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VC Message #33331
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements September 16, 1986 2:49 PM
Your Id was on the upload for VC.ARC the spreadsheet program. Where did you get it, if I may ask? Is the source available for it? I'm looking for a pd spreadsheet program, just something simple really, maybe in C and I saw this in the library. If it is…
VC Message #33331
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements September 16, 1986 2:49 PM
Your Id was on the upload for VC.ARC the spreadsheet program. Where did you get it, if I may ask? Is the source available for it? I'm looking for a pd spreadsheet program, just something simple really, maybe in C and I saw this in the library. If it is…
#31317- #FORGOTTEN DISKS Message #31513
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 30, 1986 8:12 PM
You mean people actually steal your mail? Whatever in the world for? I've been using xmodem between the amiga and wicat, long ago before there were any terminal programs (last september) I did use just a straight dump between the two, but I don't see the advantage for this. I'm…
#31317- #FORGOTTEN DISKS Message #31513
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 30, 1986 8:12 PM
You mean people actually steal your mail? Whatever in the world for? I've been using xmodem between the amiga and wicat, long ago before there were any terminal programs (last september) I did use just a straight dump between the two, but I don't see the advantage for this. I'm…
#30893 RAW Sequences Message #31266
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming August 27, 1986 4:17 PM
Just saw this thread and butted in, as a point of info, those things (the cursor position report, et. al) are all ANSI X3.64 codes that do those things on other terminals, I just happened to recognize them flipping through the message base here. The only difference I see is…
#30893 RAW Sequences Message #31266
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming August 27, 1986 4:17 PM
Just saw this thread and butted in, as a point of info, those things (the cursor position report, et. al) are all ANSI X3.64 codes that do those things on other terminals, I just happened to recognize them flipping through the message base here. The only difference I see is…
#28763- PACKAGE Message #28781
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 3, 1986 6:59 PM
Yes, I think it is. We used to get little brochures from IBM here though I can't imagine why since we don't own any IBM equipment at all except for typewriters. They would be full of all the wonderful things that one could do with RPG II on system 36/38…
#28763- PACKAGE Message #28781
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 3, 1986 6:59 PM
Yes, I think it is. We used to get little brochures from IBM here though I can't imagine why since we don't own any IBM equipment at all except for typewriters. They would be full of all the wonderful things that one could do with RPG II on system 36/38…
PACKAGE Message #28633
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 2, 1986 10:21 PM
I got your package and will return the files as soon as I get them on amiga floppies. I sure wish there was an easier way than downloading them one by one with xmodem to my amiga, but I don't know any other way. There are quite a few files…
PACKAGE Message #28633
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements August 2, 1986 10:21 PM
I got your package and will return the files as soon as I get them on amiga floppies. I sure wish there was an easier way than downloading them one by one with xmodem to my amiga, but I don't know any other way. There are quite a few files…
#28276 IDCMP Message #28280
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 29, 1986 10:18 AM
Thanks. I will get busy when I get it. I'm sorry about the tape I sent being so hard to use. Would some other format have been better? I remember you saying something one time about it being 80 byte fixed records or something? I could make a new one…
#28276 IDCMP Message #28280
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 29, 1986 10:18 AM
Thanks. I will get busy when I get it. I'm sorry about the tape I sent being so hard to use. Would some other format have been better? I remember you saying something one time about it being 80 byte fixed records or something? I could make a new one…
#28255 #IDCMP Message #28279
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 29, 1986 10:11 AM
It depends on the assembler syntax I suppose. The motorola mnemonics which our wicat uses and amiga, does indeed use btst #$1f,d0, but then again some other systems like the SUN use btst 0x1f,d0 like C and stuff like movl a6@(8),d0 where Motorola would use move.l 8(a6),d0. I'm used to…
#28255 #IDCMP Message #28279
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 29, 1986 10:11 AM
It depends on the assembler syntax I suppose. The motorola mnemonics which our wicat uses and amiga, does indeed use btst #$1f,d0, but then again some other systems like the SUN use btst 0x1f,d0 like C and stuff like movl a6@(8),d0 where Motorola would use move.l 8(a6),d0. I'm used to…
#28193 #FREE UPLOADS Message #28194
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements July 28, 1986 2:32 PM
I can't believe it!! Its like pharoah letting the hebrews go I've got some neat IFF Pictures of starwars and Empire strikes back stuff done by a graphic artist on the amiga, if I have the time I might upload some. Wow again!
#28193 #FREE UPLOADS Message #28194
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements July 28, 1986 2:32 PM
I can't believe it!! Its like pharoah letting the hebrews go I've got some neat IFF Pictures of starwars and Empire strikes back stuff done by a graphic artist on the amiga, if I have the time I might upload some. Wow again!
