Hi,

Gavilan Pollero wrote: (25/6/99)

>Im pretty sad, cos a few days ago, my brand new Power Flyer came from
Canada
>after a loooooong waiting.. :-o))
>everything was perfect, i did EXACTLY what the manual told me to do, so, i
>ntalled everyrhing into my Power Tower...
>After a few moments i turned on my miggy...nothing happened..black
>screen...i turned off and on again..and the same: green screen, after a few
>seconds it turned into purple screen..and thats it!! No signal of the hand
>asking for the workbench disk...no sign at all
>I uninstall the Flyer..put back my roms (i had 2 pairs so i tried with
>both)...and... AGAIN THE SAME SCREEN!!! Is my Amiga dead?? Could anyone
tell
>me what could be happening?? Im sooo sad
>Here we have no official repair service, just a few (i mean, 2 persons)
>places where eventually they could fix it. (I dont even know if they know
>what a Flyer is...im almost sure im the only one in Argentina with such
>device) :-/
>So, people, whatever you tell me, will mean MUCH to me
>i hope to be as clear as i could and cross my fingers hoping not to have
>burnt my motherboard (by the way..its a 1d4 revision)
>Kind Regards


I've also had tonnes of problems with the Power Flyer on a 1D4 motherboard
(purchased it July LAST year and the thing still does not work with me) but
that is another story.

At least in my case I was able to get the insert disk prompt to appear.

The only thing I can suggest is ensure the ROM chips are in the correct
sockets and that there are holes on the left hand side of the ROM sockets
(PCMCIA being left). Other than that I'm afraid that your well and truly
buggered mate.

As helpful as possible considering the circumstances,

    James.


______________________________________________________

> my brand new Power Flyer came from Canada
> after a loooooong waiting.. :-o))
> everything was perfect, i did EXACTLY what the manual told me to do, so, =
i
> ntalled everyrhing into my Power Tower...
> After a few moments i turned on my miggy...nothing happened..black
> screen...i turned off and on again..and the same: green screen, after a f=
ew
> seconds it turned into purple screen..and thats it!! No signal of the han=
d
> asking for the workbench disk...no sign at all
> I uninstall the Flyer..put back my roms (i had 2 pairs so i tried with
> both)...and... AGAIN THE SAME SCREEN!!! Is my Amiga dead?? 

Have you made sure that the boards are pushed all the way onto the motherbo=
ard chips?  We've had people before now saying that as the componants heat u=
p and cool down they work loose and then the same thing happens as you descr=
ibed.

Put a thick magazine or something under the motherdoard and push down firml=
y on the Flyer.  It should work.  (He says!)

Bifford the Youngest.

on the amigactive site

http://www.amigactive.com

can't talk, drooling too much..

.. :))

-- 
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Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester

 > > Some kind soul has already emailed it (or something very
> > similar) to me - thanks Bill.  It hasn't solved the problem
> > but it makes for interesting reading.
> 
> > If no one objects before the end of the day, I'll post it
> > to the list - it's only 6k anyway.
> 
> Right, no one's objected so here it is:
> 



Well that was interesting reading!  Especially the caps lock flashing, as I=
've never noticed it flash at all (and hopefully never will :)  ).
Any chance of sending this to AF to put in the mag for everyone to read?

Thanks.

Bifford the Youngest.

Paul Cundle said, 

> I was just going to bed, when Neil Bothwick wrote this and I just HAD to read
> it:

> [Snip some system specs which Neil should keep quiet about in case he
> gets beaten up]

Why? They're not mine, although they are quite similar to my second
Amiga, which is currently dead after the PSU exploded on Monday.

>> >  SUN 17' MONiTOR

> Cool! a 17 foot monitor. Where do you keep it, the local cinema?

:-)

>> And a buggered Caps Lock :(

> That key is supposed to be for capital letters, Neil.

I know, that's why my contribution to the thread only had the
occasional capital letter.

Should I have enclosed my text in  tags for those
not using humour-capable mailers :)


Neil
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
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Albert Hunt wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I want to try out a Peee C   emulation it was on a mag disk some time ago
> now i have the windows 95 discs but can not read them as they are DD or
> something.
HD.
> If i get a pc owner to copy them onto a zip disc will i be able to read it
> ok ?.  off the zip.
> 
Are you using PCx or PCTask? I've not had a look at PCx, but with PCTask
you could tell it to use your ZIP drive as a: drive.
However, you prolly can't get PCx or PCTask to emulate Windoze 95.
Win3.1 or maybe 3.2 is the best you'll be able to do.
I don't know where you can get win3.1 now (although I've got it).

(PS can you send me a copy of your disks? Mine have gon all pear shaped,
and I don't want to deal with MS; they'd prolly just try to sell me
win98)


-- 
-Alex Timiney
================================================================
Mjolnir - If you have to ask, you're not cleared to know

Hey peeps.

For all you animators out there, check out Amiga.de 's news pages.  They ar=
e running a competition to create an Amiga film introduction for use with 3.=
5

Miggies up for grabs.

This was actually announced on the 17th but in case anyone still is blind t=
o this I thought I'd post the info to you lot.

Enjoy!

Bifford the Youngest.

 > Hi all
> 
> I want to try out a Peee C   emulation it was on a mag disk some time ago=

> now i have the windows 95 discs but can not read them as they are DD

You mean HD.  The Amiga 500 to 1200 uses Double Density disks.  1300 and 14=
00 uses High Density disks (if it was asked for at purchase) as do all other=
 computers (except some arkward sods like the Amstrad CPC's and others).  Th=
erefor you comp cant read these as they have too much information on them.

 
> or something.

Something.

> If i get a pc owner to copy them onto a zip disc will i be able to read i=
t
> ok ?.  off the zip.

Only if you format it on your Amiga first.  Just use the quick format in th=
e workbench menu. (And make sure it brings up 96Mb Capacity).  Oh, and you n=
eed a PC dosdriver in the dosdrivers draw (PC4 or the like) - find out what =
number your system thinks the zip drive is then edit the file you'll find in=
 Storage/dosdrivers titled PC0 or PC1.  change the drive number to that of y=
our drive (use ED or some other text editor) then change the icons name to P=
C# and place it in the devs/dosdrivers draw and reboot.

> 
> Burt.
> 

If any of that isnt clear, come back to us and someone will clarify the sit=
uation,

Bifford the Youngest.

> Bauglir wrote:
> 
> >> Ben R - are you there? Can you quash these
> >> rumours or will we see something a beta at
> >> WOA? 
> 
> >He was on IRC yesterday (23rd June) saying that there would be a version
> >available to the public on June 1st... anyone know if Free Amiga are
> >developing a time machine as well? :)
> 
> Three options here:
> 1/	Ben uses a BOT to auto-reply on IRC and forgot to update it :)
> or
> 2/	They have indeed written a space-time-continuum(!) modification
> 	program in 'C' and this has delayed the AmozillaX development
> or
> 3/	He meant July 1st....
> 
> Ben R - the public demand an answer....
> (well 3 of us do anyway!)
> Bite the bullet and give us an update.
> Even if that means telling us it is late or whatever..
> Just tell us.
> 
> If ever you go on a 'Customer Satisfaction' course, one of the first
> things they tell you is to 'keep your customer informed'. This means
> telling them stuff, maybe stuff they don't want to hear, maybe bad
> news, maybe good news - the point is - tell them something..
> - anything....
> 
> l8r
> Tudor
> 
> 

david.baker said, 

>  Could somebody, maybe you Matt, recommend a decent monitor and
> possibly explain to me why Microvitec monitors are supposed to be
> shite.

As someone who has owned, and returned, six or seven Microvitec 17"
monitors, I feel I have some experience on the subject.

There are two main problems with the 1701, quality and ROM bugs. The
ROM bugs only affect the higher resolutions so won't show up without
a graphics card. The quality either shows up or doesn't. I had three
or four 1701s and they all exhibited display problems caused by poor
manufacturing.

Microvitec eventually gave up trying to send me a decent one and
sent me one of their new ProScan models instead. These were selling
for around 600 at the time and the display quality was superb.

The first one died suddenly after three weeks, the second lasted about
seven months and the third expired after six weeks. In each case there
was little or no warning, maybe a little display shimmering for an
hour or so, before the thing died completely.

Microvitec are no longer in the desktop monitor market, any Microvitec
monitors on sale are either used or refurbished returns. If you've got
a good 1701, hang onto it, they're quite rare now.


Neil
-- 
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
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Tim Seifert said, 

> I just tried to use the Ripley MPEG, but it wants a newer version of the
> guigfx.library.  Does anyone know where this library comes from?  I
> can't find it on Aminet.

27.0> Search INDEX guigfx
GuiGFXLib.lha      dev/misc   230K   8+Application layer for pixel graphics

:-)


Neil
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
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Tim Seifert said, 

>> If/When I get a bigger SCSI HDD, then I'll get PFS2.

> I've heard various fors and againsts, so I avoided it.  I tend to find
> that software that needs external help to get working (and stop
> crashing), is too much of a burden to use.

You mean like FFS needing DiskSalv while PFS has automatic disk repair
built in? :)

> And I'm sure not risking
> any data loss for a possibility of a speed increase (and I've read that
> the speed increases are only on certain actions, other disk activities
> aren't improved).

Everything is faster, but the speed increases vary according to the
circumstances. For example, directory access is significantly
improved, so any program that handles a large number of small files,
like YAM, gets an increased benefit.

> Can PFS (or any another similar file system) be installed *safely* onto
> a spare partition of a hard drive with the remaining partitions staying
> /normal/?

Yes. Like any other filesystem, installing it into the RDB only makes
it available to partitions on that drive. It's up to you which
filesystem each particular partition uses.


Neil
-- 
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
Always be sincere... whether you mean it or not!

Jason Murray said, 

> I have an intense dislike of ClassAct simply because the first time I tried
> to  use AWeb, any time I used the cycle gadget in the preferences to change 
> sections (ugh, in itself an abysmal way of doing it), my system crashed. 

That must have been a *long* time ago. That preferences system was
abandoned after about version 1.5, maybe even earlier.


Neil
-- 
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flaming. -- Henry Spencer

Hi Matt

>> > I think the PM stands for Pulse Modulated.. but the other P? O is output
>> > for sure..
>>
>> I was always told that it stood for Peak Music Power Output. I think the
>> R.M.S value is aprox 30% lower than it's P.M.P.O.
>
>You`re right about the PMPO. I was thinking PCMCIA at the time :)
>RMS can't be exactly 30% lower because it's a square root - i.e. a
>curve on a graph, not a straight line. RMS=PMPO * sqrt(2) after
>someone reminded me ;)

Try again - RMS=PMPO/sqrt(2).

Tatty byes
--
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WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski

Comedy is a babe magnet.  Unfortunately, the polarity of my magnet seems to have
been reversed.

