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From: music@moravian.edu (Steve Heller)
Subject: Maxtor or Quantum? Best HD for the money in 105-120m range?
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 13:12:21 EDT

Can anyone tell me how the Quantum 105LPS and Maxtor 7120 SCSI drives
compare, $ for $? Also, the best mailorder deal on either one?

Thanks.
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From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:50:16 GMT

dej@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca (David Jones) writes:

>In article <mwm.1azt@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer) writes:
>>Just out of curiosity, *are* there any "2.0-only" major applications
>>yet? The closest I've seen are some applications (I wouldn't call any

>Term
>Maple V

And Final Copy, essentially.  I could never get it to work right under 1.3.
(Maybe the latest release does - I tried an earlier one back when I had
1.3...  It'd crash here and there. )
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From: paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Tape SCSI medium error (HardFrame/Viper)
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:01:59 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.


In article <535qr*GJ0@caleb.UUCP>, jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
> In article <1992Jul22.092234.1213@walter.cray.com>, Daniel Baehr writes:
> 
> >  me to use ONLY 3M tapes.  I believe him!!  The only tapes that have held
> >  up are the 3Ms I have.  The Sony and Verbatums died.  So, clean your
> 
> I have had little success with the Sony 6250 tapes on my Archive 2150S.  Most
> of the Sony's won't write an entire backup - even on the first try.  The 3M
> tapes work pretty well, though.
> 
> Anyone out there know a good, inexpensive source of new 3M 6250 tapes?
> 
> 
>                                                 Jim Pritchett

    The cheapest I have found 3M tapes for is from Dartek.  The DC6150
 is $24.95 in 1-4 quantities. They have an 800 number so call 800
 directory assistance to get it as I dont have it here.

    I was able to get the Sony tapes , 6150`s, to write a full tape but
 I have problems on reads.  I have to clean the head after *every*
 tape!!  Then I have no problems.  When I use 3M's I can follow the
 manufacturers spec and clean the head every 8 hours of use and
 everything is fine.

> 
> 
> UUCP:  utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!caleb!jdp
>  or    texsun.central.sun.com!letni!rwsys!caleb!jdp
>  or    spudge.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp



      Daniel Baehr
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From: mikep@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Value of a signature A1000?
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:46:56 GMT
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD)


	
	All A1000's have the signatures....   it was not a "special"
	run in any way....  Except it you believe that
	having an A1000 is special in itself.

	-Mike-
From: warda@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: IBM Keyboard Hack???
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:26:49 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster

(Stuff deleted wrt IBM keyboard adapter)

>               2)  Are there plans to build one of these adapters for a 
> few
>                   dollars instead?  I'd prefer to just solder something
>                   together quickly so we can use the system now instead 
> of
>                   when we can afford a new or used Amiga keyboard.
>  
>
There's a file called IbmKey.lha or something very similar 
which details construction of just such an adapter for an XT keyboard.  I got 
it from nic.funet.fi, but I'm sure it's around elsewhere.

Cheers,

   Bill Bennett                           JANET: warda@uk.ac.oxford.vax    
   CRC Growth Factors Research Group   Internet: warda%vax.oxford.ac.uk  
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From: rromano@ccad.uiowa.edu (Richard A Romano)
Subject: Re: POWERGLOVE
Keywords: AmigaHires
Organization: CAD-Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:36:28 GMT

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.???????
>
>
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What are the best present sources for the Mattel Powerglove.  I heard
you can get one for about $30- from surplus stores.

Can anyone give me a name and/or number.

Thanks,

Rich
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From: Quentin_Snow@fcircus.sat.tx.us (Quentin Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: @$#^@$%# 2.04!
Date: 30 Jul 92 07:57:46 GMT
Organization: The Flying Circus BBS, San Antonio, TX
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.17 7/26/92 (Beta)

