HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: NO MORE *&#*$(^*& FEMALE BIMBO ADS!!!!!!!!
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:19:58 GMT

In article <Paula_Lieberman.072u@amicol.UUCP> Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman) writes:
>re article by Dan Stephenson:  But the time you spend drooling over an ad
>is no PRODUCTIVE time that gets equipment designed or built, and probably
>doesn't increase the probability that you'll buy the supposed product that
>the excuse for the ad.....   

Paula, Paula....listen hon - noone spends time 'drooling' over _any_ ad.
All I was talking about was the indisputable fact that people will tend to 
*look* at an  ad with attractive people of the opposite sex longer than
an ad without them.  And looking longer might bnring a good computer deal to
light that may have been missed otherwise.

>
>-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
>


--
Dan Stephenson                                                 das9674@usl.edu  
"There once was a Lady from Hyde/who ate some bad apples and died/but while we
lamented/the apples fermented/making cider inside her inside!" 
                        -Member of the Court, Texas Renaissance Festival  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: nrichers@trentu.ca (NIKOLAJ RICHERS)
Subject: Re: Zorro II memory on 3000?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: duh
Organization: Trent University Computer Services Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 20:16:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.074541.13733@ncsu.edu>, hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes...
>I have a 2052 memory card sitting here, waiting for something to do. I own a
>3000, which could use more memory. I know the 16bit ZorroII memory card will
>work in the 3000, but what kind of penalty am I facing in terms of
>performance by using it?
> 
>--hal
> 
>-- 
>hgm@ncsu.edu   "This is a beta signature, and as such, no guarantee can be
>	        made as to the worth and durabilty of this text."

(This is my first attempt at writing a reply on USENET, so please bear with me).

As far as I understand it, accessing 16-bit wide memory with a 32-bit will 
effectively halve your performance, since the processor has to fetch 32-bit each
data segment in two 16-bit segments, doubling the amount of CPU cycles needed 
to access memory (cf. Amazing Amiga, 6(11) November 1991, 67.)

Nikolaj 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Subject: Zorro II memory on 3000?
Originator: hgm@sparcler.cc.ncsu.edu
Keywords: duh 
Organization: North Carolina State University Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:45:41 GMT

I have a 2052 memory card sitting here, waiting for something to do. I own a
3000, which could use more memory. I know the 16bit ZorroII memory card will
work in the 3000, but what kind of penalty am I facing in terms of
performance by using it?

--hal

-- 
hgm@ncsu.edu   "This is a beta signature, and as such, no guarantee can be
	        made as to the worth and durabilty of this text."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: db62@bih.no
 (Tom Bech)
Subject: VistaPro DEM specs wanted!
Organization: Bergen College of Engineering, Bergen, Norway
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 08:17:07 GMT

  Does anyone have or know where i can find the documentation of VistaPro's
  DEM file format? Thanks in advance :)

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  Tom Bech, Bergen College Of Engineering
  Internet: db62@hp825.bih.no

  "Wanna know the name of the game, boy? We call it riding the gravy train"

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From: Chris_Lynn_Minshall@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: TOASTER QUESTION
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 15:36:46 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I work for Heifner Communications, the creators of the Toaster Cozzy.  The
Toaster Cozzy works just fine with the A4000 but unfortunately the toaster
software does not.  We are hoping for a fix to come from Newtek but don't
hold your breath.  You can get information on the Toaster Cozzy by calling
us at 1-800-445-6164.

Chris
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.graphics:7323 comp.graphics:11740 comp.graphics.animation:979
From: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (G. Coulter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
Subject: SUN POV Display?
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:01:16 GMT
Reply-To: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK

I have just started  using the POV raytracer and I am a bit stuck as  to how to
display  finished images on  the  screen. POV uses TGA  format when  it renders
images  but  I dont  have any  software that will  display TGA files. I use  XV
which supports a lot of different file  formats like GIF, JPEG etc but it  does
not support TGA. I have looked at the documentation for POV and it says nothing.
However  on the IBM version of POV it says that you can use two programs called
PICLAB & IMAGE ALCHEMY that will both convert from TGA to GIF. 

Will the above two programs run on a SUN SPARCstation to do the  conversion. Or
is there a another way to get POV to output a file format that I can display.

