This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Michael, Yep… and that is a "high" bid. 🙂 And to think it started in the 25 million range almost a year ago. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
What happened to Medhi and Gould protesting this whole process? -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Tim, I don't think you understand what was the Commodore infastructure. All the shots were called by Commodore International–which was a Bahamian company. I grant that Medhi Ali lived in America. Just so that you know was happy with Commodore's handling of the American market, or any other one for…
Michael, It is Scala's belief that the 'dongle' is what has kept the software 'viable'. It is an old argument.. and one I really don't wanna get into. 🙂 -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Do you also have a hard disk in your SX-1? If so.. you are definately pushing the CD32 power supply over the limit. In fact, depending on the floppy drive you could well be over the limit without a hard disk! There is another company now making SX-1. I can't…
Dave, On some A1200s the dongle will not work with the mouse. Obvisouly your system is one of those systems. GVP has an adaptor that will move the G-lock connector that normally goes into the joystick port into the parallel port on the machine. Using this will solve your problem…
InfoChannel IC500 is indeed a US product. You're are thinking about Scala MM400 which was shown in Europe and has not been released here in the US. Contact Richard Houston at Scala (703) 713-0900 for press release information. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Denny, SCALA released InfoChannel IC500 for the Amiga this month. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Or likely believe. 😉
Irrelevent? Interesting, SCALA doesn't think it is 'irrelevent'. Do you have an Amiga 4000 you'd like to sell? Our commercial customers need some Amigas, and they need them now. 🙂
Edward, I am not against competition. I just think that a market needs to be established before any real competition can exist. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Steve, I do not consider my statements to be a personal attack. Someone said that the history of Jim Drew spoke for itself. I recounted that history..are you disputing it? If so.. what did I recount incorrectly? I try very hard to not engage in personal attacks. They are not…
Jim, Tis not a problem… really. 😉 -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Jealousy? I expected anything but that. How could I be jealous of something that has yet to be proven to exist? 🙂 Regardless.. I never stated that any of my postings should be taken as fact. The value of my postings and my opinions are left up for the reader…
Object transitions off the page is an MM300 / IC500 feature. 🙂 -mark= Scala Inc. "Why make it harder?"
#Jack & JRComm
Message #177912
If anyone does get a hold of Jack Radigan.. please pass his email address to me. I am in sad shape as I have the registered version of JrComm 1.01 and it has an evil bug with zmodem. I would like to get JrComm 1.02 the registered version really bad.…
Greetings John, IC500 will ship very soon for the Amiga. It has been released in Europe already–we always run the NTSC version few a couple of test runs before a US release–but it is close. Do you know who Chris Darsch is? You should–he owned the company Atlantic Designs (I…
In InfoChannel 500 there is a file-based file requestor shuffler! 🙂 You can view any IFF, GIF, etc from the file requestor. -mark= Scala Inc. "Why make it harder?"
John, You'd be surprised how close MM300 comes to being a paint program with the current feature set! (grin). I often times touch up IFF pictures by loading them into the Scala editor and draw blocks, lines, etc. over unwanted text in the background. Remember you can also load other…
#Just saying HI!
Message #30
Greetings all! -mark= Scala Inc. "Why make it harder?"
