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Thanks for the info. I guess there will be an announcement in time. I won't download the demo just for a readme file. Anyway, those of us who purchased it early enough (at the higher price) were promised free upgrades. Cheers, Mike
I'm in the same situation. I don't think that anything has been released in the interim, despite the fact that the number is jumping from 1.27 to 3.0. Mike Hobart
Retina or Picasso II ?
Message #185335
Interesting, I'll have to try giving them a call. I think at the moment dealers are getting only a very small trickle. When I've contacted dealers whom users have mentioned, they say that they are out of stock and that it will be a couple of weeks "at least" before…
Thanks for the info, last time I talked to them they didn't have any and didn't know when to expect any. Cheers, Mike
WTB – Picasso II
Message #168584
I'm looking for a 2 Mb Picasso II video board. It appears that most dealers are out of stock and don't know when they will get new stock. Anyone have one to sell or know of a dealer with some in stock? Thanks, Mike
This endless hassle on trying to top each other is going to result in neither ending up with a profitable business. This should have been settled months ago – but with the lawyers getting paid hourly, they don't have any advantage in doing so. Disgustedly, Mike
Canadian customs have always been a hassle to deal with, especially with things which are mailed such as computer disks and data. (From someone with a lot of Canadian scientific friends.) Depending upon circumstances the data is sometimes better carried by hand or send via internet. Cheers, Mike
More AmiTCP…
Message #167672
Thanks Dale, the name was familiar but I couldn't recall it at the time. I certainly agree. It's been strange, having a computer manufacturer with whom you WANT to spend money on, and they have a product which is in the works, but you just can't get it. Well they…
There are 3 choices for Unix on the Amiga: 1) Commodore's, which hasn't been updated in awhile and DOES NOT RUN on a 68040 (actually, I was a bit amazed to see from someone else's message that it was still avail from CEI – it's been hard to find for…
I would think that the pent up demand is actually somewhat higher than what the dealers would guess. As a lot of users have been waiting to see what, if anything, ever develops out of the chaos. Is there a growing future, or not. Meanwhile there is the drip, drip,…
The Commodore Amiga Unix (AMIX) was written for the 68030 CPand MMU instruction set. Since CBM decided not to pursue Unix any further, they did not develop a version which will work with the 68040. Since the probs are at the CPU/MMU level, there's no way to fix it. There…
Dean – thanks for the info about extended warranty – that's a nice touch. I've been swamped at work with some software covversions so I haven't been remembering to call until I get back home in the eves, which is too late. Cheers, Mike
#DKB Megachip problems?
Message #87881
Dean It happens at irregular intervals, sometimes shortly after powerup, sometimes after the system has been up for a long time. I'm running 2.1 and had been running it for a long time before t problems suddenly appeared. For a while there it looked like the probs had gone away,…
#May/June Fish CD problem
Message #150927
I've run into a problem with the latest (May/June) Fresh Fish CD. My system won't recognize it! No problem with any of the other Fresh/Gold Fish disks. Anyone else seen this? I've got an A2000 with GVP Combo 40 accelerator/SCSI controller, Toshiba 3201B CD drive, and I'm using the Asimware…
MacrosystemsUS BBS?
Message #125504
Does anyone know if there is a new number for the BBS which provided support for MacrosystemsUS (the makers of the Retina board). I just tried it (313-981-1524) for the first time in about 2 months and found out it was disconnected. This was a private BBS (Wrinkle Dog BBS)…
It's too bad that Kodak isn't taking the approach that CBS took way back when it developed the 33 1/2 RPM LP record. CBS licensed the technology to other manufacturers for $1/year! Kodak should be doing everything they can to make the PhotoCD format readable by anyone and everyone. At…
MSDOS 6.2 is a bug patch for 6.0 and you HAVE to have 6.0 also. I believe that Microsoft is now selling combined upgrades.
Thanks for the reply. The message was coming from SCSI device 0, which was the Maxtor drive. After reconfiguring the drive chain, I'm not encountering the problem. I WAS wondering what the $49/$46 message meant.
SCSI message question
Message #67007
I've got a GVP Combo/040 board in my A2000 and I recently had to replace a failed Quantum LP105S drive. I installed a Maxtor 7345S drive as a replacment and I'm running into some problems. 1) It seems like the drive needs to warm up before it operates properly -…
That's interesting to here. I've got a couple of Syquests and have been able to use the drives interchangably between Amiga, Mac, and PC (with the usual caveats about a suitable controller, etc.). I certainly agree with the comment about Macs and 'non-standard' SCSI! On some Macs you get in…
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#Syquest on Amiga and Mac
Message #116206
This is the first I've heard of this for either platform… Since all the drives are made by the same company, could you elaborate? Is there a particular revision or internal ROM level which marks the breakpoint? Mike Hobart
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Image/FX and Photo-CD
Message #65221
Wait a minute, do you mean licensed to your company specifically or in general. PhotoCD reading capability is certainly available at low cost in the Mac and PC world.
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ADPRO/scanner/GVP
Message #65219
I'm using the internal port with a switchbox. But I would urge you to add the ability to use the alternate port in the future. It would simply add to the flexibility of ADPRO. Cheers, Mike Hobart
AMax ROM checksum err?
