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From: kevin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Kevin Klop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A3000 questions and comments
Message-ID: <18933@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Feb 91 21:02:52 GMT
References: <21104@know.pws.bull.com>
Reply-To: kevin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Kevin Klop)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <21104@know.pws.bull.com> mohabir@arisia.Xerox.COM (Daniel A. Mohabir) writes:

>1.	Why is it that the Hardframe controller on my A2000 automatically 
>recognizes a diskchange on my Syquest drive but the A3000 does not?

Hmmmm.... mine does.  What rev of the OS are you running?

>2.	Why couldn't one of the bits in the battery backed-up RAM be used 
>as a "drive-click" bit? If the bit is set, your drive is capable of not-
>clicking; if it is cleared, your drive is not capable of not-clicking.

I'm not sure this is truly necessary.  Status bits are somewhat scarce in the
RAM, and this is a problem that can easily be fixed with some other outside
program.  If you have a system capable of no-clicking, then you run the patch
program in your startup-sequence.  If you do NOT have a drive capable of no-
clicking, then you don't run the patch program.

>3.	Why doesn't the "list" command have a sort option (like the "dir"
>command)?

What about piping the output of LIST through SORT?

>4.	I installed a second floppy drive in the A3000 (an A2000 floppy drive),
>and of course the eject button is not the same. Where can I get a new A3000 
>eject button?

Hmmm... good question.  Try asking your dealer if he has a service center -
you might be able to scam one off of them.

>6.	What is a SetRamsey, and where can I get one?

>7.	Why does my 486 AT compatible machine at work still run MSDOS 3.3 
>(which can directly address a full 640K bytes of memory)? 
>OOPS!!! Wrong newsgroup. I am getting carried away here.

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>8.	This one is addressed to Commodore. Please, give us a way to still boot 
>Kickstart 1.3 after 2.0 goes goes into ROM. I said PLEASE.

I'm sure some enterprising hacker will find a way to do this.  Clever, these
hackers.

>9.	Why doesn't the schematics in the A3000 Introduction manual have 
>songs associated with the Chips?

We couldn't get the rights from BMI/ASCAP??? ;^)

>10.	Whatever happened to SetClock?

It's not needed anymore.  The preference editor sets the clock correctly,
and the new operating system automatically sets the OS time from the internal
clock on the A3000.  Poof, it's gone.

>
>PS.	Did I mention that I think the A3000 is a great machine? Well done guys.

T'anx from "de hardware and software crew"...


						-- Kevin --


Kevin Klop		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!kevin
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

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