This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#14269-
The Scroll command
Message #14381
I'm afraid I can't offer much help. I've worked with MS BASIC on both the Mac and the Amiga (the two versions are very much alike). Scrolling doesn't work very well on either machine. I've had some discussions about it with the BASIC gurus on the staff of Nibble Mac…
#14269-
The Scroll command
Message #14381
I'm afraid I can't offer much help. I've worked with MS BASIC on both the Mac and the Amiga (the two versions are very much alike). Scrolling doesn't work very well on either machine. I've had some discussions about it with the BASIC gurus on the staff of Nibble Mac…
Pricing
Message #13991
If you're an educator, you can currently get an additional 25% discount from Commodore. With the current $1295 price for CPU and monitor, that comes to around $950. A colleague of mine, known for his reticence to spend any money, couldn't stand it any longer and bought one Friday. If…
Pricing
Message #13991
If you're an educator, you can currently get an additional 25% discount from Commodore. With the current $1295 price for CPU and monitor, that comes to around $950. A colleague of mine, known for his reticence to spend any money, couldn't stand it any longer and bought one Friday. If…
Ben, I'm afraid that I haven't seen enough C books at this moment to recommend one. I'm a college prof and I've convinced a bunch of text book vendors that we're considering switching our introductory course for computer majors from Pascal to C, so they ought to send me lots…
Ben, I'm afraid that I haven't seen enough C books at this moment to recommend one. I'm a college prof and I've convinced a bunch of text book vendors that we're considering switching our introductory course for computer majors from Pascal to C, so they ought to send me lots…
#13674-
Mac rollovers
Message #13845
In the near future (like this summer), I'll be doing a set of assembly language routines to simulate the Mac TextEdit functions. Of all the things that the Amiga does, it doesn't seem to be able to handle text very easily. So, before I begin to work on my database…
#13674-
Mac rollovers
Message #13845
In the near future (like this summer), I'll be doing a set of assembly language routines to simulate the Mac TextEdit functions. Of all the things that the Amiga does, it doesn't seem to be able to handle text very easily. So, before I begin to work on my database…
#13573-
#Languages
Message #13844
The Amiga routines are written with a C interface, which makes then easiest to use from C. They are also accessable from assembly langauge with just a bit more effort. At this time, the current release of Amiga Pascal does not have the ability to call external routines, so until…
#13573-
#Languages
Message #13844
The Amiga routines are written with a C interface, which makes then easiest to use from C. They are also accessable from assembly langauge with just a bit more effort. At this time, the current release of Amiga Pascal does not have the ability to call external routines, so until…
The Amiga documentation is scattered in a number of volumes. Info about the linker and assembler appear in the AmigaDOS developer's guide, which you get with the assembler and with C. The linker is available with the macro assembler, Lattice C, and Pascal. The assembler, of course, only appears on…
Bela, thanx for the info. I always wondered why you had to issue that extra readln. jan * RR 13081
Manuals
Message #13000
That little newsletter we got from Commodore wasn't lying – the extra sets of manuals _were_ sent to dealers. Mine got nine (one of which is now in my possession). If you need manuals and live in the Boston area, try Atlantic Computer in Waltham; they still have some sets…
#12896-
BUY MY BOOK
Message #12999
You're not making a fool of yourself. What you're doing is just enlightened self-interest. I did exactly the same thing on the Mac forum when my assembly language book came out. My publisher doesn't know how to do trade book marketing, and I'm competing with a book from the Waite…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
Cables
Message #12895
I just got a copy of Red Ryder for my Mac and found an interesting piece of info about cabling in the documentation. It seems that the cable that connects the Mac to the Imagewriter has built-in null-modem capabilities. That means that all you have to do to connect a…
#12423-
Pascal
Message #12493
Try using a "read" rather than a "readln" – we've had funny things like that happen with Pascal on the PR1MES at the college where I teach. The Amiga Pascal is very similar to the PR1ME Pascal.
#12423-
Pascal
Message #12493
Try using a "read" rather than a "readln" – we've had funny things like that happen with Pascal on the PR1MES at the college where I teach. The Amiga Pascal is very similar to the PR1ME Pascal.
#12423-
Pascal
Message #12493
Try using a "read" rather than a "readln" – we've had funny things like that happen with Pascal on the PR1MES at the college where I teach. The Amiga Pascal is very similar to the PR1ME Pascal.
#12423-
Pascal
Message #12493
Try using a "read" rather than a "readln" – we've had funny things like that happen with Pascal on the PR1MES at the college where I teach. The Amiga Pascal is very similar to the PR1ME Pascal.
manuals
Message #11927
Well, can you stand one final message on the status of the Amiga manuals? I placed yet another call to Addison-Wesley today and got to talk to someone "upstairs". Here's the poop… there used to be pre-publication copies of the documentation available, but they're all sold out. A/W decided not…
#assembly language column
Message #11684
To the person who sent me the easyplex about doing an assembly language column: I one of my fits of perpetual dumbness, I deleted your message to me, thinking that my terminal program had captured the text when I read it. However, easyplex does paging, and MacTerminal only catches the…
cable
Message #11682
Well, I told people I'd upload my talking version of the on-line shrink (Eliza) without remembering that I can't connect a modem to my Amiga. Does anyone know how to make, or where I can purchase, a cable that will connect my Apple 1200 modem to the Amiga? It needs…
I'm a writer/software developer. Right now I write for Nibble Mac and have published an assembly language book for the Macintosh. Are you interested in an assembly langauge column for your magazine? If you are, let me know and we can talk. I've got the expertise and the writing experience…
#11177-
general.questions
Message #11304
The 68000 can directly access up to 16Mb of memory (it has a 24-bit address bus, which is what places the limit). Not all of that memory is available for use by an application program. Some of it is used by parts of the operating system; other ranges are used…
Would you be interested in a partner in the project? This isn't a joke offer, by the way. I'm a database professional who programs in assembly language for fun. I've been planning to start work on a relational database for the Amiga that does right what so many databases do…
#10929-
speech
Message #11302
It's really easy!!! If you just want to use the default voice characteristics, then here's the way: 1. Put the text of what you want spoken in a string variable (say, ToTalk$) 2. Translate the string into phonemes Phones$ = TRANSLATE$(ToTalk$) 3. Then just ask the Amiga to say it:…
#10978-
MS-BASIC
Message #11301
thanx! Will do as soon as I get rid of one last, nasty bug… jlh
#10927-
MS-BASIC
Message #11300
I solved the INPUT problem by creating my own window and forcing it to be the output window (as suggested by an amigaforum person). I like that solution because it places the least burden on the user. jan p.s. Eliza will come up as soon as I get the bugs…
Developer's program
Message #8736
I'm a Macintosh person (author of a recently publish Mac assembly language book) who's just discovered the Amiga. I'd like to begin some serious development on the machine. I do a lot of database work and am considering developing a relational database system (yes, I do know what the project…
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