[big snip]
>  (except some arkward sods like the Amstrad CPC's and others).  
[snip]

Amstrad CPC's use 2.5" floppy disks! *snigger* They were double sided,
but you had to take them out and put them in the other way round to use
the other side! *lol*
-- 
-Alex Timiney
================================================================
In a society run by a giant super computer,
the last would you'd want to see it print is "TILT!"

 > on the amigactive site
> 
> http://www.amigactive.com
> 
> can't talk, drooling too much..
> 
> .. :))
> 

:>)

Sound really great!  Unlimitable chip ram - and about time too!

Can I join you in drooling?  We'll soon make a puddle!

Bifford the Youngest

>1)  In the A1200 Hardware Guide, it specifies which resistors etc to
>remove from the A1200 motherboard, but it doesn't say why,
>anyone know the reasons ?

This is for the clock port. certain revisions (like my 1D4) have a timing 
problem with the clock port, so unless you do these modifications, you won`t 
be able to use any of the addons like the powerflyer, the serial and 
parallel ports or any of the other clockport goodies. If you`re not gonna 
add anything here then don`t bother, it makes no difference to anything else
>
>Has anyone (everyone ?) done these modifications ?  Have they
>made any difference ?  Are they reccomended to do ?

I might have to do the clockport one if I want to use any addons :/

ps. is it possible to add a resistpr on the video port?, one of mine is 
fryed, its all black an burnt, plus I cann`t use a scart lead


______________________________________________________

> > 35W RMS?
>
> Right. Except that they will probably have added the two channel values
> together to get 1200, so you're looking at root 600/ channel or 25 watts.
> That will also quite possibly be measured at a single frequency, probably
> 1-2KHz, which will not represent the ability of the speaker to cope with wide
> band signals - as a rule of thumb, halve it again. Then of course there is
> the issue of speaker efficiency, which is more important than power handling
> anyway. I'd be happy to bet that my hifi loudspeakers would be louder than
> these 1200W PMPO jobs can go with no more than a couple of Watts feeding
> them.

Actually I was pleasantly surprised by both the volume and the quality. I can
pump the volume right up to the max and I don`t get any distortion. Also the
top volume is very loud, loud enough for me anyway.

http://www.trust.com/products/prodinfo.asp?artnr=10122&geenkop=1

have a look these are the ones I got.

>
> You'd probably find a very cheap 30 or 40 watt stereo amp inside these
> speakers. The drive units will be damped to make them able to take much of
> that power without dangerous levels of cone excursion at low frequency - in
> other words they will be an intentionally inefficient design which produces a
> low volume level for any given input level, as this allows the manufacturers
> to write a bigger number on the box.
>
> Basically, ignore PMPO figures, they are only of any use in giving you a
> rough comparison against other PMPO figures, and even then only rough because
> different manufacturers are variously dodgy in the way they measure these
> things. The selling of HiFi equipment on Wattage values is bollocks, and the
> selling of computer speakers on PMPO is bollocks squared.
>

Don`t you like these speakers then? ;-)

Samuel Castillo

dervish666@bigfoot.com

> On 22-Jun-99, you wrote
>
> > PoolMem works for me, I have HUGE chunks of memory after days
> > switched on..
>
> PoolMem made my system sooo unstable, so now I use LowFrag.. to which
> the readme is very enlightening ;)

I used to use LowFrag, but now I use PoolMem :) Actually I switch around.
PoolMem does seem to make some apps go bananas, but I just use the
SCRATCHONLY switch which means it's just a fancy LowFrag in essence.

Once it's set up, it's great. Just make sure it IS set up and not just
plonked
in your startup :)

> > An RTG system would be easy to implement - take teh best parts of
> > CGX and P96 and meld them together. Some emulation systems like the
> > ppc.lib emulation for WarpOS for each old system and you`re away.
>
> P96 already emulates cgx IIRC?

Yeah, I mean the NEW system emulates the original systems. P96 only
emulates cybergraphics.library and version 2 at that. No PiP on a CV3D
no nothing. Even though it could easily be done. Ah well..

> > That`s what they`ve done for newicon support in 3.5 anyway :)
>
> Aren't they just using the newicon.library like ScalOS and Opus do??

No, they have a brand new icon.library (as in they have revamped the
ENTIRE icon system) which is compatible with NewIcons but different
in that it's faster, smaller icon sizes (file size) and has some decent new
features like animated icons :)

Neko
--
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester

Bauglir wrote:

>> Ben R - are you there? Can you quash these
>> rumours or will we see something a beta at
>> WOA? 

>He was on IRC yesterday (23rd June) saying that there would be a version
>available to the public on June 1st... anyone know if Free Amiga are
>developing a time machine as well? :)

Three options here:
1/	Ben uses a BOT to auto-reply on IRC and forgot to update it :)
or
2/	They have indeed written a space-time-continuum(!) modification
	program in 'C' and this has delayed the AmozillaX development
or
3/	He meant July 1st....

Ben R - the public demand an answer....
(well 3 of us do anyway!)
Bite the bullet and give us an update.
Even if that means telling us it is late or whatever..
Just tell us.

If ever you go on a 'Customer Satisfaction' course, one of the first
things they tell you is to 'keep your customer informed'. This means
telling them stuff, maybe stuff they don't want to hear, maybe bad
news, maybe good news - the point is - tell them something..
- anything....

l8r
Tudor

> > I have recently got myself a pair of 1200W speakers. The Wattage rating i
> s PMPO
> > and I can`t remember how to turn this into RMS or even which rating is mo
> re
> > accurate.
> >
> > Can any clever-clogs help?
> >
> Well, 1 watt RMS = 2 Watts MPO = 4 Watts PMPO
> So...
> 1200 Watts PMPO /2 = 600Watts MPO
> 600/2 = 300Wats RMS
>
> Hope that answered your question for you.

Yep thanks every1!

>
> Pete.
>
> Oh, RMS is more accurate.
> I reckon PMPO was invented by Amstrad to make their HiFi's look impressive 
> on paper. :o)


Probably!
To be honest I didn`t really care all that much but I just couldnt remember the
equation to work it out.
Thanks again I can now work it out to my hearts content!


Cheers! (Says Sam listening to Fatboy Slim at a near earbleeding volume... With
no distortion!)


dervish666@bigfoot.com

Samuel Castillo

Running a PC and Amiga together... Hah! Some chance!

Hi Everybody,

>> Or, there's always the "Chewbacca defence".  ;)
>
 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????=
???=FF
> ???
> =

> Bifford the Youngest =

> =

> You dont just mean going "Woaaahhhhh!",  do you?

            No, its not.
 =



   Looks like /someone /hasen't been watching South Park. (its from the
'Chef Aid' episode)

  =

See ya.
-- =

       Manta Soft  -  Amiga programing & web page designing
          Http://mantasoft.aio.co.uk/      ICQ: 21829166
Homepage updated 24/5/99 --- Bomberman clone update & site changes
  - ------------------- Quote of the day: -------------------- -
Everybody is talking about the weather but nobody does anything about it.=

-- Mark Twain

Hi Everybody,

>> 5)  What sort of resolutions can an AGA equiped machine manage
>> ?  (notice how the Amiga acronyms are allready tripping from my
>> tongue ;-)
>>  
> Hey, somebody help me here, I do not remenber all the resolutions of the
> AGA chipset

   Ok, with DBLPal laced you can get 1280x1024. Thats about as much as
you'll ever get with AGA.

See ya.
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  - ------------------- Quote of the day: -------------------- -
I no longer fear hell, for I have used Windows.

> As the subject line says really ?
>
> 1)  Do I need a flicker fixer or a scan doubler or both ?
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Mark


WOW!  Hey Mark, I think you have managed to get just about the best respons=
e EVER of AFB for a question.  There has to be at least two dozen responses =
to your question.

Oh, and WELCOME MOST WARMLY TO THE DOMAIN OF THE SUPERCOMPUTER - THE AMIGA.=


Bifford the Youngest.

Hi all

[snip]

>When you turn on your Amiga, it has a rather long and complicated
>set of routines through which it must go before it can allow you
>to interrupt it.  As the startup process goes along, Amiga is
>trying to let you know whether all is well.  There has been a
>small problem with this, however - Commodore forgot to tell us
>what the signals mean!

[snip]

>But if something is wrong with your Amiga, you might see:
>
>Red            If there is an error in ROM
>Green          If there is an error in the Chip RAM
>Blue           If an error was found in the custom chips
>Yellow         If the 68000 found an error before the error
>               trapping software (the guru) was up and running

Commodore did tell us about this one.  I read it in a technical supplement that
came with my A1200.  I've only ever seen the yellow one.

Tatty byes
--
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WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski

Comedy is a babe magnet.  Unfortunately, the polarity of my magnet seems to have
been reversed.

Hi guys

> > Some kind soul has already emailed it (or something very
> > similar) to me - thanks Bill.  It hasn't solved the problem
> > but it makes for interesting reading.
>
> > If no one objects before the end of the day, I'll post it
> > to the list - it's only 6k anyway.
>
> Right, no one's objected so here it is:

[snip]

I've never had caps lock flash at me, but when my old A500 got knackered the
keyboard would sometimes lock up and the caps lock light come on permanently
though the mouse still worked and all programs worked fine too. Strange.

Tatty byes
--
Alex Furmanski - a.furmanski@virgin.net
WWW: http://freespace.virgin.net/anna.furmanski

Comedy is a babe magnet.  Unfortunately, the polarity of my magnet seems to have
been reversed.

_Replying to a message_:

  From:  Gerald Mellor 
   Via:  Amiga Format mailing list 
 Dated:  Wednesday, 23-Jun-99, 03:26:56
 About:  [afb] Re: The AFB YAM gallery 


Hello Gerald,

>> I recall there being a mention that this mailing list will have it's
>> messages copied onto the AFCDs. Is that going to happen? Though I
>> won't get to see the CD for 2 or more months, that's how long it
>> takes to get the magazine here.
 
> I think this has been happening since AFCD39. It was in System/Info,
> but from AFCD41 it's accessible through an HTML interface from the
> Ben_Speaks bit... or whatever it's called now.

Ah well, AFCD39 has only just turned up down here after I wrote this
letter.

Bye,
Tim.  (B.A. T.L.M.N.)

-- 

Lucky for you I typed this, nobody can read my handwriting.

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> >curve on a graph, not a straight line. RMS=PMPO * sqrt(2) after
> >someone reminded me ;)
> 
> Try again - RMS=PMPO/sqrt(2).

PMPO = Who + Cares + anyway?

I know what I meant. I finished doing my damn Physics
exams a year ago this week and I'd rather not remind
myself of those damn CIVIL induction formulae!

-- 
Matt Sealey mws2@le.ac.uk
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester

G'day all,
  I have just joined this list, so I appologise now if this has already bee=
n asked 8-).
I have just purchased the June issue of AF (with CD40 on it), and have want=
ed to install LinuxAPUS.
I am having a problem with it, which hopefully someone out there can help m=
e with.

I have set up various partitions, and have copied the RedHat directory to o=
ne of them.
When asked in the RedHat installer where the distribution is, I select the =
appropriate
drive from the list, and enter /RedHat as the directory.

