This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Choosing a PS Laser
Message #216984
I've a Panasonic KX-P5400 Postscript LED printer, 300 dpi which can now be had new for as little as $350. A great little printer for the Amiga that also handles HP-format bitmap output. The Postscript Level 2 function alone is worth the price. Plus it has an expansion port for…
"We have enabled others access to our HMI protocol" is clever doublespeak from the Compuserve rep. Note he didn't say "all others."
AFS Professional
Message #216979
I'll accept that, though iIt's hard to understand why DiskExpander wouldn't work with AFS while XPK does, given that XPK is an optional compression method under DE, and DE itself seems only to be a Workbench interface. The only other thing DE wouldn't work with was Autopilot for Compuserve, which…
I need to know if AFS (either version) will work with XPK-type compressors. I use DiskExpander, a commercial product that squeezes executables down using a variety of alternative methods, including BLZ, XPK, Powerpacker format, etc., with any one method per partition. I also use Hypercache 2.0 with this setup and…
SuperGen Anyone?
Message #215924
Did you try Safe Harbor Computers in Wisconsin? 414-548-8125.
Can't help you with an A4000 as I don't have one, but its having an embedded IDE controller could indeed be a problem. You could try tech support for the Oktagon board. I believe it is handled in the US by Micro R&D in Loop City, NE, but check me…
FS!
Message #214868
See my message to Phillip (one back) on Tomcat. It's an Amiga game, shareware/licenseware.
#Oktagon 2008 woes
Message #214866
I think the info about using the Oktagon with another controller was in a read-me file on the disk containing the Oktagon setup software Try swapping the physical locations of the two hard disk controllers (ie., switch the slots they occupy). Also make absolutely sure that your hard drives don't…
How did I get XAnim working on my ECS-based A2000? I just downloaded it, unarchived it and read the directions. You may have to play with the switches (it's command line driven, of course).
I've had XAnim running on a plain old ECS-based Amiga 2000.
#BUY DOPUS 5!!!
Message #208267
Greg, I can rather easily make DOpus 5.0 or 5.11 crash on my Workbench 3.1-based A2000. All I have to do is try firing up some concurrent task, such as opening a prefs requester within DOpus while one of its file lister windows is busy. Crash. Furthermore, scripts don't always…
#Cis and HMI
Message #208266
Here's what we need to do: All Amigans on CIS must sign a petition to the CIS powers vowing to quit the service if HMI is *not* ported over. Then they can do the math and figure out which is greater: The cost of having someone port HMI code over…
Cis and HMI
Message #208265
Mr. Massey ought to reflect not on how "hard" it would be to support Amiga users but rather how busy they are on CIS relative to the total membership. I suspect most of us more than pull our weight around here. He should also be made aware that AP already…
Paul, I have a 25 MHz '030 accelerator on my A2000 with ECS and it played the animations with sound reasonably well…a bit haltingly, but that's even true on many Macs and PCs. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.80 [the only way to fly cyberspace]
Call Supra and ask about the serial cable they specifically supply. I seem to recall that it activated more pins than the typical plain-vanilla IBM serial cable. I'd imagine other suppliers could make up a cable identical to the Supra's. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.80 [the only…
I don't *have* a Picasso but my guess is games are the one area that generally won't work with such a board as they often address the Amiga hardware directly. However, Picasso will run numerous AGA-compliant programs like ProPage, Pagestream, etc. in 256 color screen modes even on ECS machines.…
XANIM doesn't open a window on the Workbench; it opens a separate screen. I suppose you could use another utility to try and force a window. I had to play with the switches to get playback on my ECS machine; haven't tried to run it on the A1200. — from…
Key 3.1 advantages over 1.x and in some cases 2.x: CD-ROM support including CDXL CrossDOS built in Quicker on ECS graphics refreshes More bulletproof than earlier OS revisions Multiview/AmigaGuide support Datatypes support (GIF, JPEG, PCX, WAV, etc.) AppIcon support Pen sharing Improved handling in ASL, shell, etc. And you're wrong…
DCTV is still useful, even after AGA. It's a terrific animation system (DCTV anims are fast, high quality, and take up modest space), and it certainly lets the OCS/ECS Amiga play with high-quality imagery. Plus, a lot of software like Vista Pro, Imagemaster, etc. directly support DCTV. And, after all,…
CrossMac or MaxDOS (both commercial programs under $100) for the Amiga will read/write between Mac and Amiga formats and have options to handle data/resource forks and such like. A free demo of CrossMac (should be on line here) works but is crippled in one direction (only reads from Mac, I…
Just got Opus 5.0 (not an upgrade, first-time user, though I've worked with Opus 4.0 a bit on other machines). I'm running it under WB 3.1 on an ECS, '030 Amiga and am impressed with the concept and much of what it does. However: 1. You're right. There's some kind…
Finally got tired of waiting and called AsimWare today. A sales person told me they're shipping AsimCDFS 3.0 the end of next week. Let's wait and see. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.78 [the only way to fly cyberspace]
DCTV format is just a specially encoded 16-color IFF, and apparently Magic Lantern takes care to preserve the DCTV de-code "cookie" when it transforms to its own format. My hunch is the author figured out after the fact that it would work, which is why the manual is so short…
