This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Amiga timing cont.
Message #70270
Rick, regarding the Amiga's timing resolution…I have a product brochure for "Music-X" by MicroIllusions which lists a 5 millisecond clock resolution and 192 pulses per 1/4 note, which is about even with what Gotcher says the ST is capable of doing. Gosh, now if only midi interfaces for the Amiga…
No, I didn't see your rebuttal. Was that on CIS or in a letter to Keyboard? I wonder who the Amiga developers were that he talked to? George
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#Magnetism & Fires
Message #69611
Could a coiled power cord cause interference or noise to an audio or midi cable that was in contact with it? I guess I'll get some sleep now 8). George
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#PPQ & Pro-Midi
Message #69608
Ok, thanks Rick. There was an article in Keyboard magazine that mentioned the Amiga's poor timing resolution, I was wondering what Pro-Midi could handle. George
#69380-
Magnetism & Fires
Message #69607
Thanks Don, that's about what I figured. I'm not running too much current but if I decide to start an electric aluminum smelter I'll keep the cord straight. George
#69379-
Magnetism & Fires
Message #69606
Thanks Don!
Thanks Rick, I'll look into a reverb. George
#66372-
Sampling Acoustic
Message #66464
Thanks Mike, I just picked up a magazine with review of the MidiVerbII and I'll check it out. I see you get around ;). George Glines
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#Sampling Acoustic
Message #65883
Steve, do you have the Pro Midi studio by Mimetics? Is it any good? George
#Music Programs
Message #63279
Can someone give me their opinion of the relative strengths of DMCS vs the new Sonix? Anything either program does very well or any feature or bug that is especially irritating? Which one has a better interface for composing from the Amiga keyboard? What do I want to use it…
#Music Programs
Message #63279
Can someone give me their opinion of the relative strengths of DMCS vs the new Sonix? Anything either program does very well or any feature or bug that is especially irritating? Which one has a better interface for composing from the Amiga keyboard? What do I want to use it…
PageSetter
Message #60034
Larry, if I remember correctly, you use PageSetter. Have they released any updates since the original program? Also, is it possible to delete a page from PageSetter? Last question…can you start printing from PagePrint from anything other than the first page? I find myself wanting one page of a document…
Killing the printer gives you the printer trouble requester which repeats forever until you reboot. George
Cheath, I'm not sure how this whole TxEd-Hoffa thing got started but I'm sure Geraldo Rivera will be looking into it soon 8). BTW, I have gotten hooked on Funkeys (plus FastFont and screenblanker) and the "runback" utility really makes Funkeys shine! Thanks, George
Thank you Don! George
That's so simple that I don't believe it works! I'll certainly try it though, thanks very much. George
Thanks Steve! George
#Scribble!
Message #59395
Is it possible to halt printing in Scribble! once you have started printing? Besides a warm reboot…which I use now. Thanks, George Glines
#Tx-Ed
Message #59393
I have three questions about Tx-Ed: 1) How many bytes of memory does it use? 2) Are all Tx-Ed's commands memory resident? 3) Where is Jimmy Hoffa? Thanks, George Glines
#Notepad
Message #59392
Notepad seems to leave a form-feed or screen clear code at the end of each file, which shows up when uploading messages to CIS. Is there a way to keep Notepad from doing this? Thanks, George Glines
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#Addbuffers
Message #59281
No problem Don. I read some Peter Norton column (way back in my IBM days) about disk buffers and Norton did a bunch of tests and found that using too many buffers actually slowed things down. It was something like 32 for a hard disk and 4 for a floppy…
Thanks Don, I was hoping it was all FAST ram…oh well. George
#Addbuffers
Message #58894
Does Addbuffers use "fast" ram or "chip" ram? Thanks, George Glines
Nevin, I did lose the eye, so when I went back the second time I also backed up the character files. I went back again and the eye stuck with me this time. Go figure? George
#Bards Tale Help
Message #50476
Thanks Reed, I was afraid of that. Actually going through the Mad God wouldn't be bad except you have to go in the catacombs to get the eye each time- that's the pits (pun intended). George
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Pagesetter
Message #45301
Claude, PageSetter is a page layout and design program. It allows you to mix graphics and text most anyway you want on a page. PageSetter is "page" oriented- you layout one page at a time, by putting empty boxes on the screen. You can then fill the boxes with text…
#45162-
Pagesetter
Message #45301
Claude, PageSetter is a page layout and design program. It allows you to mix graphics and text most anyway you want on a page. PageSetter is "page" oriented- you layout one page at a time, by putting empty boxes on the screen. You can then fill the boxes with text…
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Pagesetter
Message #44827
Bill, I've had PageSetter for awhile now and I think it's VERY good. No experience with Mac or IBM page-makeup programs so I can't give you any comparisons. The program will directly import Scribble! and Textcraft files (and pure ASCII, of course). Pagesetter has a built-in text editor which is…
