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#Info on new Amigas
Message #121132
Hello all! I have had an Amiga 500 for about 6 years. Have not touched it much since I got my 486/33 a year ago. However, I am just starting to get into messing aroung with VistaPro scenery generator (for MS-DOS). I was browsing through AmigaWaord recently and noted that…
Mitsumi CD-ROM problems
Message #49000
Computing debris? 🙂
Jerry, Go to the Qualitas Forum (GO QUALITAS). Download the Mitsumi drivers from there. They are a later release than the ones here. They load high fine for me whereas the originals did not. Good luck! -Patrick
Multisession?
Message #43129
Thanks for the explanation! -Patrick
#CD ROM Recomendation
Message #42206
Roger, I have had similar experiences with the sound problem – but only on Windows start up – it does requires a cold start. It happens rarely. I am told my Gateway is at fault. I applied a software fix recently, but do not if it works yet (!). Besides,…
#CD ROM Recomendation
Message #42205
Mike, I am very happy with the card. Occasionally, horrendous screeches come out upon Windows start. I have had the card replaced so it must be the Gateway or maybe the ATI video. This is nothing more than an annoyance. An Egghead retail store opened up here in Albany, NY…
#CD ROM Recomendation
Message #41410
SBPro has a mike input (mono, I think), a line input(stereo) (can use for CD Audio), speaker output (stereo).
#MSCDEX Error
Message #41409
George, I may be jumping in here late. I experienced that problem once. I have a Mitsumi top-load CD drive mounted in my desktop case which is on its side (!). I use a small piece of scotch tape to stick the cd to the spindle so I can close…
#New to CD-ROMs!
Message #41408
What is multi-session capability? I originally thought it related to Photo-CDs which had multiple recordings on them. -Patrick
Thanks, Mike, I'll check them out. Patrick.
Don, that's not quite what I meant. VTs have a "transparent print" mode where when they receive a certain escape sequence (4? or something ) they send all following output to the attached printer until the ending escape sequence at which point normal interative processing continues. Under XENIX I have…
Is say a local terminal on a VT320 supported as a system printer? Under XENIX you can set them up that way…
Paul, You need to tell LSE (the editor) the correct compiler options. By default, I think it is "-oram", which means put objects in ram: (or maybe its rad:, it's been awhile so anyone else correct me if I'm wrong…hehe). I believe Ctrl-F4 will let you change the options. Press…
Betty, I don't think that is what I am looking for. I am looking for documentation for the "arp.library", not the replacement commands. I want docs for the functions in arp.library. -Patrick
#ARP.LIBRARY docs
Message #8003
Where can I find Docs on ARP.LIBRARY funcions? The ARPDOC… files only seem to contain docs on ARP C: command replacements. -Pat
This feature is definately needed.
The ROM manuals, with the exception of the Autodocs one, have been hard to find. I have the 1.2 hardware manual. Is the 1.3 one less cryptic? Thanks, PM
The BBS number is 708-916-1200…..1218/19 for 9600 HST. It will take a day or so to confirm your status. Pat.
#Joystick in C
Message #109048
How does one go about reading a joystick in C? I read a recent article in Amiga World about it. I want to avoid the Intuition message thing and read the port directly. Is this easily accomplished? Thanks in advance. Pat.
#5.05 upgrades
Message #108958
Mike, Could you reiterate what you told me before regarding 5.05 and 5.05A patches? Lattice sent me the 5.05A patch on disk and I am jsut getting around to installing it. Is this the latest one? Also, the readme file on the disk mentions that it must be applied to…
Where is FIXEA.ARC?
Message #33146
I am looking for a file I got off of here a while ago. I believe it was called FIXEA.ARC. It was supposed to fix the boot block of the old Electronic Arts games. Anyone know where it is? Thanks, PM
Thanks, Mike. Will check in Vol 2.
Raja, Are you using the cl Are you using the "lc1b"? I believe function prototyping requires that you use the large version of the compiler. I am not exactly an expert on this but I remember reading that somewhere….I also have had wierd intermittent problems with floats and printf. I…
Thanks for the info on the ASM docs, and I'll d/l those myself from Lattice BBS. Regarding the C reference, in one of the 1.3 tech manuals, it mentions the function CXBRK() and how,why,where to redefine it to disable Ctrl-C during Level 2 I/O (printfs,etc. Level 2?). At any rate,…
Lattice 5.04 Reference
Message #93354
Here is something I have been wondering about: I have Lattice C 5.0 (upgraded to 5.04). Where can I find documentation on added commands etc. An example is vsprintf(). It is not in the manuals anywhere and I cannot seem to find it in the readme files. Also, I cannot…
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VirtGIF 2.0 is coming!
Message #23837
Sorry! No such thing. look for the program this weekend and let me hear what you think. PM
Yes, you are correct about that. It is a great concept. Just needs a little work. I just just got a IBM PS/2 Model 80 20 MHz 386 at work, and the 256 color GIFs look great on that and this SHAM comes VERY CLOSE.
#What is AREXX?
Message #58799
What exactly is AREXX, and what is the advantage of having an AREXX port? Am looking for answers or even some direction in finding them… pm [B
#Serial reference
Message #56192
What is a good source for reference on using the serial port. I am not enjoying reading source code to try to figure it out.
Chris, Find PKAX unarchiver. This is faster for unarcing. Also, try another ARC from another source. If someone used something such as "PowerPac" to crunch it, it may not work. I have had this happen to me. -PM
#Console Cursor Style
Message #56080
Question: how to set cursor type (NONE/Underline/Block) and color when window is opened and all output is done through "console.device"? Do I use I checked a few programs and they appear to always have the cursor color in the last color for the screen, i.e. 3 bit planes, cursor is…
Do you have any code showing this? Pseudo code would be fine…
Re: CheckMark problem. My whole problem was that I did not specify the Image data as CHIP memory… The data was correct in my Image structure…
Tim, After I get the MENUVERIFY, I use LoadRGB4 or SetRGB4 to change the relevant colors. Now do I execute code relevant to MENUPICK, then ReplyMsg(), vice versa, or just ReplyMsg() and then wait for the MENUPICK? Thanks, PM
Yes, I have defined my own checkmark using an Image structure. I am having a problem. When the Autodocs say data must be WORD-ALIGNED, does that mean that, for example, for a 20 x 10 image, the 1st line of the 1st plane is: 0xFFFF,0xF000 where the last 3 zeros…
Tim, So what you are saying is that I cannot DIRECTLY and INDEPENTLY set the menu title colors/complements, right?
Keith, Those solutions, especially using the 80 spaces (whatever), are good. I have changed my set up now anyway, so Borderless is no longer a problem. I am using a Borderless window with no title bar and just having the screen title suffice as my title. By the way, any…