This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Smart Ctrl-A-A
Message #68453
Peter, I'll quote from the Back Cover of the Facc packaging: “Facc is a dynamically managed buffer cache which speeds access to your floppy disk drives. Unlike AddBuffers: o Facc fully supports Fast Memory so your buffer cache will not use any valuable Chip Memory and can be as large…
#Smart Ctrl-A-A
Message #68452
Larry, Near future means right now if you want it. It was suggested to me (by an advocate of the Compuserve user) that I offer an introductory discount to forum members. Well, ok! Facc would normally retail for $34.95. Until June 15th, forum members (send your CIS uid) can receive…
#Smart Ctrl-A-A
Message #68452
Larry, Near future means right now if you want it. It was suggested to me (by an advocate of the Compuserve user) that I offer an introductory discount to forum members. Well, ok! Facc would normally retail for $34.95. Until June 15th, forum members (send your CIS uid) can receive…
#67679-
2-Meg Expansion Help
Message #68285
Mike, ASDG offers true Zorro expansion hardware for the Amiga. Zorro is the expansion standard set down by Commodore-Amiga and if followed will produce trouble free (on all systems) interoperable (with all other true spec) products.\ We offer the 2M which is a zero wait state 2 megabyte Zorro board…
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#Rec/Ram/Crash
Message #67534
Formatting an ASDG recoverable ram disk is indeed a humorous experience. Ever see a multimegabyte drive get formatted in just a few seconds? 🙂 More seriously, I haven't tried this in a long time, but my guess is that the formatting will occur correctly with the following side effects: As…
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#Rec/Ram/Crash
Message #67534
Formatting an ASDG recoverable ram disk is indeed a humorous experience. Ever see a multimegabyte drive get formatted in just a few seconds? 🙂 More seriously, I haven't tried this in a long time, but my guess is that the formatting will occur correctly with the following side effects: As…
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#Rec/Ram/Crash
Message #66725
It may be that the exec, during warm start, is clobbering one byte every 64K. The Insider is NOT autoconfig although it is automatically recognized by the eexec simply poking around at c00000 and every 64K bytes above that until a buss error occurs or 1.5 megabytes have been tested.…
#66696-
#Rec/Ram/Crash
Message #66725
It may be that the exec, during warm start, is clobbering one byte every 64K. The Insider is NOT autoconfig although it is automatically recognized by the eexec simply poking around at c00000 and every 64K bytes above that until a buss error occurs or 1.5 megabytes have been tested.…
Ed, Maybe you should investigate different design houses. I know of one with an unimpeachable reputation. Perry S. Kivolowitz – ASDG Incorporated – (608) 873 – 5604
Ed, Maybe you should investigate different design houses. I know of one with an unimpeachable reputation. Perry S. Kivolowitz – ASDG Incorporated – (608) 873 – 5604
#64811-
slow fast ram
Message #65183
Yes Ed, all ASDG memory boards (the 2M, and 2MI, and the 8M and someday the 8MI) are zero wait state ram boards with the definition of “zero wait state'' being zero forced wait states. This means that the overwhelming majority of memory references go on at full speed while…
#64811-
slow fast ram
Message #65183
Yes Ed, all ASDG memory boards (the 2M, and 2MI, and the 8M and someday the 8MI) are zero wait state ram boards with the definition of “zero wait state'' being zero forced wait states. This means that the overwhelming majority of memory references go on at full speed while…
#64676-
slow fast ram
Message #64750
One might point out for the readers out there that Zero Forced Wait States (wait stating only when refresh collides with ram access) induces about a three percent performance penalty while a 1 Forced Wait State memory board (like the original C Ltd's if I remember correctly) will impose a…
#64676-
slow fast ram
Message #64750
One might point out for the readers out there that Zero Forced Wait States (wait stating only when refresh collides with ram access) induces about a three percent performance penalty while a 1 Forced Wait State memory board (like the original C Ltd's if I remember correctly) will impose a…
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#RamSpeed software.
Message #64747
The RAM Speed test I wrote is available in source from Fish Disks. The test is useful in that it allows yone to compare apples to apples. However, the test is not an absolute measurement of ram speed and should be used only for comparison purposes. For example, the test…
#64524-
#RamSpeed software.
