dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) (07/12/89)
A while ago, someone mentioned that the new (1.5) version of setcpu
would stop df0: from clicking.
Well, it doesn't on my "stock" 2500 (chinon drive, I think).
Has anyone gotten this to work?
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Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (07/12/89)
In <606@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>, crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (Nyuck! Nyuck!) Seaman) writes: >> [ comments about SetCPU ] > >It works for both my internal drives on my 2500 (both drives are 'stock' >CBM drives). Unfortunately, since it also patches the Workbench screen >into a Fastbench screen, I can't use HandyIcons or MyMenu :-(. Still a >GREAT program, though. Many thanks, Dave (Haynie, that is)! Now is the time to patch HandyWB with something like NewZap. Change all instances of 'Workbench' to 'Fastbecnh'. It may work for MyMenu too. -larry -- Real Amiga hackers write printer drivers using Metascope. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca or uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (07/12/89)
in article <7crY02GO3d4p01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) says: > A while ago, someone mentioned that the new (1.5) version of setcpu > would stop df0: from clicking. > Well, it doesn't on my "stock" 2500 (chinon drive, I think). You need four things for the no-click patch to work: 1. An A2500 or '030 based Amiga 2. Kickstart 1.3, preferably in ROM (it will work from disk, but it'll hurt your startup times). 3. "SetCPU FASTROM" in your startup-sequence, or another similar place, to install the patched ROM code. Make sure it's SetCPU V1.5; previous versions didn't do this. 4. The correct kind of drive. They tell me that some drives don't work with this patch. I didn't invent the patch, I just put it in the general SetCPU patch facility because I found it worked just dandy on my systems. You can tell if you've passed steps 1..3 correctly by nothing the title of your Workbench screen. If it says "FastBench release 1.3 ..." you've got all the software installed correctly; the rest is up to your drive. > Has anyone gotten this to work? This is only the second report I've seen of it not working correctly. > "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be > for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not > | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his > Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!) -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it
) Seaman) (07/13/89)
dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) writes: > A while ago, someone mentioned that the new (1.5) version of setcpu > would stop df0: from clicking. It does by default, on certain drives, though it (the 'noclick' feature) can be disabled with the NOPATCH option. > Well, it doesn't on my "stock" 2500 (chinon drive, I think). > Has anyone gotten this to work? It works for both my internal drives on my 2500 (both drives are 'stock' CBM drives). Unfortunately, since it also patches the Workbench screen into a Fastbench screen, I can't use HandyIcons or MyMenu :-(. Still a GREAT program, though. Many thanks, Dave (Haynie, that is)! > "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be > for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not > | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his > Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!) -- Chris (Insert phrase here) Seaman | o\ /o See crs@cpsc6a.att.com <or> | || "Attack of the Killer Smiley"! ...!att!cpsc6a!crs | \vvvvvv/ Coming Soon | \____/ to a newsgroup near you!
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (07/13/89)
in article <606@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>, crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (Nyuck! Nyuck!) Seaman) says: > Summary: Works for me... > It works for both my internal drives on my 2500 (both drives are 'stock' > CBM drives). Unfortunately, since it also patches the Workbench screen > into a Fastbench screen, I can't use HandyIcons or MyMenu :-(. Still a > GREAT program, though. Many thanks, Dave (Haynie, that is)! You probably could use HandyIcons or MyMenu by either patching the "Workbench" string in either to "Fastbench", and you can definitely patch the "Fast" strings back to "Work" (or anything else, for that matter) in SetCPU. Though it occurs to me this has pointed out a conceptual flaw in programs that look for the "Workbench" text string in the title of a screen in order to find the Workbench screen. That sounds just plain wrong. Seems to me the test for the Workbench-ness of a screen, if you must, should go like this: if ((screen->Flags & SCREENTYPE) == WBENCHSCREEN) Excellent(); else Bogus(); Or something like that. Hopefully the need to do this at all goes away in the 1.4 OS. > Chris (Insert phrase here) Seaman | o\ /o See > crs@cpsc6a.att.com <or> | || "Attack of the Killer Smiley"! > ...!att!cpsc6a!crs | \vvvvvv/ Coming Soon > | \____/ to a newsgroup near you! -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it
a121@mindlink.UUCP (Daniel Carreras) (07/16/89)
I found that runing HandyIcons before SETCPU it works just fine. And if you insist on runing it after, use the switch NOPATCH on SETCPU. Daniel
douglee@becker.UUCP (Doug Lee) (07/16/89)
In article <7282@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: >in article <7crY02GO3d4p01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) says: > >> A while ago, someone mentioned that the new (1.5) version of setcpu >> would stop df0: from clicking. > >> Well, it doesn't on my "stock" 2500 (chinon drive, I think). > >You need four things for the no-click patch to work: > Stuff about no-click and SetCPU deleted. > 4. The correct kind of drive. They tell me that some drives don't ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Unfortunately, the Chinon isn't (unless there's a jumper I don't know about. Ones which work are later model Matsushita, with plastic as opposed to metal disk carrier and the NEC FD1035, found in the first production run of 1000's (The noisy ones which I'm now glad to have for the nockicking thing:-)). Of course there may be many more. The early Matsushita drives as used in most 1000's and early 500/2000's do NOT work. <<<Doug Lee>>> douglee@becker > >Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests" > {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy > Be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ At least you're the right guy to ask :-)
a763@mindlink.UUCP (Scott Busse) (07/18/89)
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" Unfortunately, the Chinon isn't (unless there's a jumper I don't
know about. Ones which work are later model Matsushita, with
plastic as opposed to metal disk carrier and the NEC FD1035,
found in the first production run of 1000's (The noisy ones
which I'm now glad to have for the nockicking thing:-)).
Of course there may be many more. The early Matsushita drives
as used in most 1000's and early 500/2000's do NOT work.
<<<Doug Lee>>>
douglee@becker
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I have two Chinon drives in my Amiga 2500, which are silenced by running
SetCPU V1.5. Possibly someone out there is using the NOPATCH option, which
I believe, cancels the "noclick" function.
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