This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Software For Sale
Message #189809
I don't use this stuff any more, so it's up for sale. I couldn't find most of these titles in current ads, so I'll take any reasonable offer. Here's the list: Productivity Games ———— ———– A-Talk III Barbarian II AniMagic Battle Chess AudioMaster II Double Dragon AudioMaster III Falcon Baud…
OK, I'll try this again (I'm still getting used to AP's new editor): Productivity Games ———— ———– A-Talk III Barbarian II AniMagic Battle Chess AudioMaster II Double Dragon AudioMaster III Falcon DigiMate III The Immortal (^^ adds animation to DigiPaint 3) Pioneer Plague DigiPaint 3 Shadow Sorcerer DOS2DOS Sword of…
#FS: Amiga Software
Message #187971
I don't use this stuff any more, so it's up for sale. I couldn't find most of these titles in current ads, so I'll take any reasonable offer. Just because the company's not in business, doesn't mean the software doesn't work 8^). All include original disks and manuals. Here's the…
David – Sorry, both drives have been sold. Thanks for replying! Harry
Hard Drives for Sale
Message #186071
Two SCSI Hard Drives: Quantum ProDrive LPS52 (50M) ………. $40 OBO Seagate ST1186N (150M) ……………. $100 OBO Both drives are 3.5" – I have one 5.25" mounting adapter available if needed. Please reply via EMail. Harry
Software for Sale
Message #186070
I don't use this stuff any more, so it's up for sale. I couldn't find most of these titles in current ads, so I'll take any reasonable offer. Just because the company's not in business, doesn't mean the software doesn't work 8^). All include original disks and manuals. Here's the…
FS: Software
Message #185321
I don't use this stuff any more, so it's up for sale. I couldn't find most of these titles in current ads, so I'll take any reasonable offer. Just because the company's not in business, doesn't mean the software doesn't work 8^). All include original disks and manuals. Here's the…
Hmmm. OK, then, look for something in the libraries called ThreeBallTrick – it includes source in C for working with specs.library and some "glu" assembler code, as well as the xspecs.library. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll binary-EMail it to you. Harry
If you have the disk that came with the glasses, there should be an example or two on it (in assembler too, I think). There is also xspecs.library somewhere in the forum libraries that might help. If you don't have the disk, let me know and I'll see what I…
#SAS dumps Amiga
Message #44845
I've been reading messages the last couple of days on Internet that say SAS will dump the Amiga totally by the end of this year. They will be releasing one last patch (it won't be 6.52 because of a pirate version floating around), and then Fini. Not even tech support.…
Bomac Tower
Message #149965
Darrin – Please contact me regarding the Bomac tower case you had for sale. I would've sent EMail but I've misplaced your UID. Thanks … Harry
Brian – As long as we're picking nits 8^) there are no apostrophes in plurals. I cringe every time I see it … I read your last sentence and before I consciously translate I instinctively think, "What action or object belonging to typo are you guilty of?" 8^) It's late…
#1084S, Sybil, etc.
