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From: jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Need help getting A2090 controller working with Miniscribe 8425S!!!
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 07:30:12 GMT
Organization: is sometimes desirable

In article <1992Sep2.012016.17850@lonex.rl.af.mil>, Michael A. Kopack writes:

> 
> Please help me before I murder this A2000!!
> 
> I just got this A2090 card to control an old hard drive I picked up a while
> back. It's a MiniScribe 8425S 20 Megger. When I got the A2090, it didn't
> have any install disk, but somebody was nice enough to uuencode and mail
> it to me. I copied my Workbench disk like instructed and booted up with that
> disk. I then went over to the Instal disk and double clicked on the Install
> icon. A bunch of stuff got copied into RAM: and then another screen came
> up. I was asked if I wanted to continue, said yes and the drive copies some
> stuf into  my mountlist and c: directory. Then it goes into this this where
> it says "loading driver" the workbench disk spins for a second and then it
> just sits there. I can't close the window, or exit the program. I bring up
> another Shell, do a Mount RES2: and it is mounted (confirmed using assign).
> Then I type Prep RES2: and I get an error   -1 return code from Harddisk.device
> or something like that. 
> 
> What the frick am I doing wrong????

I don't know.  However, check the MountList to make sure that the "Unit" in the
MountList is set to 3 (three) higher than the jumpered SCSI ID of the drive.
(A2090 "units" start with 1 and the ST-506 drives are units 1 and 2.)

I never tried "install."  I just put hddisk and hddisk.info in the Expansion
drawer, set up the MountList, and rebooted.  Then I ran prep.  Remember that the
RES number is 1 (one) less than the "unit" in the MountList.

> ONE time I tried, I got it to go as far as loading driver, actually load the
> driver, it brought up alittle menu and asked if I had 0)custom installation
> 1)scsi 2)st506. I put in 0, and it asked me all the questions about heads
> and cylindes and all that. It said eveything was cool and to reboot the system
> now. I did so, and the thing just stopped halfway through the SSequence....
> 
> What set of pins should the drive jumper be on???? I've been trying with
> it on the rear most set, and the next one closer to the front.

Sorry, I don't know how the Miniscribe jumpers are laid out.  You could try calling
Maxtor (they now own Miniscribe.)

I hope this helps.


                                                Jim Pritchett


UUCP:  rwsys.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp
 or    utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
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From: lar@ucs.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Subject: A2232 + GVP G-Force 030
Reply-To: lar@usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Organization: Univ. of SW Louisiana, Lafayette
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:11:01 GMT

Is anyone using a Commodore A2232 serial board in an Amiga 2000 system
with a GVP G-Force 030 accelerator board?  In my case, the A2232 has
been working nicely for about 9 months in my unaccelerated 2000.
Since I added the GVP accelerator board (50 MHz) last week, the A2232
now fails to work the vast majority of times that I boot the system.
The builtin port works, but the ports on the expansion card can't be
opened.

Has anyone gone through this before?  If so, what did you do about it?

Thanks.

Lane
lar@usl.edu
From: foy@aero.org (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CD ROM Question
Date: 14 Sep 1992 03:24:40 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aerospace.aero.org

I have an Amiga 2000 with an AsSCSI 2000 Controller, a Quantum 40meg hard
drive and a Ricoh 50 meg removable media drive. I have been told that I can
add any SCSI CD ROM such as a Sony or a Toshiba to my system and using the
CDx-650 CD-ROM system software to read the CD ROMs.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the problems I am likely to run into?

Richard Foy


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From: kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil (Michael A. Kopack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Still need help with A2090 and miniscribe 8425s[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[DM[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C
Date: 6 Sep 92 06:28:48 GMT
Organization: RL


 I still need help getting my Minscribe 8425s harddrive working with my A2090
SCSI controller. Jumper settings would be helpfull for unit one. I get a
device not prep after running prep program. 
 
 Any information on the jumper labeled SCS1 (not SCSI) on the A2090 controller
?

