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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: PC, Redneck President, and other bad news. (was Re: Amiga 1200)
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:09:38 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1d9i8gINN9i7@mozz.unh.edu> ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene) writes:

>	I'm preparing myself for 2 things, TAX and SPEND.  

Considering that taxes have been going up for the past three administrations, it
would take some cleverness to avoid this.  That's the problem with all the 
damage done during the Reagan/Bush years.  In order to avoid direct tax 
increase, they cut deductions, cut programs, and avoided balanced budgets.  That
increased the nation's interest payments to the point where today, about 1/3 of
the money collected goes to pay interest.  It should be pretty obvious to anyone
that, all things being equal, you'd eventually need money from somewhere just
to pay for that additional expense.  Of course, things aren't equal.  Over the
last 12 years, many high paying jobs were exported and unimployment increased.
So there's more money to put out for services, less taken in via income tax.  No
one's going to change this trend overnight.  Fortunately, at least now we have
someone in the driver's seat who will try to change this slow spiral of tax
liability creep we've been on for most of the past 12 years.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: frits@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman)
Subject: amigaman hd casings : quality?
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:26:07 GMT

I have some loose harddisks, but I need a drive casing to put beside my
a2000. The only add I found was from Amigaman(Computer basics) which
showed several casings. Does anybody have any experience with these
casings? I am interested in things like fan noise and if they have a 
universal(?) power supply that also works in Europe(240V).

Thanks,
    Frits
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cs_e445@ceres (Vlod Kalicun)
Subject: Re: AGA monitors.
Organization: Kingston University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 14:37:08 GMT

grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
: In article <Bx9FGL.3zp@rice.edu> dgb@owlnet.rice.edu (Dennis Gale Brown) writes:
: > 
: > The NEC series of Multisyncs seem to work well with the Amigas.
: > If you have to buy a new monitor, the C= monitor is probably cheaper,
: > but if you share a monitor between computers (Amiga and, say, IBM))
: > then the NEC would be a good bet... 
: 
: The 1960 comes with a standard 15-pin VGA connector and works just
: fine with PC's, includeing those from IBM...
: 
: -- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Serial Port problems-HELP!
From: MWEAVER@VITRO.COM (Mike Weaver)
Date: 12 Nov 92 06:24:07 -0500
Organization: Vitro Corporation
Nntp-Posting-User: mbwatch

Hey fellow Amigans,

   I know that this may not be the most appropriate group to post, but
c.s.a.tech doesn't seem to get much traffic, and I really need an answer. I'm
having problems with my serial port and about out of answers.  I hope someone
out in 'net-land can help!

   I have an Amiga 500 with 2.04, Super Denise, and a 1 Meg Fatter Agnus.  I'm
using an (old) Packard Bell 1200 (yuck!) modem (for how little I use it, it
suffices).  When I connect the modem to the A500's serial port, both the RD
(Receive Data) and the SD (Send Data) indicators light and the modem does not
accept any input (commands or data).  The TR (Terminal Ready) is also lit so I
know that DTR is set correctly.

   My serial preferences are set correctly.  I've checked out the modem and
cable on another computer (a PC clone - double yuck!) and it functions without a
hitch.  I've replaced both CIA chips and Paula (contains UART) to no avail. 
I've tried putting all the old chips (Denise, Agnus, Paula and even a 1.3 ROM)
back in in various combinations, but nothing seems to help.  The physical port
connector seems to be okay.  I'm out of ideas.

   Anyone with any ideas please post or E-Mail me at weaver@vitro.com.  I
appreciate any help.


Thanks,

   Mike

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From: ggiles@cie.uoregon.edu (Gregg Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A4000 -=> 68EC040
Date: 6 Nov 92 15:20:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: pith.1de2frINNit
Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange
NNTP-Posting-Host: cie.uoregon.edu

In article <1992Nov6.103421.3729@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk writes:
>
>I have heard a report that not all A4000's have the full blown 68040 CPU
>and instead have the 68EC040 CPU ( The cut down version ).  

   The A4000 has the full-blown MC68040.

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From: whitley@dallas.sil.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Syquest MOUNT error?
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:03:30 CST
Organization: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas Center

We have an A2000 with GVP 030 accelerator and a toaster.  We have installed
a Syquest removable HD.  Whenever the system boots it does not recognize
the Syquest until we run the FastPrep program.  Any suggestions as to what
we have left out?

