This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Jay Miner's Statement
Message #19030
Jay Miner, general manager of Commodore-Amiga, responded late yesterday to concern over reported layoffs within Commodore with the following official statement: "Commodore International has had heavy layoffs. These layoffs have been uniformly distributed over all positions and have been necessary for an overall reduction in staff. "The Amiga division's losses…
Bill, I can only hope on what can happen, personally, I DONT like any language that was written by another programmer, it just has too many limitations. Right now, I havent had the time to chew away at any 68000 books. But I know when the time comes, I will…
Bill, I can only hope on what can happen, personally, I DONT like any language that was written by another programmer, it just has too many limitations. Right now, I havent had the time to chew away at any 68000 books. But I know when the time comes, I will…
sigh. respond to one before reading the next..Henry, Logo is a great program language to teach children about computers and the beginnings of programming As to replacing Basic with Logo as a Packaged language. No. Jim
sigh. respond to one before reading the next..Henry, Logo is a great program language to teach children about computers and the beginnings of programming As to replacing Basic with Logo as a Packaged language. No. Jim
LOGO????? Henry, with all due respect, LOGO!?!?!?!?!?!? Jim
LOGO????? Henry, with all due respect, LOGO!?!?!?!?!?!? Jim
#18937-
Value (?) of BASIC
Message #18982
Get'em John!!! I prefer the more direct way to program, Hack it in Assem!!!!! Structure???? nope, I'm a programmer, never heard of structured programming. (hehehe) Jim
#18937-
Value (?) of BASIC
Message #18982
Get'em John!!! I prefer the more direct way to program, Hack it in Assem!!!!! Structure???? nope, I'm a programmer, never heard of structured programming. (hehehe) Jim
#18946-
Layoffs at Commodore
Message #18975
Di, there comes a time for companies when overhead is not justified. The company then deals with the problem by evaluating the activity done by various departments. Then the word comes down for certain cuts to be taken on various departments, these are made to have the minimum effect on…
#18946-
Layoffs at Commodore
Message #18975
Di, there comes a time for companies when overhead is not justified. The company then deals with the problem by evaluating the activity done by various departments. Then the word comes down for certain cuts to be taken on various departments, these are made to have the minimum effect on…
company layoffs
Message #18920
I know alot of anxiety was caused by the messages of doom and gloom at Commodore/Amiga. I have found out what has happened there. Personnal were layed off, but key people in Hardware and Software design positions are still there hacking away to give you one of the best personel…
#18904-
Chopping files
Message #18913
Dean, it a bit tough getting started, but when you get past it, it's worth it. Jim
John, we have already read the message earlier, and we are looking into it. Jim
John, we have already read the message earlier, and we are looking into it. Jim
In one of those or both cases. Dont use Lattice C anymore, and I dont really want to find out! (grin)
In one of those or both cases. Dont use Lattice C anymore, and I dont really want to find out! (grin)
#18412-
#"C"
Message #18422
Well, Lattice 3.03 has a major bug in it's array indexing. to access the third element of B array, it would normaly be coded as : i=1; value = B[i+1]; unfortunatly, Lattice really messes that up. To get the same result with Lattice, you would have to code it as…
#18412-
#"C"
Message #18422
Well, Lattice 3.03 has a major bug in it's array indexing. to access the third element of B array, it would normaly be coded as : i=1; value = B[i+1]; unfortunatly, Lattice really messes that up. To get the same result with Lattice, you would have to code it as…
I heard about those chips in January, well I'll believe it when I see it! And from a Software developers view, we had a problem when Atari announced the GTIA upgrade. We didnt support because not ALL of the machines had them. Well, I think the Blitter chip is gonna…
I heard about those chips in January, well I'll believe it when I see it! And from a Software developers view, we had a problem when Atari announced the GTIA upgrade. We didnt support because not ALL of the machines had them. Well, I think the Blitter chip is gonna…
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#5.25 Floppy Driver
Message #18283
Bela, 1.2 will support all formats, be it 3.5, 5.25 or hard disk! It also has a nifty feature in it's initialize program. You can specify NOICONS so you disk wont be cluttered up with .info files! Jim
#18264-
#5.25 Floppy Driver
Message #18283
Bela, 1.2 will support all formats, be it 3.5, 5.25 or hard disk! It also has a nifty feature in it's initialize program. You can specify NOICONS so you disk wont be cluttered up with .info files! Jim
all we need is another glossy fluff mag, sigh! What do you suppose is gonna be on the cassette anyway? New Wave Music produced on the Amiga? —–Jim
all we need is another glossy fluff mag, sigh! What do you suppose is gonna be on the cassette anyway? New Wave Music produced on the Amiga? —–Jim
Marlene, I have to say one thing about AmigaWorld. I recieved a cancelation notice from them, because they thought I did not pay for the subscription yet. I have a cancelled check proving that I did. But I am not even going to go to the trouble of fighting with…
Marlene, I have to say one thing about AmigaWorld. I recieved a cancelation notice from them, because they thought I did not pay for the subscription yet. I have a cancelled check proving that I did. But I am not even going to go to the trouble of fighting with…
Give'm hell in your reply! ….Jim
Give'm hell in your reply! ….Jim
Wayne, the rumor on the street is that the A2000 is not the 'Ranger'. and I dont think C-A is about to cast off the A1000. The A2000 is also rumored to have built-in IBM emulator. Jim
Wayne, the rumor on the street is that the A2000 is not the 'Ranger'. and I dont think C-A is about to cast off the A1000. The A2000 is also rumored to have built-in IBM emulator. Jim
#17026-
NEW MEMBER
Message #17028
Dale, you may talk to other members while they are on the Sig using the SENd command. You would type 'sen 18 Hiya' this will send the message to job number 18. You can find the job number by doing a UST and matching up the userid to the job…
#17026-
NEW MEMBER
Message #17028
Dale, you may talk to other members while they are on the Sig using the SENd command. You would type 'sen 18 Hiya' this will send the message to job number 18. You can find the job number by doing a UST and matching up the userid to the job…
#16993-
Back from COMDEX
Message #16994
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John, that sounds great! From all the news that I've been getting from Comdex, thing look very bright and promising for the Amiga. Saturday, I will post a message concerning the New Kickstart and Workbench 1.2a. Jim
John, that sounds great! From all the news that I've been getting from Comdex, thing look very bright and promising for the Amiga. Saturday, I will post a message concerning the New Kickstart and Workbench 1.2a. Jim
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