Message #64747
The RAM Speed test I wrote is available in source from Fish Disks. The test is useful in that it allows yone to compare apples to apples. However, the test is not an absolute measurement of ram speed and should be used only for comparison purposes. For example, the test…
Byt the way, 2 megabytes fully populated on our 2M is 599.
Byt the way, 2 megabytes fully populated on our 2M is 599.
Tom, CSA routinely suggests ASDG 16 bit memory boards to their clients who want bulk main memory for the AMiga. We have both 2 and 8 megabyte boards which many CSA customers haved used without a single instance of failure or incompatibility. I don't know about Neil Katin's VDK but…
Tom, CSA routinely suggests ASDG 16 bit memory boards to their clients who want bulk main memory for the AMiga. We have both 2 and 8 megabyte boards which many CSA customers haved used without a single instance of failure or incompatibility. I don't know about Neil Katin's VDK but…
#64369-
Fair in New Jersey
Message #64509
Thanks for mentioning this Fair Ken. I might add, that ASDG is the entity bringing the A2000 and A500 for the fair (in addition to a couple brought by some CBM folks). We'll be there with our first A2000 boards to show ( I expect to anyway – we'll see…
#64369-
Fair in New Jersey
Message #64509
Thanks for mentioning this Fair Ken. I might add, that ASDG is the entity bringing the A2000 and A500 for the fair (in addition to a couple brought by some CBM folks). We'll be there with our first A2000 boards to show ( I expect to anyway – we'll see…
#64366-
PAL bug
Message #64508
Actually Daryl, ASDG makes never trades price for quality. Quality and reliability are our primary design criteria (and that will NEVER change). Performance and functionality are close seconds. Price is dead last though it is of minor concern. Recall our background is designing high performance Unix(tm) workstations costing anywhere from…
#64366-
PAL bug
Message #64508
Actually Daryl, ASDG makes never trades price for quality. Quality and reliability are our primary design criteria (and that will NEVER change). Performance and functionality are close seconds. Price is dead last though it is of minor concern. Recall our background is designing high performance Unix(tm) workstations costing anywhere from…
Warranty
Message #64507
Ed, I noticed in your new ads that you tout “The Longest Warranty In The Industry.'' At one year, your warranty period is a full six months shorter than ASDG's (18 months). I was wondering if you knew that and if you would mind either changing your ad or your…
Warranty
Message #64507
Ed, I noticed in your new ads that you tout “The Longest Warranty In The Industry.'' At one year, your warranty period is a full six months shorter than ASDG's (18 months). I was wondering if you knew that and if you would mind either changing your ad or your…
Daryl, My point (pragmatic or otherwise) is that having one or more unbuffered expansion products which work on one machine but not on another is not an indication that a PAL problem exists, but a clear vindication of the Zorro spec's. Following spec's fully lets one say “if this doesn't…
Daryl, My point (pragmatic or otherwise) is that having one or more unbuffered expansion products which work on one machine but not on another is not an indication that a PAL problem exists, but a clear vindication of the Zorro spec's. Following spec's fully lets one say “if this doesn't…
Daryl, Thank you for clearing this up (hopefully) with Ralph. For my own part I would imagine that very few Insiders (if any) would present a problem (when alone on the expansion bus – which it *is* on). The alledged PAL problem is exacerbated when (depending on the make and…
Daryl, Thank you for clearing this up (hopefully) with Ralph. For my own part I would imagine that very few Insiders (if any) would present a problem (when alone on the expansion bus – which it *is* on). The alledged PAL problem is exacerbated when (depending on the make and…
Your argument: That since Microbotics and Michigan Software both have hardware products that exhibit the alledged PAL problem, the problem must exist; is in error. You are citing two other products which suffer (at varying degrees) from the same deficiencies as those which cause so many C Ltd products to…
#63385-
a1000 Upgrades
Message #63599
The 2000-and-1 will in fact have a full A2000 back plane. This includes the PC slots as well as the 86 pin co-processor slot. The things which is *not* sure is the nature of the CBM buy-back. It still is unclear if it will happen or not. Upper CBM management…
#63385-
a1000 Upgrades
Message #63599
The 2000-and-1 will in fact have a full A2000 back plane. This includes the PC slots as well as the 86 pin co-processor slot. The things which is *not* sure is the nature of the CBM buy-back. It still is unclear if it will happen or not. Upper CBM management…
