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This sounds like a broken record, but consider a mini-PC case for $65. If you insist on a custom case, you can get a 3-bay case (with holes for SCSI connectors) for ~$140 from HT Electronics in San Jose, CA. Their Phone # is 408-737-0900. This case does not come…
Yeah, I just found out about the jumper. I moved the jumper on the mother board (J351 – middle of the motherboard, to the left of the expansion bus connector) from the NO DF1 position, to the DF1 position. Now 'info' shows df0: & df1: as 'unreadable disk's – regardless…
#HD Floppy Drives!!!
Message #74907
Help, Help!! I finally found someone selling HD floppy drives for my A3000. I installed the drive with no problems. It works great! . . . By itself. My question is: How do I get the old floppy to show up as DF1:? Basic Info: I have an A3000, 10…
Yeah, that's why I was asking . . . 'OR WHAT?' Got any suggestions for a nice, simple, ROBUST, FAST (>250KB/s), transparent networking solution? I'd like to be able to tie 4-16 Amiga CPU's to one main data storage unit. The best way seems to be over a network. I…
Just got my HD Floppy drive and installed it. I have an Amiga 3000, AMAXII+, Video Toaster, 1HD and 2 internal floppy drive (now, at least :^). Installation would have been trivial, but for the fact that the floppy cable was a little too short (2"!) by the time it…
Ohhhh, Ohhhh, I can't wait. Any idea what the upgrade path will be? Yet ANOTHER reason to subscribe to VTU! Maybe next month! Thanks, & Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
Glad you got your problems solved. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
You are confusing the AMAXII+ card and the AMAX software VERSION 2.51. They were released simultaneously, but the AMAX software upgrade WILL allow you to use the old AMAX cartridge with system 7.0.x The AMAXII+ card is a hardware upgrade that gives more IO and floppy disk features. They are…
Ordered on from a company in Fla – 'his last one', he was supposed to ship it Friday. He started by asking $199 for it, but dropped all the way to $160 after I balked. I haven't been able to get any work done today, I am anxiously awaiting the…
It is OBVIOUSLY not a case for the AVERAGE budget :^) For that price, I could buy a PC tower case hack it to fit and have it plated in gold. But, there is still a market for handmade cars too. This is just too pricey for me, and I…
Hear, Hear! I read about the case with interest, until I saw the price. Your argument is correct in my case. $300-400 yes, $1000-1300 no. Too Pricey. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
Though a little late for you, I would like to reiterate my suggestion that those interested in external Hard Drive cases consider purchasing an empty IBM-PC mini-tiower case and use that. I thought of paying $140 for a 3bay external drive case, and instead got a minitower case (only slightly…
Call your local mac dealer, I'm sure he'll have one. (And probably charge a premium for it too! :^). Look in the back of Byte or any IBM-PC mag, and you'l find places like that sell just cables. I got a generic one at Fry's in San Jose for $7.95.…
It's an easier decision when you have an A3000 purchased 6 months before the Toaster was even officially announced. By the time I cut through the rumours and found out I could even put it in the machine, the 3000 was out of warranty – this was before their Gold…
Are you going to use the Oxxi Systems – Novell solution for EtherNet, or what? I'd be curious to find out, as we might be setting up a rendering network for LightWave stuff. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, & Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
Hmmm, sounds interesting. Maybe one of these days, I'll com across one of these mystery Flopticals and get a chance to check it out. Thanks, Erik Flom
Oh well, maybe my AMAX will support color DIG boards before Commodore does. Wouldn't that be a hoot! :^} Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
If your reference to a 'simple install' was about trying to install 2 Hard Drives in the A3000, I know what you mean. The great thing is that if you try to put a 1/2 height 3.5" HD in the second floppy disk slot (right,front on the inside) it won't…
Make sure the Sync coming from your LaserDisc is stable while the system is initilaizing. The Toaster does not seem to like having weird sync on input one during startup. Just a thought. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
