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Help Unclip Bob Message #261
From: Alan E. Pihlak Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 11, 1990 1:35 AM
I am having some trouble figuring this out: I'm trying to move some Bobs around in a display, using Intuition windows and screens in 320x200x3 mode. I have one window linked to a superbitmap 600x200x3 which I would like to scroll around in. I load the BitMap from a raw…
From: Mark Olbert Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 11, 1990 12:14 AM
I have no idea if this message is in the right forum. Has anyone tried to use the SerialManager (version 1.1) that comes with CanDo? I canNOT get the sucker to work. The manager runs, the ports are set up, and my goddamn program HANGS every time I send the…
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · ASM Programming September 11, 1990 12:00 AM
Cameron, Unfortunately….it's difficult for anyone to say for sure that any combination of add-ons will work on any particular A1000. The A1000 was designed to work with one, and only one, add-on device. That add-on can be a board, or a box (which itself contains one or more boards). Certainly,…
#Update Kickstart Message #258
From: Jamie Robertson Amiga Tech Forum · System Software September 10, 1990 11:59 PM
My local dealer called today and said CBM just sent him a newer version kickstart for the 3000 and OS 2.0. I hope to pick it up tommorow. It is suppose to fix a memory bug problem and a few others. Thanks! Jamie
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 11:56 PM
George, Unfortunately, I need my BridgeBoard often enough, that I haven't tried the 'cut the pads' option…since it works ok for me as is. I do seem to recall others have said they tried the pads, and it worked…but my recollection could be wrong…so be careful. Don
#241 Thanks! Message #256
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 11:48 PM
Jack, Great! Glad to have been of assistance. Don
From: Michael Sternberg Amiga Tech Forum · Ramblings September 10, 1990 11:00 PM
Roy…and others I have used FF in Ibm forums and it really is a powerful tool for us CIS addicts. Michael
#225 BBS file Message #253
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 9:42 PM
Brian, all of the communications software has been moved to AmigaUser, Library 5. Betty
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 10, 1990 9:42 PM
Keep 'em coming, Harry Betty
From: Cameron Conville Amiga Tech Forum · ASM Programming September 10, 1990 9:26 PM
I wonder if any of you might be able to help me with my dilemma… I am a new user to CI$ and am not certain if this is the correct forum to be addressing (or if I am following the correct protocol) so please bear with me (and possibly…
From: George Smoot Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 8:59 PM
Don, Thanks for the info. I have noticed that you are considered as the Bridgeboard expert! Suggestion 1 doesn't seem to work. Suggestion 2 sounds good if I follow suggestion 3!!! I was hoping that some kind fatherly individual would have discovered the correct method by now and saved me…
#207 #Amigavision Users? Message #247
From: Lou Wallace Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 10, 1990 8:07 PM
Quite right. Using Arexx from AV opens up some interesting possibilities. For example, I have used AV, via Arexx, to control DigiView 4.0. AmigaVision controls a laserdisk player, sets up the first frame I want and then sends a command to DigiView to digitize teh image. Then I sent (again…
#206 Amigavision Users? Message #246
From: Lou Wallace Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 10, 1990 8:01 PM
coming along fairly nicely Betty. But it still has a lot of pages left to go before it's done. I should be able to mke my Oct 31 deadline…if all goes well. -Lou
From: Ray Lewis Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 7:56 PM
Well, I don't know about random, but if you had say five files you wnated to run on a rotating basis, you could have a set of maybe six script files that: sound file.1 copy file.6 file.1 etc. so that they leapfrogged, and file.1 was always a different file next…
From: Ray Lewis Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 10, 1990 7:55 PM
Thol: Given enough ram (especially chip ram), I don't see where there would be a problem. Just kick off the CanDO application from a cli command, and then control it with AREXX. (Or, for that matter, use AREXX to kick it off.) ?|^] Ray Lewis
From: Harry Callesis Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 5:32 PM
Jack – Check your "&" settings carefully. There's one that tells it to either lock the baud rate to what you set it at (probably 19200 for calling HST BBSes), or to change on connect to whatever the baud rate on the other end is. If the baud rates don't…
From: Harry Manolopoulos Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 10, 1990 5:17 PM
Message Base…. The final frontier…. These are the journeys of the AMIGA forums. Their continuning mission is to communicate ideas to make the AMIGA go where no computer has ever gone before. 🙂 100,000 or bust HarryM
Thanks! Message #241
From: Mike Kielty Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 4:25 PM
DON… It worked! Thanks a lot for your help!! Jack–
From: Mike Kielty Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 4:19 PM
Great! What a simple Solution!!! I sure hope it works!! I dial CIS with my Gs at 8N1 so I thought the amiga would work at that… Will give it a shot…Thanks for the help. Jack
#238 Full Motion Video Message #239
From: Thomas Holaday Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 4:03 PM
Best place to seek advice on video for the Amiga is section 6 of AmigaArts.
