This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Selling A2000
Message #168255
Is there a classified forum where I might sell my son's Amiga 2000? Also, do you know of any service centers in Northern Virgina or Washington, D.C. area? I would like to fix up the 2000 and sell it. My son is off to UCLA and is using a multimedia…
lzh/binary arc
Message #88704
HELP, I can't seem to figure out how to unarc this LZH/BINARY arc thing. Wherecan I find the program. Or must I rename it to something e Odell/70701,3624
Betty: Thanks for your guidance. I will back up everything first then play with sectorama. I down loaded it as you suggested, also diskx. After examining sectorama and diskx, I decided to try diskdoctor first. I understand it a little better. If it doesn't work I will just reformat and…
Don: I think you are right. I will start backing up things and play with sectorama later. I'm on a trip for two weeks so I have to do it all when I get back. odell \exit
Betty: thanks! I am going to go for it. Wish me luck. I will let you know how it goes. On second thought, I think I'll wait unti the week end when I'm not so tired. I'll keep you posted. thanks, odell
Don, Can you recommend a good sector editor? Are there any good Amiga file utilities such a pctools, norton utilities, qdos, etc? I was able to get Backer to work, finally. Do you think I should back up all the files on the hard disk and then reformat it or…
#harddisk
Message #10129
help!!!! Well it finally happened! My hard disk continues to crash and will not let me write to it. At first i got he message, "Error Validaing Disk dh0 key 18468 already set." This happened only minutes after I copied arp.library to df0:libs and dh0:libs and arpexe to df0:c and…
backup hd
Message #133442
Dear Chip: I have attempted to use your Backer program 1.7D for two days now. Both Estimator and Backer cause my A2000 with a Seagate harddisk and bridgeboard to crash. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. I have sorry about that… I tried the following commands: estimator jh0: (I also…
backup hd
Message #133442
Dear Chip: I have attempted to use your Backer program 1.7D for two days now. Both Estimator and Backer cause my A2000 with a Seagate harddisk and bridgeboard to crash. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. I have sorry about that… I tried the following commands: estimator jh0: (I also…
#bridgeboard, speaker
Message #132662
While I am working to do a few other things, can you give me directions on conneting a speaker to the Bridgeboard? I have a 2 inch speaker and the connectors (regualr ibm connectors). Is there any thing I should do to tell the bridgecard it has a speaker connected?…
Thanks Don, I will get back to you on it. I am learning a lot about the Amiga Bridgeboard connection. I now have a mouse for the Bridgeboard I haven't tried it out yet. It is amazing how many of my IBM and Apple friends are interested in the Bridgeboard.…
Thanks Don, I will get back to you on it. I am learning a lot about the Amiga Bridgeboard connection. I now have a mouse for the Bridgeboard I haven't tried it out yet. It is amazing how many of my IBM and Apple friends are interested in the Bridgeboard.…
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#hddisk bridgecard drives
Message #131693
Don, according to my ibm friend it will. Assuming that it will, I was wondering if I connected the 3.5 drive to my 1020 5.25 drive in daisy chain if the connection would work. Since the ibm 3.5 drive has its own power source it is possible. My question was…
#131687-
#hddisk bridgecard drives
Message #131693
Don, according to my ibm friend it will. Assuming that it will, I was wondering if I connected the 3.5 drive to my 1020 5.25 drive in daisy chain if the connection would work. Since the ibm 3.5 drive has its own power source it is possible. My question was…
Thanks Don. You are always there when I need you. I will get to work on the edge connection bit right away. I also have another question. Assuming I am able to reconfigure the 3.5 drive, can I plug it into the back of the Amiga 5.25 1020 drive? It…
Thanks Don. You are always there when I need you. I will get to work on the edge connection bit right away. I also have another question. Assuming I am able to reconfigure the 3.5 drive, can I plug it into the back of the Amiga 5.25 1020 drive? It…
#131185-
#hddisk bridgecard drives
Message #131268
Thanks Doug. I really appreciate any help I can get. I am still somewhat of a novice. Both my son and I are Amiga owners. I have the A2000 and he has the A1000. As you know I installed a bridgecard, parallel port, i/o card with two serial and one…
#131185-
#hddisk bridgecard drives
Message #131268
Thanks Doug. I really appreciate any help I can get. I am still somewhat of a novice. Both my son and I are Amiga owners. I have the A2000 and he has the A1000. As you know I installed a bridgecard, parallel port, i/o card with two serial and one…
#wordperfect
Message #123562
I would like to load WordPerfect on to my hard disk and I am having trouble doing it. I don't understand what I must change in the startup sequence of my boot disk to make it work. According to the instructions, I should assign certain commands to the startup-sequence. I…
#wordperfect
Message #123562
I would like to load WordPerfect on to my hard disk and I am having trouble doing it. I don't understand what I must change in the startup sequence of my boot disk to make it work. According to the instructions, I should assign certain commands to the startup-sequence. I…
printers
Message #122734
