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Thanks a bunch! Keith.
#NEC 3Xi jumpers….?
Message #209775
I seem to have misplaced the manual for my NEC 3Xi CD-ROM. Does anyone know what the jumpers on the back of the unit are? The first three are for the SCSI address, but I'm not sure about the other three. I seem to remember one being to activate the…
WTB: 386+ BridgeBoard
Message #197467
Wanted: 386 or better Bridgeboard. Needs to be in good working order with adequate documentation, with a "reasonable" pricetag. Email details… Thanks, Keith.
#IDE HDs, Modem For Sale
Message #197320
For Sale: Western Digital 270MB Caviar IDE Hard Drive – $150; Western Digital 540MB IDE Hard Drive – $200; Segate 540MB IDE Hard Drive – $200; Hayes Optima 9600 Modem (Fast, "Industrial Strength" for 9600!) – $200; Segate 80MB SCSI Hard Drive – $80. The IDE hard drives are less…
I'm not the GVP expert I'd like to be, but I'll try. Did the board work before you began upgrading your system? What O/S version are you using, for I've heard of some problems with 3.1. If it is the RAM, are you using true GVP memory? They do have…
You have two options to expand the A1200 beyond the stock 2MB chip RAM: 1-Add a PCMCIA memory card up to 8MB into the slot. The only problem with this is it will only be 16-bit (slow) memory. 2-Add an expansion card into the underside of the unit that accepts…
Don't know, never seen a stock A4000. It could have had one 4MB SIMM. Regrads, Keith.
I don't like OS/2 Warp for two reasons: It won't work on half the PC clones I've tried to load it on, and it is very slow unless it has at least 20MB of RAM to play with. Windows 95 has worked on every machine, although I will admit it…
I'd suggest that he check to make sure the memory is non-parity, or Mac compatible memory. "IBM PC" memory probably will not work due to the parity bit it includes. Although I've never seen the accelerator board, I _think_ it has 72-Pin SIMM slots, and I'd like to point out…
I hate to say it, for I like my Amiga(s) as much as anyone here, but Windows 95 is an acutal USEABLE O/S written by Microsoft. I've been using the final beta version for two weeks and the biggest suprise is that it doesn't crash like 3.1. I actually LIKE…
The 25MHz and 40Mhz processors are identical except for the fact that one has been tested to run at a higher speed. Replacing the processor should cause no problem, but you won't see any speed increase till you also replace the oscillator. The big question is can the support chips…
I've read enough messages which gave me the opinion that you needed the Buster-11 to run the Retina-Z3. Did something change, or has the Buster problem been blown out of proportion? It really doesn't suprise me since I'm running an EGS-Spectrun card in Z3 mode with the older rev 9…
What to upgrade depends on what you plan to do. *If* you really don't need access to AGA, then your 3000 can be as useful as a 4000. I'd find a 040 accelerator for a start, and upgrade to 3.1 for better compatability, especially with graphics cards. A Retina Z3…
"Supports painting and animation in all available screen modes" Would you happen to know if these are just the native screen modes, or does this also include additional screens added by video boards? I've been looking for a good EGS paint program, but can't seem to find one. It's at…
Yes, 32MB SIMMs are available! I don't think you caught all of the last message though. The tower board has 4 sockets for a total of 128MB (4 x 32MB = 128MB), while the desktop version _was_ to be designed with 2 slanted sockets for a total of 64MB (2…
I read an article in AmigaWorld a few months ago about the different versions that were going to be released. I have also spotted advertisements from Creative Computers that stated the Warp 3040 would only work in a tower system. So far I have not spotted a desktop version though.…
Mike, To my knowledge, a Warp accelerator for a desktop A3000 has not been released yet. There is a tower version that uses "jumper" cables to attach to certain parts of the motherboard, which eliminates the need to upgrade Ramsey & DMAC. The problem with fitting the tower Warp card…
No, the Scramer program will not work in fixing your problem with the A3640 accelerator. It sounds like your jumper settings are not set correctly on the A3000; unfortunately my 50MB hard drive seems to have crashed and I can't access all my notes on installing the board. Give me…
I'm satisfied with the accelerator. It was a pain trying to get it to work (especially with the Zorro bus), but I feel it was worth the $300 I spent for a used one. I don't have any software to rate the speed improvement, but I would say native Amiga…
I have installed one in my desktop A3000 and it works. You'll need to find a smaller heat sink and figure out what jumpers to change on the A3000. If you have a Buster-11, I would suggest getting a Rev 3.0 accelerator instead of the newer Rev 3.1, for there…
It doesn't sound like the LUN is giving you the problem. As long as the main addresses are different, the controller should find the drives. Although I've never seen one used, LUNs were created in order to attach another controller to the SCSI bus, and have that controller control up…
Why 20 to 30 Seconds? Because that's just how long it takes for the Kickstart ROM screen to appear. I was used to 5 or 10 seconds on my older 2.04 ROMS, and started getting worried when the screen didn't pop up right away. If the ROMS are in backwards,…
I'm saying that I've found an incompatability problem with my rev 3.1 A3640 accelerator and a rev-11 Buster. By switching back to my older rev-07 Buster, the bus cards became recognizeable once again. It's a good thing that I really don't have any cards at this time that take full…
#Installing OS3.1
Message #182682
The older chips must me removed and replaced with the newer ones. If your older ROMS have a -1 and -0, replace them with the newer ones exactly the same way. If the older ROMS don't have a -1 or -0, then read carefully and don't get confused: The new…
I have a rev 3.1 A3640 working on my desktop A3000 with Static Column Zips, so I'll back you up on all those techs being wrong. I think that the new rev does away with the Zip problem, but it also becomes fussy with DMAC, Ramsey, and Buster. I can't…
Tom, That's okay, the original message is somewhat confusing. I'm selling two complete sets of RAM, each of which consist of four 1×9-80ns SIMMs. That's 1MB a SIMM, and on a 386DX or 486SX-DX-DX/2-DX/4 they are usually required in banks of four (thus 4 SIMMs per set). These are 30-Pin…
Tom, The tape drive is tempting, but I would really need something a little bigger than 150MB. As for the modem, I've seen too many Supra (not to mention Practical Peripheral) units go bad, and really had my heart set on an Optima. Mac memory? No, don't really need that,…
Yes, I realize that if I ripped the chips off the other side of the SIMM it would work in an A4000, but I don't have an A4000 to put it in. If someone wants to buy and try it, they're more than welcome. In its present state, it will…
#Need PC RAM…?
