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From: mc4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Supercharger problems/questions/answers
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Date: 16 Mar 91 09:07:32 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 15-Mar-91 Re: Supercharger
> problems/q.. Technoid@oz.plymouth.edu (1670)

> Hey,

> 	I also have had problems with the SC RAMdisk when run on the Atari side
> I find that the more operations I do within the RAMdisk, the more likely
> it
> is to start acting as though the <ESC> key is pressed and stuck. It just
> keeps
> refreshing and theat obnoxious keyclick goes constantly. Sometimes I can
> stop
> it, but generally I must abort the entire thing and reboot. Perhaps this
> has
> something to do with NeoDesk ( I hope not, because I will never return to
> Atari Desktop ). Anyone had trouble with this? Also for all you modem
> users,
> I have seen a version of Procomm kicking around that is setup for the
> SC, I
> have as I suspect most of you do, the use of an IBM close by. Simply
> take the
> regular Procomm and modify parameters to use COM2, this is <ALT> P. Then
> save it, it will work perfectly on SC the first time and no bother of
> downloading what for some reason is a much larger file.

> 	I'm interested to hear what people have been doing with their SC's
> please E-mail. Also anyone know about that expansion bus inside the SC,
> it
> is standard? If it is, their is a great possiblity of running cards off
> it
> I would suspect.

This is a real pain in the neck. One way to minimize this si to always
hold the reset button in while you reboot, like it mentions in the
manual. This is also a pain in the neck, and a mark of bad design, but
is less annoying than that repeated ESC. The bus is NOT standard, nor
could it be, in that sapce, but the new 80286/386 add ons supposedly
have the abitity for an external expansion cage for standard ISA cards.
This does include the use of SVGA with a SVGA monitor etc.! Too bad we
can't use them in standard Atari mode. :^(.