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#issue 3
Message #4440
I finally received issue number three. Can't wait for the rest. Great job, everyone (editors,publisher,authors,et.al.). -Winston
scsi drives
Message #922
Does anyone have any good (or bad) experiences with the Seagate ST-277N or the Miniscribe 8051S hard drives? I'm looking to purchase one or the other so any comments will be appreciated. – WInston
Thanks. I usually scan through the messages every once in a while – I guess this is just a "batch" I can't get my hands on. – WInston
Thanks for the reply. I found a dealer selling the Miniscribe 8051S (40 meg, 28 ms, 3.5 inch SCSI) for $500. I hope the drives are reliable. Still looking for reasonably priced Quantum drives though. – Winston
#hard disks
Message #180
Does anyone know where I can get 3.5 inch hard disks with embedded SCSI controllers? Preferably those made by Quantum, PTI, or Miniscribe? I've paged through COmputer Shopper and haven't found too much. Thanks.
#where are the messages
Message #179
What happened to the messages for the previous four days? – Winston
Thanks Rick. I was planning on ordering the package so I didn't really want to download 133k of stuff. The arexx support is going to be handy.
#monitor help
Message #126519
Does anyone have any information on hooking up an Atari SC1224 monitor to the Amiga (pinouts for Amy I have, but not for the Atari monitor). Any info is appreciated – thanks. – Winston
#monitor help
Message #126519
Does anyone have any information on hooking up an Atari SC1224 monitor to the Amiga (pinouts for Amy I have, but not for the Atari monitor). Any info is appreciated – thanks. – Winston
#TxEd Plus
Message #122541
I just bought a copy of TxEd Plus version 2.0. Is this the latest version? The editor is great (fast) and when I get ARexx, things ought to get interesting. – Winston
Cambridge LISP
Message #117598
Cambridge LISP is okay as a LISP implementation, but the compiler isn't exactly bug-free (nor is the interpreter, but it's useable). The documentation is HORRIBLE, perhaps the worst I've seen for any Amiga product. The support is available through Metacomco in England. The development environment is not well implemented and…
Cambridge LISP
Message #117598
Cambridge LISP is okay as a LISP implementation, but the compiler isn't exactly bug-free (nor is the interpreter, but it's useable). The documentation is HORRIBLE, perhaps the worst I've seen for any Amiga product. The support is available through Metacomco in England. The development environment is not well implemented and…
Thanks for the tip – I haven't used Lattice on the Amiga before. Winston
Thanks for the tip – I haven't done much C programming on the Amiga with Lattice C. I appreciate the help. Winston
#micro-emacs
Message #114853
I was attempting to compile the source code to Micro Emacs version 3.9i for the Amiga. Everything works fine except for one thing – every time I leave the program, I get a "user abort" requester. This only happens when I do a normal exit. When I try a quick…
They made a major upgrade last year (this product comes from the guys from Utah, does it not?). At least that's what the last brochure from them said.
I don't know much about Logitech's compiler – even though it is apparently quite decent, based on hearsay. At least they actively support it. Winston
Sounds interesting. I do hope Benchmark Modula-2 will support the 68020 in the future (even Lattice C doesn't support that).
I was thinking more of differences in execution speed. In any case, I enjoyed reading the review of Benchmark – what are you using it for? Winston
I am familiar with the advantages of limiting code and data size to 32k segments – I don't like it much, though. They could make it a compile time option or provide a secondary compiler to do so. Megamax had the same limits on their C compiler for the Macintosh…
Thanks for the quick response. I am looking forward to the first issue.
#amiga transactor
Message #106507
Is Amiga Transactor out yet? Haven't seen an issue in my mailbox although they mentioned a January publishing date.
