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#216561 IRC Help Message #216930
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · New Amiga Users October 28, 1995 3:41 AM
I am not really familiar with AmiTCP but, if the program is looking for the socket.library in say the `AmiTCP:libs/' directory and you copied it to `libs:' directory that could be the problem. Of course it could be the other way and should be in `libs:' not the `AmiTCP:libs/'. When…
#215914 #US Amiga Distributor Message #216236
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors October 22, 1995 10:13 PM
If they are having production problems or using limited facilities, it is quite possible that they are being produced in low volume and the embedded market is getting it all. I mean if I say made robot or milling machines and all my control code was in 68K family and…
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming October 22, 1995 9:17 PM
Hi Jim, I have heard that NASA during the moon program use 3.14 as PI not 3.1415…, which is what I would expect. Though the instructor told us this while showing us how hard it is to be truely accurate.
#214873 New computer Message #215076
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors October 12, 1995 2:03 AM
It may be too soon. However, the programming teachers I have had all Hate the MS/winDoz scam, but you can't explain the reasons to the bean counters so they keep buying it. They all long for something new. I wonder how far along it is. Matt Straney, 3 hours late,…
#48053 Compiler info? Message #48058
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 5, 1995 2:33 AM
I have version 6.55 c/c++ by SAS, it is still available, but will not be revised unless `they change their minds'. As for the graphical/custome stuff, they have the header files included in the package. You will still want to try and find a set of Rom Kernal Manuals to…
#210223 Picasso/3.1 setup Message #210356
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Amateur Radio September 1, 1995 3:03 AM
I have heard of compatability problems w/ 3.1 Ados and the toaster, but I am not a video-head so I can't add anything more. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#209639 #Picasso II Message #209793
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Amateur Radio August 26, 1995 11:31 PM
Thanks for letting us know, also is it retina Z3 or 2 or both? Please be 2 or both, I don't have the money to upgrade to a 3. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#209185 ESCOM – UUGH!!! Message #209218
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors August 21, 1995 2:04 AM
Well that is nice, but my friend works on computers every day that have become flakey because someone added a card and sometimes just a new TSR for that matter. Then there are the really quirky things like you can't run card x and card y in any series one…
#208851 Rush to Amiga. Message #209091
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors August 20, 1995 4:13 AM
Amen Brother! Can I get a Witness Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#ESCOM – UUGH!!! Message #209090
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors August 20, 1995 4:13 AM
Phillip, I don't know of any plug and play system that actually works at this time on the pc. I heard it and read it, but I know a great many techies that deal w/ pc's and most are still in the complaining mode (about PCI). In 2 years it…
Rush to Amiga. Message #209084
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors August 20, 1995 1:58 AM
I applaud your choice of words. > entertainment personality, Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#47775 #C prog. wannabee Message #47805
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming August 10, 1995 3:59 AM
Well do you have 2.x on your machine, there was a release of the 2.o4 RKMs I think, or is it 2.1, either way I have them I don't know if they are legal. A friend got them for me off of the level 42 bbs some years ago. I…
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming June 15, 1995 3:03 AM
Hi, I think I asked before but here goes again. Do you support templates and exception? is it ansi 3.0 compatable-ish? and what is the price? this is more for a friend of mine, he is very interested but he lost his Inet account at the local cyclotron before he…
#197447 ProDraw to Win Message #197579
If you know someone who has pagestream 3.0 they could load the art and then export it as say illustrator 3.0 or something else. It would be real easy to do, a virtual snap. No pun intended. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on…
#194964 #CEI's plans Message #195319
DJ, To the best of my knowledge they(dell) doesn't manufacture anything right now, they market units only. Those units are farmed out to others for fabbing. I could be wrong, as this is 2nd hand information, which may cause tumors. 😉 This friend also said that dell has a very…
#46520 #Amiga C Manual Message #46533
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming April 15, 1995 6:41 PM
Jim, I have the RKM 2.0 source code, that is all the examples from the books, not the OS. I don't know where I picked it up either, it may be that it is from a developers kit or something and I shouldn't have it?? I know I DL'd it…
#46323 #SAS dumps Amiga Message #46340
No, I wouldn't throw it out, I just wouldn't teach it first. I mean really you'd have to teach it very soon, you can't really do anything that isn't procedural! We all had one of those dp-100 intro classes where you learned about the VERY basics of computing, that should…
#46228 SAS dumps Amiga Message #46279
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · Hot News and Rumors March 24, 1995 11:15 PM
Maybe we should not even teach procedural techniques, and start w/ OO from day one. I know I still fall off the wagon from time to time, and find myself trying to write the program inside the class definition. I Still need to really concentrate to think that way.
