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13 yrs old... brother let him borrow "jay and silent bob" a week ago... just found out what a dildo was yesterday while he searched his mother's drawers for a pair of undies to sniff.
I wasnt referring to you
13 yrs old... brother let him borrow "jay and silent bob" a week ago... just found out what a dildo was yesterday while he searched his mother's drawers for a pair of undies to sniff.
Speccy > C64
Speccy > C64
Damn the ZX
WildCobra reminds me of Quagmire
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I agree. Stalking should be above reproach, regardless how dreadful your bed is.
There you go again, proving you absolute stupidity. This was not stalking.
You should stop the personal attacks against me. They all are failures. At least be kind to others, and use an appropriate thread rather than keeping one hijacked.
32 yrs old, male secretary, holds his hair in a bun with a pencil and undoes said bun when pleasuring his boss orally.... just found out has no gag reflex while gobbling client's s for more tshirt sales.
Back on topic.
If anyone has an A500 with a revision 6A motherboard, I can tell you how to give it 2 megs of chip ram without the modification sold in the past. All on the motherboard.
I posted the instructions back in '92 on a BBS, but I doubt we can find that now.
unless you work in an IT department, you have no idea how many systems still require floppy drives.
For instance, even some of todays computers require a floppy drive to load RAID drivers when reloading the OS. At my place of business alone, there are data gathering modules that connect through serial ports on PC's. Who the uses serial ports now? They do.
Im talking about multi-million dollar contracts that range from simple helmet testing to the NASA Columbia crash, to even higher levels of I dont have access to. I knew what happened to the Columbia almost a year before the official release... To this day, NASA has a contract where they continue to test different materials fired at different angles at NASA equipment. I just cant talk about like that (well, I can about Columbia since its been released, but there are other things that havnt been released to the public) because I am under contract and could easily lose my job, if not be put in jail, if I disclosed some of the I see on a day to day basis at Southwest Research.
I will readily agree, its ing sad that they still use "antiquated" systems for data logging. In fact, today they had to do a liquid flow test for some I dont understand... The computer was Windows 2000 and they wanted it back on the network.... I got in a big ass arguement because we just cant have windows 2000 on the network anymore... its a security risk now and wont work with the new network cluster we have setup which has been updated to support Windows 7, and well, Windows 2000 is over ing 10 years old!!! Microsoft doesnt even support it anymore!!!
We have told these ers for 3 months, they need to upgrade.... Its a ed up system they have there... They readilly buy the hardware, thats not the problem.... The problem is getting them to buy a new enterprise license for an upgraded version of the software and a new data collection unit.
For this particular project, the software license is about $2500 a year and to get an upgraded data collection unit thats compatible with just Windows XP would cost upwards of $10,000 per unit. unfortunately, thats not in the budget right now
So, here I am having to argue this with a guy/girl that has a MASTERS degree and they cant understand the simple fact that its just not feasable to do what they want.
OK... Sorry for going off on a rant, I just got fed up today and had to vent.
My point was, Floppy is still required in some situations, and I have already told my boss about the new commodores... We have "loaner" systems that we let people use when we have to reload their machines.... These would be SO much easier to lug around than a big ass 20-40lb desktop tower, and we have an enterprise license of XP and 7 so we could reload them with that in a snap.
I swear, the workstations Dell is putting out now HAVE to be made out of lead (the cases). They are ing heavy!!
Last edited by phyzik; 09-09-2010 at 01:01 AM.
I might have to dig out my Amiga to try this . Not sure if its the same though.... Havnt looked at it in years.... Pretty sure its an A500 though.Back on topic.
If anyone has an A500 with a revision 6A motherboard, I can tell you how to give it 2 megs of chip ram without the modification sold in the past. All on the motherboard.
I posted the instructions back in '92 on a BBS, but I doubt we can find that now.
It's not always that simple to upgrade. Some software simply is too complex to port over to a different system. As for security, most businesses don't have access from the outside to all subsystems.
