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From: CFL@buc.edu.au (Colin Linahan)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: [*] Review Home Computer Show. (Melb, Australia)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 02:16:44 GMT
Organization: Ballarat University College
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In article <1992Nov16.015002.26438@trl.oz.au> barr@nakita.trl.OZ.AU (David Barr) writes:
>From: barr@nakita.trl.OZ.AU (David Barr)
>Subject: Re: [*] Review Home Computer Show. (Melb, Australia)
>Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:50:02 GMT
>monster@mbear.apana.org.au (Martin Ozolins) writes:
>Anybody know anything about this A3400?
>
When a friend of mine asked one of the Maxwell goons what the A3400 was he 
was told it was "An amiga 4000". I think it probably was a developmental 
A4000 given to Maxwells by Commodore, but thats just speculation.
>David Barr
>d.barr@trl.oz.au
>
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Subject: Re: [*] Review Home Computer Show. (Melb, Australia)
From: csccm@luxury.latrobe.edu.au (Chris Miles)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:13:29 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University
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The best thing Maxwells did at the show woz hand at AMIGA balloons!!  Since
every single kid there woz running round with one of these, the AMIGA got
some good advertising....!  [Well.....]


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Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: andrewl@hades.ausonics.oz.au (Andrew J Lockwood)
Subject: Re: unix compress -> amiga decompress?
Keywords: archive
Organization: Ausonics Pty Ltd 61-2-428-6444
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:36:01 GMT

rjpogain@socs.uts.edu.au (r j pogainis) writes:

>Does anyone know of an Amiga archiver that will decompress the standard Unix compress command?  
>What I am trying to do is reduce the time it takes to download stuff from uni through my modem.  Maybe someone knows a better archiver for this purpose?

Why not use Lha on Unix? You can use the Unix uncompress command followed
by Lha. Lha is available for both the Amiga and Unix and normally does a
better job at compressing than compress (compiled with 16 BIT mode).

If you have a Floppie drive on your Unix somewhere, you can probably get
a Unix tool called Mtools which will copy your files onto the floppie
in MS-DOS format. On the Amiga side, you read them off using something
like MSH (MS-DOS file system).

If you must use compress, be sure you get a version which is compiled
with the 16BIT define defined (a way to decide how much memory is used).

Andrew Lockwood
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From: millar_gf@med.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: Connecting IDE Harddisk to Amiga 500 ?
Date: 24 Nov 1992 01:55:27 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
Reply-To: millar_gf@med.wcc.govt.nz
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In article <PDC.13.722492375@basil.eng.monash.edu.au>, PDC@basil.eng.monash.edu.au (Paul Cuthbertson) writes:
>
>I am considering (if possible) connecting an old MFM/RLL harddisk drive to a
>recently aquired Amiga 500...
>
>Firstly is it possble?

Yes it is...

>If yes, what sort of controller card(s) etc are required. i.e. is an IBM
>compatible AT card OK? or does it need to be XT? etc.. and what other 
>interface is required?

I have a SPIRIT HD Controller which uses XT control cards ie: MFM or
RLL but not at the same time.. :-)
>
>I have *heard* (only) of a Palomax  MAX-125.
>What is it capable of? If this card is the go, where can I get hold of one
>in Melbourne? (also price?).

There is an agent for SPIRIT TECHNOLOGY in Australia but two years ago
it was quicker to go direct to them in Salt Lake City Utah USA. If you
are still interested I will dig out the address of them.

The only other things that we had to get was a HD case and an separate
power supply for it.

Cheers.... Gordon
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga
From: fisherc@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Craig Fisher)
Subject: Re: A1200????
Organization: Computer Power Software
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:04:07 GMT

In article <sbiddle.06e6@> sbiddle@aviate.welly.gen.nz (Steve Biddle) writes:
> In article <1992Nov11.011851.16230@bohra.cpg.oz.au>,
> 	fisherc@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Craig Fisher) writes:
>>No, actually the A600 is the machine which is replacing the 500.
>>The A1200 is more likely to replace the A2000.
>
> No, the 1200 is the 500 replacement. The 600 replaces nothing, just adds a
> low end machine. Expect the 2000/3000 replacement to be an '030 based 4000..

