This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (934 messages)
Massimo, Enlan-DFS is available from: Interworks 43191 Camilo Casillas Suite B2469 Temecula, California 92592 (714) 699-8120 Fax (909) 699-8120 The price is about $300 for a five node license. You will also need an ethernet board in each Amiga. The Commodore Board is part number A2065. This Ethernet board and…
Matt, I'll let you know as soon as I get my 4000. Rich
Hi Vic, The PathWorks implementation on the PC is, um, a problem. I've got TSSNet for the Mac, which is a full-blown phase IV end node implementation of the DECNet protocol. I can link Macs to Macs without a VAX in sight. I can link to a Vax in an…
Margaret, "…I can get new users going very quickly on the Amiga doing basics . . ." Yes, and then the real beauty of the Amiga starts to become apparent after the novice has quickly learned how to use it. Unlike the Mac which is even easier for the novice…
John, If I had a PaintBox and a 30" HDTV Sony I would _know_ that I had died and gone to Heaven! 8) Rich
Mathew, I hope to be able to get a 4000 within the next month. I will probably sell my Ham-e then. If you are interested, I'll post a message here when it's available. Any body have any opinions re the value of a used ham-e? $50? $100? $150? $0.50? Rich
Carl, A 27 inch monitor. Wow! Lust, lust, lust, lust, lust. I have a Radius 21 inch which is black and white – not even gray scale. It is _marvelous_ for text entry and for graphic design if I don't have to see blends, tints, etc. I would love to…
ASDG, Yeds, I know about Maxmem, but I find that simply limiting the maximum amount of memory that the program can use is not the answer. Why can't the program dynamically allocate as much memory as it needs up to the physical limitations of the system, depending on the size…
Margaret, The consistent user interface on the Mac is not the straight jacket. The user interface is one of the best features of the machine. It's the design philosophy of the system in general that is the straight jacket. When I'm using my Macs I have the strange mixture of…
Ben, I love you already. But you know that. I can't wait to see the new IP. I just got off the phone with Kim, giving her my usual long list of 'bug' reports. 8) The long time since posting of 9.23 has finally given me enough time to actually…
Carl, thanks for the validation. Wouldn't it be nice to have a program like photoshop on the Amiga? Imagemaster/ImageProfessional has all the power, but is _so_ hard to use. Adpro has some power, but makes me feel like I'm using a program designed by a dungeons and dragons enthusiast who…
Margaret, The SL interface is very similar to Mac programs and the general appearance of some other Amiga vendors like Gold Disk (Pro Page, Pro Draw). It (SoftLogik's) is not only a well thought out screen and intelligent presentation of image and menus, etc, but the interface is consistent from…
margaret, Adpro is a _very_ strange program. It gobbles up all available memory as soon as it loads. Even if it is not itself loading an image file. In a multitasing environment such behavior is inexcusable. I have talked with ASDG about this and just got a bunch of double…
Margaret and Ben, I got Gigamem working with IP, finally! I didn't do anything different than I had, but now it's working. I am still having problems with Gigamem. Programs are going to VM when they have absolutely no need to! I have 18 megs of real RAM in the…
Ben, OK, I've set the public memory _both_ ways. No Go. I've called innovatronics. They are really not of much help. They've told me to send a Fax to the Gigamem publisher in Germany. I'll try that. Rich
Ben, Thanks for the reply. Please ignore similar messages from me over in Tech. I do have the Public Memory flag set – to no avail. IP just doesn't want to use Gigamem's virtual memory. I'll give innovatronics a call. Gigamem is doing some other strange things in my system.…
#Gigamem
Message #32828
Hi Ben, I'm leaving this message here because I seem to be having trouble accessing AmigaVenor forum, and I don't know if some messages I left there got to you. I can't get IP to access Gigamem's VM. Gigamem seems to be installed correctly. TThe system recognizes all the VM…
#Gigamem and IP
Message #52482
Hi Ben, This may be the second version of this message. I don't know if I properly sent the last one. I can't get IP to work with Gigamem. I have IP 9.23, Gigamem 2.0. Gigamem seems to be properly installed. My 3000 recognizes the additional 150 megs of VM.…
Gigamem
Message #52478
Hi Ben, Can you tell me if IP v9.23 supports Gigamem? I have Gigamem 2.0 and cannot get IP to recognize it at all. Gigamem seems to be corr correctly working. My Avail command shows that the computer recognizes all of the virtual memory as fast ram. I have 150…
#PgS Color Sep Ability
Message #86576
[ continuation ] display time, memory and overall system performance. In addition to other information that the master file contains about the color seps, is their names. This is found in the PostScript code, %% CyanPlate: filename, %% MagentaPlate: filename, %%YellowPlate: filename, %%BlackPlate: filename. Usually the master file and the…
PgS Color Sep Ability
Message #86575
Mark, I want to thank you for the information that you have sent me regarding Pagestream's support of the SPIN system/Crosfeld scanner EPS file format. This file format is also known as the "5 file DCS (desktop color separation) format" developed by Quark, Inc. (Quark Express) and adopted by Adobe…
Charles, Have you sold your Bernoulli 44 yet? If, not I am interested. Rich
4000 Upgrade
Message #86462
To All, I have just about made the decision that instead of upgrading two 2000s and a 3000 to 68040 performance, I am going to buy 4000s. The difference in price between a 68040 board and a 4000 doesn't justify buying the board. What you get in a 4000 makes…
Denny, . .you'll probably see a lot more software support for AGA than you will for the Vivid 24 . . . Agreed. And DMI thinks so too. See my message to Ben. Rich
Ben,
Ron, I agree with your assumption that a 3000 upgraded with a 040 G/Force would be faster than a 2000 upgraded with a 040 G/Force. I have a 2000 with a 23 Mhz GVP 030 board. It is much slower than my 25 Mhz 3000. I assume the difference is…
Ben, What I was trying to compare is a 4000 to either a 3000 or a 2000 with a 33Mhz 040 G-Force board. In terms of speed I would assume that the 2000/G-Force machine or the 3000/G-Force machine would be roughly equivalent to a 4000 since all three would be…
John, Yes. I believe that the 4000 has a 33 Mhz 040, same as the G-Force. I wonder if anyone here has had a chance to compare a 4000 to a 3000 or a 2000 / G-Force machine (with the exception of the AGA capability), natch.
