This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#4656-
#WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4714
Rick, We have now come to the crux of this issue. That is the very essence of my argument. If Notepad is so obviously bad, then why was it included with AmigaDOS? You might say that it was thrown in for free, so to speak, and shouldn't really be taken…
#4632-
#Print Resolution
Message #4698
The AMIGAN is published as a non-profit thing, and subscribers are considered members rather than just subscribers. It's like nothing else I've ever found! Address is: The Amigans PO Box 411 Hatteras, NC 27943 Editor's phone numbers: (919) 986-2443 Business (919) 986-2434 Home This editor is dedicated to getting the…
#4631-
WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4644
PaperClip Elite was to be a product before BI died. Dan and I folded up our company. He now works for AT&T and does some part time development on the ST. I no longer do commercial development.
Derived Art Library
Message #4597
DEAR Sysop, I would like to upload a few files to your derived art section but the system is saying its full. Is there anything that can be done or is that section up to its limit? Jeff Herbert 74270,10
Director vs. TV*Show
Message #4594
Anyone care to compare The Director and TV*Show. I'm looking for something that is fairly easy to use to create slideshow type segments to add to home videos (some genlocked and some not). VideoSeg in vidtitler would be great if it supported HAM. Thanks, Steve
Need Help With GIF!
Message #4593
Dear Sysop, I just bought a new A2000 and would like to know if there is any way I can display gif pictures such as a weather map on my screen without downloading the picture. I'm not new to cis but to amiga graphics and wold appreciate any info you…
Slideshow
Message #4592
Is there a slideshow program comparable to Videoseg (In Videotitler) that will display HAM images. Showiz is close but seems to go from image to black to image rather than from image to image in its effects. Steve
Print Resolution
Message #4591
Can someone explain Screen resolution VS Print Resolution. I'm trying to set up "ComicSetter" to produce the best hardcopy and I'm lost. Using the new 1.3 preferences, I can select my print resolution (I have an Epson LQ800 24 pin) up to 360×180 dpi but since the screen size is…
But Steve – the question for a school system is not how many titles are available, but rather, how much software is available that FITS THE CURRICULUM. It is here that the Apple and IBM have it over almost anyone else. In fact, the Apple edges out the IBM here.…
Yeah – where there's a will – and a multi-tasking computer, there's bound to be a way. Betty
Really AMIGA
Message #4584
The question about how many Amigas have sold in a period and how many pieces of software have been written for it in that same period is specious. Back when the PET and the APPLE II came out there was a MUCH smaller audience making the total numbers possible to…
#4421-
Amiga in Schools
Message #4583
Good idea, Bill. My community college has an Amiga 1000 in the TV studio, but only one. The TV director, an old 64 man, did buy a used Amy 1000 to work at home. But for the students, it is IBMs and Apples. (sigh) // Jim
Help
Message #4578
Well, I got some help from Amigatech so I could 'unarc' the 'Hamgif'program. When I typed 'Hamgif' some instruction came on the screen. My question is, let's say I want to see the weathermaps which needs the GIF support, what steps should I follow after seeing the Hamgif instructions? I…
Casio CT-360 Midi
Message #4577
I am looking into getting a keyboard to learn to play music. I have almost no musical background, but have always wanted to learn; more so, since I have an amiga, and Sonix. I saw a casio CT-360 at a dept. store, for about $300.00. What I would like to…
#4543-
Aug WP bug
Message #4576
Thanks for jumping in with the quick response. Does the term "AAAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH" mean anything to you?
#4549-
#MSDOS & MAC to AMIGA IFF
Message #4569
I really don't recall if it did. Whether it does or not, a screen grabber is always an alternative… –>Steve Bennett
#4538-
#Amiga in Schools
Message #4567
Another often ignored fact is that in the same time period, more Amigas had been sold than either of those machines had after the same time… –>Steve Bennett
Thanks, Darron. That really DOES help out! Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba has a new lab full of Amiga 500s for their school of education.
