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#68280 A1000 questions Message #68292
From: Brent Southard AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade October 4, 1989 10:39 PM
Thanks, Mike. Yeah, I knew John probably wasn't on CIS, but I posted the same note to Usenet, and I believe he is on there (somewhere). By the way, what can you tell me about Lattice C++? Is it a true C++ compiler? brent
#68270 Call Waiting Message #68291
From: Brent Southard AmigaTech Forum · Telecommunications October 4, 1989 10:37 PM
Thanks, Larry. Actually, I've been on both CIS and Usenet consistently, but I've been away from my Amiga for a WHILE (I was serious about the dust). Work can just really burn you out after a while, especially when it's programming Windows applications. No flame intended, actually, I've come to…
#A1000 questions Message #68246
From: Brent Southard AmigaTech Forum · Talk to the Trade October 4, 1989 5:24 PM
I've been out of the Amiga picture for a while now, but I recently dusted off my 1000. Now I want to get caught up on the Amiga track as quickly as possible. I'd appreciate it if I could get some answers to the following questions. Please excuse any stupidity…
Call Waiting Message #68220
From: Brent Southard AmigaTech Forum · Telecommunications October 4, 1989 8:39 AM
Thanks to everyone who answered my question about Call Waiting. I was pretty sure it could be done, now I know it can… brent
#Call Waiting Message #68115
From: Brent Southard AmigaTech Forum · Telecommunications October 3, 1989 8:57 AM
Wow, it's been over a year since I've done any Amiga telecomputing. It feels good to be back, and I've got a question. I now have call waiting with my phone service (Bell), and I'm wondering how to turn it off temporarily via my modem, a Practical Peripherals Hayes-type. Any…
#93734 Lattice bug? Message #94181
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Programming November 19, 1987 8:54 AM
Thanks, Ariel, I think you are right. I had read about the -b option now being the default, but I'd forgotten about it. If you forget that you're compiling with that option, and you get the -b warning message, it certainly does look strange. All in all, though, I really…
Lattice bug? Message #93527
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Programming November 14, 1987 10:24 PM
I've been playing around with the new Lattice compiler, which I just received, and I've noticed what seems to be a peculiar bug with LC, the 2-pass compiler command. When using the -a option I get the following message: lc -ad prog.c option conflict. -b option ignored Has anyone else…
apl.68000 Message #63420
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming April 12, 1987 8:54 PM
In case anyone is interested, I recently recieved the APL.68000 demo disk from Spencer Organization. Let me say I'm very impressed. It seems to be a complete APL system including shared variables, a full- screen editor, and an APL/ASCII terminal emulator. Support for simple Amiga graphics and sound, windows, and…
apl.68000 Message #63420
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming April 12, 1987 8:54 PM
In case anyone is interested, I recently recieved the APL.68000 demo disk from Spencer Organization. Let me say I'm very impressed. It seems to be a complete APL system including shared variables, a full- screen editor, and an APL/ASCII terminal emulator. Support for simple Amiga graphics and sound, windows, and…
#58571 #Prop Gadget Color Message #58789
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Programming March 13, 1987 6:47 PM
Mike, I'm just guessing, but it seems that you might be able to change the colors in the knob image structure *after* Intuition has initialized it, i.e. after you've added the gadget by opening a window or with AddGadget(). It's hard to be sure about this, however. It's not too…
#Turbo Interest? Message #44512
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming December 18, 1986 10:29 PM
Here is a note I received from Larry Kraft of the Borland Forum after inquiring about Turbo Pascal for the Amiga. He has given me permission to post his words here for the benefit of Amiga users. Please show your interest by responding to Borland directly. "GO BORLAND" now. We…
#Turbo Interest? Message #44512
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming December 18, 1986 10:29 PM
Here is a note I received from Larry Kraft of the Borland Forum after inquiring about Turbo Pascal for the Amiga. He has given me permission to post his words here for the benefit of Amiga users. Please show your interest by responding to Borland directly. "GO BORLAND" now. We…
