This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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John, Thanks for your help, I should be able to sort it out myself as long as I can indentify the fuse ok. Does'nt suprise me about Commodore, I know someone who had his 3000 motherboard replaced because of a faulty clock battery, it was under an on-site plan so…
Jim, Thanks for the help, I will check the fuse, if thats all it is I will be very happy! ;-). Do the fuses blow for any reason (fault in the mouse etc) or is it just one of those things?. Cheers Paul
#Mouse Dead HELP?!
Message #135312
Can anybody help me with a dead mouse problem on an Amiga 2000?. The mouse buttons work fine but the pointer will not move at all. The mouse works fine on another machine so that would see ok. Is this a well known fault (easy to fix , cheap hopefully!)….…
PP&S 040 for 3000 help?
Message #108771
Thanks Christian, I have passed on your message. My friend has faxed them, but unfortunately he did`nt get them before the weekend. He will get the PP&S 040/35 if they have any in stock. Regards Paul
Rick, Thanks, I will pass this message on to my friend, I feel he will be a little dismayed to say the least. I have only been out the Amiga scene for couple of months but things seem to be really changing. Paul
#PP&S 040 for 3000 help?
Message #108075
Can anybody who knows where a PP&S Mercury 040/35 Mhz accelerator for an Amiga 3000 could be purchased please let me know, I have a friend who is desparately trying to track one down. Does`nt matter which country U.K, U.S. He has been unable to track down any 3000 040…
Richard, I have XCAD 3000, which is currently the top version in the UK and I think Europe. I would agree with your comments about its ease of use….which is nothing short of grim (at least for a GUI Amiga.!) The 3d section also seems to be seriously flawed and…
040/28 Mhz (UK users)
Message #97132
For UK users.. Progressive Peripherals & Software 040/28 Mhz Accelerator Suitable for 1500/2000 Includes 8 meg Ram (1*8 Simms) Bargain at 450 Uk Pounds Sysinfo 3.1 returns 21 Mips! and 5.32 MFlops Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Brian, Yeah I noticed this sudden price slash of the A570, I think your idea is kind of interesting. I know of no currently available SCSI CD-Rom drive in the UK for that kind of money. If it does turn out to be a SCSI rom drive I for one…
Barbara, I am not an expert at this sort of thing but I would advise that you stick to your plan of using ProDraw or just scanning them straight in.. I have been using XCAD 3000 for a while now, and unless your floor plans have to be to scale…
Steve, Yes set up a script that will invoke Binddrivers everytime you click on the PCReset Icon. I really wish I knew what I had done to my BB, I had just about given up getting it to boot reliably, until I fitted the Co-Pro. At least the Co-Pro is…
Nancy, I was just a little concerned that you may have given the impression that the virtual drive did'nt work. I agree whole heartedly that a 32 meg drive (virtual or REAL) is rather restrictive for a Windows machine. I bought the BB as I had no idea about PC's…
Steve, I had the same problems for quite a while, one thing that does help is to run a script which will run BINDDRIVERS and PCReset. Strangley the problems with my BB went completely after I installed a Cyrix co-pro to the BB, wierd I know but it now boots…
Dave, Alltype on the PC is supposed to be able to convert from TT to Intellifont (CG) or Type One if thats any help. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
John, Nancy has answered most of your questions, just like to add that you cannot use the Amiga serial port for a modem, you will have to add one of those cheap and cheerful Multi I/O cards. I use a 386BB with a SVGA card, multi I/O and a dedicated…
Nancy, "Under no circumstances should you attempt to run the BB from a partition on your Amiga hard drive." Why not?.. I have been running the 32 meg virtual drive quite happily, I know its not ideal but it does work. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Bob, What sort of price are these drives going for in U.S?…I am not aware of any HD floppies available in the U.K that will work with the old Amigas (2000 & WB 2.1). I would very much like to get hold of a one, and if they are a…
#HD drive 2B or not 2B
Message #94236
What kind of HD drives are these?…..have CBM released a HD floppy or is it a PC drive?. If its a CBM part do you know the part number, I want one 😉 Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Keith, I too am on the lookout for a good CAD program for the Amiga, I have downloaded the DynaCADD demo from the forums here and it looks good but with no tutorial I can't find out how powerful it really is, especially the 3D capabilities. I currently own XCAD…
DynaCADD/Ditek ?
