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N E W S & I N F O
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Speaking of power supplies. It seems that Gadgets new SST might need
a larger one...
From George Richardson (Merlin Group) on Genie...
...Dave and I have been aware of the power supply problem since way
back....Unfortunately, the only adequate solution to the internal supply
problem looks like a custom made job. There's no way Gadgets could make
back the money required to do this, now that the Mega has been
discontinued. As a result, we're considering an external "brick" type
supply that will be switched on by a relay board that plugs into the
extra power connector in the Mega. The new supply will only power the
SST board, the normal Mega power supply will handle the Mega itself and
the expansion board, if any. I realize that this is less than ideal, but
it's all I've been able to come up with that's affordable.
Question by Mike Valent on Genie...
How much power is this board going to require? Is the -030 that much of
a power drain, or is it the load of a full set of RAM chips?...Remember
that some of us will have the Moniterm board plugged into the extra
power connector.
Answer from George Richardson (Merlin Group) on Genie...
...the '030 is no problem at all, but four 1 meg x 8, 80ns SIMMs draw
almost 3 amps when active. Since only one bank of SIMMs is being
addressed at a time, the current draw on the board stays at about 3 amps
maximum and quite a bit lower when Fastram is not being accessed.
The relay board will have a pass through connector so that things like
the Moniterm will still be able to plug in. The SST also has a power
pass through connector. So does the Megatalk board, now that I think of
it.
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ATARI ENTERS MIDI TRAINING JOINT VENTURE - Press Release
Director Neils Hartvig- Neilsen (ICA) and Murray Brown (Western Canada
Sales Mng) announced an agreement has been reached and received approval
by Geoff Earle (General Sales Manager Atari Canada Corp.) Under the
agreement Atari Canada will provide B.C. dealers wishing to participate
in the program with posters and promotional material which offer any
purchaser of an Atari ST a five hundred dollar training allowance
towards a course offered by the Institute of Communication Arts. ICA is
one of the most respected digital arts learning institution in North
America. They have a multitude of Atari equipment connected to the
latest music equipment and specialize in teaching high-tech digital
recording techniques. "We are very positive towards this move as it is
the first training course Atari has offered to users and could be the
start of other courses being offered", stated Murray Brown.
HOTWIRE VERSION 3.0 - Press Release
CodeHead Software Announces HotWire 3.0. CodeHead's HotWire now offers
even more power than before! With a SINGLE keypress or mouse click you
can start up to 74 Programs, Documents, Menus, ASSIGN.SYS files,
MultiDesk Setup Files, or Work Files!! HotWire 3.0 is now fully
compatible with the Atari TT as well as the Mega STe...all resolutions
on all Atari computers including all large-screen monitors! The many
auxiliary programs included in the HotWire package are also now TT-
compatible. HotWire includes a special version of Charles Johnson's
Button Fix accessory that communicates with HotWire to let you enable or
disable BUTTNFIX automatically for each program. This solves the
notorious "double button press" problem with TOS versions 1.4 and
higher. Many other enhancements, bug fixes, and user interface tweaks
make this new version of HotWire a MAJOR upgrade. Suggested retail
price for HotWire 3.0 is $44.95, or you can get HotWire Plus -- HotWire
packaged together with MaxiFile -- for $69.95, a savings of $15.
CodeHead Products are available from your local Atari dealer, through
mail-order houses, or directly from CodeHead Software: CodeHead
Software, P.O. Box 74090, Los Angeles, CA 90004, Phone: (213) 386-5735,
FAX: (213) 386-5789, BBS: (213) 461-2095.
BORLAND SHIPS OBJECTVISION
Borland announced it has begun shipping ObjectVision, a new visual
programming tool that enables non-technical professionals and managers
to easily create interactive business applications for Microsoft Windows
3.0. The new product combines popular features from spreadsheets,
databases, forms products and front ends into an easy-to-use WYSIWYG
application. ObjectVision's suggested retail price is $495 but will be
offered in the United States and Canada at a special introductory price
of $99.95 through May 31.
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Question from R.Randall5 on Genie...
I had received a copy of FATSPEED...so I decided to give it a try...My
question is:...Are there potential conflicts? Could the performance
obtained with FATSPEED be obtained with proper tuning of ICDHOST para-
meters alone...This is by far the best disk performance that I've seen
yet.
Answer from Nevin Shalit (PageStream Sysop) on Genie...
Fatspeed is great. I've used it for at least 2 years on both TOS 1.0 and
TOS 1.2 machines, with Atari and ICD hard drives. You need Fatspeed as
the ICD software does not duplicate its functions.
Answer from Tom (ICD) on Genie...
Fatspeed addresses a problem with TOS 1.0 and 1.2 versions. TOS 1.4
fixed it so fatspeed is not necessary. Since 1.4 was shipping when we
came out with caching (at least to developers) and Fatspeed was already
there, we didn't see it as necessary. By all means, use Fatspeed if you
have TOS 1.0 or 1.2.
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