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JIM, That's a fascinating reply. I have never had this problem before and I have had this setup for awhile. What I'll do is remove the M1230XA and run various programs that can run inside the 2Mb and see if the problem reoccurs. I already have an upgraded power supply…
RICK, I have DiskDalv and will give it a shot. IAIN. CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200! ON AUTOPILOT 1.72
HardDrive Locking-Up
Message #180124
ANYONE, I'm having a serious problem with my MAXTOR IDE 250Mb hard drive inside my A1200. It is frequently locking up on me in situations where I have had to access it. Instead of normal function I get a weird "boiiiingggg" sound and then it locks up – sometimes for…
amiga items for sale
Message #179016
COMPUTER ITEMS FOR SALE AMIGA 500+ ……………. L100 (needs minor repair) AMIGA 500 DEINTERLACER …. L50 (provides stable hi-res image) AMIGA 500 1Mb CHIP RAM …. L25 (extra graphics memory) ^^^ALL ABOVE ITEMS FOR L130!!!^^^ A500 52MB HARD DRIVE …… L150 (with software on board) A500 4MB FAST RAM …………
MAC emulator
Message #156356
HANS, re EMPLANT for the 1200 … NO actual details of the device have been released over here in Scotland but I understand that it will be released fairly soon. I beleive that it is for connection to the PCMIA slot; but as for extra hard-drives or scsi – I…
#ImageFX1.5 scanner.prob
Message #85750
ANYONE, I have recently bought a copy of GVP's ImageFX 1.5 and it doesn't work – or at least the scanner section doesn't work. I installed the program as advised onto my hard drive and everything went well, it loaded OK. I followed the instructions as per Chapter 2 and…
#ImageFX1.5scannerproblem
Message #155184
JEFF, Followed your advice and bought a copy of GVP's ImageFX 1.5 and it doesn't work – or at least the scanner section doesn't work. I installed the program as advised onto my hard drive and everything went well, it loaded OK. I followed the instructions as per Chapter 2…
EULOGIO, Thanks again, I will check that number out. IAIN. CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200! ON AUTOPILOT 1.72
JEFF, I ordered the GT-8000 flat bed scanner late Friday and it arrived Saturday morning. It's big isn't it, very nice looking. Actually at the moment all I can do is look at it as the supplied ASDG scanning software did not arrive with it and won't arrive until late…
GT8000 SCANNER SOFTWARE?
Message #85592
ANYONE, I have recently purchased an EPSON GT-8000 flat-bed scanner which was delivered today; but unfortunately the appropriate scanning software was not delivered with it and won't arrive until well into next week. My enquiry is as to whether anyone here knows of PD or shareware scanning software suitable for…
HANS, I'm not sure how to "disable any option" on my A1200. I take it you mean to disable the fast ram? Or remove the accelerator completely from my system. It would not be practical to do the latter but I suppose I could adjust the startup sequence to deny…
EULOGIO, Thanks for the info on the IDEK 5017 17". I'll have to check that monitor out just to see if it's available here in Scotland or down in England. That price you quoted ($950) would equate to roughly L620 (pounds) here which is quite a good price. A 17"…
#GT8000 SCANNER SOFTWARE
Message #154937
ANYONE, I have recently purchased an EPSON GT-8000 flat-bed scanner which was delivered today; but unfortunately the appropriate scanning software was not delivered with it and won't arrive until well into next week. My enquiry is as to whether anyone here knows of PD or shareware scanning software suitable for…
OB, Thanks! I'll check the availability out. I had heard a rumour that the 1200 version was delayed due to the interface fittings being in short supply. Whatever, it will certainly be worth waiting for. Especially with the addition of a 486 version as well. Then I'll really be able…
MICHAEL, Thanks for the update on the Emplant 1200. The magazines over here are advertising them already one price quoted (in AMIGA SHOPPER) is 285 pounds. It seems an excellent price to have to pay for a QUADRA700 🙂 Naturally I cannot wait to add it to my system. IAIN.…
#FLAT-BED SCAN. & 17"
Message #154120
ANYONE, I am considering buying either an EPSON GT6500 or EPSON GT8000 A4 flat-bed scanner for my system which consists of an Amiga1200 with Maxtor 250Mb hard drive and MICROBOTICS M1230XA 50mhz accelerator + 8Mb 32bit ram and 50mhz 68882 co-processor & 1960 monitor What I would like to know…