From: Mike Lavespere Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 1:58 PM
I am looking for a device which would allow the display of a full color NTSC video source in a window on the Amiga screen. There are several such devices available for the Mac and PC but I have yet to find one for the Amiga. Can anyone steer me…
#111- Version control systems Message #236
From: Peter Smithem Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 11:17 AM
Ray, I have not seen any cross compilers available anywhere, commercial or PD. There are a few cross assemblers (I uploaded a set for 68xx, 8080/85, Z80 a while ago) around. What I was referring to is the lack of a professional quality cross compiler. I need to cross compile…
From: Ethan Solomita Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 9:56 AM
Try writing an ARexx script using a random number generator. — Ethan
From: Ethan Solomita Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 10, 1990 9:56 AM
Sure. CanDo has the ability to create programs that will respond to ARexx messages so they can both be active and communicate via arexx. — Ethan
#181 Amigavision Users? Message #233
From: Ethan Solomita Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 10, 1990 9:55 AM
Ray, don't your fingers get tired? %^) — Ethan
From: Marion J Deland Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 9:34 AM
George… I forgot I had already dealt with this in CROSSINGS … Apparently the floppy drive controller chip in the 2088 board also controls some communications functions, so you can't disable it completely. You would have to figure out which lines are involved and cut them. There isn't much in…
From: BILL LEACH Amiga Tech Forum · System Software September 10, 1990 7:44 AM
Nick; Since you know where the jumper is located and how to check it……. The power supply tick signal is a little touchier than the vertical retrace signal…. so, you might want to swap the jumper and see if the clock works. My ami 2000 has been running on the…
#103 ]Rejuvenator Help Message #230
From: Gregory B. Tibbs Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 5:29 AM
There is a queue. We deal mostly direct, so a Dealer calls and gets placed on the end of the queue. There will probably never be mass disrribution as the profit margin is comparatively low. Most of those who have theirs, called Expert Services direct adn placed an order over…
#199 ZRNG, GTAB hunks Message #229
From: Black Belt Systems Amiga Tech Forum · System Software September 10, 1990 1:59 AM
Thanks. :^) Ben Amateur Radio Callsign is A A 7 A S
#213 Hard drive woes… Message #228
From: John Draper Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 12:47 AM
Michael, 'data cache' enables the caching of data in the internal data cache of the 68030. 'inst cache' enables the caching of instructions in the 68030's internal instruction cache. 'burst' enables the loading of consecutive bytes of memory with a special sequence of memory control line. You might try it…
#173 DISP.ARC is gone! Message #227
From: C. Davey Utter Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 12:33 AM
Betty, Thanks, I haven't been on much this past week so didn't know aboutthe changes. Thanks again. …Dave
From: Roy Pahnke Amiga Tech Forum · Ramblings September 10, 1990 12:09 AM
Betty That's a good idea! Maybe I'll go over and play there too 🙂 – Roy Pahnke – Crazy Mountain Software Casper, Wyomin' – 1-800-76 AMIGA
BBS file Message #225
From: Brian Walker Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 10, 1990 12:06 AM
Anyone- I was intruiged by the BBS file in the amigatech forum, the one that appeared in CompuServe's magazine, I can't remember the name. And I was wondering if you could point me to it, I can't seem to find it with the forums having been reconstructed. I know it's…
#200 Animation in CanDo Message #224
From: Martin Murray Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 9, 1990 11:56 PM
That's a real fair analysis, John. We implemented BrushAnims in CanDo, rather than full-screen anims, because we only had time to do one for the intial releases of the product, and BrushAnims made more sense because they could be made PART of a larger interface, which seems to fit well…
#57 HELP .PCX EXT Message #223
From: ASDG Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 11:50 PM
The Art Department with optional PCX loader module will do the trick.
