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From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Installing large "Mac" systems on Amax without a Mac drive
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:23:42 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN


Someone recently asked how to install a large system on an Amax formatted 
hard drive partition without a mac drive.  The problem lies with the fact 
that the installer disks may be larger than an Amax formatted floppies.  The 
installation assumes that certain files are on the disks and they don't all 
fit.

I confidently said "easy, just use a real mac to compact and segment if 
necessary, the system folder and Font/DA from the installation disks.  Then
use MSdos formatted disks to get them into the Amiga and then put those files 
into the Amax partition with the file transfer program.  Then boot from 
floppy, remove the old HD system folder, unpack the new large system folder,
and voila!, you have a new larger system!"

Well, I just had a mishap that required me to reformat my mac partition :(.
I discovered that my advice was not quite accurate.  I found that the system
did not recognise the new system folder as being a real system folder.  It 
didn't have the image of the mac terminal on it.  I had to first copy 
the system folder from the floppy boot disk, empty it, then insert the new 
system files into that folder.

That works pretty well but last night I had a couple of "soft" crashes.
Apparently an application thought I had a coprocessor and tried to use it.
I suppose by not using the installation software, my system doesn't know how
my "mac" is configured.  A mac-friend suggested using my mac (at work) and 
create a 1.4 meg custom boot disk, telling the installer that I want it for 
a mac plus and to tell it not to install a minimum system.  If it fits, I 
may be able to  then extract the system file and the general file from the 
disk's system folder and put those two files in my amax partition's system 
folder.  Hopefully that will work, I'll repost if it doesn't.


Mike Lundberg
From: itti@aphrodite.enst.fr (Laurent Itti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Professional Users Wanted
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:41:04 GMT
Organization: Telecom Paris, France



Hello,

we are a group of french engineer students in the fields of computer science,
electronics and telecommunications (Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Telecommunications de Paris), and we have constituted an Amiga user group
(Club Amiga Telecom-Paris).

As one of our members will probably go to Chicago in November 1992, we would like
to know if it would be possible to meet there some 'Professionnal users' of
the Amiga:

We indeed write a series of arcticles in a french Amiga newspaper (Amiga-News),
oriented towards the often-unknown professional use of the Amiga.

Having the opportunity to go to Chicago, we thus would be very interested in
interviewing such users there during November 1992.

That's why we are currently looking for addresses of these users in the area of
Chicago. Could you help us ? Do you know professional users of the Amiga ?

These could be for example :
- any research lab which uses the amiga and made some original developments on it,
- the NASA (which certainly has a department near Chicago),
- some universities which participate in developments on the Amiga (like it is for
the university of South California, Lowell,... in other areas),
- some more 'exotic' things (such as the SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
which seems to use the Amiga for focussing their beams in the area of Stanford...)


So, if you know any professional use of the Amiga made in the area of Chicago,
could you please let us know ?

Thanks a lot.
----------------------
Laurent ITTI, Club Amiga Telecom-Paris
itti@inf.enst.fr
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From: jcheng@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joseph Juh-En Cheng)
Subject: What roms does emplant need?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 02:47:34 GMT

	Does anyone know exactly what roms emplant needs to run? I know
 that emplant will emulate a Mac IIx, but what roms does a Mac IIx use?
 Is it the 256k roms or the 512k roms?  Please either post the answer to
 c.s.a.e or email me. Thanks.

Joseph
jcheng@leland.stanford.edu
From: cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Vortex Golden Gate 386 Emulator
Date: 16 Oct 92 10:34:38 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

The latest Amiga Shopper in the UK has a full round up of PC emulators for All Amigas - including a review of the GoldenGate card. This issue has a picture of the Windows 3.1 loading screen on it.

The magazine reckoned that the GoldenGate was probably the best solution for A2000/3000 owners, if they could afford it. They weren't able to go head-tohead with the C= 386 BB as C= didn't supply them with one (But then what do you expect from Commodore UK ??)

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From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Has anyone used the macfloppy hack on a 3000?
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:01:46 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Has anyone successfully used the macfloppy interface hack on a 3000?
I can't get mine to work.  I have checked and rechecked my solder connections.
I am an electronics technician and have built several projects before.

I even made the macfloppy interface singled ended (no Amiga thru-port) and
placed "pull-up" resistors (6k each) on pins 11-19 on the db19.

I am using an actual Mac external drive. My other Amiga external works fine.  
Yes, I have an A1010, but I altered the 12&5 volt lines to go through.
Yes, I have tried the Mac interface with/without the A1010.

