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Mouse Parts?
Message #108830
A source for spare parts for ailing mice: Steve, As luck (and lots of hard drive space) would have it, I have a file that tells all about the mouse switches. I got it from Usenet.. here it is: >> can anyone tell me where to purchase Amiga mouse button…
Mouse Parts?
Message #90739
A source for spare parts for ailing mice: Steve, As luck (and lots of hard drive space) would have it, I have a file that tells all about the mouse switches. I got it from Usenet.. here it is: >> can anyone tell me where to purchase Amiga mouse button…
Mouse Parts?
Message #67706
Dom, I'll take a look at it. I did find this in the library on replacement parts. A source for spare parts for ailing mice: Steve, As luck (and lots of hard drive space) would have it, I have a file that tells all about the mouse switches. I got…
#POOL OF RADIANCE!
Message #495
All, In case it remains a point of confusion….. POOL OF RADIANCE is OUT on Amiga (finally!!). Word is that, now they've overcome the contractual hold-up with POOL (which was done out-of-house with UbiSoft), they'll be releasing the rest of the FORGOTTEN REALMS series quickly, like ona a month (make…
Don, Thanks! I'm always willing to live with the current situation as long as no hardware damage is occurring — hmm, but maybe I'll order a third-party "brick" just in case (my summer power supply?). 🙂 — steve
#A500 PS Problems?
Message #110699
Hi all, I have a small problem — I was getting lots of snow on my screen today (am using an Amiga A500 with no peripherals connected, 1MB of RAM). I disconnected the power supply (after turning everything off, of course), and then plugged it into the wall and tested…
#HAM backgrounds?
Message #110355
Kev, I agree that Amiga gfx needs updating (nobody would argue with that) — what I'm wondering is whether the HAM mode for backgrounds is still competitive with what's being touted as "256-color VGA graphics" (the latest games advertising hype) on the IBM. In other words, am I correct in…
Kevin, Maybe true, but it didn't answer my main question. 🙂 –steve
I'd like a little info in this area, myself — at the most recent CES, most of the IBM game designs were using scrolling 256-color VGA, and people were looking down their noses at the Amiga because it can only do 32 colors at a time on an animated screen…
Mike, I really like the Amiga mouse, just wish my microswitch hadn't gotten a little flat as soon as it had. Otherwise the mouse is just right. –steve w.
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CBM Mouse Veteran
Message #102379
Wayne, I'm not really complaining, and the mouse ain't dead *yet* — but the LH mouse button's not quite as springy as it was when I started out, and I miss the bounce. If I can replace the standard switches with an "upgrade" to high-reliability gold-contact switches for a few…
Okay, I've got "Shelly Ragon" (no relation to Ronnie) in Glendale Heights, IL (outside Chicago) at 1-708-529-9977 or Nep Electronics in Woodale, IL at 1-708-595-8500. Ask for "Fred" if you call the latter place, he'll really be mystified why suddenly everyone's interested in this microswitch. < — steve w.
Ben, I can say with full confidence that it's possible to order them parts — I placed an order yesterday, after going through the usual fifteen phone calls to get from manufacturer to distributor front desk to salesman to … well, you know. Anyways, it is indeed possible to get…
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EA's View of Amiga
Message #21606
I fully agree; two companies, in particular, are a disgrace when it comes to dealing with the Amiga — Microprose and Origin. The former may improve, since it now owns Rainbird, or it may just sink the latter company (I sure hope not!). I think the embarrassing fact for many…
What's one of the biggest mysteries is that two of the all-time best games ever designed, DUNGEON MASTER and POPULOUS, aren't even *available* on the IBM, and chances are good they may never be — evidence that the sophistication of the Amiga is virtually impossible to emulate on an IBM…
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Amiga can't do biz
Message #20866
Matt, here are a couple of other info tidbits that might contribute to the discussion: There's a company called Control Systems, 2675 Patton Rd., St. Paul, MN, which produces something called ARTIST REALVISION 24. This is a real-time controller that can combine high-res graphics with a rendering of 16 million…
David, what if you're downloading Amiga software onto an IBM 3.5" disk in 720k format? Will the Amiga's PCCOPY program work to read that disk without anything extra in terms of PD or commercial software, or extra hardware? sw
Matt, I'm in partial agreement with you in your comment on Commodore's foot-dragging when it comes to Amiga development, but perhaps you haven't been keeping up with the information on what's going to happen when OS version 1.4 comes out (whole new chipset for coprocessor chips as well as major…
Well, I won't get into a Mac/Amiga dispute since I'm no expert on either; and it's true that MultiFinder improves the Mac's capabilities alot, though I think it significant that a friend of mine who's just purchased a Mac w/M-Finder hasn't made any use of it; the Amiga's multitasking is…
Matt, you're outta my territory on this one. I've read plenty which seems to indicate that you can do more in video terms on an Amiga with 1/4 the hardware and cost it takes to do it on a Mac, but I don't have any experience with this so I…
CMI VI
Message #58820
Has anyone here had any experiences with Creative Microsystems' Video Interface devices for the 2000 and/or 500, and would you like to comment on 'em? Have had a deuce of a time getting one that will stay properly tuned to the right frequencies. sw
And it was that stupid zillion dollar commercial during prime-time football that opened people's primitive brain responses to the idea of the Apple Macintosh, even if the commercial itself sold no computers. sw
Ethan (and everybody), what sells computers is not hardware but software, or better yet, "software solutions." People are going to go out and replace their C-64s with Amigas for games because there's *lots* of fantastic gaming software out there, to address *all* sorts of interests, and people hearing about those…
Gabe, are letter-writing campaigns going to keep the Amiga afloat? Seems to me most major journals like WSJ are prepped to avoid even considering alternate computer systems; particularly one as "subversive" as the Amiga (just think, you can have a CLI *and* a mouse-driven icon interface; how dare they?!). Fact…
Funny, I got a similar result in a game, Fire Brigade, as you got with WP; changing directories frequently without accessing any resulted in a GURU (not running ARP on this disk). The game uses the "Inovatronics File Requester," if that rings any bells (?). sw
Keith, thanks from the bottom of my heart for Access, I plan to send $$ soon; it's a great program! If only it were multitasking while downloading….(I'm sure you wish this were simple to implement, too) — sorry to hear about the HD crash, good luck! sw
Guess I'll eventually get CLImate, since it sounds like the commercial program of choice. Sure, there's lots out there, but none of it seems as fast and as extensive as NSweep (lots of loading, requires disk in drive, etc.) sw
I don't mind paying for good commercial utilities, just have a hard time thinking about shelling out $40 for something I took for granted for years on my CP/M system, particularly when I'm not sure it does as much as the original program did on a 64k machine…. steve
Well, there's *probably* no problem with the Fatter Agnus chips, but I'd be happier right now buying a new machine with a standard chip set than one with the new chips!