Message #148196
Commodore 1084S Stereo Monitor A little less than two years old, has recently been superceded by a multisync. No physical or operational defects. Asking $150. Sybil Floppy Enhancer Unit (well, what would _you_ call it?) Allows use of Mac disks in Amiga drives with Emplant (so I hear) as well…
>" … someone or company claims to have rights to part of the GUI the Amiga is using." Gee, and it only took them 9 years to figure it out. Guess that means the Amiga was actually becoming popular, huh? 8^) Harry
Daniel – How would the 1381s work with the graphics cards like Picasso, Spectrum, etc.? How do they compare with the NEC 3D? I'm very interested in the $279 price, but I want to get one that I'll be able to use for a while (a graphics card is in…
Jack – This is off the subject, but … There was a rumor going 'round 8^) that you were going the SWREG route with Terminus, but when I checked there the other day I couldn't find it. Is it there? If so, where? If not, will it be? Thanks ……
Mike – Thanks, I've got some magazine reference to look for, and Redmond (if not the CompUSA across the street) will probably have the cable … Now I just need to find a place that sells them cheap 8^). Harry
John – Thanks for the references, I know I have those issues around somewhere (the more recent one will be the hardest to find, but it's around …). 'Course, if I didn't wait until late at night to read/post I'da thought of hunting through back-issues myself 8^). So if the…
Thanks for the info. I did think about the transfer speed as a factor, but was thinking I could live with it if the drives were the same price (or maybe just a little more) as a regular SCSI or other drive (money is a factor as well … 8^)…
Amiga CD_ROMs
Message #123483
I have a CD-ROM question: Do any of the Amiga CD-ROM drivers support parallel-port CD-ROM drives? And if so, which drives are supported (assuming they don't all work properly – I'm a software-type, but I know enough hardware for that 8^) ). I have reached the point where I can…
Mike – Do any of the other 24-bit cards (EGS, Merlin, etc.) allow display of HAM8 in their AGA emulations? I had been considering one of these cards as an alternative to a 4000 (I need too much expansion to make a 1200 feasible) but I'd like AGA programs that…
I would say yes. I've seen many a thread on general 3d rendering topics that go on for a while and don't really have much to do with tech support that would probably have a bigger audience in AmigaArts – they were more like "how do I do this effect"…
That was my point. I was under the impression that new Amiga sales worldwide leaned more toward the 1200 than than the 4000 by a decent amount, thus it probably wouldn't be feasible for someone to spend the time and money to port NT to run on Amigas, at least…
I'm not all that certain Exec would have to be rewritten, any more than DOS or OS/2 will be rewritten to run on NT. NT's job would be to run the OS client as a program and do its best to interpret the system calls and such into HAL operations.…
I didn't say no one, I said probably not enough to interest a developer. The Amiga market is smaller than PC or Mac to begin with, and not every Amiga owner would be willing to commit the hardware resources necessary to run NT (for instance, there's probably no way whatsoever…
Steve – An Amiga running NT as well as current software is theoretically possible, but may not be worth the trouble. NT is processor-independent, as it sits on top of a HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer), and other operating systems (MSDOS, OS/2, Posix, etc.) run as tasks under NT. So if…
This won't help your current situation, but if you ship UPS COD they allow you to select "cash only" as a payment option – meaning they won't release the package except in exchange for real money. This is how I ship (unless I know the person) and I've never had…
There's a shareware PC utility that will convert between many formats, including Targa and JPEG, called Graphics Workshop. They also have a Windows version. If you can't find it here, try some of your local PC BBSs. Also, have you tried hooking your PC and Amiga up via null-modem cable?…
Actually, come to think of it, there is a way to make it happen with a double-click. Down near the bottom of startup.dm, there're a bunch of "AddAutoCmd" entries. If you can look at the first few bytes of the files with a hex dump, you can give the autocommand…
Leslie – Probably your best bet is to take an AGA viewer (ViewTek, whatever) and add it as a command. That way, you could highlight the file and select "view" the same way you might highlight a text file and select "print". The manual (I believe) explains how to do…
Look for a program call ComixBase by Terence Russell. He appears to have two internet addresses: trussell@sun.cuug.ab.ca and russell6112@mtroyal.ab.ca. This base keeps track of title, publisher, two label fields for "special" and "notes", has room for three each of writer, penciller, and inker, issue# and # of copies, issue date…
Ronald – This is somewhat off the subject of format translation, but do you have the MSS requirements of the publisher you're considering? I ask because the couple of times I've checked into it about the only formatting they've wanted is one-side-only with double-spaced lines. Any indication of italics, bold,…
Dale – Thanks. We already have those, but I just wanted to make sure that the DevCon notes and the PCMCIA spec were together sufficient information to get a device driver working. There are some other possible complications (which we could probably discuss in EMail if you're curious) but this…
Dale – Thanks for the info. I assume I'd have to be a certified developer before I could get my hamds on those notes? Is there sufficient information in those notes to write the software needed to drive a PCMCIA device? If not, what else would I need? Harry
#PCMCIA specs, etc.
