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From: kenward@cs.sfu.ca (Kenward Chin)
Subject: IVS Vector
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:29:18 GMT

Has anyone got any solid info on IVS' Vector 030 card?  This seems like
an interesting board, as it (apparently) allows you to switch off/on
each of:

  1.  Up to 32 Mb of 32-bit RAM (I guess it can also be accessed as 16-bit)
  2.  SCSI controller
  3.  68030 (don't know if it's EC, or how it's clocked).

Any good rumours, even?  Is it truly "new", or will other combo boards
allow such switching?

Kenward Chin
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ahansfor@planet10.wpi.edu (Andrew L. Hansford)
Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
	<AHANSFOR.92Jul24104956@graywacke.wpi.edu>
	<1992Jul24.153748.23488@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 05:01:43 GMT

>>>>> On Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:37:48 GMT, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) said:

charlet> Right now, it's still pretty darned important.  I just got
charlet> 2.04 a couple of days ago - thanks to me being on a waiting
charlet> list for a few months.  But what about those who can't
charlet> upgrade yet?  I think that it's a bit early for "2.0-only"
charlet> major applications.  PD stuff and little utilities, yes.  But
charlet> not stuff like WP's.

charlet> Now new *machines* we need ... I'm not impressed with the
charlet> 3000 ... :)

So you want new machines with software that doesn't use the new
capabilities?  

The time for 2.0 only apps is here.  Let the machine progress.  2.0 is
available. (Well...)  If the 2.0 apps showed up C= may get those ROMS
out with more urgency.  We should be insisting on 2.04 functionality
from the software vendors not 1.3 compatibility.  This sort of foot
dragging keeps the Amiga behind.  

Don't worry.  Many things should continue to work under 1.3 esp. since
the US 500 STILL have 1.3 as do the CDTVs.  Hopefully this will
change and 2.04 will be the general standard.


-- Andrew Hansford
   ahansfor@wpi.wpi.edu
From: warda@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1000 w/1 meg chip, useable, for real...
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:00:15 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster

>>How many of you 1000 users out there would pay something (what?) to
>>get your machine up to 1 meg?
>>
> 
> If it truly worked?? quite a bit :-)
> ---

Rejuvenator board sells for $479 (US) from Grapevine and gives access to the 
full ECS, including 1MB Agnus.  I personally can't justify that amount of 
money, but you might.  
This board is a straight daughterboard replacement c/w the custom chips.

Cheers,
   Bill Bennett                           JANET: warda@uk.ac.oxford.vax    
   CRC Growth Factors Research Group   Internet: warda%vax.oxford.ac.uk
From: johnl@SDFSERV.hac.com (John Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How do I replace my AMiga drive with an IBM 1?
Date: 28 Jul 92 10:32:34 GMT
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Jul24.110443.9995@cs.uow.edu.au> u8705377@cs.uow.edu.au (Paul Anthony Wilkinson) writes:
[...]
<After all this I decided that the Commodore drive can't be too different from
<the normal PC drive so I bought a 1.44MB 3.5 from a local pc parts dealer 
<(A$76!!).  I had to solder in an extra wire to get the disk change line to 
<work properly. I have not been able to get the Amiga to recognise the drive
<as a HD drive.  I see from the include files that trackdisk.device is capable
<of recognising a "3.5 inch 150 RPM" drive.  Does anyone know what signals the
<Commodore drive sets to indicate a HD drive/disk or should I just go back to
<trying to get a drive from Commodore?

Alas, you'll have to return to pestering Commodore.  Normal IBM HD drives
are 300 RPM drives.  Commodore's spins at 300 RPM for double-density disks
and at 150 RPM for high-density disks to keep the data transfer rate the
same.  Paula can't handle the higher transfer rate required at 300 RPM.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The crew faces deadly GURUs!  Next time on AmigaDOS: The Next Generation.
	+--------+			John Lee
	| HUGHES |
	+--------+			Internet: jhlee@hac2arpa.hac.com	
The above opinions are those of the user and not of those of this machine.
From: fspck@acad3.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Question for Commodore A2286 guru:
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:46:36 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks

In article <1992Jul21.073556.3008@desire.wright.edu>, fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu writes:
> 
> 
> I want to run Borland's Turbo C++ on my A2286 BB.  Will the A2286 work
> properly in protected mode?  If not, is there a mod to fix it?
> I'm using MS-DOS 5.0.

I run Turbo C++ on mine, no problems.

> 
> I've posted a longer message, asking basically this same question in
> comp.sys.amiga.emulations.
> 
> BTW, I am going to (hopefully) borrow a extended memory board from a PC 
> guru friend and see if TC++ works regardless (it requires:  286 or higher 
> processor, extended memory > 1 mb, protected mode).

