This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ed: There are a couple of printer drivers for the Epson Color Stylus. One made by Endicor Technologies is a pretty basic preferences driver that has its prefs program for setting things like MicroWeave printing, print alignment, etc. You can contact them at 210-650-4988. The other is the Studio II…
Be careful with Copperhead. For one thing, there is no such thing as "New" A3640 cards. And I read on the Internet where someone purchased a 3640 from Copperhead and it came with NO 68040 processor. He had a heck of a time getting it from them. // John (Warp…
Well after I got your first message I called the UU BBS and downloaded 5.3. Apparently 5.2 had a few bugs and so the newer version was already posted. I'll probably install the CyberGFX software tonight and see what happens. // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
Oooooh…….5.2 eh? Are you trying to tell me something Jonathan . I've been holding out using the CyberGFX system because there were no Emplant drivers for it yet. Guess I won't have much excuse not to switch over now. I'm glad Jim wrote the drivers for it. // John (Warp…
"thank you for your reply. I would appreciate to receave your CD Rom driver as binary email but please tell me first how to get it (is there anything else to do as with ASCII email?)." If you are using AutoPilot, and have it set up to receive CMail, then…
Michael: The Emplant is a nice emulator card Michael and I'm sure you would enjoy having one. It does a pretty good job of emulation and I haven't had much trouble running most Mac software. There are a few problems once in awhile, but nothing major so far. Utilities Unlimited…
To tell you the truth Rainer, I don't remember which FTP site it was where I downloaded the NEC driver. Somebody else wrote me mail telling me where to find it but that was a few months ago. You might be able to use Archie to do a wildcard search…
For one thing, AsimCDFS.device is not used in your dosdriver entry. I guess the best way would be to show you the dosdriver I have for using a Emplant connected CDROM drive. Here goes: /************************************************************/ /* AsimCDFS MountList entry — )1993 Asimware Innovations */ /* Modified for Emplant use */…
Tom: For some reason your Trifecta board has a higher memory priority than your CSA card. I know some accelerators came with software to set the memory priority so the 32-bit memory would get loaded first, so you might check your CSA disk to see if they provided anything like…
Rainer: As the message from NRI indicates, you need a CDROM driver for your Mac CDROM. For my Toshiba 3401 I used a public domain driver for a NEC drive that I found on the Internet. Apparently the NEC driver is not too picky about really which drive is out…
#An Open Letter to GVP
Message #185211
You just don't get it do you? Your 2000 supports 8MB of expansion RAM and that's it. The Spectrum card has either 1MB or 2MB of video ram that has to be mapped into that area. Any other board that has to map memory into that area, like CBM's own…
#OS 3.X
Message #185159
"BTW, Windows 95 (or will it be named 96 yet?) will take about 50 (fifty!) megs of disk space, a typical Windoze application will take anything between 10 and 50 megs, a C development system at least 100…" Oh I LOVE it. I can already see that 2 Gig Barracuda…
I'm not 100% positive, but I believe HDToolBox tries to read the RDB (Rigid Disk Block) of the drive selected, and if it can, then brings it up in the list of recognized drives. If it can't, then it lists the drive as "Unknown" in which case you have to…
Well it's a hard lesson to learn but I've found that the best way is to ship it COD Cash only, or prepay with shipment after the check clears the bank, no exceptions. I've done quite a few transactions like this here and on the Internet and so far everyone…
.iff printer
Message #183588
"Is teere aiuteiic oiewer-driiter otilitu teat cai driic .iff fileo that are larcer teai ?000 O ?000? teaieo~ roa" Boy, you can say that again . // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
"Yes. And tomatoes will be provided to all other attendees if either accepts the invitation." I think large stones would be more appropriate for those 2 scoundrals. // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
A clock doubled 68040 chip? I didn't think such a thing was possible unless Motorola has been hiding something from us. As far as my Emplant's speed goes, Speedometer indicates it is as fast as a Quadra 840. The only thing that is really slower is the video and display…
Without question, the Epson Color Stylus. I have a few friends who have Deskjet printers and I make them green with envy whenever I show them images printed in the 720 DPI mode. The Epson comes with drivers for the PC and Mac (works great with the Emplant), and Amiga…
Thanks for the info on Studio-II software Gary. I purchased the drivers from Endicor and it seem to work fairly well with the color Stylus. The next version they say that will be out soon (1.2) will have color calibration software so that it should be easier to get more…
Paul: Well then it sounds like the Retina is a much better setup than I first thought. At the time I was looking to purchase a graphics card the Retina did not have the video passthrough and didn't work very well with the 3.1 OS. I remember a lot of…
Gary: Well then the Studio II package sounds like something I need to get for my color Stylus. I believe it is being distributed by Noaji's (sp?) correct? Do you know if any of the mail order companies are selling the product? And finally, does it have the drivers specifically…
Boy, is this Epson Stylus color printer great! I just got it yesterday and I was totally blown away with the quality of the printout at 720 DPI. A friend of mine has a HP DJ-560C and he is going to sell it and get a Epson . In fact,…
#Retina or Picasso II ?
