This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Clint – > First Light is the multimedia upgrade to Distant Suns. It's sort of like > Distant Suns, Dance of the Planets and Redshift all rolled into one. It > has a bunch of neat animations as well as planetary simulations. CR-ROM? Amiga, Mac, peecee, or some combination of…
#3.1 from ESCOM??
Message #209511
Ian – > But if you have 3.0 ROMS, just get the 3.1 software, the ROMS for 3.1 > don't do much more than 3.0 roms, the difference is mostly software. Do you know just what the differences in the ROMs are? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
#Rush to Amiga.
Message #208562
Phillip – > I am also from the uk and have no idea who this rush bloke is. How I envy you! jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Rush to Amiga.
Message #208561
Nancy – > Reading the comments here about him, gives the impression that he packs a > powerful punch – and he could be just a little bit right-wing? More like he packs a powerful right wing, and he could be just a little punchy…. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on…
DiskSalv has the advantage of having been written by Dave Haynie, who ought to know the ins and outs of the file system as well as anyone! jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
-Maurice – I have an A4000 with the 040 processor, and have installed windows 3.1 For me it was no great problem to install it, but I have seen reports from others who said it took hours to install on their systems. In any case, on my system, which is…
Look at the second half of the README. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Clint – Is the Mac Distant Suns CD available to us Amigoids at a reasonable discount? What's on it? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Erik – > But what about PURPLE?!? Well, it was an old "screen color" file….. I get the purple myself… jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Erich – > …the machine did not boot and I got a green screen. AMIGA'S INITIALIZATION COLORS Dark gray Ok Hardware Light gray Ok Software Red Bad ROM Checksum Green Bad RAM Blue Bad Custom Chips Yellow Exception jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Paul – > …encouraging his beta testers to log onto the UU BBS and DL the all new > PC emulator – and to play Doom on it! He even has put the Doom demo files on the bulletin board! jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Erich – > Since all attempts to reach MacroSystem failed,… Once I decided that their internet address and their bulletin board were no longer functional, and finally telephoned them directly, I got through almost at once. I believe they do have limited phone support hours, however, but they were quite…
>> Amiga Technologies, if they must. But drop the german GmbH (I think >> that's Gemeinshaft something). There is nothing inherantly wrong with >> GmbH, Ltd. or so forth, but it may sound foreign for most international >> users. Plus, it's kind of absurd to mix languages in the name.…
Bart – > In my classroom I have 5 pc's and 1 Amiga and indeed I perform better > on that one Amiga than on those five pc's. Ah! Microsoft multitasking! jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Keith – > I'd like to point out that I've never seen a 1MB 72-Pin SIMM Isn't that what came in the "stock" A4000? Four 1meg SIMMS? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
#ELP
Message #194578
Christian – Hank, I just can't stand it anymore – I just _gotta_ know now: what does "P.O.M.P." stand for? // Christian "ELP" Busse \X/ near Frankfurt, Germany What does "ELP" stand for? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
> not later than Dec 31, 1999. Surely they can finish off the Amiga by the > end of the Century. End of the Millenium, too, for that matter … What century? The twentieth AD? What millenium? The second AD? They both end a year later, on 31 December, 2000.…
> Let me put it to you this way; our own TRIM format runs 25%-75% better > than commonly used image formats; PNG is in the same range. The only thing I did NOT like about your TRIM format was that no one but you seemed to know about it.…
#New Imagemaster!
Message #192196
> PNG … offers outstanding _lossless_ compression for 24-bit images,… Roughly how much compression, Ben? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
I think I have seen one of the PPI 288 modems for about $240 at Computer City and CompUSA. The top-of-the-line ones with the 3-line LCD display, just coming available now, are more like $350, I think. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
> You don't have to send your modem into the factory to get the ROM > replaced? That was the one thing that bugged me about the PP28.8k modem > as reviewed in PC Mag. I haven't bought my PPI 28.8k modem yet, but with my former PM9600SA and my…
Steve – > A local sysop is trying to talk me out of the supra and going with the > USR Sportster, Before you decide, read the traffic on the USR forum (MODEMVENDOR, section 4) for a few days…. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
> From what I hear, the Supra model is your best bet. Practical Peripherals make very good modems, as testified to by several local SYSOPS. They provide a >>lifetime I'm not sure whether there's a ROM flasher for the Amiga yet – Alex Baker > said he was going to…
Gabe – > Some might say that someone who has stuck with the Amiga and still has a > 1000 around is rooting for a loser… On a very important level, it isn't ABOUT winners and losers. My wife and I decided to get an Amiga (not an Atari, also…
Trent – I presume you are asking if there is a program or editor to convert the binary *.LST file back into an human readable, ASCII file? I think I have seen one (I have: "APscanLST"), but what I do is either 1) save a copy of the originally downloaded…
John – > I'll let you know how it works after I put it in. What installation (hardware and software) is required? Mine hasn't arrived yet. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Migraph markets both scanners, scanning software, and OCR for the Amiga. jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Gerald – First of all, Terminus is now up to 2.0e, which requires no further money (except for download time), presuming you are already registered. Second, what would you like to know ("the manual with 189 pages does not instruct how to use it")? I've been using it for all…
