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#133321 cocomm Message #133324
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 3:32 AM
Enlarge the array. –Ben–
#133321 cocomm Message #133324
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 3:32 AM
Enlarge the array. –Ben–
#133302- #cocomm Message #133315
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 2:13 AM
When I talk about this, I _mean_ windows, not screens. The word "screen" keeps popping up because that's what it's called on the Impossibly Badlydesigned Machine. We're talking text consoles, period. That means an evironment for _every_ window that has a console. If you don't want a console, you can…
#133302- #cocomm Message #133315
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 2:13 AM
When I talk about this, I _mean_ windows, not screens. The word "screen" keeps popping up because that's what it's called on the Impossibly Badlydesigned Machine. We're talking text consoles, period. That means an evironment for _every_ window that has a console. If you don't want a console, you can…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:50 AM
No – it just means that for their ONE window, they kept a text record. Look at MS-BASIC on the Inferior Barf Machine; scroll the cursor right up thru the text. niiiice. That capability should be in _each_ conwindow. Screens and windows, that's part of the problem with this discussion.…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:50 AM
No – it just means that for their ONE window, they kept a text record. Look at MS-BASIC on the Inferior Barf Machine; scroll the cursor right up thru the text. niiiice. That capability should be in _each_ conwindow. Screens and windows, that's part of the problem with this discussion.…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:46 AM
Yeah – and since there is no attribute map for that characters in the various (many possible) console windows open, how do you know, for instance, if the top ten lines are Ruby 12 pt and the bottom 14 are Topaz? Huh? You _need_ a text map, and you _need_…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:46 AM
Yeah – and since there is no attribute map for that characters in the various (many possible) console windows open, how do you know, for instance, if the top ten lines are Ruby 12 pt and the bottom 14 are Topaz? Huh? You _need_ a text map, and you _need_…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:33 AM
No, I'm not. I've written several _very_ complete terminals, some that were emulations and some that were actually hardware terminals, no other purpose in life. I maintain that you _must_ keep a record around of what is in the screen – maintaining things _only_ in a bit map is an…
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:33 AM
No, I'm not. I've written several _very_ complete terminals, some that were emulations and some that were actually hardware terminals, no other purpose in life. I maintain that you _must_ keep a record around of what is in the screen – maintaining things _only_ in a bit map is an…
#133280 amiga hard drives Message #133300
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Hardware July 5, 1988 1:22 AM
Nope. The one _I_ designed isn't buggy. Therefor, you don't need the source, nor the suggestions. CBM, on the other hand… hehehe. –Ben–
#133280 amiga hard drives Message #133300
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Hardware July 5, 1988 1:22 AM
Nope. The one _I_ designed isn't buggy. Therefor, you don't need the source, nor the suggestions. CBM, on the other hand… hehehe. –Ben–
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:19 AM
Design/implementation penalties. What can I say? CoComm also maintains a review buffer in text… but I didn't give you print control over that, either. Then again, no one ever asked for it. –Ben–
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:19 AM
Design/implementation penalties. What can I say? CoComm also maintains a review buffer in text… but I didn't give you print control over that, either. Then again, no one ever asked for it. –Ben–
#133161 Code Wheel CP Message #133297
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Talk to the Trade July 5, 1988 1:18 AM
So check…. look at the smallest diameter ring, and count the numbers under the window. 16? Less? More? –Ben–
#133161 Code Wheel CP Message #133297
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Talk to the Trade July 5, 1988 1:18 AM
So check…. look at the smallest diameter ring, and count the numbers under the window. 16? Less? More? –Ben–
#133130 Code Wheel CP Message #133295
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Talk to the Trade July 5, 1988 1:16 AM
Um. Well, the code wheel doesn't bother me… only real cp bothers me. As for modifications for the HD, yeah, I did that too – out of neccesity only, tho. Too bad these people don't even think about the "heavy" systems when they do these things. It's so _easy_ to…
#133130 Code Wheel CP Message #133295
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Talk to the Trade July 5, 1988 1:16 AM
Um. Well, the code wheel doesn't bother me… only real cp bothers me. As for modifications for the HD, yeah, I did that too – out of neccesity only, tho. Too bad these people don't even think about the "heavy" systems when they do these things. It's so _easy_ to…
#133128 #cocomm Message #133294
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:15 AM
You, or anyone else, give me the source for a current, working console driver, and I'll make it work – and faster than the current driver, too, I bet. Handing 80×24 characters is _nothing_ compared to handling a complete bit map as well. For screen dumping, all you need are…
#133128 #cocomm Message #133294
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 5, 1988 1:15 AM
You, or anyone else, give me the source for a current, working console driver, and I'll make it work – and faster than the current driver, too, I bet. Handing 80×24 characters is _nothing_ compared to handling a complete bit map as well. For screen dumping, all you need are…
#133120 Amiga / Packet Radio Message #133123
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:28 AM
One or two…. or a looong one.
#133120 Amiga / Packet Radio Message #133123
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:28 AM
One or two…. or a looong one.