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors December 16, 1986 5:16 PM
Brian, Sorry I missed you (and the PARTIES) at WOC, but I looked at EVERYONE's nametag, and didn't see you. Oh, well. I heard an 'interesting' thing while at the show, and I'm wondering if you've heard it too. A C= rep demoing the Sidecar said that it DOES INDEED…
#43828 #TAG-BBS Message #43971
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Telecommunications December 15, 1986 11:20 PM
Okay Doug, I'll give it a try. Now, any idea what setup string I might use for a Signalman 1200 modem? I'm borrowing one from work to test this out, and I can't find documentation. Thanks for the Stack advice — too bad it's not mentioned in the docs… :-)…
#43649 #TAG-BBS Message #43779
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Telecommunications December 14, 1986 6:52 PM
Doug, Maybe you can help me, since you've apparently gotten TAG-BBS up and running… I've followed the documentation in setting up my Tag_xxxx files, and creating my directories. I moved the Tag_xxxx files and the .Text and .Help files to the 's' and 'TAG_System:tag' (my choice) directories, respectfully. Then, I…
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Games December 12, 1986 12:55 PM
I'll give it a try, Rick. Thanks. brent
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Games December 3, 1986 9:36 PM
Okay, can anyone here suggest a way for me to back up my Ultima III game? I've tried Marauder, Mirror, and QuickEA, all to no avail. This is bugging the %$#^&@ out of me since this game does lots of disk i/O, and I hate to use my only copy.…
#41804 Toronto Happenings Message #41827
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors December 2, 1986 11:13 PM
Thanks, Alex, now where can I get a Toronto Star in Detroit? 🙂 I'm really planning to attend, now. I just got back from a Users' Group meeting where both Genlock and Sidecar were demoed. Everything looks great. I was EXTREMELY impressed with Genlock. What a fantastic tool! I was…
#41752 #Toronto Happenings Message #41761
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors December 2, 1986 4:37 PM
Hazy, SOunds like fun — I'm definitely planning to go, but WHERE exactly is the show being held? I want to make some reservations immediately. I'll probably just be going for Saturday-Sunday, but I'll try to find you if you'll still be there. Shall we all try to arrange a…
#41686- #Toronto Happenings Message #41725
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Hot News & Rumors December 2, 1986 9:04 AM
Brian, please excuse any noise — it's a bad line here. $64 Canadian sounds reasonable, is it close to the show? Where exactly is the show? Perhaps at the hotel? My interest is definitely up, but I'm wondering, will there be a lot of Amiga representation there? Also, are you…
#Requester Fixed! Message #29183
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming August 7, 1986 10:42 PM
Please disregard my last plea as I've (FINALLY!) solved the problem. It seems I somehow missed the short note in the Intuition manual which states that when using the AUTOKNOB on a proportional gadget, you must give a pointer to an uninitialized Image structure. Ooops. Hope I didn't trouble you……
#Requester Fixed! Message #29183
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming August 7, 1986 10:42 PM
Please disregard my last plea as I've (FINALLY!) solved the problem. It seems I somehow missed the short note in the Intuition manual which states that when using the AUTOKNOB on a proportional gadget, you must give a pointer to an uninitialized Image structure. Ooops. Hope I didn't trouble you……
Requester Paranoia Message #29065
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming August 6, 1986 7:26 PM
I'm having some problems with requesters, and I'm running out of people to ask for advice… could you give a try? I'm designing a filename requester with several gadgets including a scrolling list of filenames. Because I'm not sure that the application program will have a large enough window to…
Requester Paranoia Message #29065
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming August 6, 1986 7:26 PM
I'm having some problems with requesters, and I'm running out of people to ask for advice… could you give a try? I'm designing a filename requester with several gadgets including a scrolling list of filenames. Because I'm not sure that the application program will have a large enough window to…
#28361 Well Unix Message #28367
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 30, 1986 3:59 PM
