This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Well, the best sources I can think of are dealers, Dave Haynie and people who were dealers like Mark Manes or CBM engineers like Dale Larson. I wouldn't mind seeing a run down either. BTW, I believe that I saw reports of problems on earley 6.x rev MBs that were…
Ash, On many printers, having a voltage on pin 14 will make the printer double space text. What 'autofeed' means is 'add a carriage feed after every line feed'. A line feed advances the tractor one space, a carriage return moves the print head to the left margin. Typically, you…
Dale, Thanks for that information.
Wayne, You will need to check the installation instructions for those products. I don't know a thing about them. If you have one of those boards and the installation instructions don't tell you to change any jumpers on the motherboard, then don't.
040 BOARD DIED
Message #166186
Have Progressive Peripherals 040/28 board with 4 megs of 32 bit ram. Tried to ad four more sims for a total of 8 megs. Wouldn't boot. Dark grey screen. Took out new sims. Booted OK. Changed old sims for new. Would'nt boot. Replaced original 4 sims only. Wouldn't boot. Oh…
All the same.
Steven: Do you know if J100 and J104 need to be changed when using a third-party 040 board like the G-Force or the Warp Engine? What do these two jumpers do? Wayne
#Tandy Port Ext.
Message #166163
I picked up a Tandy Parallel port extension kit today. I'm using with a 4000/40 and GVP IOExtender, set up as an IBM parallel port. It really works. But the best part is this: Time to print a fax normal cable 18 min Time to print same fax with kit…
Sorry for juming in but along the same lines, is there anywhere that you can find out what is involved with each motherboard revision? I am trying to sell my A2000 (W/ a rev 4.4 board) and that seems to be turning people away. Is there a flaw with the…
Yes, but he needed to know if it worked in 3000 towers. I'm not familiar with the daughterboard in 4000, so I didn't know if it was the same board as the A3640, which I know does work in the 3000s.
DJ, The only place in HDToolBox I could find a path to a file system is buried deep in the file system maintenance section. When I select the `Add/Update…' from the partitioning section, the file system maintenance window opens and I have absolutely nothing listed in the identifier list. This…
It is, at least for 040 4000s.
Don, Is this the A3640 daughtercard? If so, it doesn't take a great deal. You need to change two jumpers, install the card, get the 68040.library file and the latest SetPatch. The jumpers are J100 and J104, I believe. J100 is a three pin jumper normally on pins 2-3, and…
#A4000 040 into 3000T
Message #166075
Is it possible to mount an amiga 040 module into the 3000 tower and if so what needs to be done. thanks
That reminds me of the advice to computer repairmen and network consultants- Always work in private. -Karl
uhm.. thanks steve. Vic got me that one. It has a nasty habit of telling me that my tablet isn't connected after about 2 minutes. Replaced a power supply, the first time cause of that. Thanks anyway, tho. Get AutoPilot, or get lost! Eet
My install script is also 40.17. Most interesting. Maybe because I had a FFS in L: when the install occured? What DOES your HDToolbox say about the path for your file system? DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where a little paranoia is…
Ed, when it comes to technology, I've found that having everything go wrong is the ONLY way to learn. The trick is to make it happen when nobody's looking and WAY before anybody's expecting anything . DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where…
>>I'm looking for a driver that'll work with a summasketch … In Library 12, SUMMA.LHA … Summagraphic Digitizer driver. This enables you to use a digitizer tablet from Summagraphic with your Amiga. The tablet can be used together with the mouse (or without it) as direct_input medium. Therefore the driver…
Don't let me discourage you out of *trying* !
John, My memory is that one of the older A2000 motherboards (I forget which one) had problems with the bus driver circuitry. There was a fairly simple fix…unfortunately I forget which rev and the fix…but hopefuly one of the other members will recall it. Don
John, The Reve 4.1 to rev 4.5 upgrade involved removing a couple of capacitors and adding a resistor. No biggie. Any dealer that was also authorized to do repairs could do it or tell you what it was (if they kept their C= service manuals). If worse comes to worse…
Jim, The thing is that I already have the C-64 koala pad sitting around and figured if it wasn't too much trouble and it didn't cost too much (free) then I could use it for low res applications. Oh well it was worth a try. Thanks again, Stephen
Carson, I'm glad it worked.
Dave, After sending out far too many replacement Sync Strainers, I finally got smart and started working the power pin angle right away. It's surprising how many power pins no longer make power out these. Actually my own A2000 has the -5volt pin dead right now, but I don't use…
#Unexplained Crash
Message #165970
Brian… Good news! I fixed it! Following your advice, I went thru all the directories where printer drivers exist and compared them. Turns out I had two version of Postscript printer drivers of slightly different sizes that were mucking things up. One was in my WB:Devs drawer, and the other…
Sure, it's very possible.. would require some semi-custom programming, but no big deal beyond that. I've thought about doing it, then I'd use it on my 64 and realise that.. uhh.. it wasn't worth the effort for the low resolution. I'm looking for a driver that'll work with a summasketch…
Carson, I've lost the parent of this message (hard drive crash here), so some of this may be a repeat. Compare the contents of your l:, libs:, and devs: directories against your master workbench diskette. See if any of the sizes are different. Ignore any additional files on your harddrive…
#GVP SCSI
Message #165938
Anyone have any ideas on why a GVP 4008+ Scsi controler works fine in an A2000 rev 6.2, but has many problems in a rev 4.4? 4.4 machine will boot, WB2 will come up, but when I try to open any windows the machine locks up and drive light stays…
#Revision of A2000
Message #165925
Does anyone know if you can upgrade an A2000 REV 4.4 board to a Rev 4.5 or where one might find information on the suject?
