Hi Ian and All,
I am sending this to some of you, directly, to make sure you receive
my message.
About PFS3. As Kurt knows, I bought PFS3, at the last AMUSE meeting.
Since then, I decided to install it on the disk which is most liable to
be disabled because of a crash -- the one which has the Cache files and
cookies files from the browsers I use (AWeb and Voyager). So far, there
have been no crashes, so I do not know if it, truly, is as competent as
stated. What I do know is what a headache it was to install the thing.
First, the installation, from the CD ROM to my system, worked fine.
All this did was to place needed files where they should be (supposedly).
My difficulties came when I then tried prepping and formatting a disk
(Zip 250 cartridge). Try as I would, the prep program, which came with
the CD and was recommended by the authors of PFS3, could not handle the
simple requested functions. I always work on "Expert Mode" so I can
decide what I want done and where I want things to go. Many (or, most)
times, I will accept whatever the program suggests, but, at least, under
"Expert Mode," I reserve the choice.
Then, I tried RDPrep. It had some difficulties. I do not know why.
It usually can do things nothing else can, no matter which Amiga system
or version of the OS/DOS you are using. It was only when I used the
HDToolBox, from the 3.5 WorkBench, that I got my cartridge prepped.
There is one important caveat, and, I think the only one. For PFS to
properly run, it requires that 150 buffers to be declared, in the prep-
ping. What makes this a caveat is that each buffer used takes up RAM
from your system. Now, depending on whom you believe, 150 buffers can
either be equal to 75 Kb of main computer RAM, or 150 Kb of that RAM.
Also, though I have not checked, it may all be taken from your Chip RAM.
Now, if you have less than two megs of Chip RAM, that could be a problem,
in adequately running a program. I have found no docs to say which RAM
it uses.
Formatting was another thing. Only after CAREFULLY reading the docs,
did I see that, to format a disk for PFS, you must use the PFSformat
command. That is when I had to find it. It was not in the "C" direc-
tory, of the CD. It was in the "Tools" directory, and, unless I used a
shell or a directory utility, I could not locate it. Obviously, I moved
it to my "C" directory. Then, it was a simple matter of formatting a
disk. And, BTW, you do not need all the added "do-dads" as used with
FFS, like "nodircache," "nointl," etc. Now, I have a fully functional
cartridge and can access it with my directory programs without any pro-
blems -- I use SID2 and DiskMaster2.
I have not, as yet, tried to put the graphics board into my A3000. I
will first have to read the docs, which are on a disk. Yeesh! Here it
is that you must first have a functioning Amiga to read and print out
the docs so you can then open your Amiga and install the board. Oh,
well.
'til next time.
Julian.
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Julian Aronowitz. Tel.: (718) 654-1681; E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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