This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Compaq CDTV?!
Message #167826
Has anyone else seen the new PC announced awhile ago by Compaq, called the "CDTV"? I would have thought that name would be a pretty clear copyright infringement. Of course, there are likely not enough lawyers left on the CBM payroll (if anyone is) to feed to a baby shark…
Andrew, Didn't know CBM had a fire sale. Hurmph. Oh well, couldn't afford it anyway. Actually, I found some $5 disks, and spurged, so I'm TRYING to get some things cleared off the HD. And I'm going to delete one version of ProPage – that should help too. The only…
Andrew > Boo hoo. Sniffle. Ya. But hey, end of the month is bid closure time on CBM. We can (try?) hope! I hope I can sell my XT's/parts for enough to get at least one machine about entry level – I'm in a tissy debating on an '86 or…
Andrew Our first had colic for a good year and a half or more. Every night 1-2+ A.M. Groan. The latest is already (usually) sleeping through the night. And just now he can roll more than once. Eek! No more lying him on the bed! I kind of like ProPage…
Oh, and congrats on the boy. We just had a boy (on only our 3rd try! 🙂 I'm half dreading seeing what the differences will be. Our oldest 3.9 year-old girl is such a handful (and everyone comments on WELL behaved they are!!??)… eek. Grant Ebel
Andrew, Nope, never got anything that I had to pay more than $10 for. Errr… actually, no doubt in part because I bought UltraCard for about $50 at the WOC just after it first came out… and just before I got a free magazine… which had a review of it…
David, I will keep anxiously checking the upload list. I'm glad SOMEbody is productive — or is that just prolific? 🙂 Thanks, Grant
I've been gradually developing an alphabet drill program in BASIC, hopefully, ACE soon as the one with the FONT command is ready since I can't get it to open right yet. I have that magazine copy of AMOS which would make it easier to add sound and graphics, but I…
Phil or Lee, Your previous message was gone, so it'll be easy to ignore. I don't have the RKM's or the INCLUDE files, so that's why I was asking. People seem to be telling me the different versions are almost the same anyway, so I guess I've got a different…
I have been thinking about doing a couple of apps. One would be a kiosk about a kids group I work with, and the other would be an educational thing for my pre-school kids. What does ActiveMedia do? Sounds familiar. Grant Ebel
YES!!! The AVPlayer program DOES appear to work with AV1.53g (unless it installed some libraries while I wasn't looking. I made a couple of little presentations, and they worked fine. Probably SOME problem, but none YET! Well, Not so much "both" machines were on the blink, I managed to get…
> Great, I'll have to dig it out now. Thanks David Grant
#Which AmigaVision vers?
Message #41799
Andrew, Roger, WILCO. Tried to D/L AVPlayer yesterday, but had write to H.D. problem. Think it thought there was no space left cause the FAT cluster table got messed. It's fixed. Only, Norton Diskdoctor for Windows seems to crash if you cancel partway through. Blasted PCs. Last night my GVP…
Easel compatible?
Message #42320
Can anyone tell me how compatible the old A500 Easel driver (OS 1.2 I think) is with a A500 running OS2.0? I understand there was a new version release some time ago for SOME version. Also, can anyone tell me why they sold an A2000 version? The A500 version has…
David, contained? No. They have dependencies upon the ACE run-time libraries. Code gets linked from db.lib and startup.lib. >> Ah… yes, that answered my question, didn't, it? Could thing I explained what I really MEANT! But, hey, it was a useful question in it's own right 🙂
David, > Now there's a good idea for a little project. Hmm… If you included the preprocessor source, that would be the best place to put a convertor, I would assume. I'll take a look first chance I get. Although, in case you hadn't noticed, I just got a copy…
> Can you tell me if the the AVPlayer will work with earlier versions? I don't know about AVPlayer but AV converts older files when loading. .. AVPlayer is freely distributable so, yes, you could distribute it. Try d/ling AVPlayer and see if it would run your flows. >> Thanks,…
ADos 2 FD file/ACE/AMOS
Message #41760
David, One other request I thought of. The ability to define a structure datatype is really great. The only thing is, any possiblity of making it more MS QBasic like (or at least make the formats equivalent)? There is some QBASIC code that I would like to run, and even…
Hi Ron, Do you have any idea about the upgrade costs? Can you tell me if the the AVPlayer will work with earlier versions? It would be so much nicer to be able to distribute it. Bet it doesn't though, right? Not on Compuserve, at least not in the descriptions.…
Actually there is one here already, and I think it is the same one I have. Er, unfortunately, I can't find my light pen right now. I looked for an hour last night, figuring that it wouldn't take long for a kindly soul such as yourself to step forward. Anyway,…
#Compile LightPen w/SAS
Message #41735
Could someone help me out by recompiling the lightpen handler code? I have a lightpen, meant for a 64 or an IBM – not sure which – but it has different pin-outs than the driver is meant for – and I don't have SAS/Lattice. I'll get back to you with…
ADos 2 FD file/ACE/AMOS
Message #41734
David, Oh, I remembered something else I was going to ask you about. When you create object modules, are they TOTALLY self contained? When you have to open the libraries, etc, and then have the code elsewhere, it's kind of a pain, having to import code to different spots, and…
Oops, I guess there'll be an extra call for help. I didn't check for mail before sending mine. Ah, well. I even had to repost this message, because I somehow sent it to myself again. Groan. THANKS for the reply! To actually be in contact with the noted author of…
FD's for 2.0?
Message #41716
How does one get a copy of these? At least 1.3 came with them. Say, is there any way you could scan a file and GENERATE FD's? They are just jump vectors or something, right?
#Which AmigaVision vers?
Message #41715
I just got a copy of AmigaVision 1.53g (in version 1.2 package for some reason) from a used computer store, and I was wondering what the latest version is. Ver. 1.53g sounds familiar. Wasn't it the last one before AV went "pro"? Is anybody still using AV? It seemed to…
Thanks Ron. I don't know if I can push this pass the "Budgetary Approval Person" (my wife naturally) but as long as I have enough after throwing a flurry of XTs & Lotus for DOS at the used computer salesman, I'm gonna try! Thanks, Grant Ebel
Ron, Thanks again for being a fount of CD information! I shall definitely keep that info on file. Even better than my other message to you in Amiga Tech (if you haven't got it yet). Can you boot from the SCSI HD? Is there any way to get power for…
#A570 CD-ROM/SCSI HD?
Message #154337
Erik, I tried (not sure if I managed) to send a message in the Tech section, but you likely wouldn't see it there. Anyway, I might be able to get a A570 too. Did you find out about a SCSI interface? Can you just use plug and play the A570…
ADos 2 FD file/ACE/AMOS
Message #41613
I am trying to use the ACE Basic compiler, but my 1.3 FDs don't seem to work all the time. Like trying to use a font only works if it has already been loaded into memory. I'm trying to write letter recognition program for my little pre-schooler. Actually, if anybody…
Thanks for the info. I'm still getting used to WinCIM. I hope your message did get saved somewhere on my local drive. Bye!
Just wanted to ask you what version of the Polaroid Palette you are selling. I have an old one and was wondering how to hook it up to my Amiga. When I got it, it was being used with a CGA resolution IBM. Sorry if this is the wrong way…
On-the-fly compression
Message #138944
There were a number of programs/libraries that were introduced a year or more ago that did automatic file de/compression transparently (when I was active on-line) but I can only find the XPK manager library (I think) on-line here. I never quite got it installed, and I don't know what I…