Why people would want to rush out and get new technology the day it arrives is beyond me; it usually takes a few months to discover bugs, problems, production run errors, etc., and you're usually better off waiting a few months until things stabilize in quantity production. Better off, that…
I thought so.. otherwise it was the all-time epic sideways face of all time! steve
Dave, thanks, I've looked over alot, and while there are lots of programs that have some individual features of NewSweep, there's *nothing* out there so far that has both the extensive capabilities, ease of use, and compactness of the NewSweep/PCSweep utility. There are some commercial programs that purport to be…
Bill, I'm in full agreement there; right next to 'em live the designers of copy protected boot blocks. Some day I'm going to have to figure out whether all those characters at the end of your messages are a CB call-sign or a sideways design…. can't hold my head sideways…
All commercial ware, no doubt? That's the best thing about NSweep, it's 20k on-disk and it's FREEE! steve
#Things I'd Like to See 2
Message #50745
2) A well-known CP/M file that's been implemented and expanded on IBM systems is something called NSweep, NewSweep, PCSweep, variously. What it does is allow you to run through a directory and mass tag, rename, copy, delete, archive, backup, type (and on the PC version open an ARC file and…
Things I'd Like to See
Message #50744
There are a few utilities I've been used to over the years in the CP/M world which I haven't seen the likes of for the Amiga. Now, this may be because the latter system's too complex to implement these things for, but I'd like to mention 'em to see what…
I've been a die-hard CP/M user for many a year (may continue to be one for many more!), and never ran into viruses. I think I now have virtually every p.d. virus utility currently available, including safeboot, novirus, virusX, and others, since I also never ran into "custom boot blocks"…
Yes, and thus we're not going to spend *anything* on add-on boxes that don't really work! Will save up for a few years, should be able to get a 68030 Amiga for the price of a current 2000 by the time I can afford an upgrade! ;-0 sw
Ethan, there's a utility called Sweep around somewhere that *I believe* is supposed to free up memory not de-allocated upon exit from programs. Haven't tried it, just read the docs somewheres. sw
ye gods! 1.21?! It's up officially to 3.2; DO NOT go for any VirusX3.3 arc or other files you see around, they're bogus and are in fact viruses themselves. VirusX3.2's here in one of the libs somewhere. After hearing about the Falcon disk virus from Spectrum Holobyte, just went through…
Supposedly the 2286 board can share the existing Amiga drives, that's what I've read at least. I imagine one could put a hard card and 2286 in a box for the A500 without too much trouble. sw
New Virus Help (?)
Message #17378
Just thought I'd pass this on, it may be old news here already, I don't know: 1) The SCA virus can be removed from Amiga's RAM by holding down the left Amiga key during the reboot process (i.e. after doing ctrl-Am-Am) 2)Byte Bandit virus can be stopped by holding down…
The safe but yucko thing to do might be to use VirusX3.2 or NoVirus (I actually prefer the latter first) on your system to see if anything ugly's hanging about. My long experience with a variety of systems has led me to the general conclusion that one should always suspect…
I think I'm beginning to get the picture… let me ask a specific question: could I configure an A500 with Expansion Technologies' expansion box, the Bridgeboard (not using the 5.25" drive) and, say, a hard-disk w/built-in SCSI controller etc. and use the Amiga's drive DF0: and external Amiga drive DF1:…
So once a box is hooked up, the device-max count is down from three to two (best-case scenario)? sw
What about all those expansion boxes that provide a number of slots? I assume the companies would be out of business for false advertising if they didn't work(?).
Yes, a little more complex than I thought: not clear whether SCSI is with-disk or separate unit, etc. Oh well, it's all "academic" for me anyways, since it'll be a long while before I can afford the A590 or any hard disk… just curious. Thanks, sw
My primitive guess would be that the software's checking to see if a disk's logged in?? sw
One minute reviso: yes the A500 can only take one add-on, but as a result most add-ons designed for the A500 have a bus pass-through, as well as independent power supply to deal with the low-power problem. Still, that box on the side would make *me* claustrophobic! sw
Hey, in that case one could up it to a fast-access larger SCSI drive? That's better news than I thought. I'm assuming PS stands for Power Supply? Thanks for the reply in any event, steve w. p.s. (non-automatic): could one possibly use a 64kb cache-memory scheme with this drive to…
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