However, when I select ok, the drive doesn't mount, as the installer return=
s with an error along the lines of
"Illegal argument".

How can I get the installer to see the distribution?? I've done as explaine=
d in the AF Readme, and have
also checked the html docs in the supplied docs directory, but have not com=
e across anything that I am doing
incorrectly.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Dave
------
davec@jeack.com.au

Hi folks
A while back I ditched my TV and got a nice big 17" VGA monitor (with a VGA
adaptor, the plan being to get a scan dblr eventually), and only recently
I've had the time to use my Amiga for stuff other than Wordworth.  Most of
my fave applications aren't "screenmode friendly" so have become unusable
(until I get around to getting the scan doubler)... is there any way at all
I can get these programs to display on my monitor?  Phrases like "mode
promotion" come to mind but I can't even remember what it means!

Anyone?

Rob
________________________________________________
Rob Marris   -   SSD Hursley Laboratories, IBM UK
E-mail: marrisr@uk.ibm.com, Phone: +44 1962 817206
________________________________________________

Can anyone help ? I'm a newbie, so be gentle with me. Voyager doesn't
seem to like me posting messages. When I've tried with F365, it sends
multiple messages, annoying people, and now, with this, it seems to
'corrupt' the picture every time (3, so far) I try to post to afb...

Greetings  Mark

On 24-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm afraid that I'm guilty of reading!  And in my reading I have 
> discovered that some modifications to my A1200's motherboard 
> may be required :-

It depends what revision of the 1200 you have. It should tell you just to
the left of the CPU expansion connector (directly under the return key).
The most notorious is the rev 2B, which I have! :/ Mine hasn't had the
mod's yet, but I wish it had. Read on:

> 1)  In the A1200 Hardware Guide, it specifies which resistors etc to 
> remove from the A1200 motherboard, but it doesn't say why, 
> anyone know the reasons ?

There is a known timing problem which can cause hassle with accellerators
with 040's or better. 030's arn't troubled. I'm using an 030 myself.

Many moons ago, I bought a blizzard 1240T/erc, but I couldn't get the
fecker to work properly at all. At the time, I didn't know about the mobo
fix, and had to send it back (and pay a fecking "re-stocking" fee too,
because the board wasn't faulty). If my mobo was fixed, it would have
worked fine.

There are one or two revisions that suffer these timing defects, but I
can't recall which they are atm.

IIRC some clock port expansions are effected too.

> Has anyone (everyone ?) done these modifications ?  Have they 
> made any difference ?  Are they reccomended to do ?

If you want to install an 040 or5 better, then you'll need it unless you
have a safe revision.

> Thanks again
> 
> Marl

Regards

Andy

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Date posted:      Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:41:19 +0100
Sender's name:  Mark Smith
Subject matter:  [afb] I think I'm going to like owning an Amiga ... plus a few questions about flicker fixery thingys

> So far I've spent 60 UKP on my machine (20 for the machine itself 
> and 40 for a nice 030/40/FPU/16Mb+SCSI accelerator ... thanks 
> Steve it should tide me over till I go G3 or G4), but I need to get a 
> few more bits to make things comfortable,  I'm wanting to plug my 
> machine into a SVGA monitor (at present its a naff old one but I 
> should be able to get a Multisync one quite cheap ... benefits of 
> working for a computer company :-), what I'd like to know is :
> 
> 1)  Do I need a flicker fixer or a scan doubler or both ?
> 
> 2)  Whose is rated the best/cheapest ?
> 
> 3)  Is it better to get an internal one (how does that fit in ? and will 
> it fit in an un-towered A1200 ?) or an external one ?
> 
> 4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output 
> look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my 
> eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)
> 
> 5)  What sort of resolutions can an AGA equiped machine manage 
> ?  (notice how the Amiga acronyms are allready tripping from my 
> tongue ;-)
> 
> 5)  Is anyone selling a flicker fixer/scan doubler on this list ?
(6 follows 5, not 5)

Hi-hope this is ok:

1: Both
2: I have a Power Computing one-beautiful and steady
3: Internal-best qualilty
4: Don't know-havn't seen a multisync
5: On it's own, maximum settings in the "overscan prefs". With a
    graphics card, wonders can be performed.
6: You couldn't prise mine from me now. Do it! Get one! It's
    gorgeous!
-- 
Bruce
=================================================================
Amiga 1200, Apollo 8030, MMU, FPU, 8mb fast ram, Power
sacndoubler/flickerfixer, ADI 15" SVGA monitor, Pace 54kflex (v90)
modem, Hitachi 16xCDRom, Ext floppy drive, Canon BJC620 printer.
=================================================================

Hello Tim

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

> I just tried to use the Ripley MPEG, but it wants a newer version of the
> guigfx.library.  Does anyone know where this library comes from?  I
> can't find it on Aminet.

You can usually get it at:

http://come.to/neoscientists

but there site has been down for as long as I can remember. Yesterday's
already kind of hazy, so my memory's not to be trusted. :-b


You can get it on the aminet at:

aminet/dev/misc/guigfxlib.lha

You'll probably need the latest render.library as well:

aminet/dev/misc/renderlib.lha


Cheers,
Richard

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Hi fool
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> Or, there's always the "Chewbacca defence".  ;)

wookies win everytime, especially in cartoons ;)

Cherio bye ta tar
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Hi Paul
On 22-Jun-99, you wrote

>> The average Amiga (going by last years AF survey), was an A1200 with
>> 030/25 and 8Mb of RAM. 

> I may be missing something obvious here, but how can an A1200 have 8MB
> of RAM? With 2MB chip you would need 6MB fast. Is it possible to put a
> 2MB fast and 4MB fast in together? I suppose it depends on how the
> survey was done otherwise. "Average" could indicate mean, or it could
> be what most people have.

1) average is the amount of ram divided by users, so it could have even been
8.254 megs if it were accurate
2) they probably included the 2meg chip
3) you can mix simms on most 1200 boards

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Hi Andy
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> I thought it was the Caps lock led that flashed for warnings; didn't know
> the power led did that too?

Yep, just reset it now, the light goes slightly dimmer. Also does that when
you turn the audio filter on (off?) and when you press tab in lemmings to
switch to ntsc

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Hi Oliver
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

open it up
go to a really bright room
check every little resistor and capacitor to see if its burnt out. if it has
then it will be black and will look like its crumbling, this happened to my
video port, but luckily an svga monitor doesn't use the resistor that blew
:)

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Hi Mark
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> 1)  Do I need a flicker fixer or a scan doubler or both ?

tvs run at 15KHz, so most games and programs are made to run at the rate,
but monitors (most) run at 31KHz, so you have 2 choices

you dont _need_ one but it is recommended. if you just get a 15 pin
converter (#10-#15, a third of that if you make it yourself) then you will
use either dblpal, dblntsc or multiscan screen modes. these have
dissadvantages though,
1) slower
2) take up more ram
3) bad refresh rates
4) borders on the side of the screen, quite bad really
5) most games wont work

A scan doubler will double the frequency so that you can use the normal
modes. It will also allow the use of overscan so that you can remove the
borders completely. plus all agmes and programs will work. you will be able
to get resolutions of 724*566 which is quite good.

if you get one with a built in flicker fixer (or addon) then the interlace
will be removed. interlace is that flickering which you get

> 2)  Whose is rated the best/cheapest ?

dunno, but the internal power computing one works brilliantly

> 3)  Is it better to get an internal one (how does that fit in ? and will 
> it fit in an un-towered A1200 ?) or an external one ?

get whichever is cheaper. the internal powerC one is 2 bits. one clips over
the video chip and the other connects outside the 1200, giving a normal
monitor socket. these are joined by a cable which just goes in a gap in the
case.

> 4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output 
> look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my 
> eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)

a multiscan /sync will display all modes, removing the need for a
scandoubler. however you will still get the flicker in interlace modes, so
considering you have a svga screen already, get the scna doubler+flicker
fixer

> 5)  What sort of resolutions can an AGA equiped machine manage 
> ?  (notice how the Amiga acronyms are allready tripping from my 
> tongue ;-)

724x566 is the best I can get

> 5)  Is anyone selling a flicker fixer/scan doubler on this list ?

try amibench , http://thunderstorms.org/amibench/

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Hi fool
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> You could do a screengrab and print it as a picture.
> If the table isn't small enough to fit on the screen
> then you'd have to do several and stick them together
> in a paint package but I'm sure that, with some
> experimentation, you could get some pretty reasonable
> results.

Or make the screen bigger? thats what autoscroll is there for :)

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Hi Paul
On 23-Jun-99, you wrote

>> All of the parts you seem to have taken issue with have been
>> explained there.

> I'm disagreeing again, but this is explained in this reply which
> (hopefully) you have just read.

You're arguing, 6 points ;)

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Hi Gerald
On 23-Jun-99, you wrote

> MagicTV is verrrrry nasty, I know having a Hi-Res laced screen is nice but
> I would suggest getting rid of MagicTV as soon as you can... once I did
> the number of crashes dropped to practically zero.

Magictv worked miracles with me, and it wasn't buggy at all.

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Hiya,
>Were you using MagicTV or MagicTV2?
>I'm using 2, so maybe 1 is unstable.

I had crashes with MagicTV1.4 but had no probs (yet) with 2
Tom
             =

Greetings  Mateus

On 24-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Does anyone know if it is hard to replace the CIA 8520 of an A4000? Can=

> I do it by myself or do I need special knowledge to do this? I am askin=
g
> this because there is a very cheap A4000 for selling here at Brazil and=

> it have a problem with this chip, so, if it is easy(and cheap) to
> replace the chip I may buy it for me. :

It depends. If it's socketed then it's just a case of pulling out the chi=
p
and sloting in a new one, If it's surface mounted, then you might have a
bit of trouble, unless you are competent with SMT. I'd guess a local
electrical repair shop could whip out the chip and stick in the new one.
=2E .

They are surface mounted in the 1200, but I believe they are socketed in
the 500, maybe you are lucky and the 4k has socketed cia's too :)

)
> Thanks and my best regards,
> --
> Mateus St=FCrmer Daitx
> Aka: Caine
> Porto Alegre-RS
> Brazil
> mailto:mateussd@cpovo.net
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On 23-Jun-99, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

>#40!?? I'm sure I got mine for much less, the office CD with all the other
>digita stuff on was #40 I think

The best place to buy this may well be the WOA - provided somebody is there
selling it. Last year Digita dodn't have a stand and Larry Hickmott, I think
it was, was selling it. 

I saw the Web-It Commodore 64 Internet Computer on the QVC Home
Shopping Channel today. I was just going out, so I didn't get much
information, but it doesn't look too bad.

It's about the same size as the original C64 only glossy black and a
bit more curvaceous (fnar, fnar), with what looked like an internal
floppy drive on the right-hand side. Obviously it was impossible to
tell if the demo was rigged, but if it was actually connected to the
internet and not a local server the browser seems to load everything
in as fast as you could wish, certainly faster than the network at
university (Sheffield Hallam) and comparable to my home set-up
(030/40MHz/32MB, Pace 56k, hyperCOM1, AGA).

