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Not so great either… but after the C64 stories I've heard, I can't complain at all. – Bela Lubkin Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Oh well — guess not everyone has that adventurous spirit. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
To All: OOPPSS!! thats smarts not smatrs. Chris Scott Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Warm and Fuzzy? Hmmm… I tried FORTH, but it doesn't seem to fit with my way of thinking. I tend to take my baggage with me when I travel, and FORTH methods would dictate that I have to send it on ahead before I even decide where I'm going. Regards,…
#To Buy or Not to Buy
Message #12755
I would personally like to thank everybody leaving messages on this SIG for helping me to make up my mind about whether or not to purchase an Amiga. My decision is NOT to buy an Amiga for at least another year. After reading about all of the bugs present in…
C Books
Message #12754
Larry, Thanks for the extra C reference. I can use all of the help I can get. With the postings of Pariseau on UseNet, I'll need the Lattice C to use them. Jere 75156,2053 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#The Real Books
Message #12753
Jeric, I'm sorry I wasn't very clear in my message. By "the real thing" I meant the official books from Commodore/Amiga. I assumed that Addison-Wesely was the publisher of those official books. I was (am) afraid that I would end up buying the same books twice. On another subject: FORTH…
#12579-
CBM MONITORS
Message #12750
From what I've gathered, both monitors are essentially the same, with the exception of analog circuitry and the additional speaker. They both have the same tube. I think the 1902 is therefore quite a bargain! Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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1571 Disk Bugs
Message #12745
First of all, for the sake of clarity, you really should have this question in SS2, reserved for the 128. But nevertheles…. I have moved out many 1571's to people who use them as a second drive with their old 1541's. No reports of problems. I personally use 2 1571's…
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#No Failures
Message #12742
I've got four (out of a batch of 90) Amigas sitting in my back room right now. But that's not a bad ratio! Mark Weddell [74726,313] *** There is a reply: 12801 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
How about the programs that use the GTIA in the old Ataris? There are a few of them, but not all Ataris have that chip. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Kind of like old Atari's CTIA/GTIA. Of course it took a LOT longer for Atari to go to the GTIA! Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
You are using PRT: from ABasiC as the device to which you print. If you use PAR: you will have complete control over the codes sent to any printer0r or device on the parallel port. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
New DENise Graphics CHip
Message #12727
Is there a simple test to determine whether you have the new 64 color Denise chip in your Amiga without checking the revision number? If not , what is the new chips revision # or at what serial # AMiga does it begin to exist? Also, are there other changes…
#AMIGA/PRINTER INTERFACE
Message #12716
IS ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE SENDING PRINTER COMMANDS TO THEIR PRINTER. THE AMIGA DOS SEEMS TO KEEP THE EMBEDDDED ESCAPE CODE FROM GETTING TO MY EPSON LQ-1500 PRINTER. THESE COMMANDS ARE IN A RUNNING AMIGA BASIC PROGRAM. *** There is a reply: 12739 Enter command, N for next message or for…
You will love it. Like going from a Volkswagen to a Porsche. Hardware is A+++, software is behind temporarily (happens on all new machines). You'll find that since the Amiga is a "big-time" machine, there is more to programming it (especially low-level) than for CP/M. For most applications most people…
JERIC I AM USING A TANDY COCO WHICH HAS NO LOWERCASE LETTERS! O WELL, ANYTHING ON MY MESSAGE? Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#Satisfaction w/ Amiga
Message #12696
I am currently considering the purchase of an Amiga. I have searched for info available to me and I am very impressed. I am presently a long time user of CP/M and an Osborne I. Any opinions on the Amiga and or experiences will be appreciated. *** There is a…
I don't see any reason why they SHOULD update chips. Its an undocumented EXTA feature that they decided to add at the last minute. Since its neither supported nor documented, I don't think they are even morally obligated to update any machines. I agree, it would be NICE if they…
Sorry to interrupt, but this disturbs me, to find out this after I got my Amiga. What is CBM's policy on chip updates? If they won't update, is there another way to get the new chips? If so, how? Robert Coulter [74236,1352] *** There is a reply: 12695 Enter command,…
Yes, it uses the barrel shift capability of the chip, but the EXTA-HALFBRITE display mode is only available in the NEW Denise chips. – Jez. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Yes, there is a Revision number on the chip… I think its R5 or R6 is the new one.. can't remember (sorry!) – Jez. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#64 colour mode.
Message #12690
Its a different release of the Denise/Daphne chip which allows the 64 colour mode (known as 'EXTRA HALFBRITE') Apparently only a FEW Amiga's currently have this chip, but all NEW Amiga's will have it as standard (as of Now!) – Jez. *** There are replies: 12694, 12740 Enter command, N…
Thanks again Jeff!!!! -RSL- Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Wayne, Sorry to see you go, but we understand how it can happen (!). Please do check back from time to time… we'll look forward to seeing you again! Meantime, be sure the $ go in the piggy bank … Best, — Enter command, N for next message or for…
To be honest, I'm not sure. I have the prog, but the docs are supposedly, "under seperate cover." Still, the program certainly acts like it is compiling the program you have written in the "LIST" window. Off the subject, our first meeting of the Atlanta area Users group was a…
It's not. Ewan jumped to a conclusion, off a cliff… – Bela Lubkin Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#12545-
#64 colour mode.
Message #12626
Jez, does this mean that there will be hardware changes to the machine? I was under the impression that the code in question used the existing barrel shift capabilities of the graphic chip. Regards, Larry. *** There is a reply: 12692 Enter command, N for next message or for menu…
#12517-
RAM Disk on Amiga?
Message #12621
Sigh..the jackets were not for public consumption. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#AMIGA MONITOR
Message #12616
Do you really >have< to type in all upper case? It is very hard to read. Jeric *** There is a reply: 12706 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#12505-
Internal drive
Message #12612
RE:detecting disks in drive: Seems like a opto-switch would have been easy enough, quieter, and less wear on the drive, and possibly more elegant. Jeric Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#AnswerMate
Message #12610
This is the intent, but apparently no minor task. The clock (and I'm no software expert here) can either get it's information from two different places (Amigados or Intuition) (I could be wrong) Not sure how deeply embedded this stuff is. Hopefully, we could get something put in preferences, to…
#12500-
#MSBASIC TERM Prog.
Message #12608
Ewan, your message to Bela seemed to imply that MS-Basic is compiled. Could this be true? (Oh still my beating heart….) Jeric *** There are replies: 12634, 12659 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
Jere, Thanx for the info re books and such. When you say "the real thing" do you mean the Addison/Wesley books or CBM/Amiga books? I had heard here that the A/W books weren't gonna be available before January. Do you know different? Jeric Enter command, N for next message or…
#I gotta hang back
Message #12605
I am going to saty away from CIS for a while. I am running up $100 a month that I could be putting towards my future Amiga. Anyway, if any earthshattering info comes along, could some kind hearted soul pass it along EasyPlex? Or, for the benefit of all, UL…
#printer driver
Message #12601
To All: Is there a printer driver with enough smatrs to provide a "what you see is what you get" graphic dump to a printer? I don't care much about which printer is supported but rather how a bit-map is put together. That includes the contributions of multiple tasks, dynamic…
#Books, Disks
Message #12587
Jeric, The last time I was down at CompuTron in Portland they had little mail-in cards from Bantam Books – here it is under the Amiga keyboard – where you could order the 'Prepublication' edition of the AmigaDOS manual for $49.95+$3 UPS. I don't know what a 'Prepublication' edition is!…
#12545-
#64 colour mode.
Message #12582
How will we be able to tell the difference between the two? S/N differences? *** There is a reply: 12691 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n