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Steve, I've got a 3000 with 4M RAM and 85M in addition to my old 1000 with 1.5M RAM and two lowly floppies. I use WP 5.1 for DOS at work and would LOVE to have the same functions (particularly STYLES) on the Amiga version. I guess that I should…
Denny, Thanks for the info and for keeping an eye out for the driver. I understand the comment about the resolution. Garry Lingle
Michael, Thanks for the response. As always money is tight and I can't afford both the Notebook software and a new input device. That's why I was hoping that there might be some driver for a variable resistance device like the Kawala pad. It just seems a shame that the…
#Kawala pad driver
Message #44890
I have an old Kawala pad from my C64 days. I've wanted to use it on my Amiga for a long time; now I'm really motivated by the desire to use it with the new Notebook software. Does anyone know of a drive that would allow me to use the…
Joe, Bringing 'em in the backdoor worked for Macs; maybe we should be silent until the Toaster has helped Amigas to make it onto desks with "real" computers. Then we can take an AmigaDOS disk, boot their "peripheral" up into a REAL multitasking GUI OS and so 'em what we've…
#Toaster gets some ink
Message #42998
I got the latest issue of Discover magazine yesterday and on the cover was a reference to "video toaster". Sure enough on the inside is a one page article about the Video Toaster and the Amiga. It's certainly nice to see something from the Amiga community makes some ink in…
Joe, I certainly don't want to appear to be taking up for WP Corp. after their continuing wonderful support for the Amiga version (NOT!). But maybe the reason that MS WORD works better under WINDOWS has something to do with the government's investigation of MS . Couldn't pass up the…
Ron, You've done it now! We all know that your north of the Mason-Dixon (sp?) line. Down south, we've got Krystal. Regardless, 3M just isn't enough machines to impress most "real" computer users. Garry
Reminds me of the old McDonald's joke: 20 billion served but how many were eaten? This is particularly approriate to ask of Windows. Garry
Emery, I might be interested in trading my old A1000 with Insider (1.5M) but no monitor (I need it for my A3000). Garry
Paul, Amen! I too work in WP5.1 at the office. We too have standardized on WP for the office. If WP Corp. expects us to shell out more money for a buggy version of WP for Windows, they're as confused about their users as MicroSoft. We don't use Windows and…
Rodger, Sounds like a cop out to me. Garry
Don, The point that I wanted to make was that your "average" computer user doesn't buy an Amiga; as we hear from all of the various sources. It takes a special person to buy Amiga; someone that has investigated the various platforms and appreciates the various aspects of the Amiga…
Jonathan, I agree with your comments about the classification of most Amiga users. I'd love to recommend the machine more to "general" computer users but I know that they lack the knowledge and determination required to survive and utilize the hardware with the lack of Commodore and "real" computer companies.…
Leslie, I like EMACS. There are several versions each with different functions. I use a version for IBM-PC at work; makes it easy not having to remember two sets of commands. Garry
Ben, I learned a long time ago the hard way that it's better to create a separate directory for my "C" commands. That way I know what's mine and what's C=. We use this same structure on the Novell network at work. I know that it's too late to help…
Gary, Is there anything in Amiga word processors that provides the same function as WP's Styles? This is one of the 5.1 function that I would like to have in the word processor I use on my Amiga. Garry
John, Quick! Grab the credit card and buy a NeXT machine or something. You can always claim that it's a billing error when the charge shows up. My wife won't listen to me about computer when she is here. I know the feeling of not having someone to talk to…
John, My point was that companies say that they won't develop for the Amiga or don't do more because it's not a "business" machine or because there aren't enough Amigas out there. Personally I've seen more Amiga then NeXT machines. There are 500s available from Sears. And if the Amiga…
Ben, Have I seen the price of WP for NeXT? No. I haven't even seen any software for the NeXT. I do get mailings from some companies regarding Next versions of the programs but I've never seen ANY actual software in a store or catalog for the NeXT. Nor have…
CBM doen't have a reputation for success? Seems to me that the C64 was (and still is) a very successful product. There's certainly no doubt that CBM has managed to mis-manage almost all aspects of things; but the hardware's good. Also AmigaOS may not be perfect but I'd prefer to…
I kind of understand David's point though about vaporware. MS has developed it to a REAL art. There's a fine line between information and manipulation. I hope that WP does keep working on an update and releases it soon. I'd love to have an Amiga version of WP5.1. Don't think…
Use the ^X^W (Write File) and specify PRT:, SER:, or PAR: as the filename. THis will send the contents of the current buffer to the device. Be sure and check the filename before using ^X^S (Save File) to make sure that it still points to the disk filename. You may…
I use EMACS at home and at work. Can I be of assistance? I missed the first part of this thread, please repeat the question.
