This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Alex, I'll stand by to confirm that. The Supra 28.8 I have is by far a better modem than my Practical Periph and USR 28.8 v.34 modems. On the same connection the Supra connects at 24000 90% of the time while the PP and USR modems connect at 21600 90%…
Jonathan, Having now had experiences with three v.34 modems, Supra, USR, and Practical Peripherals, I can definitely say there's v.34 and then there's v.34. Of the three the Supra is least expensive ($239, vs. $239 for PP and $269 for USR), has a nice visual display of connect info, speed,…
Tom, Well, as I understand it it's not that the buss is slowed nor that the transfer rate is slower, but rather that the multi-tasking nature of the OS means that if you do a synched transfer to one device, nothing can happen on any other scsi device until that…
Rainer, I've been very successful with FWB Hammer's CD-ROM Toolkit, which is not very expensive and seems to support a large number of drives. I use it on a Mac Performa 450 with a Toshiba 3201E drive and I've used it successfully on a NEC 3xi. It seems to work…
Rafa, Really, none, as best I can tell unless you have a system with the single drive which can be written to synchronously by the OS without interrupt. When the drive is operated synchoronously, data can only pass when the drive has signalled for it, thus, it won't be interrupted…
Brian, Is it possible that the original short problem might have damaged the BB? Do you know that the BB is actually undamaged? Although the power supply may be operating, the electrical problem may have resulted in serious chip damage on the BB. I'd check it out. If someone else…
Apple's drivers with 7.5 are only for Apple's CD-ROM drive. They won't work with any other mechanism.
It won't work on the Apple side unless you format a cartridge using an Apple formatting program, like FWB Hammer's Hard Disk Toolkit. You can access a Syquest cartridge from the Emplant if you have the drive connected to the Amiga buss and create a cartridge to use on the…
Rafa, The EP jumper is a parity jumper on the drive, if I remember my Quantum booklet correctly. It should be turned OFF or left alone, but will not have any impact on synchronous transfers. Apparently, you can turn that on, but it doesn't appear to work with the 240.…
Bob, Welllll, almost one. It's really a very limited shell, at least the downloadable one. Perhaps the commercial version is more robust. I would say it was an example of a good first try which with some effort might become a pretty good shell. However, there are so very few…
#Pentiums and Macs
Message #182619
Bob, Interestingly there are now a couple of shell programs for the Macs, at least two shareware and 1 commercial. All three implement a unix style shell. I've only played with the two shareware shells and neither are up to WSHell on the Amiga, but at least the concept of…
Ray, Wow!! I'm sure glad you seemed to get it finally to work. I, however, sold my Amiga system before Emplant software version 5.0 was released, so I never had a chance to check out the latest empser.device. The one that came with 4.9, however, didn't work for me. I…
Ray, Get used to it. Whatever mods have been done to empser over the years, it has never yet worked properly on the Amiga side. There is a problem with the way the hardware handshake is handled. Early versions of the device never did handshake. Try doing a connection at…
Q and A on AmiTCP
Message #173791
Dale, Well, actually I get the ENV: variable error message when AmiTCP is executed. No dialing or actual connection via PPP has yet been negotiated. It appears that when I run the online program the ppp.device isn't loaded because I get the message that ppp.device is offline. I found out…
Bob, Yes, I spent many hours on the phone with Mark during beta tests dealing with some of the early problems of accessing the many shared libraries and function hosts. Part of the problem was finding functions or dealing with function names which were the same in two different libraries…
Bob, So in effect an rp library is simply a library of function "names". When the function call is made in a RexxPlus program the compiler "calls" the rp library. The rp library simply returns a TRUE or FALSE to indicate the function exists or doesn't. If the "call" returns…
Mark, You did???? Are they still at 313-352-4288? I've called numerous times, left messages a couple of times, but never received a call back. I also left Mark several messages on Bix to which he never responded. After about 3 months of trying to make a connection I sort assumed…
#RexxPlus Help Needed
Message #43602
I'm looking for anyone who uses or used RexxPlus that may know how to make the rp_ libraries which are needed to incorporate any arexx *.library in a RexxPlus program. It appears that Dineen Edwards has either gone out of business or is no longer supporting RexxPlus. If you know…
Amax IV and GVPscsi
Message #167455
Regis, If I remember correctly you need to mount the CD-ROM drive on the Amiga prior to running the emulation. When you go to Devices setup where you would select your Amax hard drive partition you should find the CD-ROM device in the list view. You can then select it…
Ron, It only shows up in MWB 2.0 and only the registered version when you run MagicWB-Demon in the startup. It occurs randomly and is apparently a function of boot frequency (if you reboot – warm – enough it will occur.)
Dale, Doesn't work because my machine is ROM based. Set040 will report that there's already a copy of Kickstart operating. I've tried that already. I think that Set040 will only do that for Soft kick machines (leastwise that's what it seems to say in the Set040 documentation).
