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The GURU ROM is a replacement for the GVP FaaastROM in GVP Series II SCSI controllers. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
>Could i ask you a question ? ……. Did you see a lot of improvement >(speed,reliability…) when you install the Guru Rom ? >i'm interested in this product and i would like to have some infos. Speed…no, I haven't realized any speed increases from the GURU ROM, I didn't expect…
>Nope, that's gvpscsi, we're looking for gvpscsi.device. Consensus seems >to be it's in ROM. More importantly the system seems to know how to find >it. Yep, the gvpscsi.device is in ROM, or more precisely FaaastROM. I upgraded my GForce FaaastROM with the GURU ROM, so I don't have gvpscsi.device anymore,…
Technical support for the Oktagon and all other Alpha Data products is handled in the U.S. by Alpha Data U.S., which is part of Micropace.
>And why DOES the IDE drive show up with a scsi.device driver in the >setup screen? Could that be a problem with a real scsi controller >onboard? There is nothing wrong. The Amiga onboard IDE controller in the A1200 & A4000 uses the scsi.device driver. IDE drives use address 0…
>I know some users do use Studio's SetupPJL program with Epson >printers. So it seems, that the Epson printers are pretty compatible. >However, I can't remember wich Epson printer was used and what PJL >settings are supported by the Epson. At least it seems to work for the >basic SetupPJL…
#Need laserprinter help
Message #215058
>Ray, thanks for your reply. I will try that. The biggest prob at this point >seems to be that the Epson, while HP compatable, is completely >software controlled, so it seems that I have no way to tell it not to use the >internal (default) fonts in favor of what…
>I am an A500 owner. Do you have 3.1 ROM's for my machine at that >price? Dave, the A2000 & A500 use the same ROM, so the answer is yes. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
#VillageTronic and 3.1
Message #209342
>Do you have any 3.1 ROM's left at that $75.00 price? >David (75714,2776) >Waiting just "two more weeks" for my 060/A4000T Yes, I do…E-mail me if you want one. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
Old MSS
Message #209341
>Ray: >We are contemplating re-releasing some of our more popular software for >the Amiga but have not made a decision as of yet. As soon as we know, >you'll know. Well that's good to hear, I hope it works out OK, I think a lot of people would like to…
#A1200 Bundle
Message #209340
>Petro Tyschtschenko didn't seem to think so. "Still looking for a >potential distributor," he said. Well CEI had a press release last month stating they had reached an agreement with AT to distribute Amiga's in N. & S. America. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
#VillageTronic and 3.1
Message #209339
>HOw well does 3.1 work with a Toaster system? I thought people >complained about problems. What's the word? >thanks, dave fisher I don't know, what kind of problems are they having? Anybody with a Toaster system and OS3.1 got any comment? Ray Tronix Micro Systems
AT Distributor/Partner
Message #209338
I wonder why that wasn't stated, and even said that AT/ESCOM is looking >for an "Investor/Distributor" (if I read it right.) I think what AT is looking for is a manufacturing partner in N. America willing to invest in Amiga production, whereas CEI is going to be just a distributor.…
#VillageTronic and 3.1
Message #209337
>What do you consider to be the best graphics board for the 2000? I've >just gotten 3.1 and have a 68030 @ 50MHz. That depends what your main application is going to be. The Picasso II is a great all round graphic board, it's got great emulation features, it's real…
CEI is U.S. distributor for Amiga Technologies. Current Amiga dealers (including myself) and any new dealers interesting in selling Amiga's will supply the N. American market. BTW…CEI will also be S. American distributor as they were during C= times. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
>One of the main reasons I upgraded at first was that I was buying a >Picassso board and I'd heard that it worked a lot better under 3.1 than >under 2.1. I was pleasantly surprised at the speed increase, love the >new pens (for colors) and multiview/datatypes! Nice little upgrade,…
I've been selling OS3.1 ROM's for A2000/500 for $75.00 for the last month. I went through a pile of them too. Full packages with manuals and disks are scarce right now. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
Did I here right? Is MSS coming back to the Amiga marketplace?!
Directory Opus 5 is a totally new program, it`s not a bug fix of Directory Opus 4.0. Asha…I can`t upderstand why anyone would be disappointed that Opus 5 is different in operation that 4.0, it`s much more confiqurable, has many more features and it really takes advantage of the OS2.1…
That`s good to hear Clint, both Vista Pro and Distant Suns would make great CD titles for Amiga. Any hints as to what new Amiga projects you`re working on? 🙂 Ray Tronix Micro Systems
Eulogio…just get the upgrade to Directory Opus 5.0, I`ve had it for a couple weeks now and it is fantastic. It definitely is one of the best Amiga programs of all time. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
Is Virtual Reality Labs going to come out with a Distant Suns 5.x on CD? With so many Amiga owners now having CD-ROM drives, it`s time for developers to make CD-ROM versions of popular titles. I speak from the standpoint of an Amiga user and dealer, a great deal of…
You can get a double 5.25" bay SCSI box with 60 watt P.S. and cable for $100.00. It`s better to get that than a single bay enclosure, if your thinking of adding another SCSI device externally at a later time. Ray
Hillary, the Sony CD-ROM drive I mentioned is a internal, but all you need is a external SCSI enclosure to use it externally. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
Asha, I personally own two Amiga 2000`s, one with a GFORCE 040 and one with a GVP 030/33 accelerator. I have not had problems with connecting a external CD-ROM to either one of the accellerator's SCSI controllers. Sounds like a termination problem or possibly the CD-ROM drive itself if it`s…
No problem Hillary… I also have GVP SCSI controllers/Accelerators on my Amiga 2000`s, CD-ROM drives work fine with GVP SCSI controllers. If you want a great inexpensive double speed SCSI-2 drive, I`d recommend the Sony CDU-55S. It`s a 2.4X Speed (360k/sec tranfer speed), caddyless and the drive is supported by…
Still might be a blown CIA chip, I would replace them both and see if that fixes it. Ray
Deron, does your printer work when connected to the parallel port? If not, you may have blown a CIA chip. Ray
Hilary, there are lot`s of CD`s that you can use for video production and 3D Rendering with you Toaster. I sell alot of CD titles to toaster users, and there`s more stuff coming out all the time. Here`s some popular CD titles for toaster users.. Light ROM Vol. 1 Light…
The last 2091 ROM revision was 7. That possibly could be the problem. Also SCSI termination could be the culprit, the 40 MEG drive should have the terminator resistor packs removed.