Pat, I agree 100%! The good news is that AAA is a CMOS design (so I understand). It should allow the NMOS stuff to go away. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Greetings Tom, Indeed the phrase "Power without the price" must be a part of the marketing strategy at CEI. Please remember that the prices that is being charged for hardware now is 'extreme' and not due to any wishes from CEI. Right now, Amiga 4000s are gold. I have seen…
On your view of the UK.. we agree. On CEI I say – It wasn't there respnsibility to market the machine in the United States. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
I noticed.. I look forward to it. 🙂 My 3DO sits right next to my Amiga fleet! "3DO is the stealth Amiga.." -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
The A4000T motherboard is designed to fit in a standard tower or desktop case. 🙂 Good news eh? -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Jim, Commodore spent way too much time 'milking' the European cow. The milk spoiled I figure… or how can you explain a company going out of business when 80% of the market is in Europe? 🙂 The market for the Amiga is here and there. The US has driven the…
#CEI/CBM Status
Message #173635
Jim says: "I have numerous dealers that complain about CEI4000M systems and the general business practices that appear to be common with CEI". 1. What are the implied bad business practices of CEI? 2. If you only sold 100 Emplant boards to CEI for integration to create the A4000M what…
I love MST3K! I agree–PowerPC makes the most sense. We have a PowerPC at Scala.. and while the 680×0 emulation is decent–it is not exciting. Me? If the chips were cheap enough–give me an 040 or a high speed 030 and a RISC CPU! 🙂 -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
The home computer market that spawned the many sales of A500 type systems is over. Most people will buy a PC for their main home/office machine. You gotta be compatible with the stuff at work ya know. How else do you get software for your PC? See? Paying to have…
#Open Letter to CEI
Message #173630
Purchase Magic Workbench — and the MUI interface stuff! It is time to have a good looking Workbench standard! ApAssist–only when it becomes Screenmode independant. I find it unusable on my multisync since I do _not_ use mode promotion on my A4000. All Amigas should have 6 MB of RAM…
#Open Letter to CEI
Message #173629
Oh.. you think the A4000 is ugly too eh!? 🙂 Yep.. a new look would be wonderful! The reason that I want the Boing! logo back is that it truly should have been the logo Commodore adopted. The Amiga old timers like myself would get a warm fuzzy knowing that…
#Open Letter to CEI
Message #173628
Dale, I agree with your points–the OS is probably the best place to add the licensing fee. I _definately_ agree that the low-end products should be produced. I just do not want CEI's focus to be 'low-end'. I think you know what I mean. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
They are still in business.. talked to them last week. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
I am not so sure Tim. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
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Message #167898
Erik, I believe you made my point quite well. 🙂 Thanks. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
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Message #167897
sja, I had no problem with your posting. 🙂 I just felt the trend of the messages going a way I don't like to see. Yours was not one of them. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Bob, I asked Dave Haynie this question.. his answer was something like this–"AAA adds significant capability to the graphics hardware that while not necessarily state of the art, it does offer many great things–some of which are not in current PC technology." He also said that AAA would be the…
Martin, I am not a hardware engineer at all.. but I was talking with one of the best.. 🙂 I think that RISC must come.. but it doesn't have to come for a while. The 68060 is still supposed to be released and it is the next logical upgrade for…
I spoke personally with Dave Haynie last Sunday. He finds it annoying that the UK has thrown out AAA without getting all of the facts. It is his opinion that AAA is the easiest and most effective way to get new technology in people's hands. He was quite sure it…
I believe you mean CEI. 🙂 -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Alan, Just so that you know this information does not agree at all with what Dan Stets is reporting in our weekly Commodore discussion here at CIS. Dan Stets has been following the story closely and writes articles for the Philidelphia Inquirer. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
#What's going on?
Message #165427
Harry, I am not sure what you are trying to say but, Scala has made no bones about producing software for other platforms. There is no deep dark secret there. Scala has been working on PC software for over a year now. However, doing that doesn't not preclude us from…
Yes, Go to the system menu and change Menus from NTSC to DBLNTSC. You will need to use the slider in the center of the screen to see this option. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Christie.. Possible answer. A4000s that travel a lot have a problem with the CPU card coming loose. Open up your case… (with the power off of course) and press firmly on the CPU card careful not to damange anything. It probably is loose. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
I noticed.. and think someone should sue. 🙂 -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
How did you download LHA130.RUN from CIS? Did you use Xmodem? If so, you need to use a terminal program that 'chops' the extra bytes off the file that will get appended with xmodem. You need to probably contact at users group or find a Fred Fish disk with a…
John Chang tis not VP of Marketing… He is one of the tech support people. You need to talk to Mike Weaver or Rick Salmon at Scala. The number is (703) 713-0900. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Migrate is the wrong word–support PC is the correct word. At this time Scala has no plans to leave the Amiga community. -mark= -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
CD32 already has the 3.1 ROMs. -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
Martin, There is already work going on trying to get him here. No details as of yet. The Sunday Night conference is not a formal affair–rather open discussion about any topic. It is not moderated at all. I'll see you all Sunday night though! -mark= Otto Pilot Engaged..
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