#MAC emulator
Message #154107
Regarding the EMPLANT has anyone seen or used the 1200 version yet? IAIN CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200! iain@altspor.demon.co.uk
#UNZIP WON'T UNZIP
Message #153132
ANYONE, I recntly downloaded the file UNZIP.LHA from the forum libraries. I unarchived it and stored the file in the boot directory of my hard drive (WB3.0:). The original file unarchived into a directory called "unz51d3x" – rather an odd drawer title name. Anyway I needed to unarchive a `ZIP'…
#SMOKED 1960
Message #150103
re "I have exactly the same problems with my A1200 and 1960 monitor. It is however definitely a problem with the A1200 not the monitor because I also have an old 1950 monitor and it behaves in the same way when connected to the A1200. By the way if you…
#SMOKED 1960
Message #148640
JIM, Can I jump into your 1960/1950 monitor thread to ask if any you guys have had problems running an Amiga1200 on them. I find the screen flickers very badly and the only time I can get a stable screen I lose a good chunk of the left-hand side of…
AmiTCP-2.2.config
Message #138740
ANYONE, I have recently downloaded AmiTCP-2.2 from the Networking library and am having a few problems getting it to run from the installation. It installed OK onto the partition I selected and I was surprised to see it could not be started via an icon. It seems only able to…
#AmiTCP Anyone?
Message #138648
ANYONE, I'm looking for a program recently released for use on the INTERNET called AmiTCP. Does anybody know of it? I tried a scan of the communications library but could not find it. I'm currently using an Amiga INTERNET program called AmigaDIS which is bloody terrible to use. Now CIS…
Comm programs
Message #135636
KEVIN, re this message you sent me …. 15-Feb-94 23:15:42 Iain, Does the Bank of Scotland offer their HOBS system to personal account holders as well as business users? I'm changing my bank account at the moment, and this facility would be VERY useful! Thanks in advance… PS; Snap, I've…
#M1230XA CHIPRAM PROBLEM
Message #74688
MICROBOTICS! I have posted on this section in the past info concerning a problem I have had with the otherwise excellent 50 mhz M1230XA 68030 accelerator + 5omhz 68882 FPU + 8 megs 32bit fastram. The problem originally was that the computer was losing too much graphics memory for the…
#Comm programs
Message #132230
LARRY (or any users of JPTC) Concerning the JPTC terminal program which was recently uploaded. Can it do VIEWDATA? I need access to the Bank of Scotland HOBS system which uses VIEDATA apparently. IAIN. CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030 AMIGA1200! iain@altspor.demon.co.uk
M1230XA/AutoXA Problems
Message #73814
MICROBIOTICS, I am having serious problems with getting my M1230XA to truly recognise the 8MB ram onboard and release 1Mb of Graphics mempry to me. It has been suggested that the AutoXA program which is placed, per recommendation, in the UTILITY drawer may be faulty. I thought I read somewhere…
DENNIS, I have made no other changes to the startup-sequence but the POWERSCANNER hand scanner had made a change which inserts itself virtually at the very start of the start-up sequence. I have taken the libert of enclosing the actual startup used by my computer (the M1230XA lines cause the…
DENNIS, I tried applying the instruction you specified after the SETPATCH QUIET line:_ SYS:UTILITIES/AutoXA >NIL: The result was:- > Program Failed (error #80000006) Wait for disc activity to finish SUSPEND REBOOT After which the system immediately locked up and I had to switch off the machine completely before trying to…
M1230XA CHIP RAM PROBLEM
Message #72953
ANYONE, I have a major problem with the M1230XA accelerator running a 50mhz 68030 and 50mhz 68802 with 8Mb on board. The Amiga1200 into which is fitted will only recognise the 8Mb when I click twice on the workbench screen once the machine has booted up. I also seem to…
NONSTOP MAXTOR
Message #129239
ANYONE, I am experiencing a strange problem with my MAXTOR hard drive which is freaking the hell out of me. Essentially it won't switch itself off. It boots up the computer normally enough, though there has been a very definate slowdown in accessing and saving material from and to the…
#127450-
#Amiga 4000 ?
