CompuServe Thread

#AutoPilot

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#215473From: John F. WeberOct 16, 1995 8:32 AM
Hello, Amiga Users, now I am up and running on AutoPilot. I guess I must have been a little too compulsive about getting everything right, as in my multiple attempts to set up AutoPilot, I added spaces in front of my password to center it. It didn't go through that way. The password has to be exactly in the right place, as determined by the program. I don't know what else I did wrong, but now this is working, and it seems to be a lot of fun typing messages to myself on the screen. I've spent most of the past 10 years asking questions about how to make this Amiga more useful, and during that time, have downloaded all kinds of fun, solitary programs, and have loaded pictures of all my family, videos, and animations into my hard disk. Meanwhile, my friends with PC s and MAC s have been accessing JPL gif files, making airline reservations, finding out all kinds of neat things from the Well and the WWW, and asking me when am I going to get a real computer? You've got a what? Do you have Windows 95? How about Photo Lab? Well, now I can tell them I've got AutoPilot, and when I finish reading the documentation, I may be able to use my AMosaic to go on the Net. I wonder how you do that?
#215504From: Rafael VicariaOct 16, 1995 3:14 PM
John >and when I finish reading the documentation, I may be able to use my AMosaic to go on the Net. I wonder how you do that?< Just download IINST151.LHA and you will see! Now that you have AutoPilot, you can download some viewers like PPShow, Viewtek and so on, and some datatypes (if you have OS3.x) Enjoy! Rafa <Motorola Inside> from Berlin, thanks to AP1.80 >…olive oil is the way to go.<
#215518From: Betty Clay/SYSOPOct 16, 1995 6:21 PM
John, Congratulations! I knew there had to be some very simple little thing that had gone wrong, but never thought about spaces before the password! You're pretty good to think of that. For the Internet, look in Library 5 (I think – could be in 4) for IINST151.LHA – a script that will install the internet programs for you. It will also tell you exactly which ones to download. Get the files, unpack them with LHA, and you'll be ready for the Internet – but you have to have some others for the Web. In particular, you need AMosaic – which is here in our libraries, and AMosaic requires you to install MUI (Magic User Interface) because it uses some of the graphics utilities in that program. You'll find MUI in AmigaTech forum, System Utilities. I don't remember its exact name, but if you use MUI for a keyword, and are persistent, it will come up. You'll find some other utilities for it before the program itself comes, since all files are presented to you in date order and newest first. You can use your Amiga to make airline reservations and such, just as your friends do. Just GO EAASY and follow the prompts. —Betty
#215657From: Gayle Lee FairlessOct 17, 1995 9:06 PM
>> and asking me when am I going to get a real computer? Several of my friends also ask me the same thing. Perhaps we should point out that gurus are rarer than GPF's (General Program Failures in Windows). Although I've seen Compaq, Packard-Bell, Leading Edge, Tandy, Aptiva, Gateway,I've yet to see a 'Real Computer.' I guess they need to find out her name first! };> Sincerely, 17-Oct-95 at 8:38p (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City! "REALITY.SYS halted! Abort Universe (Y/N/Q?)"