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Michael, Sold! That sounds too good to be true. APPRO gets a call tomorrow. Thanks! Donald Weed
4000 Expansion Boxes
Message #118475
I have an Amiga 4000/040. It's full. I have a 386 BB, IDE controller card, VGA card, and Amiga SCSI controller. I have too much IBM stuff in there, I guess, but I don't want to buy a PC until the new technology settles in a bit more. I need…
I have a 4000/040. I've heard great things about the Mag monitor, but after reading PC Magazine's exhaustive review of 17" monitors, I just had to have this one. Things are really going pretty well now (see msg. 117043). Do you mean to say that a display enhancer solves the…
Glad to hear you have the same monitor! I hope you don't mind, but I've written down your name and ID with the note "has a NANAO F550iw". You never know. By the way, my switchbox works fine! All that hardware fussing must have resulted in a bad connection. Having…
#NANAO F550i-W
Message #116759
I have purchased a NANAO F550i-W 17" monitor. It has the most gorgeous image I have ever seen generated by a computer. I wanted to get the best!, and I believe I did. The size and clarity will rest these tired eyes quite nicely, thank you. However… All is not…
1950 Display Doubling
Message #113185
I've been having a problem with my 1950 monitor. It happens both on my Amiga side and my IBM side (386sx w/VGA board). At certain higher resolutions — I haven't yet noticed if it's only certain ones — the display will split in two. Sometimes it will re-synch and be…
Never mind. Apparently, there is a PD Unix shell (SKsh, I believe) which I had been trying out and which would seem to trash the BB in a major way! Anyway, after all that, all it took was 4 semi-colons in my User-Startup. Whew! Beware SKsh, all you BB users,…
386BB Locked Up!!!
Message #87033
HE-E-E-E-L-L-L-P-P!! My wonderful A4000, 386BB system has gone belly up on the IBM side. I have been using the 386BB in my 2000 since about August, and my 4000 since late October with few problems. I have had the ATI Vantage VGA just about all that time. A couple of…
Jonathan, I would sell the FF and DEB separately. If you would agree to $90 plus shipping, it's a deal. Donald Weed
Dominick, There is another person asking for the FF separately. I would sell the DEB separately for $35 plus the cost of UPS. Donald Weed
I would like to sell the FF and DEB together. I have received no bids, so make me a bid. Original cost — $550 (as I recall), but I would consider less than a 50% return on my investment. And, as I have no need (or room) for it in…
The Firecracker has been sold. As for the Flicker-Fixer, original cost for that and the DEB extender was about $550. I would consider less than a 50% return on my investment. Don Weed
FC24/Flicker-Fixer
Message #85284
Firecracker-24 (2-meg) in excellent condition with Light24 software, docs and cable. Original box and everything! Best offer. Flicker-Fixer and Deb Extender (never used!), original docs, software, box. Excellent condition. Best offer. If you bought an Amiga 4000, as I did, why are you reading this ad? Donald Weed 75126,705
Greg, Check out a file called CBMFUT.TXT (I think) somewhere in the libs. I believe there are indications that the DSP chip might be available in about 6 months.
Greg, Good luck with the music. I understand there's actually going to be a Deluxe Music upgrade to go with the new DSP chip. That should touch off some pretty nifty development in sound and music over the next year. Also, several people have responded to me that I really…
Right now I have BackTalk running in a window on an 800×600 screen. It has a large space image as Workbench backdrop, and a couple of 32-color images are being displayed by Multi-View. I've used up about a meg, and I'm sure I would either drop Workbench resolution or close…
I could not presume to suggest improvements to one of the classic programs. I just hope it fully supports all new graphic modes. I can't wait to use Imagine and Deluxe Paint together in HAM8 Hi-Res! Don Weed
Sorry to hear that the 1960 has the same problems. I hope there's some open discussion about this in the forums or the publications, so we can know how to get the most possible from our rather expensive graphics machine. By the way, did you notice the Chip Memory jumper…
Thanks, Ben. And thanks to Black Belt Systems for setting such high standards in quality and support. If Amiga had ten vendors with the commitment of Black Belt, there'd be no stopping us! Don Weed
#Got my 4000!
Message #73080
Add me to the list of A4000 owners! Got mine Thursday night, and just wish I had more ways of exploring the new graphics modes. Does the new version of SAS/C include Dos 3.0 functions? When is DP IV.5 coming out? etc… Coupla problems. I'm working with my dealer on…
I'm only using COM1 _or_ COM3, depending whether I jumper J1 pins 1 & 2, or 2 & 3. I've just been trying either/or to see if one of them will work. Don Weed
Hmmm, you want me to consider all the TSR's and stuff, eh? OK, I guess I could try it with a bare bones setup and see if it works. I'm pretty sure if I tried it without a mouse, but I'll try it again. This is just a cheap serial…
If I was at work, I could just transfer to 720k diskettes from my office PC, but I'm on a week's vacation and I'm not going _near_ that place! Don Weed
Marion, Make that COM1 and COM3 as the ports using IRQ4. COM2 uses IRQ3, which is a forbidden interrupt. Don Weed
Marion, I was getting _all_ confused since I hadn't tried to fight it for a few days. It was set for COM1. I know you can't user COM2, I was just all fouled up trying to explain it to you. Anyway, either COM1 or COM2 use IRQ 4, which should…
>> you're famous! Marion quoted you in the latest CROSSINGS Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes. Don Weed
Marion, I don't want to tell you I had the jumpers set for COM1, because I don't do those things. I'm a professional programmer, people depend on me, I don't make those kinds of mistakes. So it didn't happen, OK? (Sigh) Don Weed
Marion, If BridgeAccess would provide info on matters that an old Amiga user like me (class of Oct. '85) would find new and useful, then I am interested. I had the XT bridgeboard for 2 1/2 years or so, and used it — well, some. I learned a few things,…
Marion, I am trying to use COM2. In fact, I have everything else on the board disabled -COM1, gameport, LPT1, LPT2, by removing the jumper which activates the others. I am using — wait a minute, just looked at my docs. I am using COM3 (COM1 with the jumper reset)…
Marion, I haven't yet received my sample issue, but I'm sure I will soon. Meantime, if you wouldn't mind e-mailing me CROSSINGS' mailing address for subscriptions, I will place my order immediately. Thanks. Donald Weed
#BB Info Source?
