This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Denny… I'm still waiting on the two copies of your book and another title that I ordered at the regular price in July. Must be a big book taking lots of time to print.. By the way that IDE drive I bought from you is running fine… Eddie.Ski
I was in contact with my dealer today, not only do they have a new Motherboard waiting for me, they are aware of the cold boot prob and are going to replace the master IDE drive under warranty for me. This new attitude from my dealer is downright amazing, I…
You make it sound as if the Amiga is the only platform with problems, now you know that's not true. I read most of the major publications covering the Mac's and PC's and there is a constant stream of criticism of both manufactures of these other platforms. There was one…
What is this older 4000 IDE boot problem you are referring to? I purchased mine in DEC-92 and its always been kind of adventure when turning on cold. Most times the machine will fire up correctly and other times I get the screen asking for the WB disk, a reboot…
Mark… I cut off -2- F's on the MaxTransfer setting and that took care of the file transfer prob in my case. You might want to try cutting off -1- F first and you don't have to reformat the drive, just do a warm boot…. Eddie.Ski
I have to agree with John Black's comments about getting started in IM, there should be some kind of primer on paper. I purchased IM last week and having never used the program before, was like a lost wet puppy. I had no clue as to how to run the…
Donovan.. Wow! Your still waiting, I wish I had your patience, I do believe I would have gone for the Touchdown drive by now. At this rate if you throw a few bucks in a kitty each week you'll be able to go for a Exabyte… Eddie.Ski
Bill… When I purchased the 2091 for the 4000 last year I was advd to check the rom version as there could be a problem with anything lower then 6.6 with removeable media. A problen did show up, the drives would not function at all, the first question I was…
David.. Give Gapevine a call, they have the C= A3070 listed in the Oct AW issue for $ 229.00 as factory surplus. 1-800-292-7445 or 914-368-4242… Eddie.Ski
Alan.. My floptical is out for repairs and I'm waiting on its return someday. Diskchange can be a adventure, most times it will mount the new disk and then there are times I have use the diskchange command. I even made a file named dc and put it the c:…
Alan… I have a A4000 with a Toshiba 3401 CDROM drive connected to a A2091. It will not boot without a CD in the drive, if I have a music CD in the drive at boot up it will take about a minute or so to come on line, its…
I have a interesting question reference CD-32, from what I have read read the CD-32 is based on the A-1200. Now from everything I've read on the 1200 one has to add 32-bit memory to get it to run at a usable speed. Now how is the the CD-32 going…
Brian.. Sounds great, at that price I might buy one. When I bought my 4000 I gave my 3000 to a couple of kids and they are always losing programs and files so I end up having to take my tape drive over to their house to backup or restore…
#IDE Volume Copy Prob
Message #110897
I had a rather unexpected long work week (14-days) and just got to mess around with the MAXtransfer with the slave drive. You hit the nail on the head, I cut off 2-f's and now the drive works just fine.. Thanks..
DC 6120 Tapes
Message #62484
Can DC 6120 tapes be used in the Touchdown Tape Drive??? Eddie.Ski
I saw where your also interested in the 3070, check out the Grapevine Group ad in the Sept AW issue. Under factory direct surplus, they have the 3070 for $299..95. The only thing is it might be new or factory refurbished with a 90 day warranty..
The Touchdown comes with a 25-pin to 50-pin SCSI cable but no tape and handles 150 or 250 Mbytes capacity tapes. I have been using FUJI DC 6150 tapes, MAC Warehouse gets $24.00, I think I have seen them slighly cheaper but I like MAC w's fast shipping.. The drive…
#110732-
#Which tape drive?
Message #110870
I have been using the Touchdown tape drive (Caliper CP-150) for a couple of years and it has never had a problem and recommend it highly. I smoke and live in a very dusty area and this has had no effect on the drive. Plus once you use a tape…
Jim.. Thanks, I'll check that out this weekend. I don't have a Maxtor, the master HD is a 120mg Seagate with one partition, the slave a 240mb Quantum with two 100mg partitions, the third partition 32mg reserved for Cross-PC when I get around to setting it up. Used to have…
Paul.. One of the members from our local club call Gold Service and they replaced the MB without him having to purchase the 4091… Eddie.Ski
Erik.. I have a Idek 5017-SP and wish I hadn't been in such a hurry to purchase one. Overall the monitor is alright but I do have a very pronounced pincushion problem running regular programs, artwork in oversacan is alright. I sent a runner to pick up the monitor and…
Betty.. Ah! A lady from the neighborhood.. I'm using LHA in the C: Dir thru Opus not LZ. It seems to be a hit and miss situation, at times the files move back and forth with no problem. This is not just files dl'd from CIS, it also happens with…
Jim.. Both IDE drives have been repartitioned over the last few months and to be honest I have never fooled with maxtransfer values as I just don't understand them, don't even know where or how change them. Maybe it time I found out out.. Thanks.. Eddie.Ski
#IDE Volume Copy Prob ??