#PAW's
Message #187788
mario – In Library 3 (News and Reviews) … PAWS.LHA/Bin Bytes: 223832 Title : PAWS 600,1200,3000,4000 Brochure Keywords: PAWS PORTABLE This is a ILBM of the PAWS or the Portable Amiga Work Station Brochure. Silent Paw will start shipping the different PAWS in April of this year. It should be…
> Not to mention that the closing down of AW will make some of its former > readers think twice before subscribing to Amazing. It would be interesting to know how many AW subscribers are _already_ AC subscribers (like me). jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Now there's a title for a history of the Amiga: "Forever Imminent" jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Mark – I see you've been getting non-responsive replies. Any Amiga user can save text as raw ASCII text, which could be imported directly to a Mac, if you and he have either a modem connection or other ways to physically transfer the file. There is usually more trouble going…
Leslie – > I would get a criptic "SCSI Phase" error. I thought the problem might be > with the program so I downloaded Diavolo to test it out. Diavolo stopped > working in the middle of a backup with no error message. This sounds a lot like SCSI termination…
> I just wish this darned Amiga liquidation would finish up, so I won't > lose anymore hair! *8^D Vance "Jean Luc" Schowalter, the Image Master? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Betty – > There are many good genealogy programs for the MSDOS machines and for > Windows – and a couple of good, powerful programs for the MacIntosh. I'm not into this as intensively as some, but I've got my Emplant working nicely. Can you recommend good Mac shareware genealogy…
Mark – > I called compuserve support and they said to Download LX.LHA, which is > supposed to be a self extracting decompressing program, but I was still > unable to run it. The really good CompuServe support people don't know anything about the Amiga but will refer you to…
Ken – The Mosaic-AmiTCP docs include the following: > [Requirements] Amiga OS 2.0 or greater. > To utilize the full potential of AMosaic requires Amiga OS 3.0 or greater > A direct internet connection via AmiTCP 3.0 beta 2…. It sounds like Mosaic won't run for you because you are…
?Wshell problem?
Message #186189
Bill – I don't know if you have seen the discussion in AmigaVendor with regard to the following command structure: Run NIL: … It has been suggested in a couple of third-party add-on programs or patches, and will not work on my system (using WShell 2) and on some other…
Alan – So the F-100 is part of the engine designation and not a reference to a 35-year-old fighter jet? (Which probably used a PW engine….) jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Kent – GO AmigaTech — Library 13: MUIUSR.LHA/Bin Bytes: 678109 Title : MUI – MagicUserInterface v2.3 USER archive Keywords: MUI MAGICUSERINTERFAC GUI INTERFACE MAGIC STUNTZ MUI – MagicUserInterface v2.3 USER archive is an object oriented system to create and maintain graphical user interfaces. From a programmers point of view, using…
#Lawn Darts
Message #185318
Alan – > Alan Henry – Digital Plastic > F100-PW-220e Inside I like your .sig ! But are there still F100's around? (or have I confused my jets again?) jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
SciFi/B5/AP
Message #185221
Phillip – > Still it's crazy that the SciFi forum is not accessible thru AP. Since when? I haven't been back to SFMedia in a couple of weeks, but AP worked then… Oh. You DO know there is no longer a "SciFi forum", don't you? That it's broken into SFMedia…
#Emplant Ad Questions
Message #185220
Alan – > That's what I was waiting to hear…I'm outta' here. Monday, my Amiga is > taking a little trip. A one way ticket to Alaska. Post it here in classifieds instead. There are those out here who can live with a PeeCee emulation that does not do Doom.…
AP vanished.
Message #185103
Rusty – > Jim, How can I set the format on Autopilot to anything but interlaced? When you first start up AutoPilot, the 3rd menu (from the left) is "Screen Mode". Depending on which version of AmigaDOS you are running, and what you have in SYS:Devs/Monitors, you will get a…
Dan – > I was only looking for a 2400 Baud Modem because CIS doesn't have any > local nodes that support anything faster. Gee, I thought they had pretty good 9600 and 14400 penetration by now. Where are you? jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu . . JimDoc, on AutoPilot
Chris – I guess I knew that (you made an error about AutoPilot, it is not shareware) (And Steve: I didn't mean to mislead anyone). What I meant is that most downloadable programs that ask for money ARE shareware, and someone relatively new to the AmigaForums might conclude that they…
Dan – You have already gotten direction to AP.LHA. 2 things: first, READ THE DOCS. Thoroughly. 90% of the questions to AForums about "problems" with AutoPilot derive from either not READING the docs, or from IGNORING them. Second, you may be initially dismayed at the price of the program ("Gee,…
Dan – Given: a) that CompuServe is about to start charging the same for 14400, 9600, and 2400 bps access, and b) that NEW top quality 14400 fax-modems are selling for $130, I would STRONGLY suggest you look for a used 14400 modem, as from someone who has just decided…
Mark – > How do you create a fax using FW fonts, as GPFAX coverts ascii of IFF > files to a fax format. I don't know HOW you're doing WHAT you're doing, but MY copy of GPFax is a FACSIMILE program, and produces "WYSIWYG" fax output: the document I…
Amiga CServe software
Message #182610
Denise – I assume (perhaps wrongly) from your description (nothing like the software for my IBM which is user friendly, easy to navigate, etc.) that you are using CIM or WinCIM. The CIM programs depend for their elegance on CompuServe's Host Micro Interface (HMI), the specifications for which they have…
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