Large # of colors
Message #4507
A proposal for interchange format (IFF) for files with large number of colors: If the number of bit planes in an IFF file is greater than or equal to twelve (12) and is divisable (withoug remainder) by 3 (e.g. 12, 15, 18, 21, 24), and there is no colormap chunk,…
For what it's worth, the current catalog from the U. of Minn. lists several courses in the Art Department on computer art, animation, video production, etc., using "the Amiga and other personal computers." Isn't it nice to see the other ges listed under the "other" category for once ?
#4310-
Midi interface
Message #4460
Nothing is a moot point if the discussion yields something like new knowledge… Yes, by opto-isolator I also mean opto-coupler; both terms are in common use. Sorry, you're not catching my drift. You're talking about the _current_ through the emitter; I'm talking about the _breakdown_voltage_ of the detector. Two different…
#4376-
#Amiga in Schools
Message #4418
I think the colleges are beginning to see the advantages of Amigas all over. They have them at Stanford, I understand. A friend at Brandon Univ., in Manitoba just set up an Amiga lab. I read on Usenet of many colleges that have them in various departments. The U. of…
Video Animation Blues
Message #4366
Why not buy a Frame Buffer for you're Amiga and either Sculpt 3d or Turbo Silver. Both support them and will give you 7?? by 4?? pixels with 16 million colors. I think Mimetics has one of the available frame buffers for the Amiga GreggT
#4322-
#Amiga in Schools
Message #4363
I've spent most of my life dealing with school administrators, and worked with our computer specialist very closely while our computer program was being instituted. I know a great deal about what we needed (but couldn't get), and about what influences people in those positions. I know that Apple mde…
The software I'm using is called Big D. Big D is a raytrace software designed to work with Autocad. You use AutoCAD to create the 3D model and then render it with BigD. Big D creates shades, shadows, reflections, transparent surfaces and more, and with a Targa 16 or compatible,…
Mirage emulator? 🙂
Message #4307
A friend just told me about a program called Sound Oasis, from a company in Michigan called New Ware. Has anyone seen this? How much is it? It supposedly can read and play Mirage digitized sound disks, controlled through the Amiga from any MIDI keyboard. Their number is (313) 771-4465.…
Dom, A lot of the things you don't like are implementation dependent by the author of that software. Like the Atari, Amiga does support fine scroll. Rewriting the screen is not necessary to update it. Stopping scroll after releasing the mouse button on the 'arrows' can indeed be stopped immediately.…
I'm not certain that you can blame slow response on the OS (except for the time of a dirctory listing, which is ridiculous). A programmer has the choice of several ways of refreshing/updating his display on the Amiga. If his refresh is slow enough to irritate (and I've seen a…
Why not buy a Frame Buffer for you're Amiga and either Sculpt 3d or Turbo Silver. Both support them and will give you 7?? by 4?? pixels with 16 million colors. I think Mimetics has one of the available frame buffers for the Amiga GreggT
Peter, From your question, you are not familiar with the Amiga system. What magazine will you be publishing in? Presently, the most capable DTP program for the Amiga is Professional Page by Gold Disk Software. They will have Professional Draw released in October which will be similar to Adobe Illustrator.…
Are you for real?? Have you read ANY of the reference manuals on the AmigaOS? For an even _less_ unbiased opinion, come over to AmigaTech and ask those questions.
