This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Well, I'm gratified to see all this interest but the chances are slim indeed for another version. Atomclock is coded in Benchmark M2. I upgraded to M2 Sprint but before I got around to porting the code (the lib calls are different) I got hooked on fractals and lost interest…
RE: 800K mac disks via Emplant. I assume the Emplant has a port to plug in a native mac floppy drive?
NIST Boulder Time Signal: 1-303-494-4775. I haven't verfified this. — Art
I can't comment about NT firsthand so I won't. I did look at what to put on my desktop right now and I went with OS/2 instead of Win 3.1. Three key reasons: The os2 desktop is more elegant the the Win file manager. As far as I know Windows…
Watch this space. I will upload the Benchmark M2 source to AtomClock to AmigaTech, Lib 4 (Genl Programming) as ATMSRC.LZH. I tried a couple days ago but the file area was "full." — Art
Moulton's ID is not in the docs I have. Use GO DIRECTORY to look him/her up. BTW, the serial device, while hardcoded, can be changed using a hex editor like ZAP. Search for the string "SER:" and change it to any other string with the same number of characters.
Sorry, chances of an update are practially zero. There's wood to chop and babies to feed. If you know someone who'd like to do it the source is available. — Art
Try it without any tooltypes and/or from the CLI without any parameters. That'll tell you if the defaults, at least, work. — Art
I'm the author of AtomClock and while I still use it there is no newer version out there (or here). I'm gratified that it's still such a popular program. There is an arexx script around here by J. L. Moulton that sets the system time using the NIST clock in…
It's depressing to see the ad pages go down in gen. Amiga mags like AW (hence the staple binding). Then you look at VTU (tons of ads, perfect binding, going to monthly) and you think, hey, the Amiga (w/toaster anyway) is hot! — Art
Another shareware fee? Hope you didn't pay one the first time since Atomclock is free. No, I haven't considered an upgrade since I pretty much gave up recreational programming when I became a daddy. There are more recent Arexx scripts floating around that offer more flexibility than AtomClock. — Art
I always wondered why the formated capacity comes out so much lower than anticiapated. Regrettably, I bought my GVP SCSI/Ricoh when GVP was telling customers "We will be supporting this cuz it's much more reliable than the Syquest." The second part may have been true but the first part sure…
My only aspiration is home video assemble edits but I do want to include the occasional anim for titling or segues. Audio mix or overdub might be nice as well since I have a modest Amiga controlled midi setup. I am an avid Arexx hacker. Does Mediaphile have any database…
I find that SETCLIP/GETCLIP AREXX functions work well as global variable manipulators. — Art — Art
Benchmark M2 New Owner
Message #35759
I see that Benchmark Modula 2 is now owned by Armidillo computing. Is that a new owner? Who are they? Anybody know the story here? Prospects for future support? Thanks. — Art
#NewTek talks in NYC
Message #32728
Great report! Thanks. The way things are going NewTek might just wind up owning CBM. Once the stock price hits zero you or I can afford to buy it! Seriously, the vast majority of Amiga development is video/audio stuff now. Besides, Kiki sells more Amigas than Irving Gould does. It…
The loss includes writedowns of inventory. So CBU previously had booked the invetory at some value and reflected that as an asset. An asset that is now worth less reflects a non-cash loss. In some sense it reverses a previous non-cash gain. Most distressing from all our points of view,…
C='s lenders are putting the screws to it. That's the reason for the most recent drop. Prudential ins. had a $13mm loan out to C=, due this week. It was subject to extension but C= "chose to make the payment as it was unwilling to accept the terms proposed" according…
You all are right, of course. Both M2S and Benchmark put the same thing on the stack whether passing pointers explicitly or using the VAR parameter. I was speaking just about the conceptual approach. — Art
Also note that while M2S follows the C= convention of passing pointers in the Amiga libs, BM2 supplied libs generally pass the actual record structure. For example: M2S: PROCEDURE OpenScreen(newScreen:NewScreenPtr):ScreenPtr; BM2: PROCEDURE OpenScreen(VAR newScreen:NewScreen):ScreenPtr; The M2S way is preferred only because it's consistent with the way C folks do things.…
Just go to the library and get a book on resume writing. It will have plenty of templates. Use your DTP program to create it. Any Amiga word processor will also do a credible job on whatever style you choose. Do get guidance. Don't get cute just cuz you can.…
Well, keeping track of line numbers within the macro is another way. Granted, all this is very kludgy and annoying. In general, Prowrite's approach of providing a lot of macro commands that pop up requesters requiring manual invervention while skimping on real text control commands is dissapointing. That being said,…
Yeah, that's a frustrating limitation. I guess the answer is to loop the macro EXTRACTing one para. then moving down to the next one, etc. Another, equally awkward, way is to select the text, copy it into a new window, save it as a temp. file then read the temp…
The Arexx clip list and the Prowrite clipboard are two different things. The Amiga clipboard is different from both. It's annoying and your confusion is understandable. The way to suck up text from a Prowrite document for use with Arexx is the Prowrite-Arexx 'EXTRACT' command. Check out the 'Transpose' sample…
#B5 in NYC where?