Rick Whitley          - Whitley@a1.dallas.sil.org
From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: PCMCIA card slot
Date: 7 Nov 92 23:55:50 GMT
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
>You might ask "where are all these cards"?  At the moment anything fancier
>than a SRAM card seems to be moving from vapor to limited availability. 
>At first everyone was talking about what could be done, and there was lots
>of handwaving, but now there seem to be real devices moving into the
>marketplace.

	Intel has just announced an Ethernet card and a 9600 baud modem card.
Of course, for non-memory cards you'll also need drivers for the specific
hardware...

-- 
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-
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Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.hardware:19069 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:7226
From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: 3D Scanner available
Keywords: I am in no way associated with these people...
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:22:05 GMT
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.

Quoth kontos@clipper.ingr.com (Thorne Kontos):
]> 
]> I just called the people who make this 3D scanner. Hold onto
]> your wallets...Price tag $45K - $90K. Serious users only need apply!

ACK!  PHFFFBBBT!  GAG!  RETCH!!!!

<Oh, my stars and garters!>

CLERIC!!!

<whew>  OK, netters, our mission is clear.  If we pool our resources, we can
buy ONE of these things and time share it.

Wow.  Mind blowing.
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From: H18CC@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Quantum 1.2Gig and A2091 major problems!!!
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:04:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: CUNYVM.92311.220400H18CC
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Config:
Amiga 2000 rev. 6.2 with two internal floppeis.
2091 rom rev. 6.6 with Quantum 1.2Gig (nice stuff the quantum :-))
2 megs on the 2091.
running 3.0 (39.29).
(I *AM* a registered cert. so you had better point the muzzle away from me. Bes
ides I *DO* stay out of the kitchen 'cause I cant stand the heat. more of a win
ter person :)).
Basically, The 2091 is not working properly with the drive.
I had a conner 540megger before and it worked fine.
The Quantum is a new breed of drive that the company is bringing out.
Comes with 512k of cache (caches *both* reads and writes, active termination, s
csi-II interface, high RPM, etc...). Only the active termination is really diff
erent from the conner I had before. Also, the same drive seems to be working fi
ne on a mac IIci. I guess it would be helpful if I told you what the problem ac
tually is at this point, right???? :-). Very simple: Install 3.0 fine. Have 4 o
r 5 partitions: WORKBENCH --> 15Megs, WORK ---> 200Megs, NETWORK ---> 400Megs,
and ARCH ---> 514 (roughly). 3.0 will work fine for about 5 or 10 mins. After t
hat, I start getting a bunch of checksum errors for WORKBENCH until the system
can no longer access it (which takes about 10 or 15 seconds). Version WORKBENCH
reports filesystem rev. 39.27. I hoping that someone from C= or anyone familiar
 with this problem can help. Will try to get this thing up and running with a G
VP controller (at least will tell me if the 2091 is messing up or not). One mor
e thing, I go to school full-time and go to work all night. Cant get a hold a a
nyone at CATS (well, to tell you the truth, got hold of someone who told me tha
t the platters expand due to temp diff. when you start the drive up and does it
 for a couple of hours, hence the checksum errors. Sounds really nice until you
 consider that my friend has the same drive (bought the same time) running fine
on his IIci. Guys, this is really important. I have got to get this thing runni
ng in the next 48 hours. Please mail or post the answer.
If anyone from C= needs more info, please mail me at h18cc@cunyvm.cuny.edu and
mcole@jpr.com. Check both of them several times a day.
Michel Cole
h18cc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: TFL Chip Ram Accelerator
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 19:25:38 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <copes.720074542@marsh> <36420@cbmvax.commodore.com>
  <copes.720668872@marsh> <36672@cbmvax.commodore.com>
  <1992Nov5.012915.24875@ra.msstate.edu> <36687@cbmvax.commodore.com>
  <1992Nov5.160906.22690@ra.msstate.edu>

First we had Agnus, and Paula and Denise.  Then Buster and Ramsey.
Oh yes, Agnus put on weight and Denise improved herself.  Now 
Bridgette and Budgie.  Just how much do they pay the guy who thinks
up all these names?  Or is it an after-hours-unpaid-do-it-for-love
kinda thing?  For sure no committee is naming them!

