Marc_Neil_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu (09/25/88)
My local dealer has announced that WB 1.3 will be shipping from a distributer (not Commodore) October 1st. He has had KS 1.3 for a day and a half now. I am only the second non-developer in the Ann Arbor area to have a KS1.3 machine. SO FAR it works fine. I had it running at my dealers for about 4 hours and it ran everything shoved into it's drives. (It is an A500) The only disappointment is that when I tried the SHIFT/SHIFT ALT/ALT Fkey credit show is missing.... No more special reminders of the design team and their moral support. Oh well... Guess they needed the space for all the neat code. By the way, RAD: autoboots quite well... Almost too well. :-) Marc_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu or, Msiskin@Shogun.cc.umich.edu (Prefered) Working at the University of Michigan.... But Blame me for my opinions I don't get paid enough to have opinions for my Bosses.
mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak) (09/26/88)
In article <4820@umix.cc.umich.edu> Marc_Neil_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: ... >I am only the second non-developer in the Ann Arbor area to have a KS1.3 >machine. SO FAR it works fine. I had it running at my dealers for about >4 hours and it ran everything shoved into it's drives. (It is an A500) >The only disappointment is that when I tried the SHIFT/SHIFT ALT/ALT Fkey >credit show is missing.... I heard from the same dealer that "the CMI processor accelerated board refuses to accelerate with the 1.3 ROMs installed, but a fix should be available RSN." >Marc_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu or, >Msiskin@Shogun.cc.umich.edu (Prefered) >Working at the University of Michigan.... Michael Nowak ...mailrus!shogun!mike Workstation Consultant mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu U of M Computing Center User Services Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu ...working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan...
scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) (09/26/88)
In article <4820@umix.cc.umich.edu> Marc_Neil_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: >... By the way, RAD: autoboots quite well... Almost too well. >:-) Has anyone tried using 1.3's RAD: along with another RRD (like ASDG's VD0:)? I've tried some experiments, and an autobooting RAD: blows away VD0:'s contents. This is a drag, since I much prefer the autosizing VD0: to the fixed size RAD:. -scott
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (09/28/88)
In Message <812@applix.UUCP>, scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes: >In article <4820@umix.cc.umich.edu> Marc_Neil_Siskin@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: >>... By the way, RAD: autoboots quite well... Almost too well. >>:-) > >Has anyone tried using 1.3's RAD: along with another RRD (like >ASDG's VD0:)? I've tried some experiments, and an autobooting >RAD: blows away VD0:'s contents. This is a drag, since I much >prefer the autosizing VD0: to the fixed size RAD:. > I have tried & used VDK: with RAD: (you know I liked Rambo: better :-) and they both work fine. No problems, or complaints to report. -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {alegra|amiga|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 40 Meg - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691
billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour) (09/30/88)
From article <705@mailrus.cc.umich.edu:, by mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak):
:
: I heard from the same dealer that "the CMI processor accelerated board
: refuses to accelerate with the 1.3 ROMs installed, but a fix should be
: available RSN."
:
Please let that dealer know that the Processor Accelerator *does*
work just fine with the 1.3 ROMs! I've had the new ROMs in my machine for
weeks now, with no problem. When I first heard that someone had posted this
rumour to the net (My newsfeed is slooow getting stuff to me...) I asked
Commodore to send me out a couple of the production ROMs. (Just to test
and make sure the mask was the same as the one I had.) They work just fine
also! IT's possible your dealer is working with a very old version of the
togglespeed software (if it's called ToggleSpeed, it's fairly old...) and
that may be what's hanging him up, but he should have received new utility
software. If he hasn't, and he has no access to PLink (The file there is
called PA90.zoo), then have him give his distributer a call so he can get
fixed up. The new software has both the toggling function and the math
chip config function together in the same program, plus several other new
options, including real speed testing to make sure you've switched...
: Michael Nowak ...mailrus!shogun!mike
: Workstation Consultant mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu
: U of M Computing Center User Services Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu
:
: ...working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan...
--
-Bill Seymour ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey
...tektronix!sequent!blowpig!billsey
Creative Microsystems Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes
(503) 684-9300 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com (10/03/88)
I am a little confused as to how the math coproc. chip fits into all of this on
the PA! Will programs need to be written just for the math chip(that is extra)
or can ANY program take advantage of the math chip??? Is there some kind of
"software patch" to tell the Amiga to use the chip rather than software math??
So Confused......
P.S. Software math meaning, normal Amiga math routines.
- Doug -
Doug_B_Erdely@Portal.Cup.Combillsey%agora.uucp@UDEL.EDU (10/04/88)
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From: Bill Seymour <billsey@agora.uucp>
Subject: Re: 1.3 here and there....
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From article <705@mailrus.cc.umich.edu:, by mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael
Nowak):
:
: I heard from the same dealer that "the CMI processor accelerated board
: refuses to accelerate with the 1.3 ROMs installed, but a fix should be
: available RSN."
:
Please let that dealer know that the Processor Accelerator *does*
work just fine with the 1.3 ROMs! I've had the new ROMs in my machine for
weeks now, with no problem. When I first heard that someone had posted this
rumour to the net (My newsfeed is slooow getting stuff to me...) I asked
Commodore to send me out a couple of the production ROMs. (Just to test
and make sure the mask was the same as the one I had.) They work just fine
also! IT's possible your dealer is working with a very old version of the
togglespeed software (if it's called ToggleSpeed, it's fairly old...) and
that may be what's hanging him up, but he should have received new utility
software. If he hasn't, and he has no access to PLink (The file there is
called PA90.zoo), then have him give his distributer a call so he can get
fixed up. The new software has both the toggling function and the math
chip config function together in the same program, plus several other new
options, including real speed testing to make sure you've switched...
: Michael Nowak ...mailrus!shogun!mike
: Workstation Consultant mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu
: U of M Computing Center User Services Mike_Nowak@um.cc.umich.edu
:
: ...working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan...
--
-Bill Seymour ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey
...tektronix!sequent!blowpig!billsey
Creative Microsystems Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes
(503) 684-9300 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842