Why get an EMS memory board, when you have AMigaEMS.  it is available on the
fred fish disks.  t allows you to use your amiga memory as Lim3.0/40 compatible
EMS.  If you have enough memory use it, then pay the shareware fee (you'll get
a non-disabled version).

> You may respond via E-mail if you wish:  fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu.  
> And many thanks in advance!
From: gfm@gnu.ai.mit.edu (George Francis McBay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:48:03 GMT
Reply-To: gfm@gnu.ai.mit.edu.UUCP (George Francis McBay)
Organization: Free Software Foundation

In article <1992Jul24.022407.26450@Armstrong.EDU> prall968@Armstrong.EDU writes:
>So then why is all this stuff now out for 2.0.. Whatever happened to downward
>compatibility?

	As far as I know, it never existed... Upward compatiblity is a great
asset as far as software goes, but downward compatibility isn't as highly
regarded (Unless a vast majority of users still use an older OS version)
WB2.0 has many features not available in lesser versions (A lot of people would
argue that they SHOULD have been in lesser versions and Commodore is just
really slow :)  And as far as I can tell this is on par with other computer
systems, scads of Mac/IBM software require a minimum DOS/System number, so
it's not as if Amiga programmers are doing something wrong :) 

Anyways..
From: achim@video1.bs.open.de (Joachim Gothe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 questions
Date: 22 Jul 92 23:39:01 GMT
Reply-To: achim@video1.bs.open.de  (Joachim Gothe)
Organization: Mix Broadcast Video and Computer
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel1

In article <92203.170948ISOCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, ISOCC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:

>I would go for the nec4gf the difference between the two monitors is that the
>4gf is 19"

WRONG !!!!! The 4fg (not 4gf) is 15"

Achim

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From: hans@castlerock.East.Sun.COM (Hans Hrasna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 4000
Date: 24 Jul 1992 20:23:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: hans@castlerock.East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: castlerock.east.sun.com


-Sorry to dissagree you in that point, but the Falcon 030 of Atari is
-NOT vaporware.
-I have a good friend who knows some Atari-Developers here in Germany, and
-they work on this machines RIGHT now!
-The machine will be officially announced probably at the beginning of August and
-to watch at the Atari-Messe in Duesseldorf from the 21-23 august.
-I`ll be there and have a look at it. If it`s something good i`ll buy one.
-But if the specification I got is what the machine really can do, there will
-be no question :)


	Can you give us some insights on the specs of this (Falcon) machine?


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: Re: Value of a signature A1000?
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:55:40 GMT

Hmm... how much would this be worth?

Thom
From: dale@ntg.com (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga Future?!?
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:17:52 GMT
Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc.  Palo Alto CA

In article paulg@weird.miami.fl.us (Paul Griswold) writes:
>I don't know if you saw any of my posts, but I agree with you in that
>we need to stop whining about Commodore and do something about it!
>I'm still trying to organize stockholders to try to force C= to do
>something about their mismanagement.  I'm heading to the Bahamas with
>a list of stockholders and their complaints... I'll probably get kicked
>out of the meeting, but at least I'll give it a try!  

From experience:
Remember these to avoid being turned away at the stock holders meeting.

1) Make sure you have a picture ID with you verifying who you are.
2) Make sure you have NOT voted your stock.  They won't let you in,
   even if you are a share holder if you've already voted your stock.
3) If your stock is held in a street name then it won't appear on
   their list of stock holders. This causes them lots of fits. So you
   must have extra documentation showing that you indeed are the actual
   stock owner. Best to get something from the brokerage firm in
   writing stating that you will be voting your stock in person.
4) Do not bring a video camera along to video tape the proceedings.
5) If you hold proxies for other shareholders then make sure they are
   all done legal+. Commodore's legal counsel may tell you that you must
   have a signed power of attorney for the people who's proxies you hold.
   Or if their stock is also in a street name, you will need power of
   attorney from the brokerage firm. I think what you will need is a
   notorized statement from the holder of the stock certificate stating
   that they have not voted the stock and that they are transfering the
   voting proxy to you, and want their shares to be voted at the
   stock holders meeting in person by you.

>Paul Griswold

Dale Luck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
Subject: Re: POWERGLOVE
Summary: CONNECTING THE PWRGLOVE
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords: AmigaHires
Reply-To: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu
Organization: Somewhere in Bloomington, Indiana
Distribution:  world
Date: 28 JUL 92 08:43:38    

In article <rda732m.711786178@nella5.cc.monash.edu.au>, rda732m@nella5.cc.monash.edu.au (J.P. Baker) writes...
>I have just connected a Mattel Powerglove to my A500, and tried the
>amigahires.lzh programs for those that know what I am on about.
> 
>However, No values feed back to the glove, has anyone out there
>tried this hack and had success, is there some special mode or 
>something that the glove has to be set into.???????

