This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Actualy I got the left Amiga commands off BIX. Though (sp?) I saw it mentioned recently in the Intuition(?) developers manual. Aparently there will be a system of Amiga key and another key commands. Alas only left AmigaM and N are implemented in the operating system. james powell *** There…
amiga fonts
Message #42055
Anyone have any ideas on how to extract usable information from the FONTS files.for use in ABasiC? Dick Darling Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
C will be a new experience for me. I have a LOT of Basic and Fortran and SOME Pascal, Forth and 6502 assembly , but for some reason I think of C with some trepidation. I have one application that I'm working on right now that I HAVE to get…
Scott, if those monitors have the same 34 pin rectangular connector as the Sony XBR TV's, there are several grounds you should connect to greatly improve picture stability and clarity. See my file SONY.XBR in DL7. Even if it's a different connector, I would not be surprised if the R,…
I only ment that you had to be careful with spaces. Your right, quotes solve the problem, I should have mentioned that. SpLiTiNfInItY Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
There is an Front and Icon editor that is supposed to be in the developers tool kit. Many do not have it yet, but you an get it if you are persistant and know the right people. Personaly, Im gona hack the .info files, I know enough about Intuiimages to…
I dont think the SuperBitMap is realy larger than the screen (in ABasic) its just that the routines clip at the edges and dont give you illegal quantity errors for exceading the limits. That I realy love. Of course if you use C, you will have pretty much total control…
Larry, Looked up your old messages, tried what you said, and it worked fine. Thanks for the help. – Jeff Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
downloading?
Message #42047
Hi Eugene, To download from here you need VIP XL, which has Xmodem. So when you choose to download, set VIP for Xmodem download. Also if you download a program with a .img header, you will need to use a program called BINIMG.BIN in DL7 of PCS-116, to strip the…
#Monitors
Message #42044
Hi There….. Its real easy to wire up a sony profeel (kx/pvm) rgb monitor to the amiga Just wire up R,G,B,CSYNC and 1 ground… & presto it works… use the analog rbg on both ends and it works… I'm currently using a KX1211hg monitor & the quality is great… If…
#41684-
AMIGA-1902
Message #42043
YESYESYESYESYESYESYES With no problems at all it takes 5 pins to be wired up…R,G,B,CSYNC and 1 gound anywere on th 34pin connector on the 1902… I used my kx1211hg & it works great!!!! If you need more help leave me some mail…(I don't know when I'll get here again) Scott…
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#C for the Amiga
Message #42040
it is avail. now I have it! (299.00)$ *** There is a reply: 42062 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#41699-
AMIGA-1902
Message #42039
why are you in caps all the time! it makes it very hard to read!! Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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Amiga Connection-STDs
Message #42038
exe not bin! s Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Jeff, see message #12172 on cbm2000 for a way to do it from CLI. The method is sorta brute force, but it works. You don't really need redirection to do it. Just use: COPY SER: TO FILENAME or TYPE SER: TO * See also the reply to the same message…
The easiest way is to copy them to ram: first. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
I am in Scottsdale. I am in the phone book too. Leave a message on the machine if it is on. Greg Ferguson 72215,572 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Are you from Pheonix? If you are, find some other Amiga users and let's start a Users Group!!! Benji. 72127,570 *** There is a reply: 42035 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Congradulations (sp?) on 42000!!! Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
The general feeling in PHX amoung the MOTOROLA users is that the days of the COCO are numbered. Motorola designed the machine, and all the following mods came out of one of the local delevopment areas in the plant where I work. R.S. has not done much lately with the…
I don't know, but I don't see how they counld avoid it. This will be a good piece of hardware; they'd be crazy not to. I'm a FORTRAN programmer from way back (circa 1962) so BASIC is natural for me but I believe that something like 'C' will be better…
Sounds good, James! Where did you get the 'left Amiga, N' or 'left Amiga M' stuff? You must have manuals (drool!). Thanks…….Steve *** There is a reply: 42056 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
According to the manual (great gales of laughter) one of the array variables allows you to override this. The search continues … (and so on) Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Great idea! I've been usithe command all the time, including scrolling a figure off the screen by repeated GSHAPES and I never thought of setting up an entire picture off-screen. I can immediately think of a couple of possi- ble uses in my application. Have you by any chance come…
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
I don't own an Amiga but I have played a little and I believe you can use COPY to copy a file from the disk drive to memory by going: COPY filename TO * This will copy the file to the current window and you can then change disks and…