#koala pad
Message #165911
Does anyone know if it is possible and if it is, how to connect a koala pad for the C-64 to an A-2000? Thanks, Stephen
Bruce, You nailed it right on the head – but hey, I found a fuse on my board, at least I think it was a fuse. It was marked F5 and said 4A (as in Amps?) on the side. hot wiring it and my problem went away. Tomorrow I'm gonna…
#Unexplained Crash
Message #165900
Brian: Nice to hear from you. It's taken this long to get back to you because it appears I've just figured out how to set the system to tell me if I've got mail! I'm still rather new at AP. No, I haven't tried re-installing yet. I wanted to get…
I just spoke to someone that is STILL using a 60mb RLL drive with an Adaptec 4090…talk about slow..talk about scary.. Alex
Dave, Check your power pins on the DG-23 video port connector. Pins 21,22,and 23 should be -5, +12, and +5 volts respectively. I can't understand why the Amiga engineers would put unfused power PINS on a connecter like that. Just beggin' for trouble. Should you find that you've popped one…
Norm, "Fouling up and being stupid" is my middle name ! It's how I learn things – it's not the easy way but it's usually effective and I remember longer. EdV
DJ, Interesting that your install put FastFileSystem in your l: directory. I am very certain my install did not because I installed to a brand new hard disk and it's not there. Since the l:FastFileSystem version is identical to that in the ROM (Kickstart 40.68), I see no advantage to…
#Amiga 2000 Video Problem
Message #165863
I'm having a problem with the video hardware on my Amiga 2000 and I'm wondering if anyone out there can give me a hand. When my 1084S monitor is plugged directly into the machine everything looks fine, but recently I started having a problem trying to use a Digital Creations…
Ed, MY 3.1 installed a FastFileSystem, rev 40.1. And MY 3.1 Install disk has an L directory with a FastFileSystem in it. Better check your disks! DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where a little paranoia is always a healthy attitude …
EdV: If what you say is true, you are right, I am making it too hard. However, when I go to change the filesystem, a little window pops up with [ l:fastfilesystem]. Now maybe this is left over from 2.04, but it is even showing up on a new blank…
Erik, I have SCSI Mounter (I own a sysquest and it is almost unusable without it!) I got the scsi active terminator from Daniel Wolf 70250,626, a few months ago for around $30-40 I think. It plugs into a female 50 pin centronics connector. I have misplaced his address and…
Norm, You're really making this difficult aren't you ? FastFileSystem is embedded in your kickstart ROMs! You don't need it in your l: directory and the OS3.1 install doesn't put one there (at least on my install). You do not want to `Add/Update…' but rather `Change…' your file system. On…
Thanx Hank! …Steve Cruising on Autopilot from beautiful Coastal South Carolina
Very true words! My first hd was a 20 meg mfm seagate tied to a 2090 contoller, I thought I was in hog heaven!, when I upgraded to a 40 meg quantem a year later, I thought it screamed, I was the envy of all my friends! I have been…
DJ: Maybe this is the problem. I will look back through the install disks of WB3.1….perhaps I should reload WB3.1. Something might of happened and the FastFileSystem did not copy. I'll check it out. This might clean up the whole formatting of Bernoulli's problem. I'll let you know if I…
Norm, I'm perplexed! I know exactly what you're talking about, but when I dig through the add/update file system , it shows l:FastFileSystem. I indeed have a FFS in my L: directory, and it's version 40.1. Check your disks, it's got to be in there. DJ On AP from Queens,…
I haven't even begun to sample the new features of 3.1. I'm sure I will be revising the entire way I operate, but until then… C. Davey
The cheapest active terminators I've seen are around $49. I may have to give Daniel a call. (I was planning on buying a DAT from him, but ended up getting one on permanent loan instead.) BTW, Hank! Thanks for the the address! Erik Flom
Davey, It is recommended that you leave the Commodore Start-up Sequence exactly as you received it. Create a file named User-Startup in which you put your own things. User-Startup will run automatically when you boot. If you want to use a menu you already have, then put that menu filename…
DJ: When you select the advanced options in the partitioning window, you can replace or update the filesystem. As the L:fastfilesystem no longer existed in the L: directory, the only thing that was there was the CrossDOSfilesystem. I loaded it. Also when I went back to my WB2.04 disks and…
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