Admittedly, you are getting a PC (a 386? anyone know?) in a tiny box,
but the PC bit seems well hidden, it is just for internet and (C64)
games. I'm fairly sure there is something else in there to speed it
up. No way should a 386 be getting those kinds of speeds for internet,
even without Windoze. There is also a modulator of some kind to
connect it to your TV.

I didn't see the price, and can't be bothered to scour AF back issues
for the little news item that was devoted to it n months ago. Anybody
thinking of getting one? Not too likely, I suppose :)

Also, how did they get the rights to the Commodore name? Assuming
Gateway only bought the Amiga rights, who got Commodore when Escom
went down?
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Hello Matt,

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

>> I was always told that it stood for Peak Music Power Output. I think the
>> R.M.S value is aprox 30% lower than it's P.M.P.O.
> 
> You`re right about the PMPO. I was thinking PCMCIA at the time :)
> RMS can't be exactly 30% lower because it's a square root - i.e. a
> curve on a graph, not a straight line. RMS=PMPO * sqrt(2) after
> someone reminded me ;)

I said it was *approximately* 30%. Lets do a little test... BTW you divide
PMPO by root 2 not multiply!


70% of 200W (ie 30% lower) = 140W
200 / sqrt(2) = 141.4W 

70% of 860W = 602W
860 / sqrt(2) = 608.1W

My method isn't far out if you just need a general idea. It is also easier
to do my method without a calculator. Handy if you're in a shop.

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Hello Tom

On 25-jun-99, you wrote:

> I saw the Web-It Commodore 64 Internet Computer on the QVC Home
> Shopping Channel today. I was just going out, so I didn't get much....
> Also, how did they get the rights to the Commodore name? Assuming
> Gateway only bought the Amiga rights, who got Commodore when Escom
> went down?

I lost track on Commodore some time ago. The last thing which caught my
atention is the fact that Ducth PC builder Tulip bought the Commodore name.
But, as Commodore seemed to became a real killer company, Tulip filed for
bankrupcy for about a year or so. Only after a take over by a dutch
investment corp. (by Joep van de Nieuwenhuize, a dutch man who can turn air
in to gold) Tulip was saved. However, no official statments were made
regarding the Commodore name AND its rights. For now, this is it. I will try
to find out what happend to C= after the Tulip debacle.


Regards

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Hello biffordyoungest@hotmail.com

On 25-jun-99, you wrote:

>> on the amigactive site
>> 
>> http://www.amigactive.com
>> 
>> can't talk, drooling too much..
>> 
>> .. :))
>> 
> 
> :>)
> 
> Sound really great!  Unlimitable chip ram - and about time too!
> 
> Can I join you in drooling?  We'll soon make a puddle!
> 
> Bifford the Youngest
> 
> 
All well, but once again the launch of the machine will be delayed. We can
only hope that the launch of the machine is pretty soon because otherwise
the NG Amiga could be available first.

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Hello Tom

On 25-jun-99, you wrote:

> I saw the Web-It Commodore 64 Internet Computer on the QVC Home
> Shopping Channel today.> 
> Also, how did they get the rights to the Commodore name? Assuming
> Gateway only bought the Amiga rights, who got Commodore when Escom
> went down?

Well, a quick flipping down the net learned me that there is a special
Commodore site on the net. The url is:
http://www.commodore.net/default.html

Do not expect any Amiga news here. Also the latest news 
on Commodore is not mentioned here either.

I suggest you try flipping around Tulips page and flame the press department
with questions about this C=64 gizmo.

Regards
Bert Volders

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Hello Sam Castillo, on 25-Jun-99 09:49:58 you said about:
 [afb] Re: Tum-te-tum.... 

>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Is it me, or has it gone vewwy, vewwy quiet around here?
>> 
>> 
>> --

>BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!


AArrrrggghhhhhhhh!

/me falls off chair....

TTFN

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Greetings  Matthew

On 23-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Hi Alex
> On 23-Jun-99, you wrote
> 
>>>> B) Amiga
>>>> )System continues as normal and access to drive is regained when
>>>> power is restored. Some data loss occurs and harddrive becomes
>>>> invalidated if it was being accessed at the time.
> 
>>> That's because you're using FartFileSystem (sic). Upgrade to PFS2 and
>>> you won't have to worry about drive invalidation or data loss caused
>>> by something as trivial as a power failure.
> 
>> I'd love to, but wouldn't that mean;
>> A) having some money
>> B) backing up an 81Mb hardrive to floppy disk (no thanks!)
> 
> hey!, I did that, 97 disks.......

*snip*

> 2)the angle. even the slight tilt of the 1200 will send some drives
> (like mine) up the wall, open the case and hold it level, it may stop

The documentation with fujitsu drives recommend no more than +-5degrees
tilt (where's that degree symbol on my keyboard? :)), though IIRC they
are OK rotated 90 degrees from level.


> 3) shorting out. Wrap it in paper (again, like I did) and that wll stop
> it. dont worry about over heating, it shouldn't
> 
> Cherio bye ta tar
Regards

Andy

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Greetings  Michael

On 23-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Hi Matt,
> 
> On 22-Jun-99, you wrote
> 
>> PoolMem works for me, I have HUGE chunks of memory after days
>> switched on..
> 
> PoolMem made my system sooo unstable, so now I use LowFrag.. to which
> the readme is very enlightening ;)

I just use the 3 finger salute :)


Regards

Andy

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Hi Tim,

> Can PFS (or any another similar file system) be installed *safely* onto
> a spare partition of a hard drive with the remaining partitions staying
> /normal/?

Yes, PFS2 can be installed on as many or as few partitions as you want.

Bauglir

Date posted:      Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:59:37 +0100
Sender's name:  Samuel Brookes
Subject matter:  [afb] It was nice knowing you=2E=2E=2E

> Hi there, as you can probably tell from the subject line, i am leaving th=
e
> afb - not by choice though=2E I have spent far too long on the internet a=
nd
> created a huge phone bill, so my parents are kicking me off the net and t=
his
> is my last day on the net :(

Hi Samuel (If you're still there)=2E
Don't know how old you are, but if your parents have a credit card,
why not arrange to give them =A33 a week and they can sign up to
btinternet=2E Then you can browse for 48 hours non stop at weekends=2E I'm
not selling btinternet, but it may be a solution for you?=2E=2E=2Ejust an
idea=2E
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Amiga 1200, Apollo 8030, MMU, FPU, 8mb fast ram, Power
sacndoubler/flickerfixer, ADI 15" SVGA monitor, Pace 54kflex (v90)
modem, Hitachi 16xCDRom, Ext floppy drive, Canon BJC620 printer=2E
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

It's interesting to see who's got they're internet grounding on this list.

Let me give a for instance...

HTML Coders use ...
IRC'ers use /me
Fidonet'ers use [FX: Door Creaking]

And so on and so forth.
I have only noticed the first two, anyone use something different?
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On 25-Jun-99, Alex Timiney wrote:

>Amstrad CPC's use 2.5" floppy disks! *snigger* 

I'm fairly sure that they were 3".

Hey, Peter! Can I have some Rules and regs?


> I missed the context as I was replying to a reply not having read
> the original.

Ah, right :)

Well, if you go to http://www.egroups.com/group/afb you'll be able to
read it there.

> My rule of thumb is that if I have to scroll down it's probably too
> much to read through it's not so much being lazy as having other
> things to do than sit reading messages all night.

True, but once you've read it once, and taken it all in, you shouldn't
need to worry about reading the whole thing again. I usually put a
notice at the top of the message saying that something's changed.

> I delete most of the afb stuff almost immediately. How many points
> is that :-)

None, and good job, too ;)


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> Hi all,

Hey there!
 
> Is it me, or has it gone vewwy, vewwy quiet around here?
> 
> 

Yep.  Egroups appears to be loosing 1/2 of everyones messages.  Or taking 1=
/2 a day to post them...

Bifford the Youngest.

Well, standard 15hkz PAL AGA modes are:

(up to 256 colours:)
320x256
320x512
640x256
640x512
1280x256
1280x512

You can do HAM8 (262K colours) in most (all!?) of the
above modes.

Plus there is a "kludged" 256 colour chunky mode that
gives 160x256 or 160x512 resolutions, which is really
cool but no one ever uses it (except me :)

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Hello Neil,

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

> It doesn't, because only the core commands are defined in the Hayes
> standard. Many of the extended commands are specific to the
> manufacturer, as are the status registers. I've got three modes/TSs
> connected to this Amiga, all gave different responses to ATI4, only
> one gave a modem ID.

From a Pace56 voice?

> A simpler approach would be to have a standard place to store those
> Windows modem inf files supplied with each modem and read those. They
> include details of the command set, so the stack could then determine
> which of the inf files has the corresponding modem connected.

I didn't realise these inf files existed, ditched the disk without exploring
:)
 
>> The wizard could even scan DEVS: for a list of serial and network type
>> ports and put up a list of usable devices.
> 
> MiamiInit already does this.

What's this? People nicking my ideas before i've thought of them!

-- 
Danny.
UIN: 30044173
WEB: http://start.at/shepherd

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-- Oscar Wilde

4-0 wrote:

>> I said:
>>>> Oh, and reinforce yer Inbox too...
>> 
>> 4-0 said:
>>> That sounded a bit TOO dodgy.. :-))
>>
>> I can't imagine *what* you mean!  :D

>Yeah right ;-)

Ooooh! I think I see! Was it a botty reference? :o

Regards,
Jonny.

After steaming open a mail from Paul Cundle, I read the words "Can you an=
swer a few questiosn for a newbie Amiga owner ?". Keen to find out more, =
I followed this up...


> I may be missing something obvious here, but how can an A1200 have
> 8MB of RAM? With 2MB chip you would need 6MB fast. Is it possible to

Sorry, I meant 8MB *Fast* RAM, making a total of 10MB of RAM. I should
have said, really... :)


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=2E.. "Bother," said Paul Cundle, as Hannibal ate his liver with a nice C=
hianti.
 << Tag-o-Miga 1.3 - Quoted 41% - 553 tags in Personalised.tags >>=

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry, Rules & regs  2 days c=
ould be a case for Mulder and Harris...


> About the 2 day limit
> On Sunday I last connected. Monday and Tuesday I was too late home
> to turn on my machines. Meaning I would be liable to a penalty :-(

No, the 2 day limit only applies to threads that have been killed by
the moderator, not threads that are dormant or have died a natural
death.

And yet again, I stress that these rules do *not* apply to this list.
They were only posted for discussion.


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 << Tag-o-Miga 1.3 - Quoted 43% - 80 tags in Windows.tags >>=

Hey, Paul! Can I have some Rules and regs?


>> Nah, it's fine, everybody's entitled to their opinion.

