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Thanks for your message regarding AMOS. I hope someone does get it to work AGA. That would really make it great! Thanks again, Jon
#AMOS PRO, 3D, AGA?
Message #45977
Can anyone tell me about AMOS Pro? What are the major differences from AMOS1.3? Is there a Pro compiler? Also I'd like to know about AMOS 3D. They don't seem to be available here in Canada, I've been looking for months. Would anyone like to sell me their copy if…
Arnie, Thanks a million for answering. Where is this info available? Only from CBM? or is there any third party stuff?
#AGA Programming
Message #38743
Yes, I have looked at the AGA files in the library, but it's too technical for me. I was looking for replacement calls from C for some of the color functions. On the pre-AGA machines there were calls like GetRGB4() and LoadRGB4(). I was looking for replacements to those, as…
I don't mind paying for information, but there's nothing available yet from third parties, and the PD source code examples I've found are assembler, and don't give any info on library calls. eg. LoadRGB4() is the old call to load the color registers, and I'd like to know the new…
Thanks, but I was hoping to get the info without registering as a developer. I registered as a junior (cheaper) developer last year, and didn't feel I got my money's worth. The full developer status is abou $ 600 per year, and for what I do, it's just not worth…
Vic, thanks for answering, but where do you get the Autodocs? As far as I know, they're not yet availble from CBM or Addison Wesley Publishing.
#AGA programming
Message #37826
Anybody know where I can find some info on programming AGA graphics in C? I'm converting a program from a 640 x 200, 16 color screen to 256 colors. I assume the bitplanes are handled the same way, as the BitMap struct is designed for up to 8 planes. But…
Original Cartoons
Message #35531
Attention Amiga Artists/Cartoonists Get paid for doing something you enjoy! I need some original animated cartoon characters for a project I'm working on. Just a faces and a personalities, no body parts. The character could be anything. A person, animal, object, or abstract. The main thing is it should have…
Audio Sample Rate
Message #29912
Can anyone tell me how to get accurate time invervals for setting the sampling rate on an audio sampler? I tried dividing 1000000 microseconds by the desired sample rate to get the interval. Trouble is, the SendIO or BeginIO routines to the UNIT_MICROHZ seem to slow things down an unreasonable…
John, thanks for responding. I'm using Lattice 5., and I have been looking at the assembler code using OMD. What's confusing is that not all subroutines use the LINK and UNLINK INSTRUCTIONS, for example. BTW, i am a beginner at assembler. I've been looking for tutorials, and have the Abacus…
Calling ML from C
Message #27220
Can anyone tell me if any of the C class transcripts deal with calling machine language routines from C? Or any good books? I've got the Abacus book, but it doesn't show how to handle arguments passed from C. Any help would be appreciated. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
ColorFonts
Message #27136
Does anyone know where I can get some info on how to handle ColorFonts? I'd appreciate any help. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
Thanks for the tip on the ANIM Files, Graham. Regards, Jon
ANIMS
Message #35714
Can anyone tell me where to get the specifications and/or C examples of how to play ANIMS? Any help would be appreciated. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
Thanks for the tip. I haven't found any anim source, but I'll keep looking. Jon
ANIMS FROM C
Message #20152
Can anyone tell me where to find info on how to run ANIM from my C programs? Any help would be appreciated. Thankyou. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
Alex, Thanx for replying. I have tried the 100' cable, and it works OK. There's another problem, though, that seems to be aggravated by the long cable. I'm not actually, using a joystick, but rather 5 independent buttons. I want to be able to read the state of all the…
Well, it works, most of the time, but I get spurious results. I measured the resistance. A normal cable is about .5 ohms. 100' is about 3 ohms. Do you know if it's the resistance that makes the difference, or something else? Jon
LONG JOYSTICK CABLE
Message #18055
Does anyone know what effect a long cable (100') would have on joystick operation? And how one would go about curing it? Any help on this would be appreciated. Jon
FREELANCE WORK
Message #13889
ATTENTION: AUDIO-VISUAL PEOPLE I'm looking for free-lance people with audio-visual staging experience and basic computer skills who would like to earn some extra money. The job involves setting up and operating an interactive computer system at corporate meetings and functions on an occasional basis. If you are interested, or know…
FREELANCE WORK
Message #17609
ATTENTION: AUDIO-VISUAL PEOPLE I'm looking for free-lance people with audio-visual staging experience and basic computer skills who would like to earn some extra money. The job involves setting up and operating an interactive computer system at corporate meetings and functions on an occasional basis. If you are interested, or know…
Robert, It's good to hear someone be so enthusiastic about a product. I hope Vic does well with it, if only because he's been such a great help to me. I'll definitely check it out if and when I get into 68000 ML. It doesn't look too hard, but I…
Vic, The pagestream problem happened after I installed a GVP accelerator. Previous to that, a square was a square! Your product sounds very interesting. I'll have to get around to learning assembler for the 6800×0's. I have programed a little 6502 assembler, but have not had the need (or patience)…
