This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Commodore v IRS
Message #80219
I've heard an ugly rumor last week that Commodore was in deep doo-doo (that's a legal term) with the IRS. Has anyone heard this? What's the real story? Geo
Don, today I had an excuse to pry open my A2000 (to install a brand spanking new 8-UP! board purchased at AmiExpo). I peeked beneath the hard drive bracket and power supply and saw several socketed chips. (Oh joy!) I couldn't identify them from that angle, but I remember seeing…
Don, are those graphic chips socketed? It's been a while since I pried my A2000 open for a look-see. I replaced the 1.2 ROM with the 1.3 ROM myself, but I'm not willing to take a soldering iron to my Amy! Geo
Don, don't forget SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up), it goes hand in hand with FUBAR. Speaking of history: I read about an old vacuum tube computer that was afraid of the dark. They used a lot of those NE-2 neon bulbs in various parts of the circuitry. The NE-2's…
> Programmers who write portably, are men of vision. Ooooo, Dave, I bet the female programmers will get annoyed at that turn of phrase. Geo
Well, Chris, I've noticed that since I've adopted Ben Blish's "style", my C code has become somewhat more readable. I've showed the style to one or two other programmers and they found the style desirable for various reasons. And on the subject of readability: If I'm expected to understand what…
Well, Dave, that's the kind of opinion I was seeking. I've found that indenting the braces AND the block of code between them makes the block even more obvious. Ok, the "while" goes on a new line … do { statements ; } while (condition); Thanks for your input! Geo
#C coding style
Message #58206
Speaking of your _A Matter Of Style_ article in the May '89 TransAmi. After digesting the article, I found everything you presented made a lot of sense and I started adopting your techniques in my development. I'm also attempting to "spread the gospel" at work amoungst the newly initiated C…
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BBS Software
Message #51756
Yep, Brian, the 6551 is strictly async. I have developed some async code on an IBM ARTIC co-processor last year. That board supports four Zilog SIO chips which are dual USARTs. Those chips contain specific options to support SDLC and BSC. Well, maybe *someone* will market an Amiga sync adapter…
IBM published their "standard" REXX specs in their SAA "Procedure Language" manual. Off hand, I don't recall any specific extensions for interprocess communications. I'll have to re-check that manual. Geo
Marlene, you're probably right about OS/2 REXX being larger than 100K, but we'll find out for sure. Hmmm, maybe we could start a pool? Geo
#OS/2 REXX vs ARexx
Message #50573
Bill, IBM has finally announced REXX for OS/2. It's part of the Extended Edition Ver 1.2 release due out in November. We got an early copy of it last week and as soon as we can find an underused system, we'll load it and then we can see how much…
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Remote Prnt to IBM/HP
Message #49378
Scott, consider this…. Pick up a copy of Dos-2-Dos and copy the files you want printed to a 3.5" disk in IBM/MS-DOS 720K format and take the disk to work with you. That's what I do. I also download various and sundry OS/2 programs via my A2000 and use them…
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IBM3270 Emulation
Message #43998
Paul, the ideas may sound great, but the tricky bit is making those ideas come true. I actually managed to make some time the other night to play with PDC and Intuition. At this rate, I may even actually have written a whole program by Labor Day! Geo
Larry, from my experience with OS-9, writing reentrant position independent code is fairly straight foward. Of course, OS-9 lets you define the size of your private data area in the module header and then dynamically allocates the storage for you. Writing reentrant code on an IBM mainframe is much harder…
Actually I'm surprized that any compiler for a multi-tasking system would generate anything but reentrant code. I haven't bought an Amiga C compiler yet, I'm just playing with PDC. Do both Lattice and Manx generate PURE code? I write OS/2 code for my employer. OS/2 shares the code segment of…
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A2000 vs A1000 Speed?