I have a powerglove connected to my A500, and it works fine.

The glove is very power-hungry, and you must make a small modification
to your Amiga before it will work.

There is a small resistor between the +5 VDC line of your amiga and
the +5VDC pin of the printer port.

You must find this resistor, and solder a piece of wire across it
in order to provide enough current to drive the glove.

The only drawback to this is that the +5VDC obtained through the 
parallel port is no longer current-limited, so your power supply
could get damaged if there was a short or excessive current demand.

In my own case, it is irrelevant, because I'm using a power supply 
from an old IBM AT, and it has short protection (it shuts down if
the +5 VDC line is shorted to ground.

The physical location of the resister (on all A500 motherboards)
is directly behind and on the left side of the parallel port connector.

This is as you are looking down at the connecter with the A500
oriented so that the keyboard (or where it would be were it not
disconnected) is in it's normal typing position.

The AmigaHires software works, but it is a little "noisy" (
occasional incorrect values are displayed on the screeen).

I believe the "noise" is due to close-but-not-exact timing of
the software sending it's clock signal to the glove.

BTW: You can talk about the glove in a more comfortable environment
if you switch to newsgroup sci.virtual-reality (or something like that).

You'll get lots of help from that group.  The glove as well as the
SEGA 3d glasses are hot topics there.

Hope this helps.

Good luck,
Jim

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Date: 31 Jul 92 15:46:05 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Distribution: comp
Subject: Philips CM 8833 monitor
From: jopa@tkk.tele.fi (Jorma Paananen)

Philips CM 8833 monitor has a DIN RGB connector.
Anyone knows pin assignments ? Which signal in which pin ?

Jorma  jopa@th.tele.fi
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From: dkim@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (AmigaNerd)
Subject: Re: a500 Tower conversion
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Reply-To: dkim@ics.uci.edu (AmigaNerd)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Keywords: Tower a500
Date: 22 Jul 92 02:39:36 GMT

In article <safc.711509377@manning> safc@cs.UAlberta.CA (Neil Brown) writes:
>
>I've installed my 500 in a large tower case
>(just the motherboard) but I have a few problems
>[deleted stuff...]

Did you use a standard Clone Tower?  And how did you fit the a500 Motherboard?

I used a mini-tower and my Motherboard won't fit.  So I have my motherboard
in my a500 case, but my Internal floppy & Hdrive is installed to the mini-tower.
I also draw all my power source from the minitower Powersupply.  I still have
3 bays open, but I wish I could put away my motherboard in it.

PS:  It is cheaper to buy a clone case with powersupply than to buy a
BigFoot.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: carpent@src.honeywell.com (Todd Carpenter)
Subject: Re: Amiga 4000
Followupsto: comp.sys.atari
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:45:22 GMT


HH> 	Can you give us some insights on the specs of this (Falcon) machine?

NOT IN A BLOODY Amiga group you don't!

  Put it in an atari group, or if you must, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy.  Sheesh,
you people, get a life!  This is an *Amiga* *hardware* group.  We have enough
flame wars and endless discussions as it is.

  -TC
From: wirth@garfield.igd.fhg.de (Hanno Wirth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Which new chips are suitable for A2000-A ?
Date: 22 Jul 92 06:44:03 GMT
Organization: Zentrum fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung, 6100 Darmstadt, Germany

In article <2294.2a66979a@decus.ch>, farine@decus.ch writes:
|> This may be a FAQ. I tried in vain to find solid answers to these trivials
|> questions in the various newsgroups. The only remaining Amiga dealer I found
|> in Berne, Switzerland, was of no help too. So here my questions:
|> 
|> What are the upgrade possibilities for an Amiga 2000 Model _A_?
|> 
|> 1. Can Kickstart 2.04 be installed? Just a replacement?

Kickstart 2.04 definetely can be installed. There's a jumper wire on the Kick-
start ROM which is only of use in those old A 2000 Amigas. Go and get one!

|> 
|> 2. Can the new Agnus and Denise be installed? Just a replacement?

The new Agnus can't be installed as the Agnus of the A 2000 A is partly done
in logic on the motherboard which has been incorporated into the Agnus since
the A2000 rev. 4.1. The new Agnus chip is mounted in another sort of socket,
too. As for the Denise, I don't know, but it shure will be of little use without
the ECS Agnus.

|> 
|> 3. Can the ECS Mode be used?

Nope, because of the missing ECS Agnus.

|> 
|> 4. Are there problems caused by these upgrades (besides the well known 
|>    software incompatibilities when upgrading from KS 1.3 to 2.04)?

