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Re: LAG 17 is Booked.

Posted on: 2010/6/26 15:07 #21

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@rockape

Quote:

rockape wrote:
Hi,

LAG 17 is booked on Saturday the 17th of July 2010.

From 12 PM untill 6 PM.

How does this affect the future schedule of meeting dates? I need to know to make plans.

Darren

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Daz

Re: News from Acube/SAM460 at VCF ???

Posted on: 2010/6/25 22:29 #22

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@vox

Quote:

vox wrote:

Me also, but still is the list of complains:

440

- Strange PCI slots on 440 model which are limiting users (voltage thing). So its not even a full PCI compatibility

Strange? All modern PCI systems work at 3.3v. in fact PCI 2.3 and 3.0 are 3.3v ONLY, so the slot is fully PCI compliant, any PCI 2.2 card should work.

Having said that, I don't understand why the PCI slot doesn't support 5V. I have asked on forums once or twice but haven't had responses. You see, the 33Mhz slot(s) are on the downstream port of the pericom 8150B a chip which is 5V tollerant.

Quote:

460

- Integrated 2D chip only, 64MB only
- PCI-E or SATA choice.

There may be some confusion here, there are two possible configurations you can run the board in:

Option 1:

1 x PCI-e 4x (16 x slot)
1 x PCI 2.3
1 x PCI-e 1x

Option 2:

1 x PCI-e 4x (16 x slot)
1 x PCI 2.3
1 x SATA2 slot.

To get extra SATA ports you seem to have 3 choices:

1 PCI SATA card
2 PCI-e SATA card
3 SATA2 port splitter.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: News from Acube/SAM460 at VCF ???

Posted on: 2010/6/25 22:12 #23

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@Daniel

Daniel wrote:
Quote:

3.3v PCI on 440flex is annoying, try finding a low-profile Radeon (other than bog standard 7000) to fit a low-profile case that's also 3.3v, I managed to find a low-profile 9250 in the end but had to ship in from Germany and was pricey, Also missing out on the 256MB cards (which all seem to be 5v) is a shame.

Errr.. where did you get this idea? You obviously don't know any Mediator owners. We have radeon 9200 drivers now, but as most Mediators are 5V only almost all radeons fail to work.

Why? The Radeon 9200 chip runs off of a 3.3v power supply, but is 5v tollerant. To work correctly in a 5v slot the card needs a 5v to 3.3v regulator, which most cards don't have.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: AmigaOne RAM

Posted on: 2010/6/25 21:30 #24

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@Robert17

Quote:

Robert17 wrote:
Evening all,

I've got an AmigaOne XE, it has 1x 256mb DIMM in it. I'd like to upgrade, any recommendations as to where to buy the memory from?

Cheers,

Robert

Hi Rob,

I have a 'spare' 1Gb reg stick here you can try, I'll bring it if I make it to Lag 17

Darren

BTW I though you sold your XE

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Daz

Re: USB devices that work with OS4.1 Update 1-**Problems with Update 2 **

Posted on: 2010/5/28 23:30 #25

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@328gts

Quote:

328gts wrote:
damn I still can't believe I'm the only one here that has problems now with USB via Update 2 when it worked flawlessly with Update 1

I haven't found any new USB files in update 2, so I don't see why it would work any differently.

Having said that, I have been having trouble with my wireless USB Kbd/mouse. The mouse pointer would freeze, but would still move when my PS2 mouse was moved. This looked, at first like a USB problem, however it seem to have been a loose power connection to one of my HDD's! Since I've fixed that all is working well. (So far anyway)

Might be worth checking there isn't a hardware problem somewhere else in your system.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Samba and Printers

Posted on: 2010/5/4 17:17 #26

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@Raziel

Quote:

Raziel wrote:
@all

OK, got a few steps further

Printer is now seen and accessable on the network from the PC

...but

Printing doesn not work with the LPR script as this script only constructs a log file in T: and simply "Copy" the spool file (created from the PC in samba:spools) to the printer (formerly it was PAR:, changed it to PRT: - maybe that is the culprit?)

