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From: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaDos VS dhn:
Keywords: AmigaDos 1.3, DHN:
Message-ID: <471@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 89 09:11:47 GMT
References: <88459@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: aaron@madnix.UUCP (Aaron Avery)
Organization: ASDG Incorporated
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In article <88459@sun.uucp> drh@sun.uucp (D. Ryan Hawley) writes:
> I talked to PACIFIC PERIPHS. INC and found out why I was
> having problems.  The deal is that my 8 MB ASDG board isn't
> compatible with the P.P. controller and the Fuji disk.  

That is probably correct.

> I'm pretty sure it's something that the ASDG board is doing,
> but I'm no expert on hardware.  My moniter flickers a lot
> too (this is the third moniter, and the best of the three)
> I think this is also some low level interrupts being sent
> out onto the buss by the memory board.  My understanding

Does that monitor only flicker in INTERLACE? I'm sorry, but that's just one
of those things which goes along with the amiga's being NTSC compatible.
There are more expensive monitors which will flicker less in interlace, but
will smear some with animation. They're called 'long persistance phosphor'
monitors. You can also get a FlickerFixer (made by Micro Way) which will
alleviate this problem for a lot more money.
This has nothing to do with your hardware problem.

No memory board for the amiga generates interrupts. The ASDG 8MI is fully
complient with Commodore's specifications regarding expansion timing. Not
all boards are. The 8MI relies on other boards in the system complying with
the spec. more than some other memory boards.
You may draw your own conclusions.

> is that Pacific Peripherals and ASDG are working on this
> night and day, and are near a solution.  So for now I'm

I don't know if it's near a solution, but it is being worked on.

-- 
Aaron Avery, ASDG Inc.         "A mime is a terrible thing to waste."
                                                             -- Robin Williams
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