Thanks for any help.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: pooler@cobb.cs.rpi.edu (Robert Poole)
Subject: Changing the animated busy pointer under Amigados 3.0?
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:57:44 GMT


Subject says it all.  Nickprefs crashes under Amigados 3.0 under certain
situations, causing gurus.  Is there a system-friendly program which can do
this?  (i.e., edit the busy pointer animation, substitute a new one)

Rob Poole
pooler@rpi.edu
pooler@cs.rpi.edu
From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 18:06:36 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <10042@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>

Dr. Peter Kittle,

We'll stop as soon as ASDG backs off. They started it, and they need to
finish it - there is NO way we'll just sit like mice while ASDG publishes
misrepresentations and wildly deceptive fictional comparisons.

Ben
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: loyd@seq.uncwil.edu (David Loyd)
Subject: Who's the babe in the Opalvison ad!
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 03:41:24 GMT

Just my sexist two cents worth...

-- 
                       Amiga 2000     9megs Ram       52Meg Quantum HD  
loyd@seq.uncwil.edu    2400 Modem               Sony KV-1311CR Monitor 
                       VXL '030 40mhz             Epson LQ-510 Printer 
                                Tanberg 60meg QIC Tape Drive
From: matt-dah@dsv.su.se (Mattias Dahlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Best way to view GIF images on a A3000.
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:46:35 GMT
Organization: The DSV institute of Stockholm, Sweden
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Paul Coene (drool@retreat.Bah.Rochester.NY.US) wrote:

: I am disappointed at the quality of gif images, as I currently display
: them on my A3000 (I'm using a utility called VirtGif, just like I did
: on my A2000).

With Art Department Professional you can convert 256-color pictures to
two modes called ARZ1 and ARZ2, which gives a pretty nice output. ARZ* are
methods to show 4096 colors at the same time in 640x512 (400 for NTCS).

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=  Mattias  =  matt-dah@dsv.su.se  =  I love it.        =
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 05:09:58 GMT

In article <69134@cup.portal.com> pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz)
writes:

>> o are any of these products compliant with the 2.0 Style Guide?
 
>FRED, the Morphing front end, and all of the operators provided with MorphPlus 
>are 2.0 Style Guide compliant.

Good to hear. We hate to keep harping on you guys, but feel that the
professionalism of the GUI allows us to promote the product in a more
serious context. 

BTW, will ASDG be represented at the Toronto WOC?
From: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Brilliance
Date: 8 Nov 1992 05:02:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: al705@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Edith D Goldstein)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


Has anyone seen/used DC's "Brilliance" yet?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: stud16@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be (Kurt Haenen)
Distribution: world
Date: Monday, 9 Nov 1992 17:07:45 +01
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
Subject: Re: Graphics Modes

In article <36786@CBMVAX.COMMODORE.COM>, kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
> In article <BxBHLK.H0x@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
> >In article <doiron.0gpv@starpt.UUCP> doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron) writes:
> >>
> >>Dingaling.  DblPAL and DblNTSC give you 640x512 and 640x400 screens on ECS.
> >>Absolutely no scan doubling.  Can't be done without the Alice chip.
> >
> >   I never said that scan doubling could be done with the ECS.  Scan doubling
> >(more properly called "line doubling") is a different entity from the DblPAL
> >and DblNTSC modes.
>
> Oh really?  Then why can't I get DblNTSC:High Res and DblNTSC:Low Res on my
> A3000?  Very simple, Marc:  DblNTC and DblPAL use special features of Alice
> to get those resolutions and scan rates.  If ECS could do scan doubling, then
> we could also do mode promotion on A3000's, but it can't so we don't. Sheesh.
>

	The A3000 has got the DblNTSC and DblPAL modes, yes, on the
ECS chipset, ...  _B_U_T_ ... You are limited by the number of planes
you can use in those modes !  The AGA chipset doesn't offer any real
new modes, only increase in bandwidth, which is translated into more
colors (HAM8 is just that : more colors, although you could see it
as a new mode.  Personally, I don't !)  Oh yeah, the promotion stuff
on the A4000 sucks !  If you really want promotion, get PKludge !!!

