a HD drive out to 1.76 MB. If under
2.0.4 you can only format an HD disk to 880 KB then you don't have the drive.

Commodore has not announced that this drive is a product and they may change
the specifications for this unit, so not having one may not be so bad.
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From: Edward_Swatschek@mindlink.bc.ca (Edward Swatschek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: What is "enforcer" and "low memory"?
Date: 13 Aug 92 08:29:34 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Per Lundholm writes:
> 
> Recently I mentioned Animation Station in ../graphics. Somebody then
> jumped up and start talking about "enforcer" and "uses low memory" as
> being mortal sins by the programmers.
> 
> Now, what do these words stand for? I've searched for those words in
> the FAQ without finding anything.
> 


   Enforcer is a program that monitors the computers memory and checks to make
sure other programs are not using memory that has not been reserved for that
program's use. It needs a MMU to work.

   I'm not familiar enough with what using low memory does, but that it is best
avoided.

   hope this helps,

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From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Default system fonts etc. on WB2.05
Date: 20 Aug 92 19:19:41 -0700
Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <1992Aug20.155455.4316@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois) writes:
> I have a question to pose that may be a FAQ - but I haven't seen any
> references to it for awhile... If it is, I apologize...
> 
> Anyway, when I change the default fonts, overscan mode, etc. with
> preferences in WB2.05, I get the standard requester:
> "To reset Workbench Screen, Please close all windows, except drawers".
> when I boot up...the message disappears after booting has been
> completed (which makes sense since the window the bootup messages are
> displayed in is killed then, satisfying the requester happily...).
> 
> I understand why the requester isn't satisfied until booting has been
> completed, but I am wondering if there is some way to disable the
> requester.  I want to be able to change some of the system defaults,
> but at the same time, the requester makes the boot sequence seem so
> "unprofessional"...

It sounds like what you've gone and done is modify the startup-sequence to
invoke a command that does some output prior the completion of IPrefs.  Make
all your edits in user-startup and you should be okay.

-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: konplm@euas20c02.euas20 (Per Lundholm)
Subject: What is "enforcer" and "low memory"?
Organization: /home/euas20/u2/users/konplm/.organization
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 07:35:29 GMT


Recently I mentioned Animation Station in ../graphics. Somebody then
jumped up and start talking about "enforcer" and "uses low memory" as
being mortal sins by the programmers.

Now, what do these words stand for? I've searched for those words in
the FAQ without finding anything.

--
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Per Lundholm           perty@os.se
Objective Systems
Kista
SWEDEN
From: al158305@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Gustavo Cordova Avila)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: wb2.05
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:56:07 GMT

kehlet@kehlet.adsp.sub.org (Jesper Kehlet) writes:

>In article <19928.852.4026@dosgate> carl.bannenberg@canrem.com (carl bannenberg) writes:
>> -> Hi there.  I just recently upgraded to WB2.0...  From what I've heard
>> -> from people on the nets here, everyone has 2.04.  However, on the
>> -> disks I received, 2.05 was labelled.  Having never heard of 2.05, I'm
>> 
>> The only difference I've heard is a 'setpatch' patch for the A600/HD.
>> Otherwise there is no difference on other Amigas

>Most probably PrepCard and device driver for the PCMCIA-2...  the A600 also
>has a built-in IDE/XT -- all of this isn't supported by the original 2.04
>as it is...


Nope, it has a 16bit ide controller, not an xt type. The xt type was
only used in the A590, seemingly because C= had a lot (a lot, not many)
of epson 8-bit ide drives.

-Gus

ps: but then, I could be wrong :)
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From: charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Default system fonts etc. on WB2.05
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:54:55 GMT
Reply-To: charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois)
Organization: University of Alberta Electrical Engineering

I have a question to pose that may be a FAQ - but I haven't seen any
references to it for awhile... If it is, I apologize...

Anyway, when I change the default fonts, overscan mode, etc. with
preferences in WB2.05, I get the standard requester:
"To reset Workbench Screen, Please close all windows, except drawers".
when I boot up...the message disappears after booting has been
completed (which makes sense since the window the bootup messages are
displayed in is killed then, satisfying the requester happily...).

I understand why the requester isn't satisfied until booting has been
completed, but I am wondering if there is some way to disable the
requester.  I want to be able to change some of the system defaults,
but at the same time, the requester makes the boot sequence seem so
"unprofessional"...

If anyone can offer any advice, I'd love to hear about it.  PLEASE,
address all replies to dcharroi@sol.drao.nrc.ca..  If you just reply
to this message, there is a fairly good chance I won't be able to tell
where it
came from...

