My 500+ Project

[Azryl]

For Sale? Who sells their Amiga stuff?   Mind Boggles

Keep the Rev6a for when the Rev8 dies a mysterious death ie, agnus socket craps itself! They tend to do this during hot Aussie summers

Az

[Azryl]

Can you please copy n paste your startup-sequence here so we can see what you do/don't have??

Az

[Azryl]

Is the autoaddram command fully resident? I mean it exits without screwing up A0-A4 or D0-D7 registers when it exits back to the command line after executing?

Intuition is different between KS1.3 and KS2.04+ due to the primary colour pallet it assigns to the WB from within the preferences file. KS1.3 is limited to 4 colours if I remember correct with its LoadWB command.

With ClassicWB it assigns 8 colours to WorkBench and therefore Intuition as well. Have you tried to copy preferences from a WB1.3 disk onto the HD to see if this allows the autoaddram to exit without forcing Intuition to reset?

Maybe you could also try these commands

c:autoaddram >NIL:

to collect any junk pointers left on the stack at program exit

I also notice that

If exists c:stackattack

is in the startup-sequence twice, is this needed? Not sure why it would be so maybe remark one instance out and try?

Hope this helps

Az

[Azryl]

Cool, glad I could help. The autoaddram program should leave you with more chip ram, because most programs/buffers should go into the fast ram first.

If I remember correctly there was a small utility program available on Aminet that forced exec library to use memory from the top down, ie, force more programs to use fast ram when available.

Can't remember the name tho... sorry

Oh, at the bottom of your s:startup sequence you should probably have c:avail flush command to give us much memory to workbench as possible.

Az

[Azryl]

okies found the util I used to have for memory allocation from Aminet

util/sys/PoolMem.lha

use the "nochip" option to help force more programs into fastram

Az

[Azryl]

When I was installing 6X A1200's into 19inch rack mount systems we had many over heating problems. Lisa usually was the hottest custom chip.

Small heat sinks on top the custom chips solved most heat related problems. Use very small heat sinks, compound and use hot-melt glue on the corners to hold the sink in place.

Az

[Azryl]

What will your wife say when you mention "honey I'm driving to north east victoria to pick up some Amiga stuff"

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[Azryl]

The Amiga is now a full A500Plus with 2meg chip ram?

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[Azryl]

looks like spaghetti inside your case
tho nice new shiny pcb's have been stuck inside as well

nice A500 system you have now...

so, what is the next project?

Az

[Azryl]

oh, djos if you need a spare a500 keyboard USA layout let me know
I have about 6 of them lying un-used in my shed

can have for postage

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[Azryl]

Some nice chip and fast ram numbers

Cute little cpu adapter you have there

Az

[Azryl]

Ahem... A3000 was the pinnacle ECS machine

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[Azryl]

*smacks you back of the head*

Measure twice, cut once

Az

[Azryl]

You seem to be a happy little vegemite

Getting close to the end of this project...  anything new on the horizon?

Az

[Azryl]

LOL one of the guys I know who flies model aeroplanes, he takes a monthly photo of his wives shoes closet. Every time there is a new pair of shoes he goes and buys a new plane

There is no arguments with photographic proof!

Hmmm I wonder if I have a spare 1200 Aussie keyboard in the shed? Probably

Az

[Azryl]

NICE!!!!  NIB A1200 and signed by Petro. Very nice indeed

>colour me slightly jealous<

Az