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From: i900243@sheoak.ucnv.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: HD optimization Prog?
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:35:16 GMT
Organization: UCNV, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Hi there people!
I have a problem!  I own a 42Mb HD and have been happily using it for
1.5 years now.  But over the years all the data kept on the HD is very
messy and needs organizing.  I was wondering if anybody can tell me
a name of a program that will optimize the HD for me....like X COPY
does it with floppies.
	I've got an AMIGA 2000 if that makes any difference!!!!

		Thanks for any advice you may give.


.....Alex!!!
From: i900243@sheoak.ucnv.edu.au (alex p)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Demos
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:19:38 GMT
Organization: UCNV, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

I'm after three particular demos that I have recently read about, but
have trouble finding them anywhere.  Has anybody heard of or seen any of
these three demos:

			Perfect Pictures
			Wildfire Megademo
			Rebels - The Thing

The are all releatively new.  Can anybody who knows where to find these
demos please let me know....I would greatly appreciate it!

				Thanks.......Alex!
From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: Accellerators
Date: 10 Apr 92 02:21:02 GMT
Followup-To: aus.computers.amiga

In article <phil.702789633@adam.adelaide.edu.au>, phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
> I am looking to buy an accelerator for my Amiga, but am not sure what to
> get.
>
> I know the following are available:
>
>   ADSPEED    14MHz 68000     Processor Socket
>   MMR        ?               ?

        I don't have an MMR but here's what I know.

        25 Mhz (and faster?) '030, FPU socket, up to 8 Mbytes of 32 bit ram,
512k of 32 bit static ram to copy KickStart rom into 32 bit memory. Uses
processor socket.

>   VXL030     ?               ?

        I do have a VXL-30.

        25, 33 or 40 MHz '030, FPU socket, 2 or 8 Mbytes of 32 bit ram
(on a seperate board which isn't available yet). Features promised for
the ram board include, copy KickStart rom to 32 bit ram, DMA-able,
visible as 16 bit ram in 68000 mode. Uses processor socket.

>   A2620      14MHz 68020     Coprocessor Slot
>   A2630      25MHz 68030     Coprocessor Slot

        The A2630 can take 4 Mbytes of 32 bit ram and has a connector
for a ram daughter board. C= never built a daughterboard, but a recent
issue of AmigaWhirled mentions one from a 3rd party (sorry, I'm not sure
exactly which issue it's mentioned in), capacity unknown.


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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Accellerators
Date: 9 Apr 92 03:20:33 GMT
Followup-To: aus.computers.amiga
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

I am looking to buy an accelerator for my Amiga, but am not sure what to
get.

I know the following are available:

  ADSPEED    14MHz 68000     Processor Socket
  MMR        ?               ?
  VXL030     ?               ?
  A2620      14MHz 68020     Coprocessor Slot
  A2630      25MHz 68030     Coprocessor Slot

Any other information would be appreciated, ie FPU of not?  How much 32bit
memory on board?  How much memory can be added (daughter board?)?.

Etc.


Thanks,
Phil.

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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: ***HELP*** WB2 and LAMER EXTERMINATOR!!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:06:50 GMT
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

robert@devvax.mincom.oz.au writes:

>	When looking around my newly created system, I notice that there is
>	STILL a file called FastFileSystem located in the L: directory.

This is a FFS that is still backward compatible with 1.3.  It implements all
of the features of the 2.0 FFS, but does not use 2.0 system calls, and hence
is slower.  You will only need to worry about this if you want a hard-drive
that will be recognised by both 1.3 and 2.0.

>        Also, using HDToolBox to 'Update FileSystem', I attempted to change the
>	file system handler from 'L:FastFileSystem' to just 'FastFileSystem',
>	to NO avail.

Did you read the Getting Started book?  It tells you exactly what to do, but
for those who *really* want to know...  Go to Update FileSystem, select
L:FastFileSystem and the reference to it.  That's it.

>2.	After carrying on regardless of the above stuff, I was trying various
>	utilities and applications to see how (or if) they performed ok under
>	WB2, and found when I ran NOVIRUS that it reported 'LAMER EXTERMINATOR'
>	to be in memory.

Is this a recent version of NOVIRUS?  Some virus detector programs do not
run well under 2.0.  I suggest that you get Virus_Checker 6.03.

>	Information to hand indicates that LAMER EXTERMINATOR is a boot block
>	virus. Trying to get NOVIRUS to install DH0: (Wiping the virus with it)
>	results in NOVIRUS checking ALL executable files on the disk.

The early version of LAMER definitely were bootblock viruses, but I am not
sure if any of them have been recoded as link viruses, but even so, you have
a fundamental misunderstanding.  Hard-Drives do not have bootblocks, as
such, and so in general, you cannot infect a HD with a BB virus.  Either you
got the virus off a floppy, or it is a link virus.

