This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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"It may not be the fastest, but it does everything I ask of it!" I have a similar arrangement here, but I have not added any ram to the bridgecard. I'm using a 3000T now, but I have a couple of 2000's here on reserve. I added a ATI Vga…
#GVP040/A3000 lockups
Message #209778
I have the commercial release of Disksalve, and it absolutly crashes this 3000T of mine BIG TIME! I believe I can scan floppys, but not the Hard Drive. This problem goes away with the accelerator removed. That is the only real problem I have that points at the accelerator. -Peter…
I have a 3000T with *all* the latest chips and 3.1 It will still crash from time to time. Reverting back to the 68030 is 100% reliable. I would say the GVP 040 is about 97% reliable. If I avoid certain programs, it is fine. Those programs do run on…
" How do you get your accelerator to run in 68000 mode?? A friend of mine cannot get his GVP 030 -> now 040, to do that without losing the rest of the card…(ram etc on the card)." This is normal. When you drop to 68000 you loose the accelerator…
"Amiga Unix does not run in the 040s (and must likely in the 060s) so is best to avoid it (unless you have and 030 and plan to keep it for your Unix." Ok, thanks for info I have an 040 so that kinda rules that out. -Peter Motorollin' with…
Thanks for info on Unix -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
Is it possible to get Amiga Unix? Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
"Call anyone recommend the new OS 3.1 for Amiga?" I recomend it for any of the older machines, BIG improvement. If you have 3.0 now, you would have to ask someone else as I upgraded from 2.1. -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
"Since Amiga-OS 2.04 a commodity called CrossDOS" Actually it was Amiga-OS 2.1 -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
"I was asking, how did you get them transfered to the amiga?" I used the 1541 and interface included with A64. Had to turn off caches to get it to work without bombing the computer. you could probably use a null modem cable if you have a rs232 interface for…
apple disks
Message #197331
Anybody know: Is there a way to read Apple II 5 1/4 disks on the Amiga? Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
#Frodo
Message #197330
Forgot who it was I was talking to about this…. Well, I managed to transfer the roms from the 64 to the Amiga. Frodo does indeed work, slow, but it does work. 1541 disk drive works with it too. No sound though, supposedly you can built a card with a…
"I have The 64 EMULATOR by ReadySoft with the cable for the 1541 but the programs lockup my 4000 even with degraders and port adaptors (1000 to 4000) if I could figure out a mountlist maybe I could read the c64 disk on my amiga 5.25 drive.I have tried the…
>That's funny. I made the upgrade from the 030/50 mhz to the 040/33 and carried my memory over. It worked fine.< Yeah, It did work that way on one of my boards, but it wouldn't go the other way. 030 board crashed to a red screen. I tried six(6) different…
"Does anybody know how to write a mountlist to use a 5.25 amiga disk to . read c64 disks." A64 comes with a interface to attach a 1541, also software to transfer files to/from. Probably not what you want though…. -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
>>It's not the 4 meg simms that ae giving me the problem it's the 2 new 16 meg simms. I've had the GVP'040@33 for about 2 years and it has rarely "acted up" with the 4 meg simms..
"All hell broke loose with my system and I am sending the simms back for replacements (lifetime guaranteed) assuming the problem was with these simms. I now have the 4 4 meg simms back in place and my system seems to be running ok" I went through 4 of these…
SCSI Controllers
Message #196880
I have for sale 2 Zorro II SCSI controllers. Supra WordSync – $30 ICD ADSCSI – $50 Original Manuals and floppies included. I don't need them as I have accelerators in both my 2000's. I have had them laying around here for a long time. Guaranteed to work or your…
>>Is it possible to read Amiga 500 disks on PC and how can I do that?
I think some of the mail order outfits have the emulator. Or else you might try: Questronics@Genie.GEIS.com Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
Guess, I missed what your problem is…BUT Message on GVP's BBS say's to Fax Duc Pham at 610-497-0643 Which GVP Product is it BTW? -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
Questronics 'A64' includes hardware and software necessary to access your old C64 stuff. -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
The disk isn't named 'copy of wordperpect' is it? if so you will have to rename it to just wordperfect. -Peter Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
>>I am think of upgrading my 2000 from 2.04 to 3.1 but I have an Icdscsi hard drive card and a 386 bridgeboard
> Plus, I don't see a loader for the MiGraph in ADPro.< Do you see one for a UMAX scanner, I have the UC300 and would like to use it with the Amiga. -Peter
>>either PAULA or the driver chip
>>The ONLY reliable way to run ANY cyrix SLC chip is with a fan directly on on top of it. It may run with a heat sink, but it will always run hot. HOT = LOSE IN PERFORMANCE + RELIABLITY
Re: Cyrix overheat. To correct the heat problem with the cyrix 486 clip on, I made a heat sink out of alluminum flat stock. It runs verticaly (top to bottom) on the BB. It is attached with GE Silicon. I have a crowded machine, this arangement allows all slots to…
>>Maybe I haven't been clear enough. GVP is gone, fini, no more, ceased to be, (and other "Parrot sketch" phrases)… so trust me, there is no BBS or anything else for that matter.
As mentioned in previous post: GVP BBS – 610-337-5815 -Peter
>>>I upgraded my version of Amiga DOS to 2.0 some time back and can no longerrun some of my software. Outrun by sega in particular. does any one know what the problem is.
Have you tried there bbs? 610-337-5815
>>Can I dnload Amiga programs to my PC, ^^^^^^^^^^ Sure, just leave em the way you get them, and unarchive them on the Amiga. AmigaDos 2.1 and later can read ms-dos disks directly. If he/she has an older version of Amigados, upgrade or get Cross-Dos. Standard Floppy drive in a…
I was a big promoter of RTG in the OS. Nowhere else. Ditto VM and ITP. The Amiga never got this, and competing third-party, after-the-fact solutions appeal to us not at all. Perhaps once the dust settles something more will come of it. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I use a PicassoII, and if…
28.8 problems
Message #192065
The Amiga doesn't have a UART but uses what I think is referred to as Processor-Controlled I/O. You could put a fast UART into the Amiga only by purchasing a 3rd-party serial card with the UART on it. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ The UART is inside of Paula. I run the Emplant serial…
#New Imagemaster!
Message #192064
I have a Umax UC300, will that work? Would be nice to be able to scan from the amiga. right now i use Mac drivers with Emplant. -Peter