Message #127760
PATRICK, Those tower and video boxes sound quite interesting. Do you know at all if they (Digital Creations or anyone else) were planning to do something similar for the A1200? I have upgraded mine to a limited degree; but I'd like PC & MAC access as well in the future…
M1230 XA problems
Message #69071
ROBERT, Sorry to have taken so long to reply to your reply re a problem I was having with the M1230XA. I was actually away for a short while and so offline. I have taken note of your points and will apply them when I get a replacement 8Mb SIMM…
DAN & JOE, The previous chip ram was in the region of more than 1.9Mb, the exact figure I cannot recall. I have 5 partitions on my hardrive with a number of icons displayed outside their drawers. When I removed these icons back to their drawers I ended up with…
DAN, I did as instructed in the leaflet by placing the `SetXA` icon into the Utilities drawer and placing the `AddXAMem` icon into the Startup Drawer. When I noticed that one could speed up the action of AMIGADOS by entering the commands "SETXA ADDMEM" into the startup-sequence directly I attempted…
Whoops! Sorry! IAIN. CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030 AMIGA 1200!
M1230 XA problems
Message #67776
ANYBODY! I have recently installed the M1230 XA 50Mhz with 68820/50Mhz maths co-processor and 8 Megs RAM into my AMIGA 1200. However when I wrote into the startup sequence the lines (as recommended in the info sheet) SETXA ADDMEM; I was presented with the phrase "System/AutoXA unknown command – SYS…
DE-INTERLACER
Message #67775
Can the microbiotics de-interlacer which I previously used on my AMIGA 500+ also be used on my AMIGA 1200? If not has a de-interlacer for the AMIGA 1200 been released yet? CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030 AMIGA 1200!
PETE, I use the POWER 64 greys hand scanner and get quite good results from it – though only when printed on a superior printer or a linotronic. The CANON I have just can't produce photos well enough.
re "… a new AMIGA magazine … Amiga.info…" Are they publishing this mag on and AMIGA? IAIN.
ANDREW, The opinion on this forum on the A5000 suggested it was an April Fools thing. About the laptop and the CDTV.II, now both of them are interesting! I use an Olivetti Quaderno laptop – functional enough but overpriced for what it offers. I would dump it staright away for…
LARRY, Well said and perfectly true. I would also think the one big advantage of AMIGA software as compared to PC software are the prices with good, solid AMIGA programs generally being a lot cheaper than the PC similars. IAIN.
MARCUS, You are certainly right about the software piracy problem. It is still very blatent here in Scotland. At the local `barras' market in Glasgow there are at least four vendors dealing in pirated AMIGA games and all of them do a roaring trade, with large numbers of people waiting…
AmigaWorld hardware issu
Message #102389
The price for the MICROBIOTICS M1230 XA 50mhz is quite amazing here. I read in COMPUTER FORMAT that it is retailing at 325 pounds and 480 pounds with 4Mb of 32bit memory. As you suggest, better than the GVP unit. I think anybody considering the purchase of the 1200 would…
PS problems
Message #102388
Thanks for that info. I have the Canon Print Studio in my preferences drawer, though I did not know it could make the RICOH LP1200 operate properly. I will bear that in mind in future as a laser is something I definately covet. Though why SILICA never told me all…
I always figured that if I got a laser printer, then it wouyld be a RICOH – there now exists, I beleive, a printer driver for the AMIGA. I was not a member of CI$ at the time, though I wish I had been. At 400dpi, how do photographs look?…
#PS problems
Message #101698
JEFF, At the time, about a year ago, I also had the 2Mb memory expansion. I'd assumed it would likely be needed. Despite numerous phone calls to SILICA, they were unable to supply me with clear instructions on getting the RICOH to work with the AMIGA. In the end I…
WANT EXCELLENCE!
Message #101421
ANYONE WHO CAN HELP! I tried to purchase EXCELLENCE! V3 from SILICA, but after they contacted the American distributers, they contacted me to tell me the company was out of business. I knew that already after reading the postings here. The thing is they told me they had copies in…
STEVE, That is an interesting offer from HOBBYTTE, A500+ & GVP for 275 pounds. It sounds as though you'd be getting taken advantage of there. I think you'd possibly be able to sell it for more outside. I would not give them it at that price – I would expect…
STEVE, Just 200-250 pounds? This sounds a really incredible offer from GVP. I actually bought mine from POWER computing but as you say, it may not make any difference. I am strongly tempted to go for the new machines. I thought about the 1200 as a quick purchase, but when…
Thanks for that background info Art. Prudential Insurance you say? That's the company I insure with too.
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