Vic, I'm using PageStream. Yes, it could be an aspect ratio thing, but everything I change in my prefs has no effect on the problem. I've changed the # of lines, and the spacing, which would seem to be the only things capable of affecting this, but to no avail.…
Don, Thanx for the reply. It wasn't a devicename. Just one of those weird things where ya blame the machine, but it's really some dumb human error. Jon
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#Ghost in the machine
Message #11701
Vic, please read msg # 11700 for the answer to the fonts2 assignment. My other problem, of not getting squares from my DTP program still persists. I have tried changing everything pertinent in Prefs, but nothing seems to work. A square on the screen still prints out as a rectangle…
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#Ghost in the machine
Message #11700
Brian, Even if it was assigned to something else, "Assign fonts2" should delete the assignment, no? My startup transfers from a normal CLI to a shell CLI. Usually, the normal CLI ends after the Shell CLI starts. For some reason, this didn't happen, but when I closed the normal CLI,…
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GAMEPORT BUG
Message #11699
Vic, At least you've confirmed that I'm not lu-lu. I'm not sure what is debounce filtering, but I gather that somewhere in the complexities of these computers, weird things do sometimes happen. As for this particular problem, I guess there's nothing I can do. I'll try it some more on…
READING FROM PAR:
Message #115010
Don, Thanks for the tip last week about the parallel cable wiring. Everything works fine now. I had some problems with Basic, so I switched to C and all's well. I hope you SysOps get the appreciation you deserve. You certainly have mine. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
Thanks, Don. I'll give that a try and let you know how it works. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
PARALLEL PORT
Message #113707
Does anyone out there know how to get 2 Amigas to communicate through their parallel ports? Any help on this would be much appreciated. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
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French Fonts
Message #36375
Yes, that's right. The capital letters look awful. I'll probably have to use a font editor and create my own. I was just wondering if anyone might know of a set that exists. I need one that's somewhere between 11 and 14 Editing fonts is a lot of work!!!. Jon…
READING PAR: PORT
Message #113548
Does anyone know how to get the PAR: port to read data? I'm using AmigaBasic, and trying to read the port like a file doesn't seem to work. (OPEN "O", 1, "PAR:"). Do any wires have to be revesed as in a serial port? Any help would be appreciated.
Mike, Yes, and it works. There are blank Alt-Keys that put the accent in place, but don't move the cursor. You then 'overstrike' the letter, and voila! However, in my application, I'm using all CAPS, and the ones with accents are real short-lookin'. I need a font (perhaps all CAPS),…
#French Fonts
Message #34978
Does anyone out there have any French fonts in a size 9 – 12? Using the Altkeys doesn't doesn't look very good. Any help would be appreciated. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
GFABasic & SER:
Message #108903
There's a problem using SER: with GFABasic. The characters aren't written out until the port is closed. Does anyone know of a workaround? Also, Antic is no longer handling the product. Does anyone know where to get support now?
Ben, thanks for the help. I didn't know about that trick of requesting more memory than the system has to force it to free unused resources. I'll give it a try. BTW, I'm hearing good things about BB Systems, so keep up the good work. Jon
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GFA-Basic
Message #71484
Steven, muchos gracias. I've been tearing my what's left of my hair out trying to figure what was wrong, and came up with that answer for lack of any other. Uly, when I can't figure something out, I blame the computer, the software, or the dog. Thanks for confirming what…
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#GFA-Basic
Message #70785
Other than the 512K limit, and SOUND bug, what else don't you like, or more to the point, are there other bugs that you've discovered?
Michael, Does the version you have have the bugs in the SOUND statement fixed? Scott, one of the Antic techieays that an update should be available by the end of the month. Is your copy a pre-release version? What other enhancements are there over 3.0? Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
Steven, The only bug I've discovered so far is with the sound statement.I spoke to Scott at the Antic support line, and he said an update should be available by the end of October. Michael Grove has already got version 3.02, which may be a beta release? I've had no…
I've been translating a program I wrote in AmigaBasic, and am very happy with most of the results, but I'm having some trouble with the SOUND statements. For example, type in a SOUND command, then a PAUSE command, then another SOUND command. When you run it, the program pauses, THEN…
GFA-Basic
Message #69279
I would like to communicate with anyone who is programming in GFA-Basic to discuss problems, tips, bugs, etc. If you're interested, please leave me a message, or Email. Jon Bojicic 71460,2023
libraries
Message #12526
Don, Thanx for your response. Things are improving on this end, but still some frustrations. I'll be downloading Whap! as soon as I get my new modem. That should help. Meanwhile, you and some other people on the board have been very helpful, and I would like to thank everyone…