This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#9835-
#flicker
Message #10211
The CBM version of that IBM monitor is called a 76B-M13, sold currently only in Europe and maybe Canada. I'll try to get an IBM number; the IBM version is missing from the lab at the moment. Anyway, its a monochrome monitor accepting a digital input. I think there may…
#9835-
#flicker
Message #10211
The CBM version of that IBM monitor is called a 76B-M13, sold currently only in Europe and maybe Canada. I'll try to get an IBM number; the IBM version is missing from the lab at the moment. Anyway, its a monochrome monitor accepting a digital input. I think there may…
#9030-
MyMessage
Message #9229
You can certainly do asynchronous disk I/O, via SendIO and CheckIO, but you'll have to go a level below AmigaDOS to the "trackdisk.device", which gives you direct access to the data-level organization of the disk. That's maybe more work than you'd like, as you'd have to manage DOS things on…
#9030-
MyMessage
Message #9229
You can certainly do asynchronous disk I/O, via SendIO and CheckIO, but you'll have to go a level below AmigaDOS to the "trackdisk.device", which gives you direct access to the data-level organization of the disk. That's maybe more work than you'd like, as you'd have to manage DOS things on…
Everyone is on Miami Vice these days … the show's all style and no content. They'll probably show a MAC. * Reply: 8724
You'll also recall that JT put CBM's main Engineering emphasis on the C16 and PLUS/4 systems, totally abandoning any ideas of upward compatibility. It wasn't until he left that we were able to do the C128, a machine which I feel should have been produced by CBM a year or…
Yup, you be right. I used to do that regularly, but when Higgy started using this SIG he'd throw a major tantrum if the name wasn't "Commodore". Now that he's gone, especially, I'll make it a point to change it (my name). I think Von is the only other CBM…
All Amiga software written according to the RKM guidelines (which do address 68010/68020 compatibility) will run on the more powerful versions of the 68000. The main point being that the Amiga Kernal is written to support these future enhancements, and any program on the Amiga CAN be very easily written…
#8591-
New Resource Files
Message #8651
My refresh rate is very close to 30Hz, as I can see the flicker in worst case operation — obviously my scan rate is not the same as NTSC. And I imagine the cost of this monitor could buy you a Yugo, if not an Escort (not that you'd want…
#8558-
#Disk Blowups
Message #8625
I've had a total of two disks "crap out" in the manner of which you speak. The first was not important, but the second contained programs I had been working on for several weeks. And that pissed me off to the point where I started writing a program to recover…
#8557-
EA & Atari & Rumors
Message #8623
Jeff- Glad to hear it! Although the copy protection issues may cloud it here, the programs I've seen from EA are consistantly the best in their class, bar none. And they belong on the Amiga, which I think occupies a similar nitch in the world of hardware. -Dave Haynie
#8458-
#Perspective
Message #8597
Let's see- ST $300 Extra floppy $200 (Almost as much floppy storage) Synth $300 OS-9 $200 (?? Price is a guess, for multitasking) Total $1000 Now you can do almost as much as an Amiga, although not in as many colors or as fast graphically (in other words, you're hurtin'…
#8458-
#Perspective
Message #8597
Let's see- ST $300 Extra floppy $200 (Almost as much floppy storage) Synth $300 OS-9 $200 (?? Price is a guess, for multitasking) Total $1000 Now you can do almost as much as an Amiga, although not in as many colors or as fast graphically (in other words, you're hurtin'…
#6985-
fonts
Message #7053
Yea, I got the package, thanks much! I haven't looked for Lehrer albums in a city yet, as I'm rarely in a city. But it'd be worth a trip into Philly, if not NYC. I've got most of the original LISP code in C now (from PASCAL), compiling if not…
#6985-
fonts
Message #7053
Yea, I got the package, thanks much! I haven't looked for Lehrer albums in a city yet, as I'm rarely in a city. But it'd be worth a trip into Philly, if not NYC. I've got most of the original LISP code in C now (from PASCAL), compiling if not…
#6733-
#SCREEN DEF..WHAT IS IT?
