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From: givler@bermuda.cbm.commodore.com (Greg Givler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 286 BB / 3.5" HD floppy question
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:46:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Another Amiga UNIX System

In article <5499@naucse.cse.nau.edu> slb@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Stacey Brewer) writes:
>
>I am trying to install a HD 1.44 floppy on the 286 BB card on my 3000. 
>Would anyone know the correct jumper configuration to set on the drive
>so that it becomes drive A: ?
>
>it is a TEAC FD-235HF
>there are jumper pins arranged like the following...
>
>	A .  .
>	B .  .
>	C .  .
>	D .  .
>	E .  .
>	  
>          2  1
>

That documentation should come with your drive. Also you may have 
to jumper the DRIVE SELECT and MOTOR ON pins on the drive together.
I am not sure about this but most Commodore drives from that era 
needed that jumpering.

>
>Thanks for any help !
>
>Stace
>
>	  

Greg
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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: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 05:53:08 GMT

copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope) writes:

>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

>>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

>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).

Just thought I'd mention that I added this last night.  It now KICKROMS 1.3
and allows you to use your hard disk.  Any other Suggestions?

>>-- 
>>=============================================================================
>> Tommy Petersson              tope@enea.se              Enea Data AB, Sweden
>>=============================================================================

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: stacysm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Steve Stacy + Audra)
Subject: Digi-View problems
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:19:16 GMT

I have Digi-View 4.0 Gold and a problem has occurred. It exceptes the 
video signal but the program will not get an image.  It will say wait
and that is about it.  Any similar problems or solutions ?


-Thanks

stacysm@sage.cc.purdue.edu
stacysm2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
From: yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Ways to double hard drive capacity???
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:15:25 GMT
Organization: LLNL_LIS

In article <oleg.034c@crumpet.cts.com>, oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner) writes:
> In article <2ywn+sn.fuzzy@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>> oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner) writes:
>> 
> Read my lips. Nothing will double the 'capacity' of your drive. X number of
> bytes will fit on it. X+1 will not. 
> -- 
> oleg@crumpet.cts.com    

True!  A 40 Meg HD will NOT magically turn into an 80 Meg HD, just by running
one of these programs.  These programs will reduce the size of a file, so that 
you can fit more files onto the same capacity HD.

I think everyone has a good idea of what these programs are used for, so
there's no need to get upset over terminology.  Relax, and worry about more
important issues...like who will be the next U.S. President.  :)  or  :(


Joe  
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From: dleslie@phakt.usc.edu (David Leslie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: ALICE
Date: 14 Sep 1992 18:23:06 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phakt.usc.edu

In article <1992Sep14.045808.3129@ultb.isc.rit.edu> tsm2124@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>	Does anyone have the low down on the supposed ability of Alice to
>address 4 megs of chip ram and how/when this will be implented and why this
>			Todd Major

I second this question, is there 4 megs of chip ram in the near future of 
the Amiga 4000? It seems important given the new color capabilities and
RAM that they will require.

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From: spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: RAM chips and the A3000
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:48:07 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

In article <copes.715597260@pride>, copes@pride.cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope) writes:
> 
> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
> 
>I understand
>>that the static column chips support burst mode and thus are 10% faster
>>than the nybble & page mode chips. But I believe I've seen a post here
>>on the Net which stated that due to a bug in the RAMSEY chips of early
>>A3000s (like mine) that causes the burst mode not to be used. Can anyone
>>especially from Commodore confirm this? 
> 
>>                                  Thanks
> 
>>                               Scott Corley
> 
>>spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
> 
> That's right, although the naming conventions of the different modes are often
> confused.  If you get hold of SetRamsey by Nic Wilson off a fish disk, it will
> report the 'standard' configuration as burst mode.  This is 'page' mode (I 
> think), and is set by diag at startup.  It is the only one set, because this
> mode works on all A3000's.  What Nic refers to as 'Static Column' mode is burst
> mode, in which ramsey utilises the scram chips.  Setting this mode will give
> you a speed increase.  On my machine (latest rev.) I get the fastest speed by
> setting 'static' mode on, 'burst' mode off.  This gives a 10% speed increase 
> over the 'standard' config.  I tried this mode on an earlier machine, and it
> ran fine, but SuperDmac no longer functioned and we couldn't use his hard 
> disk.  Real handy.  For older machines, you should be able to upgrade the chips
> to the newer versions.  However, I suspect the problem is with Dmac, and not 
> with Ramsey, as the machine still ran, but dmac stopped working.
> On my machine, if I run both modes on, the machine runs slower.  This doesn't
> seem right.
> 


