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From: scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Scherb - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.unix
Subject: Re: tcp/ip
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:01:48 GMT
Reply-To: scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Scherb - CATS)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA


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From: caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: .info Magazine has "suspended operations"
Date: 12 Apr 92 02:31:04 GMT
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

In article <69sj#3+.damiel@netcom.com> damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes:
>Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
>>Now (as the politicians might say) That being said... something
>>sad happened a few days ago.  .info suspended operations.  God
>
>a "charitable donation"? Do they need an infusion of cash or is it
>deeper than that? i think the one real failing of .info is their
>re-subscription method - they don't send out any "your subscription
>is due" letters, and i think a number of people just wind up letting
>the sub lapse. Granted, the current method is more cost effective in
>the short term, but i'd bet it loses bad in getting people to repeat
>their sub.

I agree that is also sad that .info is having trouble.  I've been reading it
since the 64 days, and it has indeed improved over the years.  Still, in
comparison to something like Amiga World, it just looks plain kludgie.  Sure,
the articles are just as good, but I know a lot of people who never gave it a
serious chance because they though it looked too childish.

I have to say that I'm not entirely surprised to here this news.  If you look
at recent issues of .info, the number of advertisements has gone way down
(Amiga World gets gobs and gobs of them in comparison) and that's what really
hurts.  I've not a clue about how to run a magazine, but it would seem to me
that they make a rather substantion chunk of their money from their
advertisers and the substription lapse problem described above is probably
not as big a part of the grand scheme of things.  Why don't they get the
adds?  Probably because 1) the magazine looks kludged together and is
perceived as a gamer's mag, 2) the nation's economy is not hot in any sense
of the word and advertisers don't have the money to put adds in a lot of
magazines so they do it in the ones they perceive has having a better target
marked and because of 1), this means .info looses out.

It's too bad, though.
-=> CAW

--

Christopher A. Wichura                Multitasking.  Just DO it.
caw@miroc.chi.il.us  (my amiga)                          ...the Amiga way...
u12401@uicvm.uic.edu (school account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Subject: Re: Everything killer on the way!!!
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:07:52 GMT

	Quite awhile ago I read in Byte magazine about some experimental
processors. I'm a bit sketchy about the details, but one of the processors
was developed by Berkeley. It mimicked the top down programming approach
by having some registers that were "nest" local, some that could be used
to "pass" parameters to a subsequent nest, and global registers. I'm sorry
that idea was cast by the way side. 

jeff



Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: taaustin@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: sid/ab20/new ftp sites
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 14:52:39 GMT

Two matters to address here:

1) After long having been a huge fan of DiskMaster I think I will try SID
   the description of the demo version on ab20 is too enticing to ignore.
   This said, the author can most likely expect a shareware check as soon
   as I have a chance to run this thing and see how stable, useable it is.
   (read in a couple of weeks)

2) The following is an exerpt from the post that inspired point #1 (^).  I
   feel that if we are to survive the CLOSING OF AB20 in as painless and
   efficient a manner as possible that this is the kind of action we MUST
   take.  I applaud the attitude and am grateful to this kind uploader for
   setting an example for us to follow... SEE QUOTE BELOW
:
:
:
:
:.....
Sid 2.0 is usable under WB2.0 on 3000's and on machines with only 512K
The  Sid 2.0 Demo version has been posted to AB20.larc.nasa.gov in
incoming/amiga/sid2demo.lzh and since AB20 is closing in april it has
also been posted to solaria.cc.gatech.edu in pub/incoming/amiga/ and
uhunix2.uhcc.hawaii.edu in incoming/amiga/
From: rvmst1@gl.pitt.edu (Rainer V Mager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: 2 Things
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:12:01 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Hi,
	Here I am again with a couple things.

	1:  Someone tell me a good place to put the NEW Genesis demo and
I will.

	2:  I've recently had an idea of forming a VERY small informal
experimental software company.  I am 20 years old and a student at the
University of Pittsburgh and have quite a bit of programming experience,
but would like help and some of my current projects.  SO...if you live
in the Pittsburgh area and are fimilar (experienced with) the Amiga
computer and would like to work on some soft ware projects please reply.
I am mainly interested in working on games right now (so if you good
with graphics or sound too, reply).  As I said this is VERY informal and
in its very early stages,  what happens depends a lot on how many and
what kinds of replies I get.  I'm mostly expecting students in a similar
position to myself.

