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Try PC File Finder (GO PCFF) on CIS, most things are available there.. Steve
Nope.. transferring from an A500 to an A500+ should be painless.. I used an HD+ on an A500 for years, if your A500 is already running WB2.04 then you won't notice any difference at all that's what A500+'s were shipped with in the UK.. if your moving from 1.3 to…
Stephen, Get a file called AMICD.lha from the librarys here, it will configure your CDROM drive for you, always works for me! (erase or move out of the search path your existing CD0: icon) Steve
Happy to help.. Steve
>>does PP buffer the image as 24 bit, or only 256 color? I know Photogenics I was wondering that myself.. I'll check it out. (hours later..) Ok, it seems that 24bit support is its achilles heel, whilst it loads 24 bit images happily it reduces them to 256 colours (And…
>>DARN!! I knew I'd run into problems not having a CD-ROM drive!! Oop! should have read: comes on CD ROM as well as floppy.. the floppy version doesn't have all the extra stuff though… Come on Asha it's dirt cheap, get yerself one! ..I checked out stencil support, as long…
David, Have you got the "Forign file access" extension installed? you need about 5 different extensions to make a Mac CD drive read everything.. (can't remember what they are though..) ok, you twisted my arm, I'll go look.. (boots Emplant and struggles to read through the mess Picasso makes of…
Hi Jim, (again!) The latest version of Personal paint (6.4) comes on a cd called "The personal suite" from Colanto and is -excellent- value for money, for 40 UK pounds not only does it contain PP but it has Sbase, Personal write PFM (Personal Font Maker), oodles of clipart, even…
Jim, Hisoft have written their own software to accompany the Zip, they mentioned it in -tiny- letters in their ad, so I called and begged a direct purchase of it.. the lady said it will be on sale seperately in 2 weeks at 15 UK pounds. I`ll let you know…
Hi James, Thanks for your message, I'm still having mega problems with the accursed ZIP drive, so many that I've put it back in it's box and retired it to the cupboard. Today I ordered the Amiga ZIP software that Hisoft are shipping with all the "Amiga ready" ZIP drives…
Ah, Ok, I misunderstood your problem, I never bothered with DPaint after III , (Which I LOVE ..I see it as the graphics equivalent of that small text editor you always have laying about.. ) I use Personal Paint for my pixel painting these days.. I find it easier to…
Hi Thomas, There is a good web site run by the IBrowse people, it has screen shots and makes all sorts of claims on IBrowses behalf.. I -think- (Don't quote me) they're waiting for MUI V3 before they will release it. The screen shots look cool.. http://www.omnipresence.com/ibrowse Steve
Hi Jim, Did you see my 2nd message to Gayle? ..I have the drive low level and DOS formatted, but if I try and copy anything of any useful size to it everything locks up.. not good. My amiga is an A2000 with 030 and 16 megs of fast ram…
Asha, Sorry for not paying attention from the start of this thread.. but are you having trouble with DPaint and Picasso? I Have WB3.1 and a Picasso card in an A2000 and I use DPaint 3 all the time, (Call me a luddite..) I use the pass-through mode and it…
Gayle, Thanks very much for the advice and the file you sent.. They got me a bit further down the road but I'm still no nearer having a working Zip drive that I can trust. A quick description of my system.. it's an A2000 with a GVP "combo" card which…
#ZIP100 & CrossDOS
Message #216469
Gayle, Did I see that you have a ZIP drive? any clues on how to get the accursed thing working? I have a couple of mountlists i saw posted here recently but they don't seem to work, (either that or I'm implementing them wrongly..) The furthest I've managed to get…
The way to win at dice is "/roll 100 10" any score up to 100 is possible the record stands at about 850.. ..of course -I- never participate is such juvenillia.. oh no.. ..gotta dash, no-ones minding my chips.. oop! Steve
>>I don't really see that any special software should be necessary, as long >>as CIS lets us upload HTML pages. In fact thinking about it, they already doo.. we all have a "Personal file" area don't we, but how many of us use it? I bet all they're doing is…
I love to talk Amiga Asha, ..but Saturday night at 9pm is just meant for other things! ..I managed to show up a couple of times and thank you for your efforts but doubt we'd get a large Euro-show at any time other than Sunday evenings our time.. Oh well,…
Hi Pete, Hmmm.. that's worrying about the cyrix chip burning out, ..I stuck a heat sink to mine, thus losing the only zorro slot I have left the damn thing's so high.. I hav'nt tried windows '95 on the BB and I probably won't my girlfriend has it on her…
Werner, Sorry I can't be of any help on this one, I've never used Amouse or Flipper I use 2 mice and have a Floppy on the BB.. this way I can use the Ami and my Girlfriend can use the Bridgeboard at the same time.. apart form the fights…
Derrick, Go to the AMosaic homepage and get the latest (pre-release) version of Amosaic 2, it supports forms. Steve
Hi Laurie, Ok, My system in full: Amiga A2000, WB3.1, Kickstart 40.63 Workbench 40.42 1 meg Chip ram, GVP "Combo card" 030 @40mhz with a Quantum 540M HD and 16 megs of fast ram Picasso II, Emplant Deluxe with external Quantum 540M HD and Apple CD300i CD-ROM A2386 (Upgraded with…
Thanks Kenton, Any idea where I can d/l ASIM CDFS? I looked in the Libs here and couldn't see it.. Steve
And should anybody be following this saga I uninstalled it the next day because it won't live with Emplant… Ho hum, back to the original question, How can I read CD's into my Amiga without using Emplant?! Steve
Hey Dummie! Go get "AMICD.LHA" from the libs here and sort it out yourself… Sheesh.. Do I have to tell you -everything?- …now if I could only get that new icon to conform to my magic workbench colors.. Steve
#CD-ROM on Amiga..
