This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Now that sounds great! The forms I designed are pretty basic and can be redone without a hassel. I'll check into whats available with that option. And thank you – thank you!!!
Neil, Thanks for the reply. Seems as though I've been hearing about an Amiga laptop for a few years now – or is it wishful thinking? What's the holdup? I can go into any computer store except for one, and fine at least three different brands. None of them support…
#SuperBase4
Message #39766
Can anyone out there in AmigaLand suggest a laptop that might be compatable to my Amiga 2000? I have SuperBase4 Pro. and would like to use it in a laptop D. I cannot always be where my Amiga is, but do have the flexability to work on business stuff in…
Bill, At some point tomorrow, I will try the disk you sent one more time. It really is bothering me that I can't use it, or that I can't find out what I've missed in getting it started. I need to have a few hours of undivided attention, I had…
Oh my! Bill, all that work you put into trying to get me started! I'll unpack or organize all of my notes from last time. Someone told me the other day that JRCOMM was the best there was. I did'nt know what to say. Think I can get this version…
Guess Who
Message #17461
Bill, The answer to your question is no. The explanation is that with the new printer, I wanted to print out the manual for Whap! since my other printer messed it up so badly. However, I have'nt gotten the new printer figured out right just yet. Nothing wrong with it,…
Craziness
Message #15365
Hey Bill, Hope your're keeping warm down there. Hear it's been nippy. Well, I got the new printer. Works great, looks great. Still have alot to figure out. I want to get the manual printed up for Whap. Have been trying desperately to get the books for both businesses together…
James, Thanks for the reply. I have since found the system mover in ProWrite. Was called away before I got the chance to use it. By the time I get to sit at the amiga I've put in at least a 10 hour day, so I have to grab what…
Thanks for the reply. It would be fantastic to get my business running like that. Just the information you gave me for your application of SBPro has me thinking of ways to learn it. There used to be a man here in town who would tutor programs. Wonder if I…
I'll keep checking around town. I've been told that there is a man in Buffalo that has his whole store run with SBPro. Since thats about 70 miles, I'll keep looking here. Can I upgrade or do I have to purchase? BTW, I,m in Rochester, NY. Thanks for the reply,…
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#Support is Appreciated
Message #21405
David, I've heard that SBPro is great for small businesses. I have a retail pet store and a manager that throws invoices anywhere he can. I pay megga bucks for accountants to help me figure out where my money is, etc. I would like to know how you use it,…
Dear Duke, I've had Superbase Pro for a few years. Everytime I try to sit down and learn it I am so rapidly intimidated that I can't seem to even start to set up a form. Do you have any suggestions as to what the best way is to get…
#Guru
Message #21403
Question #1: Can I register my new ProFonts program here? Question #2: I just tried to use the System Mover to load the fonts onto my ProWrite 3.0 system disk. I can't get past the software failure, it gurus every time. I thought that maybe I should boot with the…
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JRCOMM
Message #6362
Bill, You must thing you're on Totally Hidden Video or something huh? The modem is a SuprModem 2400. I uploaded a letter to ~ you on thursday, if you did'nt get it let me know. If you did, you'll know why I won't be around for a few days. And…
#JRCOMM
Message #6239
Well Bill, No luck. I tried the changes and they did'nt work. The phone number is correct for 2400, as is the setting. You can see that you're being asked for the opening questions and even when you get into the the service, the characters go wild on the screen.…
Morning Bill, Thanks for the help AGAIN. I'll give it a shot when I get home and let you know. I have somethng else to tell you, but will compose that on ProWrite and send it to you in EMail. Thanks again, Jacquie
Betty, It was nice to see your message. Thats a real good idea you gave me. Because of the type of business I work with alot of different offices, most of which are very friendly. I'm sure they would'nt mind helping out here and there, with the name of the…
#almost there
Message #6131
Would you believe – I'm not in yet? Everything works great until I connect. At that point none of the characters are right. It looks like a different language. Haven't the foggiest idea how to attempt this on my own. help? Jacquie ?post
Thanks Paul, You have given me some great ideas. Getting started does seem to pose a problem for me. Especially when the subject is important to me, but completely unknown to the reader. For example; Kennel Cough, most people don't even know WHAT IT IS. Until of course their dog…
Ah, I knew it! Since I don't have full comprehension yet of what each item in the command line means, I never would have picked that up. It's all so simple, once you know what you're doing. It's just getting to that point. Well, next time I'm here it'll be…
UGGG! Bill, I'm so close. Down to the last set of commands. The following line rejects with bad arguments; COPY DF1:s/Shell-Startup I've gone through the Amiga DOS book, but can't find what's wrong with it. Geez, you'd think after all this I'd be able to figure it out myself. Sorry.…
Hi Bill, You got it! Hit it first time, when I paid attention. Okay, DF1: has the NewJR file, fonts.lzh and no system files. DF0: has System (dir) and System.info. Now, you want me to send you the NewJR file right? Is that all? We got lucky, nothing to shovel.…
#Fine tuning
Message #5957
Here I am again. Two things, there are no icons for JRCOMM or JREDIT, I checked the whole window, scrolls and all. Entering DIR > DF1: NewJR DF0: Opt A gave me a requester that says "Unable to open redirection file" so, I tried a few other ways, but I…
Morning Bill, The storm is over and now it's just plain cold. Yes, I did watch the deleteing files part. When I went to open the workbench disk I noticed there was no RAM or shell. All I have is the trashcan, prefs, utilities, and system icons. At the top…
