This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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With only the magazine and the disk, I got the glove to work. I don't think that there were ever "oops notes" in later issues. Darin
Steve, You're close. It was AC's Tech/Amiga first issue, Volume 1, Number 1. I have it next to me as we speak. Pretty good article. I built the interface cable and got it to work. I was able to move the mouse pointer around, and use my Amiga from a…
Michael, Even dealers who buy Macs from Merisel have to be authorized by Apple. I am assuming (of course, there's that word) that buying Amigas will be similar. I'm actually hoping (kind of) that you won't have to be authorized. That will prompt computer stores to get Amigas just to…
Don, That's what I wanted to hear. That it's a real product. Thanks. Darin
Kraig, I think that you should be able to get the protocol specifications from any major Fidonet node or hub. Log on the largest Fidonet board that you can find and ask them. Make it support Matt Dillon's UUCP package. I don't know of a BBS that will handle both…
Amiga UNIX at dealers
Message #23439
If I go to a dealer and say "I want to buy the Amiga UNIX Unlimited User Package", will they possibly have it, or will they even be able to get it? Or will it be like the high density floppy drives. where they exist but no one knows about…
Steve, Is vorec one for the Amiga or the PC? Thanks, Darin Arrick
What portable? Darin Arrick
Amiga Market Survey
Message #55028
Please answer the following questions. 1) What software packages does the Amiga market need? What software packages do you need that you can't find on the Amiga? What application would you use these packages in? What price range is acceptable for each product? 2) What hardware does the Amiga market…
John, If you bought the machine new, and it had those stickers on it, then it has the chips in it. To be sure, look in the library here in AmigaUser and do a "bro key:ECS lib:all". THere should be some program that will tell you what chips you have.…
Ron, Since Oxxi took over the Amiga/Atari/C64-128 software, I think that they've done away with the dongles. I'm not absolutely sure. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
Timothy, Excuse me, but Superbase Professional 4 is VERY close (and getting closer, from what I hear) to Superbase 4 for Windows. If that isn't a professional class quality database, then nothing is. Pro Calc seems to be a pretty good spreadsheet package. As for word processors, I don't know.…
Aw shucks. 🙂 Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
You're welcome, Ed. I don't mind helping people with SBPro4. It is currently THE most powerful database for the Amiga. It is a great environment to work with. Superplan is very powerful, although the user interface needs a lot of work, IMHO. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
Actually, I think that the reason an ST wasn't used for Lynx development is that it couldn't handle the graphics (512 color animated) or the 4 voice sound. (This isn't official or anything, but my guess.) The Lynx has custom chips, just like the Amiga, but they aren't the same…
I know that the Amigatized version of ISO9660 allows for longer filenames. Will this disk be used on multiple platforms (PC, Mac, and Amiga)? If so, then adhere to ISO9660. If it's an Amiga only disk, then call Commodore and see if you can get the slightly modified format from…
Remove the word SET from the SET PG statement. This is a problem in Pro4.
The major change is that 1.06 will run under Workbench 2.04. Features were added, but I don't know which ones. Basically a maintenance release with some new features.
Cross-stitch program
Message #37584
There is some stitching program in AmigaUser. Go to a lib and search using BRO KEY:STITCH LIB:ALL. That should find it.
Paul, Benetech Electronics in Haltom City, Texas, has them. Area code 817, not sure of the number, call (817)555-1212 for information. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
If Nintendo does buy CBM, then you can start fighting the game machine image all over again. We've almost got it conquered, and then we'd be thrown backwards. Bad move, IMHO. I hope no one buys CBM, and they wake up and start doing some decent marketing. (Boy, there must…
Steve, He asked if the system was a good deal. I think it is. I told him so. If I had a 3000 and the money, I would buy a nice, big screen multisync. Doesn't K-Mart sell multisyncs? 🙂 Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
CJ, Yes, SPC purchased Precision, Inc., the makers of Superbase, in September of 1991. They sold all rights to the Amiga/Atari ST/Commodore 64/128 products to Oxxi, Inc., who currently update and support the product. Superbase 4 for Windows is updated and supported by SPC. Precision never had a network version…
Won't a 1080 display 640×400 (I know it will be interlaced, and will flicker), and overscan modes?
