This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (61 messages)
Don, Thanks for the info, I'd been thinking about that sort of thing since I got the 2320. I've got a Multisync 3D here and the more I think about it the more I think the characters vary from place to place on the screen. I wouldn't be surprised if…
A2320 & Monitor!
Message #6925
I know I've been getting some vauluable information on my NEC 3D with the new A2320 card and I will answer each suggestion when I get a shot at it. I was wondering if there was an adjustment insider the montior which would allow me to increase the horizontal size…
Craig, He has the Supra Wordsync and has had nothing but trouble with it. When he phones Supra they haven't been very helpful! If you have an idea how to get the drives right it would be most appreciated. Thanks. Keith
#A2320 and Troubles!
Message #6807
HELP! I just installed the Commodore A2320 and I'm seeing very bizarre behaviour. First of all on my NEC 3D I find I can't get rid of black borders at the left and right! I can adjust the top and bottom positions and size but the max left and right…
Arnie, Yes, he does have multiple (two) drives in a single box. The controller for these drives can handle two drives, making them look like SCSI drives. I think without that controller they have NO interface. Anyway he said the first drive could be accessed as LUN0 but the second…
#3267-
Help With SCSI Drives
Message #3381
Arnie, Thanks for the reply. I don't think that mountlist entry is what he needs. He has a controller that controls TWO drives and makes them think they are SCSI, there for he has to have a controller that can support LUN's to get to the second drive on his…
BobR, Thanks for the additional information. With all the help I've gotten here things seem pretty clear to me. That will help tons when I try to explain this to my friend who lives 1,000 miles from me. I think we'll get them working now with all the information I've…
Steve, Thanks for the information. With everyone pitching in I'm learning a lot. Even though you don't have a 2090A you did a pretty good job of making things understandable. I appreciate the help and I know my friend will be very happy to get some help on this. It's…
Don, Thanks for all the information on SCSI drives. I'll pass this along to my friend and see what happens. He lives about 1,000 miles from me so we do these things by phone ($) and he doesn't have a modem. I'm not even sure the part of Colorado he…
Harry, Thanks for the input, we'll look into that one. I hadn't even thought of it. I did remember the SCSI drives for Mac's using an ID on the drive itself. I tell my friend to look for something on the drive itself. Keith
#Help With SCSI Drives
Message #5383
A friend and I have come across a problem we can't seem to resolve. He is trying to connect TWO SCSI Hard Drives to a Commodore A2090A. We've both read the docs thoroughly but are still having problems. He needs to set the Logical Unit Number for each of the…
#Help With SCSI Drives
Message #3198
A friend and I have come across a problem we can't seem to resolve. He is trying to connect TWO SCSI Hard Drives to a Commodore A2090A. We've both read the docs thoroughly but are still having problems. He needs to set the Logical Unit Number for each of the…
#Minor A3000 Problems
Message #115503
Jerry, Wow, look at all these messages I generated, you'd think I'd announced I was going out to buy an ST! 🙂 You more than anyone hit on the one thing that keeps going through my head. What if I did get a lemon? It works some of the time…
Minor A3000 Problems
Message #115501
Greg, I can guarantee you I didn't take a lightning hit. When that happens lots of other things die too and my burglar alarm on my house is most obnoxious when we have major power line variations. Then of course there is the $100 Data Shield spike protector/filter that was…
Minor A3000 Problems
Message #115500
Betty, One little comment and what a barrage of messages I've gotten! I too had a 1000 the January after they appeared. It never had a problem and it had a StarBoard II hanging on it. I then acquired a 2000 with a Rev 4.3 motherboard and it worked flawlessly…
#Printer Won't Initialize
Message #115499
After replacing both of my 8520 chips I now find myself faced with another strange problem. The chips were replaced due to a system clock which lost 30 minutes for every hour it was turned on. I replaced both in the end since I wanted to make sure both chips…
Dan, Glad you found the problem with the clock. I'm with you WHERE is the quality control. I've a 3 month old 2000 and alread the motherboard has been replaced, the new board ate two 8520's, and I have to get a new mouse. Quality control certainly isn't at the…
#Minor A3000 Problems
Message #115258
Dan, Unless something is really amiss somewhere in your 3000 your software (system) clock problem is indeed an 8520 chip. I just went through a similar situation and with the help of Don Curtis and several others I tracked it down to an 8520. I was even sent an 8520…
Chris, Somehow those nice little features sometimes do disappear! Hope your 3000 stays healthy, something my 2000 hasn't been doing much lately! Keith
#Minor A3000 Problems
Message #114862
Chris, As to the problems in deleting Txed.backup files I can't think of a thing to help. I've been helping my dealer here set up his 3000, first Amiga he's had with a hard drive! I've run into files that just won't delete on the 3000 too! Anyway I've tried…
#113992-
System Clock Trouble!