Please respond to     kopackm@lonex.rl.af.mil

Thanks,
Mike Kopack

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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SetCPU
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:59:10 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <PETERM.92Sep11173544@kea.am.dsir.govt.nz> peterm@am.dsir.govt.nz (Peter McGavin) writes:

>It seems surprising, then, that the OS does not enable data-burst by default.
>However I suspect there is a reason why it doesn't, i.e, that data-burst
>slows most programs down slightly.

Wow, someone though before they posted!  You win the cupie doll, that's 
absolutely right.  Instruction burst is generally a guaranteed win -- the only
time you don't fetch instructions in order is around jumps.  So prefetching
instructions usually wins.  With data, the program's behavior may lead to 
burst acting either favorably or unfavorably.  If the extra three longwords
of a fetch tend to be used, it's a win, if they tend to be discarded, it's a
loss.  

The software folks at the time (mainly Bryce Nesbitt I think) did some testing
and found data burst to hurt more than help under AmigaOS.  That's a general
observation which is certainly program and OS dependent.
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From: copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope)
Subject: Re: SOLVED!!!! Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 06:07:14 GMT

tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:

>As the reasoning on this topic has been for the last weeks, it seems like
>it's not possible to kick 1.3 with SetCPU AND use the hard disk. (I have
>seen one post saying the contrary, but tried to do as suggested and it
>didn't work).

>I have an A3000T with 2.04 in ROM. When I kickrom 1.3, the hard disk
>is not found. Is this something that Dave H. just left out because he
>didn't feel a need for it at the moment, should it really work, or is it
>very hard (or impossible) to implement?

No, its not that hard.  The 1.3 kickfile for the A3000 is identical to any
other 1.3 rom, the extra code for scsi.device and that fast ram test is tacked
onto the end.  SetCPU 1.60 doesn't know about this extra code, thus when you
do a kickrom you miss out on them.  The A3000 'boot roms' in earlier machines
load this extra code into $7f80000, and the 1.3 image into $7fc0000.  When it
maps them through with the mmu, the rom image ends up at $fc0000, and the 
extra section is mapped to $f00000.  Thus when 1.3 starts up, it scans 
$f00000-$f80000 for romtags, and adds any it finds.  They did it this way 
because it improves compatibility for bad code that jumps into the rom, and
because 1.3 is full, and there is no room for the extra code in the 256k.
I'm currently making SetCPU A3000 compatible, and if I find time I may make
it aware of 1.3 kickfiles.  And I'm going to give the source to Dave, so he
can do what he wants with it.  (hopefully release it as a new version).

>-- 
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From: lar@ucs.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Subject: Re: A2232 + GVP G-Force 030
Reply-To: lar@usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Organization: Univ. of SW Louisiana, Lafayette
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:37:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.113029.12398@odin.diku.dk>
maze@diku.dk (Mads Haahr) writes:
   I have an A2232 and have had problems opening the ports on the expansion
   card.

   The first time I issue and OpenDevice call after a reboot, the process
   is hung, until another OpenDevice call is made (from another process).
   When the second call is launched, both calls return and everything works
   okay.  Please don't ask me why.

Thanks for the info, but that doesn't appear to be the same as my
problem.  After poking around with it some more, it seems that the
68030 is having problems reaching the shared RAM on the 2232 card.
I've been able to load the shared RAM while on the 68000, boot the
030, find the contents changed, boot back to the 68000 and find what I
put there initially.  The 2232 always Autoconfigs, BTW.  If any of
this rings any bells out there, I sure would appreciate hearing about
it.

Lane
lar@usl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: 4000
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:39:40 GMT

mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:

>No real professional will use an audio output of a computer for 'high quality'
>apps. They'd rather use dedicated systems, f.e. MIDI samplers. BTW, most
>of the 16bits of CD audio is used to handle the high dynamic of the music.
>The Amiga can output audio with 14bit _dynamic_.

One other one that probably wouldn't want to use MIDI or anything like that:
Education.

>-- 
>Michael van Elst
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From: peter-wa@zenita.dsv.su.se (Peter Wastholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500 CPU Swap?
Date: 11 Sep 92 10:49:56 GMT
Reply-To: peter-wa@zenita.dsv.su.se (Peter Wastholm)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation



REPLACING 68000 CPU -> 68010 ON AMIGA 500

  Some time ago, somebody told me it was possible to simply replace the 68000
CPU in an A500 (1.3) with a 68010. This would make the computer 20 - 30 %
faster. This sounds to me like a cheap way of getting a little more processing
power in the machine. Does anybody know if this works? And if so: Have you
tried it? Is the performance-improvement figure correct?

