This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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She has first claim on any sturgeon caught as well. Did that get passed over to you in Canada?
In the U.K. it's very simple. the littoral (the land between low and high tide) belongs to the Queen. 🙂
Ernie, Thanks for the info. I have software 2.51! :-^ I await with interest the ReadySoft reply to Emplant. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
GPFax is a good product. I am using it with a ZOOM fax modem and apart from a small problem with working with Wordworth, the word processor, It works well. Greg Perry, the president of GPFax phone me today about this problem, all the way from Australia! Unfortunately, he got…
Perhaps Commodore is saying: Why bother to pay out money to Kodak for a license when someone will come along and put it in the public domain?
Jochen, It seems that I shall be able to make the Koln show after all. I hope to get there on the morning of Sunday 7th. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
A-Max bombs!
Message #117640
I have just installed the A-Max II Plus card in my 4000/40. Previously it resided happily in my A2500/68030. However, in the 4000 it bombs immediately after it loads the roms into memory and the OK button is presssed. I am using version 2.5 of the software. Any advice would…
Clint, Right! Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Clint, Thanks for the Beta. Among other things, I shall give it to my fifteen year old daughter to try. It's amazing what an unjaundiced eye can see. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Jochen, If you go to Koln, be sure to say hello to Martin Murray, President of INOVAtronics, for me. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Clint, I can offer help on the 1200. I have two. One standard, the other with the MBX1230 accelerator card (68030 @ 33MHz, MMU, 2 chip, 1 fast), and 60Mb hard drive.
Rodney, Yours for the asking. What's your address? Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Tony, I think you misdirected your message! Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Bill, I'd be happy to contribute. Er,,, what is the Jeopardy format? Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Since the disks conform to a standard, there should be stuff available by the time the FMV ships. Philips had previously announced a contract with Paramount, I think,to produce video-CDs, though why they should have to sign a contract for something that is going to fit other machines escapes me.…
Not yet, Jonathan, before Xmas, claims Commodore. Having played with it, both my kids want one for Xmas, so I hope it's not delayed. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Tim, wait till you get the FMV module. Your gob will be well and truly smacked! 🙂 Pete Jones flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Daniel, I borrowed the CD#32 last weekend complete with FMV module. It completely occupies the expansion port at the back and even sticks out somewhat, though this may be because it is not the final product. Pete Jones. flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Tim, I think it is the same people. I'll check on it. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Tim, Yes, there is a second edition of the Guiness Book of Records specifically for the CD32. Should be available Real_Soon_Now. 🙂 Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Tim, Don't be jealous. When your one arrives you get to keep it. I have only borrowed one from Commodore Belgium. Belgium will be bundling Oscar and Diggers. At the moment, nothing else is ready, I think. You might consider getting hold of some of the existing CDTV titles. A…
Brian, shall do. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Ernest, Not immediately, since it doesn't come equiped with a parallel port as standard. Commodore are promising various add-ons to turn the CD32 into a full Amiga Computer, including a parallel port, so then Parnet would work. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Andrew, If you bought your printer recently, then it looks like your dealer was moving old stock. The new inks have been available for well over a year, to my knowledge. I see that Wolf Faust, the author of Studio, has also replied to you. He is the guy to…
Andrew, The new inks available from HP don't smudge. They have a bright orange blob with the words "new ink'on the box. Wolf Faust has produced a very nice series of HP drivers in his STUDIO application. He also did the Canon drivers. I understand that he was supported by…
Denny, I am playing right now with the CD32 equiped with the FMV module (picked it up a couple of hours ago). The quality of the image is very good, even on a television set. I shall try later on a monitor. My fifteen-year-old daughter was sold on it the…
Rich, No, I don't have an A500. I've never been that low. 🙂 I started in 1985 with the 1000 and progressed upwards, 2000-2500-3000-4000. I have, however, performed surgery on two A500's to bring them up to one meg CHIP Ram specification. Two traces have to be cut and a…