Simon, I'm not usimg SetRamsey but what you've told me seems to jibe with
what I had heard earlier about problems with early A3000s and static
column mode. If static column mode doesnt work properly in early A3000s
then what's the use of buying static column chips? They are more expensive
and much harder to find than page or nybble mode chips. 


                            Scott Corley

spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
From: robertk@taoami.lerctr.org (Robert Kesterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500 keyboard problem
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:28:49 CDT
Organization: Not an Organization

Well, I asked this once before, but may have screwed up the posting, so
I will ask again:

My brother's A500 has developed a problem wherein the control keys
don't work.  That is, the CTRL, ALT, Shift, and Amiga keys on either
side of the keyboard sometimes refuse to work.  Even when they are in
this non-functioning state, every other key (including the caps lock)
works fine.

So the question is, is this a bad connection or chip or something,
or is it time for a new keyboard?

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From: etxansk@garbod.ericsson.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: External Sync
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:30:07 GMT
Organization: Ericsson
Originator: etxansk@garbod20


 I've noticed the Amiga's graphics hardware can be programmed to
use external sync pulses for vertical and horizontal synchronization.

 If I use an external video source and extract these pulses from
it, what are the requirements, and in particular: Is it OK to
use hsync _with_ equalization pulses? (I'm not sure how equ~
pulses work in detail, so I can't be sure how they'll affect
the computer chip.)

 I've also seen that certain sync separators provide vertical
sync and composite sync as output, but there's no separate
hsync. Can they be used on the Amiga without any additional
separator circuitry?

 Thanks in advance,
 Anders Skelander
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: Winfried.Krueger@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Winfried.Krueger)
Subject: Re: 68882
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 09:54:35 GMT

kennys@terapin.com (Kenny Sequeira) writes:

>I have a CBM 68020 card, its has a 68881 FPP, if I installed a 68882 FPP would
>I gain any performance.  

At the same clock rate you would gain a few percent depending on the
application. If you install a faster 882 (for example 68882-25) and 
oscillator the performance increases noticeable.

>Is a 68882 pin compatable with the 68881 or is it a
>waste of time.

It's pin compatible.

>Kenny

winnie.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: dwdyer@polari.online.com
Subject: Re: SupraFax -- the saga continues...
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix.  (206) 328-4944 (all lines telebit-equipped)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:28:27 GMT

tschille@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Thorsten Schiller) writes:

>Greetings. Just got my suprafax (v.32bis) today and am having a few problems...

>FIrst off, my setup is: A500 w/ 2.04 ROMs, GVP Series II (105Q + 4 megs RAM).

>Ok, I'm having no problem with 2400 baud connections and all v.32 connections
>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?)
[...]

For one, if youu have JR-Comm set to 9600, then even though the modem is
connected at 14.4K, data can flow into the Amiga at only 9600, hence the
930cps transfer rate.  Try setting JR-Comm's task priority (under General
parameters, I think...) to 4 or 5 and then trying 19.2K.

Also, make sure you have the dial time-out set higher than usual (like it 
would be for 2400) to something like 80 seconds.  Also, check to make sure
that JR-Comm has CTS/RTS set as well.

-- 
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  "I mistrust all systematizers and I avoid them. The will to a system
      is a lack of integrity."  -Nietzsche, _Twilight of the Idols_ 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: "Stefan Berg" <sgberg@peach.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: SupraFax -- the saga continues...
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:42:59 -0500

kmeyer@amiganet.chi.il.us (Karl Meyer) writes:

>>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.

