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A4000/Emplant 4SALE!!!
Message #216587
It pains me very much to do so, but alas, I'm doing some consulting work, and I can't wait for the Amiga's PC emulation alternatives, to come up to speed comparable to 386 machines (I'd even settle for this type of response), so, I have to sell my machine and…
I believe that there is a diskette with a revised version of the BindDrivers… (don't hold me to it… I'm tallking from memory).. as well as some other commands… I'll look for my original diskette and I'll get back with you.. You might want to give the folks over at…
Hank, My experience with the A4091 is limited. The only reason I bought it, ou outside of the fact that I knew that eventually I would attach a CD drive, and share the same Syquest Removable (between the Emplant and the Amiga side), was that it was the only (as…
Your first problem is not a problem in itself. The emulation software just defaults to lower available speed value when the CMOS kicks in. It doesn't mean you are running at that speed, only that the CMOS not being able to find a value in a lookup table, automatically assumes…
Well, after a more detailed observations of what was going on, I have determine that the problem occurs only in Multiscan Productivity mode. If you NTSC or PAL high or normal res, you don't get this *** WARNING message. I have concluded that it might have to do something with…
The original message was a little ambigous when stating the message I was getting. The Warning box message is: **** WARNING **** GPFax: Failure to determine screen info This is beginning to drive me nuts. I'm running the Amiga using a Multiscan Productivity screen resolution, but no matter what screen…
#GPFax Faxout problem
Message #197631
I've had GPFax installed on my A4000 for a while now, and while I have received faxes in the past w/o any problems, I've never had the need to actually send a fax out,… until now. My question or concern is this, whenever I try to print out a document,…
FoxPro MAC on Emplant
Message #186270
I noticed on one of the usenet groups, you mentioned that while FoxPro Mac did have a problem with the Emplant MAC emulation, it now works correctly. This is VERY important to me. What was done in order to get this particular piece of software to behave properly??? I'm currently…
Great!!! Will definately give the demo a try out. Thanks :^)
Thanks for the info. Will give NBG a call… Catcha later,
Sounds exactly what I've been looking for in a CD32 emulator. So we (USA users) should wait for the "Blittersoft" sponsored product to hit this side of the shore in the next ????? weeks/months… BTW, when you state that the product comes with a CDDA player, does that mean that…
#CD32 Emulation???
Message #185520
There is isn't that much information associated with either products when one reads the ad. The only caption placed for each product is that "they are CD32 emulators". I called both mail order companies that placed the ad in AmigaWorld and both basically said "We don't have any information on…
I also had the same problem about 2 years ago. I had an A2000 (stock) then switched and got an A4000 and the problem still persisted. 2 years ago nobody had an answer (and seems no one does today either) but a couple of theories. 1. It's not the keyboard…
No offense taken. My problem was that since I don't frequent the Communication section of the forum very often, any explanations associated with this feature were probably missed not only by myself but any other user that doesn't have a CIS account. In any case, I tried out your product…
Thanks for the info. Will give a try… BTW, You mentioned using the Windows and Mac version of WinFAX using the Emplant (Mac and PC???), is everything satisfactory with the Mac and Windows (EmpPC, … notch, notch, wink, I like that, wink, wink) use of the serial ports. ;^) Catcha…
Are my eyes fooling me when I read your tag line "@delrina.com"… ;^) I suppose you couldn't get your co-workers to write an AmiFAX package??? .. In any case, I just purchased GP Fax and having not seen the package and being it is only one of two commercially available…
The Mac emulation is very good considering that it is all done in software. As my luck would have it, the only reason I bought the Mac emulation was to be able to develop FoxPro applications using the Mac version, as it turns out, the Mac Emplant is not compatible…
#Any IBM/Emplant news?
Message #165697
It used to be that there were tidbits of information released here and there about the progress of the IBM DX/2 Emplant emulation. Nowadays, you hear/see nothing as far as the proyect is concerned. It's getting to be that you have to wonder if there are delays in the product…
That is excellent!!! I had to stock my Amiga mem up to 12meg in order to have 8meg on the Mac emulation. Good news!!! BTW, you pick a good screen(s) for the 486DX ad. Just as a sideline, you might want to show extended memory on the snapshots as opposed…
Sorry, I forgot completely about the 486DX BB from Golden Gate. It is my belief, that someone/somebody should rethink their strategy as far as this product is concerned. Let's face it, if you have a need to run Intel based software and have a specific desire to use PC hardware/cards…
I'm not aware that it does work, but if so,… talk about a scramble to find these things… Even so, given the way the industry is headed, it won't matter much if you start seeing more and more cards conform to the PCI bus, with Chicago supporting plug and play…
It's in the September issue. Just as a footnote, check out the last page, THE LAST WORD section, where the first letter is from a user complaining/noting that every issue of AmigaWorld had about 96 pages and since the C=> fiasco, the number of pages has dropped to only 80…
From what I understand there is a bridgeboard card made by Golden Gate that will allow the Emplant to use PC cards/hardware. Now, we are not talking about the 486SX/DX bridgeboard but merely a device that allows the use of PC hardware in conjunction with your Emplant board,… but I…
#486 Emplant ad!!
