VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, ST. AUGUSTINE CENTER
MEETING STARTS - 09:30 - MAY 13 th
As in recent meetings, we will take the first part of the meeting to go round the table - for attendees to pass on information they'd like to share with the rest of us. Also, we'll take the opportunity for folks to bring up problems they've encountered. If they've solved them, they can tell us how. If not, we can attempt to solve them - or provide pointers to possible solutions. A chance for everyone!
Following this, prez Emil Volcheck will discuss the process of installing or re-installing Windows 95. He has done this a couple of dozen times in the last year or so and has tips, etc. to pass on. There is a checklist on the BBS you can grab before the meeting, if you wish.
MAIN LINE AMIGA USERS - John's Place
REMINDER
We will no longer meet regularly at Villanova University. Instead we will continue to meet at 2210 Lantern Lane in Lafayette Hill. We will also be trying to start our meetings a half hour earlier at 9:00AM instead of 9:30AM. So, please note the change of starting time.
Unless you are a total hermit - and use your computer for games and avoid all other forms of information - you will have noticed that many outfits are promoting some form of DSL phone service for direct and fast connection to the internet. Your editor just recently subscribed to such a service. I thought it would be informative to recount my current and future experiences with the technology. So, p.2 has a summary of the process of installation and first couple of weeks of useage. Assuming the service works well - and I stay with it - I'll provide future updates as appropriate!
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AN xDSL STORY
by Emil Volcheck
GETTING STARTED
Well, at 14:00, April 17, 2000, an IDSL line became operable at my home.
Since I live pretty far from a DSL Central Office (CO), I did not expect to be
able to have such a service. However, Conectiv Communications offers a special
variety of DSL called IDSL - and as far as I have found, they are the only
purveyors of this breed. It is a lower thruput variety of the xDSL family -
with a max of about 144 Kbps (compared to 1.5 Mbps or higher for ADSL or SDSL).
But, it offers the always on and dedicated line that is a feature of DSL
technology.
Since I turned out to be customer #4 for the service in Chester County, I
thought I would share my experiences here. Mayhap others, who have ADSL or
such, would share theirs - and we can get some dialogue going at our meetings?
Since Conectiv leases their lines from Bell-Atlantic, BA installs the phone
line and provides the CO facilities. Conectiv then provides the DSL hardware
inside your home and installs their hardware in the BA CO. This gives a
situation with good possibilities for problems working with two vendors who may
not be altogether friendly. My installation suffered from significant problems
with BA getting a proper installation of the special phone line setup that IDSL
needs. It took about 4 visits from the BA installers and 2 visits, plus
telephone hand holding from Conectiv before it all got together.
But, it finally got running. For the initial setup, a DSL "modem" (which is
actually a Cisco Systems model 802 router) connected to the special phone line
and one PC was connected to the router via an ethernet card. A multi-port hub
(actually a 5-port 10/100 switch) was standing by to connect other computers in
the house; so they can share the DSL service. I'll report on how that went, a
bit later.
VERY NICE BENEFIT OF THE
"ALWAYS-ON" FEATURE OF DSL
One can set the SETI software to automatically - when finished computing a data
unit - contact the SETI server, send the calculation results then download a
new packet and go back to computing. The packet download takes about 20
seconds or so with our slow speed DSL (vs. about two minutes for dialup).
If I could get all the computers I have running SETI on that mode, I'd probably
increase productivity by 50-100%
With about a week's service, the IDSL seems to be doing its job just fine.
I now have one computer, the DSL router and our ethernet hub on a UPS for
protection of its continuous on operation.
Time to start getting sensitive to the internet insecurity of this system!
BEGINNING TO WORK LIKE IT SHOULD
After some fits and starts - too long to chronicle here - my IDSL hookup from
Conectiv appears to be working fine.
Have three PCs and a Macintosh connected thru a 10/100 5-port switch to the
Cisco Systems model 802 DSL router.
Three of the computers are running SETI when not doing something else - and
they are set for automatic data upload/download to the SETI server. That is
working very well; so I do not have to closely watch them to get the data
updated without delay - nice! Now if I could get all the other computers in
the project to do that!
