This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Charles, You're very welcome! Asha Another Day Another Million Colors
Thank you very much for your help. Yours was the best reply of all! Charlie
Thank you for your help
Thank you for your help Charlie
You have to decompress them with DiskMasher. Look in the Archivers library (Lib. 14) using DMS for a keyword. —Betty
Charles, PMFJI, but I asked the same question about the dms file extension a couple days ago. dms goes with a utility that compresses an entire disk. It's called Disk Masher. Amigauser Library 14 (Archivers), DMS201.SFX, has it as a self-extracting archive. Decompress by bringing up a shell, CD to…
Charles, You need DiskMasher. It's availble here in the AmigaUser library Archivers/Crunchers. Use DMS as a search word. Asha Another Day Another Million Colors
Charles You'll need a program called DMS (disk masher).It expands a .dms file to df0: .Available at aminet and other fine pd software outlets:-) Bruce.Cooke@oln.com
#.dms
Message #48506
how do I use these demos that have the .dms suffix? I have an A1200 with 6mb ram and an 80mb hd and dopus. Thank you for your help.
#ScalaHelp
Message #48492
hi john just two questions about scala mm400: – is there a way to do pingpong-loop an animation? – where has this handy delay-button in the soundmenu gone? (the manual for mm200 is mention it, thats why i know about it at all…) thanx in advance, hope u have a…
CARDZ Klondike cards
Message #48446
Has anyone seen the NEW version of CARDZ? I'ts supposed to be able to load the KLONDIKE card sets into an ECS amiga without AGA. I read about it in AMIGA FORMAT magazine but I haven't been able to find it on the aminet sites. I have a bunch of…
Creating PC Animations
Message #48416
Is there any way we can take an animation recorded with our PAR board and convert it into an .AVI or .MOV animation, or any type of animation that can be used on an IBM clone? The tools we have to work with are: A4000 Toaster system, AdPro, PAR System,…
How did I get XAnim working on my ECS-based A2000? I just downloaded it, unarchived it and read the directions. You may have to play with the switches (it's command line driven, of course).
Stewart, I have been able to run a few things that are described as AGA as well as ECS compatible in the higher color modes (a few shareware games, mostly). But anything labeled as AGA only does not work (Brilliance, DPaint AGA, any AGA only game) as the programs were…
Have you had much luck in getting AGA only software to work with this setup. I have heard that if you have a graphics card and OS3.1 that you can run AGA stuff, is this true? Stew
Ron,
Asha, you're welcome 🙂 Dieter Goettmann jetting on AP1.80 from Karlsruhe, Germany
I've had XAnim running on a plain old ECS-based Amiga 2000.
Dieter, Thanks for the script, we'll see how it goes. I did re download Xanim so when I get a few spare minutes I'll see if I can get it to work. I really appreciate the help! 🙂 Asha Another Day Another Million Colors
Asha, as i remember, i had also problems with Tapavi…since it is a descendant of Xanims which supports less avi formats, i pushed it back to the archives 🙂 I haven't tried the audio options ( +Ae ) for no need. You may also need +Av[0..100] for volume control. For…
Deiter,
Asha, sorry not to mention it explicitly before, 'cause using a picasso board was self-evident to me in that case (e.g. "setenv X11/gfxcard 1"). As i remember, AGA works, but i'm using a picasso mode. So it should do without AGA also. regards, Dieter Goettmann jetting on AP1.80 from Karlsruhe,…
Phillip, > Picasso board This should work fine.> "Should" being the operative word here…:( I've got the sound playing (which is better than before) but still no picture….. Maybe I'll d/load DosTrace…. Asha Another day, another million colors
Alexander, I've read the docs for both Tapavi and Xanim and they (especially Xanim) just confuse me mightily! I've got Tapavi giving me the sound for my AVI but I've yet to get more than a black screen for video…. Asha Another day, another million colors
Dieter, I'm beginning to wonder whether not having AGA is the problem here. I tried Tapavi last night (thanks to Phillip) and I did get the sound to play but no picture. I may d/load Xamin again and try what you suggest, but I'm really beginning to get discouraged here…..…
#48234-
Cybervision & Scala
Message #48260
I hear where you are coming from John and I understand. Andrew Letchford, Plymouth, UK
>> Picasso board This should work fine. >> What's DosTrace, A utility that displays the system calls when a program is running. Great for finding out that the program is bombing because it's trying to access a file that you don't have. You'll get "failed" messages when an illegal call…
Phillip,
Read the DOC file, there is an option that lets you use your graphics board as the output device in a window. This should aslo speed things up as you don't have to convert from planar to chunky. In any case, read the documnetation nice and slow. You'll see that…