I have mine sitting on top of my two external drives and GVP controller. Some
times it is almost cool and other times it gets fairly warm to the touch. A
little like a power supply. But I assume, that this is normal. Well... go and
touch a 80486 processor, when it has been doing some heavy math stuff! You
can seriously burn your fingers on that sucker! My old 1200 bps modem also
got quite warm (on the bottom only, since it has a plastic case, which doesn`t
conduct heat so well)... and it never broke on me. Oh... and yes... my Supra
is running 24 hours a day.

Stefan
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From: stevem@hathor.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CD ROM Question
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:39:25 GMT
Organization: ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL

In article <1910loINNhh8@news.aero.org> foy@aero.org (Richard Foy) writes:
>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.
>
I hooked up the Chinon (I think) SCSI CDROM reader (sold by Xetec) to
the external SCSI port of my A2091 controller and it works fine.  The
brochure I got from Xetec listed the specific hardware/software combinations
supported.  You probably better find your configuration  of controller,
CDROM drive, and software on such a list before commiting to a purchase.

BTW, having access to some of the huge data archives available on CDROM is
wonderful :)


Steve Masters   stevem@osiris.CSS.GOV
ENSCO, Inc.
Melbourne, FL USA  32940
From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: aga chipset
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:59:28 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Sep13.4509.20798@dosgate> "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com> writes:

> What I want to know is when and if it will be made available for the Amiga 
>3000 computer. 

It's a new chip set, not pin-compatible with the old one.  Why?  The main 
problem is the ECS video chip, Denise, vs. the new one, Lisa.  Denise has 16
data inputs and 12 pixel outputs.  Lisa has 32 data inputs and 24 pixel outputs.
These obviously don't drop into the same socket.

>If not is it possible for a 3rd party company to create some kind of daugther 
>board so these chips can be used in an Amiga 500/2000/3000.

I'm waiting to see what the boys at DKB Software come up with :-).  They got my 
A2500 here up to 2MB of chip RAM and 20MB of 32-bit fast RAM.

In other words, it's possible, but you won't find it as easy to drop in as a
"MegaChip 2000".  
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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Beginner A3000 questions on hardware
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:52:29 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <Bu9qLz.6x2@wpi.WPI.EDU> jayscott@wpi.WPI.EDU (Jason Scott Anderson) writes:

>   I had a few questions...There are some new VLSI chips I am unfamiliar with:
>Gary is now mounted differently, I am assuming to accomodate SCSI control..?

The Fat Gary in the A3000 is a totally different gate array than the Gary used
in A500/A2000 systems (we just kept the name, since everyone knew that "Gary"
= "motherboard controller").  The A3000 Gary isn't involved in hard disk DMA,
it's larger simply because it has more work to do (requiriring more signals) 
than the A2000's Gary.  This work includes basic chip select support for the
8520s, SCSI controller, Amiga chips, etc.

>There is a chip called RAMSEY near the RAM expansion, which I assume is to 
>contorl RAM access requests..?  

RAMSEY in indeed a gate array for DRAM control.  It also supplies the addresses
during a SCSI DMA operation.

>There is also a VLSI chip which says DMAC on it, I'm guessing for DMA control..?

This is the DMA controller for SCSI transfers.  It connects to the A3000 data 
bus on one side, the WD33C93A SCSI controller on the other side.  It funnels
up SCSI data at SCSI speeds via FIFO, and sends this out on the A3000 bus at
full A3000 local bus speeds, 32-bits at a time.

>   Also, by the ZIP sockets for expansion, there looks like room for about 8
>DRAM chips - what goes there? Anything?  

There is room for 32 ZIP DRAMs, which will be 4MB using 256K x 4 parts or 16MB
using 1MB x 4 parts.

>Also, the Kickstart ROM is contained on 2 chips instead of 1...why was this 
>done? (Guess: uncertain as to the final size of the ROM, explaining the room 
>for 2 more ROM chips next to those.)

Nope.  The ROMs are 16-bits wide, we wanted KickStart to be 32-bits wide.  
So it takes two ROMs.  The second set is there because when we started the
A3000 project, no one made an EPROM in the same package as the JEDEC standard
ROM (Intel finally came around and produced an EPROM in a standard package,
so we dropped the second set of sockets on the A3000T).