#wax philosophical Message #189225
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Ramblings March 16, 1995 2:06 AM
I think you're right on target. The way the economy is going, it is only a matter of time before a cataclysmic failure. Business keeps making plans on past sales results, while they are cutting the workforce, and those workers end up with lower paying jobs. Thus not having the…
#179600 #No 68060? Message #179684
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors December 24, 1994 6:30 PM
Well, like I said rumor. I didn't think the numbers were right when it was being explained to me. He was telling me that the `060 was 4x as fast as an `040, which is true at 50mhz vs 25mhz respectivly; but high end mac's use 40mhz `040s so that…
#No 68060? Message #179550
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors December 23, 1994 2:16 PM
Speaking of the '060, have you heard a rumor that they(motorola) won't be releasing it after all because it could outperform a powerMac w/ native apps, when put in an old quadra running 680×0 native software. I heard it and am hoping it is not true. But I am afraid…
#178858 Pentium Probs Message #178865
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · SoapBox December 18, 1994 9:37 PM
or just a tad more important, like stress/structural analysis!!! Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#177622 #HP DeskJet 540C Message #177813
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware December 13, 1994 12:22 AM
Hi Wayne Migraph, out of seattle has several scanners, both hand and flat-bed, b/w-gray and color. I have had ok results w/ their product, a hand scanner and some scanning software, but it was not pro-level stuff. If he is just learning about scanning it should be ok, and even…
#167474 AutoPilot Help Message #167607
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Communications October 12, 1994 11:54 PM
LHA is an archiver(de/compression) program. First you need to unarchive AP.LHA, to do this at a prompt type-> lha x ap.lha ,If for some reason your AP file no longer has a .LHA extension just rename it to AP.LHA by typing-> rename what_I_named_it to AP.LHA ,You know it just dawned…
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Word Processing/DTP October 12, 1994 11:53 PM
I'll second that(FCII), and its only about $65 mailorder, if you can't find a local dealer. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#42581 Ballistics Algorithm Message #42584
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming September 13, 1994 1:11 AM
Go to your public library and look for an older book on ballistics, say 1945-1965 and see what it has to offer. It should contain some really simple algorithms for getting basic understanding, and work up from there. Most recent books on ballistics that I have looked at are quite…
#163221 #Retina Z3 and OS 3.1 Message #163249
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware September 10, 1994 12:47 AM
DJ, When you say screens, do you mean on the WB or Public or custom? My Z-2 says that KS is unsupported, and then continues to run, but I only ever used 16 colors anyway. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#163178 Retina H-E-L-P! Message #163248
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware September 10, 1994 12:47 AM
Yep, they're cool. They offered a good deal on z-III retina, but I'm buying a house and all purchases are off. :< Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#163208 A3000 Upgrades Message #163247
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware September 10, 1994 12:47 AM
And how big were these rocks?, about the size of a brick, oh yeah that wouldn't be sweat would it. I know that feeling, I had a drive freak out from a shareware reorganizer, NEVER AGAIN. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot…
#Retina H-E-L-P! Message #163097
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware September 9, 1994 1:56 AM
call noahji's in colorado, they can sell you the upgrade. They will even answer the phone and talk to you, what's more they have a tech number, that is also answered by a living being, who has a clue. 303/499-1975 Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand…
#I'm A Father!!!! Message #162917
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors September 8, 1994 1:35 AM
Congrats! remember to pass on the useful information, never put your tounge on cold metal look both ways before crossing the street Windoz is evil Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#42311 #C++ or C Message #42314
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming August 20, 1994 4:31 PM
Speed well yes, umm, I have an 040, so it seems ok to me. Can you use a build like controlled compile, with lots of blocks of code?