Message #64264
I am enjoying my new 386SX bridgeboard a lot (just added 4 meg memory and Vantage VGA with mouse), but I have so many questions! I know I need to subscribe to Crossings (but hate the thought of looking through tons of back issues for subscription info). I suspect I…
Michael, Thanks for responding. If you mean to ask have I told BBSETUP I am using a 1.2M drive, yes I have. I don't know of any setups beyond that. Don Weed
#386BB 1.2M Floppy
Message #64011
I have a 386SX BB, and I wanted a 1.2 meg floppy for it since the manual says I can use them, so I bought a Chinon last week. My 5-1/4 cable was specially made by the folks who sold me the BridgeBoard, and worked with my old BB-XT floppy.…
386 BB in Ohio!
Message #63209
Sorry about the BB price. Perhaps it wil drop rapidly. I didn't care (well, I did, but I really _needed_ that board!). Don Weed
I am using a switchbox and 1 monitor, so I will try switching to 2 right after double-clicking. Thanks! P.S. E-mail coming up! Don Weed
Pete, I hope you get that sort of price. I paid close to $900 plus shipping, but I am quite satisfied with it, especially if I can solve a few minor problems with it. Don Weed
Saturday the 18th, I mean.
My dad lives in Columbus now, but I live on the very southern tip of Ohio, across the river from Huntington, WV. If you have a meeting Sat. 17th, who knows? The BB cost $915 with 1 meg and red label shipping. I do not yet have a math co-processor,…
I know. I have a copy of it (my own personal) installed on my PC at work (a 25 MHz 386). I rarely use it because it's disappointingly slow, but with the chance to experiment at home with re-formatting for HPFS, buying a high-performance graphics card, 8 meg memory, etc.,…
Marion, I haven't run many different programs yet because I still have only 1 meg of memory (ran out of money temporarily!). 2-3 weeks and I'll break down and buy some. I have OS/2 and Windows waiting in the wings, so I'm anxious to try them out. Meantime, Leisure Suit…
386 BB in Ohio!
Message #61905
I would like to announce that I have a 386SX BB (20 mhz) installed in my A2000, and I live in Ohio! I am not — repeat, not! — a PC expert, so if you PC buffs have any questions, keep it simple, please! I have had the board up…
I can live without the large files. I have a (fairly) fresh PC backup, and I have most of the 24-bit images in JPEG format as well. Obviously I haven't discovered all of DiskSalv's possibilities. By the way, I just ordered Quarterback and Quarterback Tools. Don Weed
I have tried to make it work that way, but after several failures I stopped believing it could be done. I'll go back and re-read the docs. Thanks! Don Weed
It spins up just fine. I'm trying to use DiskSalv on it, but the size of the drive, the 10-meg PC pseudo-drive, and the 24-bit files cause many problems. Is there a DiskSalv that would save the stuff across multiple disks, because that's what would work. Don
#Hard Drive *GRONK*
Message #52575
Well, I've done it this time. My 210-meg Quantum has been flaky from the start, and my Trumpcard controller is garbage, just like the support I got from them (someone may flame about that, but I'm just telling it like it is). Now I've got real troubles. Yesterday, while doing…
Wow! I didn't expect such a bad prospect for solving this problem. I see there are other replies on this thread, so I hope someone knows a solution for both of us. Thanks for the warning! Don Weed
Monitor Switch Box
Message #47951
I have a number of video setups: FireCracker, Flicker Fixer, IBM VGA, standard Amiga. It would be great if I could fix things so switching back and forth would be easy. What I envision is, say, a four-position switch box with, I suppose, lots of cables, and the DEB extender…
What do I HAVE to buy?
Message #29458
Mr. Moose, I have owned an Amiga since Oct. '85, and I have read quite a lot about the Toaster over the last few years, but, not being close to a dealer, there are some things about the Toaster that I have not quite been able to visualize from my…
Roger, I have used Imagine before and after my MegaChip upgrade, and the difference is _very_ pronounced! Many times with my 5-meg system I would run out of memory attempting the simplest things. Now, with 6 megs (2 chip), I have not had a single memory problem. MegaChip makes the…
Thanks, Don. BackTalk keeps getting better! I'm gonna print out all the docs this week. On another topic, I sent out a (calm) letter to Mr. Ali today. Let's all hope for the best! Don Weed
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