ECS and AGA and AA.  Those are names thought up by committee.

Dana Bourgeois
felinegrace@cup.portal.com

I just wanna know what function the 'Davey' chip will perform?
From: csg019@cch.coventry.ac.uk (-~=Zaphod=~-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Keyboard templates (?)
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:28:01 GMT
Organization: Coventry University


                              * HELP PLEASE *
		       
I'm posting this on behalf of my brother. He has an amiga 500, with a problem.
Along time ago, coffee was spilt on the keyboard, we cleared it off and
thought nothing of it. Recently most of the left hand side of the keyboard
is completely refusing to work. So we took it to pieces and found that under 
the keyboard is a very thin transparent sheet of plastic, with the keyboard
circuit matrix printed on, it did not take a brain the size of a planet to
see that some of the lines had rusted away completely. I tried to cellotape
copper wire onto some of the connections, but it did not work.

So we rang Commodore Technical Services and asked them how much a new template
would be (quoting the part number), we expected them to say about 5 pounds.
The woman on the phone very politely told us that it is not possible to get
the part on its own, and we would have to but the complete keyboard unit,
this she said would cost 105 pounds!

My brother is still at school and has no way of getting this kind of money,
so is there anyone out there who could help? Maybe someone with a broken
a500 that wont miss that particular part?

  I would *really* appretiate it if someone would help me out!
  
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Subject: Re: AGA and a 3000 ? possibility
From: brycerw@brandonu.ca
Date: 10 Nov 92 10:27:36 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

In article <copes.721284992@marsh>, copes@cs.curtin.edu.au (Simon Cope) writes:
> boing@mcl.ucsb.edu (Geff Hanoian) writes:
> 
> 
>>	 I've been told "NO!" a few times but I was thinking about it again
>>	 and I thought of something.  Now, I'm not the Engineering type,
>>	 just a software guys.  What if you were to take an 040 and put the
>>	 AGA chip set on a card and plug it into the accelerator slot on the
>>	 3000???  Is this possible or would a faster video port also be
>>	 neccesary that might be able to be rigged through the video slot?
> 
> That's not such a bad idea.  In fact, in ACAR, an oz mag they reported that 
> there is a rumour that GVP may be releasing an add on for their GForce cards
> with AGA chips on them.  Even if its true then a3000 owners are still screwed
> (if thats how you feel) cause the a3000 040 GForce card doesn't have that slot
> on it (that I know of).
> 
> Just get a DMI card or wait till next year...
> 
>>	 Am I way off base and a complete idiot or is this way too expensive
>>	 or should I enrole in some electrical and computer engineering classes.
> 
> An 040 card alone will cost more than a trade up to a4000.  (at present)
> 
You mean there's an upgrade policy through Commodore now to get an A4000?
(Like I did to get my A3000 from a C=64?)
> 
> 
> --                      
> Simon Cope           	 
> AFS Designs             
>                         
> copes@cs.curtin.edu.au  
> 
--Rob
BRYCERW@BrandonU.CA
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From: toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Rory Toma)
Subject: Amiga and 64sx hack
Organization: Not bloody likely around here!
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:25:13 GMT

Is it possible to hack an AMiga 500 into a C= 64sx case, and use the 5"
monitor? Has anyone done this?
Thanks
--
toma@tc.cornell.edu - Rory Toma

Opinionated and tunnel-visioned? Darn right. But then, my employer really
doesn't know what I'm talking about anyway...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson)
Subject: Re: Composite video input on a 1084
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 03:14:49 GMT

Neon@cup.portal.com (Anthony Joseph Bruder) writes:

> In article 11/1/92 robi@md2.huji.ac.il (Dr. Wartenfeld Robi) writes:
> 
> >  I have a 1084 monitor connected to a Amiga 500. On the rear of the monitor
> >there is a composite video inut (CVBS).  I try to connect it a VCR but i got
> o
> >picture. I pressed the button on the front pannel and got nothing.
> >I read once that the CVBS input was disconnected on the 1084 monitors. Is th
> >true? Is there a way to get the composite input work?
> >        Robi.
> 
> On my 1084S there are push buttons on the back which allow use of
> composite video.  I have used this monitor with a VCR several times.

 
I used my 1084S with both a C128 and an Amiga...sometimes at the same 
time...
 
