This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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114766 cnt'd
Message #114767
(KS on HD, fan? cont'd) 4) Does anyone know which part of the A1000 power supply leads to an intolerable rattling noise in my A1000? I've taken my Amiga apart twice and even replaced the fan but still it sometimes picks up this annoying rattle. I'd be forever grateful if…
#KS on HD, fan?
Message #114766
Several questions regarding setting up an environment on my A1000: 1) How can I determine which AmigaDOS files can be deleted from my startup disk safely? I'm sure that most of the commands never get exercised but I can't be sure. Is there a straightforward way of examining software to…
#ftax.87
Message #112986
Rick, Do you know if your tax forms in ftax.87 will work using Analyze v 1.0? I don't have the newest version (2.0) but would love to use the forms if possible. Also, I downloaded the tax.arc file from dl9; is this spreadsheet associated with your files, and do you…
#Postscript
Message #106406
Arno, WHen you describe Pro Page as outputting PostScript, do you imply that you can honest-to-God drive a PostScript printer (say a LaserWriter+, which I have in our lab)? What does one need in the way of drivers, cabling, etc. to feed such a PS printer? Have you seen it…
#Last message ….
Message #104419
Am I missing something or doesn't the "Last message you've read: " message not mean anything? The number it indicates never seems to have anything to do with reality? What gives here? Thanks. Bill Christens-Barry
1987 Tax Forms?
Message #101737
Can anyone put me onto tax forms for any of the popular Amiga spreadsheets? It would be great if I could use MaxiPlan +, Analyze, or UniCalc to do my federal taxes this year. What I'd really like would be form templates for most of the common federal forms, with…
1987 Tax Forms?
Message #101737
Can anyone put me onto tax forms for any of the popular Amiga spreadsheets? It would be great if I could use MaxiPlan +, Analyze, or UniCalc to do my federal taxes this year. What I'd really like would be form templates for most of the common federal forms, with…
John, What kind of support does Phasar provide for the 1987 tax forms? Is it just a spreadsheet or does it know what the forms look like and which lines on which forms must be used as input for other forms? In other words, how easy is it to do…
John, What kind of support does Phasar provide for the 1987 tax forms? Is it just a spreadsheet or does it know what the forms look like and which lines on which forms must be used as input for other forms? In other words, how easy is it to do…
Kevin, Can you describe what CTV is for me? I've missed the boat somewhere. Thanks. Bill Christens-Barry
Kevin, Can you describe what CTV is for me? I've missed the boat somewhere. Thanks. Bill Christens-Barry
Squeaky drive fix?
Message #100610
I have an Amiga external drive which gronks and groans during most disk activity (if you listen closely you can hear it from where you are). I've purchased some greaseless lubricant from an electronics house to try to fix this but I'm unsure about exactly where to apply the stuff.…
Dan, I work in a lab which has a new Sun 3/110 which supports NFS. I don't have any experience with NFS yet, but your message interests me. Do I understand your message to imply that I can use the Sun hard drive as a place to keep Amiga software…
1000 Ext Mem -> 2000
Message #95964
I'm looking for a method to convert a Techni-Soft 2 MB external ram board to use with an A2000. Is it currently possible to do so? What might be required other than changing the connector? The board has its own power supply and uses the expansion port on the right…
Ariel, I've tried some of your suggestions, altho not systematically. I'll try again and let you know. How about Emailing me your setup file with an example of how you use it. Thanks a lot. Bill Christens-Barry
Ariel, I follow your description of how to exploit tabs from within my wp (Scribble!), which works fine. While Scribble! has a menu item for setting tabs and supports it correctly, I find that I haven't been able to duplicate this from an editor I use which doesn't seem to…
Don, Thanks for the scoop on printer drivers. I'll check the initial tab stop values if I can. When I use my wp (Scribble!) to tab over on screen it has the desired effect (I guess its initial tab stops are not set to zero), but when I print the…