  :-)  Peter Wastholm  (peter-wa@dsv.su.se)
From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SOLVED!!!! Reboot with 1.3 using SetCpu under 2.04
Date: 7 Sep 92 08:35:01 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB

daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
- In article <1992Sep3.093228.11631@actrix.gen.nz> keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart) writes:
- >In article <34845@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
- 
- >> Maybe that's your problem.  The lastest SetCPU is V1.60.  If you have a later
- >> one, there's a real good change it's bogus.
- 
- >PROBLEM FIXED!!! I downloaded SetCpu 1.60 and everything is great. Setcpu 1.62
- >is no longer in use. I don't know what it did but something was screwy. I got
- >the setcpu 1.62 off a ftp archive. I thought someone must of changed the verdsion
- >number = weird = 
- 
- >Whats the correct length of SetCpu 1.60 file Dave?
- 
- "List" reports that SetCPU V1.60 is 28,708 bytes long.
- 
- While the SetCPU source code has been placed in the public domain, I hope that
- everyone out there realizes that doesn't give anyone permission to go and 
- build their own programs called "SetCPU".  You can use the SetCPU sources in
- any way you like, but at least change the name, though I would appreciate that
- any such new things mention that they're based on SetCPU.  Common sense would
- dictate this -- you have no idea if I'll be releasing new SetCPUs, nor what
- version names they would use.  Not only that, but if you think you can use the
- SetCPU name in some new version, chances are others will as well.
- 
- I would appreciate someone sending me copies of any of these later SetCPUs.
- Also, if you see this SetCPU V1.61 or V1.62 up on your BBS, please delete it
- as it's obviously flawed in some way that the real one isn't.
- -- 
- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
-    {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh      BIX: hazy
- 	"Work like a horse, drink like a fish"	- Psychefunkapus


As the reasoning on this topic has been for the last weeks, it seems like
it's not possible to kick 1.3 with SetCPU AND use the hard disk. (I have
seen one post saying the contrary, but tried to do as suggested and it
didn't work).

I have an A3000T with 2.04 in ROM. When I kickrom 1.3, the hard disk
is not found. Is this something that Dave H. just left out because he
didn't feel a need for it at the moment, should it really work, or is it
very hard (or impossible) to implement?

Is it hard (or impossible) to have the kicked 1.3 survive reboot?

Is there another program out there that does what I (and many more) want?
(I'm a developer, if that matters)

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=============================================================================
From: h_hucke@bdb.bs.open.de (Henning Hucke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Modeselect-Params of Wangtek-Streamer
Organization: BDB * Die Z-NETZ Box in Braunschweig (Germany)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 13:57:00 +0200

This might be a little bit offtopic but I use my Wangtek-5150ES-Streamer
with an Amiga and BTN-Tape. I have no prblems so far but I'm interested
in the modeselect parameters the Wangtek understands to possibly improve
the functionality of the Streamer.

Thanks a lot
  Henning

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From: tscarpenter@bra.isnet.inmos.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: NEC 3D and a Microway flicker fixer.
Date: 8 Sep 92 11:16:00 GMT
Organization: Inmos Limited

  Can anyone tell me if theMicroway flicker fixer will work with a 
  NEC 3D multisync monitor, and if so what screen modes will work.

  Also I am confused as to why productivity mode will not work on
  my multisync I thought it would sync upto 31,  But when I try and
  run productivity the screen starts wrapping round like a sync problem.

  Thanks in advance.

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Subject: PANASONIC printer help!!
From: connor@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 6 Sep 92 17:40:45 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

help!  I have a Panasonic KX-P1124 printer, and printer drivers "panasonic" and
"panasonic.020" from genie.  When I try to print graphics, it prints every
couple of lines interspersed with text garbage!

Also the printer and the preferences both are set to left:1 and right:80 but it
seems to only print 79 chars per line, and the last char comes out on the next
line. 