Rich, The way you describe it, you have half a meg of CHIP ram and 2.5 Meg of FAST ram. You would need to update the Agnus chip, and make some modifications on the motherboard (spot of soldering and trace cutting) to change that to one meg CHIP and two…
Larry, Why don't you use the DBLPAL or DBLNTSC high res no flicker mode. You get similar resolution and….no flicker. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Erik, Down-under a fax is the only alternative to stuffing a message in the pouch of a kangaroo and sending it on its way. 🙂 Seriously, though, (he says quickly), Australians seem to have an eye for good computers. My first computer in 1978 was the American-built Exidy Sorcerer. Great…
Jamie, Sorry, wrong modem. I am using a Zoom V32.bis. Pete Jones. flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Erik, I just upgraded to 2.342 as well. The Readme file says the upgrade from 2.341 to 2.342 was simply to eliminate a bug in printing. I can't remember the exact details, and I have now deleted the relevant directory, but I think it mentioned something about multiple pages. Pete…
Jay, I purchased the Advanced Amiga Analyzer from Grapevine towards the end of July. I reproduce below the fax I sent them on 2nd August. So far I have not had the courtesy of a reply Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium "For the attention of: Mona or…
Michael, One hopeful sign here in Belgium is that Commodore has engaged the services of a professional PR agency for the launch of the CD32, rather than handling it itself! Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Hidden Messages
Message #110855
I hear that there are some hidden messages in WB3.0. Does anybody know how to access them?
Chris, That is not a bad idea! Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
10^12 would be a trillion in the U.S. Effectively, the American billion (10^9) has taken over most of the world. I think that Germany must eventually give way as well. :-^
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#Amiga CD32
Message #110845
Betty, I think the CD32 could be a watershed for Commodore. If it can repeat the success of the 64, The Amiga might survive. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
It'll grow on you, eventually, I promise 🙂 In Britain a billion was, until recently, 10^12. It has now become, as in America, 10^9. A pity, really, since the English language already has a perfectly good word for 10^9, a milliard. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
CIS is hardly just accommodating international users. It is pursuing an aggressive marketing policy worldwide. Cheap and free nodes are popping up everywhere, and I suspect it won't be long before its client base is truly international. The fact that it will still be based in America then becomes irrelevant.…
Redmond, To be fair, I have had very few articles which weren't eventually published by the magazine which had ordered them. The fee is then paid normally around six weeks after publication and is based on the published page, not the number of words I put on paper. For the…
************** (expletives deleted) 🙂 Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Betty, Swings and roundabouts, then. I have always been paid for my published articles, barring one where the company went bankrupt. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Redmond, I must tell my various editors. All my articles are ordered, but no publish, no pay! Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
thanks for the explanation on Fahrenheit. That makes a lot of sense. However, Celsius units aren't THAT large! If the weather man tells me its going to be 20C tomorrow and it turns out to be 19C or 21C, I doubt that I am going to be aware of it…
Steve, The word on the inside is that the 4.5 rev was one of the best, much preferred over the later revs. Pete Jones. flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
Betty, Wow, You were paid for an article that didn't even make it into print? I call that honorable. In this neck of the woods, you only get paid after the article is published, sometimes long after. Pete Jones, flying on AutoPilot from Brussels, Belgium
In a less than perfect world, when I correspond with the U.S, I always put the date as e.g. 11 August 1993. That way it's still DAY/MONTH/YEAR but the confusion is removed. Another thought: In these times of super-fast audio and visual communication, I'd have thought that British English and…
Now, that is interesting. Is that a recent act or was it a couple of hundred years ago as a post-revolution reaction? Why do you consider Celsius to be less precise than Fahrenheit? I agree that the units are larger, but the decimal point is there for greater accuracy. It…
Dom, If Clinton were to push thru legislation to change America to the metric system, I'm fairly sure Joe Public would hate it. On the other hand, Big Business might get very enthusiastic when it saw the bucks to be made changing over, just think of the cost of road…
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