#160473 #Installing 3.1 ROMs Message #160533
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 20, 1994 4:30 PM
Yes I have. What is this PCB thing you are talking about, my ROMs plug into the mother board, why do you have it. or am I thinking of someone else. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#42302 #C++ or C Message #42306
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming August 20, 1994 4:01 AM
there is a patch online to get you upto 6.51. As for books, there is one called simple C++ by ~someone cogswell~ I think, it covers basic concepts, in an easy way.
#160340 #Installing 3.1 ROMs Message #160469
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 20, 1994 4:01 AM
my machine has PROTO chip and works fine. What kind of drive? Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#160042 #Installing 3.1 ROMs Message #160168
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 18, 1994 2:22 AM
When you say tower what do you mean??? is it a ROM switcher? or just a socket? according to my sheet you have the order correct. This will sound trite, but I have had a similar problem in the past, what the problem was, was that the daughterboard had popped…
#160018 Amiga DOS 3.1 ships! Message #160167
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Hot News and Rumors August 18, 1994 2:22 AM
My 3000 returns Kickstart 40.68, Workbench 40.42 but then it is ECS not AGA. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#159903 Installing 3.1 ROMs Message #160162
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 18, 1994 1:22 AM
Well, I'd say 4000, because it has AGA display, and an `040(maybe). Though maybe you don't have a scsi in the 4k. If they both have 040's, then you have to decide do I want to get a scsi for cd-rom or use 3k w/ cd and no AGA display.…
#159874 Hard drive Problems!! Message #159878
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 16, 1994 2:07 AM
I think you need disksalv 2.0 or better, 2.0 is its version number not the dos it run under. It will work on I think all ados version 1. 2or3 and up. I recently took the time to figure this thing out, and used it to unformat a drive of…
#159831 #Installing 3.1 ROMs Message #159877
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 16, 1994 2:07 AM
I put chip 0 into the socket labled 1 and chip 1 into socket 0, and mine works. As for the buster, I know of a person here in mid-mich area that tried and went back to the old one because of the flakiness/gurus he got. Matt Straney, 3 hours…
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware August 3, 1994 1:14 AM
I thought they were in the mac market now? Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#157421 #Fractal CDROM SHIPS! Message #157627
Hi Dan, Could this be viewed on a CD32, as a stand-alone kind of thing or would I need to have something like the SX-1 or Communicator package to view it??? Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware July 20, 1994 3:07 AM
James, Coupon offer, but it is going out third class so depending on where you live it could take a while. Also your last name is close to mine and probably went out on the same group. Don't panic until friday if you haven't got it yet, 3rd class is…
From: matthew straney Amiga User Forum · Amiga Hardware July 19, 1994 4:23 AM
Mike, How is it different?? I just got Microcosm and chaos engine from CEI and am looking to getting atleast one more controller. If you see a review(indepth) of sx-1, or what ever it's called let me know where to find it. Thanks Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your…
#41854 Help with feof()… Message #41864
From: matthew straney Amiga Tech Forum · C Programming July 16, 1994 2:00 AM
Bart dude(couldn't resist), It would be easier for people here to help you, if you could export part of your code into an ascii file, and then incorporate that into your posting here, using `ascii send' or the like. It is near impossible to guess what your doing wrong. And…
#155720 #Primestar Message #155785
Hank, GO NEWSGRID and use PRIMESTAR as the keyword of your search, at least one of the articles should give you an 800 #, and I am pretty sure there will be more than one article, even though I haven't checked. Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from…
#OS 3.1 Available! Message #155761
Steve Do you have an `040 accelerator card by chance ?? If so what brand? Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot ——–>
#Communicator Message #155407
Could you post about them [communicator] when you have had a chance to use one. Also might you know will it be PAL specific?? Will there be US distribution, that is with English docs. I had quite a time w/ my retina card, using a 40 yr old German English…
#152773 #OS 3.1 Available! Message #152877
I'm sure thats true, but it seems to me that it would be real slow on a 68000, but then everything is. I can understand what he was implying, that more 2000s are accelerated than 500s Matt Straney, 3 hours late, without your luggage from Grand Ledge — on AutoPilot…
#152619 #OS 3.1 Available! Message #152768
Jay, I called and ordered already! Though they told me there would be no A500 kit as they felt there isn't enough CPU to run it efficiently. It may also be that it was developed with the A1200(68020) and the older up-scale(accelerated) market in mind? I thought I'd tell people…

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