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#35836-
TransAmiga BBS
Message #36322
Haha! I can just imagine trying to support a bbs that uses that N,E,W,S, text adventure interface! "Well, to get to the files menu, you go west from the main menu, kill the orc, take the gold key, go w,w,s,e,s,w and solve the riddle". Seriously though, it's nice to see…
XTBB on Network
Message #36315
Hi Marion, I thought I had sent you a message a couple of weeks ago about Crossings, but I guess CIS learned some mail techniques from the Post Office . I'm interested in subscribing… could you post the info for us please?
XT Bridgeboard newuser
Message #36314
Hi Eric, I'd like the jumper/dip switch settings. Actually if I could talk you into it, I'd like a copy of them (if they're not too that big). My address is National Discount Computers 2511 Stewart Ave Las Vegas, NV 89101 I'll respond with something nice… maybe a box of…
New Bar Code Printing
Message #36310
Actually, I can think of a couple of cases where someone other than the manufacturer would have a need to printer UPC's. In my retail store we have several products that don't have a readable UPC code. Precision MF2HD 3.5" high density floppies for instance. In their Box of ten…
#14706-
AmigaVision player
Message #14854
You had me running in a panic to my AmigaVision manual. I'm doing an application as well for free distribution on disk. On page 8 of the manual, there is a section called RunTime Module. "Once you have complete a presentation or a course, the material can be prepared for…
FYI, at least for a long while, Fujitsu was the only company other than Apple making Mac Drives (since they vary rotation speed depending on the track position they can't use just ANY drive). I don't know if the drive situation has changed or not in the last year. But…
The Diamond Scan works fine with a VGA card (running one on it now). But if you're going to use the analog VGA mode of the PC and the Amiga video at the same time, you'll need a switch box. I used to my old AT and EGA on the…
Pv/1ably yes, any HP emulating laser printer should work. However, a word of warning about printer emulations. In the dot matrix world, when a printer claims to Epson compatible it is. In the laser world, HP compatibility ranges from "fully HP compatible, uses same font cartridges, toner carts, etc." to…
Hehe.. well, having to use ONLY dos machines would be far preferable (to me anyway) than having to ONLY use any other machine (yes, even the Amiga). I'd go bonkers if my Mac Plus was the only machine I was allowed to use. I could easily make do if my…
>> Rdill amazes me to this day. How PC users stand their machines is beyond >> me, and I owned a PC for 2 years! Ah yes, but what processor and speed did you run? Chances are, that you had at most a 12 Mhz AT class machine with 1…
KY>> Imagine the poor folks – now 'realizing' that Multi-tasking is a 'good KY>> thing' desperately scrambling to get any kind of functional (read: KY>> useable) 'hack' tacked on top of MS-DOS. Very true… of course, I find Desqview a VERY usable hack on my '386. But I'm seriously considering…
There are better programs that Harvard Graphics which are easier to use. And even if our Amiga's multitasking is aided by hardware, it can easily be made up by using a more powerful engine. And since a dos machine running a 33 Mhz '486, VGA, 85 meg 18ms HD, 8…
If CBM were to abandon the Amiga, the company would fold. Their 8 bit machines are dead, and their DOS machines only sell in Europe (and I'm not even sure if they still sell well over there).
SS>> but I just wish her parents would help us out some. Her birth parents are dead and her adoptive parents have never quite figured out what to do with her.
