This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Problems with DICE.
Message #48485
Okay here's the deal: anyone who finds how to help me will receive a free copy of my future game (keep waitin'!). Seriously, I've got problems with DICE. I just bought the GameSmith Developement System and I'm trying to use the library. The fact is that DICE doesn't seem to…
A HD Anim Player?
Message #48484
Hi, Here's the problem: I need an HD animplayer to play long animations. The player needs to be accessible from CLI if possible, but if it's in the form of a C library, then it works fine for me. I know there are many out there, like BigAnim. But the…
Thanx Joe, I did ask Bill some time ago, if he thought, it would make sense translating it to english… he said: he does not think it would make sense…. If more people would ask me for an english translation I'd think it over. -Mike
William, I see Asha has relied for me with who to contact. I would dig out my install instructions but there have been a few different models of the Mega Chip and their installations may vary slightly. I wouldn't want to give you the wrong advice. I am sure Dean…
Michael – Congratulations – your book sounds absolutely fantastic. I _sincerely_ wish my German was up to technical snuff, but I'm not much better that apologizing that "Mein Deutsche ist sehr schlick". And know I'm not even sure how to spell that last word – except it gives you an…
Hi Joe, as I've done some programming in ARexx for CED, ADPro, MorphPlus and SuperBase and got a lot of calls regarding those programs for their REXX support, I've started thinking about writing a book which covers everything. It start with very easy stuff like: what's a variable, compound variables……
< I am trying to find out some info on Mega Chip as fas as what pin the jumper wire goes to. I have lost the install instructions. Could you possible send me in the right direction as to who to contact > The jumper goes to Pin 36 on…
"Pls. insert floppy"
Message #48464
On bootup my A3K asks for a floppy to be inserted in the disk drive. I've seen this discussed before, and the answer seems to be to change a setting that will slow the boot sequence down enough to allow time for the harddrive to spin up. Would someone please…
William, You might want to try Dean Brown (DKB Software) (71333,453). Asha Skimming through the Redwoods on AutoPilot
Doug, If you want to use a counter, it's best to use an integer instead of a float. Change to: int number . . . while (number >= 0) . (printf (%d\n", number); . This should work. As a matter of fact, I've got it running as I type this.…
#Mega Chip 2000
Message #48459
I am trying to find out some info on Mega Chip as fas as what pin the jumper wire goes to. I have lost the install instructions. Could you possible send me in the right direction as to who to contact. Thanks
You're just learning about the charms of floating point. You may change your variable to an integer type (I suggest LONG or UNISGNED LONG), and the fractional part will go away. You may make your floating point number DOUBLE (or LONG FLOAT) and the fractional part will become virtually insignificant.…
AREXX Scripts
Message #48456
Help! I need an AREXX to control a BCD 2000 card with a BETA SP player and Video Toaster (ver. 3.1) to do sequence Frame Capture of video for use in animations. I would be most appreciative of anyone who can help me write a script for this or provide…
#BEGENNER HELP" again!
Message #48455
Could someone pleese tell me what is wrong with the following program (it is in C…compiled with the manix/Aztec compilar-linker (commersial)) main() { float number; printf("hello!\n"); number = 1000000; while(number >= 0) { printf("%f\n", number); number = number – 1.; } } It is supposed to open up a window…
> >>Getting more out of fewer staff seems to be the main aim where I am > working now, and I think it is true in most places. Same here, but I remain convinced that it *should* not be this way. I agree but it seems to be the way…
William Wow! Thanks for all your explanation! But I'm a spaniard working in Germany. And my surname comes from Italy, I think, but I cannot give you that detailed explanation. Best regards Rafa …via AutoPilot 1.80 from Berlin
Greg, Is it really so hard to understand that a text of say twenty pages is more prone to contain errors than one of two pages? If not, why are people taught to split a big project into small overseeable ones? Furthermore, isn't it a normal fact of life that…
I agree with nearly everything you state. HOWEVER: it remains un undisputable truth that, at least in principle (and as far as I am concerned, in reality), assembler will produce the most efficient programs of them all. If I were to translate a text from english to flemish, I wouldn't…
>>Getting more out of fewer staff seems to be the main aim where I am working now, and I think it is true in most places.>Safety critical applications are another issue. You need development tools that have been very well designed and very thoroughly tested.>I would be more uneasy getting…
William, Look at your serial prefs and see if you have flow control set to RTS/CTS. That can make a difference. Be sure you have a phone number typed in and selected, and set with the right speed, on your SETUP screen. If you are calling a CompuServe node, you…
All the way from Deutchland!! Thanks a lot, I'll give it a try. I know that you can see that I have German ancestry by my name. Well, the patriarch of the Gruber family came from Austria in 1747 and landed in Baltimore Md. Later he moved to Pennsylvania and…
amigaguide
Message #48439
Glad to meet you Asha. I have downloaded autopilot but at present it won't ask modem for a dial tone. thank you for your help, Ill try it and get back to you.
