This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#WB1.2
Message #46391
The track buffers are 15K per disk, including other overhead, as best I know. You could find out by disconnecting df1: and booting up, checking the difference in mem for a "virgin" system. ( Then again, that would include an extra process for df1:. )
"Nearly" everything uses Text(). I think there is an Exec level call that is used occaisionally, but never tracked it down. I just noticed a font other than the one I had substituted in a couple things like alerts, some of the time. Glad to hear of the improvement in…
Regarding the query back up this thread, you can also get further hardware details on the Amiga by getting a set of Schematics from Cardinal Software at 14840 Build America Dr. [no kidding], Woodbridge, VA 22191. They cost $24.95 for a four sheet set plus leaflet.
#Amigas on TV!
Message #46364
Just about every scene used an Amiga. The big screen stuff was a Betacam video tape playback (various sources) into an Amiga with Live!, and then fed into a second Amiga with genlock to do the data character overlay. The RGB was fed into a GE video projector. I'm sure…
John, I don't remember what it did under 1.1 on my machine, but an AVAIL under 1.2 seems to give you a maximum that is really the maximum available for allocation after boot-up. Notice the maximums in your example under 1.2, where you have 523232 CHIP and 516888 FAST. If…
Larry, I thought that the column label maximum in avail meant the total physical memory, not unallocated. Am I confused? Not much memory to quibble over, just want to be sure everything is ok. Thanks. John
#46256-
WB1.2
Message #46340
Do either of you two guys read Amazing Computing? Vol 1 #6, page 73 has an article by Thom Sterling on the Amiga disk controller (in fact, it's titled "Fun with the Amiga disk controller"). As a real amachoor, I don't understand nearly as much of the article as I…
The reason for the "524280" must be that 8 bytes are used in FAST memory to store some information after an addmem is done under 1.1 With autoconfig, of course, there is even more taken away since a lot of system stuff gets loaded directly into FAST.
#Caligari vs CAD-3D
Message #46325
I just read an article on Caligari in Amiga World. Sounds very intriguing. I have a 520 ST which I word-process music video on, but I've been fooling with CAD-3D solid modeling software, which is on the verge of releasing a 60fps animation co-package. I'm just now starting to see…
Writing for AmiTALK
Message #46323
Hello All, AmiTALK magazine is looking for a few authors who are interested in writing about anything concerning the Amiga. If you are at all interested, or if you have any questions and/or comments, please do not hesitate to bring them to my attention. You may reach me through mail…
#1 MEG Ram Expansion
Message #46322
I upgraded my Amiga last night to 1 meg last night. Thanks for posting the correction. I would not have noticed it. Works great! I made one mistake. I nicked the wire from pin 3 on U1H (74F138) to pin 10 U1J (74F399) and it broke without my noticing it.…
#FastFonts
Message #46317
BTW, it also speeds up the menu display, which on a 4-bplane screen is fairly slow. The menu function must use Text(), eh? —Mike
#Modula-2
Message #46294
Can't help with the CLI questions (never looked at it). BPTRs are pretty simple, they are the pointers used by BCPL. BCPL can only address the memory as long words so it`s pointers are perverse (that is a comment on BCPL). Basicly multiply the BPTR by 4 and you have…
Jim, thanks! I called Kierulff and talked to Michelle. They have the WD1003A-SCS for $194 and the WD1002-27X FOO22, which I did not get a price for. The 27X is a 2,7 run-length-limited controller, giving 50% more disk space than standard MFM controllers. I asked her to research Western Digital…
RAM
Message #46280
I'd like to thank Chris Erving and Dave Haynie for their contributions regarding the internal memory expansion for the Amiga. It works great! I now have a 1 MEG Amiga running all my favorite programs, including a 559K spreadsheet in VIP Profressional. There were no complications in building the memory,…
#WB1.2
Message #46278
I was under the impression that a random trashing of the track buffer would immediately cause a guru or equivalent. Is it that easy to randomly trash the the disk buffer. After all, it is considered to be encoded already, are all patterns legal? Hopfully, there is some identifying characteristic…
!!! WARNING !!!
Message #46277
It was recently reported that there is some joker going around in various forum's COs and in CB with the handle of "CIS Security" and trying to get people to tell him their passwords. His ppn has been locked off the system but he was successful in getting a few…
WB1.2
Message #46273
Dave, if I understand you correctly, then if a particular block consisted of: FF 00 FF (1111,1111 0000,0000 1111,1111) then the track buffer for that block would be: AA AB FF F5 55 ? (1010,1010,1010,10 11,1111,1111,111 1,0101,0101,0101,0) assuming that this 'block' is from the middle of the sector. Also, if…
#SCSI control of ST506
Message #46258
I'll make it easy on Ed: Emulex makes a SCSI bussed dual ST506 drive controller, the MD01 for $395. It has a 5 1/4" form factor (meaning that it will fit inside the case of a 5 1/4" Winchester). Available from Kierulff, 1-800-367-7767 Western Digital makes a board that does…
I wasn't bad-mouthing Wordstar, I just, like, couldn't resist the opportunity to like, enrich the Forum with some Val-Speak. I still use Wordstar for program editing, but I've given up on it as a word processor. The newer generation of programs (Word Perfect and Microsoft Word) support the laser printers…
Yes, I do. I have not done that yet, but I will. I also have access to the Ultrix fortran and C, but not right now. I tried last night to get there, but our network was down at work and the only way into the Ultrix machine is through…
They make Turbo Lightning for Atari 800XL's? I doubt it. Thanks, anyway. —hjon
I wasn't badmouthing WordStar. I was just wondering that if there is nothing like WordStar, what WordStar is like. I, too, like WordStar.
op sm ?
