This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Wouldn't it be easier to do a null modem transfer or perhaps use a DOS filesystem on the Amiga and trasfer via floppy? That was a rhetorical question of course. If you are using Xmodem to do execute the file transfer, then you're probably getting Xmodem padding. I can recommend…
Stuffing in a faster crystal will probably not help because there is a good chance that the machine will run erratically if at all. One of the best ways to get better performance out of the A1200 is to ad fast RAM. Fast RAM alone usually buys you 15-30% performance…
#terminal program/ Help !
Message #47375
Set your serial port parameters to 7 bits, Even parity and 1 stop bit. Compuserve still seems to suffer from 7-bit-itis. Lee Bosch
Are you sure that you aren't required to get a site license to run 3DS on a network? Lee Bosch
Re freeze frame luminance problems: My system started doing the opposite to me recently. If I freeze a frame, it shows up in the framestore as a horribly washed out image. A couple of weeks ago, the washed out framestore went away but when I loaded the frame into ToasterPaint,…
About your pointer problem: What version of Workbench are you using? I recall that the problem went away when I upgraded Workbench to a newer version. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
Not entirely surprising, AmigaWorld had it bass-ackwards. ADPro works just fine with the Picasso II. The thing that it can't do is "read & save to the Picasso format [presumably file format]" since there isn't one.
You obviously don't remember the jumper on the 2.0 ROM chips. Lee Bosch (would be using Whap! but it gets silly with my Multiface III)
Remember that Word Perfect and Microsoft are spending much more on trying to compete with each other in marketing terms than they are on the relative merits of their respective software products. Lee Bosch
The 6130's have a slightly different mechanism that the 6200, but in all levels of performance and capacity, they are the same. Lee Bosch
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DAT Tape Special
Message #152210
I *had* a 2BG WangDAT and it died after about two months. For the price that one outfit wanted to refurbish the drive, I bought two (2) Wangteks. I was not impressed. Lee Bosch
You need to tell the goons that run the Executive News Service as Commodore stock has been listed as "not traded" for the last two weeks!!! Lee Bosch
Sounds to me like you have a SCSI termination problem. A friend of mine had a similar problem with his tape backup drive and it turned out that his hard drive was terminated and the tape drive was unterminated and further out on the SCSI bus. Make sure that you've…
The Video Toaster Oven is certainly no A4000T, but it is all you've got if you have an A4000. The A4000T is supposed to have SCSI-II on board which is to die for. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
LHA is a MUCH more stable program for use with transferring images across between the Amiga and other platforms. Another benefit is that all the platforms that you might want to use support LHA, but few fully support the ZIP format. Null modem cables work great between the Amiga and…
I had to get on the Internet and FTP it. Look for a file called DCTVLIB3.LHA. Along with the R2R operator, I no longer have to deal with the DCTV software anymore to make the conversions. Now if I could only shake someone up and get a Video Toaster Operator/Loader/Saver……
Nothing quite at simple as that. I correctly named the macros. I have since located the problem: AREXX REQUIRES THAT ALL PROGRAMS OPEN UP WITH A COMMENT. Do I look stupid or what??? I think some mention of that should be made in the ADPro manual. – via Whap!
ARexx keyboard macros
Message #40522
I'm having some problems with the ADPro ARexx interface. It probably stems from a failure to read the documentation. Only the f0.adpro macro seems to want to work. The program reports that it can't find script or some such when I try to execute the supplied macros. Running under 2.04,…
I wish you luck. It seems that the so-called standard formats are not so standard. The documentation for the Pee Cee program Hiijack gives a quick recap of the graphics formats and some of the other stuff you are asking about. The May issue of Computer Shopper has some pretty…
Real (or Real Soon Now?)
Message #36627
Or worse yet, when they get horny. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
I think the interface is just fine. I would appreciate a file requester that put directories first though. Khalid's requester works really well from that standpoint and when I'm really hopping around, I will substitute it. Also, it would be real nice if the save requester could use the most…
Thanks, I think… "ADPro's dealings with animation require a careful rethinking of the hows and whys that make up the program. We have begin this thought and hope to provide a comprehensive solution when done." You people sure talk funny out there in Wisconsin. I think I've been diplomatically told…
I have named all of my Dynamic Hires pictures with a .dyn extension. From there, I use the filetype to handle the call to Dyna-Show. I've set up GIF pictures with HAMGIF the same way. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
I was in such a hurry to send in my upgrade voucher, I forgot to put down my suggestions for improvements. I thought of one the other day that would be really nifty for those of us who do cross-platform stuff: Bring the GIF stuff up to full specification. I've…
Is is your understanding that NewTek is refusing the orders directly, or are the distributors refusing the orders for low-priced Video Toasters? I think you should make the distintion clear. I was under the impression that most Video Toaster sales to dealers happened at the distribution level.
A local retailer just bought a Video Toaster at list price because the distributors that he called quoted him $1950 for the standard Video Toaster. I really don't think their charging $700 for the included copy of the Revolution tape, do you?
