JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (04/19/91)
I just bought an A2630, mostly to speed up A-Max. While A-Max does
go faster now, "MacEnvy," a PD system configuration info program
claims that my "Mac Plus" has a 68020 CPU. I have always found
MacEnvy to be so correct in the past that I reopened my machine
and looked at the 2630 to be sure it was a 68030 (and indeed it was.)
In addition, MacEnvy claims I only have 3975K while my Amiga has 7
megs of RAM (4 on the 2630, 2 on the 2091, and 1 on the motherboard.)
So here is the question: Why does A-Max not seem to know what CPU
and RAM my Amiga has? At the very least, has anyone else had this
problem? I'm running A-Max 2.06, Mac System 6.0.5, and MacEnvy
1.3 (I think - it is new enough to recognize the IIci, so it must
be pretty new.)
Thanx,
Kurt
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------dlb28311@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Black) (04/19/91)
I have only seen MacEnvy once or twice, so I can't help you there,
but there is another shareware Mac system info/benchmark program
called "Speedometer" which might work better for you. I think I found
it on sumex.aim.stanford.edu.
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________________________________________________________________________________johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee) (04/20/91)
In article <91108.204931JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: >I just bought an A2630, mostly to speed up A-Max. While A-Max does >go faster now, "MacEnvy," a PD system configuration info program >claims that my "Mac Plus" has a 68020 CPU. I have always found >MacEnvy to be so correct in the past that I reopened my machine >and looked at the 2630 to be sure it was a 68030 (and indeed it was.) >In addition, MacEnvy claims I only have 3975K while my Amiga has 7 >megs of RAM (4 on the 2630, 2 on the 2091, and 1 on the motherboard.) > >So here is the question: Why does A-Max not seem to know what CPU >and RAM my Amiga has? At the very least, has anyone else had this >problem? I'm running A-Max 2.06, Mac System 6.0.5, and MacEnvy >1.3 (I think - it is new enough to recognize the IIci, so it must >be pretty new.) I've noticed this as well. I have an A3000-25/50 and MacEnvy also reports it as having a 68020 (Mac System 6.0.1). MacEnvy only looks at the environment variables set by the system (a.k.a., AMaxII,) and I believe AMaxII is deliberately lying to enhance compatibility. I wouldn't worry about the CPU being wrong. As far memory goes, I think there's a upper limit to the amount of memory handled depending on the version of the ROM/System, but Finder correctly reports the 4.6 Mb available on my system (w/a 1.2 Mb RAM disk in addition.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.
DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu (04/20/91)
In article <1991Apr19.194306.25929@cs.cornell.edu>, johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee) says: >I've noticed this as well. I have an A3000-25/50 and MacEnvy also reports >it as having a 68020 (Mac System 6.0.1). MacEnvy only looks at the >environment variables set by the system (a.k.a., AMaxII,) and I believe >AMaxII is deliberately lying to enhance compatibility. I wouldn't worry >about the CPU being wrong. Indeed, since AmaxII uses the MMU itself, having an application use the MMU (which might happen if the application thought it was running on an '030) would be bad news... -- Dan Babcock
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/21/91)
In article <91108.204931JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes: >I just bought an A2630, mostly to speed up A-Max. While A-Max does >go faster now, "MacEnvy," a PD system configuration info program >claims that my "Mac Plus" has a 68020 CPU. I have always found >MacEnvy to be so correct in the past that I reopened my machine >and looked at the 2630 to be sure it was a 68030 (and indeed it was.) >In addition, MacEnvy claims I only have 3975K while my Amiga has 7 >megs of RAM (4 on the 2630, 2 on the 2091, and 1 on the motherboard.) There is something wrong with memory on AMAX. Check out the Finder info and see how much memory you have. Although I know I have 2.5 megs, the Finder info says I have 15 megs. Second, I think the mac has a 4 meg limit on memory expansion. Have you thought about making a ram drive with any free memory? I use a 1.5 meg ram drive to do my downloading and unstuffing. > >So here is the question: Why does A-Max not seem to know what CPU >and RAM my Amiga has? At the very least, has anyone else had this >problem? I'm running A-Max 2.06, Mac System 6.0.5, and MacEnvy On our Amiga 3000 it said we had a 68020 too. >1.3 (I think - it is new enough to recognize the IIci, so it must >be pretty new.) > Thanx, > > Kurt >-- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >:: Kurt Tappe (215) 363-9485 :: With. Without. And who'll :: >:: 184 W. Valley Hill Rd. 458-5000 :: deny it's what the fighting's || >:: Malvern, PA 19355-2214 (work)|| all about? - Pink Floyd :: >:: jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu --------------------------------|| >:: jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1 QLink: KurtTappe || > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.