Message #23522
Ok, Pat, I think I follow what you're saying. My A1000 has a 512K add-on for a total of a meg. I got used to Whap! running in truely fast memory. So maybe next year I'll pop for some additional memory for the A2000 that can be considered "fast". Thanks…
#C Lang. Development Sys
Message #23516
I'm shopping for a serious C language development system. It appears to be between Manx and Lattice. A source level debugger is a must. What do you folks like? In the December issue of AMIGAWORLD they listed two C compilers by Microsoft. Since when does Microsoft sell a 68K C…
Ah! Thanks for the pointer to Timeline, Larry, that is the best price I've seen yet for the Adaptec 4000. Another consideration has arisen: I am trying to decide whether to just add a hard disk to my A1000 or shoot the works and go for a 2000 with hd.…
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#Xebec S1410 & A1000
Message #16432
Don, I recall reading a review of The Wedge in AmigaWorld. It requires an IBM (yetch) compatable hard disk controller. The review made the Wedge sound undesirable – it was very sensitive to movement. I recall an article in one of the DL's about using the Supra SCSI host adapter…
David, I use a local 2400 baud CIS node. It is the same node I used with my Practical Periphials 2400 baud modem. I had a similiar problem with the PP2400 about once a month. The problem occured about 20 or 30 times in the few days I had the…
#Supra 2400 Problem
Message #7231
I'm having an interesting problem with my new Supra Modem 2400 and Whap! as well as ACCESS!. It works perfectly at 300 and 1200 baud, but has problems making more than one connection at 2400 baud. I previously used a Practical Periphials 2400 SA modem which (although a little flakey…
David, I use to say similiar things about these automated CIS programs until I tried Whap!, now (as the song says) I'm a believer. I like having control too, but I also like getting as much out of CompuServe for as little as possible. And I am not a recent…
Well, Henry, speaking as an experienced DP'er, I know how CIS could make it very easy for programs like Whap!. The best way for these programs to work is to send and receive messages and files in a transaction format that is optiomized for program to program communications. Of course,…
Nope, I always see my messages twice when I do an RM followed by a RTN. That doesn't bother me a bit. I was just pointing out a way that the other users can avoid seeing their messages twice. Geo
Well, Steve, as of July 1st, this PPN is 10 years old. Is that OLD enough for you? Geo
Ok, Allen, I missed that AT&S command in the modem docs. I have to admit that I've read better hardware docs than Practical Periphials' in my life. Geo
Ah! Then Ron, you have to GO TERMINAL and select option 2 (?) "Logon Actions" to create a Personal Menu. Geo
BTW, Bill, You can still have a Personal Menu and use Whap! Once you created the personal menu, change your TOP page back to MAIN. Then you can just type GO MENU to access your Personal Menu to go places for CO's. Geo
#Whap & modems
Message #1412
Allen, I also have a Practical Peripherals 2400 modem. The bloody thing does not generate a DSR signal on pin 6. You'll either have to use 3 wire mode or hot wire your cable to connect pin 6 to pin 20. I haven't hot wired my cable yet, but will…
Jim, why not consider giving Whap! the option to specify the "Skip Messages From You" option for those who wish it? I believe the 4D(36) version of this command is "OP;SKIP ON" or similar. Geo
#Order of Operations
Message #1410
Dave, I suspect that the M100 message program made use of the Forum Option that prevents your messages from being displayed on RTN and other read commands except RM. That would be the logical (and easy) way to do it. Geo
#Order of Operations
Message #1409
Actually, Henry, I prefer Whap! doing a RM at the start. This way I can get the messages addressed to me at once and then peruse the bulk download at my leisure. I'd like to see an easier way of telling Whap! to just check for marked messages and not…
#WHAP ?
Message #1408
Oh, Ron, but you can still use your Personal Menu! Just type GO MENU at any prompt. Geo
#WHAP ?
Message #1406
Or Ron can type MIC at most prompts and be taken directly to the Personal File Are in Command mode. (or as us Oldtimers call it – MicroNET) Geo
Ok, Jim, I'll give that a try. Thanks. Geo
Well anyway, Jim, Whap! does appear to be fairly stable. Here's a thought for you to consider for future enhancements to Whap!: How about adding an option to allow a user to just go in and do Read Marked messages only and not do a QSN or RTN? Sometimes I…
Mike, I'm a Science Fiction Fan who likes Star Trek. Geo
#Whap! Whoops!
Message #714
Whoops! For some reason Whap! started working just fine at 2400 baud a little while ago. No idea why, maybe sunspots? You should have gotten two Emails from me under two names – same PPN. My Whap! boot disk is using Arp Ver 1.1. I noticed that View! would not…
#Whap! freezing
Message #676
Jim, I'm having a small problem with Whap! Ver 1.1D. When I try to use the SCI-FI Forum, Whap! freezes up while its getting the Library names. Every time it hung while LIB 14's name is being displayed. This was at 2400 baud. Any ideas? BTW, the user interface for…
#Whap???
Message #150
Whats all this here then? A message section dedicated to striking fellow Forum members over the head with rolled up copies of Amiga magazines? What is the world coming to? Geo
Keith, what I meant by "capturing the graphics screen…" is screen print. I'd like to be able to hit a key to transfer the Access! screen to a disk file (possibly in IFF format) or to the printer. The screen print program on the Amiga Extras disk is in adequate…
Keith, what I meant by "capturing the graphics screen…" is screen print. I'd like to be able to hit a key to transfer the Access! screen to a disk file (possibly in IFF format) or to the printer. The screen print program on the Amiga Extras disk is in adequate…
Keith, what does Access! do with the serial port buffer? In my downloads to disk at 2400 baud (simple capture) I have never lost any data. When the buffer was set at 512 with an eariler release of Access!, I would have data loss all the time. Geo
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#Access
Message #132787
Gee, Kurt, I've been downloading messages twice a week for about six months with Access! without a hitch. My typical download is 300K in size. I capture to DF1: at 2400 baud and have my serial port buffer set to 8000. Geo
Thanks for the reply, Greg, I kinda figured SAVIFF would be one way to do it. Geo
#RLE to IFF/GIF
Message #132661
Is there a handy-dandy utility in the LIBs to convert an RLE graphic to an IFF or GIF format? Geo
KEEP 1.2
Message #121410
Tim, I'll download it tonight! Geo
KEEP 1.2
Message #121410
Tim, I'll download it tonight! Geo
#Access1.3a
Message #121409
BTW, Henry, Access! 1.30A is an ANSI terminal emulator. I use it and am defined to CIS as a VT-100 and I get all the cursor controls that VIDTEX does. Just GO TERMINAL to set your terminal type.
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