Steve, Thanks for your reply regarding tabbing and the 8510. I'm a little bit confused, tho. The manual for this printer, supplied by Leading Edge, indicates both the ability to set tabs (chr$(27);chr$(40);"a,b,c.") and to move to the next tab stop (chr$(09)). Is this manual in error or am I…
Thanks, Don, for the info about the C Itoh printer. I've since found that neither of the drivers I dled work correctly. The Prowriter driver (called prowri.dri in dl11) doesn't seem to pass a tab thru to the printer correctly. Tabs just don't get seen by the printer. This brings…
#A-time and Prowriter
Message #93032
I've just hooked up a C Itoh Prowriter (8510AP) to my parallel port, and I've found I have a problem with A-time when I boot. I'm using the same cable I used with aN IBM Graphics Printer. I seem to remember some messages about having to clip one of the…
Bob, Thanks for the (disappointing) news. I feared that this would be the case. I imagine that one might occasionally luck out and find it convenient to alter the size of the initial window, but that usually this wouldn't happen. I'm not sure, but isn't it true that when one…
#Initial window size
Message #90885
I have a number of programs, PD and otherwise, which open (when run) with somewhat inconvenient window sizes. I'd like to be able to set the initial window size for these to a more convenient size, usually to fill the entire screen. Some of these programs have .info files, some…
#87855-
#DesignText
Message #88073
Larry, Thanks for the info on DesignText. I, too, am no expert on laser printers. I have yet to see (or here of first hand) a laser printer working with an Amiga. Do you no of anyone who is using one effectively? Bill Christens-Barry
Do you know if external expansion ram, in particular the Techni-Soft 2MB RAMBOard, is adaptable to the A2000? Thanks, Bill Christens-Barry
#rr, n
Message #76917
After reading a reply to a message (by use of rr) or after reading several replys (by continued use of n) how do I stop reag replies in this thread and resume reading selected messages? Thanks, Bill Christens-Barry
LogicWorks
Message #68724
Where does the file AmigaDevLib which comes with the LogicWorks disk belong? What is the purpose of this file? I've been having some problems – the chips I try to place in a circuit show up as white boxes or not at all. Only the pins are visible. Thanks in…
LogicWorks
Message #68724
Where does the file AmigaDevLib which comes with the LogicWorks disk belong? What is the purpose of this file? I've been having some problems – the chips I try to place in a circuit show up as white boxes or not at all. Only the pins are visible. Thanks in…
Exp Bus Cont.
Message #52338
Ed, I'm fairly certain that I'm the guy you mentioned having boot time problems when running my T-S 2MB board and running read-rtc from startupsequence. I'ld like a little info regarding the fix: 1) Is there an easy way to tell if I have the TI chips – can one…
Bill, Where did you buy your T-S board? I have a 2MB board from them, which I purchased with a group here on CIS. If you dealt with the company directly, tell me about your experience with them. BTW, I guess you're not connected with any of the (maligned?) companies…
Bela, I'm one of the T-S group buyers who is still having intermittent boot problems. These occur sporadicly (ca. 75% of the time) and seem to involve running a clock pgm and reading the A-Time clock during startup-sequence. In order to get the upgrade performed, do you have any suggestions…
T-S problem
Message #51581
Rick, Thanks for the info about the T-S board. Is the ASDG boot protector a PD pgm, and if so where can I get it? Bill C-B
T-S problem
Message #51447
Jon, Please read my msg #51446. Thanks Bill C-B
#T-S and clock problem
Message #51446
I have a problem which seems to involve my T-S 2MB ram board. I wonder if any of you have had any similar problems with your board. Please help me if you can. The problem occurs at boot time (using 1.2). I have an A-Time clock on my parallel port,…
Roy, See my msg to Khalid regarding my problems with rslclock1.2 and expansion ram (Techni-Soft 2MB). Bill Christens-Barry
