This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ben, I'm sure you are aware what a tall order a device independant graphics driver for the Amiga is, given how much the Amiga relies on its custom graphics chips. I'm not saying that it will never happen, but it is an order of magnatude harder than doing it on…
Mike, As long as the fonts are stored the same way on disk, it doesn't really matter where the default place they look for is. You can assign more than one logical device to the same place, so if PP uses CGFONTS: and AmigaDos 2.x uses OLFONTS: you could still…
Michael, I don't know about you but I don't have to transfer that many files my HP48SX that the terminals user interface is that big of a deal. I certainly wouldn't buy a commercial terminal just for it. You could also try VLT term, as it also supports Kermit. -Jason-
Lloyd, Let me start by saying that I wasn't stating that ProPage is better than PageStream for non-PS output. I don't do a great deal of DTP and I don't do any to a non-PS device. I was not aware that PageStream supported Adobe fonts and could use them for…
Thanks for the info, Jack. I was unaware that the HST was a true 14.4k link. Are you sure that V.32bis is also slated to be 14.4, I know that the standard hasn't been finnalized yet, but I hadn't read they they were actually upping the link speed. Also, when…
[ continuation ] mean that you have a better, more usable product, I still think it means that they have more of a right to advertize 24-bits than you do. Since, (at least in my mind) the term 24-bit refers specifically to memory and only implies that it can be…
Ben, I applaud both your product and your desire to clarify some of the misleading Amiga video advertizing. I am far from knowlagable about all these framebuffers, but I have some questions for you. With all this talk about 24 bit graphics, I think it needs to be clarified a…
Yeah, CBM has two huge things going for it right now: The A3000UX (Unix Box) and The Video Toaster Both are expected to make a VERY SIGNIFIGANT impact in the sales of Amigas, combine that with the already sales of the Amiga 500/2000 and the promising sales of the A3000…
Michael, I don't do a lot of DTP, but I am kind of suprised that you would say that PageStream has the edge of ProPage in non-postscript output. What are its advantages? ProPage has had the CompuGraphic fonts for much longer than PS, and Gold Disk own the exclusive rights…
#SAS Phone Number?
Message #4821
Well, now that I am officially done with school until at least the fall of 1991, I find myself with much more time to play! I am updating some software, and I just realize that I havent upgraded my compiler to SAS 5.10. I can't find the notice, and I…
Jack, You can allready buy V.32 modems with v.42bis that have similar throughputs to the HST, and are FULL-DUPLEX! These modems can be found for as much or even less than the price of the standard HST. While, I agree that U.S. Robotics make great modems and due to the…
While I certainly agree that an AREXX port should be a standard part of any Amiga Amiga application, I would like to extend Jacks opinion that an Arexx port is not the answer to all problems. It worries me, that as of late I have spoken to several unnamed developers…
Roy, Both ComputerLand and ComputerCity, have a signifigantly better credit rating than any Amiga Distributor! Both could get 90 days net terms for most accounts and thus can stay very liquid while maintaning a much greater inventory than a small COD dealer can afford. I would typically get a distributors…
Roy, Thanks for your imput about your Distributors. You are definately right that the Amiga Distributors are geared towards operations of your size and not on a much bigger scale. Personally I am between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, most of my retail experiences, were…
Wayne, CBM West Coast District Sales office is located in Southern California, and I can give you a huge list of former Amiga dealers! The list of those that have tried and failed is much longer than those that are doing well. Of the major dealers in Southern California (I…
Wayne, Only some of the LasterWritters are postscript (the NT and NTX) the lesser expensive one is NOT postscript. -Jason-
[ continuation ] the developer for service or demos and most the developers would try to steal our account from their own distributor. Also where do you think the mail order houses get much of their outdated and discounted stock? I honestly feel that we could go along ways towards…
Roy, I used to be the Amiga product manager for a new chain of SuperComputer Stores owned by Mitsubishi. We purchased most of our MS-DOS and Macintosh software and hardware accessories from Micro-D. I had Amiga accounts with Southern Tech, American, and Compre'Hend. None, of the Amiga distributors could give…
One the one hand I think it is great that dealers are able to work closely with user groups, and it can definately be mutually benificial to both. However, while it is a good practice for a dealer to know local proffesionals who use Amiga prooducts that the dealer can…
I am operating on a very hazy memory at the moment, but I seem to recall that the FlickerFixer docs address the problem with the extra wide overscan area of monitors like the NEC 3D and I think they even inlcuded some sort of utility to use some if not…
Now as I understand the issue as it was explained to me from Dave Hayne (keep in mind that Dave speaks way over my head, most of the time :-> ), the Amiga with its current operating system has a limit of 9 Megs of auto configure space, a memory…
Jim, While many of your points about C-NET are valid and I don't have any knowlage that their is any code from C-NET which is not Kens, I think that the reputation as a pirate system was fairly well earned. I knew Ken before he ever started writing C-NET for…
I have to agree with Ben. One the one hand you say you have owned several small computer stores (I note that you did not say that you have owned one long time successfull store) and that you had to fight to keep customers that wanted to use mail-order. Maybee…
Wayne, I don't think you understand the concept of the distributor. Obviously you can't sell to dealers at the same price you sell to dealers because then distributors would never buy from you since they couldn't make any money selling your product! See, the theory is that the developer makes…
