This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Hi Benny, I'm the author is the installer. The pop-up window saying "serial port in use" means that the connect script has detected another program currently using the serial port. Perhaps a fax program or something is sitting in the background? Also, it's possible this error could occur if you…
INTERNET
Message #209398
For starters, you'll need to look at what's changed in startup-sequence, and see what's different about rexx- and env:-related thingamabobs (paths, directory placement, etc.). After that, I would comment-out enhancements/utilities one-by-one in your startups (incl. WBstartup) and then try restoring original c: commands. -Chris CNR Media Services
#INTERNET
Message #209025
#multiple interfaces
Message #197015
I use AMITCP with NetFS for sharing drives between my two Amigas. So far, I have to swap AmiTCP directories with different setups in order to use the internet (I can use the internet, or NetFS, but not both). AmiTCP doesn't seem to like using more than one interface at…
Hank, I basically have PPP/Amitcp running, but I seem to have a problem with some sites in Mosaic. The default home page (which is AMosaic's page) always seems to either refuse me or fail to connect as soon as I start AMosaic. I can access most other sites OK. I'm…
''The name is not yet decided, it will probably be something like "Commodore-Amiga" or "Amiga-Commodore" or the like. This company will (at least for the time coming) care exclusively for the Amiga model palette.'' Steve, If this new company is Amiga-only, then I feel the Commodore name should be excluded…
"Sounds to me like it's time to take your camcorder in and get that mic jack fixed! Hopefully, your camcorder's still under warranty, so you can demand they repair it…" It's not broken. I have two of them, and they behave the same way. Again, they work perfectly when using…
"Oh, and BTW–make sure your audio extension cable isn't draped over any electrical outlets or looped in odd ways…otherwise, it's acting as an antenna for whatever electromagnetic signals are in the air (which could ALSO be causing your static)." Nope.. the 'static' is definately due to the physical connection inside…
"The problem with producing the C64 isn't the computer. The 64 itself would be very cheap to produce. The problem is the 1541 disk drive which is not cheap to produce." How true! I didn't think of that (and I had a big ol' hippopotumus of a 1541 with bad…
"The C64 will be a cash cow for them. It should be easy to produce, and (Not-so-bold prediction) it will sell well in China." I don't think so. I can't see the Chinese adopting an English interface (the Japanese, perhaps tentatively, but not the Chinese). Though more expensive to make,…
Tim & Paul, I've run into the same problems with my TR-700's mic jacks. They work great with mic that already have mini plugs (i.e. these plugs were intended for mic use), but it seems like anything I try to plug in that has been adapted using a standard mono-mini…
"Gads, that would be a lot of work to make the changes in a lenghty EDL. I do see what you're suggesting." Not if you wrote an ARexx script or something to make the conversion automatic. -Chris CNR Media Services
" While our policy has always been that we would not review any product that is not actually shipping at the time of publication, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR POLICY FOR THIS ISSUE ONLY." 'WE HAVE _BENT_OVER_ FOR THIS ISSUE ONLY' That's was entertaining Bobby.. A keeper! -Chris CNR Media Services
"I can do PCM audio dubing) … is there some way to make the EDL (VideoDirector event list) using a copy then go back to the originals for the final assembly edit? Using VISCA and RCTC decks." Yeah… find a key frame (a photo flash, for instance) and note the…
Betacam certainly isn't "color-over" (it's not _that_ good); think of it as "color-on-par" . Color-under is just an expression that means the color signal is being squashed into a lower-than-normal bandwidth. That's why when you examine an image from a dub using two color-under formats, the color often looks like…
"It's not not the tape or the camra. It's the Hi-8 format. Hi-8 always generates a fair amount of noise in bright colors, especially red. I'm not sure if S-VHS is the same way." From my experiences, I'd say it was a limitation of the signal encoding used in both…
"Im thinking or regearing and getting the Sony VX3 three chip. I can find no 3 chip in SVHS in this price range otherwise I would consider it." Panasonic has the AG-3 (3chip SVHS-C), but from side-by-side comparisons, it's image is quite inferior to the Sony VX-3.