Rainer
From: bell@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: ISpell ljr
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:24:41 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Apr8.040257.17793@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umoster0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Sean K. Ostermann) writes:
> Where can I find this program?  I need it to run GUISpell and I can't find it on AB20.  Thanks in advance.
> Sean
> ====================================
> University of Manitoba
> Computer Engineering
> ====================================
	Try ab20 under usenet/comp.binaries.amiga/volume91/applications. There's
a directory there with all the compressed parts.  I couldn't find it anywhere
else and no one seemed of help, but if any one knows where a single archive is
let everyone else know.

				-- Shane L. Bell
From: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: C= Multimedia ad in PC-Week
Date: 11 Apr 92 17:53:06 GMT
Reply-To: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Distribution: usa
Organization: NeuSoft

In article <1992Apr10.232849.17237@sandbox.kenn.wa.us> sboutwel@sandbox.kenn.wa.us (Scott Boutwell) writes:
>Way to do Commodore!  Nothing like taking the war right onto the opponent from
>porch!  This is the type of agressive advertising that I wish Commodore would
>have attempted long ago!

Yeah, I was just looking at an old BYTE magazine last night, and half of the
articles in it were Amiga-related - the 68000-series was considered the power
processor of the age, and the Amiga was considered its flagship.  If CBM had
kept up technology-wise and in their advertising efforts, this would still be
true.  Sure, the 68000-series is still tops (anyone who's seen benchmarks
or programmed either chip cannot dispute this), but where's Amiga?  There are
more articles on the NeXT in BYTE now than the Amiga, and there are 50 times
as many Amigas as NeXTs on the planet.

>Scott Boutwell -+- [Sboutwel@sandbox.kenn.wa.us]
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Subject: Re: Everything killer on the way!!!
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:53:00 GMT

In article <wpFSq*c00@motship.comsat.gna.org> pvdh@motship.comsat.gna.org writes:
>In article <1992Apr3.040022.29243@news.jit.dec.com>, Walter Zambotti DEC writes:
>
>> There is new box coming developed by IBM/APPLE/INTEL that will allow you
>> to run UNIX MAC-DOS and PC-DOS on the one box.  It is based on IBM's
>> RS6000 chip.

	That's a good idea. Processors are getting so fast (especially RISC
chips) why not have them emulate other CISC processors. 
>
>Hmm. Well te be honest, I have a box here on my desk that does just that..
>It runs MAC-DOS, PC-DOS, ST-TOS, UNIX, MINIX, C64, BBC, SPECTRUM, QL .... It is
>based on Motorola's 68000 family of processors..
>
>Seems like IBM/APPLE/INTEL are again trying to claim new ground which
>happens to be discovered some time ago by a box called THE AMIGA..

	Maybe IBM/APPLE/INTEL are reiventing the wheel (so to speak), but
they aren't _trying_ to claim new ground. They already claimed it long ago.
It's the Amiga (at least in the U.S.) that has been _trying_ to claim new
ground. Plant their flag on seemingly unfertile soil. I like the Amiga and
I'm going to stick with it - at least until other manafactures _finally_
realize the virtues of multitasking.

	On a side note, INTEL is a chip manafacture, not an IBM PC maker. 

jeff
From: dazz@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr d.k. woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: PD DBS programs
Date: 13 Apr 92 07:51:45 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.

Hi,

I'm looking for a replacement for my old Softwoods dbs (which won't run
under WB2.04) and am looking for AmiBase and BuddBase which are both
PD I believe. Can anyone tell me where (on the net preferably) they
might be available or maybe some other suitable programs I should
look at? 

I only use it to catalogue my PD collection so it doesn't have to be to
flash.

thanks
dazz
From: umteghts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (david teghtsoonian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:03:57 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada



>...and I suppose you're using that Commodore 64 to call your local node to 
>post that message, huh?
> 
>Much like a fine automobile, Amiga systems are rather sparse out here in 
>computer land...after all, if everyone could afford a ZR-1 Corvette, they 
>wouldn't be that much fun to see/look at/drive, would they?

   Yes they would. And if everyone owened an F-16 they would still be fun
to fly. And if we all owned space shuttles I'd sure as hell enjoy flying
mine.  

   I don't consider the Amiga's lack of market penetration and software
base to be of any possible benefit. A greater market share would mean more
software, cheaper prices and probably accelerated technical development.
I own an Amiga and a PC and I refuse to take sides in these partisan debates.
THE WORLD IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE! There are good and bad points to both
machines. Live and let live and get on with your lives. Or else get into
politics so you can get paid to argue like children.

"Is this the right room for an arguement?"
"I've told you once!"
"No you didn't!"
"YES I DID!"....
...."No it isn't!"
"Yes it is!"
"No it isn't!"...

