This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Strange stuff…I have to set iNTERiNSTALL to 19200 otherwise I just get garbage. BUT, I finally managed to get thru to the Internet! The modem initialization is pretty picky on mine. I still need to iron out a few things to make it easier to connect. Robert Fisher
I started thinking about the CD light too…So I tried typing INTERNET when the modem was OFF. Lo and Behold… I got the DIALLING window! (This is the first time I've seen it.) I tried again, this time with the modem ON and alreadt set with the CD light off…it…
The Carrier Detect Forced ON is one of the modem's default settings. As for procedures, what I usually do is turn on the modem, turn on the computer, open a shell, type INTERNET, wait for the PPP Failed error message to pop up, swear, clear the message, swear again, type…
SnoopDOS! I Like It! It told me I was failing to load bsdsocket.library…wonderful. Now where do I find/get this library?! I'm going to Tahoe this Friday night. Maybe I'll have better luck there! Thanks for the SnoopDos suggestion. It looks like a pretty good utility. Robert Fisher
No dice! My Amiga Prefs (for the SERIAL PORT) only lets me go up to 31,250. I tried it…nothing happened. The INIT string doesn't even make it to the modem. (I can tell by looking at the Carrier Detect. The init string should shut it off yet it stays on.…
I'll give 'er a shot…Thanks! Robert
I've tried a variety of init strings, including ATZ. This is the same modem I'm using right now. The wimpy terminal program I'm using has a simple init string…I would think most anything would at least be enough to DIAL out! (I fully expected strangeness AFTER getting connected.) If I…
#internet access
Message #214962
Help!!! I've been beating my head against my Amiga all evening trying to set up all the goodies I need to get into the Internet. I've run the iinst151 program and everything seems happy…until I try doing something! More specifically, when I get into the shell and type 'INTERNET', my…
Starting out with a teenager!? You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din. Robert
Steve, Sheila is 11 weeks old (yesterday) and is sleeping thru the night… GREAT!!! Unfortunately, Mamma just went back to work this week (for the first time in three months!) and we've had to send our daughter to someone ELSE during the day…It's HARD letting someone else raise our child!!!…
CONGRATULATIONS!!! So, Greg, how have you managed to survive the first few weeks? Have you got a good supply of toothpicks to prop your eyes open with? Robert
Steve, I was figuring on about 30 years… Then my sister had to point out that my brother is still a problem for my parents…and he's 50 years old! You just never know! My daughter is 7 weeks old now. She and her momma have gone off to visit relatives.…
That's why people have more than one…they suppress the memories of previous ones!
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#Another new daddy!
Message #35507
Then, you shouldn't be wondering why it's taken me so long to answer! This is the first time I've been able to get on CI$ in weeks! And I fully expect someone to call and knock me off the line any moment. Sheila is 1 month old today. I feel…
Arthur Dent on steroids?
Well, your field testing of the new name caused me to pass right over the magazine on the rack. I went into Fry's Electronics yesterday specifically to look for the latest DVW and couldn't find one. I did notice yet another new Video magazine in the pack but didn't bother…
Well…some day when I have a SCSI board that works with my A4000 (or is it the other way around!?)… SCSI tape drives are just so expensive. Before I was on a budget, I had plans for SCSI peripherals galore. Now that I am about to become a father, I…
I might give them a try. I just hate when I have to explain what an Amiga is…
I suppose the software would probably have to come from the manufacturer of the tape drive unit. An unlikely possibility for the Amiga market. Unless some computer jock out there were to take some time and…? Oh, well…what do I know. The closest I've come to that sort of thing…
Yeah…it probably needs special drivers…everything else on a PC needs a special driver that hogs up a little more precious RAM!
#Tape Backups
Message #103594
So…considering the A4000 has a high density floppy interface and built in support for MessDOS… has anyone out there tried hooking up one of those inexpensive PC tape backup units to our favorite machine? You know, the $150 or so internal drives that use the IBM's floppy connector. With the…
1070? I got a 1080…It only took a month after I had already paid for the whole system. Of course, I still have the monitor. The only problems were some snap-crackle-pops for a year or two and some misalignment of the color beams toward the outside of the monitor. (And…
Don't feel bad…I've been burned on my A1000 (Oct 31, '85) and my A2000. They dumped the price just 2 weeks after I bought the A2000! I passed on the A3000 and I'm about to march down to my local dealer to buy a 4000. I'm sure Commodore will do…
Sort of reminds me of front-wheel drive in a car… The manufacturers have gone to great lengths to convince the consumer that 'pulling' your car instead of 'pushing' it is the next best thing to sliced bread! In reality, of course, it's mostly a marketing ploy. Much like surface mount…
Frank, Radio Shuck has a heat transfer paper. CAT #25-1437. Use a dot-matrix printer with color or B/W ribbon to print your image on the paper. Then iron it onto a T-Shirt. I haven't tried it yet, myself. I have an inkjet printer (a CGP-220) and I don't think it…
Ron, I'm impressed by all those other replies! Yes, LIVE! worked with Elan Performer, Invision, VidiMice, and another interesting interactive video program whose name I don't recall. It's kind of a neat thing to set up at parties, with its ability to false color, mirror, and do other fun stuff…
Albert, Funny you should ask that! I just replaced my 68881 with a 25 MHz 68882. I ran a few tests with Imagine and came up with the following: Running the 68882 at 14 MHz reduced my rendering times by about 25%. Running the 68882 at 25 MHz reduced rendering…
And if I REALLY wanted to take some time… I could let my Amiga grind away on 24 bit trace of a Klein bottle… WITHOUT the accelerator kicked in! (WITH the 25 MHz 68882 it took over 6 hours. I can only assume I would be Amigaless for 2 full…
#A2620
Message #47864
Bill, I finally installed the new 68882 chip and clock on my A2620 board! I ran a few tests and this is what I came up with: For a 1/4 screen HAM RGB8 TRACE rendering in Imagine (V2.0) for a glass sitting on a texture wrapped board: 1) NO ACCELERATOR…
Bill, I'll try to remember to look it up next week. It's an 800 number in Santa Clara, CA. It was kind of a pain setting up an account with them…something about Motorola's paranoia and exporting their proprietary technology to Iraq or some such thing! Whatever…! In any case, I…
Excuse me for butting in here… But I still remember the dark old days when Commodore and A-Squared had a deal. Remember Live!? Remember all the wonderful things you could do with that nifty new A1000 and a Live! digitizer? Gee, you don't? Perhaps that's because Commodore sat on the…
Well, I went for it. Wyle Electronics has 25 MHz 68882 chips for about $95. If I can manage to solder the 25 MHz oscillator onto the board without screwing anything up, then I'll have firsthand knowledge on the performance of an upgraded 2620 board by midweek!