Message #6934
The part that read consol device should have read CLI consol. Output directed to the CLI (like stdout in C) does SOME ANSI type control, though I'm not sure how much, or whether the Amiga BIOS supports any of this or if its unique to the CLI. I first ran…
#6733-
#SCREEN DEF..WHAT IS IT?
Message #6934
The part that read consol device should have read CLI consol. Output directed to the CLI (like stdout in C) does SOME ANSI type control, though I'm not sure how much, or whether the Amiga BIOS supports any of this or if its unique to the CLI. I first ran…
I've led some of the freeware arguments, even though I've read some of Rand's works, specifically "The Virtue of Selfishness", "For the New Intellectual", and parts of "Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal". Perhaps in the context of science fiction her ideas would be easier for me to swallow, but I doubt…
I've led some of the freeware arguments, even though I've read some of Rand's works, specifically "The Virtue of Selfishness", "For the New Intellectual", and parts of "Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal". Perhaps in the context of science fiction her ideas would be easier for me to swallow, but I doubt…
Jack- I can certainly sympathize with you on the slow speed of the AmigaDOS directory, copy, etc. You'll notice that, especially with the copy, that the workbench does this MUCH faster than the DOS. A programmer here explained that the copy command in DOS only pulls over very small blocks…
Jack- I can certainly sympathize with you on the slow speed of the AmigaDOS directory, copy, etc. You'll notice that, especially with the copy, that the workbench does this MUCH faster than the DOS. A programmer here explained that the copy command in DOS only pulls over very small blocks…
#5005-
squeeze & unsqueeze
Message #5124
Dick, Squeeze and Unsqueeze manage a data compression alogrithm that generally will reduce the size of a text file by about 30%-40% or so. These originated with CP/M (maybe even earlier) and are effective for modem transfer of source files (cuts down transmission time) and for archival of source files…
#5005-
squeeze & unsqueeze
Message #5124
Dick, Squeeze and Unsqueeze manage a data compression alogrithm that generally will reduce the size of a text file by about 30%-40% or so. These originated with CP/M (maybe even earlier) and are effective for modem transfer of source files (cuts down transmission time) and for archival of source files…
#4948-
1902 rgbi and Amiga
Message #5087
The Amiga CAN use RGBI. You'll gain clarity at the expense of all but 16 colors being unavailable. And of course, the monitor is responsible for generating those colors, not the computer. You'll need to adapt the 1902 cable for the Amiga's 23D connector. The Amiga User's Guide will have…
#4948-
1902 rgbi and Amiga
Message #5087
The Amiga CAN use RGBI. You'll gain clarity at the expense of all but 16 colors being unavailable. And of course, the monitor is responsible for generating those colors, not the computer. You'll need to adapt the 1902 cable for the Amiga's 23D connector. The Amiga User's Guide will have…
As far as I've heard here, the two plants closed were not really necessary any more. The plant in England was assembly only, and far behind Japan, Hong Kong, and Germany in terms of production automation and low costs. The plant in California was a small chip fab plant. As…
As far as I've heard here, the two plants closed were not really necessary any more. The plant in England was assembly only, and far behind Japan, Hong Kong, and Germany in terms of production automation and low costs. The plant in California was a small chip fab plant. As…
Scott- Steele did the GCL book after I left school, and as yet I don't have a copy, but this is a good an excuse as any to get one. I've also heard that an addition of the famous Patrick Henry Winston/Berthold Klaus Paul Horn "LISP" book is out, in…
Scott- Steele did the GCL book after I left school, and as yet I don't have a copy, but this is a good an excuse as any to get one. I've also heard that an addition of the famous Patrick Henry Winston/Berthold Klaus Paul Horn "LISP" book is out, in…
Scott- My LISP isn't anywhere Common at the moment; then again, its not that close to running on Amy yet either. I imagine I'll try to get some or muc8e~ Common compatibility, as that's the standard of today (I haven't worked in LISP since '83). Maybe I'll go for Golden…
Scott- My LISP isn't anywhere Common at the moment; then again, its not that close to running on Amy yet either. I imagine I'll try to get some or muc8e~ Common compatibility, as that's the standard of today (I haven't worked in LISP since '83). Maybe I'll go for Golden…
#4749-
#Attach ST monitor
Message #4799
Dave- The separate grounds allow the Amiga to interface with much less interference by running Coax to each R,G, and B inputs on an RGB monitor, but I believe you'd be able to combine them without any problem. And although I don't have a pinout guide handy, I think they…
#4749-
#Attach ST monitor
Message #4799
Dave- The separate grounds allow the Amiga to interface with much less interference by running Coax to each R,G, and B inputs on an RGB monitor, but I believe you'd be able to combine them without any problem. And although I don't have a pinout guide handy, I think they…
They used to say "PASCAL to a programmer is like a dull scalpel to a surgeon; he can't cut himself with it."