Message #36423
I'd like to get information on the following two subjects: 1) Specs on the PCMCIA slot in the Amiga 600 and 1200: specifically, whether or not it uses Card Services and if so what the processor bindings are; if not, how the card is accessed – via device driver or…
One thing to try with the drawers that have blanks in the name: double-quote the drawer name. The script may only be seeing the first word otherwise. Harry
Paul – Supra has a section over in MODEMVEN for sure. They used to (I also thought they still did) have a section in AtariVen, matter of fact I'd swear I saw a question answered there in the last couple of weeks … Anyway, even though it's not a modem…
Michael – I'm finding Atlanta to be a lot like Miami was a decade or so ago, when English was still the predominant language and it wasn't quite so crowded. Every city has its parts of town that it's best to stay out of, so that hasn't been a problem,…
Jonathan – Wish I could 8^) but I'm Engineering, not Sales … Harry
Michael – Yep. I'm with American Megatrends, Inc. (the AMI BIOS people) here in Atlanta. Took about a 30% pay cut vs. what I was making in Miami, but one hurricane is more than enough for me … They're supposed to have a really good bonus (10-30% of gross) so…
#A2000/030 system
Message #102753
The following equipment is for sale: Amiga 2000 – 2 floppies, 2MB chip RAM (MegaChip 2000), WB2.04 GVP Combo 030/50 – 8MB 32-RAM, Quantum 52MB HD This is a great system to add a used Toaster to. I'm not sure what the going rates are for the above, I suppose…
Ben – One of the things the IV24 is supposed to offer is a flicker-eliminator circuit, so I would assume that means one could run Workbench though it, and I would think it would be the same channel as the 24-bit output so one wouldn't have to have a cable-switcher…
Daniel – See your EMail for my address – thanks! By "use X-Specs with AmiVR" (or StereoPro) I meant: Will my current X-Specs be able to plug into the StereoPro and/or AmiVR interface (assuming the X-Specs and StereoPro interfaces couldn't be plugged in simultaneously as there's only 1 joyport 2)…
Daniel – How does the StereoPro relate to the AmiVR packages? Is AmiVR a superset (meaning, everything that's in StereoPro plus …) or are they totally different? Would it be possible to use my X-Specs with AmiVR (as I assume I could with StereoPro)? Thanks … Harry
Barbara – I've heard "rumblings" about an AGA compatibility/emulation/somesuch board for the A2000/A3000 being worked on in Europe, I think Germany (so what else is new …?). Unfortunately, that's all I've heard. I believe the post was over on Portal, though perhaps one of the CIS folks from over there…
Ben – 9.53?? OK, don't bother to send me 9.52, just wait until 9.53 is ready 8^). Or 9.54, or 9.55, or whatever it'll be when you decide it's time to release an update … Harry
Ben – Does this include the time where, if you're running a laced screen and laced panel, you go to the "compose" panel, select "done", and the main panel goes up to mid-screen? Probably does 8^) but I thought I'd post the other scenario anyway. BTW, thanks for the prompt…
Art – (butting in here) Are you sure BM passes the whole structure? My understanding of variable parameters vs. value parameters is that with variable parameters only the address of the structure is pushed onto the stack. In other words, your examples would be equivalent in what was put on…
Paul – My local dealer just lowered his price on the 4000/030 from $1895 to $1799. Still a bit much for my wallet (right now, anyway) but it's looking better. He also has a 1200 w/85M HD for $849, his previous 40M price. Harry
Dom – Don't feel _too_ bad. After my AutoPilot session yesterday (or was it Thursday? Whichever day the thing was posted …) I called to order the upgrade. The person who answered the phone said the latest version was 1.5 and I had to send in my disk … Turns…
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