This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Hmm. Good points, all of 'em. Could CBM maybe be intending to later offer the same technology as CD-I, thinking of an "upgrade" path for existing CDTV owners? =Tom=
I have a feeling CBM's hardware will be ultimately compatible with any CD-I hardware out there in the mainstream if CBM's folks have any brains at all. And recent activity shows very much that they do! =Tom=
Heck, Mike, at least the Sears people are willing to look things up. I've been to Amiga dealers where an occasional employee will rather tell you what they've "heard" (or what they think you want to hear) rather than taking an extra minute or two to look it up and…
Thanks muchly, Pete. I'll give 'em a buzz. =Tom=
I found out some details on those Fred Fish disks, if it helps any: the NTSC-PAL one that's supposed to let you boot in either mode is on Disk 331, and one called PatchNTSC is on Disk 346. That one patches some window routine, such that if it gets a…
Pete, if you can remember (or look up) the person/company to contact for more details, it'd be much appreciated! =Tom=
Hi, Betty — didja ever have any success finding that file? 🙂 =Tom=
Cranky demos
Message #105804
Well, Chief, I've tried everything under the sun to get MMM and CBC to run. I put 'em on a floppy as recommended, & booted from my original WB 1.3 floppy. Tried both (on separate boots) with & without NoFastMem, and even used a utility in a couple test runs…
Excellent! You've given me hope, guy. 🙂 I've got a stock 68000 CPU, but I had been running both MMM & CBC from the HD. I'll try it from a floppy with a bare-bones boot and check it out. I sure do appreciate your taking the time to mess with…
Outstanding, Russ! I'll be counting the seconds. Heh, heh. Seriously, it might help with some demos, etc. I've been looking at. =Tom=
I was wondering that too. But let me ask in a line by itself for emphasis: HOW DO I GET MMM.ARC AND CBC.ARC FROM LIBRARY 7 TO RUN? Does anyone know? Does it require a specific operating environment or special hardware? If you're the wrong sysop to ask please refer…
Russ, I've been trying like crazy to find something like Palbooter. Is it a commercial program or shareware? If it's shareware, would you be willing to upload it? =Tom=
Sounds excellent. I'll look forward to seeing it, then — I dont have ARexx but it'll be fun to try it when WorkBench 2.0 is released widely. =Tom=
Yep, you guessed right on the Agnus — I've got the 1 meg version. But I've got 1.5 megs of RAM, so there's still the usual 512k of chip mem that most of that stuff looks for. You think maybe BarBrian is specific to WorkBench 1.2? That's a drag about…
Steve, what's the trick to getting BarBrian to run? I've tried it with and without NoFastMem on a 2000 and I get nowhere. It pops up with a graphic that slides up onto the screen, and a voice from the left speaker says "prepare to die". After that, it does!…
Khalid, does your FR have the ability to be called from a script? All this time I thought you were talking about one I had seen that uses Arexx and is designed for "batch file" use as well, but it turns out that particular one is written by Jeffery D.…
Some of MY favorites, besides the ones you & Steve mention, are (in no special order): X-Rayz, SunRiders, Alcatraz, Alien, HellDemo, and Bollintro. In the case of HellDemo and the like, not necessarily for the subject matter — but the graphics techniques and the music are excellent. Bollintro is an…
Good point, Mike — some of the Atari dealers still have copies floating around. =Tom=
Fantastic, Betty! As I mentioned to Ben Lott, my main idea was to be able to view some of the European demos that're designed to fill out a PAL screen and go off the bottom edge on a NTSC screen. Here's hopin', eh? 🙂 =Tom=
Sounds very impressive, Khalid — you're really added some nice features! =Tom=
I don't think he would've known to send me a message — I'm not the uploader or anything. Although I did express interest in 'em at the time, but I never did hear anything. Anyway, I'll get with the guy that sent 'em up. Thanks. =Tom=
NTSC <-> PAL
Message #33187
Betty, remember about a week ago when there were two routines uploaded to allow NTSC machines to run in PAL mode, etc.? You mentioned they had to be changed from their existing compression format to one you folks allow in the Forum. Do you know whatever happened to 'em? I've…
#Library catalog listing
Message #33107
Hi! Can you tell me if y'all have catalogs of the various libs? I'd be interested in tracking down a few things. And if so, I assume they're broken down by library section? =Tom=
I noticed the "empty floppy click" still being there too. I said to myself — they CAN'T be serious. *sigh* Hopefully that's something they still plan to deal with, eh? =Tom=
Outstanding, Ben! Thanks a bunch. Please don't hesitate to yell if there's ever some odd utility that YOU can't find… =Tom=
Hmm, I haven't seen the Byte one. But at a quick glance it's not bad. 🙂
Thanks muchly, Don! I'd really rather do it in software if that's possible, especially with my machine still under warranty, but I'll sure keep that info ready. I appreciate it. =Tom=
It's a not a bad-looking ad. Did you notice they describe the machine as having EIGHT custom chips? I, too, noticed they used the same old fonts, though… *sigh* =Tom=
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unMOUNT
Message #98731
Fred, to supplement what Roger said about Assign [device:] remove -just realize that the command won't free up resources reserved for the device (like memory). All it does is remove the device, period. 🙂
AW Anim Vol Two
Message #32027
A second video? Sounds great! The first one was excellent. I would like to make one request, though, if possible — please try to avoid adding music and/or sound effects that aren't produced on the Amiga. The machine's sure up to it, and while the added audio did add something…
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