SUMMARY FOR APRIL
While my experience is brief, it looks like if you are too far from a CO for
ADSL or SDSL to work, this long range IDSL may be a viable option.
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COMPUTER HELP !! - any one who tells you that computers are simple, easy-to-use
and user-friendly probably doesn't make much use of a computer! Even when we
started to use our Commodore computers, we rapidly found that they had minds of
their own and stubbornly refused to do what we wanted - only what we told them
to do (even when we told them something different that what we WANTED!)!
With most of us making significant use of newer beasts, the truism is even
truer. Hence the need for continued help. Obviously, we feel that your local
user group is an ideal (but NOT total) source of such help. But, while the
number of computer users has gone up immensely, the membership in user groups
has gone down - even in user groups that support the ubiquitous PC!
Regardless of the cause of this disconnect, another (also not well enough used)
source of help is the magazine. And, at last month's meeting, folks were
reminded of a very helpful magazine targeted at the PC user - novice to
experienced - called "Smart Computing" (formerly called PC Novice). It offers
a wide range of helpful tips, reviews, etc. - and has a strong tutorial bent.
There is very little advertising (most of it being for their own publications);
so the editorial content is high. Not sure how they survive, but they have
been around for more than a few years.
An alternate publication, with many of the same virtues is called "Practical
Windows". It is a slimmer publication, almost totally free of ads (again one
wonders if they will be able to stay afloat?), and targeted a bit more toward
the novice. Tho, even non-novices will find much of interest. Each issue is
accompanied by a CD-ROM disk - which contains copies of all the freeware and
shareware programs discussed in the issue, along with some of the programs
developed by the PW columnist(s). It also always carries copies of common
utilities like PKzip. This CD makes PW a very fine resource for the PC user.
Both publications are worth your effort and either, or both, are worth your
cost of a subscription. As my earlier comments indicate - users need help and
these are very good resources.
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[Here's a first response to my appeal last month for member contributions to
the newsletter]
An excellent source to improve your knowledge of PCs and Macintosh computers
In the Spring 2000 catalog there were a total of 37 Courses being presented,
some courses, such as Introduction to Microsoft Windows, had as many as 7
different classes. Classes are held at the Conestoga High School, Harriton
High School, (Beaumont Community), Lower Merion High School and Archbishop
Carroll High School in Radnor. Most classes run for an Hour with a couple that
run for an hour and a half. The course length in most cases is 5 weeks which
might prevent getting a real in depth exposure. However there are a few
courses that run for 10 weeks. The cost of the courses run from $28.00 to
$76.00.
The School has a Web site - WWW.mainlineschoolnight.org - although I haven't
tried hitting the site Im sure there should be a lot of detailed information
regarding the courses. The mailing address is MLSN, 260 Gulph Creek Road,
Radnor, PA 19087-4519 610-687-4560.
I am presently enrolled in PC Upgrade and Repair CO2029 which is being
conducted at the Lower Merion High School, Tuesday Night from 7 to 8, for a
total of 5 nights. There are 20 students in the class which is conducted by
Ms. Rebeka Karrant, Field Engineer, Electrical Department, Villanova
University.
The course is described as follows in the catalog: -
What's the difference between SCI and IDE? PCI and ISA? What is L2 Cache? Learn
the basics of PC- compatible upgrade and repair while you gain a working
knowledge of the architecture of the IBM PC. Find out how to install hard
drives; videos, sound and I/O adapter cards; RAM and more
Sure sounds like a lot to learn in a 5 hour cycle! The text book consists of 45
pages of printed text that Rebeka had developed in giving the course, HARD
FACTS ABOUT HARDWARE and cost $7.00 but purchase in not mandatory.
Students are invited to bring in their own PCs should they want any help in
making an upgrade or to open up the case under an experienced guide. I brought
an IBM 286 Horizontal Dinosaur in that Rebeka was able to open up and show the
class what the insides of a PC looked like.