Very true… But just like Apple has tried to do with the Mac, CBM at least initially tried to compete head to head with the PC. Look at it this way, if only the people who were going to use their computors for video work (about the only place the…
TM>> I can't, because Desqview won't work on my LAN. ??? Are you trying to run Desqview on a server? If so, that's a true no-no. But the same thing applies to Windows 3.0, at least under Lantastic from Artisoft. However, I have setup both Desqview and Windows workstations under…
GE>> All one has to do is look at HD, ram, CPU, and monitor prices industry GE>> wide to see that the cost of building computers has gotten much GE>> cheaper. As a dealer/builder of PC clones I can vouch for that! a 33 Mhz '386 JAC motherboard (JAC =…
[Continued] I know these requires sound strict. But following these guidelines have made a LOT of people a lot of money over the years. Plus, they have distribution programs for authors (mass mailings to distributors, et al) and provide approved vendor and approved BBS listings. These are distributors and bbs'…
[Continued] The greatest successes in shareware have been fully functioning programs. GO ASPFORUM on here and check their organization out. For those who don't know, ASP stands for Association of Shareware Professionals. The members range from people like me (I've applied) who do this for a hobby, to folks like…
[Continued] And even setting it to work for only 30 days after installation is weak. Many times, I've installed a program to check it out, and then not gotten back to it for months at a time. This even applies in my case to some retail software. Plus the easy…
As an author (of MS-DOS programs) distributed both as freeware and shareware, I can speak for the shareware side a bit. Shareware can work very well. The key word is CAN. The program has to be usefull to the end user and easy enough for them to use to make…
Congrats! And if we can get enough people stopping by every day (what is it, something around a couple of hundred or so average) in your section, CIS might even give you your own full forum! ;-D I was impressed with 1.0 (never got it though as I REALLY don't…
This may have been the info I was looking for a year or so ago. I wanted a program that would sort the icons in alphatbetical order or displayed order and cause them to be displayed in that order. John Scheib (IconMaster, UtiliMaster, JSFind et al) and I were talking…
To be honest, I'm not sure about the uppercase filenames… So far, every disk I've extracted from the LZH's worked fine (even after being null-modemed from the Amiga to the PC network and back at 19.2). And I've run a number of the right off the disk. Toshiba makes a…
JF>> on the outside of the box, we'll say "Free, inside, a coupon for 50 JF>> percent off the charge for copying the manual for your friend." 🙂 ROL! And it would sell like Hotcakes!
;-D yes, I know all about the Lust for power. I'm hooked on my new A2000/GVP 33 Mhz '030 Combo Board. Makes using my Amiga fun again! (been spoiled by the high speeds of my '386 based dos machines). Only problem is, I'm expecting a knock at the door by…
NR>> Along with the fact that their is *no* C= supported Ethernet/Novell Not only Novell, but just as importantly, just plain NETBIOS support under Arcnet or Ethernet would be appreciated. We run primarily PC's, but I have a need to tie my Amiga to the network. There IS supposedly a…
DA>> I use Windows every day. I'd rather use Kickstart 1.1. Seriously. 4MB DA>> and a 16 MHz machine and I can't multitask 3 applications… However, if you switched to Desqview on that Intel Box, you could multitask much more than 3. I have a 16 Mhz '386 at home…
Haha, any article on computer stuff is outdated by the time it's printed, or at least that's what it seems like!
