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This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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#81888 #HD Hard error help! Message #81912
From: dave Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware December 19, 1992 2:00 PM
Thanx alot f [Cr Thanx a lot for your reply! One more thing, I was wondering if there is a program that would find bad spots on the disk and tell DOS not to use them in the future I was looking for something like PCTOOLS for IBM. Thanx.
#HD Hard error help! Message #81865
From: dave Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware December 19, 1992 2:32 AM
Greetings, I have a supra hard drive. It is great! But I just installed a word processor, and when I went to load it, DOS came and said that There is a read write error on my harddrive. I tried retry and DOS came back with the same result. Can…
HD-compatbl w/ 880k? Message #112206
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Drives/Controllers July 11, 1990 3:07 PM
I am planning to get an external Disk Drive. I would wish to get a 1.44Mb one. But I would first like to know if it would read a disk which was designed to go into the 880K internal drive. Will the internal drive read a 1.44 Mb disk which…
AdRam 540 costs?? Message #112205
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Expansion Hardware July 11, 1990 3:02 PM
Hello, Does anyone know How much AdRam 540 costs? Do you know how much each 512K increment costs? THANKS (IT WOULD SAVE ME A CALL TO THE WEST COST) David
#AtalkIII REVIEW Message #112204
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Telecommunications July 11, 1990 2:59 PM
I have A Talk III and I can't figure out how to Review a session. (Go Back Through The Text Which Appeared through a Modem Session After I AM Done With It.) Do You Know How To Do It? THANX, David Rotolo
HAM-E Message #109325
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Video Hardware June 19, 1990 2:58 PM
Will HAM-E support all software? Will it work with a 1084s monitor? Is it on the market? Is it that it is just a cable which connects directly into the computer? Thankyou, David.
Fragmentation Message #109313
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade June 19, 1990 11:06 AM
Greetings, Do you know if there are any utilities on the market or in CompuServe which rid a harddrive of fragmentation without destroying the data? Thanks. David Rotolo
#94743 #unwarp please help! Message #94814
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade March 20, 1990 5:55 PM
Thanks a lot for your help I now have enough info to solve the problem!!! David Rotolo ^^^^^^^^^^^^
#94708 unwarp please help! Message #94721
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade March 19, 1990 8:51 PM
Yes I did try to take the disk out, but it did not work! I am now assuming that there is an error in the warp file, for I realized that the drive was not securely connected to the SCSI interface. I will try to redownload the file. I hope…
#94594 #unwarp please help! Message #94668
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade March 19, 1990 3:17 PM
Ok, I tried that. It did not work, even after I reinserted the disk. I also got info on the disk and it was 0% full, and I also made sure that the disk was write enabled. This is what I did: I have Sttg1a.wrp on my harddrive, and copied…
#93785 unwarp please help! Message #94564
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade March 18, 1990 5:00 PM
Hello, I am back. I tried it, and it seems to go through everything (It displayes Uncrunching, busies the df0:, etc. no files was created, however. Is this correct?
#unwarp please help! Message #93626
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade March 10, 1990 9:16 PM
I need help in unwarping a program. I doo not know what to do. I unzooed warp.zoo and tried to unwarp sttg1a.wrp, and it did not do any thing to the program. Can you write steps for me to follow? thankyou! David.
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade October 8, 1989 11:37 AM
A have a 1 MB A500, and have used the avail followed by no arguments. Having one meg, I suspect to see 1048576 bytes (1024 bytes x 1024Kb) in the "total" line under the "maximum" column, which is found by adding total available RAM and IN USE RAM. This sum…
4096 clrs Animate? Message #68590
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade October 6, 1989 9:51 PM
I am a para-new-user of the Amiga. I know that HAM allows you to display 4096 colors simultaneouslyon screen. However can something be animated and contain 4096 colors, or is it 32? David.
RAM check? WB Message #68498
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade October 6, 1989 3:09 PM
Hello I am an inexperienced Amiga user. I want to know if there is a way to check the RAM via workbench. If you can answer this, I will appreciate it. Thankyou, David
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Expansion Hardware October 4, 1989 2:03 PM
Hello I have a friend who wants to get an A2000, but he has an IBM with much software. They may get a bridgecard provided that the results of these questions satisfy them. Thankyou for answering them: Is the bridgecard 100% compatible to the IBM? Can it run PC, AT,…
#NEWUSR.MSB-help! Message #63398
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Telecommunications August 26, 1989 4:10 PM
I have an IBM with telecomm software, and I have recently downloaded newuser.msb, and entered the AmigaBasic program. I hooked my modem to my A500 and ran it. I can't get the modem to dial, unless I do it manual, but my problems do not end there! All I see…
newusr.msb-help! Message #62839
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade August 22, 1989 11:42 AM
I have an A500 with no telecomm software. I recently downloaded newusr.msb with my IBM, and typed it into AmigaBasic. I hooked my modem up, ran the BASIC program, and it did nothing except say download into my computer this file." I can't even get my modem to dial, unless…
memory-animation Message #62722
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Expansion Hardware August 21, 1989 8:18 PM
I want to get an animation program for my A500 w/ 1Mb of RAM. Being that the graphics chip can hold only 512K of graphics data, would it be a waste to get lets say- 2Mb of RAM?
#IBM-Amiga DOWNLOAD? Message #59299
From: dave AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade July 28, 1989 9:07 PM
I have an IBM with telecommunications software, and an Amiga without. Does anyone know that it will work if I get the Amiga to format a disk, and have the IBM download a telecommunications software program for my Amiga? I will appreciate your help, for it shall save me the…