#133111- #comm/vt100/printscreen Message #133122
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:26 AM
It's also the right way to do it. Which explains why CBM didn't do it that way. :^\
#133111- #comm/vt100/printscreen Message #133122
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:26 AM
It's also the right way to do it. Which explains why CBM didn't do it that way. :^\
#133096- #amiga hard drives Message #133118
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Hardware July 4, 1988 12:23 AM
I bet they're ashamed of it, Larry. –Ben–
#133096- #amiga hard drives Message #133118
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Hardware July 4, 1988 12:23 AM
I bet they're ashamed of it, Larry. –Ben–
#133109- #cocomm Message #133117
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:19 AM
No problem. The reason no one has done that is beacause the console device does not maintain the text is ascii mode (because the people who wrote it can't think their way out of a BCPL bag) and you'd have to figure out what is on screen by bit-bonging. There…
#133109- #cocomm Message #133117
From: Ben Blish Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 4, 1988 12:19 AM
No problem. The reason no one has done that is beacause the console device does not maintain the text is ascii mode (because the people who wrote it can't think their way out of a BCPL bag) and you'd have to figure out what is on screen by bit-bonging. There…
#132996 Dmusic/Soundscape Message #133089
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Audiophile July 3, 1988 10:14 PM
Rick – rename SoundScape.library to SScape.library. Then use NewZap on soundscape to change ALL textstrings from soundscape.library to SScape.library and be SURE to null-terminate it correctly. That will fix it. You will also need to change any references in any other programs you have that try to open soundscape.library or…
#132919 #WB 1.3-When?? Message #133086
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors July 3, 1988 10:03 PM
Hmmmm. Well, I'm using FFS in a system with two big hard drives… one has two partitions, one has three. All partitions are FFS. The bigger drive has 3 40mb partitions, and the smaller HD has 2 35mb partitions. No problems at all, except those caused by broken software, like…
#132913 WB 1.3-When?? Message #133085
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors July 3, 1988 9:58 PM
Who…… ME? –Ben–
#132989 #cocomm Message #133084
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Telecommunications July 3, 1988 9:54 PM
Nope, sorry about that. Some subset of the ANSI terminal – whatever the the Amiga console device has built in, that's all. –Ben–
#132950 #Amiga / Packet Radio Message #133083
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Telecommunications July 3, 1988 9:53 PM
Glad he got some use out of it… that packet config was a pretty good effort, as you might guess from all the files associated with it. Took me about a day, I think, to get it just right. The idea of the buttons is so you can forget the…
#132887 #WB 1.3-When?? Message #132899
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors July 2, 1988 4:35 PM
Nope, noone. Even at CBM. –Ben–
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 2, 1988 4:34 PM
75 from 3.1 – that's all I know
#132883 #Failed To Execute Message #132897
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 2, 1988 4:34 PM
sounds like it's getting parameters as an input… and there is no Key word. got any "" characters in your script? If so, they may be taken as a replacement delimiter, and without a .K or .Key directive, cannot be processed correctly. If you _must_ use the "" characters, then…
#132863 ARexx speed and SCAN? Message #132896
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 2, 1988 4:30 PM
#132871 Keyboards and Icons Message #132895
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Amiga at Work July 2, 1988 4:21 PM
Nah, you use icons there, too. Everyone gets access to Rosetta Stone. Remarkable woman, Rosetta. Even if she *is* always stoned. Of course, if YOU tried to relate all those languages together, they'd probably stone you too. –Ben–
#132870 Keyboards and Icons Message #132894
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Amiga at Work July 2, 1988 4:19 PM
Yeah, but then we'd have to go back to beating on Henry. :^)
#132851 Keyboards and Icons Message #132893
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Amiga at Work July 2, 1988 4:17 PM
For the fkeys, how about we put this big F, like, see, onna key caps…
#132873 WordPerfect Message #132892
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Amiga at Work July 2, 1988 4:16 PM
Yeah… and then when WP is touted as state of the art, and "fast", it kind of makes you wonder, don't it? :^) –Ben–
#132854 Evil for Henry Message #132891
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Off the Cuff July 2, 1988 4:15 PM
Easy – hitler's – the one we're encouraged to live by via government indoctrination. "Die for your country" – " and so forth. Mind you, I said it was a _greater_ evil (agreed, that is) not _the_ evil one. They are both _very_ wrong, I think. And I wouldn't want…
#132828 What's c++ Message #132889
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 2, 1988 3:59 PM
Exactly. Took about 3 hours. –Ben–
#132809 #What's c++ Message #132822
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 2, 1988 3:22 AM
Well, I never have to guess… I suspect others don't, either. The fact that you do indicates to me that you don't have a good grasp on the language. Perhaps it's simply not for you – but that doesn't make it ambiguous – only your understanding of it. –Ben–
#132799 Photo Lab Message #132806
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Videophile July 1, 1988 11:27 PM
Welcome to the world of EA. –Ben–
#132786 #What's c++ Message #132805
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Programming July 1, 1988 11:25 PM
irrelevant, Larry. If a program does what it's supposed to, then it is "correct". If I _have_ to go thru extra steps, to get the _same_ result, then I start to have reservations about the language. Flexibility gets me hot… not rigid guidelines. –Ben–
#132784 Evil for Henry Message #132803
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Off the Cuff July 1, 1988 11:22 PM
No, I wouldn't write a book like that, though I do feel that religon is one of the world's major problems. I do _not_ have an "answer" to the worlds problems, nor to the insecurity that religon addresses, so I have nothing to say. Furthermore, I'm not knowledgeable enough about…
#132778 #Evil for Henry Message #132783
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Off the Cuff July 1, 1988 9:14 PM
Well, there is no book… but notice *I* wasn't grinning either.
#132583- #Evil for Henry Message #132774
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Off the Cuff July 1, 1988 9:02 PM
And there are those of us who hold serious reservations about those areas of his teachings… Once you don't buy the christian precept that _everything_ he said was right on the basis of "he said it", there is quite a number of items that make little or no sense once…
#132764 #Evil for Henry Message #132773
From: Ben Blish The Amiga Forum · Off the Cuff July 1, 1988 9:00 PM
Hey! How'd you get page one of my new book, "What's evil in the world today" ???? –Ben–
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