....etc.
> 
>Ken Thompson - cobra@coyote.datacom.com  - GEnie: K.THOMPSON23  
>If I had a real witty saying, it would go here, but I don't, so...
>Alternate address:  cobra@jab.tucson.az.usm
From: huebnere@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: PD DBS programs
Date: 14 Apr 92 07:16:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.45298
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Apr13.075145.5683@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> dazz@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr d.k. woodman) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I'm looking for a replacement for my old Softwoods dbs (which won't run
>under WB2.04) and am looking for AmiBase and BuddBase which are both
>PD I believe. Can anyone tell me where (on the net preferably) they
>might be available or maybe some other suitable programs I should
>look at? 

I frequently run Softwood Filer IIsg (I assume this is the product you're
referring to?) under WB2.04 and it works fine provided you change the
system font (or shell font) to the standard Topaz 11.  Taller fonts
will kinda mess up dialog boxes.  You may also have to play with the
memory configuration, try setting it to EXT memory and tell it to use
1/2 or 1/4 depending on your dbase size and available.  

Of course my version is an ancient 1.04.1 (vintage 1987), but if IT works
with 2.04 I don't see why newer version would balk.


-- 
| Robert E. Huebner                   | "Death is nature's way of telling  |
| huebner@sage.cc.purdue.edu          |  you to slow down"                 |
| huebner@aerospace.aero.org          |   - Unknown Author                 |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Sun->AmigaDOS File Xfer
From: nicholas@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:50:59 -0800
Organization: Sonoma State University

In article <1992Apr8.223221.4506@acuson.com>, cary@acuson.com (Cary Farrier) writes:
> Does anyone know of a utility that will allow me to copy files onto AmigaDOS disks
> from a Sun Sparcstation 1+?  The Sun uses the high density (1.44Mb) floppy disks,
> so will it be able to even read/write the AmigaDOS 880k disks in the first place?
> 
> -- Cary
  I don't know about your sun but the one we have at school will 
write, using the internal drive, in IBM format.  Then all you have to 
do is use one of those IBM-Amiga converters and presto!  It is easier 
if you have a modem.
	Later Dude, Gui
From: shaun@iris.mincom.oz.au (Man in Polyester Suit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Those pesky Eric Schwartz anims (again)
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:21:51 GMT
Reply-To: shaun@iris.mincom.oz.au (Man in Polyester Suit)
Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia.

Sorry to bring up a thread that looks like it's just been discussed to
death, but I was wondering what the final consensus on playing these
Movieplayer anims was.

To reiterate the problem:  I have "At the Movies" on a disk.  If I try to
run it (either from CLI or by clicking on the movie-reel icon at workbench),
a window pops up, displays a bunch of lines like "A gorilla", "A sideofface",
etc, then says "error loading movie", which must be clicked closed, and 
then a "nothing to play" message.  A faulty copy?

Thank you for your time (in advance), and replies via email please (it must
be pretty obvious that I don't read this news group all that often).

Shaun



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From: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: 2.04 ffs floppy boot problems
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:36:23 GMT
Reply-To: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

From article <1992Apr3.173301.29928@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, by mdoerner@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike R Doerner):
> 
>    Hello, I am having a slight problem with my newly created boot disk. I have
> upgraded to 2.04 and have finally created an FFS boot disk, and am now having
> some problems. When I boot up from the disk, I don't get the long white screen
> like I normally do. Instead it goes to the default WB colors. After a few
> seconds, the new colors come up (the ones I selected) and an INTUTION REQUESTOR
> come up saying "To reset workbench, close all open windows except drawers."

Have you edited you startup-sequence ? I think this happens if Iprefs is run 
after another program.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema)
Subject: Re: Amiga advertised in Computer Graphics World
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:50:50 GMT

peterr@ice.tek.com (Peter Rehley) writes:

>Greetings,
>	If any of you get the "Computer Graphics World" magazine, look on 
>	page 26 in the April issue.  There is a full-page color ad for the 
>	Amiga.

>	Looks like Commodore is starting to advertise in some non-amiga
>	magazines.

    
     What a waste !  If I was Irving Gould I would have bought another Jet

 Mubashir

     
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: w8ts@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (M Crevatin AMIGA #1)
Subject: Re: .INFO Subscription phone line
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 12:34:40 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.121834.1@qis.dofasco.ca> radnor_j@qis.dofasco.ca writes:
>I've been trying to reach the subscription dept. at .INFO magazine:
>	(319) 338-0703
>and can't get through. The phone just rings and rings. A few times last week
>I got a recorded message of the available times, and I was calling during 
>business hours. The recording said to try again later. Any how, now there
>is no recording, just many many rings, and nobody answers. 
>
>I just subscribed, and all I want to do is correct my mailing address.
>
>Anybody else successfully get through?
>
>Maybe Mark and Benn are on an extended spring break :-)
>
>-- 
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                 __                  |Basil (to Sybil)  
>John Radnor                     ///                  | A satisfied customer. We
>(Radnor_J@qis.dofasco.ca) __   ///   ONLY Amiga      | should have him stuffed.
>                          \\\ /// makes it possible! |
>                           \\X//                     |--Fawlty Towers


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: taaustin@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: hardwired?
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:15:31 GMT

Hardwired problems here too...
 
