This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Using the newest empser.device, I _have_ been able to get it to work from the Amiga side. I told my modem to give me all of its settings, and found that some of them had, for some reason, been set to software error correction. I reset all of them to…
telecomm with Emplant
Message #180115
Help! I have an Emplant Deluxe, and want to use the Emplant's "A" serial port from the Amiga side. I have the latest Emplant software version 5.0, and am using empserial.device, unit 0, for that purpose. On AutoPilot and BackTalk, my US Robotics Sportster 14,400 Modem works fine for reading…
Steve: If you don't have Magic Workbench, but do have MUI and a number of icons that are MagicWB "compliant", and you simply set the workbench for 8 colors, the colors in the MWB-style icons seem a bit garish. Is there a file somewhere that suggests setting for the extra…
Craig: If you were putting it in as df1:, I think you have to change a jumper on the drive. This happened to me several years ago, and I nearly went crazy until I futured it out. Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly how you reset that jumper! Maybe someone else…
#Software Failure Help!
Message #73083
Glad I could help. Iconx is one of those neat little tools that most folks don't seem to know about. You can use it to create an entire environment, if you want, using an elaborate script. You can copy files that are used a lot to a RAM: disk for…
Dave: I'm still using Workbench 1.3, so this _may_ not be the same for WB 2.0x. In 1.3 there are two things that would cause what you describe to happen. One is that the program needs more "stack" space (i.e. a certain amount of memory set aside for it called…
Gary: I don't know "FreeHand", but most MAC DTP programs will save EPS. Try loading the FreeHand file into something like PageMaker, and save _that_ as an EPS file. – via Whap!
Jean-Eric — one way to transfer files from Amiga to Mac and back is via MS-DOS. There are several programs which will format a disk to 720K MS-DOS format on the Amiga (CrossDOS, Dos2Dos [both comercial] and MultiDOS [either shareware or PD, can't remember since I have Dos2Dos], and then…
Dave: I don't have PPage 3.0, I have PPage 1.3, but do have a 300 dpi postscript printer. However — you can "print postscript to file", and then put the resulting file on disk, or send it over a modem, etc. to someone with the output device you want to…
The Everex was $1,300. Has 2.5 meg memory out of the box. – via Whap!
Melissa: THANK YOU!!!! The package was here when I came home. I made a _copy_ of the update disk (not going to get burned again). I deleted the bad install of SuperJAM! from my HD. Ran the update disk HDInstall, put in my name and the serial number from my…
I hope that they don't require someone to be here, since I live alone, and work from 7:30am to about 6:30 pm most days. If this doesn't work, I'll FedEx my bad disk to you, and you can FedEx back to my office on my accouant number. ?|^] Ray Lewis
Mellisa: Back in late February you said you'd get a new program disk out to me to replace my corrupted SuperJAM! file. Then, on April 9, you said you had personally seen to it that I was sent a replacement disk, as I had not, at that time, received one.…
Hey, David, I've moved too! From New York to Washington, D.C. Got that job I told you about, and have been _VERY_ busy. I do annual reports, executive speeches, etc. for General Dynamics! ?|^] Ray Lewis
Paul: Once you begin to understand the Amiga, I suspect you will begin to _hate_ msdos. I sympathize with your situation. The initial learning curve on the Amiga is very steep, mostly because of its increadible power and flexiblity. I had exactly the same problem when I got my Amiga…
They charge more for tuch tone 'casue touch tone provides more capability to the customer, therefore more value. The _cost_ of making something or providing a service has nothing to do with its _value_. For example, the _cost_ (in terms of sheer hours) associated with my programming (or attempting to…
All of that is easy to deal with. a) if you have an unlisted phone number, your number will not show up when you call anyone (except maybe police, fire, etc.) b) legislation could prevent the commercial use of numbers obtained through the caller ID process unless permission is granted…
Well, it's highly probable I will be coming to Fort Worth on business over the year, since my new employer is the corporate office of General Dynamics.
Given your past performance, if the new software is in any way better than yours, you'll be "motivated" to bury them with something better. ?|^] Ray Lewis
Well, from New York to Virginia is one small step back toward Dallas! I'd move back to Texas in a New York minute, but the _job_ I currently have is here. Anyway, I've always wondered what living in "Wonderland on the Potomax" would be like, and now I'll find out!…
Thanks Betty. Good to "see" you again! (I've been away for a while.) Now living in Alexandria, VA! ?|^] Ray Lewis
That's great to hear! My native serial port has been out for two years (never wanted to take my machine in to get it fixed — couldn't be without my Amiga, y'know), so I have been using an ASDG dual serial board (can do that without giving up the machine!)…
Eric: Are you _sure_ it's not guruing due to memory problems? The Amiga has two types of memory: chip ram and fast ram. Chip ram is called that because it is the memory directly accessable to the Amiga's customer graphics and sound chips. They can use that memory without going…
Don: What do you use to extract an .LHA file? ?|^] Ray Lewis
Oh well, there's also that other old proverb -"Watch your penneys, and the dollars will take care of themselves." Or this interesting couple — "He who hesitates is lost!" "Look before you leap!" Guess there's a proverb for everything.
