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From: hao@eastern.COM (Hao Dang)
Subject: Help on accelerating an A2000 rev 4.x
Organization: Eastern's Public Access BBS, Toronto CAN
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:24:25 GMT

Does anybody out there know if the 68030 accelerator boards (ie: Mega Midget
Racer, VXL, GVP Combo) will work on a 4.x revision AMIGA 2000?  Or do they
only work on the newer 6.x revisions?  I think I read a message somewhere
saying that they wouldn't work because of the different circuitry layout,
but I can't confirm this.  Please help.  I need this information as soon as
possible as I am planning on purchasing an A2000 rev 4.x system.
 
Thanks in advance...
 
|_| _  _   /  Author of an upcoming AMIGA BBS  \ " Save a tree, eat
| |(_|(_)  \  Usenet Address: hao@eastern.COM  /      a beaver. "
 
Yes, that is correct, programmer's don't know EVERYTHING about the AMIGA
(grin).
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
Subject: CDROM
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 01:37:12 GMT


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'm sure that if I had the patience, Drew would send me the Super
Data Buster Extra Plus for my trouble, but I'm 25, and aging daily.

In case anyone's interested, I'll post a short summary of my experience
when I get the drive.

Oh, yea, CSC is Corporate Systems Center, in Sunnyvale, their #
is (408)737-7312.  I'm not affiliated with them at all--but I have
had two good experiences with them previously.

dylan
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From: faith@amiganet.chi.il.us (Fred Pienkos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: RE & TE Problems w/SupraFax14400. help.
Date: 24 Jul 92 05:28:20 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <1992Jul23.083946.13942@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>,
blyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>Well, I'm sure happy with the speed of my new SupraFax V32bis modem, but
>I have one major problem. I hope someone out there in this great big world
>can help me - 
>
>I'm connecting to a remote modem that's a USR Dual Standard 2400-38.4,
>V42bis (and another that's a V32bis). Anyway, the connection usually goes
>okay (though sometimes it only connects at 9600, I'm not sure why).
>The problem is, once I've been connected , inevitably after a couple of 
>minutes the transmission will freeze and the modem will display
>'RE' (recieveing error) and then followed by an 'TE' (transmission error),
>and everything will stay locked up for a minute or so and the connection
>will be severed.  WHY?
>
>I know of lots of different possibilities, but not which ones may really
>be the problem: i.e. handshaking (CTS/RTS or XON/XOFF;how do I know if my
>serial cable supports CTS/RTS?;phone cord length? (mine's over 50ft);
>line noise; etc. etc.)
>
>This is becoming a very annoying problem, as downloading anything is like
>walking on ice, since 99% of the way into a transmission it could just freeze
>up.  So, can anybody please help poor old me?
>
>thanks,
>Aaron
> 


You Really need to get a good connection.. At High Speeds, that is so
important.

But your phone chord might be the problem./..  While online, Type +++ then type
AT%q and that will give you a number.. If that number is above like 16 Your
connection is horrible.. To Gte backonline type ATO to hang up at this point
type ATH

JJust a few hints

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: whitem@jester.usask.ca (Matt White)
Subject: Bernoulli 90 MB Drive
Originator: whitem@jester.usask.ca
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:47:57 GMT

Has anyone out there in netland ever hooked up a Bernoulli (sp?) removable
drive system to the amiga?  I have a chance to buy one for about $700 CDN
with:
	Portable version (ie. case & power supply)
	SCSI II device
	18 ms access

Does anyone know if it'll work with a Supra Wordsync series III (newest) 
controller?  I'll call Supra if I don't get response, but I thought I'd
try  this first.  Please email any experiences with these drives to the
address below.  If there is interest, I'll post a summary.

adTHANKSvance

Matt

Matt White                      |  whitem@jester.usask.ca
User Support & Training         |  white@sask.usask.ca
Dept. of Computing Services     |  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA
University of Saskatchewan      |  My other terminal is an Amiga...
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University of Saskatchewan      |  My other terminal is an Amiga...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: A600 HD SCSI or NOT The man speaks :-)?
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:42:20 GMT

In <1992Jul30.004427.21216@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> peteru@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
>What a shame, they should rewrite HDToolBox so it works. It won't work with my
>A2090a (but I don't really mind 'cause it's the firmware ROMs that are due for
>upgrade) and it don't work with mi ICD AdSCSI2000 either. With the ICD it just
>scans the bus, and when it should report that it found a SCSI device on one of
>the valid addresses it just locks up the whole machine.

That is very likely not a problem of HDToolBox.. HDToolBox cannot be
responsible for locking up the bus as it just ask the scsi driver to
send standard SCSI commands.
Of course, if a buggy controller firmware or even a buggy drive firmware
locks up the SCSI bus...