Thanks a lot....Dan
-- 
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INTERNET:= dcharroi@sol.drao.nrc.ca       charro@bode.ee.ualberta.ca
From: maji@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Ji Ma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: need ProWrite early patches (<3.2.2)
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:04:24 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I brought this ProWrite3.2 from a used software store and I remember saw
lot of patches for it long time ago at ab20.  Now I can only find patches
from 3.2.2 and up.  Would anybody which has the ab20 archive send me a
uuencode patches from 3.2 up.  I really appreciate your help.  Thanks
 
maji
.
From: jow@hcast.uucp (Juergen Weinelt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Trivial questions about A2024(And info)
Date: 15 Aug 92 14:55:24 GMT
Reply-To: swb.de!imart!hcast!jow
Organization: Private UUCP Site

In article <1992Aug13.220454.20361@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
>
>   The interesting part is, that you get an additional resolution of
>1008 x 1024, in up to four shades of gray, and with _no_ interlace
>flicker. These resolutions draw hard on your amiga, and therefore
>there are two modes, 15kHz and 30kHz. What kind of flicker is introduced
>in the 15kHz mode, I know not.

Wrong. You get a 10Hz and a 15Hz mode, but these numbers have nothing
to do with display flicker. The 2024 builds its display (internal
buffer) from several consecutive Amiga display frames.

15Hz mode

+-------+-------+
|       |       |
|       |       |
+-------+-------+
|       |       |
|       |       |
+-------+-------+


10Hz mode

+----+----+----+
|    |    |    |
|    |    |    |
+----+----+----+
|    |    |    |
|    |    |    |
+----+----+----+

You can actually watch this if you select A2024 mode and connect a normal
monitor instead of the '24 to your Amiga - you'll see that the amiga rapidly
displays 4 (or 6) different frames (probably some copper list trick).

The A2024 hardware collects those display frames and stores them internally,
building a single large display frame from them. This is then displayed with
50Hz (or is it 60Hz? I'm not sure). The only problem is that rapid changes
on the screen (scrolling text in your favourite editor) will come out
in tiles :-) it takes some fractions of a second (1/10 in 10Hz mode) until
the display has "settled". This applies ONLY TO 1008x1024 / 1008x800 mode,
NOT to normal de-interlaced 640x512 / 640x400 mode.

>This is what I know, and believe to be true. Now the question: I have
>got the impression, that you need no additional hardware to use
>the 1000x1024 mode under 2.0 with, say, and A500+ ? Is this true,
>or do I need some kind of de-interlacer? What are the monitors dimensions,

_No_ additional hard/software needed. Monitor dimensions are 15'' (so I'm
told, I never took the time to measure this myself).

>(14", 16", what?), and are there any other drawbacks/advantages, than
>the ones mentioned here? Are the pixels in any way viewable, or
>is it like 1400x512 on PAL(Superhires), where you _really_ go beyond
>the resolution of the display?

The pixels are viewable, but prepare to use at least an 11pt font, 15pt
are much better. Just imagine topaz8 - you'd get 128 lines of text on
your screen - can you read this without a looking glass ? :-)

The A2024 display is usually a little unsharp in the corners, but the
rest of the display is O.K.

-- Juergen

  o  _         Juergen Weinelt, Germany (ECG116)
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  '            CBMNET: jow@hcast.adsp.sub.org
Organization: Johannes Kepler University Linz - Computing Center
Date: Tuesday, 18 Aug 1992 16:21:39 CDT
From: <K3039E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: high density disks, A3000

try the following:
1.) boot your 3000.
2.) insert a unformatted quality HD-disk (e.g. maxell, sony, tdk,...)
3.) format it. (format drive df0: name test ffs noicons)
It should take about twice the time a format normally takes|
The trick is: do not insert a DD-disk before you do the above| 2.04
doesn't notice this change correctly| Use HD-Fixer from fish 690 for
solving this bug|
when everything is ok, you should have a 1760 K disk|
If not, try to get a formatted HD-disk from a friend, reset your 3000,
insert the disk and type info|
If the disk is not displayed as 1760 k disk, then i think you don't have
a HD-drive, go and get one||
But be sure to get the A3015, (a chinon drive especially for C=)|

rk :)
rk@gup.uni-linz.ac.at
From: pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Trivial questions about A2024(And info)
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:04:54 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

I am interested in (maybe) buying the A2024 monitor, but as I
only know a few things about it, that might be the reason... It is
not easy to buy it in Denmark. The following is what I know, or
think I know:

The A2024 is a black and white monitor, that is quite cheap. It is
rather old; I do not know for what purpose it was originally made.
It gives you four shades of grey, no more, no less. You can use
the standard amiga resolutions (320x256, 640x512, etc.), and it
is interlace when the resolution is interlace(of course, the colours
are mapped to the 4 gray levels, giving sometimes catastrophic results).
The monitor is a long persistence(?) monitor, making animations
 "draw traces", but on the other hand reducing flicker in, say, interlace.

