This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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I have an original SuperGen, updated for ECS chips and 2.0 & above OS, it also has a REAL 23 pin video connector. All modifications were done by the factory… Digital Creations. $500 obo -Steve
Games
Message #48075
I provided AV support for Interplay's Annual Sales Meeting a couple of weeks ago. Asked them about some things: Sony's Playstation blows away the other consoles (3DO & Sega Saturn, mainly… no mention of Jaguar). It includes features not found in the others, such as Radiosity ™ which is a…
Thank you, I'll search for it. -Steve
It's the ether… or maybe sunspots, or perhaps the natural hum of the earth that some people claim to hear, maybe your computer hears it, too. -Steve
Tstr4000 4 sale
Message #196730
It's a wierd situation. It's not my system, and he doesn't know it's worth, so make an offer and he'll consider it. -Steve
Tstr4000 4 sale
Message #196729
It's not my system, and the owner doesn't know for sure what it's worth so … make an offer! -Steve
#Tstr4000 4 sale
Message #196214
Its a complete system: Amiga 4000 with 25 mhz 040, 18 meg RAM, etc. etc. Software List: Toaster 4.0, ImageMaster v1.03, Pixel 3dxl, Profills, DPaint IV, DiskMaster 2, and I think thats about it. Interested? -Steve
#Tstr4000 4 sale
Message #195045
My partner is possibly interested in selling his Toaster 4000 system. This system consists of Toaster 4.0, 1084S monitor, 18 meg RAM, YC+ board, 300M hard drive, and a bunch of graphics software. If you are interested, or have questions, let me know (your offer/question) and I'll pass them on.…
Thanks for the info.
No, I've been running 2.1 since it came out. I have a Zeus 040 board with 16 Mb ram. I believe that it is the power problem… check out my 2000, its loaded to the gills: Zeus 040 w/16mb, Quantum 210 HD, Micropolis 2210 SCSI, PAR board w/Micropolis 2210 IDE…
Thanks for the info, Bill. The important thing for me is two responses agree that it is power supply related, be it the supply itself or resistance in the power's path to components. I'll jiggle components and stuff to see if it'll help. -Steve
#Networking Amiga>PC
Message #46483
I have a question about networking – We have set up two Pentiums and a Compaq on a simple peer-to-peer Novell compliant 10base-T network (coax). Getting the board and software for the Amiga, would it connect-up seamlessly ie: the PC drives show up on my workbench, and the ability to…
Wow, thanks… I do have a lot of stuff crammed inside, but, I knew I would be doing that and installed Micro R&D 300 watt supply. I'll check voltages and pull my AMaxII board out since I'm not using it. Its funny, all those slots and not enough juice for…
#Random Crashes
Message #46476
My A2000 is crashing in a random manner and has given various error codes. Upon reboot, it almost always gives the same code — 8000 0003 0020A712. Does anyone know what this means? I think it is heat related because it does not do this until its been on for…
AdPro or IM/RT help
Message #188180
Try scanning at different resolutions. We have done things like separating the R, G, and B data and recombining from different scans done at different resolutions. Also try rotating your image 90 degrees. Use wierd resololutions, like 203 dpi, etc. (Can't your client provide you with the original images?) -Steve
Hilary, What no one seems to be answering for you is that Imagemaster automatically resizes an image to almost fill the screen. This is so you can "See the whole picture". So, even if your image was postage stamp size or billboard size you are going to see the whole…
Martin, ? I thought IFF was limited to 24 bit plane. Besides, how do you save an alpha with an IFF image? How do other programs deal with this? ER wants me to send them my "offending" PICT file, which I will do next week. The image comes from Photoshop…
#Alpha channels (again?)
Message #99619
I'm having trouble bringing a 32 bit PICT with alpha channel into ADPro. When I bring it in, in REPLACE mode, the colors are rotated, indicating the alpha channel is there. When I try to compose the image into another, the "ALPHA ONLY" box is ghosted and there is no…
I've been sharing a Pentium (using Authorware @ 640×480) with a graphics guy using Quark @ 800×600. We freely switch display modes via the latest driver for our Stealth64 board. Hitting the right mouse button brings up a menu for selecting display size, viewport, & a few other things. This…
Here you go, Doug… I got the ANSWER for you! If they don't mind shelling out about $300, you can get a black box that will overlay the time and/or date and/or 40 more characters of info on top of the video out of your SuperGen. You can place this…
When a file looks to be in use (btw, that error was reported within Premiere), it usually tells me that the file wasn't properly closed or completed. I know that Authorware plays .flc's… it was demonstrated to me… .flc's created in Autodesk Animator. Now can you imagine Macromedia's response when…
Autodesk Animator has been recommended to me for creating .flc's. If I can't get IM R/t's .flc to work, I'll get the man to buy Animator and import the frames. Hey… maybe, perhaps there is some sort of header information required. If IM R/t's .flc's play in Animator, maybe resaving…
FLIcks problem
Message #97881
I tried to create an .FLI animation to use in a PC running Authorware. Imagemaster made the animation ok, but when I brought it over to Authorware, it didn't believe it was an .FLI file. What's going on? My original images were made in a 3-d program and were rendered…
The FAST Video Machine sounds impressive! Perhaps it is better than the Toaster because it is more like "second generation". The Toaster is probably limited by its original design. If they were to start again from ground zero, it would probably be artifact free in the DVEs. Just like everything…
