dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (09/09/87)
I just got my A500 today... it's now sitting on top my A1000. The first thing I'm going to do with it is network it with my A1000 through the serial port on the CIA chip (not the serial.device serial port).... conveniently connected to BUSY and POUT lines on the parallel port. One nice thing about the Sony KV13CR monitor is that it has multiple inputs for video so I can use it for both computers and flip between them with a button rather than manually changing wires. (BTW: The other CIA's serial port is used for the keyboard) First impressions of the A500: Nice Job! I like it. -Matt "Happy as a Clam" Dillon
jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow) (09/11/87)
In article <8709090127.AA27547@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > I just got my A500 today... it's now sitting on top my A1000. The >first thing I'm going to do with it is network it with my A1000 through >the serial port on the CIA chip (not the serial.device serial port).... >conveniently connected to BUSY and POUT lines on the parallel port. > Er, one of the only things worth it in the Metacomco toolkit is the aux: device. (And there's a freeware one of them now.) Why not use that to allow one Amiga to serve as a terminal on the other for debugging purposes? At least for starters that beats trying to hack at the CIA chips. (Hope you do not have a MAS-20...) > One nice thing about the Sony KV13CR monitor is that it has multiple >inputs for video so I can use it for both computers and flip between them >with a button rather than manually changing wires. > Er you like the fuzzies of the composite input? There is only one honest to Gloz RGB analog input on the thing. )Or is there something I'm missing?( > (BTW: The other CIA's serial port is used for the keyboard) > > First impressions of the A500: Nice Job! I like it. > > > -Matt "Happy as a Clam" Dillon Joanne "Crazy as a loon" Dow -- <@_@> BIX:jdow INTERNET:jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP:{akgua, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!jdow Remember - A bird in the hand often leaves a sticky deposit. Perhaps it was better you left it in the bush with the other one.
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (09/13/87)
In article <8709090127.AA27547@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > > I just got my A500 today... it's now sitting on top my A1000. The > first thing I'm going to do with it is network it with my A1000 through > the serial port on the CIA chip (not the serial.device serial port).... > conveniently connected to BUSY and POUT lines on the parallel port. No accident, you could, if you really felt the compulsion, write a Commdore (C64/128) Serial Bus driver and make an adapter cable. > First impressions of the A500: Nice Job! I like it. THANKS! It may not be perfect, but we did what we could within the budget that our planned "suggested retail price" allowed. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: out to lunch... Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer) (09/13/87)
Matt Dillon writes: > I just got my A500 today... it's now sitting on top my A1000. ... Wow, Matt, does that mean you have an A1500? Those 500s do look good, I must agree. At the Computer Attic Amiga Show today they had plenty of them, and Escort was advertising their $849 2 Meg expansion chasis, designed for the 500. That looks good too, but only the pictures were available... In any case, at the Amiga Show we picked up a copy of Little Computer People. We brought it home, read the first page of the manual, saw the part that said "insert KickStart 1.1," laughed, and booted up with 1.2, thinking that everything would be fine. So the program starts up, we wait a few minutes, the door opens, we hear footsteps, then a bit later the file cabinet opens and closes... But there's no LCP! At this point we realized that our LCP was invisible and actually looking at the house. Invisible, can you imagine, we pay $22 and get an invisible LCP! Anyway, as you might've guessed, the problem was with 1.2, or maybe with expanded memory. We booted with 1.1 (which so conveniently fails to recognize the 2 Meg Alegra), and then everything was fine. Victor was visible. So, warning to all future LCP owners --- boot with 1.1. (What do A500 owners do? Yank out that extra memory?) We'll be letting Activision know about this. (Although it was quite amusing.) Good thing not too many programs act like this. (BTW, Bay Area people: The Amiga Show is also going on tomorrow, (13th) from noon to 5pm. It's fun to go see all the stuff, and the Attic prices are lower than normal (VS3D is $139, for instance.)) Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu [I'm in no way connected with the Attic or Activision.]