This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Briggsy, I think that the Kramden utilities can help you discover whether or not you have the Super Agnus or not. One of the utilities that it offers is SI (System Information). Among the things SI will tell you is which Agnus is installed in your machine. You can find…
Norvel, I read that somewhere as well, but I can't remember if it was in Amazing, Transactor, Amiga World, or Compute's Amiga Resource (I know it was one of the four because those are the only ones I read). Ah, here it is…"Amiga Builds a World" by Ben and Jean…
Nancy, In the Amiga Technical Forum (Go Amigatech) there's a file in the System Utilities data library called MSDOS1.LZH. This is a public-domain MS-Dos file system that works in a manner similar to CrossDos. If you have Amiga WordPerfect, and the document file formats are the same between Amiga and…
Linda, I'd highly recommend Their Finest Hour (BoB). As a hard-core simulation goes, it's kind of lacking, but for playability and flexibility it can't be beat. My current favorite. Robert
Woody, I've had good luck with ARC, ZOO, and LHARC. However, my version of LHARC (v 1.13) on the PC has problems with files of the form '.filename'. I've also had problems with LHARC extracting a single file from an archive made on an Amiga. Robert
Jack, Thanks for the confirmation. I'm really surprised that my VT240 manual doesn't mention it, but that's the only behavior that made any sense to me. Thanks again. Robert
#VT scroll region probs
Message #105289
The escape sequence ESC [ Pt ; Pb r sets the top and bottom margins on a VT100. Does anyone know if this sequence also forces the cursor to the upper left corner of the screen in the process of setting the margins? It acts like that is what's happening,…
Eric, CompuServe's Ymodem is true Ymodem (Ymodem batch). If your software supports B or B+ you'll want to use that. Robert
Yes, that probably would be best. I was just wondering if this was a common, easily fixed problem, but I guess it isn't. I wonder if the A1000 trade-in offer is still valid; if so, maybe I can talk the powers that be into replacing it with a 2000. That's…
Brian, Thanks for the tips on the 8520's. I'll try swapping them around if I can't talk the guy in charge into taking it into the shop. Actually, it should go to the shop anyway for a memory upgrade; it's probably the last Amiga in the world with only 512K,…
Greg, Populous, Firepower, 688 Attack Sub, Battle Chess, Falcon, and numerous other games support head-to-head modem play. There's a thread on the Gamers' forum (GO GAMERS) dealing with exactly that topic. Robert
We're not running NoClick, or anything like it, so I'm pretty sure that that's not the problem. I've noticed that if I'm running Workbench on my 500 at home that if I swap disks that the new disk icon appears soon after I insert it. This doesn't happen on this…
A1000 drive woes
Message #95886
I have a couple of questions regarding an Amiga 1000 system that we have here at work. 1. The internal floppy on the 1000 doesn't seem to recognize when the disks are changed, and doesn't click when empty. I've seen and fixed similar problems on an MS-Dos machine's 3.5 drive,…
David, There's probably not that much Portfolio stuff out there to download anyway. My guess is all the Portfolio software is on cards anyway. Robert
Lloyd, 40 x 8 sounds about right. It sounds like a neat toy, but I doubt if I'd get much use out of one. Robert
John, True enough. They were like that even when they were owned by Warner Communications. Warner did such a good job of running it that they practically gave it to Jack Tramiel, it was losing so much money. I guess the Tramiels are doing well enough over in Europe, but…
John, I think some of the things that you're paying for in the Poqet are a full 80×25 character screen, as well as true MS-Dos compatibility. I forget what the Portfolio's screen size is, but I know it isn't 80×25. My first machine was an Atari 400, so I still…
Don, Yes, you're right. Hear that Beth? Robert
Charles, I *think* than the Portfolio is compatible with 2.11 at the INT 21 level, but not at the BIOS level. Since most PC programs call a BIOS routine at one point or another, this means that the Portfolio isn't as compatible as your average PClone. Note: I could be…
Beth, Boot your 500 with a disk that you know isn't infected. Go through all your bootable disks with a virus detection utility that can catch the virus on the disk, rather than in the machine. If VIRUSOFF will do that, great. If not, I'd recommend VIRUSX, which you'll find…
Brian, Here's a VOS story which I'm sure you'll appreciate, but it's a bit arcane for the general masses: One of the co-op programmers who was there before I was wrote a macro to go though all the files on all the packs, backup the files that hadn't been opened…
Brian, 'Harris 300' – now there's a machine you don't hear of every day . I once worked at a place that had an H100 and H500. When I first started there I'd wish for a unix box or VAX/VMS every other breath, but by the time I left I…
Actually, after reading the article on the AP wire, it does look like a look-and-feel lawsuit a'la Apple suing people over the appearance of the trashcan icon and the like. Did Apple, Microsoft, and HP settle their suit? If so that'd be too bad, because then we could be treated…