The mac drive does absolutely NOTHING!
There is nothing wrong with the drive itself.
It even works with the Mac-2-Dos interface, but Mac-2-Dos is buggy, locks up
my Amiga eventually, and doesn't work with Amax.

What's wrong with my macfloppy interface/setup?
Is this interface "plug and play"?  Do I need a mountlist entry?
Any ideas?

Another question:
It seems to me that the computer only checks for attached floppy drives 
upon startup.  After startup, it won't check for added drives.  
Is this correct?  I realize the fastest way to blow 8520's is to 
connect/disconnect floppy drives with power on.  I've replaced several
on friends' machines! 

Thanks for any suggestions.
-- 
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William "Art" Warner (317-497-1946)      //\
ex Amiga Student On-Campus Consultant  \X/--\miga makes it happen!
wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu             IBM, Apple, Sun, & Next make it expensive!
From: amipb@amipb.gna.org (Philippe Berard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: EMPANT and NeXT Emulation... Comming Soon?
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:41:00 GMT
Organization: IWANIMA
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1992Sep24.023025.23924@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes:
> henrich@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chuck Henrich) writes:
>
> >Huh?  The NeXT uses a 68040!
>
> Yeah, but it's color graphics board has an i960 (i860??) to handle
> graphics information...

    We don't need the color emulation. For the moment, a 2-Bitplanes emulation
    would be really great and not so hard to do, but on a '030, it will be
    really slow (like on the previous '030 NeXT stations).

    Regards,
                                   -- Philippe

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From: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Can I use a 1.44M HD floppy in A3000?
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:54:48 GMT
Reply-To: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) says:

>The same question with a different slant - will CrossDos utilise
>a 1.44M floppy drive? If so would I just connect the drive as if
>an Amiga one? Or is there no software solution of this sort, and
>I would have to attach the HD floppy via say the BridgeBoard.
>
>--
>Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
>Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
>
The latest version of CrossDos provides icons to (click on) "mount" a PC0:
and a PC1: PC2: PC3: PC4: HD 1.44 Floppy.  You can also configure your hard
drive for a DOS drive or partition.  

Using CrossDos and CrossPC I have formatted blank disks to PC, read MSDos
disks which were created on an IBM, and run a DOS program (you need an
MSDos System disk) on a 3000 with NO bridgeboard.



-- 
 al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D. Goldstein     M\  /M 
                                                     M \/ M  GO BLUE!
                                                     
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: TurboSync 15.75 Khz Amplifier 
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:14:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.210829.3765@news.cs.indiana.edu> "Erik S. Kolar" <ekolar@mango.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:

>I just received Elite Microcomputers' brochure in the mail today...
>===
>TurboSync is an external device which plugs into the 23 pin RGB video port.  It
>allows you to amplify the 15.75 KHz horizontal video output so it is compatible
>with a variety of monitors as well as eliminating all flicker.  Also because of
>its external design and the use of a standard 23 pin port, it is compatible
>with the video outputs of devices such as:  HAM-E, DCTV, and genlocks.
>
>31.5 KHz   Low cost VGA monitors
>48   KHz   UVGA monitors
>63   KHz   XGA and low cost large screen
>75   KHz   Fixed frequency monitors
>
>Tentative price - $300
>
>TurboSync is due to start shipping in mid November.
>
>It is compatible with the A500, A2000, A3000, and A4000 series of computers.
                                                   ^^^^^
>And most devices that use a 23 pin external video port.

Q: Does the A4000 even have a 23 pin RBG port? Otherwise, this sounds like
   an interesting device. No mention of AGA compatibility?
From: harper@geocub.greco-prog.fr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: ARA+PC Exchange+AMAX 2.5
Date: 7 Oct 92 06:31:31 GMT
Organization: Greco Programmation du CNRS


I'd like to use AMAX on my 3000, but before buying I was wondering
whether anyone has tried ARA (Appletalk Remote Access); software which
lets you dial in to an Appletalk network?

If ARA works, does it work with AMAX II and/or AMAX II+ (extra hardware)?

I have pretty much the same question concerning Pc Echange; the new init
from Apple which lets Macs read MS-DOS disks automatically?
-- 

Frank Harper : TURBOMECA France networking engineer
harper@geocub.greco-prog.fr			-------------------------------
Tel.: (33)59-32-84-37 extension 2843 or 2845	| Freedom's just another word
From: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Is my bridgeboard dead?
Date: 11 Oct 92 21:03:07 GMT
Reply-To: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <1992Oct11.025430.19452@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, ins552x@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew Prest) writes:
>I had a similar problem about a year after I got my bridgeboard.  It took the
>local dealer weeks to work out what was wrong.  In the end he sent it back to 
>commodore and I dont know what they did.
>
>Andrew Prest
>	ins552x@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au
>
I want to thank all of you peopl who responded to my question.  I finally fixed
it thanks to a lot of suggestions.  In summary you have to do two things:

1) Take the bridgeboard out and push every chip and the sandwich board,
apparently the A2286 has a history of becoming Loose by itdelf.