Am I doing something wrong, or do I have a top secret version of the Video Toaster software and manual? I have documentation in appendix J (page 139) of the manual for the switcher and a copy of the scripts to run the dealer demo thingy. Oh, I see, it…
Advanced reports given in a few of the popular Amiga magazines have the expansion capability of the A3000T being IDENTICAL to that of the A3000. The only major additions being the much needed space for 5.25" drives (including CD-ROM and other formats that won't be squeezed into the 3.5 footprint)…
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#ADPro/mergemem?
Message #24971
I have an A2500/30 with fully populated A2630 and A2091 and I can get six (ALL of the fast RAM) megabytes contiguous. I'd be surprised (well maybe not) if Commodore put 16 bit memory on the A2630. I think there might be some special conditions, but judging from the A500…
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Which 3000?
Message #11864
That couldn't be biased by the fact that you use mostly 68k and 88k hardware at work, could it? Lee Bosch – via Whap!
#24710-
VCR connections
Message #24967
There is a product listed in the new AC/Guide that addresses the interface of the NEC PC-VCR with the Video Toastered Amiga. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
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JX-100 advice
Message #24966
Digifex was the name of the outfit. You might also recognize the names associated with Digifex as the same people that brought us the Processor Accellerator under a different name. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
#24679-
Cabling Questions
Message #24965
Although DPS goes to great lengths to not divorce itself from the Pee Cee world, all the instructions are written related to the Video Toaster and give you all you need to connect multiple VCRs/stable sources. There shouldn't be any incompatabilities as long as you have a TBC for all…
I seem to get some striation in the picture itself. I didn't read the part about the border bleed though. This begs the question: What exactly IS the relationship between ARZ1, DHR and ARZ0? On another front, have you heard about a problem with full overscan HAM images breaking up?…
Chuck Forsberg's (inventor of Zmodem) Pro-YAM program is a full blown terminal package for *NIX that has built in X,Y,Z. I have yet to see a Quick-B for *NIX Lee Bosch – via Whap!
If you look at GVP's call for programmers, they are looking for a few good UNIX hackers. I suspect that they intend to support it, but haven't gotten there yet. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
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#ADPro HAM>PCX "glitches"
Message #21275
Any suggestions on what we can do to avoid the 320xHAM problem in the interim? I finally got some memory stuck on my A2091 card and now have 4 meg contiguous on my A2500. Much bettah. Is there any fix for the ARZ/DYNA bleed? I suspect that it has something…
Just where do you propose to plug in graphics cards? As I understand it, this gizmo fits into the A501 slot with not a lot of room to spare. Lee Bosch – via Whap!
I recently set the MNP flag on and now Whap! won't shut off at the end of a session. It seems that MNP is hanging up before the end of the final hangup messages (it can do that, ya know). Since I haven't found any immediate benefit to having the…
So does this mean that the copies that PTI liquidates will be supported by PTI? As long as they are at it, they might as well help us all out as we have become a pretty good group of Betaware users. Lee Bosch
There are a couple of ways of looking at the Amiga versus Macintosh thing. The Amiga will ALWAYS be better suited for video than the Mac. That will give it the ultimate edge in videographics and hence, this new multimedia thing. It does you little good to have a fancy…
A1000 contest info
Message #102553
I realize that my suggestions have little to do with when the machine rolled off the line, but they are the only chance that us West Coast people have. I know we have a few non-UL approved units out here and even some with extra half-brite, but it is fairly…
I have a pretty old A1000, but it is neither the oldest, nor the ugliest. I wasn't motivated to respond in view of my "ineligibility". I think that like a car show or pet show, there could be more categories: Most monster A1000 system Least resembling an A1000 Least expanded…
#Lite?
Message #105577
I was just wondering if someone out there would be interested in writing a terminal program for uploading and downloading binary and ASCII messages with function keys and a sequential dialer and a few of the popular protocols and NOTHING ELSE??? Such is not to discount the efforts of Mr.…
#Lite?
Message #105577
I was just wondering if someone out there would be interested in writing a terminal program for uploading and downloading binary and ASCII messages with function keys and a sequential dialer and a few of the popular protocols and NOTHING ELSE??? Such is not to discount the efforts of Mr.…
#101631-
TDI Upgrade
Message #102259
I haven't heard anything one way or the other about Benchmark M2. I am sure there will be others. There are just too many pascal fans out there to ignore. I suppose I might have latched onto a 'beta' as I put such intense pressure on them. It seems to…
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#Toshiba P1351 drvr
Message #101507
I was looking to see if I could avoid reinventing the wheel. I will try to locate a 321 template for your program to help me out. All those I have seen though, wouldn't work with PageSetter. I trust that your driver maker will make such a file? I'll give…
#101212-
#Toshiba P1351 drvr
Message #101507
I was looking to see if I could avoid reinventing the wheel. I will try to locate a 321 template for your program to help me out. All those I have seen though, wouldn't work with PageSetter. I trust that your driver maker will make such a file? I'll give…