This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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John… As you stated, it's very difficult to point a finger when some sort of incompatability crops up, but when 9 out of 10 pieces of software run on a particular piece of hardware, you start making assumptions. One of the things I've noticed is that all to often the…
Robert… Have you tried the clock yet? I'm very interested in knowing the outcome of your problem. Mark
Robert, I have the same accelerator config you have and I experienced the exact same problem. After a lot of calls to CSA tech support and a call or 2 to NewTek, and replacing the '882, the solution was to clock the 030 at 38 Mhz. It was real strange…
Who's got a CD-ROM driveer that reads MAC HFS discs? Mark
They sure do, and are subject to the same trouble you're having. As a matter of fact, I've several customers who've had the same trouble with no extra load on the supply. Mark
The symptoms you've described are typical alright! Not to sound too pessim istic, but sooner or later the same thing is going to start happening again. There is indeed a 200 watt replacement for the 3000, but it's not from CBM (although the board is from the same company that…
You need a heftier power supply in your machine. Talk to your dealer about getting one, and if no one local can help, give me a call at (201) 614-0878 during normal business hours. Mark J. Morales/Creative Consults
1084 Monitor Pinout
Message #55158
Help! Can someone post the pinouts for the DIN connectors on the older 1084 monitors? I'v gotta make up a cable for one over the weekend, and I can't find the pinout info anywhere (no manual for the monitor) Thanks in advance…. Mark
OMTI Help
Message #38439
I'm trying to get an OMTI 3127A-2D SCSI -> ST506/RLL to work with an IVS GrandSlam, and am not having much success. Can anyone provide a description of what the Wx jumpers on the OMTI control, or perhaps furnish a manual for it? Thanks in advance… Mark
#Janus/FFS/Virus
Message #30849
Hope this gets you going! Any other questions, just ask away! Laszlo, Here's the 'reprint' of Don's original instructions. #: 27484 S8/Expansion Hardware 26-Dec-88 02:12:25 Sb: #27472-#DPFormat Failure Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321 To: Peter Rifkin 71500,565 (X) Peter, Yes….after a few hours of trial and error and playing with a…
BRIDGE/3.5" DRIVES
Message #4437
Has anyone with a Bridge card gotten a 1010 drive to actually work as an IBM drive? I've tried ,but I just can't write to the darned thing. Could it be due to latching circuit in the drive, and if so, is ther a fix for it. Let me add…
Wish I saw that message! It is my under standing that the keyboard and serial emulatin are tied together, and are controlled by the same register(s) that enable/disable parallel interface emulation. What doesn't make sense though is that in the Bridge info I have (taken from the A2000/500 tech manual)…
Wish I saw that message! It is my under standing that the keyboard and serial emulatin are tied together, and are controlled by the same register(s) that enable/disable parallel interface emulation. What doesn't make sense though is that in the Bridge info I have (taken from the A2000/500 tech manual)…
#BRIDGE/EMS
Message #121317
I had the opportunity to borrow an emm card, and I discovered the same thing (no 2nd serial port). I'm pretty sure it's due to the fact that the serial port IRQ's and I/O port addresses are used in a non-standard way… notice that when the bridge boots and reports…
#BRIDGE/EMS
Message #121317
I had the opportunity to borrow an emm card, and I discovered the same thing (no 2nd serial port). I'm pretty sure it's due to the fact that the serial port IRQ's and I/O port addresses are used in a non-standard way… notice that when the bridge boots and reports…
Don, Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to read your article ASAP (Amiga Transactor is a bit difficult to find in northern NJ though). On a different subject..the flakey operation of the Amiga partition on an IBM drive stopped after switching to a different RLL controller card. The one…
#BRIDGE/EMS
Message #120367
I've been considering adding an EMS card to my system, and was wondering if anyone who has done so already could give details on such things as card used, potential problems,pitfalls and their solutions, etc. Alsocan a 2nd serial port be added..I heard somewhere that int 4 , comm1's normal…
#112065-
Bridge HDisk Problems
Message #112270
I spent yesterday afternoon formatting my hard drive with various interleaves Below is a table of the results, which you may find useful for comparison/ reference. Test Time, Transfer Rate, Interleave Seconds(1) Revs/Track(1) Bytes/Second(1) Disk Index(2) ————————————————————————— 1 70 18 29,002 0.5 2 69 18 29,002 0.5 3 72 18…
#112065-
Bridge HDisk Problems
Message #112270
I spent yesterday afternoon formatting my hard drive with various interleaves Below is a table of the results, which you may find useful for comparison/ reference. Test Time, Transfer Rate, Interleave Seconds(1) Revs/Track(1) Bytes/Second(1) Disk Index(2) ————————————————————————— 1 70 18 29,002 0.5 2 69 18 29,002 0.5 3 72 18…
Don, I don't normally have any JLINKed drives, but I do have Device=JDisk.SYSin the config.sys file. I've also fiddled with the interleave factor, but knocking it up or down by only 1 really slows down the IBM side's access, and since I use both sides equally, I woul prefer not…
#Bridge HDisk Problems
Message #111710
I am having problems with frequent soft errors on the Amiga partition of my hard drive. It is a FUJI FK309-39R RLL drive,and the controller used is a Western Digital WD 1002A 27X. The only other card on the IBM side is an AST 6Pak+. I also have replaced the…
