This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Workbench Go Boom!
Message #94443
Hi All, We're having a problem with a friend's 500 which has otherwise been working perfectly for over 6 months. The problem involves only the Workbench and selecting icons and drawers. Upon boot-up (cold or warm) after the LoadWB command is given, doule-clicking on a disk icon will only give…
John, 71 MB should be enough for a while 😉 I have a 63 MB that's about half-full, so I still have a ways to go, but, always lookinghead, I am already pricing out an 80 MB in the Shopper! Really though, I love my 500, it has taught me…
Larry, I believe you are correct, in that the solidity of the product is not the sole means by which it should be judged. Technical support can sometimes alleviate many many problems that the novice would face, but, also the attitude of the company in dealing with their customers can…
Larry, pats on the back aside, why is it that the Insider REMAINS the number one choice for 1000 owners. Of course we all (Amiga Forum Members) know the reputation Dean has as being one of the top (sorry Dean, THE top 😉 designer of memory systems, but even those…
John, I know just how you feel. The frustration at *trying* to expand the 500 using 'makeshift' products like the Subsystem have driven me to the point that you have already reached, namely selling the 500 to get a 2000. I don't mean to badmouth the Subsystem, after all, it…
#Memory HELP!-THANKS
Message #28959
Hey Dean, good news! I changed chip U54 (now deceased 😉 and it works perfectly, you were right on the money. I hope this ends my memory woes! Wanted to tell you something though, I spoke to a friend who happens to have a 1000 with an Insider in it.…
#Memory HELP!
Message #28611
Dean, I had a couple more questions to ask you before I change the chip. First, since I have to go out and buy a 41256, does it have to be the same speed (150) as the rest, or can I buy 120 or 100? Second, as I told you,…
Dean, I will remove chip U54, and have it shot, court martialed, and sent to the Russian Front! Really though, I appreciate your help. I hope that my somewhat vague description of the problem didn't cause you too much bother. With the 2052 installed there is a total of almost…
Larry, Yeah, I guess making sure they're both lined up the same way would be important, else I'll be using the board as a rather nifty, if somewhat expensive, serving tray at my next party! Really though, it's a good idea and since Dean Brown has given me something to…
Larry, your idea of placing a new chip directly over an exsisting chip sounds great, my only concern is that how "dangerous" could this be? I wouldn't want to fry the whole board! BTW, I did try that tip from Rob Salmon, unfortunatly it didn't work, but I appreciate the…
I hope this means something to you, because all I know is there definitly is a problem, but, I haven't been able to track it down any further. Maybe it's tracked down as far as it can be, it would be great if you could determine which chip it is…
Dean, The first thing I should mention is that this 2052 is being used in a Subsystem on a 500, since I have 1 meg internal could we assume that the memory allocation routines would be the same as on the 2000? If not I can test it in a…
Rob, I don't believe my problem could be caused by the terminating resistor, but I'm willing to try anything! (except desoldering chips to find the bad one:) so I'll try it now and let you know. The problems with the HD and the gurus and such seem to be caused…
HardDrive Speeds
Message #20303
Need some help here guys, I just hooked up my HD setup to my 500, which includes a C-ltd controller, Seagate ST-277N, I'm running SiDos 3.0 with 1.3, no problems during setup o1=;ZcJYel formatting. I set up a 32 meg partition (blank) just to experiment with interleave, buffers and such.…
#18068-
1.3 in NY-NOW-
Message #18163
Ron, Speaking of docs (nice segue, huh!) I immediatly got a bad feeling when I open the book and find that if I want to upgade to the 1.3 ROM to "please request part number 314864-01" when the actual part number is 315093-02! What's going on here? I mean, I…
Just wait a minute Harv! I happened to upload Whap to PLINK a few weeks ago and you never made it public! The version I uploaded there was the original arc file I downloaded from CIS. I uploaded it to Plink with my account OCS161. It was a CLEAN demo…
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#Hard Disk for A500
Message #10292
Betty, That would be great. It seems odd that there are so few comments on such an interesting product. If the subsystem really works as advertised, I'm sure there would be alot of interest in it. Although I am DYING to get a hard drive I think in this case…