Well, there shouldn't be any... :-) But you never know.

|> 
|> It would be nice if somebody could post some kind of matrix with the Amiga
|> models (A1000, A2000-A, A2000-B, etc) and the upgrade possibilities (possible-
|> not possible or problematic).
|> 
|> -- 
|> Jean-Pierre Farine
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Greetings,
		Hanno

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From: Scotty@freemf.UUCP (Scotty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A1000/AmigaOSv2.04
Distribution: world
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:41:23 PDT
Organization: Not an Organization

Are there do-it-yourself instructions out there for adding a socket for the
v2.04 rom in an A1000?  *(Scotty)*

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

John (Scotty) Freeland  ---  scotty@freemf.eskimo.celestial.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Question for Commodore A2286 guru:
From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Date: 23 Jul 92 07:52:42 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

In article <1992Jul21.094636.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, fspck@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
> In article <1992Jul21.073556.3008@desire.wright.edu>, fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu writes:
>> 
>> 
>> I want to run Borland's Turbo C++ on my A2286 BB.  Will the A2286 work
>> properly in protected mode?  If not, is there a mod to fix it?
>> I'm using MS-DOS 5.0.
> 
> I run Turbo C++ on mine, no problems.
>>
 
> Why get an EMS memory board, when you have AMigaEMS.  it is available on the
> fred fish disks.  t allows you to use your amiga memory as Lim3.0/40 compatible
> EMS.  If you have enough memory use it, then pay the shareware fee (you'll get
> a non-disabled version).	

	I downloaded AmigaEMS,  It was on Fred Fish 68x.  I tried using
	it but ran in to two problems:  The public domain version only
	allows 384k of extended memory (TC++ requires 1meg) and the 
	Docs say that AmigaEMS will not work with janus.library 33.1
	or lower (I have 33.0).  Soooo Nooow, my problem is do I spend
	50 guilders (How much is that in US$) and get the registered
	version?  I have no evidence that it will solve my problem,
	other than that the author says so.

	One shareware program for the BB that does work great is ATCopy!
	Does anybody know if the "Bridgeboard Ambassadore" commercial
	program is similar to ATCopy?  I'd rather buy US commercial if
	possible (easier support, I live in US).
 
>> You may respond via E-mail if you wish:  fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu.  
>> And many thanks in advance!

Fred Heitkamp  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: A600 HD ?
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:02:13 GMT

In <1992Jul29.205736.18188@ulowell.ulowell.edu> mmoore@cs.ulowell.edu (Michael P. Moore) writes:

>>  I (mlelstv) wrote:
>>No Zorro.. (the A500 hadn't a Zorro slot either). You will find more
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>The A500 and A1000 both have a zorro slot.  According to the a500/a2000 tech
>manual, the slot on the side of the a500 and the a1000 are Zorro I slots
>That's why the a2000 has Zorro II slots and the a3000 has Zorro III.

Dunno what is in you tech manual. But Zorro-I was a 100 pin bus most
identical to Zorro-II. If I remember right it didn't have the coprocessor
slot specs and it did use a quite different form factor. One of the
first expansions (the Turbo A1000 from CSA ?) did use a Zorro-I expansion
box.

Regards,
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From: mkoch@amisys.UUCP (Mike Koch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Touchdown 100
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:03:06 GMT
Organization: AMiSYS Consulting
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1992Jul16.104221.13766@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> kzyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> 
> 	I have just received this flyer from Central Coast
> Software. They are selling a SCSI tape backup system for
> $499.00. The tape to used with it are the DC6150, DC6250
> (I believe they are quarter inch cartridge). They claim
> the box is sturdy enough to be placed underneath the monitor.
> The transfer rate is supposed to get as high as 5Mb/s.
> 
> Considering that an A3070 is about $800.00, this looks like
> a good deal to me.
 
An even better deal would be to contact MoonLighter Software Development and
inquire about their ABT bundle, which includes the latest version of Ami-Back
and a refurbished Archive 2150S tape drive.  This bundle sells for
approximately $379.  You can contact them at 407-384-9484 (9-5 EDT).

I have no affiliation with MoonLighter, other than being a VERY satisfied
customer.
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From: Anu.Kapoor@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Anu Kapoor)
Subject: Case/PS enhancement
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:46:45 GMT

This could be a FAQ <i would appreciate it if someone would mail me the
FAQ file> but here goes anyway. I was looking through BYTE magazine and I
saw an ad for a Mini-Tower case with a 200 watt power supply for $75. I
was wondering if I could adapt either or both the case and ps for use with
my Amiga 500. If anyone has any info on PC Power Supplies used with a500s
or moving a 500 into a foreign case please share your experiences.

Thanks.

Anu Kapoor.

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