That sounds like a very good deal to me. It sounds like a 25MHz machine, which right now are going brand new for about $2500. The DCTV retails for $399.95. The monitor is a little old, but will do just fine. And if he has other large powerful packages like…
Gerald, The Amiga was designed from the ground up to be a wonder in the graphics and sound arenas. It has many different native graphic modes, from 320×200 to 640×400, up to 4096 colors on the screen at one time. The output is standard NTSC video rates, so, with a…
Pat, Check out the SBPro4 Examples. There's one that I wrote called sb_to_sp.sbp. Run SuperPlan, the run Superbase and run this dml program. Watch SuperPlan. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
The framebuffer idea would work. Just make sure you don't just get a 24 bit display unit, like a DCTV, or a HAM-E. I don't think those have framebuffers (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Get a Video Toaster, Firecracker, GVP IV24, DMI resolver, Commodore A2410, Mimetics, etc. These…
Call Intel. I'm sure they have a copy of the MDS boot disk around somewhere. "Yes, I'd like a boot disk for my MDS 800 please.", "HAHAHAHAHAHA..OOOH..HAHA", "Excuse me, hello?", "HAHAHAHAHAHABAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" 🙂
Hmmm. Where is the data being acquired coming from? The serial or parallel ports? A joystick port? A card? If the parallel port is free, then use a printer to output the data. If the serial port is free, use a terminal, a computer with terminal emulation software, or a…
Mine has Intellec on the front also. Mine doesn't work because I don't have a boot disk for it. I bet it would work, though, if I had one. I have a mangled OASYS disk for it. 8", wrinkled, like someone crumpled it up. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
Michael, Why couldn't you put the picture in one window, and the data being acquired in another window? You could scale the pictures to one fourth of the screen, or whatever, and then just have a window displaying the data. Take advantage of the Amiga's multitasking when planning a project…
An MDS-800?! I've got one of those! 4 floppies (8", of course), and loads and loads of memory and I/O cards. A couple of boxes full, actually. Plus, I've got an IBEX CP/M machine with two floppies and a 10MB hard drive. Just a small power supply problem to get…
Ben, Do you have an Exidy Sorcerer? I've got one with a green composite monitor, all the technical documentation and magazines that you would ever want. Has bitmapped graphics, a cassette drive, and loads of tapes with a word processor, programming tools, and games. Want it? I need to move…
Me too, Ben. Darin
Commodore ad in PC Week!
Message #52124
ATTENTION ALL ATTENTION ALL ATTENTION ALL ATTENTION ALL In PC Week, App. Dev Edition, March 9, 1992, is an ad from Commodore about the CDTV, Amiga 2000s and 3000s, and multimedia. It is a very good ad, which is headlined with something like this: If you want to be sold…
Here are my survey answers: 1) D 2) C 3) B (Head to head comparisons are much easier to use than a single product review. You can look at a head to head review and decide what you need to buy. Much less unbiased.) 4) B 5) A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H 6) A,B,C,D…
Requests won't help. Byte needs INFORMATION, not requests for information that they don't have. Send them press releases, call them and talk about writing articles, etc. Don't say "You need more Amiga support!", say "Here's an Amiga article. Run it." If they don't have things to run, then all the…
Got some more for you: Samur-Eye ScreenMaster Yan Can Render Image Star(or Image Shuriken? ;-)) To bad it's not a text editor, or you could call it Comma-kaze. 😉
Superbase will not support two transaction blocks on one form. You can use multiple forms each with their own transaction block, though, and load and switch between them.
#BindDrivers twice?
Message #21159
Can you run BindDrivers twice in your startup-sequence? Once to bind in some drivers, and then again to do some more? Or will this cause problems? Thanks, Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
Image+ (or ImagePlus) Image-en (like Imagine, probably too close) Artistics (or Artistics) The Image Cuisinart (whether or not this is copyrighted, I don't know) ^ "chops, slices, dices, and purees your images in an instant!"
Byte has said before that they would cover the Amiga, but never get any articles, press releases, or anything else from the Amiga market. Why don't Amiga companies send press releases to Byte? Do it, and see what happens. Write some articles and send them in to Byte. It's not…
A2000 or A3000 Wanted
Message #51186
I'm looking for a low end, stock, A2000 or A3000 (preferably the latter if the price is right). No extras, maybe a monitor, but that's it. I'll probably be ready to buy in about 2 months. If you have one of these machines for sale, please reply to this message…
David, Tell me every item, both hardware and software, in your system configuration. I'll see if something looks fishy. Darin, SPC Superbase Technical Support
Well, if Playskool provides the funding and the marketing for the Amiga, we couldn't be worse off than we are now. Can you see computer geeks talking: Geek 1: I have an Apple Macintosh IIcx. What do you have? Geek 2: I have a Playskool Amiga with 2MB RAM and…
No, I'm aware of record locking, but I didn't know that Workbench 2.04 had byte-range locking within files. Darin
Dave, If you could order a 1.76 MB floppy from Commodore, yes. Unforunately, they say that they don't have them. I wish that someone would turn CBM into a better company. These things are ridiculous. If I found out that I could install a 1.76MB floppy in my A500, I'd…
George, Yes, just put all of your pics into one directory, and back up that directory only. It will split it across disks. Darin – via Whap!
Charles, Take a look at ENLAN-DFS. There was a thread here in Amigauser about 3 weeks ago talking about it. Sounded great. Uses the Commodore A2065 Ethernet card. It's a peer-to-peer network, not client server. What's your big project? And what AmigaDOS 2 record locking are you talking about? Darin…
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