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Steve, I did save the mountlist that FaaastPrep V1.98 (Apr 22 1991) created for me. This was before I installed CrossDOS 6. It appears that the regular format utility on the system drawer will work. The low level format on the FaaastPrep corrupted my second blank. Anyway, after I formatted…
Steve, Yes, I have an Iomega ZIP drive. Since I have a GVP G-Force 030 board, I chose to use the GVP utility FaaastPrep. It did an automatic format for me and created a mountlist. I used CrossDOS Version 6 to mount another blank as device PCC: for a diskette…
>> mouse on the bbside serial port but now no modem :(. If you >> don't mind my asking, what is your work around? Marion J Deland [72550,1733] published my suggestion in her newsletter. If you can find it, there is a Gravis Mousestick for the Atari and Amiga that…
>> Why can't I find gvpscsi.device on my system ? I did a hexadecimal read on the file gvpscsi in the Expansion drawer. It's in that file. 00000030: 03000000 001E0000 00330000 005C6776 ““““`3“`\gv 00000040: 70736373 692E6465 76696365 00245645 pscsi.device`$VE 00000050: 523A2067 76707363 73692034 2E313320 R: gvpscsi 4.13 00000060: 28303620 4F637420…
>> and asking me when am I going to get a real computer? Several of my friends also ask me the same thing. Perhaps we should point out that gurus are rarer than GPF's (General Program Failures in Windows). Although I've seen Compaq, Packard-Bell, Leading Edge, Tandy, Aptiva, Gateway,I've yet…
Werner, I am using Amouse.com with Novell DOS 7 on my 386 bridgeboard. Windows 3.1 is also installed and working as well as Windows can with Amouse3.drv for the Windows mouse driver. On some graphics displays the x and y axis for the mouse are swapped. But I've suggested a…
>> When I did this years ago, you had to create a MOUNTLIST entry, >> and the cylinder counts were different. Sorry, I don't have >> time to look it all up right now. The MOUNTLIST must be the key. Whenever you or someone gets a 'round tuit,' I guess…
Marion, Here is some of the information from SYSINFO off Norton Utilities for DOS Version 8. I think I got ADISK to partition the drive with Amiga partitions, but DJMOUNT FFS can't find them: New Shell process 9 9.System2.0:> rad: 9.RAM_0:> DJMOUNT FFS DJMount: no Amiga partitions found. 9.RAM_0:> ********************…
ZIP100 & CrossDOS
Message #215169
Andrew, I have the mountlist for ZIP drives generated by GVP and the commercial version of CrossDOS by Consultron. ========================== ZIP: Device = gvpscsi.device FileSystem = L:FastfileSystem Unit = 005 Flags = 0 Surfaces = 1 BlocksPerTrack = 32 Reserved = 2 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 2 HighCyl =…
#AmigaJanus DJMOUNT FFS
Message #214961
Marion, Has anyone gotten DJMOUNT FFS to work with AmigaDOS 3.1, a 386 bridgeboard, Novell DOS 7, a Maxtor 71626AP (1.62 GB IDE harddrive), Amiga 2000HD (G-Force 030), and AmigaJanus 2.1? I got my new drive (the primary drive on the BB is also a Maxtor (7345AT)) setup and partitioned…
#Storm
Message #197663
>> It seems to me that our weather has been considerably more >> vicious for the past three or four years than ever before. We >> have always had some storms and heavy rains from time to time, >> but not with the ferocity and power that we have seen…
>> two lions in the bathtub The version that I heard involved rabbits. After one asks for soap, the second retorts, "What do you think I am! A Radio!" Care for carrots? 🙂 Sincerely, 20-May-95 at 10:09p (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City!
The Web SUCKS!!!!