Message #109136
A4000 DL Transfer Prob ??? Example..I down loaded AP.lha to ram, then I moved the dl to HD1: like I normally do, now when I unpacked it, I saw that -2- files had corrupt/extraneous data. I deleted ap.lha and dl'd it again and had the same result. Now it gets…
Gracia.. Sun night was a busy night for me because of boomers in Raleigh, I work for a major airline and I'm responsible for the flt crews along the east coast…. When I called my (direct)dealer a few weeks ago to try and purchase the 4091 he advd they wern't…
Gracia.. I know about BIG boomers, I live just outside Dallas, Tx and there are times when not only do I have to shut down, I have to unplug everything. Right now I have a laser disk player that needs to go to the shop because I missed pulling the…
Gracia.. My overheating prob comes and goes. I normally never shut down and the 4000 will sit there for weeks at at time and all of a sudden it will heat up. Shut if off till it cools down, turn it back on and it might be a day or…
Chris.. When OS2.0 came out I believe there was a upgrade from MSS to support the change from OS1.3… Eddie.Ski
#HD-Prob-?
Message #108115
I do believe the 120M-HD in my 4000 is trying to tell me its ill and wants to become a boat anchor… At times the right top and rear of the case become so hot you can't hold your hand on it.. If I open the case the the power…
Denny… See, you had to have that brake job done….. Now its coming back to haunt you….. Eddie.Ski
–PVC– The Professional Video Chassis for the A-2000 @ $399.00 The PVC dupicates the orig case but offers an eleven gague steel front panel that has the 19" standard rack faceplate. The PVC is also tapped on the sides of the case for additional support in travel applications.. Commputer Commodities…
Tripledge The plant is closed and a lot of people are in a big hurt.. I forget the town name and I think it was up in Okla. floated a bond for the company and now the local taxpayers are stuck paying the bill… Eddie Ski..
#AutoDial…
Message #105902
AutoDial.. Where I work we use Mac's and they have installed a program called Autodial where all you have to do is highlight a phone number using the mouse, hit a pf key and it dials the number. It doesn't care where the number comes from. Has anybody seen anything…
Andre.. There is no Pincusion adj knob on my 5017 that I can find. There are times that I think the colors are kind of drab, but then I'll load up a good quality drawing (1701D.jpg) and the display and colors are great. I think I'm going to have to…
Idek
Message #105012
Has anyone had problems With the Idek monitors, (5017 with A-4000) I complained to my dealer that there was a problem with bowing on top and left side of the window. His suggestion was to go back to the orig video drivers, this only made the prob worse. What confuse…
Dune… LD 3-Sides -137-mins…. Eddie.Ski
Robert… I think you might me right as I tried moving then jumper from pin-4 to -5, when I turned the unit back on I got the insert WB disk screen request. Changed the jumper back to -4 and unit booted normally. Never missed the led, but now I have…
#4000-
Simms
Message #103314
Simms for A-4000 I have been under the impression that the 4000 could not use simms faster then 80ns, yet I now see 60ns & 70ns simms for sale. Are these simms legal and do really work??? Thanks.. Eddie.Ski
Robert.. If I remember correctly there should already be -2- jumpers on the Seagate St-3144A. Just move one jumper to pin -3- the other jumper to pin -5-. By the way my led (HD0) doesn't light up either as I (dummy) forgot to move the second jumper from the orig…
Robert… Seagate jumpers… rear of drive.. 1- 2- ON (Master) 3- ON (Slave present) 4- 5- ON (this controls the LED) Eddie.S
Randy.. Ref prob with 2nd.scsi.device on A-4000 I deleted QB and the default file from the HD..Took a orig copy og 5.0 and updated it to 5.4 and now everything works again. It might of just been a glich in the HD itself, the drive has done strange things before,…
Quarterback
Message #57627
Randy I'm having a prob with QB V5.0.4 and the Touchdown tape drive..This is with a A-4000/040 with a A2091.. Before adding a additional 240 meg IDE HD drive this prob did not exist The orig seagate 120 meg HD is setup as HD0: The Quantram 240 meg HD is…
Emplant
Message #99852
I'm very interested in the Emplant board, my concern is the price of the rom's. The best I have found locally is $400. used. This seems kind of out of whack, but then I don't have any idea what they go for in the real world. Any suggestions ??? Eddie.S
HP LaserJet 4L
Message #99235
My 24-pin printer has died and I'm considering a laser, a local shop anyone know anything about a HP LaserJet L4 good or bad, speed is not inportant and I don't have the cash right now for a PS printer…
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