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- From: jdp1@esygvl.com (j.d. parsons)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: AmiTCP/PPP with A2000
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 10:13:16 -0600
- Organization: E-Systems, Inc. - Greenville, TX
- Message-ID: <4cu46s$g73@monaco.esygvl.com>
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-
- I'm posting this for a friend that has been trying to get his A2000
- net-worthy for, well, too long...
-
- Please copy responses as email, as neither of us has a reliable
- connection to the newsgroups (many dropped articles). My email
- addresses are jdp1@esygvl.com and parsons@why.net.
-
- Below the cutline is a cut-and-paste note from him detailing his woes.
-
- My only ideas deal with possible chip ram problems, and possible
- datatype problems on item 2B.
-
- Jim's system: A2000 with VXL 030 board.
- Ram: 1 MB Chip
- 2 MB normal fast
- 2 MB 32 bit fast
- GVP Series II SCSI controller
- OS 3.1
-
- -------- Cutline of Jim's message: ----------
-
- 1. A through E (Readers' Digest version:)
-
- Basically told of monitor problems and the initial installation
- of AmiTCP/PPP, etc. using `Vark', which worked *one* time.
-
- F. I decided I could stumble around for quite a while peeling off
- one layer at a time. The software appeared to work with a virgin
- system. Re-initializing the disk partitions and starting from
- scratch would do this.
- The process was begun, and resulted in immediate success. But what
- added element had caused the problem? I began adding one item at
- a time, but the script would run, and so would Mosaic. I added
- the GIF.datatype - still no pictures, but Mosaic ran fine.
-
- G. It was obvious I would eventually need more than the four colors
- Workbench uses initially would be required. I adjusted preferences
- for 16 colors. Bang! The dial script wouldn't run properly, and
- showed the same flakey behavior as before. I returned to four
- colors, and it ran correctly again.
-
- H. I then tried starting PPP in four colors and switching to 16 colors
- before initializing Mosaic. Mosaic ran, but wouldn't call anyone.
-
- I. Quitting Mosaic, I dropped back to four colors, and ran Mosaic
- again. Things returned to what passes for normal at the moment.
- I tried several combinations: the dial script doesn't run properly
- with more than four colors. Mosaic will run (correctly?) in eight
- colors, but not more.
-
- 2. Conclusions:
-
- A. This sounds like some sort of bizarre interaction between the
- operating system and the Internet software. My initial guess is
- that I need to run Mosaic in it's own screen, so I can get enough
- colors to display the images, yet avoid whatever this conflict may
- be. Do either [any] of you have any ideas?
-
- B. I still don't get images, although the GIF datatype is installed
- in classes. I'm guessing this may be related to the limited number
- of colors in the display, but perhaps not.
-
- C. No, I'm not making any of this up.
-
- --
- John D. Parsons jdp1@esygvl.com
- Senior Engineer
- E-Systems, a Raytheon Company Greenville, TX, USA
-