The only problem you may run into with PICT files is that they seem to end up slightly bigger than the original 24 bit IFF. If you are using floppy disks to transfer your images you are effectively limited to ~800KB max size for your images – NOT MUCH in…
Thanks for the info on the Floptical. Maybe the reason it took longer to format the higher tracks is that the outer tracks might store more data – kinda' like a CLV laserdisc – it would be an efficient way of increasing data storage. I don't know, and am just…
Gracia, I too own an early 3000, purchased months before the Toaster came out. I too was locked out of using the Toaster – UNTIL – Toaster 2.0 software was released. The 'HACK' to the case is really marginal (1 sq. cm hole in the grill on the back of…
'Look for PixelPro Real Soon Now' Where? When? How? Who? I called both numbers I had on my Pixel3-D manual. One gave me an answering machine, the other was a no answer. Is AXIOM still in business? If so, do you have a number for them? Keep On Toastin' Erik…
If you've got a toaster, there is a CLI utiltity that allows you to save the 752x480x24bit image loaded into ToasterPaint. You can then transfer that to the Mac using AMAX. (I do it all the time). PhotoShop has NO problems with that PICT format. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
The problem I ran into doing this, was that the install expects a different set of disk names for the LO-density install as opposed to the set of disks for the HI-density install. I ended up using a LO-density set of 7.1 install disks found on an Apple developer CD.…
As long as you have relase version 2.5x of the AMAX software, you can use up to Mac System 7.1.1. That's what I currently run. Unfortunately, ReadySoft has acknowledged that Appletalk Remote Access is not 100% compatible with their emulator. (I just tried to reinstall it on my System 7.1.1…
Try SuperView, it is in one of the download directories in the Amiga section. I use it to play animations that are up to 8MB in size, and could play longer ones – if I had enough RAM to hold it all. If you don't have 1.2MB free when your…
The comments re: grinding out the DB-25 slots is a good suggestion, if only I still had that old Dremel Moto-Tool I passed on to my parents! :^( What do you think of the Floptical? I've pretty much decided to get a Syquest 88MB cartridge ($479 w/ 1 cart -…
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Mommy, what's a AMAX II+
Message #74111
Mike, I can't give you many numbers, but I can assure you that the AMAX is a good investment if you need to use a Mac, but don't require color. I had an AMAX cartridge (plugs into your floppy port, and you need to use an external MAC floppy drive…
Thanks for the prompt reply, I will contact ReadySoft about getting those specs. There is a slight chance that I or one of my friends would be up to the task of writing the driver. If I can't get the info from them, I may come crying back to you.…
Warren, Thanks for the clarification about Power Supplies! Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
Jim, Glad to have been of some help . . . I just went down to Fry's (a chain of electronic supermarkets here in the SF Bay Area), and bought a 10' length of 50 conductor ribbon cable ($7.70), a 4 pack of IDC connectors ($4.29), 2 50 pin Centronics…
Welcome to CIS, and thanks for the useful freeware! I own both a 3000 & an old A1000 w/StarBoard 2 (2MB RAM & SCSI controller). Your SCSI controller helped to bring me into the world of 'real' computing. Now, I need to find a driver for the StarBoard SCSI controller…
2. With two external connectors, you'll always be guessing trying to figure out which one is 'furthest' from the terminators inside (and TERMINATORS SHOULD ALWAYS BE AT THE END OF THE SCSI CHAIN). 3. The external terminator will cover and protect the other unused connector, so when you do try…
Just a few tips: Terminators: The terminators will be little rectangular packages (2mmX3mmX20mm). There will be three of them and they will be very near the 50 pin connector on the PC (pee-cee) board (the 'green card' you referred to). They SHOULD be in sockets, allowing you to remove them.…
What? Who? How? When? I TOO am willing to pay good money for one of these rumoured HD floppies. How much, and who do I call to buy one? Thanks in advance!! Erik Flom (3000, Toaster, & AMAXII+ – who could ask for anything more!)
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