OK, put it that way if you want, but for the past six months or so the
500 hasn't been selling but the A600 has. Seems like a replacement to
me. Now with the advent of the A1200 coming out there is a shift in the
product line up. When it is released yes, the A600 will become a 
lower end machine and the A1200 will take the position that the A500
once occupied. But, until then the A600 is the A500 replacement because
that is what people who would have bought an A500 will currently buy.

-Craig
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From: ferrier@citr.uq.oz.au (Franklin Ferrier)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Wanted: CGA LCD card
Date: 19 Nov 92 12:47:23 GMT
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland

I have an old Toshiba CGA LCD flat panel lying around. I am thinking of
using it as the second monitor on my 486 system. 

Where can I obtain a video card (switchable to mono) to drive the panel?

Price ? (2nd hand and cheap is better :-)

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From: graeme@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Graeme Gill)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Re: Xwindows for PC - some info
Summary: Desqview/X seems to be available now
Date: 16 Nov 92 00:45:45 GMT
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia

In article <zebee.721733718@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>, zebee@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone) writes:
> Some time ago, I asked the net for info on PC based X windows.  Since
> then, I;ve seen a number of people askng for the same info.
>   
> Here is a wonderful summary I received.  IT is a bit out of date, but
> it has good leads.  (No PD stuff though :-( )
>   
> > The main players seem to be Hummingbird communications HCL-eXceed (DOS
> > and MS windows), Unipalm X11/AT (windows), Locus computing (PC-Xsight),
> > Spectragraphics/GSS PC-Xview (DOS) and Visionware Xvision (windows).
> > 
> > Also "coming real soon" is Quarterdecks Desqview/X.  This promises to
> > be a really exciting product, particularly as it will provide
> > portability of X based applications to the PC.  While many developers
> > will appreciate the portability and using a non-proprietary system
> > rather than MS-Windows, the phenomenal success of MS Windows (at least
> > according to the computer press) will have no doubt cut deeply into
> > their potential market. No doubt this has a great bearing on the
> > extravagent advertising Quarterdeck indulged in late last year (a bid
> > for vapourware of the century???).  Hopefully the portability to Unix
> > will encourage developers to use Desqview/X.  Time only will tell.

	Desqview/X seems to be available now. We have had a copy running
here, and I actually saw a copy running at the Home Computer show that was
on in Melbourne this weekend. I think I have seen it advertised in the
Green Guide here as well. The main criticism of Desqview/X is that it is
rather slow. A 486 PC and a fast graphics card seem desirable to run it.
If you want to run it in a network you need to get some TCP/IP code as well.
There is some talk of them releasing the libraries needed to make your
own PC based X applications, but presumably you need a 32 bit compiler
to go with it. Of course you can always run DOS and MS Windows 3.0
applications under it.

	Graeme Gill
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Re: X-windows S/W;
From: frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 20:02:28 NZT
Organization: Tech-Soft Systems, Wellington, NZ

u1714473@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au wrote the following: 
> 
> I am interested in X-windows software for and IBM-clone/ISA type PC.
> I know that this was discussed in one of the news groups not long ago 
> but I did not need to know then and I don't remember enough of the details.

You don't specifically mention DOS, so I'll suggest OS/2, with IBM's TCP/IP
and X-windows software.

My experience so far with this combination has been good.

The price of all three together is less than the cost of some X-windows packages
alone, and you get a superior OS for free!

Frank.


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From: gjw@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Greg Wickham)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Questions regarding PC Hardware selection for Unix
Date: 16 Nov 1992 02:40:11 GMT
Organization: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Distribution: aus
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Greetings.

I am in looking at purchasing a PC to run a Unix derivative on, however,
the more I look at hardware the muddier the water seems to get.

Current prospective hardware is:

     o	486DX33 (or DX50) 256k cache
     o	8M RAM
     o	Adaptec 1542B SCSI-2 Host Adaptor
     o	540M Connor SCSI Drive
     o	4 Port Serial Card (Brand not selected yet)
     o	1Meg TSENG Labs SVGA Card + Monitor

The questions now begin, and these relate to the selection
of SCSI for the drives.