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Pagesetter
Message #44827
Bill, I've had PageSetter for awhile now and I think it's VERY good. No experience with Mac or IBM page-makeup programs so I can't give you any comparisons. The program will directly import Scribble! and Textcraft files (and pure ASCII, of course). Pagesetter has a built-in text editor which is…
A-Time
Message #44819
Thanks for the reply Bill. Sounds like a hideous trend. How can you multi-task if every program needs a key? I guess somebody will sell a "Dongle-Expansion Box" which will give you 20 joystick ports . George
A-Time
Message #44819
Thanks for the reply Bill. Sounds like a hideous trend. How can you multi-task if every program needs a key? I guess somebody will sell a "Dongle-Expansion Box" which will give you 20 joystick ports . George
Bill, if I understand it right- if pin 25 (initialize pin) is not connected than you don't have to turn your printer on to use A-Time. My printer does not re-initialize when I warm boot so I'm assuming that pin is not connected on my cable. This is fine by…
Thanks Bill. Don Curtis was right about the pin. George
Thanks Larry, I'll order that right away. I just got Pagesetter a couple of days ago and I am looking for more fonts. George
That's good to know, thanks Don! George
#Zuma fonts
Message #43634
Does anyone have any experience with Zuma fonts? I am looking for a Times Roman-like typeface or something very legible. Preferably a font that looks good when printed on an Epson. "Topaz" looks awful when printed. George Glines
#A-Time
Message #43633
The documentation for A-Time says that the printer should be on before turning on the system (A-Time fits on the parallel port). Does anybody know why this is so? The docs imply that the clock won't be read correctly if the printer isn't on, but fortunately I haven't found that…
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#cache buffers
Message #43072
I think you're right Don. It's also terribly slow at downloading. I'm sure their next release will be better. Thanks, George
Mark, I called Byte by Byte a few days ago, and they said that Tic will start to ship Dec. 15th and they had large backorders on the product. George Glines
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US Robotics "Password"
Message #37363
Dave, it's the cable and not the modem here. Pins 14, 21 and 23 on the Amiga serial connector are used for external power for an Amiga specific device. If your present cable has these pins connected, then you will fry your modem. For example, if you were using a…
#37313-
US Robotics "Password"
Message #37363
Dave, it's the cable and not the modem here. Pins 14, 21 and 23 on the Amiga serial connector are used for external power for an Amiga specific device. If your present cable has these pins connected, then you will fry your modem. For example, if you were using a…
If I set CD to follow actual connect, I can't hangup or redial. I checked the voltage on pin 20 and the voltage did drop for over a second-so my 1488 must be okay. I'm going to find another terminal program that supports re-dialing and see if it will re-dial…
If I set CD to follow actual connect, I can't hangup or redial. I checked the voltage on pin 20 and the voltage did drop for over a second-so my 1488 must be okay. I'm going to find another terminal program that supports re-dialing and see if it will re-dial…
If I put DIP 6 up (carrier detect pin), the hang-up function won't work and it still won't redial. Do you know of people using Online! with US Robotics? This modem is the best piece of computer equipment I have ever bought, works flawlessly with many IBM terminal packages. This…
If I put DIP 6 up (carrier detect pin), the hang-up function won't work and it still won't redial. Do you know of people using Online! with US Robotics? This modem is the best piece of computer equipment I have ever bought, works flawlessly with many IBM terminal packages. This…
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#OnLine! software
Message #36473
John, I am using Online! software with a US Robotics 2400 modem and I cannot redial either. The current issue (Nov/Dec) of "AmigaWorld" has an article on telecommunications and they mention this problem (page 27). It seems that the 1488 Transmit Line Driver chip doesn't disconnect properly in some Amigas.…
#36284-
#OnLine! software
Message #36473
John, I am using Online! software with a US Robotics 2400 modem and I cannot redial either. The current issue (Nov/Dec) of "AmigaWorld" has an article on telecommunications and they mention this problem (page 27). It seems that the 1488 Transmit Line Driver chip doesn't disconnect properly in some Amigas.…
Jan, what's really ironic is that in the same issue that InfoWorld printed the CIS vs BBS story, they also had an editorial telling about their superior accuracy and fact checking compared to all computer mags. I miss Dvorack, I don't think he was right to often, but he was…
Jan, what's really ironic is that in the same issue that InfoWorld printed the CIS vs BBS story, they also had an editorial telling about their superior accuracy and fact checking compared to all computer mags. I miss Dvorack, I don't think he was right to often, but he was…
#35753-
dir
Message #35834
I'll give that a shot Don. BTW, regarding the FingerPrint chip in my JX80 and the buttons on the printer- if I let a document start to print (as in advance the paper), run to the printer and take it offline, then use the select buttons, it will sele properly.…
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