This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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> any idea on the cost of the upgrade to Maple V Release 3? I have not heard, because I am supposed to get my upgrade free. About two years ago I have promised Release 2 in a "couple of months". When I called them back and they told me…
>I think that Tandy's Radio Shack has a great reputation for great values on >inferior products. Not to mention the highly knowlegible sales staff 8^)…. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
I'll take AmigaTeX. I will have to purchase a dot matrix printer driver from Radical Eye, but this price is too good to pass up. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
>Any idea what the pricing is for Maple V. I've always wanted this program >but it was a little steep for something I really don't need for anything. Well, it is pretty steep. I paid either $300 or $350 (with a $50 student discount) for release 1 in 1990 or…
Yes, the turn "sold out" had me confused. We are reading from the same page now though. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Boy, do you have good timing. Below is press release I found in AmigaReport #318. It is about Maple V Release 3, the only commericial Computer Algebra program available for Amiga. It is also better than MathCad and Mathematica, IMHO, although each program has its strengths. I have be using…
Marion, Maybe I am confsed here, butI can't see how you could sell off a program that comes packaged with the GUI needed to run it. Unless the other company just sells to those with older versions of Geos. Mike ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE:…
#DOSSHELL is obsolete
Message #215355
>Last time I looked (about a year ago), there was a current, and fairly >elaborate, version of GeoWorks available. Old programs, like GeoWrite and >GeoDesign, were being sold off. Well, GeoWrite is still their product. It is included in the Geoworks Ensemble package. Below is excerpt from the GeoWorks forum…
#Need MultiFaceII help
Message #215354
I could find no phone phone listing for Alfa Data in Champaign. I emailed mfc@bscmuc.bsc.sub.com once when I could not get my MF II to work with parnet, but did not get any response. Mike ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#Need MultiFaceII help
Message #215353
When I bought my Multiface 2 second hand, I got a translation of the manual on just 8×10 laser printed sheets. I could fax it to you (at your expense). I tried to get the board to work with Parnet with no success. I have forgotten the details though. If…
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> I registered sometime within the last couple of months so it's fairly >recent. I got the keyfile and MUI 2.3. I'm only useing one program that >requires MUI at this point (Blitzblank), but I believe in registering >Shareware if I'm using it… 🙂 Since you had sucess so recently,…
I have not talked to Kai in a few months, so I don't have any info about an upgrade. MagicCX is a really great program isn't it? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Asha, > I registered through the site in New York (I think that's where it was) >and it only took about 10 days 'til I got my key. The registration thingie >should give you the appropriate information. I just printed it out, put a >$20 bill in there and mailed…
Paul, >Stefan actually replied to me this time, twice! So who knows. He says the >SASG sites are working; I don't know about that. Anyway, the $59.95 goes >to >pay for his CIS site, the exchange rate, and various other things. He also >mentioned that he'd raise the SASG rate…
#BB Fan question and more
Message #195771
This is a copy of an email I sent Dave Cinege of Elite Microcomputers. I post it here hoping some of the forum members might be assistance. Dave, I may actually call you on the phone before you can respond to this. I am having real trouble with my 486BB.…
Paul, I believe you said at one time you were going to email Stuntz about the $59.95 registration fee for MUI on SWREG. I did and never received a response. Did you have any better luck? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Marion, Thanks for the reply. I have a friend (an old C64 and now Amiga hardware hacker) who is going to help me put in the new connectors. I am sure I am going to go this route now. I have been meaning to subscribe to crossings, especially as I…
>Just a note about Fargo–their new printer has an Amiga driver, but it's >crummy, from the review I read. I just saw new drivers posted somewhere (I am not sure if it was here or on Aminet) that claimed to let the Amiga take full advantage of the new Primera…
Gary, Excellent. I think I am going to do this. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#BB ISA Bus Questions
Message #193475
I have been having troble with my IBM side on my A2000 for some time. I think I have a bad PowerGraph Multifunction card, that does my IDE hardrive interface, my bus mouse and my serial port and my SVGA. I am thinking about buying a new multifunction card, but…
Paul, Thanks for the info on CyberGraphics… ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Gary, In what way did the monitor you bought "make the Amiga seem like new". Of course having a 17 monitor would be nice in and of itself, but I presume that going up to 64Kz game you some monitor modes you could not use with your old monitor. Can…
#GVP
Message #193384