>	If I boot off a copy of the Install2.0 disk (which I have checked with
>	NOVIRUS), and subsequently check memory, I still have LAMER in memory!!

Is that from a complete power off?  If so, the problem is with NOVIRUS.



Phil.

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From: s905066@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au (Gavin REWELL)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: IFF sound file conversion
Date: 13 Apr 92 07:39:07 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

I am after a conversion package, perhaps shareware?, that converts IFF 8SVX
format sound samples to IBM "wave" format.

Anyone got any ideas?
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: dicks@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu (Ethan Dicks)
Subject: Re: ***HELP*** WB2 and LAMER EXTERMINATOR!!!
Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:02:52 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.132803.6549@devvax.mincom.oz.au> robert@devvax.mincom.oz.au writes:
>HELP!!!
>
>2.	After carrying on regardless of the above stuff, I was trying various
>	utilities and applications to see how (or if) they performed ok under
>	WB2, and found when I ran NOVIRUS that it reported 'LAMER EXTERMINATOR'
>	to be in memory.
This is bad. :-(

>	If I tell NOVIRUS to remove EXTERMINATOR, the system HANGS!!!
This is also bad. :-(

>	Information to hand indicates that LAMER EXTERMINATOR is a boot block
>	virus. Trying to get NOVIRUS to install DH0: (Wiping the virus with it)
>	results in NOVIRUS checking ALL executable files on the disk.
No big suprise here.  There is not a floppy style bootblock on a hard disk,
but there is the RDB (Rigid Disk Block).  The request to disinfect the boot
block of your hard disk did not make sense to NOVIRUS, so it did the only
thing it could do - check all the programs.

>	Is my information that LAMER is a bootblock virus wrong??
Yes and no.  There are a few viruses which can infect either floppy boot
blocks *or* executable images.  I belive that there is a newer LAMER
which can do both.  It does not matter how the program gets into your
memory - you can boot an infected floppy or you can run an infected program.

>	If I boot off a copy of the Install2.0 disk (which I have checked with
>	NOVIRUS), and subsequently check memory, I still have LAMER in memory!!
>
>	WOTZ GARN ON???
NEVER CHECK FOR VIRUSES ON DISKS IF YOU FIND A VIRUS IN MEMORY!

There are many examples of "stealth" viruses; LAMER is an example.  It checks
for accesses to the first block of the floppy and builds a fake ordinary
bootblock.  Do not trust any virus checker when there is a virus running.

>	Where can LAMER be hiding??
On your bootblock or in a file.

>	I am always careful about putting foreign (PIRATED) disks in my
>	machine.
Good, but not good enough, it seems.

>	It almost seems to me (even though it sounds ridiculous) that LAMER
>	is in ROM or something.
It isn't.  That is not possible.  ROMs are manufactured with the programs
already on them.  EPROMS are programmable, but there is no way to toggle the
programming pin in an Amiga.

>	PLEASE HELP ME!!

Good Luck,
-ethan

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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: 8939527@hydra.maths.unsw.OZ.AU ()
Subject: Re: Accellerators
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:17:53 GMT

In article <phil.702789633@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
>I am looking to buy an accelerator for my Amiga, but am not sure what to
>get.
>
>I know the following are available:
>
>  ADSPEED    14MHz 68000     Processor Socket

	I know a few that have been happy with this one.

>  MMR        ?               ?
>  VXL030     ?               ?
	Dont touch this one unless you can get a 32bit ram board. A friend
of mine got it and it runs slower than a stock A500 at times !!! You need the ram board. It works out more expensive I think.

>  A2620      14MHz 68020     Coprocessor Slot
>  A2630      25MHz 68030     Coprocessor Slot
>
>Any other information would be appreciated, ie FPU of not?  How much 32bit
>memory on board?  How much memory can be added (daughter board?)?.
>
>Etc.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Phil.

There is a new one adveritised in south Australia at $95 dollars. It's a 68000
at 14MHz with no cashe (unlike Adspeed) but it's budget. Look in ACAR.



Hope it helps. 

	CYA
		Geo T.
From: u1052608@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au (Robert Loomans)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Where can I get WShell 2.0
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:02:20 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales

Anyone know where I can get WShell 2.0 here in Aust. (Preferably in Sydney)?


Robert Loomans

u1052608@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
s1052608@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au
From: Felicity_Jones@guru.pub.uu.oz.au (Felicity Jones)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: M.A.S.T.
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:15:10 GMT
Organization: Guru Meditation BBS

In a message dated Tue 14 Apr 92 19:23, S915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (leann
wrote:

  [another tale of woe about M.A.S.T. deleted]

 S> I also know that I WILL NOT be buying any product either made by, or
 S> imported
 S> by M.A.S.T. again.