Message #196923
>> a high one) might be the only way to go. Dale, A high antenna would get you above obstacles; Antenna size is more of a factor in frequency. Although I'm not a radio person either, I 'know enough to be dangerous.' I got the tape (Deathbed Vigil). Thanks for…
Iomega's Zip drive
Message #195991
>> extension of your subscription for a couple of months. What! No kangaroo dinner, even! };> That sounds fine to me. Now if only it would get here. It's on backorder since the demand overwhelmed Iomega's expectation of the market. The Iomega representative had 2 of each type, SCSI and…
Jim, I have one on order from MicroWarehouse. I also ordered CrossDOS V6.0 from Safe Harbor to allow me to write files from my bridgeboard onto a cartridge with MSDOS format. I happened to get an IDE controller for my bridgeboard so I plan to use the SCSI Zip drive…
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#AC News ESCOM Wins- 4Now
Message #195759
>> No, but the ads look great, don't they? Yes, they do. I have one on order. Want a review? Of course, you can probably have your pick of reviewers. One of the people answering my message has some words to say about the Zip drive. Also, an Iomega representative…
>> those of us with ambiguous names are often assumed to be male. >> Not always! This is certainly true! And in my case, it would be quite true, yet for some reason, people assume that I'm female! Would you care to swap names? };> Or, since I'm not a…
>> The ultimate Chinese torture ;^} "May you live in interesting times!" }:>
Rich, I missed most of it, too. The catalog is from Micro Systems Warehouse apparently located in New Jersey. Their order number is 1-800-660-3222, and the fax number is 1-908-370-8198. They sell mainly for IBM clones. (Need a WordPerfect update? :-> ) Iomega also produces the Bernoulli drive. Their newest…
Iomega ZIP 3.5' Drive
Message #193804
The MicroWarehouse mail order catalog says the Zip drive has 29 ms seek time and 1.25 MB/sec transfer rate. I don't have any more details at the moment. Sincerely, 21-Apr-95 at 8:11p (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City!
Kelly, I am also running Novell DOS 7 on a Commodore 386 bridgeboard. GO NDSG will get you to the Novell Desktop Systems Group forum on CompuServe. Norton Utilities version 8 for DOS/Windows works fine. The DPMS system needs more work. OzCIS 2.0c(5) works fine. Anything else? Sincerely, 21-Mar-95 at…
#PC Mag => Amiga Letter?
Message #188331
Gary, In which issue of PC Mag did your letter appear? I would like to get a copy, or can I get the text over on ZiffNet? Sincerely, 10-Mar-95 at 2:05a (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City!
Marion, No, it isn't programmable from the computer. There is a manual that comes with it. You click the command key on the joystick and read the LCD display on the pad. The manual shows you how to hold the joystick to program the mousestick. Then you exit the pad…
>> Are you saying to use the Mousestick in the Amiga mouse port? Marion, I believe so. Left-Amiga P will switch it if necessary. Mainly my point is the ability of the device to be programmed and have the settings saved. Consequently, a setting can be used to reverse the…
#Amiga mouse axis reverse
Message #185727
Marion, I read Ron Legro's letter about the Amouse driver problem in your February newsletter. One workaround, if he can find one, is perhaps to use a Gravis Mousestick. It can be programmed to reverse the X-axis and Y-axis as well as a few other fancy things such as saving…
#An Open Letter to GVP
Message #185161
Mr. Darlington, I have an Amiga 2000HD with a GVP G-Force 030 (25MHZ) and a 386 bridgeboard (BB). Since the BB address maps into a certain area of Amiga memory (and a certain area in upper memory [D000 or thereabouts] on the BB), I don't have all the 16-bit memory…
>> running the latest Janus software too.. ..do you have a >> version number? Steve, Let me check. Well, the short answer is that it is version 2 or thereabouts. It's the one that came with the 386 bridgeboard, and I need to find the diskettes that came with it.…
>> In my startup I beleive it's just MagicMenu. BTW I forgot to >> mention that I removed "BINDDRIVERS" from my startup-sequence. LES, I believe I saw Steve Ahlstrom [76703,2006] (or AForums [7530,1641]) comment over in section 9 of AmigaVendor that MagicMenu may not comply with all of the suggested…
LES, What Amiga programs did you run before using the A2386 bridgeboard (BB)? I have it in an Amiga 2000HD with a GVP G-Force 030 accelerator. When I run LIVEWIRE from GEnie with the Helmbrowser, the Amouse gets disconnected for some reason, and I have to reboot to get it…
#Minimum wage
Message #178908
>> Not so, however, with government. Governments are in the >> 'business' of self perpetuation, first and formost. They do >> not act in a manner that is automatically good for anything >> other than their own self perpetuation. While a government >> MIGHT do something that is actually good…
#Eaten by wildlife
Message #178885
>> And in the end the earth will shake us off like so many fleas. Well, I've heard it said that some place is going to the dogs; however, I didn't know it was a dog! Like attracts like? Merry Christmas, (and toss the world a bone)!
HPGL on Deskjet500+
Message #174223
>> Can anyone tell me whether DSKHP1.LZH is still on CIS? Paul, Do you know how to use AMIGAFF (Amiga FileFinder)? Just GO AMIGAFF and use it to locate your file. You might try the wildcard feature just to make you get any filenames. Or you can use the keyword…
#Appearance & Reality
Message #174028
>> Unfortunately, perception often is reality in modern, mass-media >> culture — a fact all presidents hereafter may have to contend >> with. Not just presidents hereafter, a previous president said that appearance contributes to political reality. And not just presidents either, any person appearing before a public of any…
Amiga mouse as DOS mouse
Message #165382
The command to let the Amouse driver use the Amiga mouse as a clone mouse is left Amiga key + P. Sincerely, 25-Sep-94 at 9:52p (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City!