For my money and my customers Quantum is the best drive. I don't agree that all drives great from all big manufacturers. From my experience as an Amiga dealer, Quantum SCSI drives are more reliable and are fast! And Quantum is the only manufacturer that tests it's drives on Amiga…
Excuse me, but isn't it ~GVPScsiCtrl -r" that you are using in your Startup-Sequence? This command rescans the SCSI bus for devices that have not been mounted and mounts them. Some hard drives have a slow spin-up time or rather the SCSI controller is autobooting too fast for the drive…
Yes, it's true, I got the FAX the other day. CEI wants to get an idea of how many units a month they can expect to sell. Ray
#Can A4000 play CD32?????
Message #157261
RE: How do we wake up the publishers? The only way is for everyone to write them and tell them what we want…some Amiga publishers are aware and have new CD-Titles for the Amiga…look at Micro R&D with their 2 new Amiga CD's this year and they've been big sellers…
Can A4000 play CD32?????
Message #157260
That's all the titles that I've had a chance to try, that worked. I also sell the Competition Pro Super CD32 Controller. 🙂
True..there's enough room on a CD for them to put an ECS and AGA version of the game. As a dealer I know CD-ROM is really popular now on the Amiga There's a lot of CD-ROM drives being sold and I know I've sold a bunch. Ray
I just got a pile of CD32 titles in the other day and I found a few that work on the A1200. Castles II Battle Chess Brutal Football almost works…it seems to crash after a while.
I ran the LAB demo right of the Amiga USer CD. All we need is some AKIKO emulation software and we can run other CD32 disks on a A1200. The europeans have it now.
The Brit Mags are a little too critical of many Amiga CD32 games, they seem to like platform games the best, any slower moving stratagy/adventure games are always rated lower. From my experience with Labyrinth Of Time, it is very compatible with any Amiga system with a CD-ROM, as long…
#Can A4000 play CD32?????
Message #155712
Mike..anybody who says Labyrinth Of Time is nothing more than a pretty slideshow hasn't really played the game or is not intellegent enough to fiqure out how to solve any of the puzzles. I'm a Amiga dealer and Labyrinth is the best selling Amiga CD title so far, and everybody…
I can tell you my experience with Computer Answers, I'm a dealer and like everybody els was looking for A1200's..I called Computer Answers one day and talked to one guy who said they had A1200's in stock..I called back the next day to order some and talked to another guy…
I'm having the same problem as you are with the serial port on my Gforce 040. Sometimes I have to reboot 3 or 4 times to get it to work. I never had that problem with my I/O Extender serial port. It's pretty frustrating..any answer GVP? RE: SETPATCH problem I…
If your showing 1 MEG CHIP RAM and 2 MEG FAST RAM, then everything is fine. Your A2000 has 1 MEG of CHIP RAM on the motherboard, the 2 megs you added to the 2091 is FAST RAM. Ray Tronix Micro Systems
ICD is still around, I don't know what they're up too lately. They do make some good products, Flicker Free Video is the best de- interlacer board out there..I hope they are still making them. I'm a dealer and I just sold my last one this month, I need some…
As everone has said, you need a de-interlacer board, more specifically a ICD Flicker Free Video, which is the only one that fits in a A500. Also…be careful as to you selection of VGA monitors, many will display black borders on the sides where the overscan area should be. Best…
If your using a 2.05 ROM in a A500, that is most likely the problem. I've upgraded 2 A500's in the last month for customers and I tried a 2.05 ROM..no go, unexplained crashes including Final Writer. I replaced the 2.05 with a 2.04 and no crashes. Both machines had…
RE: IBM Mice As Ron said, only IBM Bus mice work on an Amiga with an adapter cable. The only reason to use a IBM Bus mouse like the Logitech Mouseman, which I use..is the higher quality and 400dpi. The Mouseman is the best mouse I've ever used, most comfortable…
I tried running GVPCPUCTRL before SETPATCH as you suggested and it worked. Why did this work instead of running it later? But…I'm still getting the other crash with FORMAT and some other programs. I ran AlertPatch to get a better description of the GURU. The FORMAT GURU says…. Task 0x011B4558…
I got the 1.14 version of GVPCPUCTRL with the GForce 040, and it crashed the machine too. That won't fix it, does the same things as version 1.51. I've been playing with it a bit, sometimes I can open a shell and type GVPCPUCTRL FastROM MoveSSP and it works, sometimes…
#GForce 040 problems
Message #82271
Whoops…sorry, as I was saying..I tried ver 1.51 of the GForce utilities disk, but the system still crashes the same. Here's my system configuration: Amiga 2000 ver 6.2 motherboard GForce 040 12 MEGS FAST RAM (GVP SIMMS) 2 Megs CHIP RAM Flicker Free Video II deinterlacer Retina 24bit graphics board…
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