This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Bob, I know that the leap-year bug affected the Un*x version of Zoo — I remember all the yammering over it. (Ah, Usenet… *g*) –dds (…on AutoPilot)
a fast Amiga term
Message #80555
Paul, VLT (and VLTjr) will run at up to 57,600 bps. However, you will have trouble getting an unaccellerated A500 to run at over 19,200 bps. No matter which program you use, you should avoid using 16 color (four bitplane) or deeper screens. Three bitplane screens are probably okay; two…
Bob, If I recall correctly, the leap-year bug was in Rahul Dhesi's original code. I *thought* that he had fixed that, maybe not. If Olaf didn't know about it, he could have ported the code over without noticing it. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
John, Reqtools.library comes with the GadToolsBox distribution. I just checked, and the version of reqtools.library that was included is the correct one (38.810). –dds (…on AutoPilot)
Patricia, I'm embarassed to say that I don't remember what files you wanted, nor do I have your previous message in my AP history file. However, to get to the libraries is easy. Assuming that you're running "manually", and have the menus turned on, from the Forum! prompt, type "lib"…
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Req.Library
Message #29637
John, Okay, I've got a version 2.7 of req.library, which is the latest version of Fox/Dawson requester library that I know of. I also have version 38.693 of Nico Francois' reqtools.library, which is also the most current version. What is this GADTOOLS package? Would it be GadToolsBox, by any chance?…
Paul, This may sound silly but… Are all the jumpers in the right place? There are two that tell the board how much memory is on it, and one that puts the board into Test mode. If the board's in Test mode, the system won't be able to use the…
Burt, I tried using HDBackup, and gave it up as a total loss. BRU seems to work fine, but HDB has some real bugs in it. The version of HDB that I have is the one shipped with AmigaOS 2.04. I don't know if a newer version exists or not.…
John, The settings I gave you (N0, S37=9, S110=0) will force a v.32 connection. (N0 says use the value of S37, S37=9 says force DCE speed to 9600, S110=0 says disable v.32bis.) Sometimes that's what you need to use. (I don't know if the new ROMs help; I still have…
Steve, You may be right. However, I've never seen a SysV box that supports BSD Sockets, yet will support DNet. I used to use a machine that supposedly supported BSD Sockets, but DNet wouldn't compile, let alone run. I didn't worry about it much, though, since the office Sun 3/160…
Ted, I think that was first mentioned in that bloody April Fool's posting to Usenet. It seems to have made fools of a lot of people. 'Tis a rumour, lad, ignore it. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
John, Err, say again? GadTools is part of the system software, i.e., gadtools.library. Certainly it wouldn't want a non-Commodore library to make it work. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
John, Try setting N0 S39=9 S110=0 in your Supra. That *should* do the trick. Also, you might try setting %E1 %G0 &Q9. That helped here, with my SupraFAX. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
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#Communications
Message #73545
Patricia, There is a whole host of telecom programs available in Library 5 of this forum. If your Unix machine is running BSD4.x or a close derivative (SunOS, e.g.), then look into DNet, by Matt Dillon. It will allow you to have multiple shell windows and file transfers running simultaneously.…
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#UNSIT version?
Message #72005
Paul, I hope UnStuff works for you. I've tried UnSIT before, and not had any problems with it wrt spurious characters. BTW, I have an archive which makes mention of an UnSIT v1.5. I've no idea where one might find this program, though. I've never seen anything other than v0.9.…
#71715-
Cheaper Net?'
Message #72004
John, I've heard of such clipping services, but I didn't know they were available in this format. Sounds pretty nice. I liked the TV "record-by-keyword" idea, too. Heh, I can just imagine what would happen to my TV watching habits. 🙂 (What, you mean there's something other than the Public…
#71714-
Cheaper Net?'
Message #72003
John, Okay, that's rather how I thought it would be done. Not exactly real time interaction, but certainly useable. Thanks for the explanation. I like the idea, and hope that it gets better marketing than I've seen so far. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
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#NEW UPLOADS
Message #72002
Michael, Looks like the description got munged on its way up. The fifth line should read, "…If you have an LZW format .SIT file, find the UnSIT". Don't know how things got mangled; it looked good before I uploaded it. –dds (…on AutoPilot)
Randy, I strongly recommend that you use the volume name of the disk in your startup-sequence, rather than the device name. (E.g., "run >nil: boot2:virusx", rather than "run >nil: df1:virusx".) This way, if you have the wrong disk in df1:, the system will ask for the correct disk, rather than…
Karl, "Like, what's RFC and DNS? " Oops! 🙂 Here and I was assuming (hah!) that since you were on the Internet, you already knew the jargon! Sorry about that. Anyway, DNS stands for Domain Name Service (or Server). A Domain Name is an email address that obeys the Internet…
Karl, You're not the only one with this problem. It's been happening to me for several weeks now. (I thought I was getting garbage characters in the bodies of my messages, so I didn't worry about it.) Today I downloaded 11 Internet EasyPlex messages, and View rejected 10 of them.…
Don, Another thing that can cause hard drive "oscillations" is recalibration. My Quantum did this when I first got it. Really freaked me out the first couple of times it happened! The really spooky thing was, it would start this all by itself. I would check the drive light, and…