Pioneer hard drives
Message #103421
Does anyone have any experience with the Pioneer drives (as advertised in Amazing Computing). Any news, good or bad, is appreciated. Winston
pioneer hard drives
Message #102651
Does anyone have any experience with the Pioneer hard disks advertised in Amazing Computing (for the 1000) – especially the 40 meg and 65 meg models? Has anyone heard anything on them (good or bad). Thanks in advance. Winston
#amy 1000 exp
Message #99006
Well, I finally ended up ordering a Micon Technologies 2 meg board and their one slot chassis from a local dealer. Does anyone out their know of any plans to market Zorro-2 boxes for the Amiga 1000 (aside from Pacific Peripherals). And for how much? I don't think that 2…
#amy 1000 exp
Message #99006
Well, I finally ended up ordering a Micon Technologies 2 meg board and their one slot chassis from a local dealer. Does anyone out their know of any plans to market Zorro-2 boxes for the Amiga 1000 (aside from Pacific Peripherals). And for how much? I don't think that 2…
Hurricane board
Message #97707
Will the Hurricane board work with the new Micron Technologies board and their expansion chassis for the 1000? I'm going to need both memory and the 68020. Winston
Ed, I was suitably interested in the Hurricane board that I eneded up deciding on an Escort 2 memory expansion unit instead of getting an Insider. Having that space inside the 1000 might come in handy. Do you know of anyone who has had a chance to use the board?…
Are you aware of a book called "The XLISP Primer?" This is a tutorial type book on LISP programming, using XLISP as the LISP dialect. If I were to learn LISP, I'd recommend three outstanding books – "LISP, 2nd edition by Winston and Horn", "Common Lispcraft" by Robert Wilensky, and…
Well, as I said in my message, just because a product does not meet my needs it doesn't mean it won't meet another person's needs. At least with the Amiga. there are productivity packages that are equal to those of other microcomputers. From my standpoint, though, I need tools that…
Jim, I was interested in the interactions you had with the people at AI Expert a couple of weeks back – did you ever try the small structure editor that Jeff Jacobs suggested? XLISP is fine, but not complete enough and a little slow. Common LISP is not the greates…
#68020 boards
Message #96477
Yes, the Mac was limited when it came out. But reading the premier issue of MacWorld was like reading the premiere issue of AmigaWorld – all the promises didn't get fulfilled till many months later. The Amiga, however, is over two years old. I have yet to see some really…
AI on Amiga
Message #96476
By "LISP programming on many machines", I meant that most LISP machines (the generic term for the products from Symbolics, TI, Xerox, and LMI) have an excellent development environment available to their users. If I were to want a LISP development system in the Amiga, I'd like to have an…
#68020 boards
Message #96473
Thanks for the info. I called them up and am quite happy with what I heard. A question, though. What makes the Hurricane board "preferable" to other boards, such as the ones from CSA, which also piggyback to the Amy 1000? Winston
#AI on Amiga
Message #96472
Larry, I haven't had the chance to try Icon for the Amiga – I have both the IBM and the Atari versions, though. As with everything else, time is lacking. PC-Scheme for the MS-DOS world is a great example of what a LISP implemetation should be. It is fast, compact,…
Ed, I have a 1000 – do you have more info? Winston
Jim, I remember how long those programs took to arrive for the Mac. But, isn't the Amiga a two year old by now. There's lots of graphics oriented applications out there, but I need a good LISP and Prolog. The way things are going, a lot of the Amiga software…
Larry, I don't have any braind damaged micros (just an ST and an Amiga at home, and a Mac 2 where I work [when not in school]). The fact that a lot of software will be coming out for the 286 and 386 machines and the Mac family still means…
I like the LISP programming environment present on many of the LISP machines. In any case, I like LISP for many reasons, among them are that I know how to program in LISP; I like the "data is program and program is data" ideas that LISP embodies. A lot of…
As I mentioned in my previous message, I want a nice programming environment for writing LISP applications. A Symbolics would be nice, but the price is out of the question. To that effect, I need a 68020 board that supports the 68851 MMU as well as a math coprocessor (when…
Gee, I can understand your reluctance with the 286 based AT's, but the 386 is and improvement over that great piece of engineering (big grin). I do agree that the 68020 is probably a better processor for MY needs, but there are others. I hope the cost of the 68020…
Well, if there weren't so many programs of VALUE available on the MS-DOS world, I would tend to agree with you. Unfortunately, I need and use a lot of tools unavailable on the Amiga (i.e a decent LISP or Prolog implementation that I use for grad school). On the 386…
Well, I was kind of wondering what marketing genius would sell a 68020 board for $2000 when one can get a 386 machine for that price. Depending on one's preferences, it seems to me that Commodore would sell a lot more of their card for the price of about $1300.…
Thanks again, Don. $2000 for a 68020 card with 2 megs of memory? Gee, the Mac II is becomming more reasonable in price, after all (grin). Well, I guess it isn't too bad, since the Levco Prodigy for the Mac costs nearly that much. Come to think of it, all…
#68020 boards
Message #95380
Aside from CSA, what are the current plans of other hardware manufactures on releasing a 68020 (or 68030 board) for the Amiga 2000? And what features. Unless I can get a faster processor with fast memory, I just don't think upgrading to the 2000 will be worth it. On another…
C benchmarks
Message #95379
I don't know if this has been asked before, but… The new ads by Lattice cliam a significant speed improvement of their new C compile v4.0. Has anyone had a chance to verify the timings (especially in comparison with Aztec 3.6, not the 3.4 Lattice used for their benchmarks). I…
Don, Thank you for that info – at least the unit's not that old. A little sigh of relief – now if I only had halh-brite capability. Oh well. Thanks, Winston
Don, The serial number of the Amiga 1000 is XM 1146498 – I hope the unit isn't as old as I think it is. Thanks, Winston
Well, I guess I'll have to chose between the two. I didn't have much luck with the IBM PC version of the IT Modula-2 compiler – never did get a version of it that worked properly (after several updates). Thanks for the info. Winston
Don, The unit was purchased mail order as none of the local dealers had the unit at the time in stock. What range of numbers do I need to look at (when looking at the serial number, that is). Of course, I've had mostly successes with mail orders, but there…
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