>CPU and FPU were surface-mounted (cute), but the big $20,000 question is: what
>is the long expansion slot near the edge of the motherboard labeled "Fast Bus" 
>or something like that? 

That's the A3000's Coprocessor slot.  You generally put 68040 processor cards
there.  Developers may also connect logic analyzers there (its much easier to 
plug in a logic analyzer card than to attempt to clamp onto the surface mount
68030).

>It's a connector I'm very unfamiliar with...

That's what we call the "KEL from Hell" connector, it's a 200 pin fine pitch
connector giving access to practically every signal on the A3000 local bus.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: chet@netcom.com (Eric Chet)
Subject: Re: AGA & 3000 motherboard swaps
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 00:24:45 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <92257.181058JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>I haven't seen any replies to this so here it goes again.
>Current 3000s just can't use the AGA set.  What is the likelyhood of seeing
>a 3000 motherboard revision that includes the AGA set?  3000/AGA?  Wouldn't
>be less expensive to swap boards than to dump the 3000 and move up?  Either
>way I'm moving up.  If it can somehow get into my 3000 then it will be sooner,
>if not I will have to wait a while.
>
>JK

Nothing has been anounced for a A3000 motherboard swap.  I would expect
a trade-up + $$ plan as usual.


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From: paulg@weird.miami.fl.us (Paul Griswold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A500 CPU Swap?
Date: 13 Sep 92 11:18:43 EDT
Organization: Weird BBS [Amiga] (305)553-3207 S. Miami, FL USA

On Sun 13-Sep-1992 11:16a, Peter Wastholm wrote:
PW> 
PW> 
PW> REPLACING 68000 CPU -> 68010 ON AMIGA 500
PW> 
PW>   Some time ago, somebody told me it was possible to simply replace the
PW> 68000
PW> CPU in an A500 (1.3) with a 68010. This would make the computer 20 - 30 %
PW> faster. This sounds to me like a cheap way of getting a little more
PW> processing
PW> power in the machine. Does anybody know if this works? And if so: Have you
PW> tried it? Is the performance-improvement figure correct?
PW> 
PW>   :-)  Peter Wastholm  (peter-wa@dsv.su.se)

I did this on my old 1000... You'll be dissappointed with the increase.  I thought that it would be extremely noticable.... It's not.  Yes it will work, but you are better off saving up for a cheap 030 board.

Paul Griswold

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: saj31052@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Scotty A Johnson)
Subject: Help! My diskdrive's fallen and it can't get up!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:08:10 GMT

Okay.  I was had MSH: mounted and was copying files from
MS-DOS format (drive df1) to AmigaDOS (drive df0). 

Everything was working beatuifully, untill I tried reading the
AmigaDOS disk in drive df1.  It said it was screwed, and to use
diskdoctor.  Like a fool, I tried diskdoctor, which rattled my
drive as it told me tracks 20-80 were bad.

After that, no disk is readable in that drive.

It sounds like a head allignment problem; however, in my past
experience (other computers), the allignment problem is gradual.
This was not.

What do you think?  I've been told that with the price of labor
these days, I may as well bye a new one.

Thanks for any input,

  Scotty AJ
From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 8520's
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:29:46 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Distribution: na
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Sep3.145407.28649@coe.montana.edu> osygb@giac1.oscs.montana.edu (Gary) writes:
>
>   Are the 8520's just relabeled 6526's (I think I read this in the
>IOBoard docs) or have they been screened, enhanced, clocked faster,
>etc., for the amiga.  

The 8520 was based on the 6526, but it has several differences.  Logically
(for instance, the 8520 has a binary TOD counter, the 6526 some kind of BCD
TOD counter).  Electrically, the 8520 has souped up drive levels on the "B"
port to allow it to directly drive parallel printers.  The 6526 will NOT work 
as an 8520 replacement.




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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: scholkows@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: HelP: allocating bad blocks on a HD!
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 03:39:16 GMT

Hi,
	Has anybody got a program which would allocate bad blocks on a HD..
I got a bad header error and the drive will not validate...  Is there an easy
solution??

Thanks

MArtin

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