    1)	Does anybody have experience they can relate about
	the differences between IDE and SCSI.

    2)	I've selected SCSI because that will allow extras such
	as extra hard drive(s), CD-ROM, TapeDrive to be added
	without the need for extra interface cards.
	Does this work in practice?

If you have any comments that you feel may be relevant to
any (or all) of the selected hardware then I would like to
hear from you.

Please respond via eMail and I'll summarise if necessary.

   -Greg
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: xiuming@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Xiuming Huang)
Subject: Re: X-windows S/W
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:46:22 GMT

From article <943kwB2w165w@csource.oz.au>, by davidn@csource.oz.au (david nugent):
> u1714473@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au writes:
> 
>> I am interested in X-windows software for and IBM-clone/ISA type PC.
> 
> DESQview/X is your best bet.
> 
I like what is described of Desqview/X in the literature, and I actually bought
it but installing it failed and subsequent experience dealing with a Quarterdec
guy in Sydney is a nightmare.  It took me three months and dozens of phone 
calls to get a replacement from him, and the old problems remain.  It's with 
the fifth installation disk ('installation of vga 16 color driver failed...') and
I don't have the energy to call the Sydney guy again.  Have you ever had any problem installing it?

>> I know that this was discussed in one of the news groups not long ago 
>> but I did not need to know then and I don't remember enough of the details.
> 
> There are other Windows based X-servers, but they don't provide the
> same level of compatibility as DVX.
> 
> 
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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: djk@bby.com.au (David Keegel)
Subject: Re: X-windows S/W;
Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:57:01 GMT

frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst) writes:

] u1714473@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au wrote the following: 
] > 
] > I am interested in X-windows software for and IBM-clone/ISA type PC.
] > I know that this was discussed in one of the news groups not long ago 
] > but I did not need to know then and I don't remember enough of the details.

] You don't specifically mention DOS, so I'll suggest OS/2, with IBM's TCP/IP
] and X-windows software.

If you can do that, I can suggest Linux (a free Unix clone for 386/486 PCs)
which comes with TCP/IP (in version 0.98) plus Xfree86 (guess what that is).
Or if you prefer, 386BSD version 0.1 plus Xfree86.

] The price of all three together is less than the cost of some X-windows 
] packages alone, and you get a superior OS for free!

Ditto.

Disclaimer: I don't run Linux or 386BSD myself.

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Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: a2824ag@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Riaan de Jager)
Subject: IBM PS/2 Harddisk and CMOS question
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:37:36 GMT

Hi

My question is:

Is it possible to install any ESDI harddisk in a IBM PS/2 pc? 
Will one have any problems if the disk is not original IBM?
Someone has told me I can't, but I find this hard to believe.

Oh yes, how does one enter the PS/2s CMOS configuration to change the 
disk attributes?

Massively appreciated.
Riaan [almost zero hardware knowledge] de Jager
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: steve@keystone.arch.unsw.edu.au (Stephen Peter)
Subject: Re: Monitors: Interlaced vs non-interlaced: hel
Reply-To: steve@keystone.arch.unsw.edu.au
Organization: Faculty of Architecture, University of New South Wales
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:22:52 GMT

In article 722176801@adam.adelaide.edu.au, ardtlong@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Dale T. Long) writes:
>
>I was wondering what would be best to use, an interlaced or non-interlaced
>SVGA monitor. What are the pros and cons for both? Is the 'flicker' of
>interlaced monitors a real problem? What is your personla experience?
>
>Dale Long.

If you are working at 1024x768 then a non-interlaced monitor is a MUST!
At high resolution the flicker drives you crazy.  I have a NEC 4D at home,
which is non-interlaced at 1024x768 and I use it for graphics, CAD and windows at
that resolution.  Before I bought the monitor (about a year ago) I looked at the
cheaper SVGA monitors and they were fine at 800x600 but no good at 1024x768.
At work, the person in the office next to me has a standard SVGA monitor, and it 
makes me dizzy (sp?) just looking at it.  

Most (standard) SVGA monitors are non-interlaced at 800x600.