Thanks for the advice I have recieved so far on Amiga Software. I have seen Paragon and it is fairly nice. The one I have liked the most so far is called Dialog Pro, most of you have probably not heard of it yet, as it is still being sold…
Chris, The CBM A2630 card (CBM's 68030 card) does have a connector for a daughterboard, which can contain significantly more memory than 9 megs. However, the engineer of the board David Hayne has stated that he does not believe that CBM has any interest in building or marketing the daughter…
BBS Software
Message #6495
Well after a 4 year abscence, I find myself getting ready to go back to the sysop game. I am painfully farmiliar with BBS-PC!, I was one of the origonal beta testers, and while there is no update to that software planed in the near future, I still like the…
Gary, A 2400 baud MNP-5 would only give you 9600 baud thorughput, if you were sending completely empty pages of text! 🙂 At best 2400 MNP-5 claims to approch 4800 baud throughput under ideal conditions and data type. Most of the time you are looking at the 20%-30% percent faster…
Pete, You are wrong about the two classes of buyers! Here are the two classes I see: 1. Those that don't need basic instruction/sales and buy from low-ball dealers. 2. Those who do need basic instruction/sales/service, so they buy from a low-ball dealer and then get upset when the better…
John, I think you are right about some of the problems with the Amiga dealer network. It is funny that you mention that many of the dealers came over from the low-ball C-64 dealers because the C-64 dealer network is a classic example of low-balling killing a service oriented industry.…
Alan, As for JC Penny hurting the Amiga, ABSOLUTELY. Is the video profesional who needs $8000 in Amiga products going to buy from JC Pennies? no. Is the non technical computer buyer going to buy Amiga instead of Apple or IBM based on the knowlagable advice of a JC Pennies…
Alan, I think we are talking about how mail-order stores which sell Amiga product for less than full-service dealers can, has put most full service Amiga dealers out of buisness by stealing there sales. Radio Shack is not a comparable example since they make the same money and it goes…
[ continuation ] close to the standards that dealers are used to on other platforms. The C64 has way more professional distributors than the Amiga! Dispite their professional problems, I don't even like dealing with them on a personal level as they have all intentionally lied to me, they are…
Pete, To be honest I don't too many good IBM dealers either. As for Apple, while I am sure that you can buy Apple products mail through mail order, it is illegal and Apple does actively persue reported violations (to a lesser extent so does CBM). Why are Apple dealers…
Ron, I am not farmilar with J&R at all so I can't make any comments about them. Why did you buy from them if they didn't have the best price and didn't provide good service? The only reason I can think of would be if it is the only Amiga…
I have said all this before, but maybee the problem is your dealer. You should take your buisness to a dealer who would have been glad to copy the Janus 2.0 disk for you and would have at least let you read through the manual in the store. Too many…
Christopher, I think that I have a pretty good understanding of what V.32 and V.42 as well as the difference between v.42 and v.42bis (also the proposed v.32bis). As you stated V.32 is a hardware spec similar to Bell 212 or V.22 while V.42 is simple a protocal such as…
Well, if it is really a v.42bis modem then it does have MNP level 5 as that is part of the v.42bis standard. If there is some deception here, it could be that the add makes no mention of v.32 compatability, which means that the modem could use some priority…
Mark, I don't mean to imply that you don't sell many Amigas. I am just saying that if you are having a serious problem selling A2000's over A500's then maybee you should consider the posibility that there are some factors in addition to or instead of just mearly saying that…
Ethan, In my experiences with the XapShot I was very impressed. I dont own one, and only got to play with one for one aftenoon almost a year ago. I can't tell you how many frames/sec it can do but I would be suprised if it could do 5… -Jason71341,533
[ continuation ] company operating in a way that will keep the Amiga from ever being sold in a big chain, like ComputerCity. Predictably, they made no response, but I have been swamped with mail from other people who had similar problems. Things really need to improve in the Amigas…
I agree with you about the problems with Amiga Distributors. Besides the problems you are experiencing and you havent even mentioned the criminal activities some of these distributors have gotten away with (Ask Bill Hawes of Arexx about Southern…). They are totally unprofessional in their releationship with dealers. I am…
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WB2.0
Message #3257
Mark, If the A500 is stealing signifigant sales from your attempted A2x00 series sales than one of two things is happening (more likely a combination of both). Either your dealership is not attracting the appropriate customers to purchase the A2x00 series, or your dealership is doing a poor selling job.…
I have used some of the higher end canon digital cameras (more expensive than the Zapshot) in conjuction with the FrameGrabber digitizer and found that to be the very best quality images I have been able to digitize using the framegraber. I just took the output intended to go to…
This is a test -Jason71341,533
I have used the program Recover2 to restore deleted files from my harddrive, it can even restore a deleted files after you have made other changes to the harddrive as long as AmigaDos hasn't overwritten any of the blocks previously used for the file you are trying to recover. The…
Customer Service
Message #19806
[ continuation ] Location Zero problem with the 2091. I called Impulse and reported the problem, they told me that CBM made a mistake (they didn't know where) in designing the A2500 and that they software worked fine, so CBM would have to change their hardware! However, if I wanted…
Customer Service
Message #19805
I am the Amiga Product Manager for a computer chain starting in Southern California called Computer City. We are owned by Mitsubishi and Inacomp computers. We are authorized dealers for IBM, Apple, Commodore, Epson, HP, NEC, SUN, AGFA, etc… The stores average about 35,000 sq ft with some of the…