Interesting side lights - Rebeka was very positive in recommending the DELL
line of computers - GATEWAY was at the bottom of the list. She thought that
GATEWAY had fallen behind in the last couple of years.
She spoke very highly of SMART COMPUTING as a monthly magazine along with the
Guide & Learing Series
In Rebekas Computer Hardware Bibliography she top rated Upgrading and Repairing
PCs (11th Edition) by Scott Mueller, Que Books. Being a push over for books
and manuals I ordered this through Borders.com and it took about four days for
delivery with a total cost of $45.94 including shipping. The same book would
have cost $51.99 plus sales tax at Microcenter and I would have had to carry
the 1,628 page, 6# goliath home.
I started this little project after the second session of the course and I am
now at the point where the course has been completed.
At the third session Ms. Rebeka distributed the past copies of the MLCUG club
bulletins. I had attached a label created through LAZLABL program announcing
that the next meeting of the club would be on Saturday, May 13, 2000 and that
they were invited to attend for a Look See without feeling any obligation to
become members. One of the class indicated an interest but couldn't make the
next meeting.
The fourth session of the class I think was a little blow to Ms. Rebeka as
only 8 members of the class of 20 showed up. She had an array of floppy
drives, hard drives and CD-ROM drives that were passed around the class. One
of the class members brought in an IBM APTIVA which the class was able to
observe after the case was removed. Not having seen very many Motherboards I
was impressed to see that the CPU chip had a sinkhead and a small fan on the
top to help keep it cool.One of the things that Rebeka tried to impress on the
class was the importance of keeping the PC free of dust.
The fifth and final session of the course was held tonight and the attendance
increased to a total of 10. Most of the time was spent on talking about the
various hardware components. Rebeka had an old motherboard which was passed
around the class. Unfortunately time ran out and two of the students who had
brought in their PCs for inspection lost out.
I think some of the students might have been a little disappointed in that the
actual hands on and touching of the various components was rather limited. The
scope of the course was just too broad to be covered in the time frame of 5
hours.
[submitted by Martin Caulfield]
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WIN TIP OF THE MONTH
Troubleshooting the Boot (Win 9x)
If Windows fails to boot properly, press F8 while it boots for the Windows
StartUp menu, and pick the Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT) option. It attempts a normal
boot but records the status of every step Windows takes during the process. You
can use this option to log a failed boot. Then, reboot to Safe mode if
necessary and use a text editor to open BOOTLOG.TXT (in your root directory).
Search for "fail" to find the boot steps Windows had trouble with. Failed steps
are often excellent clues to the cause of the problem.
[another tip]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
FOR SALE: the club has an increasingly large inventory of Commodore stuff -
software, computers, disk drives, monitors, printers, etc. We have recently
been getting a number of sales via the info posted on the MLCUG web page. But,
those sales have just scratched the surface of our inventory!
So, if you are in need of replacements or augmentation, please contact Charles
Curran - he has most of the stuff and the prices are VERY reasonable!!!
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We started the April meeting with about an hour of round-the-table
announcements, followed by Q&A (ie. problem solving, we hope!)! This format
again provided the opportunity for every attendee to get a word(s) in edgewise!
And, we appear to be providing help - the MAIN reason for the club's
existence...
For the "meeting program", we again turned things over to member John Murphy.
John did a followup on the C-64/C-128 emulator demo of last month. This time,
he concentrated on two utilities that let you get your Commodore files onto the
hard drive of a PC so that they can be used by the emulators.
The first demo was a program called "Star Commander". This utility will allow
you to copy the contents of 1541, 1571, etc. disks as disk images to your hard
drive. It requires that you have a special cable - the "1541 cable" - that has
a Commodore serial connector (DIN-6) on one end and a DB-25 connector - for the
printer port - on the other end. The cables are available for purchase, or you
can make your own as the pinout info is readily available. John can provide it
to anyone interested.
Star Commander is pretty slow - as it talks to your 1541/71 disk drive at the
normal (slow) speed that we were all used to before the advent of JiffyDOS and
other disk speed up systems. But, it is pretty versatile.
