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Ron, when I talked to Newtek last week, they told me the first 50 or so Toasters were due to ship Friday or Monday, with more later next week. After that they should begin their major production of boards. We'll see…but never have they been so specific as to say…
Thanks Vance. The toaster is one of the neatest Amiga items I've gotten to use! Glad you liked the article. -Lou
I'm well aware of Disneys statements as to 2.0 compatiability, and was not critizing them. I merely pointed out that the A3000 shipped before their package shipped. In fairness to them, the 2.0 OS has been upgraded around three times since the initial A3000 shipments…and will probably change one or…
Steve has pretty well summed up what Centurion Press is. The idea was to show some techniques of AV programming in a 'real' application. This one demonstrates such things as user interaction, music, graphics, fades, text windows, th eobject editor and some structured programming. I am uploading another AmigaVision flow…
hmmm… You would never be sure that you had reached the position you requested on the disk. For example, suppose you issued a LD command to display frame 12301. If the PAUSE button on the AV LAser requestor was enabled, normally the progra would wait until the laser command finished.…
Also…. Disney shipped AFTER the A3000 shipped…they may have checked it against the version of 2.0 that was in the early A3000's, but even if it worked with that version there is no guarantee the later versions were compatiable…
Interesting. Thats the first time I have heard it explained that way, but it certainly would explain the CAV features. And yes, you have two audio tracks that can ve accessed, along with the video track. -Lou
Quite right Art, they do all read/play CAV and CLV. BUT, playing a CLV disk is a long way from controling a CLV disk. In other words unless you have a very high end Laser Disk Player you wont be able to seek individual frames of video or pause on…
No, I use a Sony LDP 1200 with AmigaVision. Sorry. However, if the Pioneer 2000 has a RS232 port, get a null modem cable (or serial cable with a null modem adapter from Radio Shack). Then try the various Pioneer drivers supplied with AmigaVision. -Lou
Well, I contacted a number of sales reps from companies that sell industrial (rs232 equipped) laser disk players. I left my name and number, telling them I wanted a good working used or other bargain priced LPD…and after a couple of months I got a call… DIsks suitable for AV?…
I didn't think you were complaining Steve! 😀 Try the CLI approach, it does save a bit of ram.. and I'm glad the program helped you learn more about AV…its a great package. I plan on uploading some others pretty soon. -Lou
Betty, I am using a Laserdisk player with AmigaVision. The model I bought was the Sony 1200 industrial player. It has the serial port needed to interface to the Amiga and works quite well with AmigaVision. It doesn't have the fast access of some of the players out there, but…
Steve sorry about the difficulty you had…the original message was lost (as was the upload itself) and was generously restored by one of the sysops. I don't remember if I mentioned in the original message that Centurion makes heavy use of chip mem, but as you discovered, it does. Deleting…
Yes, you can submit entries on video tape, as long as you 1) Send a master (1st generation) on 3/4" or 1" tape 2) Send a copy on VHS 3) Send enough of the anim on disk to PROVE it is Amiga generated. If you don't send enough on disk…
I haven't, although you could do so if you wanted… Another thing you can do is to make smaller text windows, which will speed up text handling. The Centuruion demo used a 640×400 16 color full screen text window…about as hard a job as AV will ever have to do.…
Quite right. Using Arexx from AV opens up some interesting possibilities. For example, I have used AV, via Arexx, to control DigiView 4.0. AmigaVision controls a laserdisk player, sets up the first frame I want and then sends a command to DigiView to digitize teh image. Then I sent (again…
coming along fairly nicely Betty. But it still has a lot of pages left to go before it's done. I should be able to mke my Oct 31 deadline…if all goes well. -Lou
I'm glad someone is finding the demo helpful…I'll try and keep sending them, but unforunetly much of what I am doing is VERY large – multimegabyes in fact. But I will be sending on some more managable examples.. BTW, in the upcoming Nov issue of Amiga World we have a…
Animation Contest
Message #109
Just A reminder. The deadline for the second Amiga World Animation contest is mid November….and entries are pouring in. If you have questions of the rules or prizes, see any recent issue of Amiga World (the prizes are pretty nice). If you have any other questions, you can call me…
AmigaVision Demo
Message #118914
I just uploaded an AmigaVision demo named Centurion Press. It is a fairly simple example of what AmigaVision is capable of. I did not edit pro protect it, so you can look at the code for hints on programming. I spent a small amount of time on the program, so…
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Amigavision?
Message #118130
I agree. I think AmigaVision *IS* one of the most exciting and powerful software packages yet released for the Amiga. I suspect it will be the answer a large number of people have needed to create the solutions they want. And, it will no doubt help the Amiga make inroads…
If you get a 3000 it comes with 2.0…the rest of us will probably have it available in the fall, when it has all the glitches shaken ut and can be reliably put in ROM. -Lou
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#AmigaVision Help
Message #36813
Al, Under 2.0 you have tremendous control over the fonts used in windows, screens, menu bars, etc… The FOnt Preference Module allows you to set the font and point size you want, although many existing programs don't like it when you change the system fonts. This lack of flexibility will…
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AmigaVision Dragon's Lr.
