This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Henry, I left a message for Robert Woodhead in GAMERS and he says within a year he will blow our minds but he has no specifics at all about how he's going to do so. Makes me wonder if he intends to do so on the Ami or some other…
#Turbo Legends
Message #158
Mike, So where is Land of Legends. The first advertisement must have come out at least a year and one-half ago. Any solid info on when it will be released. Also how about the Turbo car racing game. Hope Turbo is more game than Galactic Invasion (a real disappointment after…
Wizardry IV (available only on Apple) allows you to play the evil (chaotic) wizard Werdna. You must battle your way from the bottom of a 10 level puzzle dungeon fighting against the best parties of people who played the other 3 Wizardrys. Instead of battling monsters you summon them to…
Dungeonmaster
Message #196
For those who are interested, don't hold your breath for dungeonmaster. I talked to FTL today and they're saying "well..uhm..maybe sometime in August". They did the same thing for the ST version. They hemmed and hawed like that for over a year before it finally appeared.
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Harrier Combat Sim.
Message #133823
Forget Harrier. Interceptor is great!
Henry, Have you seen the advertisements for Fire And Forget. Looks like Autoduel minus the role playing. 3D behind the vehicle graphics. Looks like your car equipped with missiles and guns facing attack helicopters, tanks, etc. Looks like it's going to be fun. Titus software says it will be released…
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#Code Wheel CP
Message #133617
I don't think it's a rationalization. I think once at the beginning would have done the trick. I bought the software. I'm not giving it to anyone else. It just became a pain to use that wheel each time you started anything. I've patched my version and I'm much happier…
If I were Ashton Tate and enough people evinced an interest in purchasing a full blown SQL data base manager to the Amiga I would consider it. But it's a much smaller market (even with 600,000 Amis out there) than the PC or Mac market so I just don't know.…
If I were Ashton Tate and enough people evinced an interest in purchasing a full blown SQL data base manager to the Amiga I would consider it. But it's a much smaller market (even with 600,000 Amis out there) than the PC or Mac market so I just don't know.…
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#SQL for Amiga
Message #128743
Not just an SQL interface (which implies indirect SQL access) but a fullblown SAA compatible version of SQL will be supplied with DBASE IV and will be the method of choice for accessing it (see DBASE IV article in June 88 issue of computer shopper). They're promising it around August…
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#SQL for Amiga
Message #128743
Not just an SQL interface (which implies indirect SQL access) but a fullblown SAA compatible version of SQL will be supplied with DBASE IV and will be the method of choice for accessing it (see DBASE IV article in June 88 issue of computer shopper). They're promising it around August…
Ah but Case in Neuromancer is one of the great network hackers of all time. Knowledge is a powerful weapon. I am looking forward to that one.
Most people in business don't know from an Amiga or an ST nor, at this stage of the game does Apple care about Commodore or Atari. Apple is trying to protect itself from loss of business due to people using the IBM presentation manager based on Microsoft Windows under OS2.…
Most people in business don't know from an Amiga or an ST nor, at this stage of the game does Apple care about Commodore or Atari. Apple is trying to protect itself from loss of business due to people using the IBM presentation manager based on Microsoft Windows under OS2.…
Sublogic has released Jet. It is fun but quite arcadish. In addition it has several bugs.
Steve, I still have a bad taste in my mouth from Aegis Arazok's Tomb (in my opinion one of the worst games of all time). Could you describe Pots of Call a little? Thanks.
It's expensive enough to download at 1200 baud. The learning curve to unarc a file is not so steep that it's worth incurring more expensive connect charges.
Marlene, I am not talking about a faster Amiga 500-1000. More like the difference between a Mac SE and a Mac II. The Amiga 2000 is no revolutionary advance in the technology. Regards, Marc Baime
4 Amigas. That's interesting! Perhaps we have a 68020 machine coming. Perhaps I should not invest in an Amiga 2000 at this time.
After all the hype coming out of Microprose that's hard to believe. Can anyone verify that?
#Sidecar
Message #91431
The US Version to the best of my knowledge. I bought it at Family Computer Center in Fairfield, NJ. Let me know if you decide you're interested. My company has given me an AT&T 6300 to work on and I just don't have the need for 2 PC's. Marc Baime…
There is some truth to that Dan. I've got plenty of experience in the IBM MVS and DOS environments(also multi-user, multi-tasking, mapped environments) and depending upon the level you are programming at the multi tasking may be transparent to you (applications or systems programming). But these environments have had years…
There is some truth to that Dan. I've got plenty of experience in the IBM MVS and DOS environments(also multi-user, multi-tasking, mapped environments) and depending upon the level you are programming at the multi tasking may be transparent to you (applications or systems programming). But these environments have had years…
I too am a game player and I have both the ST and the Amiga. I am satsified at this point that the Amiga is in every way a superior computer to the ST. This includes the quality of the games that are available. Compare Starglider ST with the Amiga…
I too am a game player and I have both the ST and the Amiga. I am satsified at this point that the Amiga is in every way a superior computer to the ST. This includes the quality of the games that are available. Compare Starglider ST with the Amiga…
The operating system on the Amiga is finished. Software which does not follow the rules will hang any machine. There may be more of that kind of software for the Amiga because writing for a multitasking machine is always more complicated than writing for a dedicated (single task oriented) CPU.