I don't know if these are related problems, but maybe someone who has the same
printer can tell me how they got the graphics to print, and what your
initial-setup options are.  Does this sound like a setup error to you, or like a
hardware garbage problem?

Please email asap.
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From: ecarroll@maths.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll)
Subject: A4000 memory expansion?
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:03:25 GMT

Could Dave H. or Mike Sinz say what the optimum speed for SIMM modules
to be installed in the A4000 would be? 70ns? 60ns? What speed is the
basic A4000 shipped with?

(Someone just waved some cheap SIMMs in front of my face, and I'm wondering
if it's worth buying them now in anticipation, or will they slow the system
down.)

Thanks,
Eddy
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From: jsaffold@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Saffold)
Subject: C= 3 button mouse help needed!
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 21:31:05 GMT


I was wondering, how would I go about disasembling my C= 3 button mouse? 
I need to get in and clean out all the gunk that has built up inside it.. 
I already know how to get the ball out, but what I want ot know is how to
take the thing totally apart..  (I also want to put in some graphite in it
to help it move better.)  Currently, my mouse doesn't like moving in some
directions sometimes..  PLease help!
 
Send mail to S1YW1@starburst.uscolo.edu
From: kmeyer@amiganet.chi.il.us (Karl Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SupraFax -- the saga continues...
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:01:39 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

>Lastly, how big a prob is overheating? After about 4 or 5 hours of
>operation, my modem is *quite* hot to the touch... this is for my BBS and
>I'll be running it 24 hrs/day. Anyone having the same prob/concern? Is it
>"normal" for it to get that hot?


I have mine set on its side. This improves airflow around it and keeps it
significantly cooler.
From: td351s767@instem.UUCP (Tony Disano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: a2232 on 500
Distribution: world
Date: 6 Sep 92 16:35:18 EDT
Organization: The Institution - Chesterfield Twp. MI

Can anyone please give me some information on how to get a a2232 to work on
my 500?  My current setup is 

A-500 - SupraRam 500rx, Dataflyer 500 HD controller... Can I put it in
between the ram and hd controller w/ a slingshot 2000 or something like 
that?  Does the slingshot have passthru?

any help would be greatly appreciated

tda
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From: eodell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Eugene O'Dell)
Subject: Re: Re: Whether to buy a Canon BubbleJet or a HP DeskJet500
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 04:13:41 GMT


     I don't know what the original post was, but I'll add my $.02 
worth.  Don't buy the Canon Bubble Jet.  It's slow and is a pain to
get working...  Get the HP, it's a better printer.  Oh, in case you're
wondering, I sell Canon BJ printers...  :-)
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From: jha@icl.dk (Jan Hauge Andersen - ICL DATA A/S DK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Connecting a Sun Monitor (B&W or Colour) to A2000
Summary: A2000,Sun Monitor
Keywords: What HW will be needed to get a Sun Monitor to work on A2000
Date: 6 Sep 92 21:01:16 GMT
Organization: ICL DATA A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark


Could someone please tell me what hardware will be needed in
order to connect a Sun Monitor (either B&W or Color) to my
A2000 ?

Thanx in advance

Jan

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From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: 4000
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 21:42:10 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>In article <1992Sep12.162639.1888@en.ecn.purdue.edu> bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu
>(Jeff Bevis) writes:
>
>>>>Unfortunately CBM left an equally important half of the "MultiMedia"
>>>>equation off their list.  The new machines still do only crappy 8 bit audio
.
>
>>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.
>
>Aren't you guys being a bit presumptious, considering the fact that Jim Dionne

No. Not from the facts presented in CBM's press release.  The release didn't
say anything about "6 months from now."  Until it's official, it ain't.

Remember, everyone on planet earth couldn't be at WOC.

>indicated that a DSP board would be available within 6 months? A DSP
>board is certainly much more versatile than a revised Paula and the
>possibility is very strong that such a card will be available for the
>existing Zorro-based machines (A2000/3000).
>

A faster revised Paula would not only benefit the audio, but also the disk
drive speed.  There NEEDS to be a better Paula.

-Joel
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