This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (574 messages)
Bart, pisano! You have an ELFII? You know what this means? We can ask CIS to start up an 1802 forum for us. Actually mine is packed in a box but I have kept all the parts through moves to and from Germany over the years and have meant to…
Ooooh! Gosh Betty, I didn't even know PE went back that far, I first became aware of the transistor through a project in the ARRL bible. The RCA CK721 or CK722 as I recall (amazing, I remembered). Couldn't build it, xistors cost nearly $100 each back then and had a…
Hi Wrong answer: it is too damned bad that IBM picked the most crippled mpu out there to base their Personal Computer on instead of the 1802 or at least the 6800. Today's desktop computer would almost certainly be a generation further ahead of where it is today. In other…
Phillip I don't have the A1000 anymore, and don't even know the serial number. It was probably low though, and I wish I hadn't sold it to that young airman at Rhein Main AB to play games on. Hey, talk about antiques, how about this one: I have a copy…
#A2000A/A2000B
Message #216234
I wouldn't doubt your word, Phillip, but I do know it says made in germany right on my 2000B motherboard and I bought it in Frankfurt.de My machine looks just like any other A2000 box. I was in germany during the entire period the Amiga was introduced and developed, had…
#Ami-FileSafe
Message #214948
Dale I would welcome a safer file system than ffs, personally. With FFS I can just about generate a disabling hangup with the scsi activity light on by executing any one of a number of programs with bugs in them, and guarantee that when I boot I will have to…
#A2000A/A2000B
Message #214947
Phillip re: "skeptical of the germany cbm r&d people" I am using a 2000B purchased in Wertkauf 8 years ago ( I think ) and I have to say it has never let me down through thick and thin, upgrades and third party addons, still ticking away as a full…
OK Hank, I stand corrected: it was the other guy. Thank you. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Alex Thank you for your contribution, wonderful news. Since ATI3 reports I have V1.000-15-V34_D5 it looks like this is not a new upward revision then? Not that I have problems, the last one cured almost all my problems. Tom tjones@amigat.com alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will…
#GVP
Message #193214
Dan > I do not mourn their passing. I got to tell you I do mourn it. Everyone has bitched about the "nonstandard" simm-32 being a scam to rip us off and that was not the case. GVP engineers actually took up a simm already in use in such platforms…
UUCP heeelp!
Message #192054
Help! I am trying to get Matt Dillon's UUCP package running on my A2000. I have it feeding mail and news to/from Excelsior! BBS successfully in uncompressed mode. For testing that was fine but now my upstream node is throwing real stuff at me and it isn't working. My problem…
Hi Steve Don't let anyone talk you out of the Supra V34, I use one and they work great. The problem he is referring to is not in the Supra, it was a retraining problem in the USR's! When they got the last flashrom code installed we lost the problem.…
Eduard I have the book for that modem at my office, or I did if noone moved it. It isn't much but has the critical stuff. Pretty old modem, wouldn't doubt that they are hard to find…Vadic that is. We have one at the office on a shelf and I…
Hi Dan > That's very interesting, Tom. Could you tell me more about applications >for Forth? It is traditionally a language designed for controllers, originally used to control the complex motions of a telescope on Kitt's Peak I beleive. Nevertheless it has been used to write other languages, other operating…
Willie Yes, they are different now that I reread your message. My Modem is a Supra V.34 28,800 and yours is a 14400 model you said. Sorry if I missed that, it may explain the Class 1/Class 2 differences too. The way I know this is by bringing up a…
Well Ed, how can I argue with that? It has been suggested that Commodore's final claim to fame may lie in their inclusion in MBA testbooks as the definitive study of how not to run a computer manufacturing business, but I think they will have some competition for that title…
Don > Water then alcohol. Sounds good. Would you believe I probably still have Hewlett Packard's detailed instructions on cleaning circuit boards in a dishwasher (temp, soap solutions, cycles)? That is how most repair shops actaully do it. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Willie I have a ZoomVFC working fine with a PC running FaxTalk Windows, which only eliminates the modem as a likely suspect. What I selected for modem type is "generic class 2 fax", sending and recieving at 14400, and the init string is "AT". That's it. I just sent to…
Hey Walter I take it you edit Scientific Amigan. I would also be interested in reading it if you can Cmail me details. Now that the Amiga is well and truely toast (humor intended) I feel suddenly like writing programs for it, go figure. That is the way it is…
Christian A micro-kernal OS is what it sounds like: a very small fast core of the most basic instructions. Based on this is a sort of highlevel language instruction set in which the more complex OS functions are written. A classic example is the Forth language, which is also it's…
Christian > Maybe Pournelle is right in saying IBM > should GIVE OS/2 to anyone who wants to have it and see to it that it be > ported to PowerPC ASAP to have success… Shhhhh….they might be reading here, looking for the secret of Commodore's success. Yes, that is…
Thanks for cheering us up Rolf 🙂 Escom sounds like a perfect successor to Commodore already. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
WTB FlickerFixer
Message #189488
Looking for a FFV or Microway Flicker Fixer. Please leave Cmail if you want to sell one, need to know price and condition. Thanks Tom Jones alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Amiga S/H
Message #188574
David I passed on the info tonight, will let you know if the other sysop wants to buy pascal/modula 2 asap. I wanted a 2400 for my daughter's MacPlus but I forgot the cable won't work. Tom. alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
#More stuff for Sale
Message #188453
Scott I would be interested in these as prepaid items: > Comic Setter 1.0 ($ 5.00) manual > NagPlus 3.0 (scheduler) ($ 5.00) manual Still avail? Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
David Let me know if these are available: >M2Sprint Modula 2 with all libraries $50 >HiSoft Pascal $75 (Have a friend wanting to program) I want to buy > GPFax For SupraFax modems $20 (IF it supports the V34 suprafax 28800) > Grolier's Encyclopedia CD Rom (Amiga/CDTV) $15 > Practical…
Leslie re: > trying to mix 150 and 250 Meg cartridges It is true, and the reason 150mb should not be run with 250mb in the same drive is that the 250mb tape is thinner. I forget the number of mils but it causes them to track on the head…
Mark I hope you are wrong about my one month old AW subscription magically morphing into a PCworld subscription. Talk about adding insult to injury. > My PC-Worlds are currently being used as a platform to raise my stereo > speakers up off of the floor. They may be crap,…
Denny Damn. > Yep, for the majority of magazines published by big publishing houses, > there are a couple of companies in Harlan, IA that handle subscription > orders and fulfillment… And I thought the nice young lady who called me three times last month to remind me my subscription…
> Supra ram 2000 board (no memory on bd.) What kind of simms does this take? Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
#TCP/IP via Cable?