THe front panel switch would allow me to use the Amiga (with the switch 
out (RGB) and with the switch in, I could use the 40 column mode of the 
C128.  If I activated the 80 column mode of the C128, it would override 
any Amiga video input.  This annoyance was solved by using a switch on 
the 9 pin output from the C128 and deactivating the signal going to the 
monitor.
 
Worked great...now I have an external tuner hitched up to the CVBS 
inputs, and it works great during those huge downloads at 2400 baud 
(ick!)

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From: rsutton@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Roy A Sutton)
Subject: Monochrome VGA monitor on a stock Amiga 2000
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:03:54 GMT


Has anyone connected a monichrome VGA monitor to their Amiga?
If so, are you satisfied? Can this be done without an additonal
video harware?

Roy Sutton
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: garyf@wang.com (Gary Field)
Subject: Re: Picking up HAM radio transmissions on A3000
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:17:44 GMT

rsc@hao.ucar.edu (Bob Campbell) writes:

>My father has a HAM radio with a serial port.  He bought it under the presumption
>that he had seen a program that allows you to connect HAM Radio via the
>serial port, and tune in on the weather satellites.  I vaguely remember seeing
>something to that effect a while ago also, but I have yet to find it.
>Does anyone know if such a program exists or not, and where I can find it?
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>DISCLAIMER: "My views are not necessarily those of my employer."

There is a software/hardware package that is sold by AEA that will
allow you to receive Slow Scan TV and Weather Fax on an Amiga.
The device connects to the parallel port on the Amiga and to the
audio connections on the radio eqt. It sells for $299. It is a very well
done package and works quite well. It was originally written by
Ben Blish( Williams ) who is now Black Belt Systems. He sold the rights
to AEA (Advanced Electronic Applications).
Gary

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mjackson@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Mark Jackson)
Subject: Re: Connecting two scsi drives to A590
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 11:48:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov2.165921.13487@inet-uk.co.uk> steve@inet-uk.co.uk (Steve Parkinson) writes:
>
>I've just bought a 130MB MAXTOR scsi drive. I have an A590 with 40MB NEC drive,
>and 2MB ram. I also have a CSA-MMR/030/882.
>
[stuff deleted]
>
>So, what should I do to get it working? Is it something to do with termination
>resistors? Maybe something to do with the other dip-pins on the drive. Maybe
>I have to take termination resistors off the NEC?

With SCSI bus, you should have only one set of termination resistors, and they
should be on the last drive on the bus (in your case the external MAXTOR).

>
>Does anyone know what the other dip-pins do?

The only way to be sure is to get in touch with MAXTOR (or a distributer) and
ask them for a manual. I suggest you don't flick too many dip switches 'cos
sometimes drives have test settings which are only used by the manufacturers.
Switch at your own risk !! :-)

>
>Thanks
>Steve
>

Cheers
Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga
From: traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov
Subject: Wanting info on CSA's new accelerator for 500
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 05:55:46 GMT
X-Posted-From: fnalo.fnal.gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Hello--

One more question--can someone send me information on CSA's new accelerator
for the 500?  Thank you.

					-Mike Traynor


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From: easton@zds-oem.mi04.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
Subject: PCMCIA cards
Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:33:01 GMT

  In this weeks PC Week (Nov 9) there are several articles on PCMCIA
cards.

  Pg. 28 has an article entitled "PCMCIA adaptors hold promise but
face hurdles".  It gives a fairly lukewarm description of the
PCMCIA standard, and how several manufacturers rushed cards to market
before the standard was finalized.

  Pg. 28 and 29 have reviews of the Sundisk memory card, AST modem card,
D-Link Ethernet card, and IBM's Token Ring card.

  Pg. 36 has an article various computer vendors lining up behind the 
PCMCIA standard.  It briefly mentions the Intel Exchangable Card
Architecture (ExCA) and how it is layered on top of the PCMCIA 
standard.

  Pg. 177, Another article on the cards.  It mentions future type
III and type IV cards where the thickness is increased to 10mm 
mainly for hard disk cards.

  Oh yeah, I almost forgot.  Our new laptop is pictured on the front
page.  It has two PCMCIA slots.  (not that anybody in this news
group cares... :-)

  Anybody interested in PCMCIA might want to look up this issue.

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