> >---
> >| Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
> >--------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --
> Kenneth Dyke - Software Engineer            Internet: kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com
> Amiga Networking Group                      BIX: kcd     Phone: (215) 344-3014
> "PPP?  You *must* be joking..."                      INCLUDE "stddisclaimer.i"

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From: Kermit@cup.portal.com (Kermit Royce Woodall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 92 07:16:33 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I will not personally be at the Toronto WOCA show due to my impending
fatherhood. <grin>

Kermit Woodall
Nova Design, Inc.
From: TPATTERS@ESTEC.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: XV - does it exist for the Amiga?
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:55:22 GMT
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)

I'm using a PD program called XV on a Vax workstation. I think it was
originally a UNIX tool. Does this program exist in a similar form for the
Amiga , and how well does it perform on a stcok A500(+) with HD?

Tim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: ESRLPDI@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Ivan Ivanick)
Subject: Re: Aladdin 4D
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:58:28 PST

In article <1du7a5INNm3s@agate.berkeley.edu>, on 12 Nov 1992 18:20:53 GMT,
c60b-1fo@web-1a.berkeley.edu (George Hepker) writes:
>In article <BxLy3t.C5H@fc.hp.com> koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
>>Has anyone seen this yet?  Maybe someone who has it could post a review
>>to c.s.a.reviews...?
>>
>>From what I have read about it, it sounds very promising.  However, it
>>is somewhat expensive, which may put it beyond the range of many
>>hobbyists.
>>
>Adspec is offering a $219 upgrade from another rendering package.  This bings
>Aladdin 4D into my price range.  Hopefully it'll be tempting to others as
>well.
>
>George Hepker
>
 Any insights on how this upgrade is handled?  Sending them a manual,
 a disk, proof of purchase, etc?  Any information gratefully received,
 thanks. 

Ivan Ivanick     esrlpdi@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
Whore For Merchandise Productions
From: bdnee@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Bandes Dessinee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: ADPro questions
Date: 12 Nov 92 07:40:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: mintaka.1992Nov12.074009.11118
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

Hi - I forget Perry from ASDG's email address, and I figured I'd ask  
the rest of you too while I'm at it.
I'm thinking that I really need ADPRO by now, after all the graphics work
I've been doing in school and for myself, I think it's time I had the right
tools.  I know that ADPro's considered to be the program to get, but I'd
like to get a list of some of the things it can do, and the improvements the
new version has over 2.0, which is the only version i've been able to
play with.  I'm particularly interested in its printing capabilities.  The version
I saw didn't offer much control over the halftoning.  I've heard that this has
been improved in version 2.1 - is this true?Can you get true halftones, instead
of the 'ordered' version? And is there control of dot size and shape?
I'm using printout positives as sources for silkscreens and etchings, so
halftoning is very important to me.  If ADPro can't do it, is there another
program out there which can scale images like ADPro but offers greater control
of halftone possibilities?
And lastly, is it true that ASDG offers free upgrades?
I'm sick of buying things that become obsolete next week...                 
Many thanks!
Please email me - rn is hard for me to use.
Charley
bdnee@silver.lcs.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: rcj2@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (ray.c.jender)
Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:53:02 GMT

In article <10042@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
>
>When I read all this misery, then I tend to evolve more likening our laws
>here in Germany that explicitly forbid ads with direct comparisons with
>the competition. Our ads are thus a bit more dull, but they don't evolve
>into wars.
>
>PLEASE! For the sake of the Amiga, stop this war! If you have a good
>product, it will sell. There's *absolutely* no need to put down a product
>of your competitor!  (Yes, I myslef have also already made some side
>remarks about other computers, forgive me, but I also there try to
>stay clean with my facts.)
>

	I do not see anyone "putting down" another product, only one
	product defending itself against the claims of another.
	I have no problem with this, and actually encourage it!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: ghidoni@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (fabio ghidoni)
Subject: DKBTrace dats
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:43:31 GMT

Hi everybody!

I'm using DKBtrace 2.12 and I think that it's GREAT!
I'm looking for some interesting files .dat to obtain
a great picture. I have only the examples findable in
DKB212DT.LZH. 

		 THANX

		 Fabio Ghidoni----ghidoni@ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: espensk@stud.cs.uit.no (Espen Skoglund)
Subject: DPaint V ???
Organization: University of Tromsoe
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:03:21 GMT

3 things concerning DPaint:
- When will DPaint V be out?
- I suppose it will support the AGA modes.
- There should really be an option to save graphics in RAW-mode.