You must have missed our story (in about February of this year) about
trying to obtain the CDROM-FS through MAST.  They are incredibly
disorganised and to top it all off, totally rude!  I would imagine if you
did call them to complain, they'd be just as rude to you.  

Be warned people - M.A.S.T. are a lost cause!

Flick

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From: monster@mbear.pub.uu.oz.au (Martin Ozolins)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: ***HELP*** WB2 and LAMER EXTERMINATOR!!!
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:55:52 GMT
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

In article <1992Apr6.132803.6549@devvax.mincom.oz.au> robert@devvax.mincom.oz.au writes:
>HELP!!!
>
>
>I am confused...Having upgraded from WB1.3 to 2.0 I have found some weirdnesses
>which I would like some help with.
>
>
>1.	I was given to understand that WB2 had FFS located in ROM, giving some
>	kind of speed increase. This apparently required a reformat of the hard
>	disk partitions.
>
>        I backed up my 50Mb Quantum using HDBackup (via BRU I understand), as
>	the manual stated that certain pre-WB2 backup programs (I use
>	SuperBack) might not restore my precious system properly.
>	
>	When looking around my newly created system, I notice that there is
>	STILL a file called FastFileSystem located in the L: directory.
>
>        Also, using HDToolBox to 'Update FileSystem', I attempted to change the
>	file system handler from 'L:FastFileSystem' to just 'FastFileSystem',
>	to NO avail.

What do you mean 'NO avail' ?

>
>	Can someone tell me a way to record the info about the new FFS in ROM
>	onto the RDB of the Quantum (SCSI) disk??

What controller/card do you have ?
You can always delete the L: version as it is only so that 1.3 can read
the new FFS 

>	
>	WHAT GIVES??
>
>2.	After carrying on regardless of the above stuff, I was trying various
>	utilities and applications to see how (or if) they performed ok under
>	WB2, and found when I ran NOVIRUS that it reported 'LAMER EXTERMINATOR'
>	to be in memory.
>
>	If I tell NOVIRUS to remove EXTERMINATOR, the system HANGS!!!

I believe that is a bug in NOVIRUS which shows that you have a virus bad 
you do not have it.

>
>	Information to hand indicates that LAMER EXTERMINATOR is a boot block
>	virus. Trying to get NOVIRUS to install DH0: (Wiping the virus with it)
>	results in NOVIRUS checking ALL executable files on the disk.
>
>	Is my information that LAMER is a bootblock virus wrong??
>
>	If I boot off a copy of the Install2.0 disk (which I have checked with
>	NOVIRUS), and subsequently check memory, I still have LAMER in memory!!
>
>	WOTZ GARN ON???
>
>	Where can LAMER be hiding??
>
>
>	I am always careful about putting foreign (PIRATED) disks in my
>	machine.
>
>	It almost seems to me (even though it sounds ridiculous) that LAMER
>	is in ROM or something.
>
>	PLEASE HELP ME!!

Nope, just a version of NOVIRUS that does not work properly with 2.04

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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Secret messages in 2.04
Date: 16 Apr 92 06:58:49 GMT
Followup-To: aus.computers.amiga
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

I know that they are there, but I did not have my copy yet when the messages
went around, describing how to get them.

Now I do and I can't remember.


Please help,
Phil.


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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: mmr@asgserver.canberra.edu.au (Micheal Rainford-Watson)
Subject: Converting an analog IBM joystick to suit an Amiga
Keywords: joystick IBM amiga
Organization: University of Canberra
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 07:32:20 GMT

Can anyone tell me, how to convert an IBM analog joystick 
into an Amiga analog joystick? 

Thanks in advance.
From: Felicity_Jones@guru.pub.uu.oz.au (Felicity Jones)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: CD-ROMs and Drivers...
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:15:02 GMT
Organization: Guru Meditation BBS

In a message dated Mon 13 Apr 92 08:05, Sgolby@nepean.uws.edu.au (scott Gol
wrote:

 SG>      Hi Everyone out there, has anyone got a CD-ROM for their Amiga?
 SG> or if you are in the know about such things I would really apriciate
 SG> some 
 SG> answers to the below questions!
 SG>      I'm after a CD-ROM for my Amiga 2000,  I already have a SCSI 
 SG> Controller (MAST Fireball) with both an extra Internal 50 pin SCSI
 SG> adaptor and an External 25 Pin.   Firstly does anyone have the same
 SG> configuration as me, and has a CD-ROM attached?   Any trouble advice
 SG> etc?
 SG>      The Major thing I am after is a listing of Driver Programs that
 SG> are available to drive CD-ROMs.   And where that driver is available.

