This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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PMFJI, But did you say Java runs under Windows 95? Windows 95??? Are you sure? I am a whisker away from installing NT in order to get Java, but I have been put off temporarily by some horror stories, which imply I would need a new H/D.. I am very…
Hi Peter At this point, may I jump in and say that while OOP may display a lot of commonality with modular and structured programming, it is much more than that, and it is a (common) mistake to use it simply as a neat modular technique. As you say, that…
At this point I'd like to jump in and mention (as if you didn't know) that the reason the Amiga's exec is so good is _because_ it is programmed in an Object-Oriented style, although not in an object-oriented language…. However, it could be replicated fairly quicly in -say – C++…
Hi I, too, would appreciate any information you managed to get on the subject, especially re opening the new screen modes automatically, the screen tags, etc.! Funny old world… just when the Amiga got some useful O/S stuff, that could really create good app interfaces it went belly up. And…
Steve, The IDE interface is indeed standard, but there are different connectors for the 2 1/2" and 3 1/2" drives. The small connector (2 1/2") has 44 pins, and supplies its own power, whereas the large connector has 40 pins + the 4 separate power pins which you saw. There…
John I the used the follwing "cute" hack for obtaining a lower(string): BITOR(string) !! this works by exploiting the fact that the BITOR() function defaults to BITORing with the blank, or space caracter " ". This is hex 20 in ASCII, which is also the distance that separates upper and…
CD/TV CD-ROM?
Message #43118
Ron >The CDTV drive is a commonplace model that presumably could be >replaced or salvaged to another system This message of yours is quite old, but I wonder if I could bring up the subject again… I tried to use the CDTV CD-drive on a PC with a standard Panasonic…
A belated thanks for the info about Oberon Larry
Thanks for all the suggestions Bob, They sound just about right! Alex
Larry, Do you know if this is this a proper fully functioning Oberon implementation? I have seen F.Siebert's shareware version, but its price is a bit too much for me. I would really like to do some work on the Amiga with Oberon, but I am not really willing to…
#A1200 to VGA connection
Message #154196
Bob > Have you tried turning off the monitor, and then booting the Amiga > and waiting for it to finish booting, then turning the monitor on? I tried your suggestion and it still don't work. The behavior of the signal is different in the two cases, though… I was…
A1200 to VGA connection
Message #152247
Bob, I made up the VGA cable as you suggested, and it works OK (…well, sort of). The picture itself is excellent, but I have to connect the monitor *AFTER* I have booted, otherwise it does not show anything. John Gager sent me some details of an adaptor for A500+s…
A1200 to VGQ connection
Message #150982
John Thanks, I checked, but I only have the AmiNet (I) CD; it doesn't have the MISCHACK.LHA file. I'll take you up on your ofer to upload it, or, if you prefer, you can e-mail it to me and I'll upload it. Alex (also at community.gn.apc)
Bob – Thanks I'll wait till I see the adapter text which John offered before I proceed, thanks for the info. Alex Gian Bristol – UK
John – Thanks Any information on the adapter will be appreciated – (It doesn't appear on my Aminet CD-ROM) Alex Gian Bristol UK
#A1200 to VGA connection
Message #150058
Hi I would like to connect the video output of an Amiga A1200 to a VGA monitor. My VGA card gives the following pin information: 1 Red Video 2 Green Video 3 Blue Video 4 Mon ID b2 (not used) 5 Ground 6 Red return (ground) 7 Green return (ground)…
#A1200 to VGQ connection
Message #150057
Hi I would like to connect the video output of an Amiga A1200 to a VGA monitor. My VGA card gives the following pin information: 1 Red Video 2 Green Video 3 Blue Video 4 Mon ID b2 (not used) 5 Ground 6 Red return (ground) 7 Green return (ground)…
A1200 to VGA connection
Message #41272
Hi I would like to connect the video output of an Amiga A1200 to a VGA monitor. My VGA card gives the following pin information: 1 Red Video 2 Green Video 3 Blue Video 4 Mon ID b2 (not used) 5 Ground 6 Red return (ground) 7 Green return (ground)…
A1200 IDE INTERFACE 3.5"
Message #38288
Hi Does anyone know if there is a cable available to connect the Amiga A1200 IDE header (44-pin, 2.5") to a standard PC type IDE drive (40-pin, 3.5")? (Preferably from a UK supplier) Also, is the power taken from the extra 4 pins, or from the floppy disk drive? If…
#A1200 IDE interface
Message #124757
Does anyone know if there is a cable available to connect the Amiga A1200 IDE header (44-pin, 2.5") to a standard PC type IDE drive (40-pin, 3.5")? (Preferably from a UK supplier.) Also, is the power taken from the extra 4 pins, or from the floppy disk drive? If a…
Many thanks to everyone who replied, Now knowing that the system actually works, I was able to trace the fault to a (newly arisen) problem on the parallel port of my 1.3 machine. :-< Alex Gian
#PARNET: and A1200
Message #37769
Hi Does anyone know if the PARNET: system works OK on the A1200? I had Parnet succesfully installed between my old WB2.0 Amiga and a WB1.3 CDTV, but the same system falls down when connecting the A1200 to the CDTV. I am pretty sure the cable is OK – (I…
Yes there is a really easy way, use the Pragma() function: current_value = Pragma('DIRECTORY'|'PRIORITY',[newvalue]) IOW, Pragma('DIR','dhx:subdir') will do what you want. If you don't specify a second argument the function returns the cd. Note that the function returns the *old* value, even when it changes it. I understand that Pragma()…
Brian > Only since the 4000 came out w/o SCSI did anyone want a ZIII > card for something other than RAM. Be glad they discovered it NOW > instead of after all those 4000/030's shipped. As I am writing this, the A4000/30 has already been in available in UK…
Henry I am sorry if my previous message gave the impression that using 'STDOUT' was difficult. It is in fact the easiest! A moment's lapse… Here is the code you are after… /* */ window = 'con:10/10/300/100/etc ' CALL close STDOUT succ = open(STDOUT,window,'w') SAY 'Now let's see…' ADDRESS COMMAND…
Henry As Ben says, you have to writech() or writeln() to the window. However, since you are trying to redirect AmigaDOS commands, this is not normally possible. It is probably possible if you muck about with _STDOUTs etc., but this means getting your hands *really* dirty and is probably not…
Henry It's really simple, the PULL instruction is in fact "shorthand" for PARSE PULL UPPER. If you do not want the uppercase conversion, use: PARSE PULL char instead of: PULL char It seems to me that what you need is some decent ARexx docs. Alex
Frank What you want to do is fairly easy if you use the standard ANSI console control commands. E.g: I am not sure how to turn the echo off (or indeed if the echo CAN be turned off), but what I do is set the text to the same colour…