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ABasic Term Prog
Message #12881
I haven' uploaded anything for the Amiga yet Larry, as I only have Maxicomm, and it doesn't seem to want to do xmodem uploads. If I clean it up enough, I'll send it 'text' mode. I am also going to try to upload my simple 'strip' program, using binary xmodem.…
#ABasiC Program Size
Message #12880
What is the size limit for ABasiC programs? I am geting "PROGRAM TOO LARGE" at a source code size of 60100 bytes (as determined by fre(0) before and after loading) on a 512k machine. It seems that a 90k language should support a program size a little bigger than 60k.…
Intuition Structures
Message #12870
AUE CONTRAIR. ONE WOULD END UP LEARNING MUCH MUCH MORE ABOUT THE AMIGA BY LEARNING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEEDED TO INCLUDE AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU COULD GET AWAY WITHOUT. I AGREE WITH YOU, HOWEVER. ONE DOES NOT WANT TO DO _MAIN() UNLESS ONE HAS AN AXE TO GRIND. FOR ME…
Intuition Structures
Message #12869
SOMETHING TO TRY, I GUESS. ONLY COSTS ONE COMPILE. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE THE SETUP YOU NEEDED AND AVOID THE REST. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. SDP Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
AMIGA SPRITES
Message #12856
HELLO: HAS ANYONE FOUND A WAY TO USE SPRITES or ANIMATE??? I AM GETTING ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS AT THE STORE WHERE WE SELL AMIGA'S… WHEN WILL DEALERS GET V1.1 OF DOS???? THANK YOU, TERRY Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#ABasic Term Prog
Message #12854
Stop and think about what you are doing — integers are 32 bits -or 4 bytes. Think about it and the Guru error won't seem all that strange. *** There is a reply: 12925 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#v1.1
Message #12847
Sorry 'bout that. I remembered seeing someone say it would be out 11/15. I thought it was someone who would know, but…. *** There is a reply: 12969 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#Okimate-20 printer
Message #12840
If you were referring to the parallel Okimate-20 printer with white lines in the graphics printout, my manual says switch 5 is NOT used for anything. Regardless, turning switch 5 'on' did not remove the white lines and I doubt that a Rom change will either. After taking the printer…
#12742-No Failures
Message #12801
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
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#12755-To Buy or Not to Buy
Message #12778
Oh well — guess not everyone has that adventurous spirit. Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#12601-printer driver
Message #12762
To All: OOPPSS!! thats smarts not smatrs. Chris Scott Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#12753-The Real Books
Message #12759
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,…
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#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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#12435-1571 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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#12478-#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
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#12695-64 colour mode.
Message #12741
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
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#12690-64 colour mode.
Message #12740
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
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#12716-AMIGA/PRINTER INTERFACE
Message #12739
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
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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…
#12696-Satisfaction w/ Amiga
Message #12707
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…
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#12616-AMIGA MONITOR
Message #12706
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
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#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…
#12694-#64 colour mode.
Message #12695
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…
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#12690-#64 colour mode.
Message #12694
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,…
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#12626-64 colour mode.
Message #12692
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
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#12582-64 colour mode.
Message #12691
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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#12574-#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…
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#12610-AnswerMate
Message #12688
Thanks again Jeff!!!! -RSL- Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#12605-I gotta hang back
Message #12673
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…
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#12608-MSBASIC TERM Prog.
Message #12659
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…
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#12608-MSBASIC TERM Prog.
Message #12634
It's not. Ewan jumped to a conclusion, off a cliff… – Bela Lubkin Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#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…
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#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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#12538-#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
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#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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#12525-#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…
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#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
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#12587-Books, Disks
Message #12607
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…
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#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
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#10665-#SONY XBR-13
Message #10744
Bob, I work in a law office. Actually a lot of law offices – word processing temp speciallizing in law (the most $, don't you know). As a result, I do most of the dirty work involved – such as diary entering, etc. If I could be of any help,…
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cli help
Message #10711
The use of 0Ah to terminate character strings is a UNIX convention. "The UNIX system is unusual in its approach to representing control information, particularly its use of newlines to terminate lines. Many systems instead provide 'records', one per line, each of which contains not only your data but also…
#10589-Upgrades
Message #10685
Joe, Not sure…I'll let Randy Weiner reply to this…he's a bit closer to the front lines. Jeff Porter Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
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#10502-#SONY XBR-13
Message #10665
Carlos: Don't think there's any such thing as a 13" XBR. They only come in 20 and 25" varieties. Stick with the 20", or ask Steve Ahlstrom about the monitor he's using. Given the bigger picture, you'd expect to lose some picture quality. Funny thing is, you don't and I…
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