I have to agree that HiSoft code seems to run faster, and smaller too. I dug up a program I was writing back in '88 in AmigaBASIC, and had compiled in AC Basic (the one I bought at the time). The program reads in my JRCOMM log and provides me…
JF>> If there's one lesson to be learned about operating system upgrades, JF>> it's to break with the past as soon as possible. Or at least, that's a Actually, when it comes to MS-DOS, I disagree with you. I feel (and recommend to users) that if a version is working…
CM>> I am looking for a way to capture 30 secs. of black & white video CM>> (NTSC) and store it in RAM (or some other type of storage that has no CM>> mechanical parts). CM>> (It's not the cost I'm worried about … it's the real-estate consumed Well, since…
Good luck on your upgrade! If you look hard enough you'll find a good bargain. I had been looking for over a year for my used 2000. Problem is that most everyone around here bought theirs at the two local dealers who charged full list or better. So a used…
MT>> Does anyone know of a Yoke and Rudder pedals that would be compatible MT>> with the Amiga 2500 and SubLogic Flight Simulator II? Maxximum Corp made a version of their Maxx Yoke Controller for the Amiga. It had a switch on it (rather crudely installed) that switched between Digital…
Hi John, I was indeed referring to the HyperMedia Concepts version. It's version 1.2 which covers through FF disk 480. There's a new one due out in a couple of weeks. I finally got it working (changed from a Toshiba CD player to a Chinon due to a bug in…
Thanks for the info on the new "Challenger" product. We've been looking at alternatives in the high speed modem market, but it's a tossup between v.32bis and HST modes. V.32bis looks to be the winner in the long run as many companies are/will be making it, while in the short…
PD>> But…didn't someone back in the days of three-digit year numbers say PD>> something like "Everything that will be invented has been invented." Yes, but it wasn't all that long ago. I don't remember the exact year but I think it was in the early 1900's. And it was made…
Biz Grafix
Message #32418
SA>> Compared to MaxiPlan, you'd call MaxiPlan an entry level product. Hmm… sounds good to me… When I need a spreadsheet on the AMiga, I still use Analyze 2.0, but that need is rare. Instead I use Quattro Pro 3.0 on my '386. Now if someone was to come out…
Although I wonder how long sales on the C64 will increase, even at 20% per year. The word I got last year was that CBM "Officially" and finally killed it, but still had 250,000 in the warehouses. I have noticed a STRONG resurgence in people buying USED C64's. I probably…
Also keep in mind that even if you have to go to ten Amiga/toaster combos, even at Newtek's OEM version prices, it's still a far cry from paying for one of the "professional" (ducking from all the flack I know might be coming) machines like the Wavefront. And with multiple…
The Early Days of PCs
Message #32415
MS>> I remember people condemning the IBM-PC because it had it's processor MS>> on the motherboard, and didn't have any S-100 slots in it! And I remember laughing at the fact that it didn't come standard with video or an I/O system. "Oh, you wanted tires on your new car?…
GT>> Who has said CBM is putting 2.0 ROMS in new machines other than A3000s? GT>> Dionne's quote seems to indicate that there hasn't been a decision to GT>> do so! Well, if they didn't that sure would create a problem for developer's. If I was a major company, and…
Well, I've been looking forward to 2.0 myself. And if CBM follows through with the free 2.0 upgrade, I have a three month old 2000 system waiting for it. (The original purchaser would have to get it though as I've only had it for a few days… complete with the…
DC>> Commodore stopped production in May of all 3000's, not just UNIX boxes. DC>> Supposedly to cut down on inventory, which is fine…no problem there. We had a problem with at least one of our local dealers getting the 3000's in stock all of last fall and most of the…
You'll prolly get lots of different answers, but I prefer AC Basic from Absoft. It's Amigabasic compatible (I think there may be a keyword or two missing, but can't remember what it is and have never run into it) and is also about 90%+ compatible with QuickBasic on the PC.…
SP>> "Toasters are selling like hotcakes, and they're making a mint. hehe, you should have been at SIGgraph here in Las Vegas, the Newtek booth was fairly close to the Wavefront booth. The Wave folks had a GREAT demo… popped together a quick animation and was showing it 5 minutes…
GM>> I suppose I was confessing to previously being a software thief Well as as long as we're making confessions here, I belong in that category as well. I tended to try lots of software I hadn't purchased, and justified by intending to buy the ones I used and erase…
CD ROM on Amiga
Message #32291
Thanks to those who have left messages helping me get my CDROM-FS and CD Rom working on my Amiga. It's all fixed now. The last problem I had was with the Fred Fish disk showing up as a CDDA (audio disk)… I remembered when talking on the phone with the…
Hehe, I'll trade you for my TrumpCard! I have no use for Amax (which the Trumpcard supports) but need the SCSI DIRECT that the Hardframe supports.
BF>> Is there any to get colour out of an inexpensive laser Not unless you consider $5,000 or so to be inexpensive. Now if you can get color toner cartridges, you can do color. Similar to the way someone was describing doing color on a DeskJet (a single color inkjet…
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