I'll email you my name, address and serial #! BTW — my disks were in a sealed plastic envelope, and werw _all_ set for protection. I'm sure you aren't going to be reprinting the manuarl soon (actually, I guess I hope you do reprint it soon, 'cause that will mean…
[ continuation ] that says SuperJAM is 389,128 bytes long. The file on both my hard drive _and_ my program disk is 389,132 bytes long. Is there something I can try here, or should I send my disks in _with_ my registration card? ?|^] Ray Lewis
I _have_ version 1.0c, purchased last Saturday. So, I haven't sent in the card yet. Let me recap. I read the docs. They said "Don't mess with write protect, it will interfere with your installation". However, they didn't say _how_ the write protect should be set — i.e. should it…
Melissa: HELLLLLLP! I just bought SuperJAM!, installed it on my Amiga, and can't get it to run. It's crash city every time I double click on the icon. Guru mediation error #0000000B.00208708. Just in case it was fighting with something else on the system, I booted from a stock AmigaDOS1.3…
I have the original version of Amax on my Amiga 2500/30, and the Cutting Edge drive that came with the package works just fine. Of course, the initial disk _does_ have to have the operating system software on it. ?|^] Ray Lewis
#2286 fix?
Message #28921
David: Could you E-Mail me the BB fix, as well? Thanks, ?|^] Ray Lewis
John, I agree. Protectionism ultimately fails.
[ continuation ] carries connotations of coersion and, in some instances, violence. You see, the big stockholders there are interlocked with the keiretsu, which means they are in the same fix as the rice farmer — get too independent, and there go your bank loans, your markets and your supplies.…
Charles: The Japanese people pay a _very_ high price for their business system, monetarily, socially, and psychologicly. There is mounting evidence that the generation of Japanese now reaching their 30's is not willing to put up with it much longer. Over the next ten years, I expect you will see…
Lee: Let's say you have the following structure: Root Dir of DF0: Pictures (Dir) Picture one Picture two You would take a copy of the "empty.info" file (i.e. the file the operating system uses to draw the "empty" drawer icon on the screen); place it in the _root_ directory of…
I have an Amiga 2500/30 at work, hooked into novell via cheapernet. Easy to do: put in an AT bridgeboard; put a cheapernet card on the MSDOS side; compute away!
I have an Amiga 2500/30 at work, hooked into novell via cheapernet. Easy to do: put in an AT bridgeboard; put a cheapernet card on the MSDOS side; compute away! ?|^] Ray Lewis
John: From the January, 1991 _BYTE_, article by Tim Holloway, "The object-oriented Amiga Exec", quote from page 334: "Nothing in the basic design of Exec actually requires only a single CPU to be present in the system. Exec could be implemented in a multiprocessor system if access to system lists…
Tim: I have heard quite a bit about the hack to speed up the Janus virtual drive read/write, but have yet to see _specific_ and clear instructions on how to do it. Is there a file anywhere on CIS explaining this, or could you provide that information? ?|^] Ray Lewis
Ben: What compatibility is there (if any) between the FFV (Flicker Free Video) deinterlacer and HAME +? ?|^] Ray Lewis
Betty: What you need to buy depends on what you want to do! All Amiga's come with speech and sound synthesis built in. So, a basic Amiga 500 should be able to run any program that uses either the computer's ability to read text out load (which it can do…
hard disk validation
Message #8610
Well, unless someone else has a better idea, I'd suggest trying two things. A — Boot up, and then leave the machine alone for an hour. Sometimes these things "fix" themselves, but take time. B — if that doesn't work, backup everything on the disk/partition that you can read from…
Amiga 3000UX – Winner!
Message #8609
Mark: For us non-Unix types (who do have a Unix box in house, hooked into a Novell net through some kind of clunky com program), could you give a run down on WHY the Amiga/Unix box is so attractive? I'd like to prepare my DP folks to think about it…
Nec 3D and FlickerFixer
Message #17992
Judd: I have an NEC 3D with a flicker fixer, and have no problems of any kind. Since you don't see this effect with another monitor, you may have a problem with the monitor itself. What happens if you hook that monitor to the normal Amiga monitor port? ?|^] Ray…
Info about Amiga
Message #17991
Jim: "I understand that the top line model will do video…." Actually, _ALL_ Amiga models will do video, from the $500 Amiga 500 up. The basic Amiga design has an interlaced output build in. However, as always, the more you want to do, the more speed, capacity and add-ons you…
#Price Cuts?
Message #17989
Michael: Try running a heavy duty MSDOS program like the Paradox data base on an AT. It works, but it takes forever. Put the same program on a 386, and it speeds merrily along. The difference is as great as that between a 68000 and a 25 mhz 68030. Why…
Victor: Actually, the best way to answer that question is to _SHOW_ you. Where are you located? Maybe one of us is near you. In my case, I have an Amiga at home (Brooklyn, NY), and one at work (lower Manhattan). If you're in my area, I'd be happy to…
Great! I'll keep my eyes out for the SBPro 4 announcement. Paradox is very easy to use, and quite powerful. But it runs like a pig on a 1 meg AT clone (aka a Bridgeboard). Probably due to MSDOS limitations. I'd love to be able to swap files in and…
I think the person you want to talk to is Ben Williams, chief cook and bottle washer at Black Belt Systems!
Hi Betty! Haven't disappeared, just been VERY busy. Between Thanksgiving and now, I've worked on one side or the other of around 10 corporate takeover attempts, and have at least three more in the hopper at the moment. But I've tried to "lurk" a lot. Reading 750 messages at a…
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