2nd Internal Floppy
Message #108599
For those looking to add a 2nd internal drive to their 2000, and have been thwarted by the price (they're going for about 175.00 in Northern NJ) or are having a hard time finding one (the previous price is when you DO locate one) I found an alternative. Teac makes…
2nd Internal Floppy
Message #108599
For those looking to add a 2nd internal drive to their 2000, and have been thwarted by the price (they're going for about 175.00 in Northern NJ) or are having a hard time finding one (the previous price is when you DO locate one) I found an alternative. Teac makes…
Thanks Don, Will give it a try. Mark
Thanks Don, Will give it a try. Mark
#2088/3.5 Disks
Message #106869
I know I saw this here once before, so please bear with me. I recently had need to hook a 1010 drive to the bridge card to copy some files,.The read went along fine. Afterwards I tried to format a disk and nada. Tried adding DRIVPARP = /d:2 /c /f:2…
#2088/3.5 Disks
Message #106869
I know I saw this here once before, so please bear with me. I recently had need to hook a 1010 drive to the bridge card to copy some files,.The read went along fine. Afterwards I tried to format a disk and nada. Tried adding DRIVPARP = /d:2 /c /f:2…
2088
Message #104069
I've had the bridgecard for some time, ant it has performed flawlessly. Congrats on a nice piece of work. Just a couple of questios though…What is the function of connector J7, located above the Janus interface chips? Next, as there are jumpers for drives A-F, would it be possible to…
2088
Message #104069
I've had the bridgecard for some time, ant it has performed flawlessly. Congrats on a nice piece of work. Just a couple of questios though…What is the function of connector J7, located above the Janus interface chips? Next, as there are jumpers for drives A-F, would it be possible to…
#99289-
#Bridgeboard Info
Message #99363
Don, Was a little off in my location. When lookig at the component side, it is located about 1 inch left of dead center. Right over the rightmost JANUS chip. If you look on p 17 of the 2088 manual, you can make it out. Is your board of German…
Sure, I know about the speaker connector J2, but the one I'm speaking of is J7, which is an 8 position header connector, with 7 pins actually connected (if I remember correctly pin # 6 is missing). If anyone from CA is reading this, perhaps you can shed some light…
Sure, I know about the speaker connector J2, but the one I'm speaking of is J7, which is an 8 position header connector, with 7 pins actually connected (if I remember correctly pin # 6 is missing). If anyone from CA is reading this, perhaps you can shed some light…
Thanks for you observations on the effects of moving around the ram location. Experimenting here yielded similar results. In rereading my original message, I noticed part was chopped off, so I'll ask againdo you or (or anyone else out there) know the purpose of connector J&, located in the top…
Thanks for you observations on the effects of moving around the ram location. Experimenting here yielded similar results. In rereading my original message, I noticed part was chopped off, so I'll ask againdo you or (or anyone else out there) know the purpose of connector J&, located in the top…
#Bridgeboard Info
Message #99013
are the advantages/disadvantages to changing the RAM location to A000, etc. The manual states that in most cases you do not need to change the default location except if using a seperate video controller, but are there any other reasons? Mark J. Morales 72307,2503
#Bridgeboard Info
Message #99013
are the advantages/disadvantages to changing the RAM location to A000, etc. The manual states that in most cases you do not need to change the default location except if using a seperate video controller, but are there any other reasons? Mark J. Morales 72307,2503
#71703-
3.5" Drive
Message #72099
Dave, Got the flip flop, inverters, etc. today, and should have the thing done inb a day or so. I'll let you know how it turns out. Mark J. Morales
Larry, The problem has been solved, and as it turned out, it fell into the category of "other". It seems that a socket was N.G., and apparently my jostling the machine the day before caused the ram/socket to start acting up. I don't know if I caused the damage when…
Larry, Thanks for the info. Will try redoing the joints this evening. In the event it fails, do you think the bad chips would be on the motherboard, or perhaps on the daughter board ? (As stated, it does not make it to the insert kickstart stage.)Will be sure to…
Sick Amiga
Message #59316
In my previous message, when I say I can't boot up, I am not even able to reash the insert Kickstart prompt. Hope this clarifies matters. Mark
#Sick Amiga
Message #59312
Tried to use my Amiga this afternoon, and I was not able to boot up the machine. All I got was a flashing green screen, and the the power led flashed four times, then green screen again, etc. Let me add that I have done the internal expansion to 1…
It is being offered in 3 versions as a matter of fact. 5.00 for a etched and drilled board, 12.50 for for the board and parts, and 20.00 for the assembled board. I agree it is a very mercenary thing to do, but most who expanded thier machine are not…
Barry, I have experimented with making a C: dir in ram during the startupsequence and had the same results as you…doing Addmem first causes a crash, but it seems this is only the case if you go to the CLI via Workbench. I seldom use Workbench, so this is not…
I am not the originator of the internal memory expansion project, I only posted it here on CIS. I have not experienced the difficulty you have, but I will look into it. There may be a problem with the modification when running under 1.2 concerning autoconfiguration of the added memory.…