Regards,
-- 
Michael van Elst
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Internet: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: RE: Supra Fax Modem, The Company And Their Services
Date: 31 Jul 92 14:24:57 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University

I just bought the V.32bis faxmodem.  I was puzzled about the
14,400 speed being missing in AtalkIII.  I haven't found any
bulletin board that has that speed yet, so I don't really miss
it, yet ;-{).  Is it possible to trick up my 2000 so it will work
with the 14400 speed?

I am still learning how to use my modem.  It does get "toasty",
but seems to work.  It is more sensitive to my wife picking up
the phone than my Avatex 1200 was ;-{).  I have gotten it to
communicate with the PP&S 2400 baud V.42bis modems here at work
at around 198 cps.  Is that reasonable when dealing with 2400
baud modems?

I have done one test fax and it worked fine.  I have learned that
GPFax doesn't much like PageStream document files, but the trick
of putting the GPFax driver in place of the printer and then
printing works quite well, even when I run out of memory, it gets
the job done.
-- 
"Land of song, said the warrior bard,           Jim Heath
Though all the world betrays thee.
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, (The Minstrel Boy)
One faithful harp will praise thee."         (Thomas Moore)
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From: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: GVP multi-port card
Date: 25 Jul 92 19:55:22 GMT
Organization: Xetwnk Industries, Ltd.

In article <1992Jul22.152114.27037@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s915426@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Leanne Taylor) writes:
>bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) writes:
>
>
>>Well, it's GVP.  Personally, I decided on the route you're talking about - I
>>bought a Goldengate card and put in an IBM serial board.  For under $100 I
>>...  deleted ...
>I did exactly the same on my 3000.  I don't use the serial much, occasionally 

Ok, I HAVE head of these cards, activate you BB slots in a 2000/3000 and use
serial/parallel cards [+ others if you write the drivers] now my question is
this; are they still available!?  I am just about to get my first Amiga 2000,
I have 2 Amiga 1000's but obviously had NO interest in the GoldenGate card
until now [thanks Keith!], and I would really LOVE too add more serial and
parallel ports [cheaply] now where can I get one of these cards!?

Thanks for the info!!!    

Note: Please E-Mail as well as post, others are definitly interested, but I
      can't keep up with .hardware at all [150+ messages behind right now]
      so I do NOT want to miss the post, so E-Mail me also!!!


-dcp


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ludde@hemul.nada.kth.se (Erik Lundevall)
Subject: Re: Need Help - 50 Hz flickers
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, NADA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:19:31 GMT

In <1992Jul21.123232.24994@funet.fi> po87553@cs.tut.fi (Pasi 'Albert' Ojala) writes:

>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. :-)

It does definitely flicker at 50 Hz...

>50Hz doesn't flicker here, but you just might be an extraterrestial being..

Put a 72 Hz monitor right next to your 50 Hz monitor and compare them.
I'm quite sure you will notice the difference, in favour of the 72 Hz monitor.
I would not use a 50 Hz display for longer periods, unless I'm forced to.
Luckily, I'm not.

>-- 
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Your fault. Core dumped.
From: rico@disaster.hacktic.nl (Rico Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: ymodem-g
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:25:00 MET
Distribution: world
Organization: Disaster Area

In response to Udo Schuermanns posting about modems

> 5. Protocol: use streaming protocols, such as zmodem.  Zmodem transmits
>   without having to stop until the other end complains because of errors
>   or whatever.  This means that there is no "transmit-ACK/NAK" cycle and
>   transfer is as fast as reading and writing the information to disk
>   allows.  I don't know how Ymodem-G and other protocols work, but I
>   suspect it's more a features thing from there on, rather than
>   performance.

Ymodem-G is a barebone stream-protocol, it contains barely any error-checking
and should only be used in occasions when lines are good or if you are
using an error-correcting modem. It is faster than Z-Modem.

--
Rico Jansen (rico@disaster.hacktic.nl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: wyk1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Won Y Kim)
Subject: Re: FAQ Request...
Reply-To: wyk1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Won Y Kim)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:17:39 GMT

In article <Ju6wNB3w164w@cellar.org> swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur) writes:
>Could someone please mail the the FAQ file for this group?
>        thanks!
>        -steve
>

In the same note, just WHERE does one find a file of FAQ's for this group
(or for any other group for that matter???)

Is there a FTP site somewhere?? Or is there one *reallly* dedicated
news-follower who just happens to save all interesting relies??

does anyone have any ideas??
				Thanx.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Won Kim. Programmer ReProgrammer.
"I am the SuperGrunt. The *Orginal* SuperGrunt. Perhaps you have heard of me?"
						- The Orginal SuperGrunt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcon  Re: Amiga 4000
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 05:53:02 GMT

These seem to be more likely specifications for the Falcon... nice 
machine, some good features, good price/performance point.  Not an Amiga
killer, not an overwhelmingly compelling machine.  No 24bit color... no
real high resolutions.  No hard disk, no monitor... beats out a Mac of
any type, beats an IBM for equipment/price cost.