   The interesting part is, that you get an additional resolution of
1008 x 1024, in up to four shades of gray, and with _no_ interlace
flicker. These resolutions draw hard on your amiga, and therefore
there are two modes, 15kHz and 30kHz. What kind of flicker is introduced
in the 15kHz mode, I know not.


This is what I know, and believe to be true. Now the question: I have
got the impression, that you need no additional hardware to use
the 1000x1024 mode under 2.0 with, say, and A500+ ? Is this true,
or do I need some kind of de-interlacer? What are the monitors dimensions,
(14", 16", what?), and are there any other drawbacks/advantages, than
the ones mentioned here? Are the pixels in any way viewable, or
is it like 1400x512 on PAL(Superhires), where you _really_ go beyond
the resolution of the display?

Finally, if I get any useful/interesting replies on this, what do I do
with the information? It seems such a waste, that I might here find
out a lot of the things, people that've heard of the A2024 would like
to know, and after a couple of weeks, the informations are lost again.
There oughta be some way to "archive" the net information(a la FAQ sheets),
where people could search and retrieve info.

Have a nice day.
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  Computer Science Department . |. Invaporated      .        .        .    .
University of Aarhus, Jylland(!)|   .            .      . Cordless Life  .  .
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From: shudson@vsbbs.UUCP (Stefan Hudson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: high density disks, A3000
Date: 21 Aug 92 12:07:51 PST
Organization: BBS

In article <1992Aug18.130916.12737@phillip.edu.au>, t9014135@phillip.edu.au
writes:
>
>How do you know if you have a high density drive on your Amiga 3000, I have
>tried to format a HD disk but it formatted to 880k,....I have been told that
>WB2.0 does not support HD formating is this true.....

Nope, if it formatted OK to 880K, the it is an 880K drive. When you try to format a HD disk on a HD drive and you don't have TDPatch installed, you get read/write errors. (At least in my experiance).

          Stefan Hudson                |      VisionSoft BBS 
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From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: HDBackup/BRU
Date: 20 Aug 92 19:30:07 -0700
Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <1992Aug20.160727.4775@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois) writes:
> I've recently purchased WB2.05 and would like to make a backup of my
> HD.  But something seems a bit strange with HDBackup/BRU supplied with
> WB2.05.  I can't remember the exact numbers, but if I want to back up
> 90 Megs or so of data, it will take approximately 120 Megs of storage
> space on floppies.  Surely 30 Megs isn't used up in header
> information!  I haven't done a backup yet, believing I am doing
> something wrong somewhere.  If anyone has any advice on what I am
> doing wrong, or (gasp) advice telling me that that is the way
> HDBackup/BRU is supposed to work for any reason, I'd love to hear
> about it.

Step one is to turf HDBackup.  Step two is to purchase Ami-Back.  Step three is
to use Ami-Back to make some reliable backups to your floppies.

There are serious limitations with using BRU to back up many small files.  The
overhead simply kills you, as you've noticed...  you're not doing anything
wrong except using the wrong tool for the job.

> BTW - I read in the 2.05 documentation that Quarterback died under
> 2.0... yet on starting it up, it didn't have any obvious problems.
> Does anyone know exactly how Quarterback was broken?

When New Horizons bought out Central Coast Software, Quarterback died.  The
product was rewritten from scratch and the original programmer was not
involved.  How NH can claim that this effectively brand new product has "proven
reliability" is beyond me - basically the reliability was limited to what the
developers and the few beta testers demonstrated. When 5.0 hit the streets, it
was drastically less reliable than 4.2 (from Central Coast).  

I purchased Ami-Back by sending in my QB disk and $25.  At least it's reliable. 
Backup programs can not afford to be shipped buggy as NH did.  Admittedly they
did supply free upgrades (they're up to 5.02 now) but some people lost data due
to the trust they put on QB5.  That was "proven reliability".

-- 

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From: t9014135@phillip.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: high density disks, A3000
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:09:16 GMT
Organization: RMIT (Bundoora Campus)


How do you know if you have a high density drive on your Amiga 3000, I have
tried to format a HD disk but it formatted to 880k,....I have been told that
WB2.0 does not support HD formating is this true.....

