This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Looking For A Miracle!
Message #217000
Recently as part of the purchase of an A2000 system we received a Miracle Keyboard system. This has turned out to be VERY popular with my students with about a dozen of my students using it to learn to play the keyboard. (I teach a program for gifted students in…
Steve & Paul, I tryed SS with a filedisk and a 1meg rom image on my 4000. It was totally unusable in any color mode. In B&W mode I could get it to work but still slower than Emplant in 256 color mode. I was prepared for slow file access,…
Paul & Steve, I tryed SS WITH a 1meg ROM image on my 4000. Still slow as frozen molasses! WAY TO SLOW for me to even consider switching from Emplant. *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul Gerhardt-
Paul, >Now I'm just gonna have to write a bloody ARexx front end for it. Sounds interesting. What are you planning! *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul Gerhardt-
Dale, >You are Summit Graphics, right? Yep, that's me. All the stuff on the Amiga Gang tape was limited by the fact that I had to fit an entire shot in memory to play the anim through DCTV. Now with VLAB-M those limits are history! Add to that the fact…
Dale, Yep! Got mine today. Still having fun exploring it. 🙂 *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul Gerhardt-
Thank Paul, I'll drop Martin a note. *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul Gerhardt-
Tom, >It appears that this drive will be a great success based on all the hype and specs! I know I'm droolin' just thinking about how it will make life easier. Yeah me too! Who is already taking orders for them? *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul…
Paul, >A version of Diavolo (I'm not sure whether it's already released yet) will work *directly* with Movieshop Do you or anyone else have an email a for the Diavolo people? I am one of those who registered at the full price before it was cut way down and was…
Paul, >So until Macrosystem Germany gets their act together, we're SOL Well at least Macrosystem Germany is actively working on Movieshop. Since they are developing solutions that will allow higher data rates they will have to address this problem. >and all my work of the week is down the tubes.…
Well let me know how you make out with Giga. Also don't be afraid to call NoahJI's tech support number. They are VERY helpful and friendly, and may have their own solution. *Watching the sun set over Candlewood Lake CT* -Paul Gerhardt-
Paul, I only have a 1.7 gig drive so I never ran into that problem. I believe it is related to the OS's rather out of date scsi.device. Then again I use the warpdrive.device and I don't know if it has the same problem. Did you download "GIGA.LHA"? The description…
Peter, >Did your class ever complete that underwater Adventure that you had the clips of on the AG II Tape? "YEARS IN THE MAKING!", "AS MUCH EXCITMENT AS THE SILVER SCREEN CAN DELIVER!", "AS MUCH SPECTACLE AS THE EYE CAN BEHOLD!" . . . No we're not done. In fact…
Asha, >If you're talking about working remotely, one doesn't need to pass the information via modem. If you do your work, stick it on a couple of removable disks (Syquest, whatever) and FedEx it to your client, one can still have it work. Oh of course. And with the new…
Mike, >But I think, as technology changes, these type of problems will go away. Yes, if there is the will and investment of resources to make it happen. In less than a decade we went from having no space program other than some old German V-2s to putting men on…
Mike & Brad, > since today's projects can be completed and modemed. . . That would be great but I don't see it happening, not for quite a while. You'd need a hundred fold increase in the band width to start pushing digital video files around the web. Jeese even…
Peter, >Hows the rendering going Bro? Just fine. Still experimenting with underwater stuff. But now with my Vlab Motion I no longer have any restrictions on scene length or complexity. Way cool! >I've been fairly quiet myself. Weren't you getting married? That would explain it! 😉 …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Bryan, You can add my name to the list of happy Vlab-M owners. Just though I'd add that if your into 3D rendering VLM is great since it easily imports and exports frame sequences. I used to have to keep my anims to under 200-250 frames so that I could…
Ed, Yep, got the manual. What a difference it makes! Now I really understand the RPN mode now. …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Paul, Over on GENIE Jim is encouraging his beta testers to log onto the UU BBS and DL the all new PC emulator – and to play Doom on it! SO even with its premature shaky start I believe we will see a strong PC emulation on Emplant soon. …Warp…
If it is NOT simply an incorrect software setting try calling NoahJi's (303-499-1975), the American distributer. They have been very supportive. BTW I have upgraded to a VLab-Motion system and it is GREAT! All the fun of a Flyer at 1/4 the price, and almost none of the problems the…
Shapeshifter
Message #196760
>Seems to me that liability does not fall on the end user, unless the package concerned was purchased with full knowledge at the time that it was stolen property. Agreed, if the user had no knowledge of the controversy concerning SS when they supported the product. I guess in this…
John, I hope you noticed that I prefaced my comments with IF SS PROVES TO BE STOLEN PROPERTY. I was surprised when one poster stated he would continue using SS even if that were the case. I'll ask again. What makes the SS MAC emulation better than Emplant? What runs…
>Is there patenting of code now (?) Patent, I don't know, but copyright yes. >ARen't some Emplant users bitter that a supposed hack is easier/and better to run than something that is giving them so much grief (?) What grief? I have been using the Emplant MAC emulation for over…
>This looks like it could wipe the floor with Emplant. Well. . . not if Jim's lawyers are sucessful. Jim says that over 30% of Shapeshifter's code is lifted byte for byte from Emplant and other parts of it are identical to code written for Amax. If fact over on…
Paul, The driver for Apple CDroms is already installed on your new HD. With an Apple CD-300 you will be able plug-in-go. …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Michael, Micro R&D: 1-308-745-1243 …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
As it happens the announcement about Directory Opus 5.0 included the name and address of the US distributor: Micro R&D! I'll call them about both an upgrade to Opus and a power supply. Thank's Eric. …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Eric, I called today and 800 directory assistance had no listing for Micro R&D. Do you have an address or even a city so I can try regular directory assistance. BTW I'm back up and running on my 4000 with my "NOS" (new old stock) power supply. Ahhh, it's good…
I'll do that. Thanks Eric! …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
#Help Power Supply Dead!