Bill, I will work on those tonite, but not sure if I'll get back to you before tomorrow as we're having some crazy storm here. The connect time and movement from opening to amiga user took along time, so I don't if I'll get back to you tonite because of…
Hi Bill, I thought everything went good until the last two COPY commands listed in your very last message. Now, I kept getting bad arguments, so I added CD DF1: lines in place of COPY DF1: then went to COPY MODEM.MACROS RAM: after those two lines, I switched back to…
Howdy Bill, Could'nt get past the second COPY line. Keeps telling me I'm out of RAM space. I went back into the workbench area and discarded the notebook and an extra "copy of Systems" I've had hangin there. Thought maybe getting rid of those would help. I rebooted to start…
Okay, I'm on my way! Jacquie
#Simple Stuff
Message #5801
Bill, Well I tried to comprehend as much as I could from the manual. As usual, I'm a bit confused, so I think I'll wait until you're available to help me combine the two disks. The one plain JRCOMM to the Workbench JRCOMM. It says the first thing to do…
I just bought a book recently that said to do that too, I guess I'll have to try that now. The other advantages to wordprocessors, is the spell checker and especially for me the theasorus. See, I need the spell checker! What do you write? Jacquie ?post
Glad you're stickin' around, what would I do without you?! Okay, I'm off on my mission. Will check in when I'm done. Jacquie
Hi Paul, No, I'm no writer by any stretch of the imagination. However, there are things I try to write and can't because I don't know how to put whats in my head on paper. I have wanted to make a newsletter for my work for a few years now.…
Good Morning Bill, My C64 is in a closet too. Have been thinking about selling it, along with the three printers I have. I'd like to get a new printer, and could use what little I'll get from the other stuff towards the cost. I used the shell to try…
Thanks Betty. I'm so relieved I have gotten this far finally. I've been at the computer since 12:30 today, taking short breaks to take care of all my breeder birds and running out to the market for dinner. Bill suggested JRCOMM from the tele. library. I've got a newly formatted…
Betty, I was never asked for my computer name. For both files it appeared as tho they were downloaded completely, but when I loaded each all I had was the trashcan and nothing else. Is it possible I have a hardware problem? Like a drive or something? Also, can you…
ProWrite has been a real joy for me. I only wish at this point I could get past writers block. It was sinfully easy to start up and although I kinda got lost here and there, I was writing a sample letter without help in less than 3 hours. (…
#Jacquie's Breakdown
Message #5572
Bill, Nothings working right. I've spent the last 2 hours trying, although the downloading seemed to go just fine. I still ended up with nothing, I think. I am sure it's me and not your instructions. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong, or not doing period. I'm so…
Bill, I ave a 2000, 512k(?), two floppy drives, no hard drive, a SupraModem, and I formatted a brand new disk. Workbench 1.3 was in df0: and LHARC, was downloading fine, I was watching. It was just counting, last count I saw was 46. I loaded the disk later and…
#Guru Failure
Message #5517
Bill, Well, I guess I did something wrong. No idea what it was. LHARC, was in the process of downloading and suddenly the screen went black and I got the dreaded GURU Software Failure. What did I do? I thought I followed all the instructions correctly. I feel like a…
Bill, Well it sounds like win or lose, you have fun. That's the most important thing. Really, tho, 15 games straight ? That sounds hard to take! I like " Stuff the Magic Dragon " that's neat. Well they're in the record book, I guess thats something. Just stopped home…
Bill, Hope you enjoyed the game! Good that you're a positive thinker, hope they did you proud. Well, I copied everything you gave me. I can't thank you enough! I have to hit the sack now unfortunately, that alarm will be going off too soon for me. I am looking…
Glad everything at least got through, tho not quite right. I remember responding to an ASCII request somewhere, maybe I neglected to do something else I should have. I did try to find the margin sets, darned if I could. Although, I did save it to disk, so when my…
Bill, Be watching for my letter in EMail. I'm gonna type it and try sending it to you there. Jacquie
Bill, Thanks for filling me in, I've always been curious. The only person that I've known that has been in service was my dad and he never talked about it much. He lots of pictures and some kind of book that resembled a year book. I know he was in…
#ProWrite
Message #5359
Hi Bill, Hope you had a good weekend. The ProWrite came today. I've been enjoying it alot. It's very easy to learn, it is very similar to the LPD Writer that I had. More progessed, and definately impressive tho. I like it alot and feel that I made the right…
Someday I just might take up Amateur Radio. Right now, I need to get my business and personl life fixed up. I've been working on both for the last 2 years. Which is why my computer has been in "storage". I had forgotten how much I liked tinkering with it.…
Thanks Betty, With certain successes I gain the confidence I need. If I get overwhelmed then I get intimidated, which leads me to nowhere. Bill said that vendor support is here too, so I'm happy about that. I don't think that I'm ready for WordPerfect. In the future, when I…
Hey Bill, The man that I rent my business building from is a HAM radio operator. He lives for his 70ft antena! I always thought that it was a very interesting hobby. I've seen things on tv where operator have picked up distress signals and stuff like that. Last year…
Well Bill you sure know you're stuff! And I don't. Holy moly, what choices! Although I did try to remember that series in utilities that was shown to me but it kinda went too fast with too much info at once. I tried to take notes when he was talking…
Hi Betty, Unfortunately, the problems in the Amiga store are many. They've just changed hands and the one sales/support person is overworked as it is. One reason why I'm here bugging you. The stock is down also. All in all its the only game in town, but I'm gonna wait…
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