Yes, the PC printer driver generates the output, all the script does is send it to the printer. Using PAR: sends raw data directly to the printer(*), PRT: will feed data through the Amigas printer driver. With this script it should be possible for your PC to print to a printer you don't have an Amiga printer driver for!

(*) if your printer is attached to the Parallel port, I expected to find a similar port for the USB, but can't seem to.

Quote:

Unfortunately that files consists of (paste below is a simply text file from OO with three lines of text in differing sizes and fonts)

Quote:

%-12345X@PJL COMMENT HP LaserJet 5L
@PJL SET PAGEPROTECT=ON
@PJL SET RET=ON
@PJL SET ECONOMODE=ON
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
E*t600R&u600D*r0F&l0O&l1H&l26a8c1E*p0x0Y*c0t5611x8177Y&l1X*b0M*c16534D)s68WD???U ??? Cache 16534XX(16534X&d@*c32E(s5276W???????...

following lots of signs which should be ESC commands and the data i presume.

Not being an expert.. that looks like PCL - should print if sent directly to the printer.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Samba and Printers

Posted on: 2010/4/30 17:08 #27

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@Raziel

Quote:

Raziel wrote:
How do i set up a printer (Parallel/USB on the AOne) to be visible in the network (Samba), so i can use it from the PC?

This was possible with LPx (comm/misc I think) I'm not sure if it works under 4.0 as it uses ARexx, and I haven't tried it.

Quote:

A step-by-step guide would be nice

Included in the guide as I recall. I do seem to remember it had trouble printing multiple copies though.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Wireless internet on SAM

Posted on: 2010/2/20 13:05 #28

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@Nimrod

Quote:

Nimrod wrote:
@amije
Although the Netgear wireless access point is advertised as having client mode I have not been able to set it up to work.
I even phoned the Netgear helpline which turned out to be a total waste of time effort and money. I am currently running 2 computers, one for interweb access and one for fun.

What model number is it? Is it a WG602? if so that should work fine. The 802.11n AP's don't yet have client mode - this comes in a firmware update soon.

This would all be much easier if there was a 802.11g pci card available for OS4.0...

Leave some details here.

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Wireless internet on SAM

Posted on: 2010/2/20 0:31 #29

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@Nimrod

Quote:

Nimrod wrote:
@amije
Although the Netgear wireless access point is advertised as having client mode I have not been able to set it up to work.
I even phoned the Netgear helpline which turned out to be a total waste of time effort and money. I am currently running 2 computers, one for interweb access and one for fun.

Access points are ment to allow wireless clients to connect to a wired network, so this will probably be a problem with any WAP.

However there may be hope, you may be able to put the router and AP into bridge mode, but this may not be in the firmware for your AP. Bridge mode is for connecting two wired networks via wireless.

Have a good read of your manual.

Good luck
Darren

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Daz

Re: USB devices that work with OS4.1 Update 1

Posted on: 2010/2/8 19:48 #30

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@agafaster

Quote:

agafaster wrote:
Apologies if this isnt the right place, but it seems as good as any:
I know VIA chipsets are preferred for USB in 4.1.1, but is this restricted ?
In essence, I'm looking at USB 2.0* PCI cards, and there are some cheap ones in Maplin at the mo...

Any chipset will do. For me being an SE Owner I can't use the VIA UHCI device at all - the machine hangs during startup if I leave it enabled in the Kicklayout. So I use a NEC 5 port PCI card, via ohci.usbhcd. This seems to be the type of card most people choose.

Also some things to add to the list that work with update 1 that didn't before.

Sigma KMS500 wireless Kbd/Mouse
EMTEC 4Gb Memory stick
CF-RS205 SD to USB adaptor.

