kws1x@dale.acc.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth W. Smith Jr) (08/20/90)
Well, the first A3000 has made its way into Charlottesville, finally, but I had to drive to the D.C. area to buy it!! I've waited since the first Amigas were introduced until now to buy the computer of my dreams. It's been worth the wait to get this 3000! But, as with everything in life, there are the disenchantments, such as the A2000 software I'd gotten beforehand, from contests, bargains at retail stores, etc. About 50% of what I have (small quantity at the moment) will not work properly. Here's my configuration: stock A3000, 1950 monitor. (Pretty sparse, but not bad for my salary...) I remember reading an article about 1 month ago about how to turn off the data cache on the 68030 to allow some software to keep up with it. Unfortunately, I didn't save that article. Could some kind netter please refresh (no pun intended) my memory (pun intended) about how to go about doing this. I really do want to see Skyfox and Pioneer Plague work on my new machine. One final note: since DIGA! seems to work alright from a display point of view, does anyone know if the Aprotek Minimodem-A24 (2400 baud, serial connect modem) would and/or could work with the A3000. It's the cheapest I could find in mail order (the store where I bought my machine had pretty high prices for modems, and all they had was Supra....) Ah, if only the educational discount had included part-time students as well, I would not have had to put myself in debt for the next several decades......hint, hint. K W Smith, Jr. The Charlottesville Sector ******************************************************************************* * "Forgive me, but where would a 6000-year-old Mayan god * * learn to downshift a Toyota?" -Kate T. from _ALF_ * *******************************************************************************
diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) (08/20/90)
In article <1990Aug20.124935.19689@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> kws1x@dale.acc.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth W. Smith Jr) writes: > > Well, the first A3000 has made its way into Charlottesville, >finally, but I had to drive to the D.C. area to buy it!! > I've waited since the first Amigas were introduced until now to >buy the computer of my dreams. It's been worth the wait to get this >3000! > But, as with everything in life, there are the disenchantments, >such as the A2000 software I'd gotten beforehand, from contests, bargains >at retail stores, etc. About 50% of what I have (small quantity at the >moment) will not work properly. > Here's my configuration: stock A3000, 1950 monitor. (Pretty >sparse, but not bad for my salary...) > I remember reading an article about 1 month ago about how to >turn off the data cache on the 68030 to allow some software to keep up >with it. Unfortunately, I didn't save that article. Could some kind >netter please refresh (no pun intended) my memory (pun intended) about how >to go about doing this. I really do want to see Skyfox and Pioneer Plague >work on my new machine. > One final note: since DIGA! seems to work alright from a display >point of view, does anyone know if the Aprotek Minimodem-A24 (2400 baud, >serial connect modem) would and/or could work with the A3000. It's the >cheapest I could find in mail order (the store where I bought my machine >had pretty high prices for modems, and all they had was Supra....) > Ah, if only the educational discount had included part-time >students as well, I would not have had to put myself in debt for the next >several decades......hint, hint. > > >K W Smith, Jr. >The Charlottesville Sector > >******************************************************************************* >* "Forgive me, but where would a 6000-year-old Mayan god * >* learn to downshift a Toyota?" -Kate T. from _ALF_ * >******************************************************************************* Well, I hate to upset you, but the Education program has from its inception, included part time students. The exact wording, is that students need to be certified by their institution as making significant progress towards a degree. We selected this wording, because every college and university in the country which receives veteran's benifit $'s was required to come up with their own definition of significant progress, AND develop a monitoring system. The VA had the same concern we had....they wanted to include legit part-time students and non-traditional students who had to work full time in, BUT not include people who would just enroll for one course, to qualify for special benifits. Find out what your institution's definition is, since they control it. Most part-time students at most institutions, DO qualify. Howard S. Diamond Director of Education CBM