> You may be sorry you said that....... ;)

Nah... (he says, trying not to let Paul notice that he's lying ;)

>> relevant to what's being discussed in the message. There's no point
>> in having the Subject: line, otherwise.

> I still disagree. When a good thread goes on a long time I get used
> to the subject title and can scan through the list for any with that
> heading. If the Subject: line changes and is broken, I may end up
> missing it completely.

That's why everyone puts the previous Subject: as:

   New subject (WAS: Old subject)

This way, the Subject: line is still relevant to the body message, but
you can still read whole threads regardless of Subject: changes by
looking in the brackets.

> "no it ain't". (both simplified, obviously :) I consider these to be
> arguments, but the original poster still probably wants to get all
> opinions.

I don't consider that arguing. I'd call that disagreeing. Arguing is
when it gets heated. Unless, of course, you like to read whole threads
of people arguing about something ;)

>> All of the parts you seem to have taken issue with have been
>> explained there.

> I'm disagreeing again, but this is explained in this reply which
> (hopefully) you have just read.

ISWYM, but the rule definition is quite clear:

7.  If you take offence to something that has been posted, take your
    argument to private E-Mail! Other subscribers are not interested
    in squabbles.

In a nutshell, it says that if you intend to flame, do it elsewhere.


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a dustbin.
 << Tag-o-Miga 1.3 - Quoted 47% - 553 tags in Personalised.tags >>=

Freeserve dying AGAIN?? What are you talking about, Neil?


>> I didn't see that survey. Do you know where UKOnline and
>> Wirenet/U-Net came in? I'm curious :)

> Nowhere and fourth respectively.

Are you sure? Remember that they are part of the Easynet Group, so
they may be under that, rather than UKOnline (as they most frequently
are.

If Easynet aren't on it, then I'd be very surprised, I'd have expected
it to be at least in the top ten :/


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 << Tag-o-Miga 1.3 - Quoted 29% - 553 tags in Personalised.tags >>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: 
Sent: 25 June 1999 12:18
Subject: [afb] Re: Dead A1200?


>Well that was interesting reading!  Especially the caps lock flashing, as I
>I've never noticed it flash at all (and hopefully never will :)  ).
>Any chance of sending this to AF to put in the mag for everyone to read?

Well, not having read a lot of the mails in this thread, I'm not really
sure what everyone's going on about. The flashing caps lock is something
I had with my old A500. Would I be right in saying that the only thing
you can do with the keyboard is press CTRL+AMIGA+AMIGA to reset it? 
What you need is some weird chip, which I think you could get from First
Computer Centre (whether they'll have any left is another matter). That
fixed it, but then it cocked up again. Get a new keyboard. It's easier.

Neil

Hi Michael
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

>> Is it my imagination or has the daily number of mails to this list
>> droped is a big way since Mr Vost took his leave??

> Yeah, i think most of the youngsters have stopped trying to show off
> to the bearded one ;)

/me dons his beard and scholor's hat

Cherio bye ta tar
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Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan

Secret mission?  What plans?  What are you talking about? - C-3PO

Hi Ari
On 25-Jun-99, you wrote

>> 2)  Whose is rated the best/cheapest ?

>     I recommend the Eyetech external one at approx. #100
>     It is German, rebadged by Eyetech.
>     It works on all Amigas.
>     There are two disadvantages though:

>     a/ Mine takes about 3 - 4 minutes to warm up,
>        during this periode it flickers,
>        so I have configured my machine
>        to start up with a black screen.

>     b/ Some kinds of movement on the screen,
>        like the softscroll of the textviewer MuchMore,
>        is less smooth than before :(

What on earth makes you recommend it then!?

my powerflyer one was only #80 (may be less now) and it needs no time to
heat up, it is instantaneous. Plus the srolling is fine

Cherio bye ta tar
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He's one of the few ancient immortals still alive. -- Duncan MacLeod

Hi biffordyoungest@hotmail.com
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> I dont know about cheapest or best but I have the external Eyetech one
> which sticks out of the back of my Miggie. If you have a desk-top box;
> tower or think you have room inside the case opt for the internal version.
> Hell, they cost #20/30 more but they're a lot less trouble - having a box
> hanging over the edge of a computer desk just aint too clever.

nooooo, the internal ones cost less, not more!


Cherio bye ta tar
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Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan

Why do croutons come in airtight packages?  It's just stale bread to begin
with.

Hi Neil
On 22-Jun-99, you wrote

>> 4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output
>> look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my
>> eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)
>> 

> I always thought that a multisync monitor didn't need a flicker
> fixer or scandoubler as they could sync to the Amiga's frequency.
> I could be wrong :)

you will still need a flicker fixer as the output is still interlaced

Cherio bye ta tar
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Nice legs......for a human.   -Worf

Hi Anthony
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

better still, get one of the free isps. some of them offer 0800 calls (free)
at weekends

Cherio bye ta tar
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Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan

Imagination without learning is having wings but no feet.

Hi Paul
On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

>>>  SUN 17' MONiTOR

> Cool! a 17 foot monitor. Where do you keep it, the local cinema?

hehehe, evil typos

>> And a buggered Caps Lock :(

> That key is supposed to be for capital letters, Neil. Try and leave it
> firmly attached to the keyboard in future, no matter how attractive
> that little green light appears to be.

bwahahahah!, ROTFLMAO I havn't laughed so hard in a long time

Cherio bye ta tar
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Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan

Chocolate, men, coffee - some things are better rich.

Hello Sam


> I have recently got myself a pair of 1200W speakers. The Wattage
> rating is PMPO and I can`t remember how to turn this into RMS or even
> which rating is more accurate.

The cheap "Hi-Fi" sellers try mislead you with all kinds of mystery
terms. Mat's explanation was quite right. I remember PMPO came to ads as
the cheap boomboxes came to shops. PMPO was mainly for amplifier
wattage, measured maybe on one channel, 1 kHz, no distortion defined and
so on. My "32 + 32 Watt" Sanyo could maybe make 2 x 2-3 watts with
decent distortion @ 1 kHz RMS.
 
Regards
-- 
Zipper

proud owner of A500 powerhouse ala '91
now cooking with A4000/233PPC

Hello Jonathan

On 24-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Ooooh! I think I see! Was it a botty reference? :o

Nope, the other one.. :-)      (clue, inBOX)

4-0

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Neil Bothwick relayed a tale of woe concerning Microvitec monitors which 
ended with:
>If you've got a good 1701, hang onto it, they're quite rare now.

I have! I've had it for around 5 or 6 years with no problems so I guess,
after reading about your experiences, that I must be one of the lucky ones.
The only 'fault' is that, on high gfx card resolutions (1200x800 + or so) it
shows minor distortion down the left hand side, but that could be monitor
file settings. Also, the screen is rather curved by modern standards. I've
also got a 1440 - great monitors for standard Amigas IMHO.

Regards,
Jonny.

Rob Marris wrote:
>Hi folks
>A while back I ditched my TV and got a nice big 17" VGA monitor (with a VGA
>adaptor, the plan being to get a scan dblr eventually), and only recently
>I've had the time to use my Amiga for stuff other than Wordworth.  Most of
>my fave applications aren't "screenmode friendly" so have become unusable
>(until I get around to getting the scan doubler)... is there any way at all
>I can get these programs to display on my monitor?  Phrases like "mode
>promotion" come to mind but I can't even remember what it means!

>Anyone?

There is a proggy called 'ModePro' that tries to force unhelpful software to
promote its screenmode to a higher resolution. I got it as part of the CV64
software, but I'm pretty sure it's available seperately on Aminet. It works
well IIRC, by stepping in with its own screenmode requester when software is
started for the first time, and remembers the setting in future.

Regards,
Jonny.

Hi all,

> >> can't talk, drooling too much
> > 
> > Sound really great!  Unlimitable chip ram - and about time too!
> > 
> > Can I join you in drooling?  We'll soon make a puddle!
> > 
> > Bifford the Youngest
> > 
> > 
> All well, but once again the launch of the machine will be delayed. We ca=
n
> only hope that the launch of the machine is pretty soon because otherwise=

> the NG Amiga could be available first.
> 




I agree but, I put off upgrading my Amiga for a year when this project
first surfaced but have since purchased a PPC card with BVision. Best
thing I've done

AP

On Fri Jun 25 at 01:57:42, fool was heard muttering:
> Hi Paul,

Hellooooo,

> > How can I print tables written in HTML.
 
> You could do a screengrab and print it as a picture.
> If the table isn't small enough to fit on the screen
> then you'd have to do several and stick them together
> in a paint package but I'm sure that, with some
> experimentation, you could get some pretty reasonable
> results.

I think I'll have to. Unfortunately the specific table takes several
pages so it'll be quite long-winded, and when I want them properly the
quality won't be too good.

I've actually resorted to using HTML2txt, reformatting in a text
editor, chucking in loads of commas and then importing into a spread
sheet - takes bl**dy ages :(

Thanks,

> Martin.

Paul C.
--
... Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around
      the sun.

> Hi James,

> Currently there are only about five people I know who are serious about
> AMiGAs, and I was wanting to know if there was anyone else in the North E=
ast
> of Scotland (Aberdeenshire area).
> 
> If I could generate enough interest it might even be possible to set up a=

> use group.
> 
> Yours electronically,
> 
>     James Jaffrey
>

I'm in Dundee so get in touch and maybe we can generate some
interest.

Alex paton>

Oh my god, they killed tony.horgan! You Get yer CDs 'ere!


> I've liberated a few vinyl copies of the track today, so I'll have
> some of those for anyone who's interested. Same price.

I may be interested, but only if I can hear it before I buy it (I'm
very picky about my music). Is there a sample or something I can
download to get an idea of what it's like?


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Samuel Brookes said:
>Hi there, as you can probably tell from the subject line, i am leaving the
>afb - not by choice though. I have spent far too long on the internet and
>created a huge phone bill, so my parents are kicking me off the net and this
>is my last day on the net :(

>I am going to stay subscribed for about another week and im going to try and
>persuade them to let me on the next a few times a week just to check my
>mail, if they dont i will unsubscribe.

Shame!
Wear your sweetest face and get *really* crawly with them.
Alternatively, can you afford to pay your share of the phone bill?
Anyways up, best of luck. (Funny creatures, parents).

Regards,
Jonny.

Mark Smith wrote:
>1)  Do I need a flicker fixer or a scan doubler or both ?

A scan doubler will increase the Amiga screen modes from 15Hz to match the
minimum required for VGA type monitors - around 31Hz. A flicker fixer will
let you display laced screen modes without the eye-popping flicker.

>2)  Whose is rated the best/cheapest ?

Um...don't know. Shop around for the best price?

>3)  Is it better to get an internal one (how does that fit in ? and will
>it fit in an un-towered A1200 ?) or an external one ?

Best to get an external one for a standard A1200 IMHO.

