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From: ugmiker@sunybcs.UUCP
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Subject: A few questions
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Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 21:09:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 21:09:29 1987
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Reply-To: ugmiker@joey.UUCP (Michael Reilly)
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I have a couple of questions from a new Amiga user trying to make the 
most of his new computer.    Either a response to the public, or email 
would be great,  I feel the first would be more helpful to others with the
same problems(I know I see alot of questions I could have used answered 
never answered, or atleast not posted).

1)  I have a Legend 1080 printer, and no driver, can anyone tell me how
   to make one.  I know there is a program that does it, but I dont have 
   it, so I was wondering if there was some way of making one without it?

2)  Also while working on the amiga, and not using the printer, it sounds 
   like the printer resets every once in a while, maybe every ten minutes.
   Is this normal? does this have to do with the Amiga o.s?

3)  I also have a modem(kapertronic [sp??]) that has a clock in it.  I have 
   seen programs on bbs's at home (I am away at school now) that set the time
   from the modem.  I was wondering how could I write to the modem in my 
   startup-sequence and read from it and set the system time without having
   to run any programs at boot up time???

4)  This might be a stupid questions(but we usually learn most from that type)
   BUT:
       Does "SCSI" = IBM compatability ?????
    In the Febuary issue of BYTE I was reading "WHAT'S NEW" and under the 
   peripheral heading the magazine talked about a "SCSI"/hard drive controller
   card that will support as many as seven "SCSI" devices.  I thought that was
   great, seven IBM compatable devices off the Amiga, finally!! low priced hard 
   drives for the amiga!!!!  But then I realized  I had no idea what "SCSI"
   meant.  Does "SCSI" mean IBM compatability for hardware????  The article is 
   on page 38 if you think there might be something important I left out.


				 	THANKS......
						mike

p.s. to all those who were talking about the mouse and trackball troubles..
     just remember, in ZERO GRAVITY, they both work the same!!!!!!!