Message #93822
Does anybody if Ditek (DynaCADD) are represented on CIS by anyone?. Thanks Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
John, I have joined this thread a little late but I do have a Trident SVGA (1meg) running inside my 2000 with 386/25BB. I had the same symptoms as you with my first Trident i.e no output whatsoever, it turned out to be a duff Trident card which I returned,…
Greg, Has the 040 (PP&S) install bug been fixed in 2.1?…I forgot to check back with you about that one. If so how can I get it in the U.K 😉 Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Steve, I like to play with CAD and Rendering software on the Amiga and was hoping to get a little involved with the same on the PC, a co-pro could be pretty handy for that sort of application. I have also been trying to twist the arm of my employer…
Dave, Thanks for that, I will go and order one right away…. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Nancy, I have now got Windows to run in Enhanced mode thanks to help of yourself and many people here. While I thought I understood a bit about EMS and XMS, I seem to have ignored this HIMEM thing altogether. I did read the manual honest! ;-). Paul Lakey (UK)…
Steve, Thanks for the tips, I now have Windows running in Enhanced mode :-)…. I have removed EMM.SYS and put in the HIMEM and DOS HIGH|UMB lines. Now all I have to do is find out how to run one of the 387 emulators. Thanks again, Paul Paul Lakey (UK)…
Michael, Yep I have the CBM 386/ 25mhz….it has a Co-Pro socket but I dont know if 1. A Cyrix Co-Pro will work alongside an Intel CPU 2. What the the pin configuration of the BB socket is called 3. Whether or not a Cyrix co-pro can be purchased with…
Michael, I found a version of FRANKE on CIS, but when its running I cant start Windows, it just freezes. I also tried a 8087 emulator that did the same. I am assuming that I dont have things set up properly yet. I am thinking that it would be easier…
Steve, Thanks very much for the detailed description, I currently have 3 meg on the BB, and run EMM.SYS. As you may have guessed I have very little idea about PC's, I bought the BB out of curiosity really. I will get another 2 megs and also a 387 Co-Pro…
Michael, I have'nt seen FRANKE 387, is it available on CIS?. Do you have to run the Janus EMM?. If I could get the DOS5 EMM386.EXE file to run I think that Q387 would run fine. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Marion, Yes I do have a SVGA card running, my problem is not with windows itself but getting it to think that its running on a 386. I was hoping that it would run in 386 enhanced mode. EMM.SYS (CBM supplied PCJanus file) does not seem to be compatible with…
#387 Emulation
Message #90973
Does anybody know if its possible to get any of the Co-Pro emulators to work with the 386 BB?. I have tried Q387 but it appears not to like the EMM, anybody know a way of running the Windows emm386 file? Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
#386 Enhanced?
Message #90459
Can anybody tell me if I should be able to get Windows running in Enhanced 386 mode on my CBM 386/25 BB?. If so how? 😉 I have 3 megs of ram on the board and have the EMM.SYS device in my config.sys, anything else I should be doing?. Paul…
Pete, I thought you lived somewhere near Bournmouth??…..it used to take me about 3.5 hours to get there from Plymouth, I did manage it once in under 2.5 at 7 am on Christmas Day, I know Im not a Master Navigator but which route did you take?. If I can…
Andrew, I have set things up as you suggest but still no go, when I boot the Amiga the BB give 4 long bleeps, when I click on PC Mono I get a screen full of garbage and if I do a PC Reset I get another 4 bleeps. The…
Andrew, Thanks for name and number I will keep that and treasure it. Dont suppose you can help me with getting an SVGA card to run with the BB can you….I sort of remember that you were about the first person on here to get hold of a 386 BB.…
#386+SVGA Help
Message #86956
Well I am pleased to say that the great people in the forums here have got me going with my 386 BB … THANKS! Er but now I seem to have another problem, I have installed a 1mb SVGA (Trident 8900C) card but cannot seem to get it going. I…
Betty, No I don't belong to ICPUG, although I have thought about it many times. I think the nearest to me is in fact Pete Miles which unfortunately would be about a 5-6 hour round trip for me. I will speak to Pete about ICPUG, if they have any sort…
Dave, Well today I feel lucky 🙂 I can see through the holes in my motherboard. Thanks for the info.. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Mark, I am glad you feel that way about CBM in your country, and I know that you cannot please all of the people all the time. I do not know what policy CBM operate stateside but here CBM UK will not talk to anyone answer any faxes unless you…
Mark, Thanks very much for the tip about the motherboard, I had a lot of problems when I installed the 040 which PP&S hinted might be the problem. I definately have a Rev 6.0. The problem is now getting to speak to CBM UK who are impossible to deal with…
Nancy, Yes Enforcer was making me worry a little, I used the original that came with Janus, and I have tried the new(er) one over in AmigaTech but whenever I run that one it gave all sorts of error message about not finding files on the HD and Checksum Errors…
Don, Thanks for the tips, I will recheck the board seating, its quite easy as I have'nt put the lid back on yet!. For some reason the case of my 2000 has always had a curve in it which is also passed the the pcb, obviously this won't help matters…
HELP! 386SX CBM
Message #86525
OK guys I'm having serious trouble with my new cbm386sx/25 BB and I am in real need of a little help, has anybody experienced any trouble in getting the thing to run at all?. About 99 times out of a hundred it just hangs after doing the memory check. A…
Greg, Can you give me any idea how much the retail price of the 4000 is in the UK. I have been thinking about adding a 24bit card to my 040/2000 but if the price of the 4000 is right I may be tempted to change the computer. With rumours…
Gerhard, The fonts that are available here are converted Shareware/PD fonts and are sold as such by the PD libaries. Presumably it would only be a matter of time before they reach the Compuserve libraries, and you can freely download them. Personally it is cheaper for me to buy them…
68040.lib version?
Message #73027
Can anyone tell me how to get hold of the latest CBM 68040.library?…I am running a PP&S 040 in my 2000. I recently downloaded Sysinfo v3.01 and I read in the documents that I should have version 37.4 or newer. Having looked at my version I find it is 36.2…
#72728-
Loggin on with AP
Message #72860
John, I company called FontShop (but they just re-sell EMC disks!) and another Company called PDSoft have disk or two of CG fonts, they also sell the 80TrackSoftware Type One set. I use both DialPlus and the London node at 9600 with AP without any real problems, you do have…
Vic, Personally I stick to purchasing PD/Shareware Type Ones, but the company I purchase from have thier collection in both formats. I know of at least 3 outlets in the UK currently selling CG format fonts, are there none in the U.S/Canada?. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
Gerhard, There are many available in the U.K, if its of any use to you I can give you a name and address. Paul Lakey (UK) Enjoying AutoPilot!
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