#3893-
WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4265
Jim, You make some good points concerning Amiga magazines. However, I sold my entire Atari setup, including software, for $1,500.00 before I bought the Amiga, and I'm glad I did. I have never been nostalgic for the Atari, although I thought I would have been. The Atari was a great…
#Dream DTP System
Message #4264
If dreams could come true..or, maybe you already run a "dream" Amiga desktop publishing system. I'm doing an article for a new desktop publishing magazine and I'd like to find out what Amiga users perceive as the ultimate Amiga rig for desktop publishing. I'd certainly appreciate hearing your votes for…
#3880-
WP & Panasonic KX-P1091
Message #4263
Lynn, Thanks a lot. If I didn't already mention it, could you try to get the Panasonic driver to also support double underlining? By the way, are you the actual WP programmer? Dom Fontana
BIG HAM pics in vend
Message #4262
Two LARGE HAM images have been uploaded to AmigaVend/ASDG. These were done with ASDG's SpectraScan full color scanning system. Programs which will properly load these images are: Prism Plus, Deluxe Photo Lab, and of course, SpectraScan. Please feel free to dl these images and ask questions about how they were…
#3878-
#WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4261
Lynn, I agree with your assessment concerning programming on the Amiga. As a matter of fact, one of the things I like about WP so much is that it is very fast. The screen updates, the requestors, the keystroke reflections, etc.. However, doesn't the Amiga have a poor OS to…
#3872-
WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4260
Steve, That was a good observation concerning Amiga software and I agree with you. However, see my 9/21/88 message to Jeff in this thread, concerning some Amiga problems that aren't attributed to software. Dom Fontana
#3867-
#WP vs. Excellence-Part2
Message #4259
Jeff, Thanks for the info but I already know about the editors for the Amiga. What I meant was that all screen handling is poor on the Amiga due to the OS. Therefore, this effects even commercial software. The CLI, which I use quite often is a joke. Even the…
Mike, I know I uploaded both parts, but I wonder if the executable to MG2B would not have gone to the TOOLS lib. of Tech, rather than to Arts? Have you looked there? Betty
#4229-
WP Vendor Support
Message #4251
Jim, Not Guilty. I did not suggest moving this section here from Tech. I think that was a decision of the Sysops after messages about WP clogged the Tech forum. Rich
#4219-
Professioal Page
Message #4250
Vic, Uh, well, see I meant northeastern Urdu, a very little known dialect, compared to generic Urdu. Not much published in that tongue, even given the recent information explosion. Rich
#4227-
WordPerfect Upgrades
Message #4249
Jim, Owning Apple equipment is like owning a sailboat. Just turn your wallet over to the salesman. Rich
#4228-
Professioal Page
Message #4248
Yes, Jim. They do have modems – 2400 baud. And they do accept work by phone. They suggested that if someone had a BIG amount, sending a disk by UPS or FED EXPRESS overnight would probably be cheaper, but the modems are available. Betty
Amiga in Schools
Message #4247
Even more than supporting COMAL, though, That Education Specialist needs to know what school administrators are demanding from those who sell them computers. A local sales rep talked with me recently about selling Amigas to the schools. His idea was to get a college student to go over and show…
#4226-
Comal for Amiga?
Message #4246
Well, Jim, I do think that since COMAL is available for the Apple and for the IBM, it has a better chance. I'd like COMAL for the Amiga because I'd like to use it myself! It makes more sense to me than anything else available. I hate to admit this…
#MG2B executable???
Message #4245
Pardon my asking, but I've seen the source files (in amigatech) for MG2B, and they give a reference to the name of the executable file archive. BUT WHERE IS IT???? The applications section of Amigaarts still lists MG2A.arc. ——————-
I'm thinking about Silver, but I already have so much (time as well as cash) invested in Sculpt. I may take a long, hard look at Silver next time I'm in a store, especially if they have a copy of 3.0. …wjas {;-O>
weather sat pix
Message #4238
For those of you interested in weather satellite images, I have been uploading my images to the picturs support forum recently for a wider audience. (GO pics) The GIF format may be viewed with hamgif or giffy2 for the amiga available in the same forum. The program iff2gif will convert…
Thank you patrick, I'll try it! Ken
#3853-
WordPerfect Upgrades
Message #4185
Prior to the release of the Amiga CBM offered Ashton-Tate a sum in six figures to develop a database product for the Amiga. AT turned them down. Ed
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