From cheshire.oxy.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!fwi.uva.nl!gene.fwi.uva.nl!kort Fri Jul 24 18:09:24 PDT 1992
Article: 12442 of comp.sys.atari.st
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: kort@fwi.uva.nl (Jan Kort (I89))
Subject: Falcon info
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:36:14 GMT

Hardware:
16 MHz MC68030 
32 MHz Motorola 56001 DSP-chip
1,4 or 16 MegaByte (No simms ...)

External connectors:
parallel port
serial port
SCSI II-port
Video out/Genlock
stereo headphones-out
stereo mike-in
DSP / Digital audio interface
RF-Modulator(TV)
LAN-port

Cartidge ROMport
Joysticks
MIDI-In
MIDI-Out

ST-joystick / mouseports

Intern
DRAM expansion board
Internal bus expansion-slot
Internal IDE harddisk-connection
Internal diskdrive

Resolutions:
Mode		Resolution	Bitplns	colors	pallette
ST Low-res	320x200		4	16	4096
ST Med-res	640x200		2	4	4096
ST High-res	640x400		1	2	4096
		640x480		8	256	262.144
true color	320x200		15	32768	--
VGA/VIDEO	x:320 or 640	1,4,	2,16,	(overscan select)
		y:200 or 400	8	256	262.144

The DSP can do a 1024 point complex Fast fourier transform in 2.07 
milliseconds. The TT with coprocessor needs 145 milliseconds.

Since the DMA port has been removed you can't use the SLM 804 and 604

The IDE connector allows you to connect a cheaper IDE-harddisk.

P.S. I got all this information from a magazine called "atari st nieuws"
edition 50/51. There's lots more info in the article (especially about the
DSP ). I'm not gonna type all that stuff though :) 

Jan Kort
kort@fwi.uva.nl
From: whitem@jester.usask.ca (Matt White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: RE: Supra Fax Modem, The Company And Their Services
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:06:16 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Originator: whitem@jester.usask.ca

I feel that I should put in my $0.02 worth.  My system currently consists
of:

	A Supra WordSync SCSI controller
	A SupraRAM board
	SupraFAXModem v.32bis
and my old SupraModem 2400.  (No, I'm not a Supra employee, I just like
their products).  When I upgraded to 2.04, I was having problems with my
HD.  I posted here, and promptly received a message from one of the Supra
people (can't remember who, but thanks!).  I upgraded my controller (I
think it was $35 for new ROMs, new software, etc.) and haven't had a
problem since.  

My Supramodem 2400 has worked flawlessly for about 2 1/2 years, and I
haven't had any problems with the Faxmodem yet.  I also hear that Supra is
sending ROM upgrades free to all registered owners of the FAXmodem v.32bis.

Anyways, I just thought I'd balance out this discussion.....

Matt White                      |  whitem@jester.usask.ca
User Support & Training         |  white@sask.usask.ca
Dept. of Computing Services     |  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA
University of Saskatchewan      |  My other terminal is an Amiga...

-- 
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User Support & Training         |  white@sask.usask.ca
Dept. of Computing Services     |  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA
University of Saskatchewan      |  My other terminal is an Amiga...
From: cse_stu@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A600 HD SCSI or NOT The man speaks :-)?
Date: 28 Jul 92 22:16:58 GMT
Organization: Memphis State University

> The leg puller in question ( not me!!!!) ran HDTOOLBOX on the A600HD and it
> seems to scan the scsi bus and reported as if there was a normal SCSI drive
> present.
> 
> What a greatsoftware programme that can turn an IDE into a SCSI :-)
> 
> Anyway the A600 is a real cute and sexy looking machine

SysINFO finds ICD's IDE drive and says that it is SCSI but it really isn't.
=========
Video MAN
=========
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: troy@bluemoon.rn.com (Troy Fridley)
Subject: Re: Found out what 8 Flashes mean...
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 02:28:15 EDT

paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr) writes:

> 
>    8 flashes on a ST296N means that the drive couldn't load the ram code
>  from the media, eg. the platter.  Looks like I've got a *REAL BAD* bad
>  spot on the drive.  Or the electronics could be messed up also.  We'll
>  have to see.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       Daniel Baehr
> 
> 
> 
> --
> +--------------------------------------------------+
> | Daniel Baehr  Work:  paws@romulus.cray.com       |
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Hmmm... I wondered what that ment!  I just sent my Segate in here a couple 
of months ago, they sent it back to me saying that There was nothing wrong 
with it, within 20 hours of putting the drive back on the system, it 
crashed!  Ya some service department, it only took them 6 weeks to turn 
around the drive and tell me it wasn't broken when it was!
 