Message #114226
Tom, I just spent more than two hours at the Amiga dealer here messing with the new 3000. I'll swear I haven't used those fingers so much since the 1000 first shipped! 🙂 We got Interceptor to run but not a lot else. I am impressed by the new workbench…
System Clock Trouble!
Message #113942
Tom, Amouse is a software utility that runs on the Amiga side and the PC side that allows the amiga mouse to be used as a Microsoft mouse. I found it to be very jerky and erratic so I bought a serail card and the real Microsoft Mouse! I like…
System Clock Trouble!
Message #113941
Jennifer, Greg was right about the timing problems with the BBoards. Sorry I couldn't answer sooner. Dave Haynie once told me that using an accelerator on the PC side would break software like Amouse. The link is very fragile and just barely functions. There are new BIOS chips for the…
Don, I knew the 8520's are very static sensitive, that's why I keep my ESD strap next to the Amiga. It's got a nice stretch band that goes around my wrist and a long wire with a clip on it so I can keep the static down to a minimum.…
Tom, I was having troubles getting Amouse to work and I thought the new chips would help, they of course didn't. I had one very weird thing though. My machine has 1 Meg of CHIP RAM and 6 Meg of FAST RAM which leaves exactly 2 Meg of address space…
System Clock Trouble!
Message #112992
Brian, Thanks for the information on the jumper. As I was telling Don I found that the 8520 that is fed by that signal was going bad. I put in a new 8520 and sure enough the system clock came back to life. Hope this is the last 8520 I…
System Clock Trouble!
Message #112991
Don, Thanks for the information on the jumper. Being an electrical engineer I needed a reason for the machine to be messed up and you helped me locate what was wrong. That jumper selects which signal is fed into the 8520 chip as the TICK signal. If the 8520 is…
Amouse & Windows 3.0
Message #112990
Nathan, It's sort of comforting to hear that someone else is battling this Windows 3.0 thing. I thought when I put in the new ESDI hard drive controller and started using the floppy controller on IT that things might get better. I still can't access my floppys AT ALL in…
#112881-
System Clock Trouble!
Message #112989
Tom, My A2620 was one of the very first to roll off the line. I got it before the 2500's started shipping so I know I had the first ROMs done. I found out about the new ones from Dave Minnich here on CIS. Commodore doesn't send out notification on…
System Clock Trouble!
Message #112346
I'm having an unusual problem with my Amiga 2000 and I'm hoping someone here will have some ideas as to what's going on. My machine is equipped with an A2620, A2091, A2058, A2286, and some PC stuff on that buss. A couple of days ago I installed new ROM chips…
#111743-
Amouse & Windows 3.0
Message #111874
Tim, Thanks for the help with Amouse, I kept wondering why the connection couldn't be made. I may have a video driver that it doesn't like since I have the Orchid card over there. Windows 3.0 is very picky but with all the sales of it I'm sure Commodore will…
#111696-
#Amouse & Windows 3.0
Message #111873
Ron, I guess I never really heard anything from Commodore about a "turbo xt" so I'm kind of in the dark there. I sure wouldn't want an 8 MHz 8088, or any 8088 for that matter, the standard has become the 386. I doubt seriously that Commodore doesn't know that.…
Amouse & Windows 3.0
Message #110716
Timothy, Although I can't help you with regards to Amouse as I use a separate serial card and Microsoft Mouse I do have a question for you. Can you get Win 3.0 to operate in protected mode? Can you just type Win and have it run correctly or do you…
A2091 Help Needed!