Asha, Extracted from the (amiga|xanim).readme files, try this: —————–8
Sounds like my tooltypes didn't work for you, eh? Let's see about getting you set up right so you can see these neat B5 AVI's. Okay, first TAPAVI (no, I can't get Xanim to work either.) I can get it to work from WB, but you can work it from…
Jose,
You're welcome. >Ah well…if my collection of AVIs increases substancially, I'll look into MainActor
Jose, I only have one AVI, so I don't think going the commercial route is really appropriate at this point; I can always go play it on my husband's clone. But there were two players in CIS's libraries and I was rather surprised that I couldn't get either of them…
#48230-
#Cybervision & Scala
Message #48231
John, >As to the use of "blank" screens, I suggest that you create a "blank" >screen >(16 colors with color 0 as as the background) and saving it in the >"Backgrounds" directory. Call it "Blank001", for example, so that it is >near the top of the list. Each time you…
Rafael, I've tried reading the docs but they are extrememly confusing to me< I have the very same problem. I'm human too! ;-)> There must be SOMEBODY's that gotten this (or another) program to view AVIs on the Amiga to work! ….doesn't there? ;/ Asha Another day, another million colors
Asha, There's is a commercial programm called MainActor manufaturated by Villagetronic (the same guys who released the 3.1 ROMS some moths ago), that can play AVIS up to 256 colors. It doesn't work with 24 bit AVIs by the moment. They still developping more upgraded versions. Regards, (Where do you…
Asha >I've tried reading the docs but they are extrememly confusing to me< I have the very same problem. I'm human too! 😉 Rafa …via AutoPilot 1.80 from Berlin
#Cybervision & Scala
Message #48215
John, I have installed a Cubervision64 board into my A4000-030. I am now having some problems with ScalaMM400. I boot into WB 3.0 using the Cybervision screen mode 640x480x256. SCALA loads OK(most of the time) and will run all my scripts except those that have blank (one colour) screens. I…
#Displaying AVIs
Message #48211
I've got an AVI file and would like to view it on my Amiga. I d/loaded Xianim but can't figure out how to get it to work. It does bring up a screen (blank) but it "displays" only the text of the AVI on my shell (nothing on the screen).…
#48139-
Scala
Message #48209
Thanks John, I'll print out your reply and give it a try. Jim R. Ollick on a Warped 4000/040/40 Using AP 1.80 from New Milford, NJ
Mediapoint
Message #48202
Does anyone know if Mediapoint is still in business ? Thanks, Steve Brightman Daring to be different – Amiga on the Internet – Lotus on the Interstate
#Scala
Message #48188
Re continuous text crawl…and the list menu recently queried….. Hi John I have used this function many times. I find though that when I return to the edit screen having followed the steps you have outlined that my new text does not line up with the first few letters or…
#48180-
Scala
Message #48187
John, Thanks for the reply, I could wish for more but it sounds usable enough. Now, if I fork out the bucks for MM300 and subsequently MM400 makes it over here you will have a reasonable upgrade policy, won't you ? 😉 Steve Brightman Daring to be different – Amiga…
#48168-
#Scala
Message #48177
>>I have already visited your Web site but it left my questions unanswered, hence my message to you. What are the questions? < Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you. What I meant was that I'd already visited the web site before I asked my original questions – you left nothing…
#48148-
#Scala
Message #48153
John, Thanks for your reply, maybe I'll check out MM300. I have already visited your Web site but it left my questions unanswered, hence my message to you. With regard to the dongle/freely distributable player and transportability between Amiga and PC, I urge you to consider these issues in the…
#Scala
Message #48146
John, Can you provide some info on MM400 ? I still have the original Scala which I like but I never upgraded because of the dongle. If this is not the case I would like to suggest you provide the ability to play a Scala presentation on a machine without…
#48095-
#Scala
Message #48112
John, can Scala MM300 do a crawl at the bottom of the screen that is many sentences long without interuption? In other words, do I have to create many pages with just the bottom line having text and the line set to crawl or is there a better way to…
#Scala
Message #48100
>>Mr. Norum confirmed to me that your message dates were set for 1992. Eitheryour clock/calendar is wrong or they may have been a problem at your Internet providers site. Our eMail system lists messages in chronological order. Obviously yours was at the bottom of the list. Thus the reason why…
I have no idea why the message was send three times. No, I am not german and my german is pretty bad. I apologize for my "bad" English. Eduard Joseph (Last days in CIS)
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