2) When creating a Pseudo Hard drive using Makeab try uding less than 32
sectors, it might work.  (Thanks Daniele)!.

To make the Pseudo Hardrive go faster without having to do the Hardware
Modification ADBUFFERS to the DOS Partition.  If you have a lot of memory add
as many as you can, I assigned 4000 (I know, it is too big).  Whenever I have
to use the Amiga I "addbuffers -4000" to get the memory back.



Mario Acevedo - Marquette University
From: givler@bermuda.cbm.commodore.com (Greg Givler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Bought used XTBB - how to update Janus?
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:19:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.35919
Distribution: na
Organization: Another Amiga UNIX System

In article <Bw4Cx9.Jnp@news.udel.edu> don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) writes:
>
>     A week or so ago I picked up an XT Bridgeboard, HD, and A2090A controller
>for basically $20 plus two games I don't play any more.  (BTW, the drive and
>A2090A are for sale if anyone's interested).
>
>     Anyway, the BBoard came with Janus 2.0, and although it seems to work
>fine, it doesn't seem to coexist well with the 2.0 display modes (changing my
>WB colors, ugly windows on its own screen, etc.)  I know Janus has reached
>at least version 2.1, and possibly further since the 2386 was released.
>How can I go about getting an upgrade to whatever is current?  I've heard a 
>few nightmarish stories in the past about problems getting new versions...

At this time a Janus 2.1 enhancer kit has not been released. At least not
to my knowledge. I would recommend that you have your dealer contact 
Commodore as to plans for availability. Also you may wish to write to 
the VP of Customer Satifaction as to the status of the Product.

>     Anyone successfully use any accelerators with the XT BB?  (IBM-side 
>Accelerators, that is).
>

I know that the Sota 286 and 386 accelerators work, because I know of
customers that use them. Also I know that the PC Elevator board, which
I don't know if it is still being made, also worked, but that was a very expensive board when new, I imagine that has come down in price since then, but really don't know.

>
>Thanks.
>

You're welome,

>
>-- 
>Don Lloyd                / "No, I just think that a computer grafted on top of \

Greg

-- 
Greg Givler                 | "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics"
Commodore Product Assurance | - Mark Twain
givler@cbmvax.commodore.com |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: adrake@bluemoon.rn.com (Andy Drake)
Subject: Atonce misc.
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 21:41:19 EDT

I too bought the original Vortex ATonce and I figuired that it might be 
wise to return the warranty infomation. Belive me, it has been. First, I 
have gotton all of the system upgrades on disk - I've never had to call a 
board to get anything. Thier service has been very good and fairy 
supportive as well as reasonabley fast for international snail mail. 
However, it looks like Olga from English Level 1 converted thier manual to 
english and it is difficult without fidling to get it to work completely 
as advertized. Luckily, the software has always worked  with the 
experimentaiton nd I've ahd no problem. I have gotten ATonce system 3 
which upgrades via a softpatch the BIOS. It now supports KS2.0 and MS-Dos 
5.0. It's not bad and now lets you turn the AMiga side completely off, 
speeding things up a bit. LAter,

                                        -Andy

 This is from
     adrake@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Subject: Re: 2088 bridgeboard checksum error
Reply-To: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:03:33 GMT

In article <1992Oct04.201939.26497@uhura.neoucom.edu>, sryan@uhura.neoucom.edu (Steven Ryan) writes:
> Question:  When my bridgeboard boots, it always gives the message
>            OPTIONAL ROM CHECKSUM ERROR 04h, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE
> 				       ^^^
> 				       this number can vary	
>           Is this normal or does it indicate a hardware or software
> 	  problem?  Does it explain why I can't get JANUS stuff to
> 	  work at all?
> 
> 

If you are running 2.0, you need to run enforcer before bind drivers to 
disable memory cacheing for the bridgeboards autoconfig memory space.

-- 
	David

	Disclaimer: The content of this message in no way reflects the
	            opinions of my employer, nor are my actions
		    encouraged, supported, or acknowledged by my
		    employer.
From: bartosz@milton.u.washington.edu (Bartosz Kijanka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: AMAX
Date: 17 Oct 92 03:54:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct17.035415.20351
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


I do not own AMAX (yet), but I've heard a lot about it , and I have a question;
Is the AMAX file transfer utility only available from the AMAX side?  Is there
an Amiga-side version?