Yeah, I agree with what you're saying about the Well's conferencing sw (NETI). I haven't found a way yet to read just selected entries from a topic. I'd swear I've been told there's a way, but I can't figure it out from the help online… I have to agree that…
#28361 Well Unix Message #28367
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 30, 1986 3:59 PM
Yeah, I agree with what you're saying about the Well's conferencing sw (NETI). I haven't found a way yet to read just selected entries from a topic. I'd swear I've been told there's a way, but I can't figure it out from the help online… I have to agree that…
Well Unix Message #28286
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 29, 1986 4:44 PM
When you said (in June 'A.C.') that you are trying to break through to Unix on the Well did you mean that you haven't been able to access Unix at all, or just in some specific way? You can most easily enter Unix 'mode' by typing !sh to start a…
Well Unix Message #28286
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Telecommunications July 29, 1986 4:44 PM
When you said (in June 'A.C.') that you are trying to break through to Unix on the Well did you mean that you haven't been able to access Unix at all, or just in some specific way? You can most easily enter Unix 'mode' by typing !sh to start a…
rumors 101 Message #25605
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 2:18 PM
Here is a fairly well substantiated 'rumor' which should be of interest to Lattice users. I'm an ex-classmate of John Toebes' and as such I like to keep in touch with him concerning the Amiga front. Recently he let me know that Lattice's new C compiler which 'should' be out…
rumors 101 Message #25605
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming July 6, 1986 2:18 PM
Here is a fairly well substantiated 'rumor' which should be of interest to Lattice users. I'm an ex-classmate of John Toebes' and as such I like to keep in touch with him concerning the Amiga front. Recently he let me know that Lattice's new C compiler which 'should' be out…
Interlace (again) Message #21866
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Hardware June 4, 1986 10:43 AM
There are a few questions I'd like answered once and for all, if anyone here is knowledgeable on the topic of video signal processing. I understand the fun- damentals involved with the Amiga's interlaced video mode. However, I understand that a standard television uses the same principles for generating its…
Interlace (again) Message #21866
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Hardware June 4, 1986 10:43 AM
There are a few questions I'd like answered once and for all, if anyone here is knowledgeable on the topic of video signal processing. I understand the fun- damentals involved with the Amiga's interlaced video mode. However, I understand that a standard television uses the same principles for generating its…
NextScreen Message #18400
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 11, 1986 8:10 PM
Charlie, you were right about the purpose of the Screen structure's NextScreen parameter. It reflects the depth arranging of the screens, and does not act merely as a list of screens. This is bad (for me). I would really like to know of a way to get a complete, dynamic…
NextScreen Message #18400
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 11, 1986 8:10 PM
Charlie, you were right about the purpose of the Screen structure's NextScreen parameter. It reflects the depth arranging of the screens, and does not act merely as a list of screens. This is bad (for me). I would really like to know of a way to get a complete, dynamic…
#Window Wierdness Message #18398
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 11, 1986 8:05 PM
I'm having a peculiar problem with windows in a couple of my programs. Maybe someone else has shared this problem and can help me out. In both cases I've opened a window in a custom screen. Window flags include WINDOWDRAG in both cases. One window also has WINDOWSIZING and SUPER_BITMAP.…
#Window Wierdness Message #18398
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 11, 1986 8:05 PM
I'm having a peculiar problem with windows in a couple of my programs. Maybe someone else has shared this problem and can help me out. In both cases I've opened a window in a custom screen. Window flags include WINDOWDRAG in both cases. One window also has WINDOWSIZING and SUPER_BITMAP.…
#17714 WorkBench Screen Message #17754
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 7, 1986 4:49 PM
You may be right about that, Charlie; it really doesn't matter for what I want to do, though. In any case I need to get at the start of the list. I'm going to try opening a window on the WB screen, getting its screen's address, then closing it and…