If that MAST Fireball comes from MAST in Sydney, you should have also got
the CDROM-FS with it.  If not, then there is a note in this group (from me)
from about a week ago giving info on how to get it (actually I'd never
recommend MAST as they stuffed us around awfully but if you have one of
their controllers you may have better luck than us) and some other info
about CDROMs as in where to get Fred Fish on CDROM and etc.

If you have the CDROM-FS that's all you need.  Check out the compatibility
files and you'll see which drives to choose.  If you don't, mail me and
I'll send you a copy of the info I have, including the name of a reliable
supplier if you have troubles with MAST.

Is there a FAQ list for this group?  There have been a log of queries on
CDROMs lately and although I don't mind mailing and posting these
hard-earned details, it might be more efficient if I did a summary and it
was included in a FAQ....  It is still relatively difficult to find out the
info you need to get a CDROM up and running so it may be handy to a lot of
people.  Even if there's not FAQ list, should I summarise and post the info
anyway?

People are welcome to mail me for the details also....


Flick





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From: i900243@sheoak.ucnv.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Bridgeboards For Amiga 2000
Date: 14 Apr 92 09:20:48 GMT
Organization: UCNV, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

I was wondering if anybody could give me some advice and prices on current IBM
bridgeboards that are available for the AMIGA 2000 to emulate an IBM.

I've been looking for bridgeboards for a while now but without success.
My system consists of:

				A2000HD
				42Mb HD
				2*3.5"
				Printer....

Can anybody post any information on the subject here please!!!!!


		Thanks.......Alex!!!!!
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: mcdonoug@dmpe.csiro.au (Graeme Mc Donough)
Subject: Re: Accellerators
Organization: CSIRO Div of Mineral and Process Engineering.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 00:29:10 GMT

In my experiance you nedd a FPU for the acellorator to be realy an
acellorator.
because mosto of the programs that realy need the crunch power are written 
with those little fellows in mind. ie Rendering using real-3d or perhaps Vista.
I say if you are going to spend the money, spend it right.


As for memory I can only comment ont the 33Mhz GVP 68030 with FPU.
these little critters can have up to 16 Mb of useable fast ram.
All 32 bits wide.  


Hope I helped.

Graeme Mc Donough
mcdonoug@mineng.dmpe.csiro.au
From: curl@csource.oz.au (Stephen Walsh)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: CD ROM
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 13:19:23 +1000

  *In a message dated 03 Apr 92  10:15:04 Felicity Jones writes:

FJ> Our setup is an Amiga 2000 (with GVP SCSI controller and 68030
FJ> accelerator) and we have a Sony CDROM.  You will also need the
FJ> CDROM-FS (some may rember our Tale of Horror posted a while back
FJ> regarding our quest fpr the CDROM-FS) and in short, we know of one
FJ> reliable place where you can get it without hassles. Basically the
FJ> Hypermedia CDROM disc itself is ISO-9660 compliant so you can almost
FJ> pick and choose the drive you want but it's a good idea to check out
FJ> the compatibility chart that comes with the CDROM-FS to make doubly
FJ> sure IT will work with your drive.  The CDROM-FS allows SCSI CDROM
FJ> drives to be recognised as just another Amiga Disk Drive and is
FJ> compatible with Amiga Networks.

could you please mail me the compatible list Felicity?? also you say you
have a GVP scsi controler, what version of the ROM do you have on the card &
do you know if a 22mhz Combo ( accelerator/hard drive etc ) card with 3.12
scsi rom's will have any problem's?? I've been thinking of getting a CD unit
for my system, bust as there are a LOT of them around, I'm a bit lost..
                                                                            
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From: Anthony_Horan@guru.pub.uu.oz.au (Anthony Horan)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help Needed - Friends 500 dead!
Date: 12 Apr 92 10:41:17 GMT
Organization: Guru Meditation BBS

In a message dated Wed  8 Apr 92 09:58, S915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (leann
wrote:

 S> My friends Amiga 500 has decided to give up the ghost.

 S> Upon power up all that happens is he gets a blank blue screen

 S> HIs setup is just a standard 500 with 512k of chp, 512k FAst and 1.3

 S> Any help appreciated


This is a commonly reported problem with some A500's, though the actual
fault is harder to pin down.

The most likely cause - it happened to mine - is that one of the custom
chips has become unseated from its socket. To remedy this, open the
computer (NOTE - THIS VOIDS WARRANTY!), and press GENTLY down on the
responsible chip. Others have recommended to me (and these are people at
computer dealers, no less) to raise the computer to a height of 2 inches
from the desk, and drop it! This method may be a tad dangerous, but it DID
fix a dead keyboard problem I had once... :-)

Before you take it to a repair place, and as long as the computer is no
longer under warranty, try reseating the chips. It usually works.




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