Thanks...

bartosz@u.washington.edu
(please mail responses if possible)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Subject: Will A2286 work ok in A3000?
Organization: City University, London
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:19:31 GMT

Will the CBM A2286 bridgeboard work in an A3000? I have heard of
people having problems. Is it a case of having to have the lates
Janus of something?

--
Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
From: slb1b@cc.usu.edu (Holographic Banana)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: What software PC emulator should I use?
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:21:39 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

I'm looking at getting an A3000-16.  What recommendations would you have for a
software PC emulator that'll do at least XT speeds?  I'm not in any big need
for fast PC emulation because there is only one simple program that I need to
run under MS-DOG. It must be EGA compatable as far as text goes. It doesn't
have any graphics.

Thanks!!!

James
From: dmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Dale Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Mathcad or Matlab on Amax?
Date: 12 Oct 92 00:53:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati


Hello!  Anyone every used Matlab or Mathcad on Amax?  Do
you need a math co. for either one? If anyone knows, please
e-mail me at:

dmartin@uceng.uc.edu

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Never count your chickens before they rip your lips off
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Dale Martin
From: mikep@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:43:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Emplant..Is it really shipping.
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (SRSD MWTD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations

	
	I called on October 2nd (one day after you called) and was
	told that it was NOT shipping...  the guy said "next week"
	(Oct. 5-9th).

	Hmmmm.   Well, I hope we hear from some fortunate
	EMPLANT owner soon !  Can't wait.

	-Mike-

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: blocker@dominic.ssc.gov (Craig Blocker)
Subject: Re: Emplant and Amiga World
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:21:49 GMT

In article <P5gNsB3w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, vidiot@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Rankin Eric) writes:
|> sheasby@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael Sheasby) writes:
|> 
|> > atul@Cadence.COM (Atul Srinivasan) writes:
|> > 
|> > >Aside, 2.51 does not work with a Fusion Forty Accelerator. Period.
|> > 
|> > WHOAH! WHOAH! WAIT A MINUTE!!
|> > 
|> > are you serious? are you sure? I'm a FF040 owner, and am waiting for
|> > an excuse to pick up AmaxII+. are you *certain*?  (and why doesn't
|> > it? I was under the impression that AII+ was 040 friendly, and I've
|> > never seen a program for 040's that the Fusion Forty rejected)
|> > 
|> > ---Mike.
|> > 
|> 
|> The original poster specifically stated that he had no knowlege of AMax 
|> II+, only 2.51--please re-read the original post.
|> 
|> Eric
A-Max II+ running software version 2.51 should work fine with '040
accelerators as long as you use Mac System 7.0.1 or later. System 7.0.1
was released after the original Quadras were shipped to patch errors
that occur when System 7.0 tries to access burst mode or other features
of the '030 that are not identically replicated by the '040. Mac System
7.1, the newest Mac System release, is due to be at Apple dealers this 
week. It claims to be compatible with all Macs (Mac Plus and up), and
to have improved support for accelerated systems. Feel free to correct 
any false or misleading statements...

  -- Rich Hall, Technologist
     Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
     Dallas, Texas, USA

My views are my own, and do not represent those of my employers, the
Universities Research Association, the US Department of Energy, nor
any government entity or contractor.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
From: rtillery@crash.cts.com (Rick Tillery)
Subject: Re: IBM Emulator for A4000 w/VGA
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: 11 Oct 92 19:20:27 PDT

In article <1992Oct11.183336.2484@crash> johnl@crash.cts.com (John Lindwall) writes:
>Now that the A4000 can support all standard VGA modes and some Super-VGA
>modes.  Are any IBM-emulators going to support these modes?  It seems like
>a logical move.  I've never run a software-based PC emulator (since I only
>have a 7 MHz A1000 I knew it would be too slow), but if I buy an A4000 how
>fast would a software-based PC emulator be?
>

I second that.  I also understand that the blitter now has a plane to pixel
packed command (and vice-versa) that should make VGA emulation reasonably
fast.  I wonder if Cross-PC will be working on that.

It would be even better from a marketing standpoint to include the program
with new machines and advertise "IBM Compatibility."  Such a software
emulator would be cheap to include.  (No flame wars about not wanting the
Amiga to be an IBM, I don't want that either.  But once we get it into the
door, they'll realize the Amiga side is MUCH better and we have another
convert :-)

Rick Tillery


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