Amiga questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask - Page 2

Mrs Beanbag · 15 May 2013, 00:39

A500 power brick is maybe just a simple mains frequency transformer, meaning it has to be very big and heavy to carry the power. Newer one I guess is a high-frequency switching design, which requires more complex electronics but a smaller and lighter transformer.

demolition · 15 May 2013, 00:48

Some old A500 PSUs are light, some newer ones are heavy, so it's not necessarily the newer ones that are light. My A500 has a light one while my A600 came with a heavy one.

Mrs Beanbag · 15 May 2013, 01:02

There was a smaller design of PSU that sometimes came with A1200s, seen here
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38...i/DSCN0057.jpg

roy bates · 15 May 2013, 01:03

the weight of the power supply is the heavy transformer inside the case with mutiple windings for stepdown voltages.

if anyone has wondered why a disk doesent click when a disk is in the drive,then look inside the drive youll see two push down switches push the one on the right down (and hold it)the drive light will come on for a few seconds and stop after that the drive will stop clicking because it thinks theres a disk in it.

the other switch is the write protect switch

the two switches are right next to each other on the left of the drive in the front of the bay if your curios.
and if your really lucky and have a high density drive theres a third switch on the right of the drive so it knows what disk is in it.

Marcuz · 15 May 2013, 01:21

Thank you guys!

gimbal · 15 May 2013, 11:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastardly

What's an "Amiga"?

There, I've said it.

Something... wonderful.

diablothe2nd · 15 May 2013, 12:27

what is the keyboard combination for the "easter egg" in workbench where you have to hold like 11 keys down (using your nose for one of them) and get a nice message from the developers

zipper · 15 May 2013, 12:55

http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/messages.html

XimeR · 17 May 2013, 02:00

I believe IDE & ATAPI are the same thing (if not, please correct me, I very well could be wrong)... What does ATAPI mean?

TCD · 17 May 2013, 14:21

"Advanced Technology Attachment with Packet Interface"

IDE is the precursor of ATAPI.

s2325 · 17 May 2013, 14:44

Is there more use to Amiga keys than to resetting machine?

Why inserting and ejecting disk is so loud?

diablothe2nd · 17 May 2013, 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

Is there more use to Amiga keys than to resetting machine?

yep, they're used for shortcuts like ctrl+c and ctrl+v does on the PC.

when you look at your right click menu you'll see some of them listed there

lilalurl · 17 May 2013, 15:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by diablothe2nd

yep, they're used for shortcuts like ctrl+c and ctrl+v does on the PC.

when you look at your right click menu you'll see some of them listed there

Add to that, in Workbench, that you can use right (IIRC) Amiga key + arrows to move the mouse cursor. Combine with some other keys (CTRL, ALT, SHIFT) for various effects (left and right click, faster cursor speed).

OscarBraindeaD · 17 May 2013, 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastardly

What's an "Amiga"?

There, I've said it.

Hi all,
I'm not sure if you're kidding, but in spanish, an amiga is a female friend.

Rob 1 · 17 May 2013, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by OscarBraindeaD

Hi all,
I'm not sure if you're kidding, but in spanish, an amiga is a female friend.

Yeah that's where the name comes from

A female Amigo

Toni Wilen · 17 May 2013, 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

"Advanced Technology Attachment with Packet Interface"

IDE is the precursor of ATAPI.

No. IDE (or ATA) is a bus type or command set. ATAPI is data transfer protocol over IDE bus.

Quote:

Originally Posted by XimeR

I believe IDE & ATAPI are the same thing (if not, please correct me, I very well could be wrong)... What does ATAPI mean?

ATAPI = SCSI over IDE, for C/DVD etc.. drives. (All IDE/ATA CD/DVD ROMs use SCSI command set)

Harddrives still use standard ATA command set. (Update ATA registers, write command byte to command register. This won't work with SCSI)

Mark Wright · 18 May 2013, 03:22

I always wondered why if you type = followed by return (equals sign) into a CLI window (even without a disk inserted) you're treated to "error in command name". There's no attempt to read a volume for a file, unlike virtually anything else you type into an open CLI window.

The above relates to KS 1.2/1.3 but I think KS2/3 display the same. Too obscure to bother raising it until now! I presume it's some sort of operand to use with stock CLI commands, but I always thought it odd that intuition accepts it on its own.

Something that's bugged me for years...

I can remember being uncertain about the pronounciation of esoteric computer-related things back at the beginning of the Amiga days. In an era before the internet and TV, none of us "heard" what things were called, we simply read about them in magazines and gave them our own vocal interpretation in discussions with friends, etc.

I've never been 100% sure if I'm right about the following:

I always said EXXX-COPY, but a friend insisted it was CROSS-COPY (with the X denoting cross, which kind of makes sense really). Mr Neuhaus? Can you clear this up once and for all please? By that logic, is Factor 5's EXXX-OUT pronounced CROSS OUT? But how should you pronounce ZED-OUT? Calling Jules Eggmeister!

I always said GEE (hard G - bee, pea, tea) ANNA SISTERS. A different friend (who I think had Italian roots) insisted it was GEE (gee-whiz, as in the bearded disco falsetto trio of gees) ANNA SISTERS. Armin! Help!? Oh.... :-(

I always said BAMIGA (like Fred and Wilma's club-happy son) SECTOR ONE. But I often heard the B and AMIGA separated among contacts - Bee Amiga... Chatterbox?