Message #186772
> cable systems for institutional use by businesses and local governments You wouldn't be referring to Wang Backbone systems would you? Just curious. I worked on one in Honolulu for the state of HI. I felt then that it was a much underused and under estimated system, the potential you…
> I would expect there to be Amiga people here for some time to come. I expect to be one of them too. The CBM echo (C64, no 128 stuff allowed!) is one of the most heavily used echos on fidonet, about 50 msgs a day most of the time.…
> DIAVOLO works nicely with 3.1. And is fast and reliable . Thanks for the information Joachim. I have the demo and have tried it on my 2000 using 2.1 OS and it works well there too. Well, as well as a demo can work. > from Cologne, Germany I…
I remember you Gary, how's tricks? If you have no problem with 3.1 and QB/AB I am glad, but a fellow sysop here tried to upgrade his 3000 to 3.1 and had horror stories to tell about this. He has a Wangtek 150mb drive, almost the industry standard. The nature…
John Fascinating information. I use QB 5.0 as my old standby out of habit on a 2000 with 2.1 dos. I tried 3.1 and decided to go back to the 2.1 rom on my BBS machine. My wife liked the pretty wallpaper and using 1.3 games on the backup 2000…
You are correct, not only Amiback but QuarterBack (now orphaned) is not compatible with 3.1. There is a new program called DIAVOLO in the library here that is supposed to be compat. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
I use the MFCII+ dual port serial/par board myself. Even with a 33mhz '030 accellerator with 16mb mem I can feel the system loading down when 28800 file downloads are taking place, I can imagine the problem a 68K would have feeding that MFCII. But I haven't detected any improvement…
One of my friends had the same problems with his 3000 and syncronous HD's under 3.1, seems to be a bad thing. The slowing down of the buss is really strange however, sync should be faster. alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
There is nothing special about using a Supra288 on AP but the highest speed node available here is 14400…does anyone have 28800 nodes yet? A link speed of double the 28800 is sufficient, so 57600 is good for that. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will…
Hi Lowell > Have you used your Supra 28800 for FAX yet? No, I haven't. It is on the Amiga and I don't have fax software for it yet. It did come with fax S/W for the PC's and I installed that on my 486/66 platform. It works just fine…
You know, a couple of more years of single sourced overpriced Amigas and there may not be anyone left on this forum. I don't think that is an option anymore, the world is too competitive. alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Bob Thanks for the info on 1.3, interesting. I had a friend who couldn't use LKICK with a 1.3 rom, but probably didn't try to use setcpu since he didn't have an accellerator. That may be where I got that idea. Tom Oklahoma City, OK
Thanks John, I will look into your suggestions. I even considered reducing the Trifecta memory to 1mb since it only uses a part of a meg for caching. Tom alternate: jonest@hfsi.com I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
> Thinking what CBM ->SHOULD
Kelly I have seen 3.1 softkicked only on 2.04 roms, not on 1.3 roms. I would also be interested from a philosophical viewpoint in knowing whether this is actually possible. Tom Oklahoma City, OK
John I realize this is no longer on topic with the header but Question: I have a CSA with 16mb of 32 bit, 2mb chip and 4mb on a Trifecta scsi board. My problem is that the boot up loads up the 16bit memory first and I end up running…
Hi Leslie > I found that everything, except some games, worked SO much better that I'd > NEVER go back to a slower processor. It is much like going from floppies > to a hard drive. Now imagine what it would be like to go from an '030 to an…
Lowell I would like to suggest you also look at the Supra 28800 V.34 modems. They are less expensive than most others with similar features (fax, caller id, upgrade via flashroms) and have worked very well. I use one on my BBS to talk to all types of modems and…
Gregory Not sure if this is exactly the same but I did have some experience last year with another IBM PS/2 drive that acted like yours does. HD toolbox was able to format those drives but we had great problems with them on GVP controllers and some Amigas never could…
Stuart > instigating a pseudo "S-200 standard" that would allow 64 bit data paths > on a backplane and provide for "auxilary" front and side planes for when > processors hit 128 bits wide with video chips doing the same. > Don't want to ruin the future for you but…
Page 1 of 12