A fresh install of WB of course. Again, Indivision sits at a place where it can't influence the (non-)presence of the mouse pointer. This is NOT an Indivision support case.
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Don't Panic. Please wash hands.
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Pins look perfect. If a normal/known-good CF card (as in: works in boot slot) doesn't work in AUX, then Q1 (FET: IRLML5203) is the main suspect. If so, I'd recommend to only use CF cards, but not that SD card adapter in the slot, as it may draw too much power.
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Try a fresh install. This is so specific that Indivision can't possibly be the cause. If you have a 1084, you'll see the same on that monitor (if you choose a mode that it can display).
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Got it - a 20MByte mailbomb
I'm still positive about this being a software thing. Look for a tool or setting called "mouse blank". Usually, these tools switch off the mouse pointer if you press any key, so it's not in the way of a text that you may be writing.
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There's a possibility that the SD card adapter has overloaded the electronic power switch that feeds power to the AUX slot. The behaviour might also be caused by bent pins in the Aux slot. Can you take a high-res closeup of the slot?
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For the Workbench environment, I'm using PAL High Res, it's a 1600x1200 monitor, but haven't managed to get a "pixel perfect" resolution there yet, I'd appreciate it if you have any suggestions.
1600x1200 is a good aspect ratio for the Amiga. However, "pixel perfect" is hardly possible, given that the largest overscan at SHires is under 1600 pixels wide (1536 pixels if I remember right). So you'll have to live with black bars around your screen if you want it pixel-perfect (and with multiple-pixels-high on the Y axis).
Did you try the 1280x1024 screenmode from the HighGFX package yet?
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Can you shoot a short video? Maybe some artefacts are visible? And do you still have a monitor that displays a picture on the native DB23 monitor output?
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First of all, Indivision AGA MK3 cannot drive each and every of those pixels, as the maximum output resolution is full-HD, often referred to as 1080p or 1920x1080 pixels.
Games mostly use PAL or NTSC screens, so you should adjust these. Note that you can have multiple output modes for a single Amiga-mode, which can be switched with the live config feature (keyboard - see manual).
In order not to trigger the monitor's scaler (possibly washing out pixels and adding movie-"enhancements"), you should attempt to output a resolution that is a whole-number division of the actual resolution. In your case, I'd try creating a 1720x720 mode and adjust the picture with padding-pixels left and right, so the monitor thinks that the black bars are actually part of the picture you want to see.
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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, surprisingly, reading the manual does help in many cases
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The CPUs of the ACA500plus and ACA1221lc both only have a total of 16MBytes of address space. From that, you need to deduct Kickstart, IO registers (chipset/CIAs, Zorro space) and Chipram, then you have the total addressable memory.
Since the address space of the ACA1221lc fully overlaps the ACA500plus, the memory on ACA500plus can't be used.
The ACA1221lc already does it's best to fill all the available gaps with memory. It actually has 16Mbytes physical memory, but you can't see it all . The card does support switching to the "invisible" areas in hardware, but to date, there is no sowtware that makes use of this feature. Probably because the only sane thing you can do with it is a RAM disk. You will never be able to make that other memory usable as fastmem.
The only way to get more memory is to use a CPU with full address space, like a 68030, 68040 or 68060 CPU. The ACA1234 comes with 128MBytes of memory, and the ACA1240/1260 will come with 256MBytes of memory.
What's your (memory-eating) application?
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Please be more specific: Which key doesn't work?
Does that same key work with a normal Windows program (not Vice)?
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Sounds like a software thing. Any special patches installed?
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What's the warranty ID of the card? Did you buy directly from us (if so, order ID?), or was this a used card?
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The technical data appears correct, but you never know if the manufacturer really fulfills it's own specification. That's why we put all supplier parts through extensive testing, send local persons to the China factory and do further tests that our product liability insurance requires. You might think that this is an unnecessary amount of red tape, but your experience shows that it's totally worth it: Even with the point-of-load regulator on the C64 Reloaded board, quality of input power still plays a huge role.
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I am interested, but I fear that this will cost more in shipping and customs hassle than the price of a Lyra-3. If you're willing to spend this money, I'm all for it, but can't promise any date that I can turn to this project.
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We're only catching up with work - when the sick leave craze started here in september 2023, a lot of work had to be postponed, and this return/issue is one of them. Sorry about that - this case is not forgotten, and it's moving higher up the priority scale.
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I hear a volunteer. What will your contribution be?
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Our network install disk contains a newer AmiTCP version than the free 3.0 version you're quoting. You probably have two versions mixed up, which always causes trouble.
Did you read my SCSI issue
I've read it, but I don't see a relation to any iComp product.
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I measured it a few weeks ago it appeared fine then but I am now in doubt.
What measurement steps did you take?
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Ordered and tried an old mechanical ide drive - this was found and I could partition it. When formatting computer lock-up. After reboot it ”works” but Starting any software from the drive crash (black screen - reboot)
What kind of drive is it? Manufacturer, type, capacity?
I have seem multiple youtube videos working but with the previos Buddha version.
There should be no difference in timing between the old and the new version. Like I wrote before, I believe you have a faulty adapter there.
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