The second demo was a program called "1581COPY". This utility will copy a 1581
disk to a .d81 disk image on your hard drive. It uses your built-in 3.5
floppy drive; so it requires nothing special except installing the software
driver!!
Unlike Star Commander, 1581copy is FAST (!). It copies the complete contents
of a 1581 disk in less than 45 seconds! This is faster than your PC normally
formats a disk - quite satisfactory. Whether the disk is full, or has only a
few files, makes no difference, as an image of all the tracks and sectors is
produced on the hard drive.
An emulator like the WinVICE that John showed in March can use all the formats
that either of these programs use. Personally, the ease of using 1581 disks,
no special cable and the speed of copying make 1581COPY preferred in my book.
Only if your software requires the specific format of a 1541 disk make it
necessary to use the Star Commander cum cable.
If you have software to try out, look for these utilities on the BBS. And let
us know how you make out - with your favorite Commodore program(s)!!!
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Good Things in Small Packages (Win9x)
Are those icons that are cluttering your desktop getting you down? Bring them
down to size and give yourself more room. Right-click on the Desktop and select
Properties. Click on the Appearance tab, then the Item drop-down menu. Select
Icon, then pick a size of 16 (the default is 32). Click on OK. (This works best
if you make the words under the icons as short as possible)
P.S: I tried a setting of 24 - worked OK. You can choose the size in units of
one pixel, apparently.EJV.
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by Emil Volcheck
Last month, I touted the virtues of the DOS "doskey" utility to make simple
macros to do repetitive things (like the diskcopy function that I illustrated).
However, it is possible to use doskey to make many simple macros available
whenever you have moved to a DOS prompt.
The secret is to add the following two lines to your autoexec.bat file (in the
root directory of your C: drive):
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY
C:\BATCH\macros.bat
You will have had to create a BATCH directory and installed a "macros.bat"
batch file therein. This batch file - when run during startup - creates the
library of macros via the doskey utility.
For each macro that you desire, the macro.bat file should contain a line that -
when executed - invokes doskey to make the macro. Here is what a sample of
such a batch file would look like:
@ECHO OFF
rem DOSKEY macros batch file
rem Created 5/3/00
rem Last update: 5/3/00
DOSKEY VCOPY=diskcopy a: a: /v
Each line like the last one creates the macro command - in this case the vcopy
(verifies diskcopy) command that I illustrated last time.
So, if you make use of the DOS environment at all, you should find macros to be
quite helpful. And, if you use any, why not tell use about them - a short
article for the newsletter will always be welcomed (hint! hint!)!!
Our small elite group of Amiga enthusiasts and hobbyists convened in
April for our normal monthly meeting. This time we made good on our
goal of installing a variant of the Unix OS on Amiga hardware.
Because of the maximum availability of various hardware drivers, we
selected to install Linux as our Unix variant of choice.
For our May meeting we will try to continue from our ending point in
April. In April we had just enough time to complete the
installation, but not enough time to boot-up Linux for a
demonstration of the newly installed system. So, May will hopefully
be a time to cover the initial basics of running and configuring a
Unix operating system.
THE FUTURE OF OUR AMIGA SIG MEETINGS
As you probably know by now, the Amiga SIG will no longer meet
regularly at Villanova University. Instead we will continue to meet
at 2210 Lantern Lane in Lafayette Hill. We will also be trying to
start our meetings a half hour earlier at 9:00AM instead of 9:30AM.
So, please note the change of starting time.
PREPPING DRIVES BIGGER THAN 4GB
I am still one of those Amiga users who have refrained from
unquestioningly upgrading my Amiga OS from version 3.1 to 3.5. If
you are one of those who have kept tabs on what others are saying
about OS3.5, you too may be a bit hesitant to make the change. OS3.5
has changed the way the color palette is handled which does
occasionally cause some minor problems. In addition there have been
many other subtle changes which occasionally cause somebody grief
with their software.
