This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Paul: While they may no longer claim that their keyboards work with Amigas, that's not the case. I own several Northgate keyboards, 2 Omnikey 102's , and an Omnikey Plus, and all of them have been on my A3000 at one time or another. They do have 2 different models…
DJ: Nope, a new Buster isn't needed for 3.1, I happened to have one that I got when a friend got a 4091, and he didn't need it, so I got it. Of course, now I sort of wish I DIDN'T have it, but oh well, maybe tomorrow I'll get…
Dale: I've seen versions of BRU being sold for Unix systems. Is this the same BRU as used on the Amiga? If so, are backup tapes made on the Amiga readable by the Unix program? Also, if these are all the same is there an MS-DOS version as well? -Mike…
Tony: After I wrote my message to you I read some of the other replies, and remembered that I had to change some jumpers! I also forgot all about installing the 68040.library, as well as some of the other programs needed to get it running. If you're going to use…
#A3000 040
Message #159830
Tony: First off, the Commodore 040 card isn't supposed to work in a stock A3000 due to heat problems. If you've decided to give it a try anyway, all you'll have to do is disassemble the 3000, remove the powersupply, you will see 4 screw locations, and a connector towards…
#Installing 3.1 ROMs
Message #159827
Dale: I just installed the 3.1 ROMs in my A3000, along with a newer buster chip as well. When I power up the machine nothing happens, no SCSI activity, and just a black screen. Would this indicate a problem with the buster chip, or the 3.1 ROMs? Also, I think…
Steve: With the Picasso you're still limited to the same amount of pixels as in AmigaDOS, however the 'standard' pointer is smaller than it could be if memory serves me correctly. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Dale: Are you familiar with Winsock? I'm just curious because I have 3 different versions of Winsock, one from FTP software that I havn't tried yet, Trumpet Winsock which I was using until fairlly reciently, and one I downloaded about a month ago from a company called Core Systems. Do…
Kevin: The disks are available from Konica Technologies in CA in boxes of 10 each. I think a box of disks costs around $150.00 or so, but havn't checked in a while. The drives I have are internal SCSI drives. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort…
Erik: Both QVTNET and WS-FTP are available in the PC libs here on CIS. I don't remember which one, so if you go to the IBM filefinder and search either under TCP/IP or WINSOCK you should be able to find them both, along with the Winsock program (actually there are…
Erik: Do you already have PC TCP/IP software? If not, before you spend somewhere around $500.00 or so that most of the commerical packages sell for you should look into one of the shareware implementations. I use a package called QVTNET that uses a packet driver to talk to the…
Andrew: There are 2 different versions of GIF, version 87A and version 89A. The 89 version has some extra features, such as being able to add file comments to a GIF file, I think GIF animations are also possible with 89, but I'm not sure. These differences aside, both programs…
Matthijs: Does the program you're looking for have to convert to HAM mode? There are a couple of programs that I know of that will convert to most all other Amiga IFF formats, including IFF24 (24bit). The programs will also let you catalog your files, and they also handle many…
Richard: (and anyone else interested) I have an A600 for sale. It has no added memory, so it only has chip ram, either 1 meg, or 2, I don't remember how much the A600's came with. It also has a 60meg internal HD as well. I also have LOTS of…
Larry: Is the I-Card a PCMCIA ethernet card? If so, are there drivers for it so that it'll work with an Amiga? Also, is it possible to use it in a PC (does it come with packet drivers?) // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Stephen: The Picasso has an option for a high rez pointer, and it works just fine as far as I can tell. If you use a larger size WB however (I run a 1024×768 WB screen) the pointer gets small, and can sometimes be hard to find on a cluttered…
DJ: Actually that would be kind of hard to do in our case as the Mac was a powerbook, and has a built-in modem. Also I don't know if this would matter or not, but the Mac has an RS422 serial port, and the Atari has an RS232 port, I'm…
Wayne: I have a SupraModem 2400MNP that I'd be willing to sell. How much do you want to pay for one? (I really don't have any idea what these things are worth anymore), I know that the original purchase price has NOTHING to do with the selling price as the…
Chris: Another thing that can be done (although I don't know if anyone will admit it) is to just connect the FAX machine & Faxmodem together with the same wire (remove ma bell from the whole thing) and you get a really quiet line. A friend of mine did that…
Ethernet/Internet linkup
Message #157331
Steve: Have you gotten DaggeX to work? I tried it a while ago, and couldn't get it to fly on my Amiga. Also, do you know the current revision of it? (maybe I have an older version?) // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Ethernet/Internet linkup
Message #157330
Chris: Hydra Systems makes (or at least they used to make) an ethernet adapter for the A500. It was marketed here in the US by GVP for a while, but they dropped it, and I'm not sure if anyone here has picked it up, or if Hydra is still making…
Paul: I imagine by the time my daughter grows up (she's 7 now) she'll be amazed that anyone had to actually type things to their computer, rather than just talking to it. When I think of how much computers have changed in just the last 15 years or so it's…
Jim: I think you will be pleasantly surprised when you try AutoPilot. And of course the nice thing about it is that you download the demo version, and get it up and running all without having to pay for the program, so that when you do register the program you'll…
PC interface wanted
Message #156829
JX300 Owners: If you're using a JX300 on the Amiga chances are that your scanner also came with a GPIB interface card for the PC as well. This card is made by National Instruments, and came complete with software drivers as well. If anyone still has both the interface card,…
David: I live in Florida (Fort Lauderdale), and I leave both my Amiga & my PC on 24 hours a day. So far I've never been hit by lightning, and I've been doing this for at least 4 years or more! Of course it might just be that you're more…
Steve: If the board has older ROMs on it, just hold down both mouse buttons while booting. If it has the lastest set of ROMs, then you'll have to hold down only the right mouse button to get to that menu. The change was made because with the newer versions…
PC Interface wanted
Message #42249
JX300 Owners: If you're using a JX300 on the Amiga chances are that your scanner also came with a GPIB interface card for the PC as well. This card is made by National Instruments, and came complete with software drivers as well. If anyone still has both the interface card,…
Robert: I have a Boing mouse on my Amiga, and I too love optical mice. As a matter of fact when I added a PC here I went out and bought a Mouse Systems serial mouse for it. As Mouse Systems is the actual manufacturer of the Boing as well…
Betty: You say that your friend is an Art teacher. Under the assumption that she would want to be able to print color I would say that as far as the Amiga goes, the printer to get is the Fargo Primera. I don't know if it will work on the…
John: Brett still owns it. He's gotten away from the Atari as far as selling the machines, however I think his mail order company Sideline Software still stocks Atari titles, but I could be wrong. He's gotten into selling high end PCs for video work, and at this point he's…
John: You wouldn't by any chance know what the mountlist entry would be for a Syquest 44meg drive that's been formatted with the EasySCSI software would you? // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Jeff: Last week when I was at my dealer, I saw a stack of 25 v2.1WB sets. I think these had both the ROMs, and manuals as well. Their name is "The Computer Room" in Ft Lauderdale FL. Their phone number is 305-771-9035. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot…
#151306-
Syquest via emulation?
