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Bela, I agree about xon/xoff. I'm using my Amiga with the EZ-term prog. from DL7. Looking at it the other nite, (morning?) there is a way to detect those ctrl chars and cause a pause, so I may try implementing it. Another thing we need is a filter for received…
Good. I had some Macpeople tell me that is was going to be a port from the Mac. I didn't believe them. The Macpeople seem to think the Amiga is "just a port from the Mac!" Ha! -Wayne-
#MBasic
Message #42349
Has anyone confirmed that MBasic is limited to 64 K workspace on the Amiga? I got the Maximillian/MaxiCorp/Tardis demo disk today. Boy, it looks shoddy. I've been able to write a better modem program in C in a few hours… I'm coordinating the AMICUS user group to produce a freeware…
Your welcome Larry! I'm afraid that unless we all want to change NTSC standards, we'll continue to suffer (or tolerate) that damned flicker!!!! -RSL-
Hi, I was just asking if you could give us your opinion of lattice c. *b*
ABasiC Term Program
Message #42335
Used the buffer in EZ-Term, and it saved fine, but when I printed it there was an extra line between each line. I presume its because of the cr and lf being present rather than just the lf the amiga is looking for. Any easy way to strip the extra…
Ed, delays are one way to do it, but a poor way. CIS uses full XON/XOFF flow control. Your program can send at full speed until it recieves an XOFF (^S). Then it must wait until it receives an XON (^Q) before continuing. I regularly do all-out text uploads at…
Well Joe, mine will replaced very soon, and I'll post a critique as soon as I have used it for a while. Regards, LArry.
Really! It stands for COMmon ALgorithmic language, and has all the ease of BASIC combined with the power of PACAL, and is implemented on many machines. I can only agree with you about not needing YAL… Once I have COMAL on a machine, neither do I. REPEAT READ_DL4_PCS116 UNTIL CONVINCED…
BUG IN ABASIC WAVESHAPE
Message #42331
Wayne, I am positive MSBasic will include that and more. They do say it's their best BASIC yet. Regards, Larry.
'Fraid not Tim. The Amiga monitor has a standard refresh rate, ie. 60 Hz. I don't know what the specs are on the tube in the 1902, but I understand it really does the job well. I've heard that a converted 1902 is really a 1080, but I can't personally…
John…the phone number I gave you was for my modem…which I normally don't have a phone hooked to. What we should do is schedule a time for the call. I'm in the Pacific Time Zone (Spokane, Wa.) and am usually home by 7pm pst. Tuesday night about then looks pretty…
You want to edit the file in s/startup-sequence… type 'ed s/startup-sequence'… or to create a new file, just type 'ed "new-file-name"'… only put one command perline… make sure type 'stack 8000' before booting ABasiC or it will crash on you… if you create a file not called 'startup-sequence' you'll have…
Rick I'd love to call when I hang up I'll call the operator and find out where you live, if it's still early there I'll call. In the meantime Maxi-corp has told me to send them my disk back and they'll provide me with the latest update. It seems there…
Amiga ED procedures
Message #42321
Larry, I got those files and they were all I needed. I find I have to check in every few days to get all the great Amiga info that is uploaded. I've been taking these files to the store in town that sells the Amiga and they gave me a…
#sending text
Message #42320
the problem with uploading text files to CIS using no protocol is not entirely AMiga's fault. It is CIS's problem as well. I'm only sending at 300 baud, but believe it or not, CIS would not accept my sending of 15K basic program at the speed the AMiga was sending.…
I think i will wait for the real one to come out in that case!!! thanks for the info. (or should that be .info ??!!) Ari
haven't had any problems capturing stuff with maxicomm, only sending stuff. (of course, I haven't tried any 80k text files either). hope either maxicorp gets their act together, or someone writes a good term prog.(I'd do it right now if only I knew C. I do know some, but I'm…
You can only save an icon under its original name and window on that vers (1.0, I think). To make a new icon, make a copy of one of the .info files (so you don't trash the old one). Load it in and edit it and then save it (all…
That's assuming the compiler works correctly. Most C compilers I have seen are full of internal bugs. I am hoping that the Aztec one for the Amiga is relatively bug-free. Look at AmigaDOS and Abasic. I'll lay heavy odds they are both written in C. Airtight? My -ss.
Oh, COMAL is really a language? Can't say I ever heard of it (please, no itch– I really don't need Yet Another Language!). Cheers. Pray for Amiga software. -Larry-
I have all of these things floating around… Lattice C Pascal Lisp Macro Assmebler they are test versions & I cant vouch for their status.. etc.. but they are many evenings worth of fun, just hacking around the CLI. Ari
Well people, I have the ICONED program, and it works ok.. you can load and edit the icons and colors and all sorts of things. The only problem is that my version will not save an icon.. it just hangs. if anyone might be able to fix this bug/omission then…
Wow youve got me stumped! What are you talking about? I have C. Im looking for a set of routines to learn with.