                        Troy

  Does one actually need a brain to think?  Obviously Not!
 
 UUCP: Troy@Bluemoon.uucp

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: ganoe@sde.mdso.vf.ge.com (Craig Ganoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Are A600 and CDTV card slots compatable?
Keywords: A600, CDTV
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:51:25 GMT
Organization: GE M&DSO - VF

Does anyone know if the card slots on the A600 and CDTV are compatable?  From
photos, they look to be the same, and it would make sense if they were, but I
would like to hear it from someone who knows for sure. 

If so this could allow for some interesting options for Commodore's new line
of Amigas. I'd expect the slot to probably show up on any other new Amigas and
hopefully, they'll find a way to add it to the older models as well.

                                   Craig Ganoe
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2000 1Meg Chip Ram
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:18:15 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

I received in the mail today, a 1-Meg Agnus chip from Tenex Computer
Supply.  Apparently they think I know how to install the thing all by
myself, as they included no instructions.

I'm not terribly squeamish about  squeamish about opening up my Amiga,
since it's a used system.  However, I need some instructions on what
traces to cut and/or solder on the motherboard in order to bring about
the miracle of 1 Meg Chip Ram.

My system is an A2000, rev 4.2 motherboard.

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From: pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Audio CD to digital data?
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:42:12 GMT
Distribution: comp

app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes) writes:

>In article <1992Jul22.123104.13905@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> et5j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Mario Giannella) writes:

>>Are there any hardware/software packages to allow one to put an audio
>>Compact Disc into a CD-ROM drive, and get a direct digital data file?
>>(i.e. skipping the middle step of Digital CD to ANALOG and then digitizing
>>the ANALOG sound).

>I'd like to know too.  Please post replies

I think SunRize's new Studio 12/16 boards have a direct fiber optic 'digital
in' connection that'll allow to record DIGITAl data directly from any CD
player that has a fiber optic digital output. 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: drew@cgou11.enet.dec.com (Steve Drew)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM drive compatibility and drivers
Reply-To: drew@cgou11.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment. Calgary, Canada.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 22:33:29 GMT


In article <14e15tINNajj@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>, smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC) writes:

>You can also get a driver (CDROM-FS) from a company called CPR in Canada.
>Its not expensive and seems to get good reports. It also provides a tool
>to control the audio functions of a CD. Their address is:
>

I'd recommend the XETEC one over the CPR CD-FS, also I don't beleive that
the CPR one supports that model sony drive, whereas XETEC one seems generally
more compatable (also faster, and takes less memory, and comes with
PD & fish disk CDROm.)

(Note they do sell this software with and without their CDROM drive.)

Look them up in AmigaWorld or such...

-Steve
From: stb@cup.portal.com (Stan Robert Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Zorro II/III Prototyping card
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 18:46:24 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Hey,

	Does anyone know of a company selling ZORRO II/III prototyping cards? 
I have several hardware projects to do and do not want to do them on an IBM.
Please send address / phone / email address to:

				Stan Hodge
				stb@cup.portal.com

				Thanks in advance!
From: skyluke@skylink.sublink.org (Luca Spada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: NEC CDR-75
Date: 18 Jul 92 18:43:28 GMT
Organization: Sky Link (Amiga BBS) - VA, Italy, Europe

Hi...

Just purchased a NEC CD ROM CDR-75, this is an external SCSI CD-ROM.  I
have  attached  it  to  my  GVP  Series II (ROM v4.5) and it works just
great.   I  have tried both the Xetec and Canadian Prototypes software,
but  the  Xetec  is by far the BEST.  I have done some testings and the
Xetec software is about 2 to 3 times faster!

This drive performs RAW 150 Kb/sec, with the Xetec software I get about
130-140  Kb/sec,  while with the Canadian Prototypes I get no more than
60Kb/sec.

Copying  a file of 1540342 bytes from the CD to RAM takes 44 sec.  with
the Canadian Software and only 18 with the Xetec.

It works great also for listening Audio Disc, both CD Remote from Xerec
and CDDACtrl from Canadian Prototypes works great.

Access time of this CD ROM is 500 ms, but since the files are placed on
contiguous  sectors in CD-ROM disks, you seldom notice this hight time.
Also,  since  I  use  the  CD  with Fred Fish Collection for BBS usage,
130Kb/sec  are  BY  FAR  enough  (  also consider that I have paid this
CD-ROM about 300$$).

NOTE: I'm running under KS 2.04

--

Ciao!
                                                   Sky Luke
                                          (skyluke@skylink.sublink.org)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware