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#UNIX install blues
Message #45487
I've got AmigaUNIX v2.1 and am having trouble installing it in my 2000. If anyone has some suggestions, i would really appreciate it… My system is A2000 v4.4motherboard. I have an '030 GVP w/SCSI and a 325MB Quantum drive attached to a 2091 controller (for the UNIX install). the problem…
funny startup prob.
Message #30551
Greg, I'm having some sort of problem with my A2000 running 2.04 and need some assistance in figuring it out. If you'd consider helping me out, I really appreciate it! Here's the problem: about a month ago I started getting a series of recoverable alerts (error $7FFFFFFF i think) whenever…
AMAX Volumes
Message #79037
Mike and/or Chris: I'd like to add another twist to the AMAX partition problem. I have a 2000 w/GVP combo card and its' corresponding gvpscsi.amhd amax driver. On my Amiga side hard drive I have a 20 Meg partition called AMAX1 (that always shows up as AMAX1:LK' or some such…
tom, i was actually making light of the quoting problem, having read about a zillion comments on the subject; just haven't played around with it myself 😉 but thanks for the advice; i'll 'have' to "''"keep quoting"''" until i get it right, eh? *grin* .. Tim Trompeter…
Ben, Thanks; i'm playing around with that and also the strip() command WHawes mentioned, i'll see what happens. I've got a little macro that's not currently working; looks like i'll have to get it to do the following things: 1) rename the buffer from "dir:imagewhatever" to dir:imagewhatever 2) save that…
PPage and AREXX and more
Message #27351
Philip, Is there any way you can send me a list of all the currently supported PPage/PDraw AREXX commands? I understand that there's a bunch (you know, the ppm_blanketyblank commands) but they're not documented anywhere in the manuals. I'd like to be able to use them to take advantage of…
#AREXX woes…
Message #27350
Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble writing an AREXX program to interface Imagemaster with ProPage, and have a fairly basic question. What appears to be happening is that I can get PPage to pass the name of a bitmap file to Imagemaster, which then loads it. The only problem…
Kelly, Thanks for all your work on the printer driver! I'll be looking for the newly-modified version online and can't wait to try it outk! The graphics/print difference shouldn't make any difference to PPage, since it dumps graphic images of its' pages and ignores text as text. lastly, does your…
But Michael, If you followed Don's logic it *doesn't matter* a whit how many telephone books are in those landfills; they aren't a problem in the first place, and in the second place they *do* biodegrade in a "reasonable" time…. I'm not quite sure just how successful the phone company…
Don, Well i'm all for common sense as well. um, i only "stated that you gave no "facts" because you accused me of just the same thing; what seems to be flying around here are OPINIONS and OBSERVATIONS, entities that to my academically trained mind, at least, are far different…
Don, Sorry 'bout that…i had tried to send a message to Chris Tolmie with some Postscript formatting in it, and i guess that the lines starting with "/" screwed things up. AND, since i'm totally ignorant (even after reading the manual) about how to change pending sends, i guess most…
Michael, Believe me, if all mark had originally done was to suggest that "i might not be aware of how difficult it may be to sell software and that the packaging can help enormously in that effort…", then i'd have no problem with that at all. It's quite a different…
MISTER Brian, Are you always such a jerk? I actually appreciate a lot all of the time the sysops devote to maintaining the Amiga (and other) areas here on CIS. And Don in particular. I just happen to disagree with him on what we were discussing. Are you inferring that…
Kelly, I *did* read the readme file that came with the driver… I understand at least figuratively why the 8×10.6" information is passed to PPage, but didn't understand why it was 10.6 and not 10.5 (or 11…) Again, regarding the 8.5×11 inch dimensions of the logical page…what i was saying…
Mark, What is most unfortunate is that you continue to dismiss my disagreements with you as "not paying attention…" I've read and thought about everything you've commented on in this thread; i'm just not convinced that your opinions are the "right" ones. In fact, i disagree with most of them,…
Dan, It never ceases to amaze me, but i haven't made *any* comments regarding not including product description on software packaging. I don't know where you picked that up. A simplie insert on the back of the existing packaging is quite a good idea, maybe BBS will do that with…
Don, I haven't argued anything other than to state my opinion. You were the one who glorified your statements with allusions that they represented factual information and not just your opinion. You're welcome to say anything you want about me; i've made it clear that my statements are simply my…
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Chris, Here's a few changes I've made to the init.ps file. You may want to add them; post seems to work just fine for me right now, but i'm not sure if the additions have anything to do with that. I'll also send you a postscript file which catalogs all…
[ continuation ] something about. ANd if I were ignorant about the situation, i'd probably be one of the first to admit it! I haven't taken any of this personally; I'm just not about to let you get away with portraying my position as extreme or unrealistic. That's all. And…
Don, Being ignorant isn't a personal slam; it merely reflects that a person is unknowledgable regarding a particular subject matter. ANd i do think you've opined more than you have been able to back your opinions up with facts. You keep using the term "reasonable" in your comments, and i'm…
Don, One more thing… I had a similar experience "in-reverse" out here in California when I moved. My car is quite environmentally-friendly, and passed the emissions standards with flying colors…hydrocarbon emissions, for example, were not detectable at all. In general, all of the emissions tested were far superior to any…
[ continuation ] something about. ANd if I were ignorant about the situation, i'd probably be one of the first to admit it! I haven't taken any of this personally; I'm just not about to let you get away with portraying my position as extreme or unrealistic. That's all. And…
Don, Being ignorant isn't a personal slam; it merely reflects that a person is unknowledgable regarding a particular subject matter. ANd i do think you've opined more than you have been able to back your opinions up with facts. You keep using the term "reasonable" in your comments, and i'm…
Mark, Until I caved in and got a laser printer, I found that the Star (NX-1000 at the time) printer, which is a very inexpensive 9 pin printer was more than adequate for my needs. You might want to check it out. If you send me your address i'd be…
Chris, When I was trying to modify the Laserprep initialization file to run through Post as part of init.ps, I found that it also choked on "letter" as well as "B4" and other page sizes. What I did to make the problem go away was to add the following to…
#Environmental packaging
Message #66666
[ continuation ] By my analysis, they're trying to look at all the issues all the time. Of course, some of them aren't. I've known my share of smart a** young 'uns with more opinions than experience and quite lengthy hidden agendas. Isn't that what politics is all about? I…
Environmental packaging
Message #66665
Don, I happen to think I'm *quite* reasonable, and even open-minded. I don't know where you got the idea that I suggested printing user documentation on newsprint. Perhaps you should re-read the thread. That suggestion isn't there, and i personally think it's UN-reasonable, for the same reasons you suggested. My…
Kelly, I've been using your printer driver for my HP III for about a week now, and have printed several dozen "important" documents without any problems. Any chance you'd consider re-working the driver to output exactly 8.5×11.0 without built-in margins? I know there's an unprintable border, but when I use…
Mark, Seems as though we have a disagreement in regards to envirnmental issues; I think my position regarding software packaging is perfectly supportable; I *still* agree with Ben that companies need to consciously *not* waste when selling products. I don't throw away most of my software packages either. I neither…
Mark, Sorry, but you're NOT excused. No need for the stupid sarcasm, buddy. It only serves to make you look silly, and it's rude, unnecessary, and offensive. I'm far from an environmentalist whacko, but after reading your reply, i could care less what you think i am. I could also…
Don, Based on my logic, companies should be ecologically-minded and use the minimum amount of packaging to provide protection for their product, and a concise user-manual. My point stands as is; it's your interpretation that's exaggerated. Sorry if you don't agree. I'd actually prefer electronic user-manuals, except for the times…
Don, The trees farmed for packaging and paper use still end up as garbage, filling the landfills and littering various streets and alleyways, no? Ben is right on about this; it's a crying shame that people *expect* throwaway garbage before they'll purchase just what they need. Waste is waste. ..…
Why don't you send them a list that contains ALL of the SCSI-direct commands; that way if you decide in the future to utilize whichever ones you don't now then their driver would work. Just a suggestion! .. Tim Trompeter…
Steve, I already penned a comment to the FEEDBACK folks; I can HEAR you, and aside from the possibility that you may be in touch with others in the CIS hierarchy was not under any illusion that the sysops had anything to do with pricing policies. .. Tim Trompeter…
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#Sysops
Message #65105
Bob, What I was actually referring to in my post was making "official" conferences part of the basic services…not *all* the conferences. Maybe some sort of deal where they'd include one SYSOP sponsored conf a month, maybe one every 6-8 weeks. I've attended the informal C class conferences here in…
Bob, One of the main reasons I've not participated in most of the conferences here on CIS is because my online budget is already stressed. I would, however, not hesitate to spend more time in the formal conferences if *those* conferences were somehow allowed to be included in the basic…
Framegrabber probs.
Message #40756
Ben, I have a request for future IM/IP support 🙂 I've got a Framegrabber, made by Progressive Peripherals & Software, and have found that although it can save an IFF24 pic that IM and IP don't load it properly. For some reason the files come into IM/IP (I've tried both…
Hal, Just call Readysoft or visit your local dealer and get the printer driver for the MAC called PowerPrint. There are several other HP/MAC printer drivers out there, but I've been able to print successfully using PowerPrint with my HP III . On the other hand, you may just want…
Michael, I've already got my copy–sent directly from Addison Wesley 😉 Their order line is 1-800-447-2226 and they take plastic. If i remember correctly, cost+shipping was about $41 or $42. AND…for a "non-programmer" like me, the book was just what I've been waiting for! It actually *explains* how to use…
Pat, You're welcome:) BTW, if the key commands don't work, let me know; i penned them from memory and the bona-fide key sequences are in some reference book around here. I'll gladly correct any misinformation. The catch to the printing to disk is that the MAC OS will print a…
Jim, From the MAC or from AMAX, you just press "Command"+K or "Command"+F to print to a postscript file on disk (usually in the directory on the MAC where the program you're printing from is located). on the Amiga keyboard "Command" (the cloverleaf key) is Left Amiga (maybe right-amiga as…
Steven, I have a 33mHzGVP "Combo" card with an MMU, and 4Meg "autoconfig" ram, and 4Meg "extended" ram. I'm running 2.04 and use CPU >NIL: instead of Enforcer in my startup sequence. I also have a 1meg Agnus for 1Meg chip ram. How does all of the above affect how…
Steven, Could you briefly explain how to allocate system memory using AMAX II+ ??? My startup screen lets me allocate about 3900K for "Ram", but when I look in the Finder while AMAX is running, the system memory only gets about 700K. Is this right? or is there a more…
Bob, Thanks for the information. I checked my preferences, and had XON/XOFF selected as the handshaking protocol (which makes perfect sense only because I have no bloody idea what that means in the first place). I'll take Betty's suggestion and set up the modem to use MNP 4 with CTS/RTS…
Betty, Thanks, I'll have to reconfigure to use MNP 4, just for default, i guess. .. Tim Trompeter…
Jonathan, I'm not sure why it didn't work. I've got a rev3 33mHz combo card, with 1 internal HD and 3 external devices via the SCSI cable. I have noticed that whenever I boot my 2000 without the external case on that I get the purple "insert WB" screen, even…
MNP and CIS problems
Message #59604
Hi, This is a general question regarding optimizing my current logon and Whap! sessions. What I've found, despite rumors to the contrary, that I am not able to have Whap! communicate with CIS at 2400 baud, and have my modem communicate with my Amiga at 9600 baud. Since I use…
[ continuation ] in the lace option (user selectable button?) rather than to synthesize a 2nd scanline between 1 and 3 in the non-lace pic. (BTW, this is obviously not what probably happens, but hopefully you get the drift.) Finally, as a user of ProPage3.0, have found that they use…
Ben, Would it be possible for you to post the various versions of the rexx programs included in the pie.lzh archive? I've found that i have lots, but have somewhere misplaced the pie.lzh archive and don't know if it'd be worth the d/l Any chance of getting the separate scripts…
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