From: Martin Murray Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 11:42 PM
If youhave CanDo, you could make a small Deck that reads the sounds directory into a document, chose a random line, and then play that file. If you want, I'll write one for you that you can use with DeckBrowser, if you don't have CanDo.
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Library News September 9, 1990 11:05 PM
Hi, Michel., Welcome to CompuServe, and to AmigaForum. We have just had a huge moving operation, and everything is in a new place, as of Tuesday. You will find Whap19.lzh in AmigaUser Forum, Library 5. You'll love it! Great program. Betty
#213 Hard drive woes… Message #220
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 10:52 PM
Michael, Sorry…can't help you on that question…I'm not up on 68030 architecture. Hopefully, someone who knows what's going on can answer. Don
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 10:50 PM
Jack, Try it at 7 E 1, that should work. Don
From: Don Curtis/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 10:47 PM
George, I've heard, but haven't tried this: The fix is simple, remove the drive cable from the BB and your own floppy controller should "take over". Again…that has NOT been tried by me. Presuming it doesn't work I have also heard, but not tried: To the left of the FDC…
From: Steve Ahlstrom Amiga Tech Forum · Library News September 9, 1990 9:34 PM
WHP19B.LZH is in Lib 5 of AmigaUser Forum (GO AMIGAUSER).
#196 Setpatch Message #216
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Library News September 9, 1990 9:28 PM
Thanks, Paul – sorry about the mixup. I do know better – just didn't say it right. Faster fingers than brain, I guess. Glad you set it straight. .Betty
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Ramblings September 9, 1990 9:27 PM
Roy, I don't know – never used the FF. I do plan to play with the one over on IBMFORUM in the next few days, to see how it goes! .Betty
From: Michael Lamb Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 9:15 PM
Hi Don! A week or so ago, I asked you for some help with my hard drive crash. Well, I isolated the problem: it seems that if I have the SetCPU command to SetCPU data cache burst inst cache burst my hard drive locks up when I am copying files…
From: Michel Landry Amiga Tech Forum · Library News September 9, 1990 9:00 PM
Hello I am new to compuserve , when i was reading the magazine it says to come to this section to find "whap19.lzh" and for some reason i can not locate it. Can anyone help??
From: Nick Moore Amiga Tech Forum · System Software September 9, 1990 8:57 PM
thanks for the help, Kalid. Guess a trip to the nearest dealer is in my immediate future! Nick Moore
From: Nick Moore Amiga Tech Forum · System Software September 9, 1990 8:57 PM
Thanks, Don, for the information on the demise of my A2000's 8520. Haven't noticed any problems with the parallel port or internal floppy yet. Its interesting you should mention jumper J300. When I first swapped motherboards I found I couldn't keep my Supergen online on my system because it would…
#135 Amigavision Users? Message #207
From: Ethan Solomita Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 9, 1990 7:21 PM
Peter, if you have access to an Amiga I'd really recommend getting it and learning by doing, cause it's not going to be the easiest to explain. However I'll do the best I can. It is an authoring system aimed directly at multimedia applications (such as kiosks). However, instead of…
#177 Amigavision Users? Message #206
From: Betty Clay/SYSOP Amiga Tech Forum · Authoring Systems September 9, 1990 7:19 PM
We will appreciate all the examples you can spare, Lou – and I'm looking forward to that book! How is it coming? .Betty
From: Mike Kielty Amiga Tech Forum · Forum Business/Help September 9, 1990 7:14 PM
Hello, I just recently bought a HST USRopotics 14.4k modem for my amiga 500. I have been able to connect with BBS all over, but unable to connect with CompuServe. I have the modem calling at 2400 baud 8N1 and even tried 1200 baud at a 2400 baud number. When…

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