>4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output
>look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my
>eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)

A multisync like the Microvitec jobbies will let you use the Multiscan
display modes - 640x480 looks OK. Hi-res Laced is slightly higher at 640x512
but to use that and retain your sanity, a flicker fixer is advisable :)

>5)  What sort of resolutions can an AGA equiped machine manage
>?  (notice how the Amiga acronyms are allready tripping from my
>tongue ;-)

Hi-res at 640x256 without the lace flicker. Super-High-res at 1280x256 just
looks silly.

5)  Is anyone selling a flicker fixer/scan doubler on this list ?

I'm not - I don't have one. (A4000 with CV64). You might want to consider a
graphics card in the long term, although a tower would be advisable
(necessary?) for that option - you'll never look a AGA again, unless you're
forced to!

Regards,
Jonny.

Greetings  Matt

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

> on the amigactive site
> 
> http://www.amigactive.com
> 
> can't talk, drooling too much..
> 
> .. :))

It must be good if you're happy, Matt ;)


Regards

Andy

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/PGP Key available on request/
-- 
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat
us as equals.
-- Winston Churchill

I hope I'm doing this properly - I'm a newbie...
Voyager does'nt like to let me post messages - on F365 it sends multiple
copies which annoys people, and when I tried it with afb it corrupted the
screen. Can anyone help ?

Hi Alex

> Are you using PCx or PCTask? I've not had a look at PCx, but with =
PCTask
> you could tell it to use your ZIP drive as a: drive.
> Win3.1 or maybe 3.2 is the best you'll be able to do.
> I don't know where you can get win3.1 now (although I've got it).
>=20
> (PS can you send me a copy of your disks? Mine have gon all pear =
shaped,
> and I don't want to deal with MS; they'd prolly just try to sell me
> win98)

Would  M$3.1 OS  v3.11 help you out
  I have aquired a set :-)
(ask no questions - tell no lies)  hehehehehe
I got them from a skip   >sealed<

    Bomber Harris

-----------------------------------------------------------
many hands make light work - But a broken bulb connot be fixed
me 1997

Hi,
     Is it just me ? or is master bifford using an unusual keymap?
The  reason I ask is because at the end of a sentence, there is a  "Y"  =
with a thing on the top of it

    Bomber Harris

ps: I wont ask Master B to set his clock, coz this time he used the =
E-Groups web-mail which, is set at GMT

Hi fool,

On 24-Jun-99, you wrote

> What about calling 600 (or however many people there are
> on this list now) witnesses to testify to the capabilities
> of the Amiga?

I think he'll need some people who use them for the same purpose as
this woman wanted one?
 
> Or, there's always the "Chewbacca defence".  ;)

Pull her arms off? :)

Carpe diem,
Michael.

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Danny Shepherd said, 

> Hello Neil,

>> It doesn't, because only the core commands are defined in the Hayes
>> standard. Many of the extended commands are specific to the
>> manufacturer, as are the status registers. I've got three modes/TSs
>> connected to this Amiga, all gave different responses to ATI4, only
>> one gave a modem ID.

>From a Pace56 voice?

Yes.

>> A simpler approach would be to have a standard place to store those
>> Windows modem inf files supplied with each modem and read those. They
>> include details of the command set, so the stack could then determine
>> which of the inf files has the corresponding modem connected.

> I didn't realise these inf files existed, ditched the disk without exploring
> :)

They are basically a list of AT commands, but PC types feel happier
calling it a "driver" :-O

>>> The wizard could even scan DEVS: for a list of serial and network type
>>> ports and put up a list of usable devices.
>> 
>> MiamiInit already does this.

> What's this? People nicking my ideas before i've thought of them!

Yes, although it only found the internal serial and ioblixser.device
here, it missed out the vmcisdn.device's. Seeing as the Amiga only has
one internal ISDN card, that's a 100% failure rate :(


Neil
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Connected via Wirenet, The UK's first Amiga-only internet access provider
--
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a
warning to others.

> Hi Anthony
> On 24-Jun-99, you wrote
> 
> better still, get one of the free isps. some of them offer 0800 calls (free)
> at weekends
> 
> Cherio bye ta tar
> -- 
> HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash/
> Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan

Even better still.........get a damn job to pay for the phone bill,
and stop sponging of your parents.

If you were my kid, I'd have you working up chimneys/down coalmines to
pay for the phone bill.

chris


-- 
Powered by PowerAmiga in Dumfries & Galloway

A1200 Power Tower, 200Mhz PPC - 060 50Mhz, BVision, 74MbRAM....
Panasonic 36" Wiiddeesscrreeennnn, Pioneer 717 MultiRegion DVD,
Denon AC3 Decoder, JBL Speakers & Kef SubWoofer.....

  wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D16492
> On 23-Jun-99, Matthew O'Neill wrote:
> 
> >#40!?? I'm sure I got mine for much less, the office CD with all the oth=
er
> >digita stuff on was #40 I think
> 
> The best place to buy this may well be the WOA - provided somebody is the=
re
> selling it. Last year Digita dodn't have a stand and Larry Hickmott, I th=
ink
> it was, was selling it. 
> 
> See AF July 99 Page 87. Furst Computers, WW7 CD, =A310 plus p+p.

> 

>Hi Samuel (If you're still there).

yeppy - phone bill still hasnt arrived :)

>Don't know how old you are, but if your parents have a credit card,

15 - until sat night, them im 16 :) no credit card - if they did, id join
localtel.

>why not arrange to give them 3 a week and they can sign up to

i dont get any income of any kind :(

>btinternet. Then you can browse for 48 hours non stop at weekends. I'm
>not selling btinternet, but it may be a solution for you?...just an
>idea.

ive allready looked at this idea and it is one one of the best i have seen -
apart from localtel and freecall

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Date posted:      Fri, 25 Jun 1999 01:10:58 +0000
Sender's name:  Andrew Crowe
Subject matter:  [afb] Re: I think I'm going to like owning an Amiga ... plus a fewquestions about flicker fixery thingys

> >> 5)  What sort of resolutions can an AGA equiped machine manage

>    Ok, with DBLPal laced you can get 1280x1024. Thats about as much as
> you'll ever get with AGA.

HI
I've had a monito with scandoubler/flickerfixer for a month and it's
gorgeous, and I've set up the above screen, but it's 4 times bigger
than the display. How do you squeeze it into the display? I'd love to
try Voyager in 1280x1024. I've tried the overscan prefs, no joy.
-- 
Bruce
=================================================================
Amiga 1200, Apollo 8030, MMU, FPU, 8mb fast ram, Power
sacndoubler/flickerfixer, ADI 15" SVGA monitor, Pace 54kflex (v90)
modem, Hitachi 16xCDRom, Ext floppy drive, Canon BJC620 printer.
=================================================================

Hi there

 Can anyone tell me how long it takes for a message to appear on the
list after it has been send through something like Microdot II.
 It would also seem that a few of the messages I have sent haven't
turned up on the list, it is possible that I am not giving the correct
address to send them to. As far as I am aware to send a message to,
say, afb-ot you have to send to www.egroups.com/list/afb-ot. Is this
correct?

David

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I used to have an open mind, but my brain kept falling out.

Hello again to all, (actually it's two things ;-)
First thing thats bugging me, does anyone know how to fix a rev. 1d4
A1200 (I heard it was relatively  simple)

The uvver wun iz dis... why do all my MP3's play back  at about half
speed? (we are talking perfect sound, just half speed) I am guessing
that it's summat to do with screenmodes but I have no idea how to work
around it

any and all help appreciated.
Noah





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I'm sorry Friend Citizen this sig is not available at your Security
Clearance. The Computer is your Friend, Serve the Computer.:-)
A1200T o6o 603e/200 64mb 4xCDRom 40xCDRom 2.1GB BVisionPPC

Hi,

>Is it just me ? or is master bifford using an unusual keymap?
>The  reason I ask is because at the end of a sentence, there
>is a  "Y"  with a thing on the top of it


Nah, its not just you, I'm getting equals signs (=) at the end of each
sentence, or at least when a sentence is wrapped. I'm not sure what the
actual ASCII character is, so its probably a weird one getting interpreted
differently by different mailers. I just blame OE though...

Dave
===========-===--===---=----------- -  -
Member Of The Amiga RC5 Team
PGP Public Key Available On Request
VoiceMail 0800 413 494 Ext1234567
===========-===--===---=----------- -  -

I was just going to bed, when Neil Bothwick wrote this and I just HAD to read it:
 
> > Voyager printing is buggy,
> >>Aweb is disabled in Demo, Ibrowse only prints as plain unformatted
> >>text,
> 
> > You could always buy Aweb II.  Thereby supporting Amiga developers, and
> > sorting out your problems.  Although I can't say wether Aweb prints OK (I
> > don't use it).

Or I could not! I thought of that, but I don't like AWeb much so I'm
not going to buy it just for printing - especially as Voyager3/NC3
shouldn't be /that/far away......
 
> It does. There is a problem printing from 16/24 bit screens on a few
> TurboPrint setups, but that's been fixed in 3.3, a free upgrade due
> soon.

If only :( AGA/030 is as good as it gets for now.

> Neil (and Andrew Coombe as well, ta)

Paul C.
--
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Sams b/day >:)

Event: The birthday of Samuel Brookes
Date: Sun Jun 27, 1999
Description: its my birthday - like you care :)

Send me stuff - please :)

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>>Hi there, as you can probably tell from the subject line, i am leaving the
>>afb - not by choice though. I have spent far too long on the internet and
>>created a huge phone bill, so my parents are kicking me off the net and
this
>>is my last day on the net :(
>
>>I am going to stay subscribed for about another week and im going to try
and
>>persuade them to let me on the next a few times a week just to check my
>>mail, if they dont i will unsubscribe.
>
>Shame!
>Wear your sweetest face and get *really* crawly with them.
>Alternatively, can you afford to pay your share of the phone bill?
>Anyways up, best of luck. (Funny creatures, parents).


well, im still on ATM :)

the problem is, when i wear my sweetest face i look stoned :) just like
normal :) no i cant afford anything :(

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On 24-Jun-99 22:38:50, Mateus S. Daitx wrote:
>Does anyone know if it is hard to replace the CIA 8520 of an A4000? Can
>I do it by myself or do I need special knowledge to do this? I am asking
>this because there is a very cheap A4000 for selling here at Brazil and
>it have a problem with this chip, so, if it is easy(and cheap) to
>replace the chip I may buy it for me. :)

The 8520s in the A4000 are of the SMD type, so you will probably not be
able to replace them yourself.

-- 
Jens Strange Hansen

Greetings  Matthew

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

> 
>> 1)  In the A1200 Hardware Guide, it specifies which resistors etc to
>> remove from the A1200 motherboard, but it doesn't say why,
>> anyone know the reasons ?
> 
> This is for the clock port. certain revisions (like my 1D4) have a
> timing problem with the clock port, so unless you do these
> modifications, you won`t be able to use any of the addons like the
> powerflyer, the serial and parallel ports or any of the other clockport
> goodies. If you`re not gonna add anything here then don`t bother, it
> makes no difference to anything else

Is the Powerflyer a clockport add-on? I didn't think it was, as i've heard
folks moan about it obscuring or even being shorted by the clock-port, I
think.