Message #151912
John: I have a SyQuest drive on both my PC & my Amiga. In order for the PC to be able to use the SyQuest drive as a removable drive (like it should be) I've been using Adaptec Easy-SCSI drivers. Do you know if it's possible to read/write to a…
Gary: One thing to check for, the Unix installation requires that the HD is at SCSI ID 6, and the tape drive is ID 4. If you have the tapedrive at some other ID it would bomb. The 2 disks that come with the Unix distribution are not AmigaDOS formatted.…
Grant: Did TS give you back your machine willingly when they found out it was stolen, or did they give you trouble with it? If they freely gave your machine back to you once finding out, then I wouldn't think you should be putting them down, after all it IS…
Clint: You could always add in FLI support to the Amiga version, so that both versions are compatible. Or, going the other way Anim7 support could (?) be added to the PC version. Oh, BTW, count me in on an Amiga CDROM, either single platform, or multi. // -Mike Schiller…
Dale: Actually I wouldn't mind NFS, however I'm not going to spend $500.00 just to get it when actually for me FTP works just fine. Not to mention the problems Amigas have in exporting volumes. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Dale: That is actually faster than I'm currently getting on my small 2 machine network here. I'm assuming it's the PD PC software I'm using (Trumpet Winsock) because when I was running NextStep I was getting around 2.5mbps transfers most of the time, and now depending on which machine I…
#148504-
AmiBack upgrade
Message #148933
Brian: Judging from the tone of the message, I'd say that the fumes coming from Wayne's anger caused most of those typos, I know that when I get mad it's real hard for me to type straight! // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Bill: My keyboard with a reset button IS the plus, not an Ultra, I don't have one of those. Your 102 sounds strange, as both of my 102's have a detachable cable, and DIP switches in one location or another. Sounds like Northgate has had several revisions of their keyboards!…
Wolf: Thanks for the info. Is this switchbox available in the USA yet? // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mark: In order to network a PC with an Amiga via ethernet is fairly easy *IF* you can get the proper software! The software I'm using is a beta version of Commodore's newer TCP/IP, and with current events being what they are I don't think it's ever going to be…
Betty: I downloaded the other pics you uploaded, and while you may not think your photo skills are not great, I'd have to disagree, for what they were (simple snapshots) you did a wonderfull job, not to mention that your job of scanning them was first rate as well. Only…
Gracia: Well, here's the story. The Fargo will work great with a switchbox as long as the computer it's getting it's data from isn't an Amiga! 🙁 I have both an A3000, as well as a PC clone here, and I have tried a few different switchboxes, and the Fargo…
Bill: My Ultra also has 2 connectors, one of which looks suspiciously like a Mac connector. It also has a reset button on it as well, and on my Amiga it will actually reset the machine properly most of the time. To use the Plus on an Amiga, switches 1…
Betty: By people less active here, you wouldn't by any chance be refering to me would you? 🙂 Yes, I have sort of slacked off, however I havn't fully jumped ship yet, so I'll still be around here for a while to go. (heck I've got to much $$$ invested…
Cheap networking here!
Message #147725
Dale: How does Arcnet compare to Ethernet speedwise? I have a friend who might be interested in networking his 2000 & 3000 together. On my system I'm using AS225r2 to connect to a PC, and I've found that the PC software is the link that makes the connection slow, I…
CoolScan
Message #147724
Mark: A friend of mine was looking into the CoolScan, but Nikon told him that it's not compatible with the Amiga implementation of SCSI. So no driver. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
#Need New Amiga Keyboard
Message #147714
Bill: Yes, and No. All NorthGate Ultras are switch settable to work on the Amiga. There is no adapter as such needed, the normal PC cable will also work with the A2000 & A3000 (I think the A4000 used a different connector). What you'd have to order seperately from Northgate…
Andrew: Well, between the Retina and the Picasso I'd go (actually I did go) for the Picasso. I have one of their first boards imported, and I love it. // -Mike Schiller \X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
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