This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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For _my_ home purposes anything that isn't character-based is overkill. All I do is edit text and telecommunicate. Of course, everyone else's mileage varies. I just wanted to make the point that Apple has done the work to make up for some of their deficiencies – even work that was…
Uh, geez, I'd love to Jonathan and I just happen to have right here… everything but that. I _thought_ I'd seen it in the Aug. AW but I can't find it now. Must've seen it elsewhere. In any case, I copied down the company name and put it in my…
Steven, NT = Not on Time 😉 Malcolm
Lu, Thanks very much for the info. Malcolm
Michael, What will we see in 3.0? Malcolm
Updating A2500
Message #107849
I have an A2500 that I need to update; specifically, I want to put WB2 and my SCSI drive into it. As I received it, it looks like this: Rev. 6 motherboard (1988) Rodime 3055 HD HD Controller GX B-VO 8752 with ROM at back numbered 390230-03 2090A 2FEF ROMs…
Andrew, It _does_ make a difference but it doesn't happen enough. And even when it does, users still have a hell of a time getting their systems to work right unless they're very PC savvy. Malcolm
Andrew, I sounds good but for the most part it's not happening. I _don't_ find that things are getting easier. I just bought a HD that came with NO paper. It said "Connor" and a model number. Didn't say "SCSI". Didn't indicate it's capacity. Nothing. All I had was a…
Donald (& David), One of the cool things about Windows is that you can become a real hacker just by editing ASCII. One of the BAD things is that you can also cripple it catastrophically. Today I had some video drivers for 3.0 that wouldn't install in 3.1 by following…
Andrew, There's no question that the early adopters were tech freaks and that most of today's user base is not. Most of the people who've gotten into using computers in the last few years want them to be only marginally more difficult than using a TV and (preferably) easier than…
Andrew, The mom & pop is pretty much right! It's like a "making the most of your home office and having fun in your off hours" kind of thing. I don't have a problem with that particularly but it's not something I want to read. I WANT HARD DATA AND…
Andrew, Yeah, I believe the PowerPCs are RISC chips. They're supposed to be $250 compared to
The tragedy of the industry is that an increasing number of tech explanations in magazines only demonstrate that the author doesn't know what he's talking about (or is unable to express it). Or they don't even try. I'm reading much fewer these days. Malcolm
I think Taligent is supposed to come up with the Pink OS. The PowerPC chips are from Motorola's part, of course. Malcolm
Pete, BUT will it make the Windows pointer work for mouse support in windowed DOS sessions (eg. in EDIT)? (I suspect it won't.) I find I usually have to put Microsoft's MOUSE.COM into the autoexec.bat to get proper results. Malcolm
Nev, It's in, it's working, I'm VERY happy! I didn't have to use switches but if you hadn't mentioned the LED jumper, I never would have noticed it. Help you did! Thanks much. Malcolm
Nevil, Thanks a lot! I just picked up the drive tonight and sure am glad to have this data. It might make all the difference. Thanks again. Malcolm
A590 info
Message #100757
I'm eager to get a SCSI drive into my A590. I know there's a jumper inside the device that I have to set but do I have to do anything with the DIPs on the back of it? If anyone can tell me what the DIPs are for, I'd appreciate…
Betty, It works for me. Malcolm
Dave, The HP 4L is 300dpi w/res enhancement (and memory enhancement). Microfine toner too. Enhanced PCL 5. And *_5 watts_* in standby; in operation, 1/2 half the power used by the IIP. Malcolm
Jeff, Well, I guess he does cause I just got email from him saying that he got the drive, got it installed and it's working fine. Malcolm
Robert, I agree with you. In the future we'll have multi-gigabyte machines with killer processors that create a virtual reality desktop that's indistinguishable from a real desktop. We'll write less and crunch fewer numbers. We'll spend most of our time looking for things. A phone call will go like this:…
Dave, I'll tell him. Thanks a lot. Malcolm
Bob, Thanks for the info. Malcolm
Dave, Thanks for that follow-up. IMHO, the thing to do is to just use a 2.5" drive. But he's got a good deal on the 3.5 so he's trying. Malcolm
Sean, Thanks! I'll suggest that IDEa to him. 😉 Malcolm
Dave, Thanks for the reply. My friend seems to think he can get the 3.5 in by removing the mounting hardware and not fixing the drive in place. Not something _I'd_ want to do. Malcolm
#A1200 HD form factor
Message #98930
A friend of mine has an A1200 and has suggested that it will take a 3.5" HD. It was my understanding that the 1200 wanted a 2.5" drive. Is it possible to put in a 3.5? If so, are there any "gotchas" lying in wait for the unsuspecting user? Malcolm
Kelly, Make a PPage file with just a dummy template, set it for the lines and angles you want, print nothing and save it. There are a variety of things you can set this way. Malcolm
Bill, -> probably doing the environment a disservice. Say WHAT?! I don't think so. Careful, you WILL start a war! Malcolm
John, Just to add one thing… DON'T click on EPSF unless your file is going to be a component of another page somewhere; i.e., it will be loaded into another program. If you've made your own page (complete in itself, as I suspect) leave the EPSF button unfilled and have…
Almost right. All I had to do with it was bug-finding. 😉 Chris and Nick did it. And yeah, it's from Gold Disk. Malcolm
Jim, Search for \ and replace with \\. That'll do it. Malcolm
Ben, TransWrite will read and write WP format. Not sure what it does with columns and such though. Malcolm
As usual, I'm with you, Ben. I used WP at Transactor for only a couple months; then decided I'd never run it again. Running WP on Ami is to have a continual annoyance in your machine. But I think they DO know programming; most anybody else would be challenged to…
It doesn't seem too unreasonable to expect to be able to do a dir or list and actually see what the volume contains. Malcolm
Who'da thunk that dir and list were tricky apps. :/ Malcolm
Rich, I think you used a hex file editor (or disk editor) to change a byte so a call for the standard requester would fail and PgS would sub its own. Sound familiar? Malcolm
Thing is, multiple assigns seem to only work with the ASSIGN command. Surely, SOMETHING works with it. …but I don't know what it is. Malcolm
OK, thanks for the info, Tom. Malcolm
Interesting. Thanks, Bill. Malcolm
Thanks, Mike. Malcolm
Tom, Who makes the PCMCIA 386 card? And what is Linux? Malcolm
Nancy, I didn't get a disk error when I installed. Also, AE and Transpell work fine for me. But I've DL'd the archive with Update in it so I'm content. Malcolm
Chris, Thanks a bunch! Don't know how I missed the message the first time it went by but I'm already set to DL it. Malcolm
Chris, I decided I'd have a look at UpdateCGFonts. Trouble was, I couldn't find it! Where is it supposed to be? Malcolm
Nancy, Hmm… I was using a junk 9-pin to proof and a PS laser for final. I would still need to do them in a strange order (first page is OFC and OBC, etc.) but it would be a big improvement doing them right side up. Thanks for the tip.…
Dave, It IS a funny thing. I have a 2MB A500 myself. Malcolm
Chris, No kidding. That's probably the only example I know of where Mac is annoying. I wasn't aware of it though. Malcolm
Nancy, -> PP will print 5.5 x 8.5 pages two up Can you explain that statement? That's the size I used for my last project and I did it with 8.5 x 11 pages with rotated boxes working top to bottom instead of left to right, getting confused about which…
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