In <8060014@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>, aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites) writes:
> | Well when I go around and try to ftp some GOOD software all I see is:
> | KS 2.0 required...
> ...
> | So then why is all this stuff now out for 2.0.. Whatever happened to downward
> | compatibility?
> 
> Gene,                                         RE: 2.04 Bah Humbug....
> 
> HEAR-HEAR!  You tell 'em!  I agree.  What's with these folks?  Did 'they'
> figure that the installed base of existing A1000 users would all jump up,
> and throw another $2000 at the upgrade when they were already happy with 
> the system they had?  (that's the power up thing...not a 2.0 upgrade)
> 
> I'm just glad that many of the hardware places are still supporting perifs!
> 
> I once tried suggesting that a 'good' developer would try to cover the bases
> with both 1.3 and 2.0.  Guess what the response was?  "Catch-up with the 
> *rest* of US!" <snicker> and "Why bother?"
> 
> Where _WERE_ these people in '87 anyway?  High shcool?  Please excuse me, but
> my attitude seems to be showing.
> 
> Jim 8'(s | aites@hpsmpa.lvld.hp.com
 
So, should everyone who has upgraded say "Oh, hell with it -- I would like
everything to be 1.3 compatable -- Who cares if the program isn't as good
as it should be because of lack of Operating System".
 
Or, should we just pay MORE for the software we buy so that there is a 2.0
and a 1.3 version avaliable?  The price(s) on software would definately go
up because they would have to program the software 2wce and they would
have to distribute more disks..
 
I cant wait for 2.0 only programs (commerical) to come out becuase they
will undoubably be some very nice programs that or more powerful and
operate more efficiently with the operating system / amiga environment.

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Date: Tuesday, 28 Jul 1992 10:53:22 TUR
From: Cem Turgay <PROHVK38@TREARN.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Can i use My AMIGA harddisk in a PC.

Yes you can.
But your PC must have a SCSI controller card.

Cem Turgay






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From: dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
Subject: Re: CDROM (Toshiba, NEC from DAK, etc...)
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 16:46:13 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.142925.24712@CERIS.Purdue.EDU> jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath) writes:
>From article <1992Jul31.013712.15101@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, by dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee):
>> 
>> I've had one of the DAK cdrom's on back order for a couple months ago.
>> Having given up, I was happy to see that CSC has a faster drive,
>> which is also supported by CDROM-FS (the Toshiba XM-3201B, for 
>> $250.  I've ordered one, and thought I'd let the net know, in case
>> anyone else had been left high and dry by DAK.
>>
>
>I am thinking of getting one of those DAK CDROMS for our PC and
>considered one for the Amiga as well, but when I called them and
>asked, they said it wasn't scsi.  I am curious, how were you
>going to attach one of DAK's BSR CDROMS to your Amiga? 

DAK had a couple.  One of them was the NEC CDR-80, which _is_ SCSI.
Or, was, when they had them...

I forgot to mention that the Toshiba drive for $250, is a refurbished
unit.  It's access time is 350ms, which is pretty swift.  

dylan
From: Todd_Petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Todd Petit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: TrumpCard/ST157N problem
Distribution: world
Date: 26 Jul 92 14:35:32 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

In a message dated Sat 25 Jul 92 15:30, Gfm@gnu.ai.mit.edu (george Francis 
wrote:

 GF>  Yes, this is a "please help" problem.. :)  I've been using a IVS
 GF> TrumpCard w/ WB1.3 and TCUtils 1.3G for a couple of years without
 GF> trouble.
 GF> About 2 months ago I upgraded to 2.04 and TCUtils 2, and since I've
 GF> been 
 GF> getting rare but annoying read errors on my hard disk... They didn't
 GF> seem
 GF> to occur until I formatted the disk under 2.04's new FFS and used
 GF> TCUtils to
 GF> do it (That is, it worked fine under 2.04 until I changed something
 GF> by 
 GF> reformatting it)  I have two suspicions but don't know for sure what

I have a Trumpcard 500 with TCUtils 2.0F--but with 1.2 ROMs (though I hope
to be going to 2.04 within 2-3 weeks). I also have intermittent R/W errors
on my hard disk that usually go away by hitting retry. I don't know why but
it seems that the 2.04 ROMs are NOT the problem since I don't have them.
TCUtils 2 *may* be the problem, but I doubt that too. I used to have an
ST157N, but now have an ST157N-1. The first drive with TCUtils 2.0F NEVER
had R/W errors--but it died of sticktion and was replaced by the ST157N-1.
That is when I started having the R/W errors. You seem not to have had them
until you reformatted. Don't ask me what all of this means...I just thought
my experiences with similar hardware might be of interest to you. (I tend
to blame the drive more than the controller...but I could be wrong.)