I'll send a few letters out. We've got to do our part to protect those that are less informed about such practices.
Doesn't AW have a CompUServ account? Do they bother to monitor the Amiga forums? Maybe those of us here should remind them of their responsibility to provide such IMPORTANT informat to their readers that don't have CompUServ accounts. I'm just glad I decided to go through a local (in Tampa)…
Tim, Had to write to admonish you for not backing up regularly :-). Shortly after my HD was a victim pf lightening, I decided to backup the replacement drive on a somewhat regular basis. The real reason for this response was to say that when my SCSI drive got hit,…
Has anyone asked the editors at these mags why they don't do something about this? I think that at the very least they should run an article on this so that Amiga buyers that don't have access to forums such as this one can also get the information. Why aren't…
Michael, I don't have a A2000; I've got an old A1000 that L'm hoping to network with my new A3000 so my wife can use it for her stuff and leave me alone on the new one.
Eric, IBeM knows that IBMC: is out there with me having to mount but I can't get the IBM system to recognize it. I've tried FDISK and FORMAT. I did specify the MSDOSFileSystem for it in the HD partition program; could that be my problem?
Andy, I wanted to jump in and add my $0.02 about AmigaDOS 2.0. I like it; I like it a lot. Granted I've had some unusual problems with some old programs but I certainy don't want to go back to 1.3. I've already contacted one company and they're updating my…
Michael, Just wanted to say "Hi" and let you know that I too am just starting using IBeM. I finally got mine to work using CrossDOS not MSH. I can't provide info on where to locate MSH on CompuServ. Drop me a line if you need some info; I've saved…
Eric, I've tried both IBeM and IBeM000 without much luck. I've tried increasing the stack but that only changes the address of the invalid instruction. I may have stumbled onto the solution however. It appears that If I boot my A3000 with the MS-DOS disk in the drive IBeM will…
Eric, I've been monitoring the thread on IBeM and CrossDOS but I'm still having problems just my demo copy to work. I've tried the various suggestions and finally got it to run this morning. Unfortunately I somehow broke it again. I hope that you can point me into the right…
Phil, I have an old A1000 with an Insider. This gives me a total of 2M (.5 chip and 1.5 fast). I installed the board myself; it wasn't overly difficult but I've been messing around with boards and drives for a little while. I've been very pleased with the board.…
I have a copy of Transformer that runs under my version of 1.3 on my old A1000. It doesn't run under 2.0 on my A3000.
Thanks Betty. The new A3000 has helped my over the loss a little. I'm hoping to have most of my stuff restored onto the new machine soon.
Thanks so much for the info. I'll definitely have to give AmigaFF a try soon. Right now I'm still trying to get back from my various disks what I can.
Thanks Bob. I was having absolutely no luck finding them on my own.
#decompressing files
Message #30565
It a long story but the result is that I've lost my decompressing programs for ARC, LZH, and ZOO. I need to get copies of these again soon. Can anyone tell me where these are?
m Business/Help 28-Aug-91 11:30:46 It was a great way to justify the cost of the new A3000 to my wife. She gets to use the A1000 and I have the A3000. Using PARNET, they can share the hard drives on the A3000 (since the interface on the A1000 went belly…