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This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.

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From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · AutoCAD April 26, 1988 9:23 PM
Joseph- I've used a program called adiPLOT which is advertised in the mags. It improves the FX resolution quite a bit and works from the AutoCAD ADI driver. You basically do a PRPLOT to file and this program does the dump to the printer! Makes some nice plots! >>> John
#22248 #DXF file format Message #22276
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · General April 26, 1988 9:23 PM
Robert- Have you looked in the AutoCAD manuals? The .DXF format is documented there! (Or it was… Is it the new manuals Jamie?) >>> John
#22228 Excitement! Message #22242
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · AutoCAD April 25, 1988 11:47 PM
Jamie- As I mentioned to Brad, I thought the messages might come from the home front but if we can get live reports, all the better! Just thought you might need something to do while the other folks were away! >>> John
#22191 Excitement! Message #22241
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · AutoCAD April 25, 1988 11:47 PM
Alright Brad! Yeah! I guess I invsioned Jamie as holding down the fort and getting reports from the show and then passing them on. But… If you're gonna be there and modem equiped then Yeeee Haaaa! We'll get on the spot info! As far as what to look for, anything…
Excitement! Message #22164
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · AutoCAD April 23, 1988 6:25 PM
Yo Jamie! The excitement is building even for thos of us not going to the AEC show! All these rumors floating around about release 10, Apples, etc! I can hardly wait to find out what happens! Unfortunately, I won't be there! And… I imagine there are a few other dedicated…
#21978 ENCRYPT LISP? Message #22008
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · Talk to the Trade April 19, 1988 5:07 PM
Len- I think I saw the same add and I think that program is basically a rip off (either intentional or not) of Autodesk's own Kelvinator. What these programs do is replace the variable names with nonsense names and remove all the carriage returns, spaces, and tabs. What results is…
#21955 SlideManager 3.3 Message #22007
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · What's New ! April 19, 1988 4:46 PM
Hmmmmmm…… Editing the slides? >>> John
#SlideManager 3.3 Message #21936
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · What's New ! April 17, 1988 10:18 PM
Sir James… Have uploaded a new version of SlideManager – now with Gyroview! Check it out and move it over when you get the chance, will ya! If you're going that way, you might drop a copy on Joyce's desk as well! Thanks dude! Later…. >>> John
SlideManager 3.3 Message #21935
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · What's New ! April 17, 1988 10:18 PM
Hey! Have uploaded tonight the latest version of SlideManager. It should be available in DL 9 as soon as the Sysop can take care of it. This version adds the new Gyroview mode to SlideManger's many options. This allows you to put a slide up on the screen, zoom in…
#21761 Xanadu! Message #21763
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · General April 11, 1988 8:57 PM
Ah Ha! Well, I knew it worked in there somehow – I just didn't know the details. Thanks for the interesting facts! >>> John
#21707 Xanadu! Message #21709
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 9, 1988 4:53 PM
I understand that you guys had some other ideas when getting started and may still have those ideas. I didn't mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. As of late, however, you HAVE concentrated on the CAD markets with Sketch and Shade and this just seems like a…
#21707 Xanadu! Message #21709
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 9, 1988 4:53 PM
I understand that you guys had some other ideas when getting started and may still have those ideas. I didn't mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. As of late, however, you HAVE concentrated on the CAD markets with Sketch and Shade and this just seems like a…
Encode Message #21691
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 11:02 PM
You guys seen this program Encode (advertised on pg. 61 of CADalyst Vol 5 No 2)? Looks like someone is marketing the Kelvinator! It claims to do almost the exact same things! They're only asking $39.95 but it seems like they aren't offering anything more fo it! Check it out…
Encode Message #21691
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · AutoCAD April 8, 1988 11:02 PM
You guys seen this program Encode (advertised on pg. 61 of CADalyst Vol 5 No 2)? Looks like someone is marketing the Kelvinator! It claims to do almost the exact same things! They're only asking $39.95 but it seems like they aren't offering anything more fo it! Check it out…
#21674 Sldmgr Message #21690
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
I knew that got in there for some reason or another. Seems like a good feature to me. Getting more requests for menus… May be a couple of months but you'll see a new version with some new features one of these days! (Not a promise, just a guess -…
#21674 Sldmgr Message #21690
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
I knew that got in there for some reason or another. Seems like a good feature to me. Getting more requests for menus… May be a couple of months but you'll see a new version with some new features one of these days! (Not a promise, just a guess -…
#21642 SlideManager Message #21689