#28125 #IDCMP Message #28190
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 28, 1986 10:59 AM
I guess you are right, I'm mistaken about btst. I've compiled Icon 6.0 and am working on getting it running now. Our C compiler compiles something like x & D_VAR (which you see a lot in Icon, testing for a variable descriptor ) as move.l _x,d0 btst $1f,d0 bne where…
#28125 #IDCMP Message #28190
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 28, 1986 10:59 AM
I guess you are right, I'm mistaken about btst. I've compiled Icon 6.0 and am working on getting it running now. Our C compiler compiles something like x & D_VAR (which you see a lot in Icon, testing for a variable descriptor ) as move.l _x,d0 btst $1f,d0 bne where…
#27805 #IDCMP Message #28053
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 27, 1986 10:48 AM
Why was testing only the low 7 bits good news to you? I would think it was bad news. Excuse my ignorance but are you saying that this btst thing is with the 68000 itself, amiga or lattice C? I've used the symbolic debugger on the wicat and put $80000000…
#27805 #IDCMP Message #28053
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 27, 1986 10:48 AM
Why was testing only the low 7 bits good news to you? I would think it was bad news. Excuse my ignorance but are you saying that this btst thing is with the 68000 itself, amiga or lattice C? I've used the symbolic debugger on the wicat and put $80000000…
#27551 IDCMP Message #27686
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 24, 1986 3:42 AM
Scott, what is this about btst only testing bits mod 8? Is that from Lattice C or what? When I was doing Icon there were many references as you probably saw to things like D_VAR and such (Masks for different descriptor types) and one was for example 0x40000000 and it…
#27551 IDCMP Message #27686
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 24, 1986 3:42 AM
Scott, what is this about btst only testing bits mod 8? Is that from Lattice C or what? When I was doing Icon there were many references as you probably saw to things like D_VAR and such (Masks for different descriptor types) and one was for example 0x40000000 and it…
Take a shot at EA Message #27435
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements July 21, 1986 10:42 PM
J. eric. did you hear about the stuff (oh about month & 1/2 or so ago) a program/system called "Caligari" (like Dr.) There was apparently a demo video tape shown at an amuse meeting I believe. From the description I read on the amuse bbs it was just awesome. A…
Take a shot at EA Message #27435
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Help/Announcements July 21, 1986 10:42 PM
J. eric. did you hear about the stuff (oh about month & 1/2 or so ago) a program/system called "Caligari" (like Dr.) There was apparently a demo video tape shown at an amuse meeting I believe. From the description I read on the amuse bbs it was just awesome. A…
#25632 Basic Windows Message #25662
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 7:16 PM
Thanks. I labelled my window too, but it didn't help I was using a type/mode of 18, cause I don't want to resize. The manual says that if you specify a mode of 16-31 and also set sizeable then basic will have to reserve enough memory to hold the bitmap…
#25632 Basic Windows Message #25662
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 7:16 PM
Thanks. I labelled my window too, but it didn't help I was using a type/mode of 18, cause I don't want to resize. The manual says that if you specify a mode of 16-31 and also set sizeable then basic will have to reserve enough memory to hold the bitmap…
#25586 Basic Windows Message #25660
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 7:11 PM
I'll try that tomorrow and let you know. I know I tried to open a window like that I remember those numbers (630,380) but I would get the beep, then the little box around the window statement, then the scroll down message saying Out of heap space, but I'll try…
#25586 Basic Windows Message #25660
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 7:11 PM
I'll try that tomorrow and let you know. I know I tried to open a window like that I remember those numbers (630,380) but I would get the beep, then the little box around the window statement, then the scroll down message saying Out of heap space, but I'll try…
Basic Windows Message #25186
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 3, 1986 7:43 PM
Hi, a C programmer has a question for some of you amigabasic people. I am trying to open a screen on an interlaced window and I want to draw a circle on it and fill it in with the PAINT command. My screen is 640×400 with 2 bit planes (interlaced),…
Basic Windows Message #25186
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming July 3, 1986 7:43 PM
Hi, a C programmer has a question for some of you amigabasic people. I am trying to open a screen on an interlaced window and I want to draw a circle on it and fill it in with the PAINT command. My screen is 640×400 with 2 bit planes (interlaced),…
#24346 BYTE July Message #24380
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 27, 1986 6:41 AM
That would be neat, if on the amiga it could use the printer drivers then a great many different printers would be able to make softstrips instead of just the epsons and imagewriters they specify in the ad. Gary. P.S. You did not ever send that disk for stuff you…
#24346 BYTE July Message #24380
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 27, 1986 6:41 AM
That would be neat, if on the amiga it could use the printer drivers then a great many different printers would be able to make softstrips instead of just the epsons and imagewriters they specify in the ad. Gary. P.S. You did not ever send that disk for stuff you…
#24297- #BYTE July Message #24302
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 26, 1986 7:21 PM
With Byte's lead time, we'll be lucky if any see print before this fall. I sure wish they would put a date in there somewhere for when the articles, letters, etc were actually written. This giant magazine about computers, and it seems that they must pass the manuscripts around the…
#24297- #BYTE July Message #24302
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 26, 1986 7:21 PM