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

From: todd_petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US
From: pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help a1000 death!
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:31:54 GMT

aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites) writes:

>>kept asking for the kickstart. I'd put it in, and it would spin for a while
>>and then ask for it again.

>    [stuff deleted -- don't you wish more people would do this?!]

>|    I would try another kickstart disk.

>BUZZZ...way too obvious!  I also am starting to have this problem with 
>my old 1000.  Using the original kickstart (instead of the 'normally' used 
>one) is the *first* thing I tried! (not the last...sheesh!)

>My question is...who else has HAD this problem (and solved it!). I'm thinking
>either alignment or floppy control logic.  Alignment seems most likely...
>does anyone KNOW?

>BTW - I can still boot, but it takes a NUMBER of manual re-tries, and 
>sometimes the workbench part of the boot will fail...or a known good 
>disk is declared to be NON-DOS...DF0:BAD upon installation OR access.

I had the same problem once, but I couldnt get the floppy to boot, period. What I did was take the floppy apart, clean it, check all the cable connections (power and data) and put it back in. THEN it
worked.

I even tried the floppy on another A1000, but it wouldnt work there either. Maybe u have the same
problem... a dirty drive (you slob you) :)
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From: orre@thalamus.sans.kth.se (Roland Orre)
Subject: Re: About to add a SyQuest....
Reply-To: orre@nada.kth.se (Roland Orre)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	<ORRE.92Jul23022810@thalamus.sans.kth.se> <doctor.018o@k9.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:02:21 GMT

In article <doctor.018o@k9.UUCP> doctor@k9.UUCP (Paul Broe) writes:
> In article ... (Roland Orre) writes:
>> A curious fact is that the SyQuest 88 Mb Cartridge is ... i.e, 84Mb.
> I think 88 Mb is the unformatted (raw) capacity. That is usually what the 
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drive manufacturers advertise.
> (My Quantum 105 formats to 100 Mb and The SyQuest 44 Mb drive I have formats
> cartridges to 42 Mb.) Formatted capacity varies somewhat
> from computer to computer.

Considering floppy disks yes, but for SCSI disks not normally. You
don't often speak about the unformatted capacity for a SCSI disk but
in the SyQuest case the unformatted capacity is about 100 Mb. For
floppies the different formatted capacity depends on how much
overhead and how long gaps you put between the sectors.

SCSI disks are normally preformatted from the manufacturer and you
don't often need to low level format these.  And if you do, it is the
built in controller that determines how the physical tracks will be
formatted.  I did low level format one of my SyQuest disks but this
showed to be unnessary. The rest of them I have just quick formatted.

On a SCSI disk the manufacturer has specified how many blocks that will
be visible for the user. These blocks are logical blocks that you can
access in any organization you want. You will split the address space 
into cylinders (tracks), heads and number of blocks per track. This
organization need not have anything to do with the physical organization
on the disk.

For maximum utilization of this logical address space you want
tracks * cylinders * sectors/track to be as close to the available
number of blocks as possible. For the Quantum 105 Mb case I could
achieve about 102.5 (if I remember correct) Mb by splitting the
total space into three different partitions with different organization
of tracks and sectors. Often more pain than you gain.

I think that the reminding space may be spare blocks that can be used
for remapping of bad blocks but may also be possible to utilize if you
go beyond the manufacturers recommendations. The possibility to do this
may vary between different prep programs.
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From: po87553@cs.tut.fi (Pasi 'Albert' Ojala)
Subject: Re: Need Help - 50 Hz flickers
Organization: Tampere University of Technology
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:32:32 GMT

In article <Metin_Savignano.02pv@turttwo.tynet.sub.org> Metin_Savignano@turttwo.tynet.sub.org (Metin Savignano) writes:
>it's PAL, so it's 50 Hz, so it flickers! What can I do?

If it is 50Hz, it does not flicker.. But as everybody knows, it is 25Hz. :-)

>The best solution for me would be a flicker fixer that outputs 70 or 80 Hz,

Flicker fixer outputs twice the in frequency, that is 50Hz or 60Hz.
I have A2320 in my A500 (who says that A500 can't have a video slot :-)
and the display is solid as a rock.