Here's an idea: As finding memory chips for the 500XP is very hard (since they're old enough a format now to be made in smaller, thus more expensive quantities) you might be able to sell them used to a dealer or through BBS want ads, which would also be a…
Don't feel too badly. I just tried to run Compuserve Info Manager for Windows on my 486 laptop with a PCMCIA modem. The install routine found the modem and identififed it correctly, but the software refuses to dial out. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.78 [the only way…
I believe the A2091 *is* terminated by factory default; you have to get under the on-board hard drive to see the terminator resistors, as I recall. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.78 [the only way to fly the cyberscape]
PMJI, but what in your opinion are the advantages of moving up to 3.1 on the A1200? I've got 3.1 on an A2000 and 3.0 on my A1200. I generally know the feature differences, but don't see anything that's more than marginally different in their featureset. Bug fixes? How about…
Yes, there are a couple of flicker fixers that work with the A500 and, I think, A1000, but they're getting hard to find. The one I'm familiar with is the Flicker Free Video board, made by ICD Inc. in Rockford, Illinois. There's also a Flicker Free Video 2.0 board that's…
Maybe AmiPro or its successor (name escapes me). If you can find Wordstar for Windows 2.0, it's a very nice package with lots of bells and whistles and many DTP type features. I've seen it lately for under 40 bucks. — from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Amiga AUTOPILOT v1.78 [the only…
Hey, thanks for letting me know! I'll file that tidbit for the day I get a SCSI-2 CD-ROM setup, if ever. Then again, maybe Video Creator will work on a lesser rig with AsimCDFS 3.0, if that ever gets delivered. — via Amiga AUTOPILOT vers. 1.78 [the only way to…
Sorry; don't know about the A2410 and a 1084S. — via Amiga AUTOPILOT vers. 1.78 [the only way to fly]
Magic Lantern 2.0 does support DCTV, as did Vers. 1.0.
#Scala Saves Time
Message #196793
> MS never made a buck innovating. Hey! A new insight: MS is the Japan of American companies. Steal everything and market the hell out of it and killing competition via cut-throat competitive tactics.
#Chinese nation
Message #196792
Well, maybe in the strictest sense the Amiga has only one CPU, but I wouldn't overlook the fact that the CPU passes off a bunch of tasks to the "custom coprocessors," freeing it to work more efficiently, which is why the same CPU in a Mac is slower — it…
#3.1 on A1200
Message #196791
So Gene, I imagine the 3.1 ROM upgrade for the A1200 requires a solder job, yes?
#A2410/ULowell/TIGA board
Message #196790
A2410 has limited capabilities. It can do Amiga UNIX in high color and some regular software like Art Department Pro will recognize the Lowell board. Pretty much the stuff listed in the ad is the entire list of compatible programs. I think it runs on a normal Amiga-capable analog monitor.
#Wher's DCTV on CIS
Message #196789
I think you can still get the upgrade to the latest DCTV software (1.1) from Digital Creations, which is now part of Play Inc. Bear in mind that DCTV's native graphics mode is really a specially encoded 16-bit IFF file. There aren't too many DCTV-specific utilities around, since most Amiga…
Who's the NBC ON SITE retailer here in Milwaukeee?
I was at the NCTA show in Dallas. The Scala booth (really an open area with seating for a couple dozen people and a video wall) was attractive and always seemed to have people around. The demos were great. I missed you, but spoke with a number of your colleagues,…
#CD-ROM software
Message #196754
There was, I think, a version of Scala Multimedia (a presentation program) for CDTV, which might run on plain-vanilla CD-ROM drives if you can find it. Almathera sells Video Creator, which is hard to describe but lets you do music-video type funky stuff to incoming/outgoing video. But it's a CD32…
Amazing Windows 4.0
Message #46783
Bobby: ROTFL. The Microsoft Hit Squad[TM] will be contacting you shortly. Resistance is futile. Facts are irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
What you said. Actually, for a "low end" animation system, Zoetrope was amazingly powerful. It's only real limitation was that it wouldn't support overscan (I suppose this limitation could be gotten around today using a third-party image enhancer like Imagemaster r/T to resize and repixelize the frames). I got Zoetrope…
Re the Chinese adopting world standards: Their diplomats and scientists generally understand English or German or whatever. But they still speak Chinese! 🙂
Well said. The poor slob who buys Microsoft Bob and then uses it to launch his favorite word processor will have the word processor running under Bob which is running under Windows which is running under MS-DOS. Enough of the piggybacking, already.
Good point; for all the hand wringing about the Amiga, where the heck is the Atari ST, Falcon, et. al. these days even given a company in place?
#Third World market
Message #195046
The A600 would be an ideal machine for the Third World market.
Janus strangeness?
Message #195039
I've traced a long-standing problem to the Janus software. Here's what happens: For a couple of years now running KS/WB 2.1, whenever I occasionally would run Fixfonts, the system would hang, without a guru message. After installing KS/WB 3.1 I now get a # 800003 guru error and am informed…
A commercial product that has numerous AdPro batch processing scripts (plus scripts for a dozen or more other popular Amiga programs) is Batch Factory. It's only about $35 or so.
Safe Harbor mail order in Waukesha, Wisconsin USA sells the Sync Strainer. It's $35-40. I'm sure other shops would handle this item, too. Safe Harbor's phone number is 414-548-8125.
You could do a Typewriter-like job via the CLI, I'd think. Just direct the sentence to the printer.
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