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Daz

Re: "LAG 15"

Posted on: 2010/1/20 22:39 #31

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@rockape

I've nothing planned that weekend, so with luck I should be along, methinks we might have a few things to talk about...

Daz

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Daz

OS4.1 Keymap editing

Posted on: 2010/1/14 22:21 #32

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Hello all,

In preparation for Update 1 and its improved USB, (Which I can't download as Hyperion is down) I've been giving my mini PC USB keyboard a try, but I've come across a problem. This kbd has the American type layout with a small CR key and a large #/~ (*) on the row above. I can't seem to find a key map that will allow me to type these. All the other keys produce the right character (even ?) just not that one. Not good for programming. I was going to edit the keymap, but the editors I try won't load OS4.1 keymaps.
I see some other OS4 keymaps on aminet, so how are people creating these?

Thanks
Darren

(*) I had to pull my PS2 keyboard out just to type these!

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Daz

Re: OS3.9 woes

Posted on: 2010/1/14 22:11 #33

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@thomas

Quote:

thomas wrote:
@Daz

Prefs/IControl -> 1:1 Aspect Ratio

That was it.. I'd looked in Input, GUI and WB. Looks like IControl.prefs got lost along with my Font prefs

@ancalimon

Quote:

Don't forget the boing bags

No I won't. Will be making sure to get all this saved on a disk just in case.

Thanks Guys
Darren

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Daz

OS3.9 woes

Posted on: 2010/1/13 19:09 #34

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Hi All,

I had a small problem the other night and something overwrote some blocks on my OS3.9 system partition. After searching for a boot floppy I've managed to get the system back to a working state except:

The size of the bottom border on my WB windows has changed, it used to be the same size as the side ones, now it's smaller.

I'm sure I've lost the most up to date version of setpatch, and I can't remember where they are kept.

Anyone got suggestions on how I can my system back to normal?

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Anyone ever tried one of these?

Posted on: 2009/10/10 22:53 #35

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@QuikSanz

Quote:

QuikSanz wrote:
@murasame

This would be very nice, an extra PCI slot for a CatWeasel.

That thread does not seem to specifically answer the question of " can it boot from drives attached to it?". I have an XE.

Thanks for the info.
Chris

Well from a close look at the pictures and specs, it seems to be a NEC USB controller chip and a Silicon Image SATA chip on the same card. OS4 has drivers for both of these, and UBoot has drivers for SI3112 and SI3512 SATA controllers. If it is one of those you are in luck! You could ask around if there is someone who has one.

I Have noticed that you can only use 1 HDD internally as the second port is external (as a eSATA)

Regards
Darren

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Daz

Re: Pianeta Amiga 2009

Posted on: 2009/9/30 16:57 #36

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@ChrisH

Quote:

ChrisH wrote:
Surprised that no-one has mentioned the BIG news about OS4.1 at the show. I will quote some AmigaWorld posters:

About USB 2.0: an ohci.device was shown, but it still is in early beta, so it's not sure and actually doubtful it will be included in the next updated which is due soon(ish).

[/quote]

Surely for a USB 2.0 it would need to be an ehci.device?, as ohci/uhci only control the ports at 12Mb/s .
I do hope that the problems that cause most of my USB devices to hang the system were fixed before starting work on the 2.0 drivers, this would be much more useful (to me)

Regards
Darren

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Daz

AmiPDF Font problem

Posted on: 2009/9/21 23:53 #37

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Hi All,

I've got a PDF file I need for a project on my A1, however the last page is in a font called 'MSPGothic' I found this is supplied with vista, so out came the memory stick that works with my A1 and I copied over a 9Meg file called 'msgothic.ttc'

Typemanager recognised this straight away, and installed 3 different fonts, however I still can't get AmiPDF to display my PDF file. I've tried several settings in the settings/font map and settings/font dir pages but no luck. anyone got any ideas?

Regards
Darren

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