The operating system on the Amiga is finished. Software which does not follow the rules will hang any machine. There may be more of that kind of software for the Amiga because writing for a multitasking machine is always more complicated than writing for a dedicated (single task oriented) CPU.
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#SideCar
Message #74945
Perhaps the sidecar which you have works perfectly with a printer attached to the Amiga parallel port but mine certainly does not. Do you have the Canadian or American version Frank. I have tried entering lpt1 as the device name. I have tried opening the lpt1 icon before, after, and…
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#SideCar
Message #74945
Perhaps the sidecar which you have works perfectly with a printer attached to the Amiga parallel port but mine certainly does not. Do you have the Canadian or American version Frank. I have tried entering lpt1 as the device name. I have tried opening the lpt1 icon before, after, and…
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Sidecar and Print.com
Message #73104
I have used it so far, to bad effect, with the turbo pascal editor toolbox editor and the print.com command and it fails with both. With Print.com it says file is being printed (actually it has it queued at that point). Then when I again issue the print command (which…
#73078-
Sidecar and Print.com
Message #73104
I have used it so far, to bad effect, with the turbo pascal editor toolbox editor and the print.com command and it fails with both. With Print.com it says file is being printed (actually it has it queued at that point). Then when I again issue the print command (which…
As far as I'm concerned taht access charge will kill my use of the nets. It is really going to nip the telecommunications via computer industry (for the average Joe who the government doesn't care about anyway) in the bud. The only people who will still use the nets will…
As far as I'm concerned taht access charge will kill my use of the nets. It is really going to nip the telecommunications via computer industry (for the average Joe who the government doesn't care about anyway) in the bud. The only people who will still use the nets will…
#FCC Access charge
Message #71821
The FCC has given tentative approval to having an access charge of four to five dollars for information services like compuserve. I don't know all the details but it is going to make accessing data bases like compuserve quite a bit more expensive than it is now. It probably won't…
#FCC Access charge
Message #71821
The FCC has given tentative approval to having an access charge of four to five dollars for information services like compuserve. I don't know all the details but it is going to make accessing data bases like compuserve quite a bit more expensive than it is now. It probably won't…
;;S_AMIG: – Job 49: hello john. perry here. going to bed now t Larry, I must disagree. I have met more than a few GURUS in IBM shops. These were not guys who spent their time trying to save 5 bytes of code in an object file. These were guys…
Don, Most people who work in the UNIX environment as programmers would agree with you that the UNIX environment is the best for programmers. My point is not that the TSO/ISPF or CMS environments are necessarily better, just that they are here to stay. IBM's new DB2/SQL database development will…
Having worked at AT&T for 3 years I can tell you that the 7300 is one of the biggest money losing items the company has ever had and anyone working in the corporate mainframe environment (the predominant environment for corporations) using IBM equipment will tell you that UNIX has a…
I paid 31.95 in a store that discounts. But retail is 39.95.
Sublogic says this summer. My guess would be Christmas time.
No offense Don, but the only people who believe that Unix will ever be the standard in corporate computing are those who learned to do development in a research or a university environment. Even at AT&T (who I worked for for 3 years and who created UNIX) TSO/ISPF and CMS…
Price is 39.95 american.
Yes, Alien Fires speech synthesis leaves something to be desired….clarity. I thought Octo was addon or addo or adzo. Quite a bit of the speech is difficult to understand.
I have Starglider booted on my Amiga and it is centered just fine. Reviewer, try moving the H.Position knob all the way to the left.
I have Starglider booted on my Amiga and it is centered just fine. Reviewer, try moving the H.Position knob all the way to the left.
Jagware's number is 1-800-267-1904. Alas the game is not here yet so a review wii have to remain pending.
Expecting Legacy by UPS blue tommorow. Advertising was so compelling I was unable to stop my hand from reaching for my Visa card and purchasing it. Come to think of it it does look a bit like Questron but with a major revamp of the look of the Dungeons. Should…
If you guide your AGAV into one of the rotating blue bunkers you will get a peek at all of the enemy's armaments.
Alien Fires shipped last week. I ordered direct from Jagware. They sent it special delivery, so it takes 5 or 6 days. Hope the wait was worthwhile.
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#Starglider
Message #68026
Jez, I have the Amiga and ST versions running side by side and the resposiveness and the graphics do seem quite a bit better to me. At one time I compared the game to Deep Space; however, at this point Deep Space lies around in a drawer and Starglider gets…
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