#17714 WorkBench Screen Message #17754
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 7, 1986 4:49 PM
You may be right about that, Charlie; it really doesn't matter for what I want to do, though. In any case I need to get at the start of the list. I'm going to try opening a window on the WB screen, getting its screen's address, then closing it and…
#update… Message #17656
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Community Square May 6, 1986 11:32 PM
Talked to my old classmate, John Toebes (famed port'er of Hack), tonight. He says he's nearly done with the code for Hack 1.03, but that he's waiting on his partner for some of the graphic work. From the sound of things it should be a great game if he can…
#update… Message #17656
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Community Square May 6, 1986 11:32 PM
Talked to my old classmate, John Toebes (famed port'er of Hack), tonight. He says he's nearly done with the code for Hack 1.03, but that he's waiting on his partner for some of the graphic work. From the sound of things it should be a great game if he can…
#WorkBench Screen Message #17572
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 6, 1986 8:22 AM
Looking through the Intuition manual and include files, I notice that I can find my way through a list of screens by using the NextScreen parameter of the Screen structure. However, this only allows for one-directional threading, and there doesn't seem to be any easy way to find the beginning…
#WorkBench Screen Message #17572
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 6, 1986 8:22 AM
Looking through the Intuition manual and include files, I notice that I can find my way through a list of screens by using the NextScreen parameter of the Screen structure. However, this only allows for one-directional threading, and there doesn't seem to be any easy way to find the beginning…
SMART_REFRESH Message #17442
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 4, 1986 11:31 PM
Okay, here's the problem. I'm drawing a graphic image in a window which can be moved and resized. I'm using a SMART_REFRESH window, so the only thing I have to worry about is when the window is sized larger, especially after it is first shrunk. If this happens I get…
SMART_REFRESH Message #17442
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Programming May 4, 1986 11:31 PM
Okay, here's the problem. I'm drawing a graphic image in a window which can be moved and resized. I'm using a SMART_REFRESH window, so the only thing I have to worry about is when the window is sized larger, especially after it is first shrunk. If this happens I get…
Canon driver Message #15793
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Games April 22, 1986 2:33 PM
I have the Canon 1080A driver on a disk at home which I will try to upload tonight — I had many problems trying last night. I don't have a Canon printer, so I can't verify that it works; I just downloaded in case I decided to buy one. You…
Canon driver Message #15793
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Games April 22, 1986 2:33 PM
I have the Canon 1080A driver on a disk at home which I will try to upload tonight — I had many problems trying last night. I don't have a Canon printer, so I can't verify that it works; I just downloaded in case I decided to buy one. You…
A.C. Message #15791
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Hardware April 22, 1986 2:31 PM
John, I forgot to ask you if the new issue of "Amazing Computing" is out. Is it? If I order a subscription, can I have it start with that issue (#3)? Hope the Well works out for you… Thanks, Brent
A.C. Message #15791
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Hardware April 22, 1986 2:31 PM
John, I forgot to ask you if the new issue of "Amazing Computing" is out. Is it? If I order a subscription, can I have it start with that issue (#3)? Hope the Well works out for you… Thanks, Brent
#13146 VMCO Message #13222
From: Brent Southard The Amiga Forum · Forum Business March 30, 1986 8:57 PM
Last I heard, Bob was definitely at work on VMCO for the Amiga. I would assume it will be released here in the public domain. Haven't heard from Bob in a while, though, so I wouldn't want to guarantee any of this. /brent * RR 13146
#13146 VMCO Message #13222
From: Brent Southard Forum unknown · Forum Bus/News/HELP March 30, 1986 8:57 PM
Last I heard, Bob was definitely at work on VMCO for the Amiga. I would assume it will be released here in the public domain. Haven't heard from Bob in a while, though, so I wouldn't want to guarantee any of this. /brent

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