Paul, Tell me what exactly CyberGraphics does. I have seen post concerning Cybergraphics and various video cards. Give me the low down. I am thinking of buying a Picassco II for my A2000. Can and should CyberGraphics be used with this? Should I consider a retina or some other card.…
Do you (or anyone) have a phone number for Micro R&D? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Paul, I think I would like to get the GIGAMEM. I have an A2000, but I do have a GVP 3001 (68030 @ 28MHz) so I have an MMU. How would you like to work it? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#A3000 Tower PS Wanted
Message #192341
I have a friend whose A3000 Tower just blew a power supply. Does anyone know where these suckers can be had, new or used? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#For Sale
Message #192129
I am interested in the Emplant. A couple of questions first. 1. Does is come with a MAC ROM? 2. Does is come with MAC System Software? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Alex, I see from your tag line "still Whap!'n". Whap is still working for you. I thought that with all the changes CIS has made, Whap would be broken. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
What kind of performance increase can be exspected with 3.1 Directory Cache? I upgraded some time ago, but I guess I did not read the docs very well, as I have just know found out about it. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
I also recommend MagicCX here in the libraries. It is very good and replaces a lot of other commodities. It is also available via SWREG. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
>After looking closely at Next Step I asked to >not be put on that project. Interesting. Can you tell me what it is about NextStep that has turned you off. I have heard lots of good things about its API. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE:…
Yeh, and you would also be entirely too politically correct. 8^)… ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
>They bid on the whole ball of wax. There is no sense in which they've won, >they are just the default (if no higher bidder). Thats what I meant to say. Don't you know you are supposed to listen to what I mean not what I say? 8^)…. ._ _…
Ron, Well the real point I was trying to make was that the keyfile is sent that way as a convenience to the purchaser, giving him a faster upgrade. The "Normal" way is just mail you disk, which Jack does do rather quickly, but it still takes a week or…
Don, I thought Dan Stets said the after initially trying to buy just the trademark and coming up against legal opposition, they bid on and won the whole ball of wax, subject to the results of the auction. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#IFF FAX -> ASCII ?
Message #189712
Does there exist a OCR type program that will convert an IFF FAX file like GPFAX creates and give as output an ascii file containing the text in the FAX file? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
> "Multiprocessing: a CAOS Process structure is built on top of an Exec >Task structure. CAOS was intended to keep a linked list containing blocks >of resources used by the process – file control blocks, I/O blocks, message >ports, libraries, memory usage, shared data, overlays and so on (This part…
#Working at AOL
Message #189457
Well I found out today that I have a new job. America Online has a center here in Tucson and I have been hired as a Technical Support Rep. I start April 3. They have a month long training program that I hear is very good. An former co-worker of…
Ron, I mentioned the 2320 in response to a question from someone. What happens to me is that when I reboot and hold both mouse buttons, select PAL mode and the button to reboot in the advanced setup screen, the system will not boot off the HD but asks for…
Wayne, I have a GVP 3001 on my A2000 and everytime I try to run VMM 3.0 it crashes. Any suggestions? ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Thanks for the synopsis on Carl. Was CAOS an object oriented operating system like NextStep? If so, it just serves as another example of how CBM screwed up. From some things I have seen and read, I think object orientation is going to very very important in the future of…
Jack, A good point. For folks not using Autopilot, binary email might be more of a pain. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Lieven, I looked at NewIcons. I did not like the look of the icons. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Dan, Have you thought about writing a book on the Commodore situation. I think it might make interesting reading. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
What's Carl doing now? It is amazing that I never heard of him. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
>There is just about no way to make a reasonable task with any less overhead >than an Amiga task. That was the whole point of Sassenrath's work. For those of us that don't know, can you tell us about "Sassenrth's work" please. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael…
#Can't Boot in PAL
Message #189121
Ron, I have a CBM 2320 flixer fixer, but it should still work. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
Jeff, What are they replacing the A-6 with. Please don't tell me F-18. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
>Sure enough, Amiga World is no more. My April issue says right on the >cover >"This is your last issue of Amiga World" Strange, but mine does not say a word about it. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
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