Message #182750
I'm a little skeptical on this claim. So the Retina can completely emulate the AGA chipset so you can run games like Pinball Fantasies and other such games that usually bang the Amiga chipset like crazy? // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
#Epson Stylus Color
Message #182638
Andres: For right now, I purchased the Epson Color drive from Endicor Technologies, so I'll see how that works out. It looks like a pretty nice driver: * Standard Amiga Workbench printer driver * Supports resolutions up to 720 x 720 dpi * Optional MicroWeave for reduced banding * Density…
Yeah, everyone else caught Rusty's sarcasim except you John. We just didn't want to say anything to make you feel bad . // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
October!!! I'm sure your friend is getting very impatient by now. I just hope I don't have to wait too much longer. I already have one on order but thought that if I could find one in stock, then I would just cancel my order with the mail order outfit.…
Yep Chris, the Epson Color Stylus. I've been doing some checking on my own and haven't found a place yet that has them in stock. Seems to be a very popular inkjet printer! // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
#Epson Stylus
Message #181744
I'm looking to purchase an Epson "Stylus" printer but I've called around to a few places and they all seem to be back ordered on the Stylus. Does anyone know of someone who has them in stock? I've already got the printer driver on order, now all I need is…
"Most of my game playing is on my PC now while my productivity has been saved for the Amiga." Now that's a switch I never expected to see posted . So to all you PC users that said "The Amiga is only a game machine", PHHTTTT (major Raspberry) . //…
"Maybe because 99.9% of their readers are only interested in clones or Macs." Yes, but at one time Byte used to be a generic magazine dedicated to technical innovations, not who was paying the most in advertising. // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
3.1 probably installed 68040.library version 37.30. CBM used a version numbering scheme that counted like regular numbers. So 37.30 would be a newer version than 37.4, 37.9, etc. And as I understand it, 37.4 does work better with some of the older accelerators. // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra…
Rob: Actually I've had very little problems with the EGS software and the Spectrum working with 3.1, and it's now up to version 7.1. It worked very well using the 6.2 version of EGS as well. I'm looking to purchase a Piccolo SD64 but will have to wait awhile for…
"What is V.FC? The sportster supports that and V.34." As I understand V.FC, it was a stop-gap method of bringing the speed of modems up to 28.8 and has many similarities to V.34, but is not the full implementation. Even though V.34 is now the standard, they still have to…
Rick: Basically, Chip ram is that what can be accessed by the Amiga's custom chips (Agnus, Lisa, Paula, etc.) and the processor. Fast RAM can only be accessed by the processor, but it can do so while the custom chips are hacking away at the chip memory displaying pictures, playing…
Tom: I like my Emplant just fine. It's a great Mac emulator and you can get great performance depending on the horsepower of your Amiga. The WarpEngine gives me close to Quadra 840 speed and I have no problems running most of the Mac software, including those on CDROM. I…
Tom: The program that generated the fractals is Mand2000 by Cygnus software. There is a demo of the program M2000.LHA in library 14 of AmigaArts. Have fun! // John (Warp 4040 & Emplant Quadra 840) \X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
Ben: It might be better to just sit back and wait to see what happens before you pull GIF support from ImageMaster and other products. I think it will end up like the Compton multimedia fiasco as you mentioned. And even if they did decide to take someone to court,…
I agree John, GIF is a lousy format for displaying images, especially in this day and age of 24-bit graphics boards, AGA, etc. The guys interpretation might be a little skewed, but I read the developer's agreement myself and it is very vague in it's specifications for "disposition" and "field…
#CIS/Unysis GIF scam
Message #180715
imaging in our new RIPscrip 2.0 online multimedia technologies. We chose to implement the JPEG image format and only recently decided to add GIF support as a convienience to our customers. Due to the restrictive conditions of the CompuServe-Unisys GIF Tax and licensing agreement, we must now reevaluate our plans…
Sounds like you have a heck of a rock collection Ben. I use to be a Rock Hound myself in my younger days and had the usual equipment (Tumblers, saws, etc). Did quite a bit of digging for Star Garnets up in the Idaho mountains. Never had so much fun…
Gary: Just to let you know, it seems that many of the CDROM compatability problems when using the Emplant's SCSI port has been traced to the LOGIC 53C80 SCSI controller chip used in many of deluxe Emplant's. Although Jim hasn't stated this himself, apparently if you are having problems Utilities…
The diagnostic program will not run properly if the ROM's are installed on the board. Remove the rom's, turn off mode promotion, and then try running the diagnostic again. If it still shows some bad chips, then its time to give Utilities Unlimited a call. Also it takes a very…
I know the Spectrum uses any available Zorro-II or Zorro-III slot, but as to the compatability with a Toaster, I don't know. Price is around $350 mail order. You might also check into some of the newer 64-bit boards like the Piccolo SD64 and CyberVision. They are 3-4 times faster…
"I am like the three brass monkeys on this, but I wonder if there is any truth to the rumor that Mehdi was hired as a "consultant" by the liquidators? Ghastly rumors have come out of this deal." Tom, at this point in time I wouldn't be surprised by anything…
Lothar: I haven't seen any Amiga program yet that will allow you to add comments to a GIF image. I believe text is only supported in the GIF89 standard and very few Amiga programs support GIF89. Looks like this would be a good programming project for you . // John…
I saw this in USA Today myself. Maybe Microsoft might have to change the name to Windows 96 if they keep this up. Also read that Intel has changed their replacement policy for the Pentium. Before they were asking users to prove that they needed a new chip. Now they…
Although the author of the newsletter might have made things a little easier for the installation, you are not exactly paying a great deal for it either. Usually when someone provides such a service for free, I don't bitch too much about his installation techniques. // John (Warp 4040 &…
MacroSystem's original plan was to make available a high density DB-50 SCSI-II setup which would be mounted at the "knock-out" where the DSP connector was suppose to go. But I have the flat ribbon cable going out of the back of the 4000 with a Centronics-50 connector. From there it…
It does seem quite a bit for 1 RISC processor to handle all the functions of Lisa, Alice, and Paula chips and still maintain a decent speed. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would be quite a chore I would imagine.
#Ali and the Liquidator
Message #179215
Well I hope Alex hangs in there and is able to work something out with the liquidator. Almost sounds like the liquidator is almost as incompetant as the 2 jokers that got CBM into this mess in the first place. I wonder if Mehdi Ali had anything to do with…
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