Well, the only program I'm really interested in speeding up is my ray tracing program. Everything else runs fast enough for me with the 020. It's all those floating point calculations that keep my machine crunching through the night! Robert
Excuse me for jumping in like this… but you guys seem to be talking about just the kind of stuff I need to know about! What would you think of upgrading an A2620 board with a 25MHz 68882? Would this be close to an 030/68882 board for a number cruncher…
Thanks for the info. I'll pass it along to my brother and maybe he can get the X-Specs, too. I LIKE the VCR idea… I saw the same type of thing a couple of months ago in one of those electronic gadget/toy/clearance/discount catalogs. I don't recall which one (DAK or…
I saw The Stewardesses a few years back at a theater in Sacramento… The 3-D effects were even worse than the plot and the acting!
Well, it looks like it's time for me to turn in my aluminum cans so I can get AdPro… I'll be looking for your skull image. This sure sounds like a great idea! By the way, whateverhappenedto Haitex, anyway?! My brother tried to order a pair of their glasses a…
John, I wish someone had mentioned this bug a few weeks ago! I went nuts trying to figure out if it was just me or my machine or whatever! By the way, the bug also exists in the Integer version of 1.1 shipped at the same time. Robert Fisher
Uh, yeah! Like THOSE guys said… I've had a few weird things happen with my Haitex software. It has some real problems with actually MAKING 3-D pics. (Maybe I should send in the long-lost registration card and see if they ever upgraded any of the stuff!) In any case, I…
OK, maybe I'll pick up a copy the next time I'm in the bookstore. I can always get into algorithms! Robert
I learned a few things from that article. Extrusion IS tricky to catch onto at first. But, there IS a real difference between 3.0 and 3.0SV! You can take an object and a path, save them to disk and load them into BOTH versions of Turbo Silver, position them in…
Hmmm… Kind of limits what you can do on a wimpy 5 meg machine. Well, I think I'll still run out and get a copy as soon as I can. Keep up the good work! Robert
Rick, I can take a cross section and extrude it along a path and have it come out just fine in 3.0. I can take that same cross-section and path and the extrusion in 3.0SV will more than likely be munged up. I've even had 3.0SV screw up extrusion along…
Well…the manual DOES say to read it and re-read it! Boy, is there a lot to read!
OK, OK! After looking into the file format specs something clicked. The camera tracks objects by their NAME (this is not obvious when all you have to do is CLICK on the object you want to track!). If the name is NOT UNIQUE, then the next time the camera has…
Vista will produce output in TSilver Object format? I guess that means we can render Olympus Mons in Stereo 3D (Haitex) format, throw in some flying saucers and have some real fun! And to think, I picked up the package in the store yesterday, knew nothing about it, and put…
#SV quirks
Message #17568
Have I missed a bug-fix or something? I don't see any other messages about some of the problems I've been having with Turbo Silver SV. (I KNOW other people have experienced similar problems!) Maybe everyone else thinks it's just them… Problem 1: The CAMERA occasionally gets LOST. My A2000 just…
#58426-
OBESE AGNUS ON 2000
Message #58800
You'll find that you can do some things you simply could not do before. (Picking up an entire HiRes screen as a brush in DPaint is one example.) Other things involving graphics will become easier…an image processor like PIXmate will choke on systems with external floppy drives when you try…
I've played with DP II a little…I like it. It's just that it's so much easier to go to the nearest Home Computing Center to buy software than it is to mail in a check and a boxtop to Electronic Arts! Since I don't want to pay full price for…
CGP-220 Printer Driver
Message #35634
Well, despite the heroic attempts of Lattice 3.02 to screw me up, I managed to come up with a working printer driver for the Radio Shack inkjet printer, the CGP-220. Yes…after finally realizing that the simple substitution of '(x+7) >> 3' for the vague, obscure, and hopelessly convoluted arithmetic obscenity…
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