Message #110184
I've got a question I'm hoping someone can help answer or point me in the right direction. I've got the A2091 hard drive controller with an internal SCSI drive on it. I am also looking to add a drive to the external SCSI port it provides but I've heard there…
Windows 3.0 & AT BBoard
Message #108873
Has anyone been able to install Windows 3.0 on their AT BBoard and have it work correctly? When I boot up in the protected mode I can't access my floppy drives at all. With Windows 2.11 that wasn't a problem nor is it a problem if I boot Windows 3.0…
There are new ROM chips available for the A2620 and I believe they are supposed to smooth out some rough edges. I think they help the 2620 exist with an AT BBoard in your machine. Also Dave Minnich has said they should smooth out some of the odd things I've…
Mike, That's pretty interesting to hear. I've been trying to get the new ROMs for both my 2620 and my 2091 for a couple of weeks now. Commodore has not been so cooperative with my dealer here. Dave Minnich is trying to get things moving for me. I have the…
Don, I had heard that, especially the mouse port so I'm always super careful. The joystick port is the one that is supposedly buffered and therefore a bit more resistant to damage. I found a bad cable on my AT BBoard and I wouldn't rule out that I found the…
Don, I already talked to the dealer and they are talking to Commodore right now figuring out what to do. Will probably swap the motherboard from what I hear. Can't imagine zapping a chip, never had a port problem on any computer I've owned. Oh well… Keith
Mike, Many thanks for your help. I do indeed have a BBoard installed, heck with my luck it fried the mouse port! 🙂 I didn't think to use the mouse swap function, I'll give it a try. I know the second port is fine as I tried a game with…
#Dead Mouse Port! Help!!!
Message #104760
Here I am needing help again! Last night the mouse port on my NEW (less than 2 months old) 2000 decided to give up on me! I was playing Clown-OMania and when I rebooted to get out of the game the mouse was gone. Well most of it anyway. The…
Dave, Ok, I get the picture! Keep those fingers on the keyboard! Actuall being an owner of several firearms I should have figured you'd nail me with that one! I do have another problem here or the dealer seems to anyway. My dealer, the only one here really, is a…
Lilliane, Welcome to CIS, hopefully you'll come to love this gang here, we're alright really! Thanks for the information. I'll pass it along to him and he can give you folks a call and see if the PALs or ROMs need to be upgraded. Since he bought it mail order…
Dave, Shoot yourself, naw, I'm a big enough pain, if you put up with me you've done more than enough! 🙂 Thanks much for the ROM numbers, can get my dealer here to at least attemp to order them. With some prodding they should be able to get them. They…
Messy is an understatement, I can't belive this OS has been in use so long. It's completely archaic and so ded. I thank you for the help as I've been running into problems with large applications. I first tried running under DOS 4.01 but I didn't have any expanded memory…
Help! Memory & AT BB
Message #98203
Thomas, Thanks for your extremely quick response to my message. I've been on the phone with Intel all day Thursday and the techs really feel there should be some address setting that the board should work at. Well a little time has passed since I wrote the first two sentences…
We tried everything including what you suggested. When I took the Orchid VGA card out it all worked fine. The Intel folks say they have heard some problems with the Orchid card and had it in the database. I liked the way the card would have worked, I hope Swan…
PALs and ROMs
Message #97590
I got your message about the PAL chips and the ROM update for the 2620. I've just been a tad busy with the 15'th approaching! I have the newest BBoard in existence, I insisted on it and I called Commodore to get the PAL numbers. It is indeed the new…
Clark, Thanks for the info, I'm sure Bob will be thrilled to get the numbers so he gets the right hardware. It's much appreciated! Take care. Keith
WordSync Board Level?
Message #94435
Clark, I left a message for my friend about the current level of software! He called me the other day and asked what the board level was. Like he said he might find the current software in a box with an ancient board. Things like that happen all the time…
Page 1 of 2