This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Dick, Good advice! I shall take it. Thanks, Pete
Dick, Thanks for the info. I am in Belgium, in fact. I think my machine dates from the period you quote, but I have not had the sheet feeding problem so far. If I come across anything for the Amiga, I'll let you know. Cheers, Pete
Dick, Please tell me more. I have an HP550C. Was it perhaps only American owners who were recipients of this roller buffing machine? Pete
Philippe, Let us hope that the rumour is ill-founded, then. I registered SID2 with Timm right at the beginning and even featured it in an article for a Belgian computer magazine, but since then I have heard nothing from him. If you hear anything positive I'd appreciate it if you'd…
Philippe, I saw a posting several months ago saying that, sadly, Timm had died. Pete
Mario, The simplest solution would be to connect your modem directly to the Amiga 3000 and use Autopilot to talk to CompuServe. If that is not practical, then you should be able to read the PC disks directly on the Amiga using CrossDOS, which is included with AmigaDOS 2.1 (I…
Paul, The six extensions are: Apple CD-ROM Apple Photo Access ISO 9660 File Access High Sierra File Access Audio CD Access Foreign File Access Pete
> I should try that with my Emplant while it's still in my machine to check, but I think that since it's an Apple drive I don't need any special extensions… no? The ShapeShifter docs are unclear on this, too.< Paul, I'm no MAC expert, but I think you need…
>I can't get ShapeShifter to recognize my CD-ROM drive. It's an Apple CD-300 external drive, set as unit 4.< Paul, The obvious question first: do you have the CDROM extensions in the extension directory inside the system directory? Pete
Asha, Can't make it this Saturday, I'm afraid. We shall be listening to a friend and his group playing blues and boogie in an intimate cafe setting and perhaps partaking of the odd glass of wine. So please mark me down as absent (apologies) and one vote for Friday. Cheers,…
>yes, exactly. I heard that the small memory card populating the accelerator slot could be upgraded to 1M giving you a total of 1.5 MB, but I never tried to do so.< Werner, I was advised against it by friends at Commodore Belgium. Can't remember why, though. Pete
Werner, My early A2000 had 512k Ram on the motherboard, and 512k on a separate card which fitted into the CPU upgrade slot. Does yours? Pete
>And from what I remember the original Amiga 2000 looked just like the eventual Amiga 2000B. The only way to tell the difference between a 2000 and a 2000B (apart from looking at the motherboard) was to look round the back at a sticker.< Jeff, There was a small modification…
Chris, Karl would be shipping from Belgium, and just to give you an idea, today I received a Sony Playstation game (smaller than a video cassette) posted in the centre of Brussels to my home on the edge of Brussels, which cost the sender Bf246 (around eight dollars) and took…
#Saturday Conferencs
Message #214869
Asha, I like the idea of the conference time, so that we Europeans don't have to get up in the middle of the night. Problem is that Saturday night 23H00 European is a time when people are more likely to be out of the house. You know I managed it…
#New Amiga dealer
Message #210292
I think that my friend, Carlo Curatolo, ought to be given a special award by Amiga Technologies GmbH for the extraordinary confidence he has shown in the future of the Amiga. At a time when many dealers and developers are abandoning the Amiga, Carlo is moving in the opposite direction,…
Stefan, Can you be more precise about what happens when "the connection breaks down shortly afterwards". The strange characters are nothing to worry about. After you see them, that window should disappear. A few seconds later, since you are using AmiTCP-demo4.0-, a window should appear announcing AmiTCP4.0, on which is…
Stephen, 10% sales tax and you'd be screaming? come to Belgium and die of apoplexy! 20.5%!!! Pete
Lieven, As you no doubt will have seen before you read this message. I have e-mailed to you the modified mfm.device. Shapeshifter 3.1 can read floppies with this device installed, with the one caveat that the busy light stays on all the time. If only you and I were having…
John, Thanks for the AsimCDFS tip. It was something I was considering. You have pushed me into trying it. Pete
Rafael, Legibility/readability. Interesting point. They can be synonyms, but there is a definite nuance nowadays, where legibility means that you can decipher the characters on the page and make sense of them, and readability means how interesting the text is. Pete
Lieven, Good luck with the decorating! By the way, I have discovered that the CrossMac software has a modified mfm.device. Maybe that will solve the Shapeshifter 3.1 problem. I am picking it up tomorrow. Will let you know. Pete
Lieven, Thanks for the info. I tried Shapeshifter version 3.0 and that works ok, although my version of mfm.device is 40.9. Excellent advice on your part! I am now struggling with the CDROM, which worked fine before, and now is giving me all sorts of trouble, both on the Amiga…
Ian, Thanks for the suggestions. The problem has simplified a little. I CAN read Amiga disks. I stupidly picked up a magazine game disk which was NDOS, but would boot. I have taken the A4000 to pieces and put it together again. The yellow screen on reset was still there,…