There are others I can't think of right now (I knew people who sounded the silent P in Psygnosis) but I wonder if anyone had a red face when they finally heard an official pronounciation of something they'd been mispronouncing for years ;-)

alkis21 · 18 May 2013, 10:33

I'm pretty sure it's EXXX-COPY and CROSS-OUT!

merlin1968 · 20 May 2013, 16:02

Does anyone know where I put the screws from my A4000 when I took the board out to send it for repair?

roy bates · 20 May 2013, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by merlin1968

Does anyone know where I put the screws from my A4000 when I took the board out to send it for repair?

hang on,i'll just get out my crystal ball

15 May 2013, 01:03	#24
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	the weight of the power supply is the heavy transformer inside the case with mutiple windings for stepdown voltages. if anyone has wondered why a disk doesent click when a disk is in the drive,then look inside the drive youll see two push down switches push the one on the right down (and hold it)the drive light will come on for a few seconds and stop after that the drive will stop clicking because it thinks theres a disk in it. the other switch is the write protect switch the two switches are right next to each other on the left of the drive in the front of the bay if your curios. and if your really lucky and have a high density drive theres a third switch on the right of the drive so it knows what disk is in it. Last edited by roy bates; 15 May 2013 at 01:22.

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15 May 2013, 00:39	#21
Mrs Beanbag Glastonbridge Software Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh/Scotland Posts: 2,243	A500 power brick is maybe just a simple mains frequency transformer, meaning it has to be very big and heavy to carry the power. Newer one I guess is a high-frequency switching design, which requires more complex electronics but a smaller and lighter transformer.

15 May 2013, 00:48	#22
demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 43 Posts: 4,190	Some old A500 PSUs are light, some newer ones are heavy, so it's not necessarily the newer ones that are light. My A500 has a light one while my A600 came with a heavy one.

15 May 2013, 01:02	#23
Mrs Beanbag Glastonbridge Software Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh/Scotland Posts: 2,243	There was a smaller design of PSU that sometimes came with A1200s, seen here http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38...i/DSCN0057.jpg

15 May 2013, 01:21	#25
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	Thank you guys!

15 May 2013, 12:27	#27
diablothe2nd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northamptonshire, UK Age: 41 Posts: 1,236	what is the keyboard combination for the "easter egg" in workbench where you have to hold like 11 keys down (using your nose for one of them) and get a nice message from the developers

15 May 2013, 12:55	#28
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/messages.html

17 May 2013, 02:00	#29
XimeR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Warrington, UK Age: 47 Posts: 116	I believe IDE & ATAPI are the same thing (if not, please correct me, I very well could be wrong)... What does ATAPI mean?

17 May 2013, 14:21	#30
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	"Advanced Technology Attachment with Packet Interface" IDE is the precursor of ATAPI.

17 May 2013, 14:44	#31
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Is there more use to Amiga keys than to resetting machine? Why inserting and ejecting disk is so loud?

18 May 2013, 03:22	#37
Mark Wright Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hove, actually Posts: 218	I always wondered why if you type = followed by return (equals sign) into a CLI window (even without a disk inserted) you're treated to "error in command name". There's no attempt to read a volume for a file, unlike virtually anything else you type into an open CLI window. The above relates to KS 1.2/1.3 but I think KS2/3 display the same. Too obscure to bother raising it until now! I presume it's some sort of operand to use with stock CLI commands, but I always thought it odd that intuition accepts it on its own. Something that's bugged me for years... I can remember being uncertain about the pronounciation of esoteric computer-related things back at the beginning of the Amiga days. In an era before the internet and TV, none of us "heard" what things were called, we simply read about them in magazines and gave them our own vocal interpretation in discussions with friends, etc. I've never been 100% sure if I'm right about the following: I always said EXXX-COPY, but a friend insisted it was CROSS-COPY (with the X denoting cross, which kind of makes sense really). Mr Neuhaus? Can you clear this up once and for all please? By that logic, is Factor 5's EXXX-OUT pronounced CROSS OUT? But how should you pronounce ZED-OUT? Calling Jules Eggmeister! I always said GEE (hard G - bee, pea, tea) ANNA SISTERS. A different friend (who I think had Italian roots) insisted it was GEE (gee-whiz, as in the bearded disco falsetto trio of gees) ANNA SISTERS. Armin! Help!? Oh.... :-( I always said BAMIGA (like Fred and Wilma's club-happy son) SECTOR ONE. But I often heard the B and AMIGA separated among contacts - Bee Amiga... Chatterbox? There are others I can't think of right now (I knew people who sounded the silent P in Psygnosis) but I wonder if anyone had a red face when they finally heard an official pronounciation of something they'd been mispronouncing for years ;-)

18 May 2013, 10:33	#38
alkis21 Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 49 Posts: 1,408	I'm pretty sure it's EXXX-COPY and CROSS-OUT!

20 May 2013, 16:02	#39
merlin1968 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Derby, UK Age: 55 Posts: 55	Does anyone know where I put the screws from my A4000 when I took the board out to send it for repair?

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