Dale, I've tried making a disk copy of Kickstart with one or more of the available programs, but once the system has booted any program attempting to mess with the MMU or caches (other than Enforcer and the Emplant's HardKickMMU) is apparently locked out when 68040.library is loaded. Now, if…
Dale, No, I don't have MapROM, nor have I found it on any of the bbs. The person from whom I bought the board did provide me with the correct math libraries and the 68040.library. I got the correct SetPatch from here. When I upgraded to 3.1, of course, all…
Dale, Problem is, I don't know which jumper setting enables MapROM. See, I don't really know if the board is mapping the ROM and once SetPatch runs and loads the 68040.library, neither CPU nor Set040 can control the MMU or the caches and neither tells me whether the ROM has…
Jim, Well, that's what marks the difference between the stand-up comedian and the audience!! On the bright side, sometimes what's unsaid turns out to have been best, unsaid!
Karl, There's also a HydraNet card, but I don't remember who makes it, and DFS ENLan had two network solutions, one software for networking only Amigas, and one which used a Network card for an Ethernet network. Both cards were around $300. Then CEI has the A4066 which is the…
Nope, it's apparently the same card, so Dale Larsen informed me. If you have the docs for that board, Eulogio, can you tell me anything about the Map ROM jumper on the board? When I bought mine used, it had no docs, so I have no idea about any jumpers…
Ah, I see. I remember that before they discontinued the '040/3000 model they had two different models, one for the 3000 and one for the 4000, so I sort of assumed, wrongly, that the 4000 model might not work in the 3000. Now, does this board use a Zorro slot…
Pat, No, I'm afraid not. They are in Miami, FL, though. Computer Electronics International or something like that.
Wayne, I thought that the GVP '040 accelerator for the 4000 didn't work in a 3000. Thought they made a different board for the 3000, which they don't make anymore. Oh well, I'm not much on GVP cards. The only one I ever had was an old 3001 accelerator for…
Jim, Yep, and I thought about it after I turned off the computer!!
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#A-Max II, IV & Emplant
Message #166282
Karl, Hah, well, in a way it could be, I guess. You really need to talk with Dale Larson here, who is far more the network expert than I'll ever be. I think that Oxxi sells a network board which is compatible with Novell's Netware, but I think with an…
Joe, Mac II/IIx/IIcx/SE30. Shreve Systems is one possible source. However, if you have access to one of those Macs, you can dump a rom image with the program ROMINFO which will come with the Emplant distribution software. ROMINFO is a Mac program, so you will have to get it off…
Dale, Thanks for that information.
Wayne, You will need to check the installation instructions for those products. I don't know a thing about them. If you have one of those boards and the installation instructions don't tell you to change any jumpers on the motherboard, then don't.
Pat, There are several network cards for the Amiga. Call CEI in Miami, they are a major Amiga retailer. Oxxi makes a card and there's also the new A4066 card which supposedly replaces the old A2065/66 ethernet cards made by CBM. You should also check in the libs here for…
Yes, you can use any modem with the Amiga as long as you know which is the serial port on the Amiga and have a normal serial cable for the modem. The best shareware/pd terminal program is called Term, and the latest version, 4.1, is available in the Communications library.…
Yes, but he needed to know if it worked in 3000 towers. I'm not familiar with the daughterboard in 4000, so I didn't know if it was the same board as the A3640, which I know does work in the 3000s.
Don, Is this the A3640 daughtercard? If so, it doesn't take a great deal. You need to change two jumpers, install the card, get the 68040.library file and the latest SetPatch. The jumpers are J100 and J104, I believe. J100 is a three pin jumper normally on pins 2-3, and…
Karl, Well, not exactly. According to Amax IV if you have an Amiga network card in your computer, the Mac emulation can use it. Leastwise, that's what the docs imply. Any Amiga device can be accessed by Amax IV and used by the emulation. However, you need the Amiga network…
Gary, No sweat, glad to help.
John, The simplest way is to use Localtalk. If your network has a Localtalk server or network card in the network server, then you can easily network Amax via Localtalk. However, if you want to use an Ethertalk net you will need a network card for the Amiga. Amax II…
Chris, You didn't mention if you have an Emplant. If so, be sure to get RsrvMemV to replace RsrvMemIV which does cause TTX to fail.
In the Serial settings for that phone entry, check Strip 8th bit ON. This will strip the eighth bit and stop that garbage, even though you have settings of 8-N-1, which is what you prefer for most systems.
Gary, I'm not sure how to tell you to be "honored", but if you will open your phonebook and click on the particular phonebook entry you want, then go to the list on the right hand side and look for the list entry "Commands" (no quotes). When you click on…
Dave, I think you may want to talk with Expert Services. I do seem to remember that when I ordered mine they asked me if I had a hard or softkick 3000 or 3000T. This may be unimportant, but it's worth checking out. I have a 3000T and use SetPatch…
Dave, This may sound dumb, but do you have the ROMs installed in the right sockets?
David, If you are referring to the random appearance of a startup screen and music, indeed it's supposed to be there. I confirmed it with Martin. He says it's the MagicWB secret! Scared the hell out of me the first time it happened!!
Chris, First, try increasing the stacksize in the Turbotext program. 3.1 seems to use more stack and some programs crash. I've had some strange goings on too, until I increased the program stacksize. Second, if you have an Emplant installed be sure to get the new RsrvMemV program. RsrvMemIV causes…
Dave, Your opening remarks suggested you have a softkick machine. If so, I think you need a softkick version of 3.1. It seems to me that I remember they mentioned in the packing stuff that came with mine and listed available versions, that a softkick version was available. You might…
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