#Digital Video Effects
Message #44799
It could be that NewTek wants to do a better job than the old JPEG standby that most of the non-linear systems employ. This, and the fact that Windows is new territory for NewTek could be what is delaying them. Concerning motion effects, find out if the Video Machine does…
Well, the PAR is just sitting there in my 2000 without a drive hooked to it. It helps keep the room warm (over-achieving air conditioner at work here). Found a place that has the 1 gig Micropolis for $599, haven't called them yet, but I will be asking them to…
Some of the reasons for choosing the 3/4 was: 1. It was competitively priced to S-VHS & Hi-8. 2. It has a jog/shuttle dial with a viewable FF & still image. 3. It has known ruggedness & durability. 4. It has pro inputs/outputs (XLR & BNC). 5. It has real…
No, you are correct, there is no socket, just pins. But, one of the pins is missing and it corresponds to a plugged hole on the ribbon cable connector. The other ribbon cable connectors are the same way.. .and the drives are missing the pin, too. This virtually assures that…
We've found a great reason for 3/4" tape machines; so great, we bought a new VO-9800 with the SMPTE time code card. 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.…
Progressive 040 Speed
Message #96997
I run OS2.1 and have no problem… I was just looking to eek out as much speed as possible. Everything works fine, otherwise.. except for Imagemaster R/T – some operations crash my system, but not a 4000, for example a full-screen bevel edge operation. -Steve
#PAR/Microp.update
Message #93545
Hello Tony, I don't think I caught this thread from the start, but I just bought a PAR & 2210A drive and can't get it to work at all. I get the message "Hardware failure. Check drive." Also, when I run the PAR test program when I get to the…
#Simple Delete?
Message #165432
Does anyone know of a patch that would allow me to select a file (or files) and simply press the delete key to delete them? -Steve
It's that darn Mac resource fork, Titleman expects it to be there. Besides, from the Amiga, you can't embed the alpha channel, and using Titleman's chroma key (key on color) for the most part is worthless. So, Photoshop becomes essential. -Steve
I tried doing that with a 32-bit PICT a while ago with no success. Now that I understand Photoshop & alphas in general a lot better, I'll give it another shot. I'll let you know of successes/failures. -Steve
#43037-
UIC coding
Message #43040
Thanks, The whole thing seems outrageous to me, but… stranger things have happened! -Steve
Nope, Photoshop 2.5 handles 24-bit IFFs perfectly. Do it all the time. But, you're right TIFF & TARGA are more popular. I create graphic stills that go to our edit bay via a Mac and a hardware (black box) and software set called Titleman by Digital F/X (defunct). It accepts…
ADPro's Profesional Conversion Pac has an ADPro Loader & Saver. But, I have found most programs on the Mac don't like it except for Photoshop where you have to bring it in using Load As. But, since Photoshop has an Amiga IFF loader, why bother with the ProConversion Pac. Besides,…
Sorry to hear that. Luckily, I still use an impact printer. just hoping to have some luck hooking up this thermal wax printer. I made an invite to my daughter's first birthday which has a scanned picture of her in it. I ended up bringing it into Photoshop on a…
I'm not sure, (sorry, its a Phaser 220i) but I hooked it up and selected the PS driver and sent an image to it via ADPro… nothing, it just sat there. The owner of the printer said that it isn't directly Postscript compatable. Ads for their 400 printer claim full…
#Phaser 300i driver
Message #159913
I have access to a Tektronics Phaser 300i color thermal wax printer. Is there a printer driver out there that would run this beast? -Steve
#UIC coding
Message #42846
I read something recently that I found interesting, reasonable in theory, and somewhat absurd in the possibility of reality. The source is (and I feel ridiculous revealing this), Mondo 2000 Magazine– a new age art & technology rag, kind of like a cross between OMNI and Rolling Stone. This info…
Ron >>OCS/ECS Amigas are limited to 16-bits width.
Thanks for the info Mike, Can you make a larger pointer? or are you limited to # of pixels for pointer image? -Steve
Thanks DJ, The reason I asked, is I use a deinterlacer and a VGA monitor on my 2000 & work in Hi-rez 16 color. When using Imagemaster, I find the lo-rez pointer to be very difficult to select a particular pixel, even when magnified. I think this relates… -Steve
#Better Pointers?
Message #157650
So… My big question this month is: If I get a display enhancing board for my 2000 (ie: Spectrum, Retina, etc.), am I still stuck with a low resolution mouse pointer? -Steve
The AMax comes with a bunch of SCSI drivers that provide access to Mac formatted drives or partitions through certain SCSI controllers. Unfortunately, the Zeus controller is not one of them. I have a Trumpcard Pro which will work, but I have other plans for my Zorro slots. -Steve
Nope John, I use DD disks. On the very rare occasion, a Mac LCIII will read my DOS disk, but the Quadra 950 has never and neither has my Quadra 605. When they format a DOS disk, I have no problem reading and writing to them on my Amiga. -Steve
Steve, I do this all the time… I put a new DD into a Quadra 950 with Apple File Exchange running. It asks me if I want to format it as (1) Macintosh 400k (2) MS-DOS 720k or (3) ProDOS 800k. Whats real interesting, though, is if the disk was…
No, the Mac will read/write/format DD 720Kb floppies as well as 1.44 HD's. It just wont read DD floppies formatted as DOS disks from my Amiga. I can read DD DOS disks formatted from the Mac, though. I should get a HD drive simply because a full screen 24 bit…
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