This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#PDAs
Message #183020
Yep, Newton (or Apple printer cable) to RS232. Apple had a bundle with my Newton that had the offer for the cable. It's about 16 bucks otherwise. As for my Amiga, I (ahem!) don't actually own one anymore. I'm just hanging around because I still have one friend whom I…
PDAs
Message #182616
Yep, you need a cable and some software. When I bought my Newton, Apple shipped a tiny installer program and a free cable. Since then I've picked up the Newton Connectivity Kit for backup, since it would be a disaster if I lost my data. Actually, Apple has a pretty…
No apology necessary, I just live in this dread fear of someday being referred to as "the guy who really liked Quicktime!" -R
My first PDA was a BOSS, but I took it back and got a Sharp when they came out with the first Wizard that opened up, not right to left. The Wizards have IMHO much better software, both in functionality and ease of learning/use. Sharp finally came out with what…
Yep, there's actually wireless PDAs now, but as you suggested, the price is a little steep. There's a new Newton that's a kickin' cool wireless modem, backlit screen, assorted other features that I've forgotten, but it's 3 grand. Yikes! -R
I wish it were faster!! Check out the Newton area and get the scoop on Graffitti. I'm totally amazed at how good it is. -R
Boo Magic!! Boo, boo!! My personal bias is that I want a PDA that's always with me. Period. For this to be the case, the PDA has to fit into my pocket. The Magiclink (at least the Sony implementation) is only slightly smaller than a subnotebook, and 1/4 as useful.…
I think everyone would buy a product like that, but we're only now even getting mail for one low monthly fee, much less a wireless PDA. Is 300 your price point? For that you can get a Newton 100 (they're dumping them right now at 200) or a really good…
Yikes!! I'll be sure to make sure my tone drips with sarcasm more heavily next time. I *HATE* both MS Video and Quicktime. Tiny jerky animations is not my idea of big fun. The "real multimedia" I was referring to was the Amiga. Generating full screen animations from my toaster…
That's really strange that a Warner station is not showing B5, since it is a Warner show. -R
I think it's more because the actual readership changed from early adopters to people trying to get the most our of their tools. That's a big change in perspective. -R
Well, nothing's more frightening to a major corporation like loosing my inimitable wit and wisdom. 4.80 a month is a heck of a lot closer to a reasonable rate, although AOL is at 2.95. Of course, it doesn't have much of an Amiga presence! For all sorts of juicy gossip…
When I was at my old company (pre-MS) we only had 5 requests for an OS/2 product. Now, OS/2 sucked at that time, and it's gotten better, and if we had developed and gotten into that market, we might have gotten more support from end-users. Also, things undoubtedly have changed…
If you're not running apps on top of OS/2, what kind of apps are you running? Do you feel like you've got a decent spread of the big three (word processing, spread sheet, database)? That was always my biggest gripe with the Amiga. I wanted the basic three, and then…
I agree that some businesses will continue to use UNIX. I'm just of the mind that if you're not growing, you're dying. And UNIX could grow if they made the cost of porting software to it significantly cheaper (i.e., only one system to develop for and test on). -R
Maybe because 99.9% of their readers are only interested in clones or Macs. -R Disclaimer: I'm an MS employee, and my written statements are my own and do not reflect MS policy.
CA support isn't exactly a great barometer of an operating system's popularity amongst ISVs. Businesses aren't going to be excited about OS/2 until one of the three big guys (Lotus, Novell/WP, or Microsoft) starts making (again) some OS/2 products. Otherwise, as stated before, you're running Windows on top of another…
UNIX isn't going to be replaced by NT in its traditional stronghold, academics, but it (IMHO) isn't going to make inroads in the business/home market. It really needs a strong hand to unify it so that its rough edges are rounded out and so that vendors only need to support…
#I'm outta here!
Message #181340
This isn't much of a soapbox issue, but it's definitely NOT Hot news! 🙂 The only reason that I've been on CompuServe instead of AOL or the Web was because of CS's excellent Amiga support. I really like this forum and the Amiga community has been extremely prolific in delivering…
A500 HD Controller
Message #180024
I have a GVP Impact II HD+ for sale with two megs of RAM installed for use in an Amiga 500. Asking price is 200 plus shipping OBO. -R
Fax Modem/Software
Message #180021
I have a Supra 14.4 modem with GPFax for sale. I'm asking 180 plus shipping OBO for both of them together. Software Hut is selling the Supra modem by itself for 209, so I think this is a pretty good deal for both of them together. -R
It happens intermittently, but when it does happen, it always happens in the same screen locations. I tried another mouse, but the same problem occurs. Could the 8520s somehow be responsible? -R
#Diagnosis Anyone?