>I intended to change to NTSC to obtain at least 60 Hz, but it doesn't work

NTSC is 30Hz interlaces as PAL is 25Hz. It does reduce the flicker without
a flicker-fixer though.

>I won't get the NTSC modes in the Screenmode
>editor. I always thought PAL/NTSC mode was controlled by Agnus solely?

Yes it is, but if a program does not ask for NTSC mode, it will get a PAL-
mode screen. And you might have done something wrong too.. :-)

>Please help me, if you can, 'cause I can't stand that 50 Hz flickering any
>longer!

50Hz doesn't flicker here, but you just might be an extraterrestial being..
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From: h8eg083@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (Darren Gower)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A600 card expansion for 500's?
Summary: Will CBM make available a 'card expansion' for A500s?
Keywords: A600, card slot, A500
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:47:38 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Swinburne University of Tech., Melbourne, Australia.

I'm curious - if the A600s DO take off, is there anything planned to
allow other CBM amiga machines to use the credit-card type plug-in's?

If the 600 does make good, I can see the appeal for manufacturers using
this format extensively as opposed to disks...

regards,
Darren.
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From: hinker@acl.lanl.gov (Paul J. Hinker)
Subject: Help! My Maxtor 7120 is falling asleep!
Reply-To: Paul J. Hinker <hinker@acl.lanl.gov>
Organization: Advanced Computing Lab, LANL, NM
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:24:33 GMT

   As the subject line implies, my Maxtor HD is going dormant from
time to time.

   Hardware :

    A500 Rev 6 [1MB Agnus, 2.04 ROMs, Super Denise]
    AdIDE HD interface
    ICD ShuffleBoard
    Maxtor 7120 IDE HD [installed internal in place of the internal
       3.5 FD]
    AdRam 540 w/4MB
    Heavy Duty Power supply [150w switching ps]
 
   If the drive idles for several minutes [i.e. no accesses] it will
suddenly power down [at least that's what it sounds like].  Any HD
access from that point on gives block read errors and invariably a
guru or complete lock up.  *Two* warm boots or one cold boot are
required to get the drive to spin back up.  Life returns to normal
after that.

   Has anyone seen this problem before?  This problem is happening on
a friend's machine but he doesn't have net access.  I can get more
information if it would be helpful.

   Thanks in advance.

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From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: Re: Possible New Amiga Convert Needs Help !
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:57:18 GMT

There are good accelerators for the IIGS that will enable you to
put your machine back up to speed.

1.  The cable to connect your Amiga to your Apple RGB monitor costs
    $59 from Redmond cable... a friend was considering doing that, and
    that was the quote he got.  He decided against it... instead, he used
    a 27" T.V.

2.  There are drivers that allow an IW II to be used with an Amiga, I think
    you also need a specific type of cable... good out put, the drivers are
    pd I think.

3.  As far as I know, your Mac 800k drive is only useful with hardware AMAX.

My advice:  you'll get far more value out of selling your IIGS system 
complete in one package, and if you can upgrade for less than $200, you
won't be hurting yourself... even $300 for an accelerator will make your
system perform much better (have a friend who upgraded his GS with 
accelerator to 7mhz).  Plus, you'll be able to wait and see what CBM
reveals of it's new models...

Thom
From: thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Problem with ST296N...8 LED Flashes
Keywords: 8 LED flashes...
Date: 22 Jul 92 08:14:07 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, Mountain View CA

In article <1992Jul21.073507.17584@walter.cray.com> paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr) writes:
>
>    I have a dead ST296N.  When I power up the drive the LED flashes 8
>[...]
> again and the drive didn't come up and the LED started its flashing.  So
> does anyone know what the 8 flashes mean?

From the Seagate manual:

``	READ OPERATING SYSTEM MICROCODE FROM DRIVE: If the controller is
	unable to read the operating system from the drive, eight flashes
	are returned with an additional sense code of 88H.  If the
	controller reads the operating system records, but determines they
	are invalid, nine flashes are returned with an additional sense
	code of 88H.
''

In order words, your drive is hosed.

Given the track record of Seagate drives, it's not worth having it repaired.

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
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