Message #158379
Has anyone seen the latest ad in Amigaworld for the 486DX Emplant emulation? Those screen snapshots of the AmiBIOS setup screens are very iimpressive. If Jim Drew manages to deliver a decent product that will allow a user to run the gamma of Intel based OS out there (OS/2, Unix,…
CEI does sell to end users. I've been to their shop several times, and I've purchase everything from SCSI-II card to memory to software, but I believe they'll do it only for their walk-ins. Catya,
Wooowww!! From out of the blue Mr Drew. Still here, patiently waiting for the IBM emulation notice to arrive in the mail. Just out of curiosity,… how much meg will we need on the Amiga for an 8meg IBM emulation. Also, if the emulation is at ROM BIOS level, does…
Like I said before… just thought I throw that at you. At the same time it seems like a waste not to be able to use the Amiga's audio ports to play the audio CDs since I got these ports hooked up to an amplifier. In any case, I'll give…
Thanks for the info. Will give him a call. BTW, are you able to run regular CD's (music) on your A1200 and have the audio output come out using the A1200 audio ports or do you have to attach a headphone directly to the CD drive. I'm not too keen…
Sharing SCSI with 4091
Message #85655
Hi, I'm a little confused here, I just bought a double speed NEC CD drive that is SCSI 1 and 2 compliant (model CDR-84JD-1 if it helps). I would like to set it up so that the SCSI device is shared between the 4091 controller and the Emplant's built in…
#Can A4000 play CD32?????
Message #155066
Does anyone know if there is a lists of CDTV and/or CD32 games that will work with a SCSI equipped 4000 with a CD drive?. I just bought a double speed NEC CD drive for my 4000 and while I'm planning on sharing the drive between the Amiga and the…
Funny thing… :^) In the June issue of Amiga User, on pages 2 and 3 there is an ad for a mail order company that shows the IBM Emplant module for 89.00 pounds…. do they know something we don't…. Hmmmmm!!!!! Catya,
I've been looking to get into Amiga C and I'd like to know how DICE compares to SAS C. I understand that DICE started as a shareware compiler and now it has turned commercial. How is its Integrated Development environment, 68040 support, does it have any incompatibilities with AGA machines.…
C=> 386SX BB for SALE
Message #144569
For SALE!!! C=> 386SX 25mhz Bridgeboard with 5 Megs RAM on board. $200.00 + shipping. Leave me e-mail if interested.
I saw one of them for the first time at CompuUSA but they only the IDE version and if I recall, the Amiga had some problems with the IDE Syquest and even Syquest themselves (tech support) recommend going with the SCSI version if you want to avoid some headaches. Catya,
!! Excellent!! Thanks for the input. I knew I should have paid attention in class when we were doing those hex to decimal conversion programs. ;^) Catya,
No prob!!! I had a C=>2386SX 25mhz board installed in my rev-9 A4000 040. Everything worked excellent. I had the setup running Windows in SVGA mode with a Soundblaster card installed without any problems whatsoever. Well, upon upgrading the motherboard to rev-11 Buster, the BB now refuses to come up.…
There I go again, leaving a message to myself, but anyways,… I changed the buffers for the new partitions and this seemed to help a bit. How do I know, I use DISKSALV as a gauge of fast the sectors are being read by the program when doing a SCAN…
That definately sounds like a possibility. That is the reason why I have not messed around with the drives' advanced features in the HDToolbox program, which determines the drives max transfer rate and various other factors. It stamps the max rate at 0xffffff for both drives even though they have…
Ooops! you got me there. I got the 4 meg SIMM board from Creative Equipment in Miami, so I trust they sold me the right type after all, they are one of the largest distributors in the U.S. so while that's a possibility, it's a stab in the dark. But…
#A4000 running SLOOWW!!
Message #140892
To anyone in the know how here… I've just added a Seagate IDE 250MB HD to my stock A4000 040 as a slave to the 120MB that was in there. On top of that, I added 4 megs of fast RAM for a total of 8 megs now. My problem…
I'd like to second the notion that there will be more Amiga "garage" developers coming into the Amiga picture. For the longest time I've been hesitant to get into the Amiga as a development platform (not that I could do anything special with it anyways, but…) until now. I getting…
I've got to warn first, if you got an A4000 with rev-11 Buster, the BB might be incompatible with it, this being the reason why I'm selling it. As far as the price, since the BB comes with 5 megs of RAM, I thought $300.00 would be a fair asking…
I can't speak as an A4000/030 owner but I can tell you, as an A4000/040 owner that I did have problem with the BB and the Amiga and so far I have not been able to solve said problems. For one thing you can 'not even load the BB drivers…
Thanks… but it looks like I won't have to resort to the commercial packages to fix my HD error. DISKSALV came thru like a champ. I ran the package with the VALIDATE option activated and at the end I booted my machine and VOILA!!! NO PROBLEM MAN!!! (as some of…
Appreciate the input. I'll give DISKSALV a try, if not I'll resort to the commercial counterparts. Thanks,
Great news!!! I think so long as the IBM emulation allows the use of the Amiga's mouse, serial and parallel port the same way the Mac emulation does, it will serve most user needs. But it is like you have said before, it you need to access a particular piece…
#HD Checksum error!!!
Message #140034
I'm having a problem with my hard disk. Upon boot it gives me a checksum error in block #xxxxxxxx. Besides this, I'm unable to delete the files/objects in that area because the OS gives me a WORK: VOLUME HAS NOT BEEN VALIDATED. Does anyone know of a way of correcting…
So… the IBM emulation is software based only or will it be like your current implementation of the Apple where, as I understand it, emulate the ROMS, ie. a hardware/software emulation?
BB:Wanted!!!
Message #139870
Are you still looking for a Brigeboard?? I have a C=>386SX 25mhz board with 5 megs of RAM that I'm selling for $300.00 OBO. Leave me a message if interested. Catya,
Great!!! I'll start searching the libraries for the TwinExpress shareware program until LinkIt comes out. Thanks for the post. CaCatya,
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