Message #179926
My friend has a 3000. There seem to be several "hot spots" on the screen where the mouse pointer will suddenly jump back and forth horizontally. I've tried different mice, but there was no change. My questions are: 1) Could this be caused by the dreaded finicky 8520 chips and…
Wow! That's amazing! Avoiding the floating point seems to be the mantra of all the devs I know. -R
#Pentium math
Message #176800
They may not be shipping in volume, but they are shipping. I was just bouncing over in the NewTek group, and there was discussion of how the Pentium bug would affect Lightwave. Frankly, there aren't many programs other than Lightwave that I'm worried about, since developers try to avoid floating…
Pentium math
Message #176788
Yeah, I just read InfoWeek today with the horrible headline. -R
"Is it possible to do anything easily with Windows code. I haven't done any Windows programming myself but I've got Borland C++ on the PC at work, and the Windows "Hello World" source is over 1000 lines long!" I haven't used Borland C++ in a while, but I'm willing to…
Larry, I think OS/2, for all of its plusses and minuses, is a thousand times more visible than the Amiga was in the last three years. -R
I'm actually with you all the way here, in regards to the feasibility of a platform being related directly to its market support. But I have to take exception at your sniffing at the Amiga's ability to knock around 18 bit images. While you're absolutely correct in that it doesn't…
LightRave was dead the moment NewTek unbundled. If NewTek hadn't, they'd probably still be around and kicking (or at least answering their phones!). So, IMHO, they did the market some good by getting NewTek to finally unbundle. -R
Sorry for the confusion, but I got the monitor wrong. The actual monitor is a 1950, not a 1942. 1942 has speakers, 1950 will sync to some of the more esoteric frequencies. -R
I'm sorry that you had a bad experience with MS. Not taking it to court, though, was probably the right decision. Court battles are a nightmare whose outcome often has little relationship to who was right and who was wrong. -R
600 and I think we've got a deal. She really doesn't have much use for that monitor outside of the 3000. -R
#Pushing MicroSoft
Message #165384
It's amazing me to me that you can think this of any large company. Sure, our people are trained to go after the competition, but our sales force is no more or less unethical than the next company's sales force. They all use marketing hype and hard sales tactics, that's…
Pushing MicroSoft
Message #165381
Hmm. To me, just about any company that willfully distributes their product without any real testing and no intention of supporting it qualifies automatically as having a lower ethic, and I have bought numerous Amiga programs from various companies that are no longer here that definitely fit that bill. -R
#Amiga 3000 for sale
Message #165358
Amiga 3000 for sale, 2 megs of chip and 4 megs of Fast ram. 50 meg SCSI HD, built in flicker fixer, 1942 monitor, and a 25/68030. Asking 800 plus shipping or best offer. Shipping is from North Carolina. Please reply via mail. -Rusty Williams
Well, a few more weeks is Christmas, but at this point it may take a miracle to get the machines out in significant numbers by Christmas. -R
Well, I apologize for making it sound like I was taking it personally! 🙂 I only meant to point out that while yes, some people are dishonest and unethical, that happens at every company, at every level of revenue. While it may seem ridiculous at first that a crime worth,…
There's only one part I disagree with. Yes, my well-being is on the line. No, that doesn't mean that I'll do anything to preserve it. MS people (like any employees at a good company), while motivated by money, are also extremely employable by other companies. If MS asked me to…
To bring this all back down to the issue that first started it, my friend bought 4 megs of 1×4 ZIPs for 200 bucks from Memory World, and I installed them lickity split in about an hour, and everything worked fine. As a word of caution, when installing any memory…
I have a friend at MS who's using Real 3D. He hates the dongle as well (it apparently causes Frontier to lock up when installed. 10 hours diagnosis time!) but he hasn't run into any serious bugs. Of course, he did have to buy the video tapes to learn how…
Sure, but what did you think of the package? 🙂
Well, it used to be 32 megs for a really happy system, but Daytona is reducing that to 16. -R Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, and my opinions stated here are solely my own and do not reflect upon Microsoft policies or actions.
Jawohl, Chicago is true 32 bit. There are three major distinctions (to my mind) between Chicago and NT. 1) NT has a lot more support for being a network OS in addition to a desktop OS. 2) NT has a much better protected mode for stopping bad apps from crashing…
Damn, and I could get a cheap A3000 and play with Lightwave while waiting for the Windows version to come out. How much memory does Lightwave need standalone?
By the way, I heard a rumour that New Tek was going to be charging 2000 for Lightwave on Windows. Can this be true? Is there some conspiracy to push me into abandoning LightWave for 3D Studio?
Chicago does not have the 8 character file system, and is a full 32 bit operating system. Lightwave on Chicago (i.e., Windows 4.0) is my target environment.
I'm not getting out of video completely, but I'm a lot more interested in cash than I am in an SVHS editor. -R
#Lower priced 4000
Message #160680
Somebody convinced me to sell the sound board off as a separate piece, so now I'm left with a cheaper package. A4000 with the good buster 18 megs of RAM Video Toaster 4000 3.1 500 megs of SCSI space and 120 IDE 4091 for up to 10 megs a second…
Image FX is also a paint program. I don't know how it compares to Brilliance, but it's a decent paint program in its own right. -R
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