If 800x600 is good enough for you, then you can save money by not buying the
more expensive high-res non-interlaced monitors.

cheers
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From: ardtlong@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Dale T. Long)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Monitors: Interlaced vs non-interlaced: help!
Date: 19 Nov 92 12:40:01 GMT
Organization: The University of Adelaide
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au


I was wondering what would be best to use, an interlaced or non-interlaced
SVGA monitor. What are the pros and cons for both? Is the 'flicker' of
interlaced monitors a real problem? What is your personla experience?

Dale Long.
From: Scott.Pitcher@f367.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Scott Pitcher)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: IRQs
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:58:00

SC>   I believe the problem is due to COM1 and COM3 sharing an IRQ.  This
SC>problem stops when I switch the modem to COM4, but shows up when I then
SC>try to use COM2.
SC>   Any help appreciated!

Hi,
that may not be the problem. I have 4 serial ports, two on the multi-i/o
card, and 2 extra on another serial card. I run my mouse on com1 and my
modem on com3, and they both share the same IRQ, and they both work fine
together. What type of software are you using, and when does it lock up?
Give some more details like this, and I'll try to help.

Scott.


 * OLX 2.1 TD * If this were an actual tagline, it would be funny.

 * Origin: The Contact Point in OZ - 03-689-5728 - V32Bis (3:633/367)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: jimw@empros.cxn.dec.com (Jim West)
Subject: Digitized Voice (DV) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) info needed.
Reply-To: j_west@zebpik.enet.dec.com
Organization: Random Mixed
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:19:34 GMT



  Has anyone out there any experience in this area ?  Looking for
recommendations on hardware and capability differences of MS DOS vs.
UNIX.

  Any help is greatly appreciated.

  Thanx,

-/ Jim /-
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman)
Subject: Re: PC graphics set
Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:30:22 GMT

>From: Scott.Pitcher@f367.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Scott Pitcher)
>Scott.
>
> * OLX 2.1 TD * Hello, I am part number 
>

I see you're into PC graphics characters. Here's a few more:

              
                                               
                                         
                                               
                                          
                            
                                      
                                                
                   
                                          
                                   
                                                          
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From: rab@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Richard Alan Brown)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
Subject: Re:X-windows for IBM PC
Summary: why bother with commercial packages
Keywords: Linux
Date: 17 Nov 92 21:20:49 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: School of Physics, University of Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

I am presently running Linux on my 386. In comparison to a PC running Desqview/
X, I'd say, dont bother with most X commrecial packages.. If you have a modicum
of computer experience (partitioning hard drives, willingness to learn something
about setting up a unix system), go for Linux. I run it on a 40MhZ-386 
with a Tseng video card, 120M (50Mdos, 70M linux) and 8M RAM. This system
is easily capable of running X etc... 
It is a real unix system (unlike say Coherent or MKS which are *excellent*
packages, but run as interface shells, I have MKS in my DOS partition)
and there exists compilers, utilities,
X based PD packages. The Open Look Window manager has been ported, as
well as a generic window manager which can emulate Motif. 

The OS is free (under the terms of the gnu copyleft) and there is a sizeable
community of Linux users. 
In my department, we are starting to use PC's as Xstations, and we have at 
least one 486 running Linux/X on the net (network software although still
in alpha test works fine.) 

To sum up, if you mainly want X, and are happy with unix as an OS, the only
reason to buy a commercial package (SCO unix,e tc etc) is post sales support.
There are Linus distributions which contain a complete package, compilers, 
TeX, editors, comms packages, graphics packages, and installation is 
largely automated.

Other free unix/X systems are 386BSD which seems to be a require more disk
space, but is also a good solid OS.

read comp.os.linux for details, FAQS are posted often.

This is a bit of a rant, but more that one industry person after seeing
Linux/X going has walked away slack jawed muttering things about buying
a cruddy PC and having their very own unix box...


Alistair

Alistair Scott
afs@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: IBM-PC Tute
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:27:06 GMT

As a result of my previous post, to which response was strong, and
positive, I will post a series of beginners tutes to this newsgroup.

I will always use the subject line "IBM-PC Tute" to facilitate KILLing
for those who chose not to read.

Comments, questions and suggestions are welcome, but please through
private email. I will endeavour to answer questions and suggestions in
subsequent postings...

Without further ado, the next article shall consist 'Lesson 1'

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