#84577-
#IVS Vector Info?
Message #84612
John, Could you compare the G-Force 040/ 2000 combo to the 4000 in speed? I am at the point where I have to make several decisions regarding upgrading my equipment. I have 2000s and 3000s. I will probably get at least one DMI Vivid 24 board. With that board in…
John, Could you compare the G-Force 040/ 2000 combo to the 4000 in speed? I am at the point where I have to make several decisions regarding upgrading my equipment. I have 2000s and 3000s. I will probably get at least one DMI Vivid 24 board. With that board in…
Alex, I have found that LZ decompresses any file with an extension of lzh or lha, including files from MS Dos machines. I believe I am using the latest version of LHA on my IBM machine and LZ can decompress those files. Rich
Malcolm, Yep. I used NewZap to edit Pgs' call to ASL.library. Renamed it A-L.library. Thanks, Rich
Michael Thanks for the quick response. If I remove ASL.library from LIBS: then other programs that want it can't get it. I have modified the PgS executable to make PgS look for A-L.library, which of course does not exist, so PgS then uses the 1.3 type of requester. I guess…
Harry, Bingo! Thanks very much. Now I remember! I modified the PgS executable entry for ASL.library to read A-L.library. Now I can get my 1.3 style file requesters again. 8) Rich
#PGS and old FReq
Message #83759
To All: Hello. I've been away from the Forum for a while. Happy holidays to all! Could someone help me out with a little problem. When I installed Pagestream v 2.2 on my 3000 I somehow was able to defeat the (new) Amiga standard file requester and make Pagestream display…
Mark, OK. Thanks. Rich
Bill, Thanks for that explanation. As you can probably tell, I am not familiar enough with networking to understand all that I have to. I intend to get there, though! What I thought was possible apparently is not yet available without an expensive server (Novell, Ultrix, VMS, Etc) as the…
Mark, Now that I've already got ENLAN, what software includes TCP/IP for the Amiga? Do you now what I should buy for the Mac? And finally, do you know if TCP/IP is available on PCs. It seems like Novell, Microsoft's Lan and Lantastic are the big sellers there. Thanks, Rich
Mark, OK. I'm beginning to understand the networking mysteries. I am also becoming discouraged. It seems that without an expensive DECnet setup (VAX acting as a Pathworks server) or a Novell server (PC) I am not going to be able to get my Amigas networked to my Macs. ENLAN is…
[ continuation ] Pathworks? I can't seem to get an answer that I can understand from Alan (Interworks) who assures me that DEC is sending him the necessary information for distribution to his customers like me. And I can't get an understandable answer at all from DEC themselves who know…
Mark, Quite frankly, I'm kinda confused too. Why do I need Pathworks? Let me repeat in an encapsulated form the essence of this thread. I found out about Enlan-DFS a few weeks ago. It is apparently a very robust Amiga networking product which is being used by BlackBelt among others…
John, Thanks. I will call you to get the info I need about TSSNet. Rich
Ben, Thanks. As usual, I can't wait for the new version! Rich
John, I'm getting more and more confused by this network thing, the more I find out. What is TSSNet? OK. Suppose I've got ENLAN-DFS in my Amigas (I do) and ethernet cards too, (still on order) and the Amigas act as they should on the net. Can I then connect…
Ben, IM v10. When? 8) Rich
Ben, I really appreciate the kind of response you give to us. You really do deserve some kind of award. The formula I posted for doing gamma correction got a little corrupted. Here's the correct version: y = ((x)*(255)^(n-1))^(1/x) This results in positive values of y which brighten the image…
Jonathan, If what you say about Apple dropping Truetype is true, I will rejoice. I thought I would never find myself objecting to competition in the market place, but I have found the whole TrueType episode to be one greedy grab by MS and Apple to capture the lucrative typface…
Bill, Yes, I am aware of the problems at Interworks. It was Alan who contacted me about the current existence of ENLAN. I hope that he is able to get the product moving foreward. Rich
Jonathan, DEC and CBM may have recently signed a mareting agreement, but the techs and customer support people I got in touch with had no familiarity with things Amiga! Rich
Thomas, You are correct. Line 10 is connected to line 13. If you make the modification to both ends of the cable, electrically it doesn't matter if you 'remove' line 10 from the cable connecting the machines together. It is probably best to go ahead and make the 10-13 connection…
Page 3 of 19