Khalid, I didn't see your earlier msgs, but I've found I have some boot problems with rslclock1.2 when my 2MB expansion ram is powered on. Seems to give "software failure" error msg and go guru on me when the startup-sequence hits the run rslclock1.2 command. This doesn't always happen, 'tho.…
Bill, Thanks for the info about logical devices. I'm still not clear on this topic 'tho. Are logical devices pre-existing things or are they just names that can be assigned to whatever device you like. In other words, in the assignment "assign plotdriver: plotdriver.a" which I used to assign the…
#Apple 410 Plotter
Message #50753
Joel, I've recently tried to use the Apple 410 plotter with my Amiga, and I've encountered several problems. I used info you posted to make up a cable, and I wrote a simple file containing plotter commands taken from the plotter manual. When I "Copy file to ser:" everything seems…
Don, Thanks for the printer cable tip. I'll give it a try. Bill C-B
Joergen, I have WB1.2 (33.39) but not the final release. I haven't been able to warm boot either with T-S and 1.2 running, but it may be that I've only warmbooted after some other problem – I can't remember. BTW, I've crashed each time I've tried to run cosmo with…
George, My A-Time works (or fails) in exactly the same manner: if my printer is on when I boot, then I get a warning that A-Time is not set or something to that effect. I read-rtc from my startup-sequence and this is when the problem occurs. I always make sure…
Bela, What conversations with T-S led you to send your board back for updates? What is their policy in regard to these updates for the group purchasers- do they want additional cash, did they give you a firm date for the return of the board? Also, do you know of…
42273-#T-S and 1.2
Message #42365
Pete, Would you describe the problems you had with the T-S board, and the circum stances in which you had them? I'm not sure if I have a problem or not and maybe your experience would help me figure out if I do have a problem. Thanks Bill C-B
42273-#T-S and 1.2
Message #42365
Pete, Would you describe the problems you had with the T-S board, and the circum stances in which you had them? I'm not sure if I have a problem or not and maybe your experience would help me figure out if I do have a problem. Thanks Bill C-B
#36145-
amiga/Mac transfers
Message #36205
Adam, I've also experienced difficulties passing text files to a Mac+. I was using "Aterm" (PD term pgm) on my Amiga and Red Ryder 5.00 on the Mac+. I finally opted to use straight ascii transfers and had no problems. The problem I encountered was with timeou ts. It didn't…
#36145-
amiga/Mac transfers
Message #36205
Adam, I've also experienced difficulties passing text files to a Mac+. I was using "Aterm" (PD term pgm) on my Amiga and Red Ryder 5.00 on the Mac+. I finally opted to use straight ascii transfers and had no problems. The problem I encountered was with timeou ts. It didn't…
#AmigaBasic
Message #31633
I'm having a few difficulties using AmigaBasic. I seem to have problems with the system heap and memory allocation. My only doc is the manual. Can anyone point me towards more detailed info on allocating memory and an explanation of the system heap? One other p roblem I've had involves…
#AmigaBasic
Message #31633
I'm having a few difficulties using AmigaBasic. I seem to have problems with the system heap and memory allocation. My only doc is the manual. Can anyone point me towards more detailed info on allocating memory and an explanation of the system heap? One other p roblem I've had involves…
#Atari monitor
Message #29586
My Atari SC1224 monitor crops the display of Amiga software. The 11" screen seems a little too narrow to accomodate my displays. Does anyone else have this problem or know a fix? Thanks Bill Christens-Barry
#Atari monitor
Message #29586
My Atari SC1224 monitor crops the display of Amiga software. The 11" screen seems a little too narrow to accomodate my displays. Does anyone else have this problem or know a fix? Thanks Bill Christens-Barry
#Atari Monitor
Message #21574
Pete, I saw your message last Feb (#9099) regarding the Atari rgb monitor (model SC1224). I just bought one and need to wire a cable for it. Do you have a description of the pin assignments? Which pins need to be connected? I know the red, green, blue, horiz sync,…
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