They used to say "PASCAL to a programmer is like a dull scalpel to a surgeon; he can't cut himself with it."
#4692-
CBM Dead in Britain?
Message #4718
Bob- Some of the British production facilities were shut down. Everything else, like the sales and marketing branches are alive and well. The British production facilities were out of date as compared to the plants in the US, Hong Kong and Japan, they tell me.=
#4692-
CBM Dead in Britain?
Message #4718
Bob- Some of the British production facilities were shut down. Everything else, like the sales and marketing branches are alive and well. The British production facilities were out of date as compared to the plants in the US, Hong Kong and Japan, they tell me.=
#4695-
MacWorks for the Amiga
Message #4717
Yes, I've read the Dispossessed. Definately a great work. By the way, are we likely to see a version of BFORTH for Amy (trying to get back on the track of software…). I'm translating my LISP interpreter from PASCAL to C, and at the same time porting it to Amy.…
#4695-
MacWorks for the Amiga
Message #4717
Yes, I've read the Dispossessed. Definately a great work. By the way, are we likely to see a version of BFORTH for Amy (trying to get back on the track of software…). I'm translating my LISP interpreter from PASCAL to C, and at the same time porting it to Amy.…
I in no way suggested that all software should be given away for free. I suggest, as I said before, that it is an author's premise to distribute his software as he sees fit; that may be on a purely altruistic basis or on what he sees as ultimately benefitting…
I in no way suggested that all software should be given away for free. I suggest, as I said before, that it is an author's premise to distribute his software as he sees fit; that may be on a purely altruistic basis or on what he sees as ultimately benefitting…
You claim that you prefer free trade, yet in calling public domain software "immoral" and insisting that all software must be paid for, you are desiring to impeach my freedom to give my software away. You can't seriously suggest Russia — the Soviet Union is a totalitarian state with very…
You claim that you prefer free trade, yet in calling public domain software "immoral" and insisting that all software must be paid for, you are desiring to impeach my freedom to give my software away. You can't seriously suggest Russia — the Soviet Union is a totalitarian state with very…
#4442-
WP and DB packages
Message #4593
I don't know of any electronic forms of a real EMACS manual around. They do have a couple of photocopied versions around here, and there is a list of commands up on this SIG. I have the source to a PD runoff, and I'll probably port it over to Amy…
#4442-
WP and DB packages
Message #4593
I don't know of any electronic forms of a real EMACS manual around. They do have a couple of photocopied versions around here, and there is a list of commands up on this SIG. I have the source to a PD runoff, and I'll probably port it over to Amy…
I prefer U. K. LeGuin, and free software. -Hazy Davy
I prefer U. K. LeGuin, and free software. -Hazy Davy
#4294-
MICROEMACS
Message #4356
Larry- I believe that somewhere there's a new TERMIO.C file for EMACS that speeds up the display more. I myself use a better version of the same microemacs, ported over here and rumored to be coming out soon on a commercial disk. Anyway, the EMACS control set (all those CNTRL…
#4294-
MICROEMACS
Message #4356
Larry- I believe that somewhere there's a new TERMIO.C file for EMACS that speeds up the display more. I myself use a better version of the same microemacs, ported over here and rumored to be coming out soon on a commercial disk. Anyway, the EMACS control set (all those CNTRL…
#4216-
MONITORS
Message #4353
Jerry- At last count, the production version of the 1902 monitor is missing Analog RGB capability. That's a big minus, for though you can connect the 1902 in RGBI or Composite configurations, both do not fully serve your Amiga. RGBI display is limited to only sixteen colors on the screen,…
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