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#18483 AmigaWorld Readers! Message #18901
I whole heartedly agree with your statement that unless the Amiga can get out from under the stigma of being a "Game Machine" it will die out. As evidence of this I submit this. I am a member of the ACM and of their Small Computer SIG, and in a…
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Personal Apps March 10, 1992 5:13 PM
Thanks for the info Tom. When I picked up the printer I made sure I got a black ribbon. The color use I will get out of the machine will be the minor portion of my usage.
#Color Printing Message #51967
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Word Processing/DTP March 9, 1992 8:16 AM
I have just obtained a Star NX-2420 printer. I was wondering if there is a Word Processing program that will allow me to print out color text in a document. This would be most helpful fo my buisness. Thanks,
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Personal Apps March 7, 1992 3:47 PM
I have just recently come upon a Star NX-2420 color printer. I am looking for some software for it to print color text in a document. Sort of like highlighting someone who justed performed very well on a test. Could someone tell me of a software program that would allow…
#17007 Floppy problems Message #17181
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 12, 1991 7:22 PM
David, The problem is not a boot problem. It is that the machine visits the GURU more often than not. I will check out the CIA chips and let you know. I have also ordered 2 Air-drives as replacements.
#16781 Floppy problems Message #16962
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 9, 1991 11:36 AM
David, Even better I set up an appoinment with him to remove them and replace them. With the knowledge gleened from you brains on this system I acted like I knew how long it would take. He seemed surprised but agreed he coul change then in about 45 minutes (for…
#16696 Floppy problems Message #16746
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 6, 1991 4:46 PM
David, Just to set the scene I live in Hawaii, on the island of Ohau. There is onlt one dealer that performs repairs on Amigas here. And YES he knows it. As I said in an earlier post, I can't prove it, but several times I have taken my machine…
#16601 Floppy problems Message #16678
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 5, 1991 9:41 PM
Don, I will let my tech, work with them. Remember, Chip with shoes.
#16344 #Floppy problems Message #16565
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 4, 1991 8:54 PM
Don, I am almost totally hardware illeterate. If you can think of a chimp with C knowledge you have a good impression of me. WTF, is a CIA chip and how can I find out if I have a bad one. Without taking it to the dealer and having him…
#16254 hard drive problems Message #16308
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware March 1, 1991 4:12 PM
Don, I hate to break in on a thread, but I have a related prolem. My problem is if I boot my system with a disk in the drive I end up visiting the GURU. Well the problem is that now if I push a disk into the drive after…
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware November 17, 1990 8:14 PM
David, Thanks for the info. It got really bad the other week, but I think I had a program that was corrupt, (old original disk). Once I geot rid of that program the GURU errors drop to minimum (4 to 5 a seesion), but I am leary of the DF0:…
From: Bruce Powell Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware November 17, 1990 5:49 PM
I have recently found a problem with my hard drive (actually it found me!). I visit the GURU several times a session. It only happens when I boot the system with disks in the drives, if I boot with no disks in the drives I have few problems. But once…
#500 POOL OF RADIANCE! Message #891
From: Bruce Powell Amiga Arts Forum · Impulse September 27, 1990 10:30 PM
Brad, I got my copy BEFORE it hit the stores. I oredered it from the main office. You must have a credit card though. If you want moer info please drop me a line.
#165 Pools of Radience Message #189
From: Bruce Powell Amiga Arts Forum · Impulse September 10, 1990 10:21 PM
Nope. I've got it installed on my hard drive and have been playing it. Kinda funky tho' It will not load from the Workbench, you must use the CLI if you use the hard drive. A freind uses the floppy version and it seems to work fine. We got ours…
From: Bruce Powell Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 9, 1990 6:18 PM
Mike, Well said! I too have a lesser version of Lattice C, 5.00, in fact and Lattice has been more than helpful in upgrades. I have not been informed about the upgrade to 5.1, I'm sure there will be some cash involved, but cheating the company will get you NOTHING…
#98 #Pools of Radience Message #106
From: Bruce Powell Amiga Arts Forum · Impulse September 8, 1990 12:24 AM
Later this Fall, was a bad guess, I just received my copy from SSI/Electronic Arts. I had caled the tech line and was tod that they had solved thier problems and I said "Yeah, when Chryl Tiggs gets a job as a Fat Lady!" Today at 1700 HST the UPS…
#85- Pools of Radience Message #105
From: Bruce Powell Amiga Arts Forum · Impulse September 8, 1990 12:21 AM
John, I spoke too soon at 1700 HST today I receied my copy of Pool of radiance from Electronic arts. I guess that really was a pig I saw flying tonight. I have yet to run it but It looks good.
#61- #Releases? Message #72
From: Bruce Powell AmigaArts Forum · Games September 7, 1990 12:54 AM
John, Funny that you shoul ask that question. I just got off of the phone with the people from the SSI/Electronic Arts order line. You see when Champions of Krynn was released I was tol that Pools was going to be released later that week. Well here it is three…
#112738- #Hard Drive Problems Message #112944
From: Bruce Powell AmigaTech Forum · Drives/Controllers July 15, 1990 12:55 AM
Don, If anyone tells you that they hae a complete handle on the Amiga file system, listem closely. Either the man is VERY good or he is VERY wrong. I hae programed on the Amiga for several years and I am still leary of messing with my drives. I am…
#112334 Hard Drive Problems Message #112588
From: Bruce Powell AmigaTech Forum · Drives/Controllers July 13, 1990 4:55 AM
Don, Once I have copied the files off to another disk, cam I reformat the drive to remove the pointer? Is there a good public domain program on the board that can help me? Thank you for your help.
#111674- #Hard Drive Problems Message #112280
From: Bruce Powell AmigaTech Forum · Drives/Controllers July 11, 1990 10:38 PM
I have a problem that has just deeloped. My system is the same as the person aboves. But last night my computer read "Problem Validating Disk. Key 4194304 out of bounds" What does that mean? An how do I correct it? The programs on the drive run, but I can't…
#HAM to IFF/Graphics Message #94478
From: Bruce Powell The Amiga Forum · Videophile November 21, 1987 12:37 AM
I am looking for a HAM to IFF converter. I have tried the ones that are on the DL but they don't seem to work. If you think that I'm doing something wrong please tell me. If I try to read a HAm file with Dpaint I get some pretty…