On the plus side, OS3.5 handles hard drives bigger than 4GB and
partitions greater than 2GB. Having OS3.1, the first hurdle during
our meeting was to prep the virgin 4.3GB hard drive we had for the
Linux installation that was to follow. In our initial attempt to
prep the drive, we tried using the Amiga's OS3.1 HDTOOLBOX. When
HDTOOLBOX tried to read the drive parameters, it immediately GURU'd
the system. Since I'm an advocate and user of PFS (Professional File
System), we next tried the PFS3 HDINSTTOOLS utility. It performed
flawlessly in reading the drive's parameters and writing them to the
RDB (Rigid Disk Block). However, we had difficulty setting up the
partition type identifiers. So, we switched back to using HDTOOLBOX
which was now able to identify the 4.3GB drive from the RDB
information, and used it to setup the custom partition identifiers
needed for the installation of Linux.
In preparation for Linux, we created a 1.8GB working partition and a
132MB swap partition, both with their individual custom partition
identifiers written to the RDB. All the installation work was done
on an external portable SCSI hard drive. The idea was to setup Linux
so as to be able to connect and boot from the hard drive on a couple
of different Amigas - a Blizzard 1260 equipped A1200 with a NE2000
compatible Ethernet PCMCIA card and a Blizzard 2060 equipped A2000
with PicassoII video board, GVP I/O board, and Ariadne ethernet
board. The hard drive was selected to be big enough to allow
multiple Linux boot partitions if necessary.
OFF-THE-CUFF A1200 LINUX INSTALL
Our installation of Linux was very much an off-the-cuff installation.
Everyone at the meeting got to see first hand some of the potential
installation pitfalls. I had done next to no preparation other than
read and review the 2 CDROM jewel case jackets for compatibility
related concerns. At our disposal, we had 2 CDROM packages from
which to choose what Unix variant we wanted to install.
The first CDROM package was the LINUX UNOFFICIAL REDHAT 5.1 ported by
Jes Sorensen for the Amiga. This was the older CDROM.
The second package was THE AMIGA UNIX COMPENDIUM V1.2. This is a
package of 3 CDROMS - Linux for the PowerPC, Linux for m68k, and
NetBSD. As mentioned previously, we chose to install Linux for m68k
because it seemed the most compatible to the hardware of our Amiga
and had a more simplified set of installation instructions and
installer software.
Installation on my Blizzard 1260 equipped A1200 went relatively
smoothly except for two exceptions mentioned below. Later that same
day I tried re-installing Linux while using my A2000. I encountered
several other problems during that attempt. See the POST MEETING
section further below for details.
First exception, the on-screen installation instructions were
occasionally confusing to us Unix dummies, but we guessed our way
through realizing we could always redo the installation.
Second exception, we initially tried to install the newer 2.3.16
version, but encountered an apparent system lockup. Our work-around
was to install the 2.0.33pl1 version which luckily worked just fine.
One word of caution, the installation asks if you want the installer
to do a thorough check of the hard drive partitions before installing
any software. This isn't a problem for the smaller swap partition,
but the bigger working partition can take awhile. You may opt to not
check the working partition to save some time and risk the small
probability of later having a problem.
CALLING TED DEAN
While we were waiting for the Linux to install, we made a long
distance call to Ted Dean in Arizona to see how things were going for
him after his recent move. We spoke with Ted for several minutes on
a speaker phone. Ted seemed in good spirits considering the stresses
of moving.
NEW SITE FOR APDF
At the end of the meeting, we covered the latest Amiga software for
handling PDF (Portable Document Formatted) files. APDF is a spinoff
from XPDF and is now at version 2.2. Links to download it can be
found at the:
web site along with a link to the decryption module at:
ftp://ftp.meanmachine.ch/pub/amiga/apdf/ApdfDecrypt_68k.lzx
POST MEETING FINDINGS...
A2000 LINUX INSTALL
Hours after our monthly meeting, I re-installed Linux, but this time
using my A2000. During this installation I encountered some
additional problems.
First, I found that the installation process always seemed to lock
up. What I discovered was that my video display was really in a
locked up mode. The solution was to first put my Amiga in a native
screen mode display rather than execute the installation from my
PicassoII Cybergraphix screen mode.
