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#116193- 1.3 ROMS Message #116308

From: ROBBY PLOURDE Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 11:09 AM

My thoughts exactly! Rob

1080 vs. 1084 Message #116306

From: richard ramza Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 10:32 AM

What is the difference between the 1080 & 1084 Amiga monitor. My brother went to order one and the lady told me that the 1084 monitor flickers, so they went back to the 1080. I had thought that Commodore replaced the 1080 monitor for the 1084, if so, why?

#116286– C Ltd Message #116304

From: Steve Ahlstrom Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 10:14 AM

All HDs will benefit. But those that use DMA controllers are much faster with the ffs. The comparison is 84k per sec reads with non-DMA controllers, 218k per second reads with a DMA controller. But since the ffs is not currently available, it's an invalid comparison as things may change…

#116092- 1.3 ROMS Message #116300

From: Art Steinmetz Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 8:41 AM

Larry, what's the point of immediately doing a NEWCLI with an invocation of HDSTART, rather than, say, dh0:c/execute dh0:s/HDSTART? — Art

#116263– #C Ltd Message #116286

From: RON TROY Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 6:25 AM

Don, its my impression that all hd's will benefit from ffs, not just the 2090. Ron

#116216- 1.3 ROMS Message #116285

From: RON TROY Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 6:20 AM

You know I'll ask Ed about that (grin)! He told me a few months ago that he had plans in that direction, so …

#116176- KEYBOARD HELP Message #116277

From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOP Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 4:33 AM

Frank, I had the same problem with a 2000. The CTRL-Amiga-AMiga would not always work correctly. My unit was replaced and the problem was solved. Note, I still have the original keyboard, so it was not the problem.

#116138- 1.3 ROMS Message #116276

From: GreG Tsadilas/SYSOP Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 4:33 AM

Adding to what Don says, you'll have add-on graphic cards on the Amiga 2000 as well. One that comes to mind is 1280×1280 x 16 million colors (clean and crisp), not to mention new graphics chips in the future.

#116250- #C Ltd Message #116263

From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 2:47 AM

Mike, I have no idea on the Supra interface…sorry. IF you think the C.Ltd is fast, wait until you see the 2090 with the new Fast File System _when_ it gets here. I've heard some numbers from reliable sources that are phenomenal compared to what's available now in the way…

#116207- 1.3 ROMS Message #116261

From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Autodesk · Hardware March 29, 1988 2:33 AM

Bill, I don't know if your comment about the workbench tape was said tongue in cheek, but let me add this. At work, I have an AT&T 6300 with HD. It runs about twice as fast as a normal PC/XT. From the time I flip the power switch on to…