The Mini-Rack-C is a Zorro subset. The principal departure from Zorro is that Zorro specifies +5, -5 and +12 volts. The Mini-Rack-C has only +5v. Also, the active components normally found in a Zorro box are implmented directly on each of our boards and is absent from the Mini-Rack-C. The…
The Mini-Rack-C is a Zorro subset. The principal departure from Zorro is that Zorro specifies +5, -5 and +12 volts. The Mini-Rack-C has only +5v. Also, the active components normally found in a Zorro box are implmented directly on each of our boards and is absent from the Mini-Rack-C. The…
#63103-
passthru load RAM
Message #63191
Ed, concerning your comments about not buying Zorro I products now, you might add that ASDG has a standard policy which says that owners of the Mini-Rack-C or D (our current Zorro I racks) can trade in their racks at full value towards a future box (the 2000-and-1). The 2000-and-1…
#63103-
passthru load RAM
Message #63191
Ed, concerning your comments about not buying Zorro I products now, you might add that ASDG has a standard policy which says that owners of the Mini-Rack-C or D (our current Zorro I racks) can trade in their racks at full value towards a future box (the 2000-and-1). The 2000-and-1…
James, right now ASDG is running a sale to help celebrate my marriage. Buy the 2M (two meg board) or 8M/2 (8 meg with two installed) and get a mini-rack-c for half price. Thus 2 meg plus mini-rack plus extra slot, power, etc, for 699. The 8M series (you had…
James, right now ASDG is running a sale to help celebrate my marriage. Buy the 2M (two meg board) or 8M/2 (8 meg with two installed) and get a mini-rack-c for half price. Thus 2 meg plus mini-rack plus extra slot, power, etc, for 699. The 8M series (you had…
#Special Occasion Sale
Message #63096
I know that this isn't exactly kosher on CIS but I'd like to get the word out that to help celebrate my marriage, ASDG is running a limited time sale. The first 50 or so customers will get a really good deal. Send me email for more information since I…
#Special Occasion Sale
Message #63096
I know that this isn't exactly kosher on CIS but I'd like to get the word out that to help celebrate my marriage, ASDG is running a limited time sale. The first 50 or so customers will get a really good deal. Send me email for more information since I…
Here Here. Not only is Eddy Lippert spreading lies about his more worthy competitors on Compuserve, but he's recently begun spreading them in print. What amazes me is that people believe him when he says “before you use one of my products you have to cut and jumper these 80…
OK – where? DropCloth, by the way, is a collaboration between myself and Eric Lavitsky. It exhibits none of the problems attributed to other programs which attempt to perform the same task. Perry
Mark, I have heard of efforts underway to produce products which eliminate flicker during interlace operations. The only gotcha is that in order to make use of these products you must use a monitor capable of displaying 640×480 (or so) at 60 times a second with no interlace. My understanding…
Al, when we said that our 14MHz 68020 would be 30 percent faster than their current 14MHz 68020, we were not implying that their board runs with wait states. We shall acheive this performance boost using a completely different means. Also, we have designed the appropriate logic which decouples the…
Continued from previous message…. We have never had any instance where multiple Zorro boards could not work perfectly well together. In fact, the only problem that's every been sighted has been in getting two ASDG memory boards to work when placed after one of your disk controlers? (Which magically happens…
#Open Letter
Message #59864
Ed, I was pleased to receive in the mail today yet another example of your lies and blaming of others to benefit yourself. This time, Ed me boy, you shall either immediately put out an “urgent technical notification'' retracting your false statements or face me and my lawyers in court.…
Yes, we've had an A2000 for some time. Hardware developers received the first available units. No, we haven't had any difficulty with them. However, these A2000's are supposed to go back to be replaced by others. Perry
Yes, and no. I've been told that soon a newer 2000 will arrive and I should send my old one back. I can't discuss the reasons why but rest assured that they “just keep getting better.'' Perry
#59086-
Amazing Drive Comparison
Message #59104
John, you should definately use STANDARDIZED numbers for comparing diskperf results. Use the seek/read quantity to normalize out the differences between products which are due completely to what type of disk drive is being used. Also, please use on-board intelligence and memory as a comparison metric as well. I bring…
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