Second, Linux balked at my Jaz drive with the cartridge removed. The
solution was to insert the cartridge or turn the drive off completely.
Third, Linux got confused and couldn't find the installation CDROM
when I had both of my CDROM drives running. The solution was to turn
off the second CDROM drive.
UP & RUNNING
Once Linux was installed on my A2000, I was hesitant to run it. My
hesitation arose from my knowledge that Linux has a definitive
shutdown process, but I didn't know what that was and I knew it was
important to follow the process if I did not want to corrupt the
software. After some research, I discovered mention of the SHUTDOWN
command in the documentation. The SHUTDOWN command requires some
arguments. Currently, I use the following command syntax issued in
lower case to shutdown:
SHUTDOWN -R NOW
Finally knowing how to shut it down, I booted Linux and logged in as
ROOT, creating a password in the process. A lot of text flies by on
the screen during the boot process only to finally leave you staring
at an unfriendly command prompt. How disconcerting in this day and
age of many friendlier operating systems. Being familiar with CP/M,
MSDOS, and the Amiga's CLI made navigating and executing a few simple
commands not much of a problem for me, but I still hesitated at
jumping into this system too fast wanting to leave some of the
excitement for the next SIG meeting.
Having read parts of the old A3000 Commodore Unix book in the past, I
knew there was supposed to be an online help manual called MAN, but
it did not exist. Eventually, after reading more of the documents on
the Linux CDROM, I discovered that the system does not create the MAN
during installation and that the MAKEWHATIS command creates it. In
fact, I believe this command may need to be executed after any
software installation or upgrade to assure that any new documentation
gets integrated into the MAN, but this and other details are better
left for discussion and presentation at the next meeting.
FUTURE MEETINGS
If you have either software or hardware for your Amiga that has taken
your fancy, please bring it to our attention. I'm sure your specific
interests will be of interest to others. Let me know if this is the
case at the next meeting, or leave me email on our BBS. Remember, a
user group is only as rewarding as the sum of the efforts of its
individual members.
DIRECTIONS FOR ST. AUGUSTINE CENTER MEETING ROOM
Meetings are in the St. Augustine Center at Villanova University. The 8-bit
and PC sessions will be in Room 110 (Amigans at John Deker's house).
Enter from the ITHAN AVENUE main gate, then proceed to the 2-level parking
building adjacent to St. Augustine, on the Ithan Avenue side.
NOTE: maps on our webpage -
http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mlcug/
May 13 May 17
June 10 June 21
July 8 July 19
* = first Saturday ** = second Wednesday
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EDITOR: Emil J. Volcheck, Jr. 1046 General Allen Lane West Chester, PA
19382-8030
(Produced with C-128D/SCPU 128, RAMlink, HD-40/85, 1571, FD-4000, THE WRITE
STUFF 128, XETEC Super Grafix, Canon BJ-200ex, Swiftlink and Motorola 288
modem)
MLCUG BBS: 610-828-1359 ( 300 --> 33600 bps ), 24 hr/day
WWW: http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/mlcug/
PUBLICITY: Robyn Josephs 610-565-4058
DISK ORDERS: Charlie Curran 610-446-5239
VILLANOVA SPONSOR: Prof. Frank Maloney, Dept. of Astronomy
MLCUG STEERING COMMITTEE:
PRESIDENT: Emil Volcheck 610-388-1581 SECRETARY: Charles Curran 610-446-5239
TREAS/MEMBERS: Dewitt Stewart 610-623-5145 SYSOP/AMIGA SIG: John Deker 610-828-7897
INTERNET/Linux:Peter Whinnery 610-284-5234 DATABASE: Layton Fireng 610-688-2080
AT LARGE: Tom Johnson 610-525-3440 AT LARGE: John Murphy 610-935-4398
ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMENTS
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WIN TIP OF THE MONTH
DOS CAN BE VERY HELPFUL!
MAIN LINE AMIGA USER HAPPENINGS
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64/128/PC/Amiga Meetings 2000 Steering Committee Meetings