>> Has anyone (everyone ?) done these modifications ?  Have they
>> made any difference ?  Are they reccomended to do ?
> 
> I might have to do the clockport one if I want to use any addons :/
> 
> ps. is it possible to add a resistpr on the video port?, one of mine is 
> fryed, its all black an burnt, plus I cann`t use a scart lead

Yes.
 
Regards

Andy

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Greetings  biffordyoungest@hotmail.com

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

>> on the amigactive site
>> 
>> http://www.amigactive.com
>> 
>> can't talk, drooling too much..
>> 
>> .. :))
>> 
> 
> :>)
> 
> Sound really great!  Unlimitable chip ram - and about time too!
> 
> Can I join you in drooling?  We'll soon make a puddle!
> 
> Bifford the Youngest
> 

I've just had a butchers at the new specs. Bitching :) 

Doesn't mention PPC though. . .





Regards

Andy

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Happy Birthday Sam. :-)

4-0

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Greetings  sam@ami-gerbil.freeserve.co.uk

On 26-Jun-99, you wrote:

> Sams b/day >:)
> 
> Event: The birthday of Samuel Brookes
> Date: Sun Jun 27, 1999
> Description: its my birthday - like you care :)
> 
> Send me stuff - please :)

I guess ascii counts as stuff (consider this "sent stuff") :)

Enjoy your day..
 


Regards

Andy

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  wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D16537
> > Hi Anthony
> > On 24-Jun-99, you wrote
> > 
> > better still, get one of the free isps. some of them offer 0800 calls (=
free)
> > at weekends
> > 
> > Cherio bye ta tar
> > -- 
> > HTTP://www.bigwig.net/mash/
> > Matthew O'Neill  -  MashMan
> 
> Even better still.........get a damn job to pay for the phone bill,
> and stop sponging of your parents.
> 
> If you were my kid, I'd have you working up chimneys/down coalmines to
> pay for the phone bill.
> 
> chris
> 
 

  Chris may sound a bit harsh there, Anthony, but there is an upside
  to what he says (if you're devious enough). Once you've got a job,
  offer to pay the phone bill (that's the whole phone bill) for your
  parents. Then tell THEM they can't use it and see how they like it.

  Cheers,

  Eddie.

original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D16545
> Sams b/day >:)
> 
> Event: The birthday of Samuel Brookes
> Date: Sun Jun 27, 1999
> Description: its my birthday - like you care :)
> 
> Send me stuff - please :)


  Hi Samuel,

  I'm buying you a pint of lager, but I haven't got a clue how to send
  it to you, so I'm drinking it myself. Mmmm, that's not bad actually,
  I think I'll buy you another one %)

  Happy birthday,
  Eddie.
  

> > I have an intense dislike of ClassAct simply because the first time I tried
> > to  use AWeb, any time I used the cycle gadget in the preferences to change 
> > sections (ugh, in itself an abysmal way of doing it), my system crashed. 
> 
> That must have been a *long* time ago. That preferences system was
> abandoned after about version 1.5, maybe even earlier.

It was. It was also enough to leave a bad taste in my mouth about ever
trying it again :)

Jason
-- 
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On 24-Jun-99, fool wrote:

> But if something is wrong with your Amiga, you might see:
> 
> Red            If there is an error in ROM
> Green          If there is an error in the Chip RAM
> Blue           If an error was found in the custom chips
> Yellow         If the 68000 found an error before the error      
>               trapping software (the guru) was up and running

Very interesting Martin, thanks for the info :)
I've seen both red and blue screens (I think) when I was installing my Power
Flyer... would have been useful to know this at the time :)

Bauglir

On 24-Jun-99, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

> get whichever is cheaper. the internal powerC one is 2 bits. one clips
> over the video chip and the other connects outside the 1200, giving a
> normal monitor socket. these are joined by a cable which just goes in a
> gap in the case.

Yeah that's how mine works too... but if you look at Power's adverts
recently, it seems like they've changed their internal Scanmagic. It now
has sockets which clip over the Alice *and* Lisa chips, and it includes
it's own connector, freeing up the standard video port. I don't know how
well this one works, but I can definitely vouch for the quality of the old
one :)

Bauglir

Hi Tim,

> Ah well, AFCD39 has only just turned up down here after I wrote this
> letter.

You should subscribe mate, people were getting their copies of AF in
Australia and New Zealand before I had seen any copies on the shelves in
the UK :)

Bauglir

On 25-Jun-99, Matt Sealey wrote:

> What IRC?
> 
> I'm usually on amiganet.org #amiga but don't go anywhere near
> DalNet or any of the others..

Ah well, you see? You're missing out mate :)
He was in Dalnet #amiga.. which along with #amirc and #amigagames on the
same network are IMHO the best Amiga IRC channels around :)


Bauglir 

On 25-Jun-99, biffordyoungest@hotmail.com wrote:

> You mean HD. The Amiga 500 to 1200 uses Double Density disks. 1300 and
> 1400 uses High Density disks (if it was asked for at purchase) as do all
> other computers (except some arkward sods like the Amstrad CPC's and
> others).

1300 and 1400?? Are you talking about Infinitive towers here? Surely a
better example would have been the A3000 and A4000? :)

Bauglir

On 25-Jun-99, Andy Kinsella wrote:

> Is the Powerflyer a clockport add-on? I didn't think it was, as i've heard
> folks moan about it obscuring or even being shorted by the clock-port, I
> think.

No it's not a clockport add-on, but on some motherobards the clockport is
connected wrongly so a Flyer can't be added because it's a very tight fit.

Basically, your clockport should look like this - 

         :::::::::::

that's 22 pins on the right, with a gap on the left... some, however look
like this - 

::::::::::::::::::::

This can be fixed by snipping the 18 pins on the left. Others look like this
- 

:::::::::::

that's 22 pins on the *left*, this needs to be desoldered and resoldered in
the correct position... not something I would want to do myself :)

The Power flyer doesn't actually connect to the clockport, but if you have
any pins on the left hand side it won't fit, or may lead to shorting.
I don't know about other m/b revisions, but mine's a Rev2b and the clockport
is soldered correctly.

Bauglir

On 26-Jun-99, Bruce Ruff wrote:

> I've had a monito with scandoubler/flickerfixer for a month and it's
> gorgeous, and I've set up the above screen, but it's 4 times bigger
> than the display. How do you squeeze it into the display? I'd love to
> try Voyager in 1280x1024. I've tried the overscan prefs, no joy.

Try adjusting the vertical / horizontal settings on the monitor itself.

Bauglir

On 25-Jun-99, david.baker@ukonline.co.uk wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how long it takes for a message to appear on the
> list after it has been send through something like Microdot II.
> It would also seem that a few of the messages I have sent haven't
> turned up on the list, it is possible that I am not giving the correct
> address to send them to. As far as I am aware to send a message to,
> say, afb-ot you have to send to www.egroups.com/list/afb-ot. Is this
> correct?

If you're sending messages to the list through an email program such as
Microdot then you should be sending to afb@egroups.com.

www.egroups.com/list/afb is a World Wide Web address, not an email address,
so you can't send email to this. Although you can go to this site using a
web browser such as IBrowse or Voyager and post messages to the list from
there, which I see you are doing.

About the length of time it takes messages to show up... they may not appear
immediately, have patience. If you are sending them to the right address
they should turn up sooner or later.

Bauglir

Hello Noah

On 26-jun-99, you wrote:

> Hello again ...

... why do all my MP3's play back  at about half
> speed? (we are talking perfect sound, just half speed) 

> Noah
> 
 
If you're using MPEGA for playing MP3s you should set the frequency division
right. This could be 1, 2 or 4. The number to enter depends on the MP3 you
want to listen to.

Here I include the commandline I use for one of my fave MP3s:

mpega -d4 -q2 -f0 -t120000 -w -D -u -n -i formula.mp3

The meaning of options can be found by typing in a shell

mpega

Success.


Regards

Bert Volders
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On 26-Jun-99 04:02:01, Gerald Mellor (bauglir@utumno.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:

>I don't know about other m/b revisions, but mine's a Rev2b and the clockport
>is soldered correctly.

Mines a 1B and has all the pins, left and right, so I suppose with that it
would mean cutting some of the pins (something I would /not/ like doing)?


Regards,

Andy

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I have tried to submit the gist of this message twice during the last week but the messages havn`t appeared (yet).
As with any advice, it only means something to you when you need it. There have been many pieces about upgrading Amigas in AF & CU, but I now find that I need advice about spec`ing up my A1200. I already have an 040/40 accelerator with 32m memory, etc, etc. I need advice about the best way to get a graphics card and a PPC processor. I already have an A4000 keyboard & adaptor in preperation for towering, but is a tower essential? Which graphic card is best? Which PPC should I get? How much will it all cost? I`m sure that many more peeps also need this info so how about an article or a series in AF? If the piece is well written it should encourage many ordinary Amiga users to spend money on their machines which would please the Amiga hardware retailers/advertisers. 
I suppose many people are holding there breaths (and wallets) waiting for SUPERMACHINE to arrive, but from Bens hints it sounds like we may need our classic Amigas for a bit longer, but they will need to be souped up.
Ben, wodjerfink?
NEIL IVES
MALVERN
UK

Hello Jonathan

On 25-Jun-99, Jonathan M. Dudley wrote:
> Rob Marris wrote:
>> Hi folks
>> A while back I ditched my TV and got a nice big 17" VGA monitor (with a
>> VGA adaptor, the plan being to get a scan dblr eventually), and only
>> recently I've had the time to use my Amiga for stuff other than
>> Wordworth. Most of my fave applications aren't "screenmode friendly" so
>> have become unusable (until I get around to getting the scan doubler)...
>> is there any way at all I can get these programs to display on my
>> monitor? Phrases like "mode promotion" come to mind but I can't even
>> remember what it means!

>> Anyone?

> There is a proggy called 'ModePro' that tries to force unhelpful software
> to promote its screenmode to a higher resolution. I got it as part of the
> CV64 software, but I'm pretty sure it's available seperately on Aminet. It
> works well IIRC, by stepping in with its own screenmode requester when
> software is started for the first time, and remembers the setting in
> future.

   You might be interested in the next release of Picasso96, it'll have mode
promotion.  I can't remember if there is a driver for your CV64 at present

Cheers
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Hello neil.ives@bt.com

On 26-jun-99, you wrote:

...There have been many pieces about upgrading Amigas in AF & CU, but I now
find that I need advice about spec`ing up my A1200. 
> Ben, wodjerfink?
> NEIL IVES
> MALVERN
> UK
> 
 
Well, you're specific asking Ben but who cares?. Towering-up can be done in,
as I see it, two ways:
- Converting your A1200 to a ZORRO compatible or
- Converting your A1200 to just a bigger case

The first method only seems to pay off when you are going to need a host of
add-ons like internal modem, gfx-card, soundcard, ethernet-card,
memoryboards, ..... 