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
As a fellow sysop (The ToolBox 617-364-2474), our trojan horse experiance is quite different. We test everything as well but have never found any damaging programs (quit a few that didn't work though). I detest the hassle of mailing – I'd much rather upload. To me, it's a much more…
#21642 SlideManager Message #21689
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
As a fellow sysop (The ToolBox 617-364-2474), our trojan horse experiance is quite different. We test everything as well but have never found any damaging programs (quit a few that didn't work though). I detest the hassle of mailing – I'd much rather upload. To me, it's a much more…
#21634 Xanadu! Message #21688
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
Craig- (From an outsiders point of view) Hypertext envolves the concept of linking text with other text – for exaple, you might be able to click your mouse on one word in a paragraph and up might spring a deeper explanation of that subject. It's sort of a combination of…
#21634 Xanadu! Message #21688
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 8, 1988 11:01 PM
Craig- (From an outsiders point of view) Hypertext envolves the concept of linking text with other text – for exaple, you might be able to click your mouse on one word in a paragraph and up might spring a deeper explanation of that subject. It's sort of a combination of…
#21609 #SlideManager Message #21627
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 7, 1988 4:59 PM
I dropped it on a couple of boards… I should do more of that. I also thought of throwing in a slide or two but decided the .ARC was a big enough file to download already. I'll reconsider that though so that people can get it up and running right…
#21609 #SlideManager Message #21627
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 7, 1988 4:59 PM
I dropped it on a couple of boards… I should do more of that. I also thought of throwing in a slide or two but decided the .ARC was a big enough file to download already. I'll reconsider that though so that people can get it up and running right…
#21592 #Sldmgr Message #21626
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 4:59 PM
Thanks for the kind words! As for the zoom mode, uh, well, it came in because someone asked for it and it seemed like a neat hack! I guess one use of it might be if you had a slide of a floor plan of a building. You could display…
#21592 #Sldmgr Message #21626
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · General April 7, 1988 4:59 PM
Thanks for the kind words! As for the zoom mode, uh, well, it came in because someone asked for it and it seemed like a neat hack! I guess one use of it might be if you had a slide of a floor plan of a building. You could display…
#21568 #SlideManager Message #21588
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 6, 1988 8:47 PM
Sending a copy to CADalyst as well… Maybe I can get them to do a review! Gonna try to get some more publicity for this thing and see if it can compete with the "big guys"! Thanks for the good word !
#21568 #SlideManager Message #21588
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 6, 1988 8:47 PM
Sending a copy to CADalyst as well… Maybe I can get them to do a review! Gonna try to get some more publicity for this thing and see if it can compete with the "big guys"! Thanks for the good word !
#SlideManager Message #21553
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 5, 1988 5:21 PM
Looks like SlideManager has some competition! Anybody seen the add in the latest CADalyst for SLD/Librarian from Nuendorf Systems (Page 67 I think)? Appears to have much the same functions as SlideManger (No support for Herc or 8514 though, and no .DXF facility or slide version conversion, at least not…
#SlideManager Message #21553
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · What's New ! April 5, 1988 5:21 PM
Looks like SlideManager has some competition! Anybody seen the add in the latest CADalyst for SLD/Librarian from Nuendorf Systems (Page 67 I think)? Appears to have much the same functions as SlideManger (No support for Herc or 8514 though, and no .DXF facility or slide version conversion, at least not…
#21398 #FILE TRANSFER Message #21413
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · AutoLISP March 31, 1988 4:46 PM
Jamie… Actually RXMODEM is Croostalkeese for Recieve-Xmodem and initiates good old checksum Xmodem in Crosstalk. As far as I know, Crosstalk does not support the "relaxed" form of this protocol. The Croostalk proprietary protocal as really only used to transfer files between to systems both running Crosstalk (or one of…
#21398 #FILE TRANSFER Message #21413
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Forum unknown · AutoLISP March 31, 1988 4:46 PM
Jamie… Actually RXMODEM is Croostalkeese for Recieve-Xmodem and initiates good old checksum Xmodem in Crosstalk. As far as I know, Crosstalk does not support the "relaxed" form of this protocol. The Croostalk proprietary protocal as really only used to transfer files between to systems both running Crosstalk (or one of…
#21366 WBLOCKS,LAYERS Message #21368
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · General March 30, 1988 6:24 PM
Chester… Sorry to jump in but… That's a feature! If you create a block with entities on any layer other than layer 0, then when you insert that block, the entities come in on the layer they were created on. If you want the entities to reside on the same…
#21310 Herc Troubles Message #21328
From: John Intorcio ADS TM Autodesk · AutoCAD March 29, 1988 9:57 PM
Use the RM Function to read this message.