ODELL, 70701,3624 Dear Sysop: I just bought a "cross-over" box so that my A2000 and IBM bridgeboard could use both my ML192 and Okimate20 directly. I recently bought a IBM compatible parallel/game/serial I/O board for the A2000. It works perfectly (without the slowdown that I was warned against-Thexder works very…
AS I WAS SAYING, I DON'T THINK THE CARD HAS A MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROLLER ON IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERRUPT SELECT JUMPERS. UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT LIST THEM ALL HERE. THEY CONCERN THE SERIAL PORTS AND THE PARALLEL PORT. SOME DEAL WITH ENABLE/DISABLE, ETC. IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M TALKING…
AS I WAS SAYING, I DON'T THINK THE CARD HAS A MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROLLER ON IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERRUPT SELECT JUMPERS. UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT LIST THEM ALL HERE. THEY CONCERN THE SERIAL PORTS AND THE PARALLEL PORT. SOME DEAL WITH ENABLE/DISABLE, ETC. IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M TALKING…
#A2000
Message #115426
HELLO THERE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN. THIS TIME I SUSPECT IT IS QUITE SERIOUS. YOU SEE, I AM STILL TRYING TO EXPAND MY A2000 TO THE LIMIT, AGAINST ALL ADVICE, THAT IS, FROM MY IBM FRIENDS. ANYWAY, I JUST PURCHASED A MULTI I/O CARD FOR THE…
#A2000
Message #115426
HELLO THERE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN. THIS TIME I SUSPECT IT IS QUITE SERIOUS. YOU SEE, I AM STILL TRYING TO EXPAND MY A2000 TO THE LIMIT, AGAINST ALL ADVICE, THAT IS, FROM MY IBM FRIENDS. ANYWAY, I JUST PURCHASED A MULTI I/O CARD FOR THE…
#word perfect
Message #114062
Do you have any tips on loading word perfect onto a hard disk? I followed the book but every time I attempt to run word perfect my system crashes. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong. I got this version of word perfect from the Amiga 500 promotion.…
#110999-
booting hard disk
Message #111541
Thanks alot Don. I guess I will have to be satisfied with my accomplishments thus far. Anyway, I am happy to have the hard disk up and running. I never thought I would be able to do it. Let me know if you think of something else that might make…
#Bridgeboard
Message #104830
Dear Sysop: I have an A2000 with the bridgeboard. It works very well and I am happy with it. However, I have some questions that the manual does not answer. I bought an IBM game that uses a joystick and sound. My joystick doesn't work and I have not heard…
Thanks Greg! I found it and used it. It worked perfectly, except it slowed down my startup-sequence considerably. Is there any way to speed up my A2000 to load the IBM side? It now takes 90 seconds to loadthe IBM side. What can I remove or add to the s/ss…
Thanks Greg! I found it and used it. It worked perfectly, except it slowed down my startup-sequence considerably. Is there any way to speed up my A2000 to load the IBM side? It now takes 90 seconds to loadthe IBM side. What can I remove or add to the s/ss…
#SETPCDATE
Message #101443
HELLO AGAIN! Could you tell me where I can download the command "runback" so that I can use my PCDATE, mentioned by Ken Salmon. There are not many BBS' in my areas that support Commodore Amiga and I don't have a copy of Fish disk #65, which is supposed to…
#SETPCDATE
Message #101443
HELLO AGAIN! Could you tell me where I can download the command "runback" so that I can use my PCDATE, mentioned by Ken Salmon. There are not many BBS' in my areas that support Commodore Amiga and I don't have a copy of Fish disk #65, which is supposed to…
Don, Thanks again! I am sure I can do everything I want to do on my Amiga. The reason I chose the A2000 was because of its pc compatibility. I use my Amiga mostly for writing manuscripts and articles in collaboration with several other persons who have IBM compatibles. I…
Don, Thanks much! You have provided me with the most information I have received to date relating to the A2000/Bridgeborad/HDDISK controller. My friend's friend would like to sell to Amiga owners, I am sure that is why he load out this hardware. By the way, he is selling the PC…
Thanks Larry. I guess it would be prudent to wait for my bridgecard replacement since I am a novice at these things. I will talk to my friend's friend. If he has some ideas or some hardware gadget that will make the hard disk controller and seagate work without a…
Thanks a lot Don. If I under stand you correctly, I can use this controller with a bridgeboard. When I receive my new bridgeboard, and if it works, I could use this controller and the seagate? Fantastic. However, you say if I want to use it with my A2000, I…
#hard disk controller
Message #96815
help: a friend of a friend game me a disk controller and a seagate hard disk drive so that I can see if it works on an amiga 2000. The seagate hard disk 20 megs fits perfectly (in the 5.25 drive slot). When I booted the amiga the light for…
A2000 BRIDGEBOARD
Message #92730
HELP! I am the lucky recipient of a brand new A2000 PC Bridgeboard—that doesn't work. I am sure I installed it correctly. Maybe not but I am willing to recheck that part. I followed all the directions and rechecked them. When I click on the "pc mono" icon I received…
#showanim
Message #90682
Help! I am unable to get showanim to load any downloaded programs. When I ask it to run, I get the following: load of ANIM FAILED: IFF STATES -4 NOT ENOUGH MEMORY FOR BITMAPS. What does this mean? Every things seems to de-arc ok. Is there something I'm not doing?…