With Byte's lead time, we'll be lucky if any see print before this fall. I sure wish they would put a date in there somewhere for when the articles, letters, etc were actually written. This giant magazine about computers, and it seems that they must pass the manuscripts around the…
BYTE July Message #24272
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 26, 1986 5:05 AM
Well, I just got my july issue of Byte and after a cursory inspection of it there don't seem to be any long anti-amiga letters to the editor this month. There are a few mentions of amiga here and there if you know where to look, In "Whats New", page…
BYTE July Message #24272
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Community Square June 26, 1986 5:05 AM
Well, I just got my july issue of Byte and after a cursory inspection of it there don't seem to be any long anti-amiga letters to the editor this month. There are a few mentions of amiga here and there if you know where to look, In "Whats New", page…
Assembler Message #17561
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming May 6, 1986 2:18 AM
Sorry I had to duck out of CO last night, something came up. I don't know if you solved your problem or not, but if you are desparate you can do this: put in your program where the jsr was this instead: DC.B 78,187,136,00 these numbers are in DECIMAL! In…
Assembler Message #17561
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming May 6, 1986 2:18 AM
Sorry I had to duck out of CO last night, something came up. I don't know if you solved your problem or not, but if you are desparate you can do this: put in your program where the jsr was this instead: DC.B 78,187,136,00 these numbers are in DECIMAL! In…
#SubLogic Jet Demo Message #16304
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Audio/Video April 26, 1986 11:20 AM
Just wondering if anyone has gotten the sub-logic jet demo to do anything? (Does it do anything anyway besides make noises?) The two mouse cursors move and some of the keys seem to do something when pressed like L for raising and lowering landing gear, and K for opening and…
#SubLogic Jet Demo Message #16304
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Audio/Video April 26, 1986 11:20 AM
Just wondering if anyone has gotten the sub-logic jet demo to do anything? (Does it do anything anyway besides make noises?) The two mouse cursors move and some of the keys seem to do something when pressed like L for raising and lowering landing gear, and K for opening and…
#16087 #NEW BBS.TXT Message #16194
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Telecommunications April 25, 1986 7:20 AM
I just looked in the dls and the new listing for bbs apparently has not been merged yet, the date is still april 10th on the file, so this may be redundant. I'd like to confirm the bbs in Illinois, WOVSED200 at 618-378-2133, since I am the sysop this is…
#16087 #NEW BBS.TXT Message #16194
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Telecommunications April 25, 1986 7:20 AM
I just looked in the dls and the new listing for bbs apparently has not been merged yet, the date is still april 10th on the file, so this may be redundant. I'd like to confirm the bbs in Illinois, WOVSED200 at 618-378-2133, since I am the sysop this is…
#Aegis Images/Anim. Message #16192
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Audio/Video April 25, 1986 7:01 AM
I have been considering getting the Aegis images and animator packages and I'd like to ask some questions of anyone who already has it. I'm basing this on the only thing I remember seeing about it, the What's New section of the February Byte had a full page devoted to…
#Aegis Images/Anim. Message #16192
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Audio/Video April 25, 1986 7:01 AM
I have been considering getting the Aegis images and animator packages and I'd like to ask some questions of anyone who already has it. I'm basing this on the only thing I remember seeing about it, the What's New section of the February Byte had a full page devoted to…
#13832- #GNUEMACS Message #13848
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming April 4, 1986 7:36 PM
I thought it was so funny, Jerry P in Byte always annoys me going on about WRITE and Intel Chips and S100 busses, wake up! I typed in the program in the UN*X article, to see what it would do, (I already had a good idea,) problem was Amy wouldn't…
#13832- #GNUEMACS Message #13848
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming April 4, 1986 7:36 PM
I thought it was so funny, Jerry P in Byte always annoys me going on about WRITE and Intel Chips and S100 busses, wake up! I typed in the program in the UN*X article, to see what it would do, (I already had a good idea,) problem was Amy wouldn't…
#13825- #GNUEMACS Message #13847
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming April 4, 1986 7:17 PM
I haven't finished unloading it from tape yet, but I presume it is for vax unix, since it is part of GNU. I remember one file that mentioned it was specifically for VAX 4.x BSD and it would have to be modified for anything else. I'm still unloading cause it…
#13825- #GNUEMACS Message #13847
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Programming April 4, 1986 7:17 PM
I haven't finished unloading it from tape yet, but I presume it is for vax unix, since it is part of GNU. I remember one file that mentioned it was specifically for VAX 4.x BSD and it would have to be modified for anything else. I'm still unloading cause it…
#13822 Digital sound Message #13846
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Sound/Music/Speech April 4, 1986 7:06 PM
I don't have "Paul" either, Could be McCartney? or Paul from the movie Dune, or who knows. I've been experimenting with "slicing" the sound files, and joining them back together. I figured since you can use a simple join to concatenate two or more you should be able to cut…
#13822 Digital sound Message #13846
From: GARY SARFF Forum unknown · Sound/Music/Speech April 4, 1986 7:06 PM
I don't have "Paul" either, Could be McCartney? or Paul from the movie Dune, or who knows. I've been experimenting with "slicing" the sound files, and joining them back together. I figured since you can use a simple join to concatenate two or more you should be able to cut…

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