Ohhh. Trust me, I know... I would be the one doing the upgrading.... Thats not the problem.
The software is there, they just need to purchase a new license and the hardware that goes with it.
As far as "most businesses" I can understand if you might not have heard of Southwest Research. , I just thought they tested on Monkeys for the longest time.... Its one of the biggest contractors for the government in just about anything.... Boeing, NASA, Michelin tires, Castrol oil, and many other huge companies contract Southwest Research to test (and develope) their products. Almost all contracts are government funded.... this is not some small company... The ins ute is probably 1,200 acres, not including the biomedical station across the street or the few remote locations around the country... The main ins ute where I work at provides nearly 2 million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops and offices. That facility alone in 2009 created a revenue of almost $600 million from what I remember. And this is a non-profit orginization.
The problem is they just dont want to spend the money on the licensing and , yet they have no problem purchasing $6000 workstations that they use to check email and play solitair. Sometimes they occasionally render in Pro/E or Solidworks....
Its ing infuriating!!!
On the whole though, I wouldnt trade my job for anything short of winning the mega millions (it pays well and is a VERY lax environment.... Drinks with the devision lead during lunch? yes!!!), SwRI is pretty interesting if you want to look it up and maybe, if you are qualified, can apply for a possition. I dont think they are hiring right now but if you get in, you will see that will blow your mind...
http://www.swri.org
Research areas include:
Aerospace Electronics and Information Technology
Applied Physics
Applied Power
Automation and Data Systems
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research
Fuels and Lubricants Research
Geosciences and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Signal Exploitation and Geolocation
Space Science and Engineering
Training, Simulation, and Performance Improvement
Last edited by phyzik; 09-09-2010 at 01:33 AM.
Double check a few things first. I reconstructed this modification mostly from memory without an actual rev 6A in front of me. I found the photo that I cropped and modified on line, along with schematics. When I did this, I carefully verified actual connections. I'm pretty sure I'm right, but cannot guarantee it.
Verify that the top right pad of the 2x4 pads goes to pin 35 of Agnus and the top left goes to pin 48 of the 68000 (Address A20). Pin 35 is the external clock for the "A" version, but A20 for the "B" version. It's hard to read the online schematic I found, but Agnus pin 56(?) is the /RAS1 for the 2 bank memory, 8 256k x 4 chips for 1 meg, and /RAS1 isn't used for just 1 bank of 4 chips. /RAS0 is. With the (B) Agnus, it is DRAM address 9 (DRA9). This should go to pin 2 of U35 if I read the schematic right.
You see, you can simply add four 256k x 4 memory to it and have 1 meg chip memory. Only /RAS0 is needed for 1 bank.
The 2x2 jumper changes should reroute /RAS0 (after latching though the 74F244 U35, pin 15 to 5) from the occupied bank of 256kx4 pin 4 to the unoccupied bank pin 4 where the 1 meg x 4 will be placed. What was /RAS1 (8372A) is A20 (8372B), latches through the 74F244 U35, 2 to 18, rerouted to pin 5 of U16 to U23. In the first bank, U16 to U19, pin 4 and 5 are connected, so the 1meg x 4 memory cannot be used there. The 256k x 4 memory chips pin 5 is NC, but A9 for the 1 meg x 4.
A500 rev 6a and rev 7 schematic
JDEC memory pinout goto PDF page 77
A500 board photos
Phyzik...
How much does the software licensing run for the number of systems they would need?
I've see platform changes things up before. maybe without knowing for certain, they want to stick with the devil they know?
I doubt it would blow my mind. I worked rapid research and development for four years in the semiconductor industry making CMP equipment when it was still new technology. We had a skunkworks project at our location on our prototype equipment for Copper IC interconnect development in 1995, long before copper was used commercially. I was probably the first person in the world to do a CMP process on 300mm oxide wafers of various types, in 199... 1996, maybe 1995. I forget now. I have already worked on the cutting edge. Best job satisfaction I ever had, but stressful at times. I earned a few gray hairs, and haven't received any more since leaving the company in 1998.