Message #192041
Well then I'll have to check into their power supplies. Did you happen to run accross that 800 number? …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Julio, I don't think having a hard time moving a PAR system is as much a reflection of the state of the Amiga as it the fact that IMHO the PAR system has been made obsolete on the high end by the Flyer system and on the low end by…
John, >They got a way to go with the s/w before youcould call it 'Friendly'. Agreed. Having mastered both Imagine and Imagemaster certainly provided good training before tackling VLM! 😉 But this go around is much better than the first release and I would imagine that development is continuing since…
John, >So far that can't be said about the VLAB-M. (ease of use) Well I'm not sure. With VLM you use VCR like controls to record clips. Refine your clips with the clips editor. Drag your clips and any transition effects down to the timeline to assemble the project. Pretty…
Hank, >Is the titling capability very limited? Well yes and no. There is an "easy" titling requestor that will read a text file and throw up titles in Times Bold and scroll them. Then there is the "hard" mode where you have to write a script which specifies the font,…
Ed, I just "moved" out of my Barracuda drive freeing it all up for video, I found out I was taking a performance hit by using just a partition instead of allocating the entire drive. Now I routinely record at 75% easily moving up to 85% (with vertical and one…
Rick, I've been rendering with Imagine for the VLM. I just render 640×480 24bit images with a 1:1 aspect ratio. Pegger automatically converts these to JPEGS which I import. Works great! …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
Hank, The VLM system is made up of two boards: the V-Lab motion board which handles the video and the Toccata board which handles the audio. You can buy them separately or in a bundle for about $1800. The VLM system will: Digitize video in real time converting to to…
#EMPLANT's emulation
Message #185133
Alan, >I'm surprised that your CPU rating is so high. Remember that the Warp Engine adds more than just the benifit of a slightly higher clock speed. All my memory is on the WE board and operates at full speed with full burst (whatever that means). The AIBB tests shows…
#EMPLANT's emulation
Message #185132
Paul, With the AGA video drivers 2, 4, and 8 bit modes are all supported and available through the Monitors control panel. …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
#VLAB-M Chit Chat
Message #185131
Ed, >How did the playback go? Wonderfully! Until VLab-M I was limited to about 200-250 frames (using DCTV) for anims I could play from memory. Now there are no limits! And of course there is the added benifit of a rock solid 30fps playback regardless of the scene's complexity. Add…
>How's your Emplant video performance? Do you have a video card like Alan No video card. Just an AGA 256 color screen on my 4000 with Warp Engine. But I don't do anything on Emplant that requires rapid video updating. Quicken, etc. are fine. Even Photoshop is not bad. The…
Alan, >Honestly, if it weren't for the EMPLANT game incompatiblities (kids really have a large impact on your life – geez) Yeah they sure do (son age 6 & daughter age 7). I solved the problem by getting my wife a Performa 637 (The "7" just denotes the software bundle.…
Alan, >According to Broderbund, there is a incompatablity between the FWB's and their software. The living books crash on my Emplant run an Apple CD150 and Apple divers. (But run fine on my wife's 630 upstairs.) >There really isn't any allowance for hacking around There is always RESEDIT. With it…
Jim, >EMPLANT's setup program does not alter ANY memory pointers. I know, I know. I discovered the problem had nothing to do with Emplant right after posting my message, and I posted a correction and apology the same day. It should be their, a few messages down this thread. It…
Ed, Yes I do have SCSI-I devices on the chain, but I think the performance limits are more due to CPU speed. In tests I can get about 4 megs/second writes and 8 megs/second reads (This test was done on my Application partition which is almost full. And performance is…
Ed, >how big are your buffers? 7 megs, 512, 512, 3megs …Warp Engine Engaged… -Paul-
#182894-
VLAB Motion mini review
Message #182910
Thomas, Oh boy here we go again ;). OK: >Has anybody here tried to convert a VLAB movie to a Quik time movie? I've never created a QT movie, but getting the images to the MAC on my 4000 is VERY easy since it is equipt with an Emplant. Just…
Ed, >Have you pushed beyond 80% yet? I have done 80% a few times myself and was so pleased with the results that I haven't tried anything higher yet! I suspect that with my A3000 setup I must be approaching the data rate limits but with your A4000/WARP setup, you…
Chris, >Can the VLAB Motion play two digital video streams at once (for mixing in a Toaster)? No, VLAB-M creates its own digital transitions and effects between two or more video scenes and two or more audio segments internally – rendering the result into a single video/audio stream before playback.…
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