As this method is a rather pricy one (getting a bus-board, more expensive
A3/4000 processor cards, expensive ZORRO boards) you really should take the
time and ask yourself what you want.

If all you need is PPC, GFX-card and a sound-card then you could do with
just towering up your A1200 (only for those much needed qubic inches and
extra Watts) and get your self one of those nice Blizzard PPC cards (less
expensive than the CyberstormPPC) and a BlizzardVisionPPC (much like the 
CyberVisionPPC). 

So far no ZORRO needed. Then if you want a soundcard there should be some
clock-port soundcards available soon which means that, again, no ZORRO is
needed.

This second method leaves some to desire. It is doubtfull all these bits
could be carried over to a NG Amiga (also true for those ZORRO boards) or to
the Boxer. But for now I would go for the second solution.

Regards

Bert Volders
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> On 26-jun-99, you wrote:
> 
> ...There have been many pieces about upgrading Amigas in AF & CU, but I now
> find that I need advice about spec`ing up my A1200. 
> > Ben, wodjerfink?
> > NEIL IVES
> > MALVERN
> > UK
> > 
>  
> Well, you're specific asking Ben but who cares?. 

Well, I was asking Ben Vost about a magazine article actually.

>Towering-up can be done in,
> as I see it, two ways:
> SNIP 
> Regards
> 
> Bert Volders

Thanks for that advice. I don`t think I need a sound card. I`ve always played the Amiga sound through a good quality amp & speakers, I remember SWIV on my A500 with the explosions rattling the windows, good stuff! Oh yes, I`m going to plug in the old girl and play it again today.
The thing is, all this upgrade information needs putting down clearly in an article for reference by us dummies.

PS. Why do paragraphs disappear in these messages, it makes them crap to read.
NEIL IVES 
MALVERN  
UK

  

Hello Matt

>> 4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output
>> look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my
>> eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)
> =

> "Multisync" monitors are ALL monitors nowadays :) If you mean
> 15khz capable, don't bother, they're either shite (Microvitec) or
> EXPENSIVE (like =A3500 for a duff 17"er)

well my 14" Microvitec Multisync is 5 years old in a few months and its
still going rock solid strong, need I say more.

                   Cheers all the best

                        Ken Walsh



  Sent by the Amiga Computer System The Amiga A1200 =

James Lowe said, 

> Freeserve dying AGAIN?? What are you talking about, Neil?
> 

>>> I didn't see that survey. Do you know where UKOnline and
>>> Wirenet/U-Net came in? I'm curious :)

>> Nowhere and fourth respectively.

> Are you sure? Remember that they are part of the Easynet Group, so
> they may be under that, rather than UKOnline (as they most frequently
> are.

> If Easynet aren't on it, then I'd be very surprised, I'd have expected
> it to be at least in the top ten :/

Be surprised, they are nowhere in the tot fifty. I'm not surprised,
Easynet have never had a particularly good reputation.

The top twenty is exclusively subscription ISPs AFAICT. Free ISPs may
appear to be good when compared to other free ISPs, but they never
come close to the service that can be provided by a quality
subscription ISP. They just don't have the income to provide as good
a service.


Neil
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Morden said, 

>> That must have been a *long* time ago. That preferences system was
>> abandoned after about version 1.5, maybe even earlier.

> It was. It was also enough to leave a bad taste in my mouth about ever
> trying it again :)

Yeah, too right. The author fixes a feature you didn't like, so why
would you want to try it again?


Neil
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David Patterson said, 

>>Is it just me ? or is master bifford using an unusual keymap?
>>The  reason I ask is because at the end of a sentence, there
>>is a  "Y"  with a thing on the top of it

> Nah, its not just you, I'm getting equals signs (=) at the end of each
> sentence, or at least when a sentence is wrapped. I'm not sure what the
> actual ASCII character is, so its probably a weird one getting interpreted
> differently by different mailers. I just blame OE though...

It means his mails are being MIMER encoded as quoted-printable. I'm
not seeing it here so either your mailer can't handle them, or the
mails are being munged by your mailserver.


Neil
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>> Neil (and Andrew Coombe as well, ta)


Please excuse me If I am wrong here, but is that supposed to be my name?
If so then take note, it is McCombe. (pronounced ma-comb).


Thanks

Hi guys

>> I have recently got myself a pair of 1200W speakers. The Wattage
>> rating is PMPO and I can`t remember how to turn this into RMS or even
>> which rating is more accurate.
>
>The cheap "Hi-Fi" sellers try mislead you with all kinds of mystery
>terms. Mat's explanation was quite right. I remember PMPO came to ads as
>the cheap boomboxes came to shops. PMPO was mainly for amplifier
>wattage, measured maybe on one channel, 1 kHz, no distortion defined and
>so on. My "32 + 32 Watt" Sanyo could maybe make 2 x 2-3 watts with
>decent distortion @ 1 kHz RMS.


PMPO sucks big time.  Don't forget that most cheap amps weren't even tested with
speakers attached.  RMS is much better (for those who want to know, the RMS
value is defined as the steady DC current or voltage that would produce the same
heating effect as the AC voltage or current).

Hi Peter
On 25-Jun-99, you wrote

> On 23-Jun-99, Matthew O'Neill wrote:

>> #40!?? I'm sure I got mine for much less, the office CD with all the
>> other digita stuff on was #40 I think

> The best place to buy this may well be the WOA - provided somebody is
> there selling it. Last year Digita dodn't have a stand and Larry Hickmott,
> I think it was, was selling it.

Last time I went to WOA (2 maybe 3 years ago) the digita stall was the
biggest. there were about 4 people on it, but no software running!!?? all
that was there was a big empty space and loads of leaflets and identical
boxes, it seemed feeble, I didn't see a single person at that stall :/ plus
they dropped support, so I doubt they will be there

Cherio bye ta tar
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My sexual orientation? Horizontally, mainly.

Hi Tim
On 25-Jun-99, you wrote

Right, back on the list after freeserve ballsed up :/

Like I said before, but I've changed my mind slightly, could everyone
(EVERYONE!) send me (ME, not the list), a 120 by 150 picture in 256
colours. 

1) make it a nice photo, do you want people to see your passport one?

2) do not direct me to a web page, I ain't going there

3) do not send me a 24-bit 1 meg file!

4) if you don't have one, open dpaint and make a doodle

Also send me all the details you want to appear in the address book of YAM,
such as hompage, location, birth date, description etc...whatever you're
willing to let others know. When I have everyone's details I will put it on
my web page (or to this list if everyone wants it) as an lha file, you ca
then choose to add this file to your addressbook.

This worked well on other mailing lists, lets see it here :)

ps. the team amiga one is on my page right now

Cherio bye ta tar
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Hi Neil

>>>Is it just me ? or is master bifford using an unusual keymap?
>>>The  reason I ask is because at the end of a sentence, there
>>>is a  "Y"  with a thing on the top of it
>
>> Nah, its not just you, I'm getting equals signs (=) at the end of each
>> sentence, or at least when a sentence is wrapped. I'm not sure what the
>> actual ASCII character is, so its probably a weird one getting interpreted
>> differently by different mailers. I just blame OE though...
>
>It means his mails are being MIMER encoded as quoted-printable. I'm
>not seeing it here so either your mailer can't handle them, or the
>mails are being munged by your mailserver.


Munged?

Tatty byes
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been reversed.

Hi Alex
On 25-Jun-99, you wrote

>> But if something is wrong with your Amiga, you might see:
>> 
>> Red            If there is an error in ROM
>> Green          If there is an error in the Chip RAM
>> Blue           If an error was found in the custom chips
>> Yellow         If the 68000 found an error before the error
>>               trapping software (the guru) was up and running

> Commodore did tell us about this one. I read it in a technical supplement
> that came with my A1200. I've only ever seen the yellow one.

my power computing keyboard interface gives me them all, the most common one
is red, then every now and then I get green ones. I've had a couple blue,
but never yellow

Cherio bye ta tar
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Take a good look at your miggy, then decide what its worth. Which of these would you be willing to swap your curent setup for?
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Please select one of the following:

   o A Cray super computer
   o A top of the range PC
   o Nothing, I love my miggy
   o 50 pence and a stick of gum
   o The moon on a stick


by going to the following Web form:

   http://www.egroups.com/vote?id=930393263780

Thank you!

  wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/afb/?start=3D16569
> Hello Matt
> 
> >> 4)  I get a Multisync monitor how horrible will the screen output
> >> look if I don't/do get a flicker fixer or scan doubler ? (ie. will my
> >> eyes bleed if I look at it to long ?)
> > 
> > "Multisync" monitors are ALL monitors nowadays :) If you mean
> > 15khz capable, don't bother, they're either shite (Microvitec) or
> > EXPENSIVE (like =A3500 for a duff 17"er)
> 
> well my 14" Microvitec Multisync is 5 years old in a few months and its
> still going rock solid strong, need I say more.
> 
>                    Cheers all the best
> 
>                         Ken Walsh
 


   I'll back Ken up with that last comment. My 14" Microvitec
   Multisync must be about 4 years old and it's fine.(I must admit I'd
   never really thought about a flicker fixer until I joined the AFB a
   couple of weeks back, so the screen output can't look that bad - or
   maybe I've just got crap eyes)

   Cheers, Eddie.

Hello Matthew,

On 24-Jun-99, you wrote:

> get whichever is cheaper. the internal powerC one is 2 bits. one clips
> over the video chip and the other connects outside the 1200, giving a
> normal monitor socket. these are joined by a cable which just goes in a
> gap in the case.

The New PowerC is in 3 Boards!

1st clips of Alice
2nd clips of Lisa
3rd has the new monitor socket

This means that the old RGB socket is not used at all and the whole thing
looks a lot more neat and tidy. It's actually installed in the A1200 in
their advert (it's the bit above and below the PowerFlyer)
  
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Hello MARRISR@uk.ibm.com,

On 25-Jun-99, you wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi folks
> A while back I ditched my TV and got a nice big 17" VGA monitor (with a
> VGA adaptor, the plan being to get a scan dblr eventually), and only
> recently I've had the time to use my Amiga for stuff other than Wordworth.
> Most of my fave applications aren't "screenmode friendly" so have become
> unusable (until I get around to getting the scan doubler)... is there any
> way at all I can get these programs to display on my monitor? Phrases like
> "mode promotion" come to mind but I can't even remember what it means!
> 

Use ModePro (AFCD40:-Seriously_Amiga-/WB/ModePro)

Then promote all PAL and NTSC modes to DBLPAL and DBLNTSC or whatever your
favorite mode is.

This will help all WB friendly progs. It won't help things such as old games
though :( That's why people buy Scandoublers

Just a thought. How good is UAE PPC? If it gets a usable speed then maybe
we could run old games though UAE and have the displayed on RTG screens or
even WB!

Just imagine ShapeShifter and Stuntcar Racer both on a big 24bit WB Screen
:)

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