Unless they have a Portland area office, I'm not interested. This is home for me.
The software license would be an enterprise license... meaning we could install it on as many systems as we want.... The company is devided into devisions... which are then devided into sections... Each section is responsible for their own budget, which then is governed by a division lead... There are almost 20 divisions in the ins ute, each specializing in a certain field.
The problem lies in the fact that our network just cant support Windows 2000 anymore. Not only does it not WORK on the network (Windows 2000 wont be able to see our shared drives), it would be a security liability even if we COULD get it to work. Microsoft doesnt even support it anymore. We cant afford to have a windows 2000 machine on the network.... There are no more security updates for it.
The software they now use is over 10 years old. They need to upgrade. bottom line.
We ran into a similar problem with Windows NT and "let it go" back in 1997 or so... We had to spend 12 hours, just in our division, cleaning computers of the CIH virus (Chernobyl virus) back in 1998. Then again in 2003 with the Blaster Virus.... Then again in 2007 (at this point about 96% of our system where running windows XP, but some where still running Windows 2000) with the Storm Worm.... At that point, we said no more.
Let me put it this way.... The hourly cost of us having to "fix" these issues is ALOT more costly to the company than just doing the proper, necessary upgrade.
It would be a problem if we tried to use software developed over 10 years ago on Windows 7 or even XP, most of our systems are 64-bit now and the software just flat out doesnt work on 64-bit... The thing is, the companies that own this software have new versions that DO work with XP and 7. There would be little down time if they just spent the money for new software and equipment!
Not to mention the fact that alot of the systems that are still running windows 2000 have popped capacitors and crash constantly.... We have charged more time on these systems than it would have cost for them to upgrade everything 6 months ago.
Last edited by phyzik; 09-09-2010 at 02:46 AM.
Did you ever try this?
I have wanted to work there for a very long time, but I am not an engineer/scientist, I would have to get a job doing financial analysis for their projects. That would honestly be my dream job (described generically as a job where I basically do the financials for a research company, specifically I would like to own an energy research company (still doing the financials) as that would marry the two things that I find most interesting)Ohhh. Trust me, I know... I would be the one doing the upgrading.... Thats not the problem.
The software is there, they just need to purchase a new license and the hardware that goes with it.
As far as "most businesses" I can understand if you might not have heard of Southwest Research. , I just thought they tested on Monkeys for the longest time.... Its one of the biggest contractors for the government in just about anything.... Boeing, NASA, Michelin tires, Castrol oil, and many other huge companies contract Southwest Research to test (and develope) their products. Almost all contracts are government funded.... this is not some small company... The ins ute is probably 1,200 acres, not including the biomedical station across the street or the few remote locations around the country... The main ins ute where I work at provides nearly 2 million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops and offices. That facility alone in 2009 created a revenue of almost $600 million from what I remember. And this is a non-profit orginization.
The problem is they just dont want to spend the money on the licensing and , yet they have no problem purchasing $6000 workstations that they use to check email and play solitair. Sometimes they occasionally render in Pro/E or Solidworks....
Its ing infuriating!!!
On the whole though, I wouldnt trade my job for anything short of winning the mega millions (it pays well and is a VERY lax environment.... Drinks with the devision lead during lunch? yes!!!), SwRI is pretty interesting if you want to look it up and maybe, if you are qualified, can apply for a possition. I dont think they are hiring right now but if you get in, you will see that will blow your mind...
http://www.swri.org
Research areas include:
Aerospace Electronics and Information Technology
Applied Physics
Applied Power
Automation and Data Systems
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research
Fuels and Lubricants Research
Geosciences and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Signal Exploitation and Geolocation
Space Science and Engineering
Training, Simulation, and Performance Improvement
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