The danger of sounding knowledgeable is that people will ask questions. Is there a way to copy abasic source files on a 1 drive system? *** There are replies: 42017, 42036 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Type and copy *DO* allow redirection. The only catch is that any re-direction has to be placed on the command line BEFORE any other parameters. For instance, to redirect "DIR" to the parrallel port do the following: dir >par: *.bas opt a To redirect "TYPE" to the serial port do:…
#Amiga RS-232 input
Message #42011
Does anyone know how to copy RS-232 input to a file. Neither TYPE nor COPY appear to allow I/O redirection. *** There are replies: 42014, 42037 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
William Volk has seen MS-Basic – says it's better than the Mac version of MS basic… Hope William won't mind commenting on this… *** There is a reply: 42061 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Steve, You are perfectly correct in saying that you can use spaces in a filename so long as you enclose it in quotes when called from the CLI. P.S. message #42000 *** There is a reply: 42033 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
The word is that MS will be putting a BASIC for the Amiga but I haven't gotten any press releases from MS, just rumours. Darrell *** There is a reply: 42001 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Did I miss something about spaces in file names? I haven't had any problems with that if you enclose the filename in quotes when called from the CLI. *** There are replies: 42000, 42052 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Yes, I'm very dissapointed with Abasic myself.. It's so poor, I'm unable to use the machine at all for what I bought it for. It's a darn shame too. Neat piece of hardware. Do you know if MS will put out a basic for Amiga? I don't think I can…
Font editor???? where? I missed that. *b* *** There is a reply: 42051 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
to edit ABasiC program with ed form ED. Save or replace the file on disk, if you do not use a file name the current program name is used(what you get when you list the program). Now issue SHELL"ED 'program name'" where 'program name' is the name of the program…
David, I read somewhere that the REV to use is -1 (minus 1). 1_ will give you a function argument. oops.. function argument ERROR that is. Regards, Larry. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Thanks, Bob. I was looking for a (possibly) hidden icon editor, but I see from another message that one will be out in the future. Incidentally, I use the 'Ed' editor for making major changes in ABasiC pgms. At least it's a fairly good screen editor. There might be a…
It's good to hear that, but I'm in Alabama so it'll probably be more like six weeks! Thanks. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER 8 BIT PROCESSOR, BUY IT. TOO MANY OF THE WRONG ADDRESS MODES??????WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I ADMIRE YOU FOR BEING SOMEWHAT OBJECTIVE ABOUT THIS. MOST PEOPLE ARE, I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED, TOTAL BIGOTS ABOUT THE MACHINE THEY'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH, EVEN THO IT MAY…
Whats the problem Benji? The examples in the manuals on IntuiText structures are not THAT cryptic. One thing though, C allows you to make a pointer on the fly such as: Message.text = "This is text"; Will create that pointer to "This is text" with a null ending automaticly. That…
You know, you can use the CLI ED to edit your ABasic programs, but make sure you dont have spaces in the file name, cuz you know how CLI treats spaces! There is a font editor out there, as stated in the manuals. Butyt the copy idea is almost straight…
Wait a minuet! You want me to set the version number to 1_ (1 with an underscore)? The REV_NUMBER is a INT number isn't it? I don't see how that would work. How would the underscore be represented in an integer variable? SpLiTiNfInItY *** There is a reply: 41981 Enter…
Correct, that bug in the MODE partof GSHAPE realy turned me off. Im use to the command in other basics, and realy wanted to use it. But one real good thing is the ability to draw off the screen (use negative and very large xs, and ys). I did a…
Hi, So how do us Amiga owners get one? *b* Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Rick- Thanks for the info. Glad to know it wasn't just my lack of understanding. Dick Darling Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Yes but I know where they are. (point taken) I will also grant that the 6502 has some sillyness (decimal math, pre-indexed indirect(note aside: Has *anyone* EVER used pre-indexed indirect (i.e. LDA (FOOBAR,X) ) ? ) ). After some thought I will retract what I said about the 6809 being…
THERE ARE A HECK OF A LOT MORE 'HOLES' IN THE 6502 CARD THAN IN THE 6809 CARD (OPCODES PER ADDR. MODES)! *** There is a reply: 41948 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
I would *guess* that the difficulty lies in basic suspending execution until the first string is spoken, only then going on to executing the next command. *kevin* *** There is a reply: 42028 Enten r command, N for next m essage or for menu :
#41808-
Amiga Bugs
Message #41943
Yeah, but it wouldn't be out yet. *kevin* Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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