Message #52818
Is any station in NYC metro area carrying B5? I didn't see it anywhere a couple weeks ago when it had it's debut. Thanks. — Art
Any old VCR will record Amiga video just fine. All Amiga's have a "composite" video-out jack. Just hook it up to the video-in jack on your VCR and you're set to go. Some Amigas like the 2000 output black&white composite video only so you need something called an "RGB to…
Martin will never work on M2 again because he has a PAYING job now. 🙂 — Art
He means a VCR is more appropriate for directly hooking up to the Amiga.
Merging Decks
Message #49225
How do you merge cards from two decks into one deck? Thanks. — Art — Art
I don't want to make a habit of this but in the interest of shedding light, not heat, here's a reposting from BIX from the author of the Byte article, copyright (c) General Videotext Corporation: amiga.user/main #197, from tyager, 1450 chars, Sat Dec 26 03:24:16 1992 Unfortunately, virtually ALL of…
CanDo in High Res
Message #49062
Is there a way to make CanDo use a high-res interlaced screen for it's own operation (as opposed to making a deck use one)? — Art
4000 in Byte
Message #82929
Just as a point of reference, BIX is no longer owned by McGraw Hill (Byte). Also, CBM maintains an official presence there with private developer conferences. — Art
[>> Continued from previous msg] o Deluxe Music will use the Commodore Installer utility. ========================== amiga.user/main #83, from pwright, 150 chars, Tue Dec 22 00:11:15 1992 This is a comment to message 78. There is/are comment(s) on this message. ————————– Sounds wonderful! What type of instruments does it use? Same…
[>> Continued from previous msg] emulation libraries). o Vastly improved print quality. (From about 18 inches away, I can't tell that it didn't come out of a music book!) o Multiple documents (limited only by available memory). o Many limitations removed or expanded. o Improved memory use. Deluxe Music only…
#New Deluxe Music At Last
Message #24887
THIS IS A REPOSTING FROM BIX, Copyright (c) 1992 by General Videotex Corp. amiga.user/main #77, from talin, 3699 chars, Mon Dec 21 22:27:16 1992 There is/are comment(s) on this message. ————————– TITLE: Merry Christmas Amigans! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For over a year now, I've been working on an exciting project which, unfortunately,…
The sort server is very good. It uses a "quicksort" algorithm and since it's compiled will be quicker than anything in AREXX itself. — Art
Gold Disk is supporting Soft Logik's Hotlinks? Fascinating. — Art
Oops, you must have missed it when you blinked 🙂 The pound is closer to $1.50 now. — Art
FWIW, where I sit (Wall St.) I'm seeing signs that OS/2 is becoming an alternative to UNIX for "serious" distributed applications as it lets companies stay on the same hardware migration path. My company (OppenheimerFunds) is considering os2 as our DOS/Windows multitasking vehicle and we're also evaluating some native os2…
>…datasheets containing completely absurd attributions of no capability at > all to competitors, using a technique of not mentioning any features that > are specific or unique to other products but rather tilting the comparison > towards the specific methodology Morph Plus uses. Have you ever seen a features comparison…
#X-10 Software/HDWARE
Message #77062
GO CEFORUM here on CIS and check out section 10, Misc. Electronics. That's where the X10 people hang out. Lots of good sources for X10 hardware info there although it's mostly an MS-DOS crowd as you'd expect. The latest version of the terminal program, VLT, includes a macro for control…
Is your 486 is the Cyrix 486SLC? If so is it the one with the 1K cache as opposed to Intel's 4k cache? — Art
If I'm gonna blow major bucks on a laser (I've held back this long) I'd like something like Canon's new everything-in-one-box printer/scanner/copier/fax. Anybody know anything about it? — Art
Note that Home Depot has gobs of X10 stuff in the home security section. — Art
The only thing I can think of is "autoerotic asphyxiation" but that's more a clinical than popular term. — Art
I though most fax systems were implemented as printer drivers. You just select FAX as your printer and off you go. Is this not right? Seems the logical way to do it. You can redirect PW output to a file. The AmigaOS CMD program does this for any program. –…
You can keep the memory on the controller. It will coexist with the 32-bit fast(est) memory on the accelerator card. If (when) you add more ram do it on the 32-bit side if there's room, though. — Art
Amuse, the NYC Amiga users meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at the School of Visual Arts on 23rd st. in Manhattan. Meetings are pretty good. We get a lot of vendor presentations. We're less strong on technical support for the membership. Our big size…
Suppose I would like to include one particular building in a scene. I have a vision of an anim flying through a valley coming upon a cabin in the woods with smoke curling out of the chimmney. I suppose some sort of switch to a 3D object program for the…
1.D 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.E reducing reviews to rating nums and feature charts too often oversimplify. 6.A, B- within application type (e.g. same structure for all paint program reviews) 7. Be aggressive in pointing out flaws but, like Ben says, give the manufacturer the opportunity to say "we do that,…
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