Message #113345
I just added a GVP G-force 040 accelerator to my 2000. On testing A-Max II (v2.51) I get a message about Rom checksum errors. I've tried reseating the board but no change. Any clues? The system was working well with my previous accelerator (IVS Vector, that now goes into the…
If I recall, your message had a typo with $200. instead of $2000. which caused my surprise [to say the least]. I want my laptop Amiga 5000 also! Hey if there can be SEVERAL different laptop Sun Sparcstations available, there ought to be someone Commodore can cooperate with to make…
The publicly available version 1.0 does not. But the next version (2.0?) which has been in beta-testing FOREVER is supposed to have it. Mike
Moire works fine. I don't recall exactly, but I believe that I've used a recent version of Pyro w/o problems. What version of the mac operating system and what version of the pyro utility are you using? Mike
I assume that the quote of $200. for a complete VGA laptop was a typo. What price did you mean. If that's a real price please provide details. Two other thoughts. Commodore may not be satisfied with the response time of the passive matrix LCD displays though many customers of…
SupraRAM 2000 – $50
Message #91529
Supra SupraRAM 2000 memory board for the Amiga 2000 available for $50. No memory included. Manual and test disk included. I've added an IVS Vector to my 2000 at home and moved the 4Mb I had on this board to the one in my 2000 at work. – Works fine,…
I know it sounds bizarre, but the setup of the Amiga TCP/IP and NFS software was the easiest I've seen of the various microcomputer ones I've tried (including Mac and MS-DOS). I'm still trying to puzzle my way through Sun's PC-NFS… Mike
Vector AMAX driver
Message #91303
I am uploading the AMAX driver for the IVS Vector board which I got from the IVS bulletin board. This first version only works with a 68030 (needs MMU) in 68030 mode. The driver has to be specified as DEVS:IVS_SCSIvector.amhd in the Amax configuration screen. The only glitch I saw…
Let us know what you find out from them. I plan to increase the amount of memory on my board (sooner or later). Mike
I've only got 4 megs at the moment. A question does pop to mind, what do you have the settings at for the maximum size for vd0: ? Since it has been around for quite a while, it could have hard limits inside it for max size
#FCII Imp/Export plans?
Message #50063
I was wondering if you plan to increase the number of import/export options for FC II? I like using it a lot but have occasions to move files between different computers (since there's no Amiga laptop ;-( ). If you don't plan to do it, would the appropriate format specs…
The vector board has a jumper to let you set how much memory is visible in 68000 mode, 4 Mb or 8 Mb. You set the jumper for 4 Mb and have no problem with the bridgeboard. In 68030 mode it's all mapped into a higher memory space so there…
All of the functions of the ab20 site (re Amiga) were taken over by the wuarchive.wustl.edu site. They also mirror most of the other major sites (simtel.., cica.. , amiga.physik.unizh.ch, etc.). They also permit their systems to be NFS-mounted over the Internet. But get the README.NFS announcements before you do…
VD0: and accelerator
Message #83879
How do you have them setup. I also recently got a Vector accelerator and have had no problem with VD0: Perhaps you could post the part of your startup-sequence where you mount them…. Mike
In terms of getting into the slots, any card which conforms to the PCMCIA 2.0 standard can be up to 5 mm thick. At least according to what I've read. The 3mm spec was originally for PCMCIA 1.0 which was for memory cards only. As far as I'm concerned, it's…
QBT version? + problem
Message #48934
What's the latest version of Quarterback Tools? The version I have is 1.3d and I've run into a strange problem. I've had a disk problem and QBT seems to be seeing all of the files which were accidentally deleted, but when I recover to another disk, only a few bytes…
Are you sure it was a 3mm version, not 5mm? From what I've seen, most of the non-memory cards are using the 5mm thickness. That size is usable in all PCMCIA slots. Mike
Mac System 7/800kb disks
Message #81858
Apple has a support site on the internet where you can ftp the 800kb version of the System 7 disks (& don't forget TuneUp 1.1.1). So if you have access to the internet, just ftp to 'ftp.apple.com' (I hope I've remembered the name right!), and get on as an anonymous…
News item as of Monday – Apple decides to start charging users for operating system upgrades previously offered free. ($99/shot). I wonder if Apple will offer rebates for the "Updaters" which fix the upgrades. My favorite headline in a computer magazine last spring went to a MacWeek editiorial "Quality is…
The last time that I talked to the folks at GfxBase (which was a LONG time ago – just haven't gotten around to calling), they had a Beta test version of the latest TCP/IP software and were talking with customers about getting further beta test sites. I am surprised and…
The fact that they HAD done it, which was very convenient, was one of the reasons I brought up the point. One of the other messages, which said that the dealer got it very quickly, was very encouraging. Mike
Thanks for the confirmation re the parts number. It just looked a bit odd compared to most software/computer stuff. It would actually make SENSE if you ordered with a part number and then got the most up to date version. That's probably why I expressed some disbelief. I work with…
Thanks for the info. Mike
I was just reading about the Photo CD setup (probably in "Computer Pictures") and they take an interesting approach to the speed/accessibility/filesize approach. Apparently they actually store 5 (right FIVE!) copies of each image on the CD, as follows (approximately, since I'm winging it from memory): 1) 128×192 for the…
Teac combo drive problem
Message #73611
Could someone with a similar setup double check this to see what I've got wrong? I've got a 2286 BB with the ATOP 386sx, and I just installed a TEAC "Combo Drive" – 5.25" & 3.5" in the same drive (model FD-505-000-U). I'm using the end ("A") connector from the…
How do you contact 'Commodore parts' this is the first that I've heard of it. Are you SURE that they have the same part # for two different versions. I don't want to spend my money and just get another copy of what I already have. Mike
I really can't understand CBM (and other computer manufacturers at times, actually many times). They have a product ready which improves their existing product and addresses problems their users have had. Then they wait and wait to release it. If they really wanted to support their users they would follow…
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