"I wonder… What SVHS equipment are you using?" I use a variety of SVHS.. AG-450, 1960, 1970 and a JVC 6900. I believe the Canon A1 has the mini head-drum in its transport, which Sony has reported as being the cause of a number of problems, including accelerated head and…
"Do you do much editing with Hi8? Will it hold up during a normal edit session?? Or would I be wise to take a generation lose and move to SVHS for editing ??" Very good questions. Yes, I do a lot of editing with Hi8 and I'm as confident about…
"S-VHS isn't exactly drop out proof either. (I wonder what kind of response this is going to get? VBG)" I use professional grade Fuji and Sony tapes with both Hi8 and SVHS. They both seem to have about the same rate of dropouts (actually, from all the "use S-VHS to…
Blacking Tapes
Message #4506
"I get the same result with three different Fuji H471S Double Coated master quality Super VHS tapes. What am I doing wrong?" Sorry for this delayed reply. Contrary to popular belief, S-VHS is not particularly immune to dropouts. I frequently runs across batches of SVHS (professional grade) tape that simply…
What is an MSX? -Chris
options results ARG grabkick /* read 512K into the 2.04 file */ call open("2","wb_2.x:devs/kickstart","R") do i=1 to 32 dummy=readch("2",16384) end /* read the remainder of 2.04 (less than 16K) and append it to the grabkick'd 3.0 file */ call open("3",grabkick,"A") writech("3",readch("2",16384)) call close("3") call close("2") ———————————————– I just wrote the…
I don't think the AmigaDOS 'IF' command will work if you use the word 'then' with it (it doesn't need 'then', nor should you use it). Try just: IF $isitOK EQ 0 QUIT ENDIF Also, commands can't be separated on a single line with ';' like in ARexx. In AmigaDOS,…
"JPEG might not be the best if you need 24-bit true color accuracy because of it's degrading of the image depending on compression, but for most purposes, it does a good job." Actually, it does a good job for virtually all purposes, _including_ loss-less compression. Lest we forget, JPEG has…
PMFJI James, People's attitudes towards OS/2 really puzzle me. So many people have made it a habit to rag on Windows for omitting this or that, or not being "processor effienct". OTOH, why should we just excuse OS/2 for being an incredible memory hog? I regularly see recommendations from OS/2…
"It has been claimed that the American government scan all messages on the Internet for keywords that sound subversive. If that is the case then the references to "CIA" must have set alarm bells ringing." So would every instance of the name "Marcia", as in "MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!!!" -Chris
#VLAB Motion mini review
Message #182689
Can the VLAB Motion play two digital video streams at once (for mixing in a Toaster)? -Chris
#"Pspool" desperate HELP
Message #180203
"Thanks for your help Chris… I have pkzip & lha compression/decomp utilities but no ARC utility for my Amiga…" When I say "arc" it means "archive utility" in general. In this case, LHA would work. No one uses the original "ARC" utility anymore. -Chris
"Our clients shoot on Betacam, and in order to save the tape from too many passes, we window-burn them to 3/4 for use on an offline Avid system." Yet you still edit with Betacam. I do the same thing, with Hi8 and S-VHS (I use the S-VHS window dub to…
IMHO, 3/4" is obsolete. The general consensus I've experienced is that S-VHS offers roughly the same quality and costs far less. What's more, many stations that had 3/4" are converting to Betacam-SP (more $$$) or S-VHS (less $); new affiliates (like FOX stations) are S-VHS based for editing and Hi8…
"Ummm, Christopher, the reason it's East Coast vs. West Coast _is_ that it represents the old mainframe pioneers vs. the microcomputer whippersnappers." Perhaps, but that is probably an over-generalization. East/West is very inaccurate (the IBM PC was developed on the East Coast). But its a minor complaint… I know many…
"Luckily no one listened to Bill Gates when he was saying how little memory would be needed in PC's." Bill Gates appeared on the PBS series Computer Chronicles today for their 'quiz show of the industry stars' special. The two teams were divided rather stupidly: East Coast vs West Coast…
Hi Eric, I had been working with Proteus for a while, most notably on the ParaBIT enhancement package. I was preparing to release a major upgrade to ParaBIT when Commodore abruptly closed their customer service line last year (I was having problems with my A4000 motherboard). That is when I…
"Chris: Slightly off topic, do you have a current address for Geodesic Designs (the people who put out Airlink)? I picked one up at a closeout but the warranty card was returned to me with "address unknown." I think they're still in business, though." Geodesic Designs P.O. Box 956068 Duluth,…
Animation Speed
Message #43232
"That really sucks. It should be working better than ANIM7. When I use ANIM7 on my A3000T, random frames would come out corrupted, which motivated me to try other formats. How many fps were you getting on ANIM7?" I was getting just less than 15fps with ANIM7 in HAM8 Hires/lace,…
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AG450 Camcorder for sale
Message #160922
"I bet you'd get a nibble or two if you told us more about what a AG-450 can do…" It is a basic pro-series SVHS camcorder, and was a very popular model a couple years back. It is a one-chip design, no image stabilizer (but it's big, so not much…
AG450 Camcorder for sale
Message #160524
Panasonic AG-450 camcorder for sale. If interested, make an offer via Email. -Chris
The old Director 2.0 package has the ability to load anims while another is playing for smooth transitions. However, it doesn't work with AmigaDOS 3.0. CanDo is another possibility. -Chris
Sony VBOX wanted
Message #42752
I need two Sony VBox interfaces (model CI-1000) for my camcorders. If you have any you'd like to sell, please reply via EMail with your asking price.
"Colin Proudfoot and I, along with two senior executives of Commodore International (but not Mehdi Ali) have made a bid, which if successful, will give us the rights to manufacture, sell and market the whole range of Commodore Products…" If Irving Gould is involved, I am going to buy a…
"Also, why is there no way to insert video on this vdeck." You also can't perform video inserts with the EV-S7000; If you insert any video, all audio tracks will be overwritten. Are the PCM audio tracks _really_ helical? I'm editing to SVHS. This gives me a little more freedom…
"Will they only play back on the 4000 with a toaster, or can we add something to the Amiga 3000 to enable us to play the animations." They will only play back on the Amiga 4000. -Chris
Thomas, Thank you (and Rocky and G.E.) for your input. I really need this. "I use a MediaPhile 2.0 controller purchased about three years ago with MediaEditor. This is an infrared controller that works great with my two EV-S7000 source decks and my Panasonic AG-1960 recording deck…" This must be…
"Tape position is obtained by other means thereafter." Yikes! I wonder how accurate the OUT points are.
" I really didn't think there was any further refinements than that. They should be pretty consistent figures just like a pre-roll, NO ??" Perhaps, but since the software probably has to pause A&B at the pre-roll point and then unpause them, that adds an extra degree of uncertainty (as…
"did you try 0x250000 ???" Yep. -Chris
"I use it in an A/B roll setup now with two Sony EV-S7000 Hi-8 editing decks which are really great." Hi Thomas, You have almost EXACTLY the setup I need to hear about. Questions follow! How are the 7000's being controlled? Via an MP2.0S (Control-L/LANCS) or through a VISCA/Vbox setup?…
The error rates you reported are consistent with what IMS (and other companies) claim with RC timecode. I really don't think you can get more accurate with decks near this price range. Now if only there was someone else who could tell me how the MP2.0S setup performed. In my…
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