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From: kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Dyke - Amiga Networking)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics Modes
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:46:26 GMT
Reply-To: kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Dyke - Amiga Networking)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Nov9.170251@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be> stud16@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be (Kurt Haenen) writes:
>In article <36786@CBMVAX.COMMODORE.COM>, kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
>>
>> Oh really?  Then why can't I get DblNTSC:High Res and DblNTSC:Low Res on my
>> A3000?  Very simple, Marc:  DblNTC and DblPAL use special features of Alice
>> to get those resolutions and scan rates.  If ECS could do scan doubling, then
>> we could also do mode promotion on A3000's, but it can't so we don't. Sheesh.
>>
>
>	The A3000 has got the DblNTSC and DblPAL modes, yes, on the
>ECS chipset, ...  _B_U_T_ ... You are limited by the number of planes
>you can use in those modes !  The AGA chipset doesn't offer any real
>new modes, only increase in bandwidth, which is translated into more
>colors (HAM8 is just that : more colors, although you could see it
>as a new mode.  Personally, I don't !)  Oh yeah, the promotion stuff
>on the A4000 sucks !  If you really want promotion, get PKludge !!!

Yes, but the versions of DblNTSC and DblPAL that you can use on the A3000 only
support either 640x800 (640x1024 for pal) interlaced or 640x400 (640x512) non-
interlaced.  You cannot get the 640x200 (640x256) scan-doubled modes, which use
special features of the AA chipset.

There are *good reasons* why promotion works the way that it does.  Say, for
instance, that you wanted to write a 3.0+ video titling program.  If *everything*
go promoted *all* of the time, you wouldn't be able to display the required
NTSC or PAL video modes even if you *wanted* to.  


-- 
Kenneth Dyke - Software Engineer            Internet: kcd@cbmvax.commodore.com 
Amiga Networking Group                      BIX: kcd     Phone: (215) 344-3014
"PPP?  You *must* be joking..."                      INCLUDE "stddisclaimer.i"
From: krsear02@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: The ultimate, ULTIMATE *ULTIMATE* MORPHING PROGRAM... ppthht!
Date: 6 Nov 92 14:48:17 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <Bx9Mvv.8JH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
> In article <55839@dime.cs.umass.edu> barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:

> 
>>6. Satisfaction GUARANTEED or else
>>   we break your legs			YES	NO	NO	NO
> 

[...]

> 
> Oh god!  Good job, Dan.. 101% hilarious.. I'm still rolling on the
> floor. :)
> 

Were you not satisfied?  I hear that BLAZEMONGER INC's customer service
department is very good with dissatisfied customers.  BTW, Dan tell Guido
that the new dentures look better than my original teeth did anyway. ;-)

Still healing after 1 year (maybe the body cast'll come off this week)
  Kendall.

-- 

   Kendall Sears                   KRSEAR02@ULKYVX.bitnet
   Programmer                             ///
   Child Development Unit                /// Amiga
   Department of Pediatrics          \\\/// Currently running AmigaOS 2.04
   University of Louisville           \XX/ And Supporting Unix Sys V Rev 4.
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From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Perfect(?) Morphing...
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 92 00:04:32 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Perry,

Every word I said was true, in vast contrast to the propoganda you're
currently touting.

I'll have some VERY specific instances posted here, on other major nets,
and in dealers hands beginning tomorrow.

If you've temporarily obtained a customer or two of ours, well that's just
great. You see, we've got just about every one we've shown Imagemaster to
in person to drop not only Morph Plus but AdPro as well. So if your lies
and obfuscation have duped a few people, that's ok.

It's too bad - you could have had a fine product there if you hadn't been
From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: 3.0 & color registers
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:00:19 GMT
Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Nov5.085210.25183@netcom.com> shambarg@netcom.com (Scott Shambarger) writes:
>For safety's sake, I just want to make clear that this does not mean
>that the workbench screen can only be a maximum of 3 bits deep, but it
>does mean that anything directly controled by workbench IS limited to
>8 colors (the workbench "Pens").  This includes icons, backdrops and
>any other workbench activity relating to the Prefs drawer.

	Not true. Backdrops are not limited to the same pens used by the
workbench. A backdrop can allocate any shared pens that it feels it
needs. The color mapping used by backdrops uses the same code used
by multiview. What confuses many people about this pen allocation scheme
is that the fact that there are 16 free colors does not guarantee
that a 16 color picture will be displayed unmodified, as the pen
allocation system tries to be fair to future palette requests when
granting colors. 
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