Steve, There is also UnStuff, which works with a different subset of .SIT files. If it's not here on CIS, I'll try to get it uploaded. (However, I think I downloaded it from here in the first place…) –dds Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Glad to hear you solved your problem. (Funny, I though *sure* that other diskfont.library file was on Extras:… %-/ ) –dds Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Leslie, You probably need to get the diskfont.library off of the 2.04 Extras disk. That one is version 37.58, and is roughly 57KB long. The one in the 2.04 Workbench disk Libs: directory is an earlier version (36., I think), and is much smaller; about 8KB. The big version of…
Chris, Thanks for the tip; I may just give your board a call. –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Ben, Thanks for the tip about Electric Thesaurus. An on-line thesaurus could come in handy. The only commercial spelling checker/thesaurus I've ever used was the old Fleet Check program. That one would inevitably crash with corrupted memory after a certain amount of use. –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Don, Re Overlapping I/O: I'd love to see BBX (or any other BBS) support Matt Dillon's DNet software. The ability to up- and down-load a set of files, while simultaneously reading the message base would be great! [SteveX: Hint! Hint!] DNet, or something similar, would be very nice on CIS,…
Les, Get ISpell v3.11ljr; it should be here on CIS, probably in the AmigaUser Forum libraries. This is a port of the Unix [tm] ispell program. Loren J. Rittle, who did the port, added an ARexx port to the program, so you should be able to call it from your…
[ continuation ] here on CIS. –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Hilary, Any (external) modem will work with an Amiga; it doesn't have to be an "Amiga Modem" _per se_. I would recommend getting at least a 2400 bps modem. They aren't terribly expensive these days. If you can afford it, get yourself a v.32bis modem. They have a "base" data…
Steve, Sounds neat! Is this going to be a stand-alone product, or will it still work with BBX? –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Don, BBX will do everything in your first paragraph, and the multiple-user multiple-port stuff. I don't know about the rest of your wishlist, though I suspect it will do a lot of it. BBX can be made to look just like BBS-PC!, which is one of the reasons that it…
BBX is a very nice BBS. There are two boards in the Portland, Oregon area that are beta testing it. They are: NES BBS at (503)-640-9337 and Cryo Cafe at (503)-257-4823. Both boards are up 24hrs a day, with v.32bis modems. You might want to check out the game "Perihelion",…
Jonathan, I have no idea why your SupraDrive should be compatible with the MMR. I will say that I've gotten real leery of add-ons that plug into the CPU socket (which I believe the MMR to be). Probably irrational of me, but there it is. CSA did have a point…
Chris, "I only had to write a small 6K terminal server for it (since STERM requires that window-size junk to connect)." Hmm, now that sounds a bit odd… I connected to DNet with VLT, and didn't have to set the window size. Couldn't if I'd wanted to — VLT doesn't…
John, Oh yes, only too well! 🙂 –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
What's a sales tax? (From the beautiful Willamette Valley in soggy Oregon…) –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Wayne, The way to convert a 2400 bps modem to 9600 bps is to sell the 2400 bps unit and use the money to help pay for a 9600 bps model. The circuitry between the two types of modems are *very* different. I've seen the file describing the hardware hack…
Chris, An outfit called NES, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, sells a Zorro II breadboard. I don't have their address, but they have a BBS, NES-BBX. The phone number is (503) 640-9337. Talk to the Sysop, Bill Seymour, and he can tell you the details of price and so on. –dds…
[ continuation ] about Metro, except that the Sysop has been grousing about it and threatening to write his own BBS.) The BBS-PC! system is NAG BBS, which is the official BBS of the Northwest Amiga Group. Phone (503) 656-7393. The Metro BBS is Key 880, which has recently become…
Chris, Glad you found my reply useful. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience hooking two Amigas together via DNet — I've only got one machine. I'd LOVE to see the DNet link protocol used in a BBS! I've prodded a couple of the BBS operators in the local area, but…
First, my apologies for not replying to your e-plex; ye olde flu bug had me down for a few days. I'll merge the the relevant archives into one, and upload it here as soon as I can. "From what experience I've had w/Dillon-ware so far, I'm sure there are LOTS…
Chris, There is a dnet.device that works with VLT. Use it in place of the serial.device. (Select it via the "Comm/Select Device" menu item.) I've only used it once, to verify that it worked, but it may be what you're looking for. Dnet.device is in the v2.20 distribution of DNet.…
Richard, Here's the latest address that I have for Software Visions: Software Visions, Inc. 12625 La Tortola San Diego, CA 92129 1 (619) 538-6263 So far as I know, they aren't planning anything new for MFF+. BTW, MFF+ still works with 2.04. The only glitch I've found is that the…
Dan, Won't let you draw? I'd say that's strange, all right. I think we need more information here, though. How are you trying to use the program? Is it simply not saving the icon, or are you actually unable to draw in the main icon window? How do you have…
Colin, You need to get MED v3.2. The earlier versions of MED had problems running under AmigaOS 2.04. It should be in the Libraries here somewhere — I'm sure I saw a posting saying that MED 3.2 had been uploaded. –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Bill, Thank you for the explanation. It helps when I understand these things better. –dds (dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM) Whappeta-whappeta-Whap!
Last I heard was that Addison-Wesley had run into a production glitch, and the 3rd Ed. Libraries RKM won't be out till mid-March.
John, I understand about not wanting the "floating titlebars" getting in the way of other windows. It didn't even occur to me when I posted that idea. They *are* irritating, though. I've a program or two that iconify themselves, except that the "icons" are really small windows. As you say,…
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