Message #36812
Karl, The SONY LDP-1200 is a standard 25 pin RS232 style connector. It migt be possible to make a cable for the 1000 model, but it doesn't sound promising… -Lou
no, I haven't seen the LDP 1000…but if it is command compatiable with the 1200 it might just work…assuming a suitable cable was created. I have noticed that the sony 1200 and the 1550 (I think it was the 1550) are command compatiable. At April's WOA show in NY, I…
No, they are not required… but keep in mind what will happen when and if your anim is selected for the tape…ie it will have to be interlaced (we will force it into interlaced if necessary), and since it is video, overscan is highly prefered… -Lou
I use the SONY LDP 1200, on eof the least expensive industrial laser disk players. It retails new for under $1000, and I got one used a s a demo for half that. As for AmigaVision, I too love it and right now it is my favorite peice of Amiga…
The best place to look is the phone book. Look up the names of companies that service arcade amusement machines. Give them a call, and ask if they have replacement disks for DL… That's how I did it. p.s. I think I will have it complete and ready for others…
I wanted to add I also have a Space Ace disk, and when DL is complete I might just do it to… As for the Anim Video Vol 2, November is the deadline.
Depending on the level, there can be many different places where Dirk dies. Each has it's own death sequence. There is no random element involved. For example, if he is supposed to kill or be killed by a spider, if the user presses the button in the correct range of…
I ran out of space in the last post. To continue. When you have a level with more than one possible death, as most of the levels do, the coding becomes fairly complex. It would have been easier if AmigaVision support arrays, but this first release doesn't so…we do it…
😀 Well, since I goit several emails today on the subject of AV and Dragon's Lair, I thought I would answer here how I did it. So far, what I have done is, using AmigaVision and a SONY LDP 1200, is author an AV application that fairly effectively re-creates Dragon's…
I guess John is refering to me. I have about 8 levels of Dragon's Lair done so far, using AmigaVision. -Lou
😀 Sorry, that sounded a bit short on re-reading. What I meant was if you think it has a story, even if it is intended as educational material, go ahead and submit it. You never know.
educational is kind of a broad term. I would suggest making the submission if you think it has a chance.
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Animation Contest
Message #35520
As I have said, we will be very flexible with what we accept. For example, syquest would be fine, but optical might be a problem (but I would try and handle it). Sound can be your choice, but again, if I can't handle the midi/synth stuff in the studio, there's…
The rules are very liberal. I see no reason why the anim must be only runnable in realtime…as long as it is an Amiga anim. I suspect we will be seeing some very vast anims, some in 24 bit, some from syquest, some requiring massive ram and 2 megs of…
Joe, essientially all the stuff on tape was requested by AmigaWorld in the first place, not submitted for the first tape. Those were essientially the 'professional' segments, and if memory serves me correctly, they were Joe Conti and Alan Hastings. And neither of those were in the running for the…
Paul, when you use an industrial style laser disk player, they come with a standard rs-232 port. AmigaVision supports about a dozen different players, and all it takes is a null modem cable to connect it to your Amiga's serial port. I use a Sony 1200 at home, and a…
When you can, please send info on this to Amiga World's New product editor, Jan Jackson… – Lou
Well, I can see your point, but keep in mind that having a 'high end' system or a 'low end' system will not really help or hurt you in this contest. The criteria is story, not technique. So if you can put together an interesting and/or amusing animation, your technique…
Thanks Steve. But it was the animators who did the great job in the first place…I just organized and directed the tape. I do hope however that I learned some things from the first tape, and can apply that to the second. Also, with the new guidelines on the tape,…
#Animation Contest
Message #34700
I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a new contest for animators. AmigaWorld has announced it's second Animation Video Contest. We are lanning a second volume in the AW Animation Video Series with a release around Christmas. There are some great prizes planned, and I would urge people…
Consider feedback sent! BTW, if it had been possible, I would have reviewed scanlab/100 myself, and it would have been somewhat more positive, but I was out of town a lot that month and just didn't have time. Anyway, it's an excellent product that offers a good solution for quality…
AmigaWorld Video
Message #102940
yes we are. The next animation video will have some different rules, requiring submissions to be actual stories, not just neat techniques or demos. That will take more work, but we intend to give all those animators some real incentives with several exciting prizes… like maybe an A3000 or a…
Quite right Larry. And if I might hazard a guess, we're even farther along that road then many suspect.
Add my name to that list of interested parties! Lou Wallace, Senior Editor AmigaWorld
I am under the impression that current CD-ROM (and CD-ROM XA) technology can transfer data around 150K/sec… not exactly a speed demon, but then quite a bit faster than the floppy drives we are now using. I think a CD-ROM drive on the Ami would be *A Good Thing*, but…
Showing multitasking to non-amiga users requires a special effort on planning what to do. Sometimes I get the feeling that those silly demos were scripted by someone from the other side, ie., someone who uses a computer that doesn't multitask and really doesn't understand how *INCREDABLY* useful it really is……
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A3000 Week
Message #101432
AmigaVision should be shipping by June, or so I hear. Of course it could slip to July… It won't take a 50 mHZ 040 to double the speed of the A3000, my calculations indicate a 25 mHZ 040 will push the A3000 up about 300%, to between 20 and 25…
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