ABasiC Term Program
Message #42309
Yes, EZ Term works. I am here as living proof. Trick is to figure out out to get it to work at 1200 baud now. As far as increasing the buffer size, how about sending the buffer input to a Ram disk? Yours, Ewan Grantham 76314,664
PAINT2.BAS UPLOAD
Message #42302
Dear Robert, Thank you for your message. I removed your original upload named PAINT2.BAS and then "renamed" your new upload named PAINT2.TXT back to PAINT2.BAS. We are in the process of checking the DL 7 Amiga Files. Thank you for sharing and letting us know about this situation. Sincerely, Sysop/Betty…
Hi. EDIT is what I was questioning. I was curious as to what the purpose of it was and how to use it. It's getting a little frustrating. A terrrific machine…Like getting a banquet in a can and not having a can opener. ****Real Soon Now**** *b* Enter command, N…
Hi Larry. Are you using the Amiga RGB monitor? The reason I'm asking is that I understand that the flicker in interlaced mode is caused by the fact that the refresh rate in the monitor is only 60 times a second, standard NTSC. Converting a 1902 monitor to analog RGB…
Where might you get a ML monitor? Thats more like, where might you be able to get ANYTHING! For now, be glad for what you do have, because anything else will be rare at best. Im not sure which you want details on, ED or EDIT. I use ED myself,…
Any language that is compiled gives you the ability to make the program air tight. Inturpreted languages sometimes make this an option, but it's fudged at best. Because they are compiled the resulting code is in machine language, which goes for PASCAL, C, and Assembler (plus a lot more). SpLiTiNfInItY…
Downloads=PROBLEM!
Message #42292
Hi Brad Thanks for the info. It should help a lot in clearing this up. Louise 70007,1373 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
deleted files
Message #42291
Hi Sorry you found files missing. It seems some files got truncated during DL so we have some patching to do. The files will reappear as soon as possible. Thanks for being patient. Louise 70007,1373 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
term
Message #42290
Dear Kelly, The most incredible thing happens when I try to print out the listing of your program using easy script and RX80. Line 12 starts printing in reverse video! The character in quotes in line 10 appears as a C= character in the screen listing but appears as in…
Scott, there are two other pins that are necessary for Centronics parallel. They are the 'strobe' and 'busy' lines required to keep the computer from overrunning the printer. Regards, Larry. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Roy, thanks for UPLing that. I was trying to, but of course I am having great difficulties doing any UP/DOW. The only problem with the program is that it really shows up the flicker with text, etc. I did some fiddling around, and found that once you run SETLACE, ABasiC…
Wayne, I might caution you to hold judgement on any decisions that may be in any way related to ABasiC. As Amiga BASIC, by Microsoft will be the bundled BASIC for the Amiga, I think that ABasiC will go the way of the DODO bird, as it should be. ABasiC,…
Larry, I share your feelings about C, both as a language to program with, and in regard to its supposed 'transportability'. COMAL is probably the most portable language I have ever seen, and one of the easiest to learn. It is also a powerful language, structured without being overly restrictive,…
That's good to hear Kelly, though I would advise anyone doing the same to check the modem they plan to use, especially if it is not a Hayes, but a compatible. Speaking of saving money, I currently am using a three wire hookup. GND, RXD, TXD. The only reason I'm…
Joe, I am even having problems with Maxicomm on text buffer capture when trying to grab stuff that way from the DLs. I xalled the bulletin board that Maxicorp set up in Pebble Beach, and at considerable expense, captured probably 80K of text, only to find out later that all…
ABasiC Term Program
Message #42283
Ewan, I haven't tried the EZTerm program at all. You might check to see if you've got the whole program, as there are some problems with the UPLoading. By the way, while I think of it, I'd like to thank the TPUG SYSOP's for allowing us to use the DL…
That is *indeed* a worry, from what I hear. Non-release of 1.1 of AmigaDos is holding up release of a LOT of third-party software out here in Silicon Valley. -LDM- Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
There are few products so well thought out and engineered as the Hayes modems. They seem to work on just about anything. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
ABasiC Term Program
Message #42278
Most modems need to be told to go on-line some way. Be sure that your modem is not looking for DTR from the Amiga (on the Hayes modems there is a DIP switch to dummy this signal). -LDM- Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
THANK YOU, SCOTT, I'LL GIVE THAT A TRY. GREG *** There is a reply: 42289 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
I wish C were as *standard* as you say. There are some pretty severe dialects out there for PCs (Notably BDS). They don't even agree on what the argument list is for such things as FREAD, etc. You were fortunate that the C compiler you used on the PC followed…
To mix video with computer images you will need some hardware which CBM is going to be releasing first of the year: a "frame grabber" which digitizes a video frame so you can capture & work on it, and a "genlock" unit which fiddles all of the TV synchronizing signals…
TERMIN prob
Message #42274
Kelly, Someone may have already brought your attention to this but in TERMIN.BAS lines 1040,1060,1070,and 1073 have been truncated. They are probably too long for CIS to handle. You might post the full lines in a msg. or better yet break out the multiple statements to individual shorter lines and…
Sure thing. I think that part of the problem maybe the line lenght. CIS seems to be wacking off the longer lines. Also it could be in the way ABasiC chops up the lines to fit on screen (I have not seen anything as screwy!). ABasiC seems to have problems…
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