Message #180885
Before I throw this into the Classified Ads, does anyone need any PC RAM? I've got two sets of 1×9 – Four piece SIMMS (totaling 4MB per set), and one 1×36 SIMM (4MB-72Pin). This memory doesn't work in Amigas, only PCs. Will accept cash or trade for a 250-300MB SCSI…
For an A1200, I've heard you'll get more DataTypes, a CD-ROM Driver (Data Only – No Audio Support), and "cleaner" ROMS & O/S code. Since there are no A1200 specific ROMS (you'll be using the A4000 chips), you will also lose control of your PCMCIA port (since the A4000 doesn't…
It's been a few years and I've never personally done this, but _IF_ I remember correctly, the Super (ECS) Denise of the A3000 needs to be replaced with the older model that does not support Super-HiRes. That should do it, although I think I also remember something that the A3000…
Any A1200 that didn't come with a pre-installed hard drive also did not come with the diskette that contains the HDToolBox to my knowledge. Commodore offered the diskette at a later date as part of a hard drive installation kit, along with the screws and cable that I already mentioned.…
Any parallel cable will work with one modification: You must disable the 12-Volt supply pin, which I believe is #14 (It's been a while, so check the back of the manual for the pin-listing of the parallel port). Pull the pin out on your cable (Not the computer!), or open…
No, installing a hard drive into an A1200 is not that simple. You will need a standard ribbon cable for installing a 2.5-Inch IDE hard drive. Whoever sold you the drive should have the cable, and make sure you have a 2.5-Inch drive, not 3.5-Inch. You'll also need four small…
For about $100, GVP has the ioExtender which includes a 9-Pin RS232 serial port (similar to PC serial ports to run modems) and a parallel port. This is a Zorro II card which can be upgraded with yet another serial port. I own one and it works fine with my…
I don't have one or ever read the documentation for one, but hopefully I can clear up some of this. (I've read a few AmigaWorld reviews on this board a while back…) Anyways, yes, you do have to remove the 68000 from the A2000 and plug the board into it's…
Thank you for clearing that up. I got confused when I saw your adds claiming compatability, but then read the AmigaWorld article on ADPro 2.5 which stated that ADPro could read & save to the Picasso format, but not actually display the images. Looks like I may get a Picass…
#ADPro 2.5 & Picasso…
Message #88617
Now that the 3.1 ROMs are finally out, I'm looking to slowly upgrade my new (used) A3000. For a video board, I'm looking at the Picasso II, however I've read articles that claim ADPro 2.5 does not directly support the Picasso board. Is it possible to display images directly to…
A3000 Chip Revisions…
Message #160672
Now that the 3.1 ROMS have actually begun to ship, I no longer have to worry about trying to sell my new (used) A3000 for all the comforts of an A4000. However, I would like to upgrade it a bit in the near future. The problem that I've noticed is…
A3000, 040, and chips…
Message #88190
I've been considering buying an A4000 G-Force 040 accelerator for my Amiga 3000, but have become fairly worried with all the talk about chip upgrades, such as the Buster, Ramsey, and DMAC. Does installing the GVP accelerator mean that I will be required to update these chips, and if so,…
What kind of disk drive does the Mac II have? The Superdrive with upgraded ROMs? Regards, Keith.
Wanna Trade…?
Message #155195
Suprised to see so many people selling their Amiga stuff over the last few months in an attempt to move over to another platform, I thought I'd take advantage of the situation. I have an i486DX clone which I can't seem to get rid of for a price that I…
#OS 3.1 Available!
Message #154832
Hey, finally someone to pop some questions on! I've been thinking of getting the Retina Z3, but need to know some things. Does this version come with an "auto switchbox" that changes from the Retina display to the standard Amiga video signal and back? (I know the Picasso II and…
That's funny, I just asked my dealer that same question yesterday while trying to stir up some RAM for my A3000. His response was that there is quite a noticeable difference, and unless you just plan to do lots of basic word processing on your Amiga, it's best to stick…
A3000 memory needed…
Message #149512
Wanted: A3000 Static Column Zips, either 1×4-80ns or 256×4-80ns at a REASONABLE price. Please email any offers… Thanks, Keith.
I've had the same problem. I contacted GVP and told them of the situation; they in turn have said that only weeks after its release, the external SCSI kit was to be discontinued (as a seperate package) and included in the complete package for future shipments. Sounds like you have…
Thanks, I've gotten a lot of help on this one… Regards, Keith.
Ron, Thanks, I understand now. Already have 2MB chip and 2MB fast, deciding if I should top out at 4MB or replace the current ZIPS for a possible 16MB, or should I get a video board before they become scarse, or an accelerator, or… Regards, Keith.
Paul, Thanks, I've got it! Already have 2MB chip and 2MB fast, just have to decide if I should go with another 2MB and top out at 4, or replace what's there so I have the possibility to go to 16MB. Decisions, decisions… Regards, Keith.
Jim, Thanks for the reply, now I understand… Regards, Keith.
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