Any ideas........I am lost

thanx tef

ho
From: rose@duncan.cs.utk.edu (John Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Looking for FAQ...
Followup-To: rose@cs.utk.edu
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:58:22 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: rose@duncan.cs.utk.edu (John Rose)
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu

is there source where i might get the FAQ for this group? 

thanks
john

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: mfirooz@wam.umd.edu (Mark Firoozfar)
Subject: Civilization, To buy or not to buy, That is the question.
Summary: Wondering if I should buy Civ for amiga.
Originator: mfirooz@rac1.wam.umd.edu
Keywords: Civilization, amiga.
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:34:35 GMT

Hi all,
	I am the owner of the IBM version of this game.  I loved it so much
that I had to get it for the IBM in my work.  I have an A500 at home, so 
I can only play the game at work.  
	Fortuantely, the game is now available on the Amiga.  And reading 
the posts on this group is giving me the idea that it is heavily bugged.
I have not actually seen the game running on an amiga.  But I would like
some opinions from those who have seen it on an amiga and the ibm.  I am
not trying to start a flame war here, just weighing my options.  Currently
I am playing a game on a 386 with vga and hd so I am not used to having to 
wait for floppy loads.  But I would love to play the game at my own A500
in the comfort of my own room.(especially, not having to drive home at 4:30
in the morning is very nice.)
	So please help me go in the right direction.  Is the Amiga version
worth the $50 or should I keep on camping out all night at work and save my
money??

All Thanks in advance.

Mark.

Please Post or Email to mfirooz@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: best games
From: tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 01:54:36 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1992Aug19.190159.29959@news.uakron.edu> r3kls@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Kevin L Sheller) writes:
>Alright, you guys did it. Now I gotta spew my favorite 
>Amiga titles of all time. Here's the list. 

Ditto.

Stunt Car Racer
Indianapolis 500
Formula 1 Grand Prix
F-18 Interceptor
Pinball Dreams
Battle Squadron

Term 2.2b :-)

-- 
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Datamark Intl Ltd | tfarmer@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz | Win 3.1, OS/2 2.0
 Technical Writer | 			Vote MMP!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: dusek@rtsg.mot.com (James Dusek)
Subject: Re: best games
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:29:55 GMT



	Well here's my top ten.

1. Indy 500
2. Action Stations
3. Civ
4. Red Baron
5. A10 V1.5
6. MegaFortress
7. Rise of the Dragon
8. Empire
9. Kingdoms of England II
10. Air Warrior

Enjoy
James
From: WENDELL@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Wendell G. Wren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: More help needed on BLACK CRYPT
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:15:16 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

*** minor Spoiler alert    discard/purge/quit/delete/whatever as desired

>1) How do I get through the ring of skulls (thieves nest entrance). Remove
>glyphs spell
   the problem here is your scroll is at something like a level 3 or
   level 5 dispel   you need a much higher level for this glyph...  not
   too big a deal if you skip it, nothing important is in there...  but
   you do find a level 23 or so dispel eventually and can go back...  I
   don't remember just how low a dispel will work on this glyph.

>doesn't work and I tried to pass through it after drinking the potion of
>invincibility and
>all my characters but the cleric died. I've got a bunch of life scrolls but it
>doesn't work
   Unfortuantely, I *never* got the RAISE DEAD spell to work...  not sure
   but what I was doing it wrong though..  maybe both the scroll and the
   gem need to be held, whereas I always left the gems in my backpack...
   it wasn't until after I had finished the game that I thought of having
   each in hand...   you can see if that makes a difference.

>anymore (I mean I used it once before but now it has no effect). Where did I
>missed the point ?
>
>2) On 3rd level the rune says "give me sight and...". Ok, i've found a item
>called sight giver
   I forget just what "sightgiver" is...   if I remember right, you need
   a pair of contacts...   form there it should be easy to figure out.

>so I get back there and tried to use it on the door. Well, not much happened
>aside from wasting
>all the charges of the item. What's the deal with the sight giver ?
>
>3) On 4th, I've been everywhere (I mean doors and behind moving pillars) and
>there's still
>these 3 closed door near the teleporter (south west). Any clue about opening
>them ?
   once you find the afore mentioned contacts, you should be set...

>
>Ok, I would appreciate any help about these points, especially why I can't
>raise deads anymore...
>(Oopps, and my ring of location is out of order too,... ???)
   all these rings have time limits to their function... I believe it
   was 20 minutes total usage   could be more though.

>
>Thanks
>
>Yvan.
>

                                       Wendell G. Wren
                                       Wendell@Maine.Maine.Edu
                                       14:37:54 Friday, 14 Aug 1992
From: stelmack@eggo.tmc.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Harpoon V1.2 --- is it available?
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:24:17 GMT
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

I talked to Three-Sixty last week about Harpoon, mostly because I ordered the
upgrade and it turned out it was still unplayable under 2.04 (locks up any
time you try to set movement / patrols on the large map). They said that it
was due for redesign and review sometime this Fall. So, they are planning some
new things, but in the meantime I STILL cannot run the game. And this after
Megafortress got me thinking Three-Sixty was a real company... Oh, well, I
know they have one decent programmer (thanks again for Megafortress, Steve!)

--
-- Greg Stelmack (stelmack@eggo.csee.usf.edu)
-- FullTime Grad Student, PartTime Amiga Salesman, PartTime Amiga Developer
-- Author of: Spades, Pro Port Analyzer Plus, more to come...
-- DISCLAIMER: The opinions reflected here are mine and mine alone.