This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Rob, I would second that recommendation (Trent, as you know I have the A1230 Turbo+ II and it's a great board). One thing I would ask though, is what you want the MMU for (debugging or Virtual Memory?) as the standard board doesn't have one, although the 50Mhz version apparently…
#Clone Wars
Message #131437
John, I thought just the same thing, until CBM over here rejected the idea completely (a magazine asked the question to which they replied in a regular spot). Still, whilst they're still a going concern, why not 'enjoy' their mishaps/failings/successes/oddities (like no CD32 U/G for A1200 users) etc. but not…
GVP 1230+ SII Anyone?
Message #131224
Chris, Sorry for the delay in my reply (work and all that kinda gets in the way sometimes!). You did in fact read my posting correctly, my A1200 now runs slower than it did with *just* a 4 Mb expansion. In fact, I found this a little disconcerting when I…
Larry, I would try two things; 1) Remove the HD and re-fit it, if you know someone else with an A1200, try the HD in theirs – this will tell you if it is the Drive ofthe A1200. 2) If you stil have the invoice for the HD, with all…
Chris, I would whole heartedly recommend my A1230+ II. I've not had it long, but before buying it I compared all the accelerators with similar specs. and decided that the GVP was the best unit for the following reasons; Speed (obviously) Expansion (not only 2 SIMM slots, but SCSI too)…
Gary, I wish I had an engineering department! 😉 Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
Rick, Thanks for the info. It seems that SCSI is yet another 'standard' which isn't (a standard)! Don't you just *LOVE* computers… (they keep me in a job!) Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
A1200 4 Mb sale
Message #130549
A1200 4Mb RAM Expansion For Sale (UK only) I have a Power PC1204 4 Mb RAM Expansion with Clock for sale, only 10 months old up for grabs. Anyone interested, mail me (user ID at top of screen) all reasonable offers considered. Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in…
Chris, Over here in the UK, we have two versions of the GVP A1230+ II, one has a 40 Mhz CPU, the other a 50Mhz, both utilitse a 68030, all other features are identical (RAM, FPU and SCSI options). Hope this helps Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in…
Rick, Thanks for the info. It seems that it's worth the money (and more). Tell me, does the SCSI II standard command set let almost *ANY* SCSI device talk to the host adaptor? (I guess SCSI II is downwardly compatible?) Is there a list of tested products (specifically Tape Drives…
AutoPilot Script
Message #39307
Attention Arexx Programmers! Fellow users in need of your assistance… Problem: Although AutoPilot is the best offline reader/comms package available, it doesn't have the facility to collect clippings from the Executive News Service. Several users (myself included) utilise this feature of CompuServe regularly, and would *LOVE* a script to collect…
#A1291 SCSI Adptr
Message #73798
GVP Tech: I wonder if you could post the information you have available for the A1291 SCSI adaptor (for the A1230 II board) here as there seems to be some interest in it (not least from me). The sort of information I would find useful is; 1) What driver software…
Gary, I put the text in quotes so that people would know that they are GVP statements rather than a claim of my own. Still, 4.2 Mb/s is VERY fast (even my 486/66 at work doesn't get near that with a SCSI drive… …still it is a PC huh?) BTW,…
Trent, This is getting to be habit! Still if we can help each other… The A1230 II does not have a SCSI I/F as standard, however it DOES have a 'custom feature adaptor' which enables you to connect a GVP A1291 SCSI I/F, which GVP claim is 'GVPs fastest SCSI…
Rick, Thanks for the contacts, we get Amiga World over here too (the US version) so I'll look out for it as you have to hunt it down! All I have to do now is find out how much import duty our 'wonderful' governemt want to see if it's worth…
Denny, Thanks, as I'm sure you've seen, everyone appears to be agreed on this point, so I'll just have to wait until next month when I can afford that 4 Mb SIMM! Regards Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
Trent, If only the world had more like you! I'd *LOVE* that 1 Mb SIMM if you really are sure you don't need it. I'll send EMail with my address etc. Thanks once again… Kevin 68030/40 A1200… Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
Rick, Thanks for the info, as per usual, the distributor(s) over here are using a dollar to pound exchange rate of $1 to #1, which make these SIMMs expensive, unless I can source them for less, I'll be getting them from the States. On this not, can you recommend a…
Bill, I've experienced problems with QB Tools on my A1200 such as you suggest, and offer a warning to all users reading this with similar systems; When optimizing (defragmenting) disks with QB Tools on a WB 3.+ system, you will end up with a scrambled disk! It didn't do this…
Bill, Thanks for the reply, it seems that it's the lack of memory thats slowing my machine down, so I'll swap the Accellerator out for the RAM expansion as thats more useful right now. Do you know of anyone who offers an expansion "box" to give an A1200 more than…
Rick, WOW! Now that sounds good! I'm really glad I did buy the accelerator now, thats pretty fast eh? Thanks for the conformation! BTW, how much do 4Mb and 8MB GVP SIMMs cost over there? If it's a LOT cheaper, I'll get them from there and save some ##'s Regards…
Bob, Thanks for the reasurance, phew! I can breath! I was (only a little) worried that I'd spent 250 for nothing! BTW I almost went for the Microbotics/50Mhz, but two things stopped me; 1) The microbotics only has one SIMM slot (although it takes std SIMM's) and 2) it cost…
Bill Thanks for confirming my thoughts about having no RAM on the GVP board, it makes me feel a whole lot better! I will, as you suggest, try AIBB to get some benchmarks. As far as mapping the ROM into RAM, I'd love to, however with only the std 2Mb…
#GVP A1230 Turbo+ 2
Message #73352
RE: Speed (increase?) of GVP A1230 Turbo+ II 68030/40 I've just bought the GVP A1230 Turbo+ II 68030/40 accelerator for my A1200. It has no memory installed (I can't afford that until next payday!) and has replaced my 4Mb memory expansion. I ran Sysinfo to see just how fast my…
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