#amigaguide
Message #48438
Thanks again Betty, I guess I'm going to be a pain 'til I get up to speed. I unpacked autopilot using the routine you gave me. It seemed to work okay until I tried to come online. Then it wouldn't ask the modem for a dial tone. (bocafax 96/24 modem)…
Michael – PMFJI, but can you give me a few more details on your book – what's covered (at what level), how much, where (or how)? Thanks – Joe
Hi, I don't remember you in my database (it's a large one). Yes, the book was written in CED 3.0, layouted in TeX (and PPage + Pagestream for the diagramm page) and printed on a HP postscript printer (with the help of Wolf Faust) 😉 I hope you like it.…
William >Please have patience with my stupidity< Your question does make sense. I cannot see any stupidity from your part! If you have an A500, wb2.1, just download AmigaGuide (AGUIDE.LHA I think, not sure) from AmigaUser libraries. Multiview needs a 3.1 ROM, which you don't have. You can happily read…
Hey, cool! I didn't know you were messing around with Java these days. Have anything on your web site yet? Try: http://www.vectorman.com/ with your HotJava browser, for a pretty impressive applet.
Yup, I'm sure. I run it on Win95 every day, along with Java on Sun workstations. It's been out for weeks. I do my Java development on the Sun, though. The last I heard a Linux version exists, but it's very very unstable and needs a lot of work. (That's…
Alex, HotJava (for Windows) is only up to Alpha version 3 — it is extremely unstable. However, that said, it runs fine under Win95 — "fine" meaning that it'll crash no more often under 95 than it does under NT. At work I run it under both 95 and Solaris.…
amigaguide
Message #48419
well, here I go again. This is Bill Gruber user number 102720,377 I keep hearing about Amigaguide and Multiview. How can I get them? Will they run on my equipment? I have an Amiga 500 wb 2.1, 3 meg ram 40mb hd. Please have patience with me. I'm new at…
#amigaguide
Message #48418
I keep hearing about Amigaguide and multiview. I would like to get both of these. How can I do this? I have an Amiga 500, wb2.1,3meg ram, and 40mb hd. Will either of these run on my setup and can I download them? I'm new to Compuserve and really to…
Thanks. wmc – via Autopilot!
If you have SAS 6.50 this can compile C++. It is not as up to date as some other compilers, it does not include templates or exceptions. Peter Wade Autopiloting from London, England
C++ Options
Message #48414
>now I'm ready to consider getting C++ going. Your C++ options include: Comeau C++ 3.0b With Templates, SAS/C++, g++, and Maxxon C++.
Palindrome Steve Daring to be different – Amiga on the Internet – Lotus on the Interstate
PMFJI, But did you say Java runs under Windows 95? Windows 95??? Are you sure? I am a whisker away from installing NT in order to get Java, but I have been put off temporarily by some horror stories, which imply I would need a new H/D.. I am very…
Hi Peter At this point, may I jump in and say that while OOP may display a lot of commonality with modular and structured programming, it is much more than that, and it is a (common) mistake to use it simply as a neat modular technique. As you say, that…
At this point I'd like to jump in and mention (as if you didn't know) that the reason the Amiga's exec is so good is _because_ it is programmed in an Object-Oriented style, although not in an object-oriented language…. However, it could be replicated fairly quicly in -say – C++…
Tag Michael, Erfreut dich hier su sehen…. So you are the writer of that book, i bought it a year ago, (Amiga Messe Koln), and it has his own place next to my keyboard !!! Placed your Email address in my address book, just for in case…:-) BTW, ist das…
Mack, I think I am right in saying that whatever Amiga you decide to use is it must have an MMU. i.e. anything with an 'EC' chip will not work. For example I have a 2000 with a GVP-GForce '030 card but because its the 40Mhz version it has an…
Hi Michael, I've both things here. The commodore 3070 scsi streamer and the AMIX software. If you're interested please email. -Mike
Sorry to interrupt you, perhaps you're able of reading german. I've written a book for ARexx which seems to be liked very much by my customers. If you're interested, just ask for more info. -Mike
Well, if we formed a company and used our initials it would almost be one of those watcha-ma-call-its that reads the same forward or backward. wmc – via Autopilot!
Chris, Go to AmigaVendor forum, Library 9, and download AP.LHA. If you don't have the LHA unarchiver, get it from Library 14 of AmigaUser forum – LHA138.RUN. LHA138.RUN is self-dissolving – just CD to the directory where you have it and type its name. It will unpack, giving you LHA…
#tech help
Message #48400
hi everyone hope someone can help me at the moment im using ncomm 3.0 as a terminal is there any better software that i can use to access forums and conferences etc my system is a1200 with 4 megs and 250 mb hard drive thanks for any help chris
Be sure to complain to FEEDBACK when you have problems with your node. That's the only way to get them fixed. —Betty
pardon me for butting in, but how did you have more than one file.c in a directory???? Phill
I think you are right about me calling a busy node. I never had this problem before CoompuServe's price drop. I'm going to try calling a different node and see what happens. Thanks for the help.-Sandra Haggard
greetings…. I am alittle new and have not read alot of the messages. I just got my SAS C to work right, now I'm ready to consider getting C++ going. I have taken this and used Borland, naturally. What are my options: GNU C++?
greetings…. your initials are interesting to me. My name is also Wayne and my initials are cwm.
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