Brian, Actually, Sandy and Scrappy appear to like the computer and will 'helpfully' walk across the keyboard and the printer. Scrappy likes the warmth of the monitor. The 3rd cat Bagheera Ratsel likes StarTrek. I think I caught him napping on top of a box of StarTrek books with his…
Brian, What interrupts did you select for COM3 and COM4? BTW, I replaced that 40 MB hardcard that gave us such a problem starting last year (after solving the problem). I sold it and a RAM board for expanded memory to my brother to update his floppy Leading Edge XT…
Brian, Perhaps now we know why some people call it MessyDOS! Since COM2 is used by Janus, doesn't that leave COM3 as a second serial port? I know that WordStar 7.0 (not an MSDOS program!) doesn't like the mouse either; however, I learned it in Apple CP/M days when mice…
Thanks! Our bureaucracy is somewhat slow, too. > Expert Services is the only source . . . . Apparently so for the present, my dealer must have been talking to someone who was speculating on future arrangements. I guess I'll just have to try it and find out. I was…
Jim, In that case I may not have a problem. I'm still booting off my A2091 controller that came with the Amiga 2000HD. I left it that way to be able to boot off the harddrive if, for some reason, I wanted to use the GVP utility to reboot into…
From whom do you expect to receive those ROMs? Expert Services is selling the 3.1 ROMs. I understand that they will offer them through dealers eventually. If GVP waits to receive ROMs, an update may not be possible until quite late in the year. I'm slow, but I think I…
#ROM 3.1 updates
Message #88155
I have a GForce 030 accelerator (25MHZ) with MMU, FPU, 9 Meg of memory, and a harddrive installed on an Amiga 2000HD. Are there ROM updates for 3.1? Jim Belant 72711,755 sent me the following message: > 159616 S3/Hot News and Rumors > 13-Aug-94 16:06:35 > Sb: #ROM 3.1 Arrives…
ROM 3.1 Arrives
Message #159694
Jim, I haven't gotten around to trying it just yet. My system boots off the A2091 drive after it 'dukes it out' with the accelerator drive. I left it that way rather than booting off the accelerator so that I could use the GVP utility to boot without the accelerator…
Andre, I'm using a NEC 1401P3A multi-sync with my bridgeboard but haven't hooked it up to my Amiga 2000HD. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless' from the Rocket City! via AutoPilot 1.03a
John, I've had my Amiga 2000HD and Apple ][+ connected to a switchbox to share my Okidata Microline 92 which was replaced with a Hewlett-Packard 500C. I had to swap a 5-foot parallel cable from the printer to the switchbox for a 3-foot parallel cable for my Apple to be…
Caching Controller
Message #158218
Marion, We found out that the caching controller from PROMISE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION does not work in an XT (8-bit) slot as the salesperson told us over the phone. The DC99 comes from the factory without any memory and won't work without at least 512 KB that is 80 nanoseconds or…
Marion, Your idea about calling Maxtor may have been a good one. They referred me to Promise Technology (or Technologies?). Right now I can't find my notes. The lady in charge of the shop wants to believe that the cable is correct and resists my suggestion to check out the…
#compatible cards
Message #156596
Marion, I'm trying to get Maxtor IDE harddrive (790 cylinders, 15 heads, 57 sectors) working with my 386 BB and have misplaced my information on compatible VGA cards, IDE controller cards, and multifunction cards. The VGA card or multifunction card would go with a NEC 1401P3A (14 inch multi-sync). Would…
Steven, Yes, I had noticed that jumper, and I also noticed that the drives suddenly get louder during the BB bootup. B & B Data Systems should have gotten to my harddrive subsystem by Tuesday. Hope you have a happy 4th! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless' from the…
Steven, Funny you should suggest that! Cinege suggested the same thing when I talked to him on the phone. (He's active on GEnie.) I have a local shop checking out the drive subsystem just to make everything is working. It may be as late as Tuesday before I can test…
Steven, I did use 936 cylinders, 16 head, and 17 SPT for 130.3 meg. I even disconnected the second or slave drive. You must have been using Oak Technology for your VGA display. That came up in purple when I had HD0 configured for 1024 cyl, etc. It only happened…
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