#Floppy/CD problem
Message #209475
I have a floppy disk drive problem on my A4000/40, WB3.1. DF0: does not recognise an Amiga formatted disk when inserted while the system is running. I get the DF0:NDOS icon. However, I can boot from the same disk! Also, when using Shapeshifter, a floppy already in the drive when…
Clint, Don't know if this will help, but checking in my devs/monitors I also have VGAonly, which I seem to remember is necessary for some arcane reason. Pete
Christian, There are now 100…. numbers issued to people within the U.S. I came across one a couple of months ago. Pete
Jeff, My point was how could he advertise a firm price (which he must have fixed some while ago to get into that issue of the mag), when apparently ESCOM itself has yet to announce a price? Pete
Jeff, In the October issue of Amiga Shopper (out already!) White Knight are taking orders for the Amiga Technology 4000/60T, with 2/4MB RAM, 1.2GB SCSI II drive, AT 2525 pounds sterling, including VAT. Given the lead time of magazines, who do they think they are kidding? Pete
Asha, I miss some of the references in Drop the Dead Donkey, and I'm only across the English Channel in Belgium!! Pete
Steve, DTDD, apart from being as viciously funny as HIGNFY, had the extra dimension of topicality, the show was recorded the day before broadcasting, and some stuff done on the day itself. I can't remember word for word, but things like (tv clip on a polo match at Windsor) "I…
Steve, The Beeb is currently running "Have I Got Old News For You", the best bits from the show over the years. Merton looked like a schoolkid when he started! Pete p.s. Did that brilliant show from Channel Four, 'Drop the Dead Donkey" get over there?
Clarence, I get exactly the same message on my A4000/40. Just say OK. GPFax will then produce the fax. Pete
Bertrand, My good friend Eric, at Amiga City in Brussels, should be able to assist your friend. Telephone 02 736 6111. Tell him to say Pete Jones sent him. 🙂 Pete
Old Amiga game
Message #196745
Sean, 47 dollars approx. Pete
Jerry, 1000 pounds sterling is around 1600 US dollars at the moment. Pete
Steve, Many thanks for posting that. I consider that to be a really positive development which augurs well for the future. Peter Kittel has a real enthusiasm for the Amiga, judging by the number of messages he used to post. I don't think the guy ever slept! Pete
Rafa, AmigaUser Library 10 – Screen Utilities. Filename: BLTZBL.LHA Pete
Most UK dealers take the dollar price of a computer, remove the dollar sign and replace it with a pound sign. When attacked, as they frequently are in the mags, they try to claim it's because of shipping and taxes and the smaller market. Yeah! Pete
>I don't have any facts on C= PCs. I just know the same, that at some point before the bancruptcy, C= licensed out the name and somebody was making them.< Richard, It was Acer. I think I still have the press release around somewhere. Pete
>Seeing as the only difference is 1 chip, yeap.< Dave, I think the years must be catching up with me, especially as I had sent off to ReadySoft for the upgrade, and put the chip in myself. 🙁 Pete
Lieven, do you mean that the predefined monitor files are given when you register? At the moment, I cannot even install the software. Pete
Bart, See the comment from Karl. It's true that I do not get any CRC errors, just a slow down or stoppage of the incoming data, so It doesn't appear to be the line that is the problem. Pete
>If the line-quality was the problem, you would get constant CRC-errors, or you would get disconnected.< Karl, Good point. It's true that I get no CRC errors, just a slowing down or complete stoppage of incoming data. Pete
Dave, Thanks for the confirmation. I am reassured. It is bound to be the same for the Amax IV card. Pete
Bart, I have now been able to log on a few times at 14400. Twice I decided to download a big file to see the download speed. In both cases the throughput was lower than at 9600. The download kept stopping and starting. I wonder whether Belgacom lines are capable…
>don't worry too much about Picassomode. If you stick to the presets then nothing can go wrong. Just pick the one that matches your monitor closest.< Lieven, Steve was responding to a message from me. I was trying to install the cybergraphics software that you told me about, but I…
Steve, What version of the Picasso software do you have? I have just tried to install the Cybergraphics software and it tells me that in the village.library I have the monitor file set to kHzK and I should change it to CUSTOM using the PICASSOMODE program which comes with the…
Bart, At the office, I have access to a 2 MEGAbit connection to Internet, and even that seems slow at times. I haven't bothered with the CIS gateway, since 9600 is just not practical, as far as I am concerned. If and when they upgrade the Brussels node to 28Kbit,…
#Oktagon anywhere?
Message #192388
>Thanks for the query, but apparently Micropace suddenly got some Oktagons in stock. Otoh, he might be interested in getting one used, to save on the $$$… yah, do check the price–I remember now that he was particularly interested in getting one used. TIA< Paul, My apologies, When I first…
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