Message #6388
But, I don't want to stop at all. Not even on messages to me.
Read w/o Stopping
Message #6387
Tom, Arley and I do similar things, but I like messages in "thread" sequence, so my command string is op;sm n;s;rtn instead of Arley's op;sm n;s;rn "RTN" tends to result in replies to messages being close to the original, which makes reading and (offline) editing somewhat easier. My defaults are…
I pulled out my copy of Pascal MT+ and tried it. The loop code has 1 instruction less than the Turbo Pascal code, but the processing is exactly the same. MT+ re-arranges things a little, but doesn't really change them. The loop setup code is much different, but is nearly…
Tom, It looks like Turbo Pascal could use some real improvement in the code it generates. I compiled this on a Z80 version of Turbo. To tell you the truth, I'm not impressed. I used to think that Turbo did a good job of optimization. ; program test; type anarray…
#editor
Message #6383
Ray, I really don't want you guys to start bad-mouthing WordStar. I think it's an excellent editor. "The best editor is the one you're comfortable with." JIM
jhon, Sounds like you need Turbo Lightning. It sits there in the background checking spelling, and beeps at you if you misspell a word. Like apparral (just got a beep). Then hitting the right hot key gives a list of "sound alike words", which, in this case, includes "apparel". –…
Jhon– I already have code for VAX Fortran and ePascal.The Fortran is the only compiler so far to get 100% for both total and loop code. The Pascal gets 100% for the loop but only 150% for total because it uses 3 pointers rather than 1 with offsets to the…
Yep. It also (in most implementations) zeros out the destination string from that point to 'n' or the end of the destination, whichever comes first. Not exactly a premier block-copy routine except for data guaranteed to contain no nulls.
Doesn't strncpy() quit when it reaches a zero byte?
The strncpy() function supplied in the libraries of most compilers performs the same job. Okay, its going to be written in C instead of assembly, but its a solution to his problem.
#6347-
TSR programs
Message #6374
Yes I use PCED all the time. One of my dearest assets on the PC, at least as valuable as a hard disk! (Are you listening Chris?). I don't have the vaguest idea what is going on at the MS end with the TSR document, other than I was told…
editing
Message #6372
Oh, and while you are here, check the description of spline.c in dl0. Are you really doing graphics on a triad of devotees of Dr. Demento? Are you a good dementite or a bad dementite? Do you wear ruby slippers? Or are you from the North, Glenda?
op sm ?
Message #6371
In a lighter vein, is there a quick way to change from stop after always to stop after never and back? I am now the owner of a copy of VIDTEX and am downloading the new messages when I check in, and need then to scroll by without stopping. Hey,…
#6326-
#"C" users read Pascal?
Message #6370
Tom, here is a sample from the VAX. I had to make this a subroutine that works on data in common or the VAX compiler optimized out *all* the code. here goes: subroutine swert real a1(100),a2(100),a3(100) common /zork/a1,a2,a3 do 10 i= 1, 100 a1(i) = a2(i) + a3(i) 10 continue…
#6313-
editor
Message #6369
If there is nothing like WordStar, then what is WordStar like? 🙂
#6308-
#editor
Message #6368
I didn't know CIS made you wear _any_ aparrel when you sysop'd. Is there anything we should be wearing when we are here? (And no editor would help. I haven't got the slightest idea how to spell appparral. apparel? aparrell? apairell?) 🙂
Leonard, after I replied to your message, I decided to try it for myself to make sure I'm not giving you a bum steer. The name of the program you'll need is ARC512.EQE, and it is indeed where I said it was. That's the good news. The bad news is…
Leanard, what kind of computer do you have? IBM Compatible? If so, GO IBMSW, and look in DL3. –Graeme
#HELP ME FIND ARC
Message #6365
PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND THE ARC DECOMPRESSION TOOL
#6348-
AVL Tree
Message #6364
Bill, I mean I *saw* the reply. I say! –Graeme
#6348-
AVL Tree
Message #6363
Bill, I say Jeff Brenton's reply. In addition to his suggestions, you might try looking for strncpy(). That's what AZTEC C calls it. –Graeme
#6348-
#AVL Tree
Message #6362
memcpy() is a generic routine, usually implement in assembler for the added speed possible. it CAN be done in C, but that would not take advantage of built-in instructions on particular machines, such as the LDIR of the Z80 and MOVS on the 8086. char *memcpy(dest,src,count) char *dest,*src; int count;…
#6335-
protocols
Message #6361
the full description of B protocol is available on page VID-17, i believe. it is a 100K file, describing all aspects of the protocol. there are also several files on A protocol in the Programmers' Forum. their DL 2 even contains the source for COMSH, a COMunications SHell for MS-DOS,…
#6320-
C compiler benchmarks
Message #6356
Welllll, she drawled. The benchmark programs which were printed in the mag are in DL1 (KEY:AUG86). I have bout 20 small files on disk which are the programs we didn't print with the article. I'm trying to put them all in a couple of files so I can Upload them…
#6334-
editor
Message #6353
Looks like I've found another piece of info to put on the Regular and New Member Bulletins here…that you have an option of using either SED *or* EDIT by changing your OP menu default. It did not occur to me that this was unclear. Oh well, live and learn. I…
#6341-
Code Contest
Message #6352
Tom, I left you a message last week about that code you UPL'd to DL0. It's in hex and can't be read. It must of gotten munged-up in transmission. Will you try again? I'll check back Sunday and Monday and let you know if it "took" this time. I guess…
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