Message #197630
Can anyone tell me how to mount a CD-ROM drive onto my Amiga workbench? I have it attached to my Emplant and can play audio CD's via some Amiga software using the EmpSCSI.device but I just can't get an icon to appear so I can copy files directly to the…
Hi Tony, All your friend needs is a program called "Autopilot" you can find it in the Amigavendor (GO AMIGAVENDOR) libraries under the name: AP.LHA it is by far the best CIS "off line reader", and is dead simple to use.. if your friend hasn't got a modem, make sure…
Escom buys Rumbelows
Message #196694
I get very frustrated with all our high street computer dealers, you can't get -anything- except bloody soundblaster cards! …you try finding 16bit cards for your Bridgeboard in PC World… grrr.. 😉 Steve
Escom buys Rumbelows
Message #196693
Thats 127 in the UK Marion, they bought a chain of stores called "Rumbellows" ..a whitegoods retailer that used to deal in low end consumer durables, cheap music centres, washing machines, etc.. they dabbled in computers in a very minor way and sold a few games machines (I saw my…
Ok Vince, I kept your message and will investigate the card you recommended.. I'll let you know what happens! Thanks, Steve
Have you been -into- any of these "Escom computer stores?" there's one in Kingston, think of it as PC World …without the choice… (That was sarcasm btw… ) Steve
Hi Vincent, Havn't actually bought a SCSI card for the IBM yet, (It's my girlfriends PC) I didn't want to until I had found a driver that would work with my CD player.. From what you say do I take it that a generic SCSI driver will work? (It looks…
>>Have you tried the IBM File Finder here? Yes Marion, that was the first place I tried.. I was kinda hoping that somebody else here with a "3 headed monster" (my girlfriends description) would have wanted a similar thing.. never mind, thanks for your reply… Steve
#Mac SCSI CD-ROM on IBM?
Message #195382
I've got an Apple CD300e plus for use with my Mac Emplant.. Does anyone know of a driver that will enable me to use the Apple drive on the SCSI port of an IBM clone? I belive the Mechanism inside the drive is a Matshita CD 8004 (v1.1f) Thanks in…
I'm with you Trent, A friend of mine has just spent too much money on a Power Mac and wanted to get online, he obtained a CIS account but faced with MacCIM and Navigator he's given up baffled at how/why I'm so into this place.. I'd already told him he…
>>Yah, I do find it funny that the PowerMac 8100/100 that I played with a >>little at the store felt about as responsive, GUI-wise, as my >>RetinaZ3-equipped WarpEngine 3040 A3000.. I found this too.. my pal has a 8100/80 AV PowerMac, I was -stunned- at how long it takes to…
Hi Pete, I have version 1.5 current as of April '94.. I'm a bit scared to use the "Picassomode" program it has the most stern warning screen I've ever seen on a piece of software! You can prolly get updates from the Picasso BBS (606 282 5943) Steve
>>>He has a 100 MBit line I guess,… I WISH!! I have a standard dial-up account with Demon UK and use a 14,400 modem.. I'm in the slow lane too buddy! (But I'm overtaking that fellow in the 9.600baud Trabant… ) Steve
Alex, From the front page of my Picasso II manual: >Picasso II >The Retargetable Graphics Board For Your Amiga I'm 99.9% sure there is only one Picasso II and that all you are seeing is a difference in advertising, some people advertise it as Picasso II-RTG to point out it…
>>except when I'm running AMosaic. Hey Paul, tried running multiple AMosaics yet?? Steve
I find Howard at: http://krishna.cs.umd.edu/stern/ It's a (good) unofficial page, but it points to 3 others.. Steve
Thanks for the reply Rainer, I managed to fix the problem on my own steam, I had to use the Rexx manual to do it. Up until now I hadn't used Rexx, but I feel a new addiction coming on.. all those applications with Rexx ports are looking at me…
Hi Bart, Yup, thats your problem, get a 28k modem! ..I've only got a 14,400 one which common opinion would indicate is the minimum speed for a dialup net connection.. I doubt the ocean is a problem, (I'm in the UK) unless your in that EuroTunnel, now -theres- some ocean…
Totally different drive.. guess thats why your works and mine will soon be living a useful life as a paperweight… Steve
I wondered about the status bar for all messages to, I can only guess that some htmls are preceded by a header with the size in it whereas others arn't.. When you say things only buffered backwards have you tried going forward using the "Window history" by double clicking on…
Ok, for the heck of it I just logged on to the Web using Mosaic and put the stopwatch on how long it took to hop between pages.. From launcing Mosaic to My homepage appearing = 3 seconds (I use Amiga Computings home page as it's at the same domain…
Hmmm.. I've used Mosaic to save files with both types of requester (Amiga Req and the Mosaic single line one..) and I've had no crashes at all.. the only time I've managed to freak it out is when I drag the window out to full screen, that results in a…
Phew! I can't say I've found the Web as slow as you say, my initial homepage appears (sans graphics) in about 4 seconds.. Could it be the amount of traffic on your provders computer that is slowing things down? Anyway, the only tip I can offer for now is ..see…
Was MacTCP a bear to get going because of MacTCP or because we're running under emulation? Are you using PPP or SLIP? Steve
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