Like the previous complaint, I get the black intro screen with the blue bar
it finds the available memory... loads a while... pops up the screen
requesting disk 2 (nice picture of a disk) and on right mouse button it
begins the music (also nice)...
 
That is as far as it gets... the music continues... The floppy makes no attempt
to load at all.  No activity light, on the floppy (df0:), nothing but ongoing
music.
 
Since this is the second report of this I am hoping someone has figured it 
all out
 
----------------------------------------------------
Terry  -taaustin@vaxb.acs.unt.edu-

One of these days I think I'll give up women
and take up kicking hornet's nests
-----------------------------------------------------
From: dac@dacami.UUCP (David Culberson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AB20 closing?
Distribution: world
Date: 8 Apr 92 22:05:06 EST
Organization: My home system.

  If anyone is willing to donate a 2.5 gig SCSI drive, an accelerator, and
an Internet connection to me, I would be willing to take over where AB20
left off.

  :-)

		-David


--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: C= has fallen behind, was Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 17:40:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.051518.8382@gbrmpa.gov.au> matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt Crowd) writes:
> >What is it that you want to do on your Amiga that you can't do??

> Have a respected reputation.

"Reputation, reputation, I have lost my reputation
 I have lost the immortal part of me
 and what remains is bestial..."
		- Roderigo, \Othello/, William Shakespeare.

> Oracle on the Amiga? I think not......

I fight Oracle enough at work, thank you.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
 `-_-'   "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
  'U`  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mueller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Carl Mueller)
Subject: Re: .info Magazine has "suspended operations"
Reply-To: mueller@schaefer.UUCP (Carl Mueller)
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 14:08:27 GMT

In article <57152@cup.portal.com> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
>
>Now (as the politicians might say) That being said... something
>sad happened a few days ago.  .info suspended operations.  
>
>I hope and pray that .info's owner will be able to refinance his
>operation and bring the magazine back up to operational status
>again.  To lose it would be extremely saddening to me and ... 
>

... AND ME!  I'll be saddened to see the magazine go.  I've been a 
subscriber for quite a while.  I understand that you are NOT an
employee of .info Publications, but do you know of any plans to
get money back to subscribers if the magazine does not resume 
publication?

>Harv Laser
>Contributing Editor, Multimedia, .info Magazine
>(but NOT an employee of .info Publications)

Carl Mueller (mueller@math.wisc.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: rayz@koko.csustan.edu (Ray Zarling)
Subject: Re: My $.02..
Organization: CSU Stanislaus
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 22:42:30 GMT

In article <1992Apr2.185220.17598@cccan.uucp> bruno@cccan.uucp (Bruno Fernandes) writes:
>Well, I am using this "legit" 2.1...  Yes, it is for developers only.  No, I
>am not registered as a developer.  So...Take me to court. %^)  It is a VAST

(Much self-important drivel deleted)
(This guy _claims_ to have inside information about unreleased system
software--he has either stolen it, or it passing himself off as a big
shot with "details" he has made up or heard about somewhere.)

In most industries, anyone caught stealing corporate secrets, let alone
announcing them to the world, would be hung by the toenails or (even
worse) dragged through the court system until they died of old age.

Why should it be any different when it concerns "news" about computer
software, and particularly Amiga software?  Would someone with the power
to do so please sue the pants off this jerk?

--Ray Zarling
  rayz@csustan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Prob w/ ProWrite 3.2.3 Line Spacing (1.5)
From: jgodfrey@zeus.calpoly.edu (Jon David "JET" Godfrey)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:46:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Summary: What is the problem?

I have just patched my Prowrite v3.2.2 to v3.2.3 (via patch on AB20).  I had
hoped this would cure the problem I have, however...it did not.
 
The problem exists when printing parts of ANY document when the lines are set
at 1.5-line spacing.  It doesn't space correctly.  Sometimes the lines are 
right on top of each other; other times there are 4-line gaps.  I have no
trouble with single of double spacing--only with one & a half-line spacing.
 
Does anyone no the cause, reason, or cure for this problem?  I really do like
1.5-line over 1- or 2-line spacing.  Any suggestions appreciated.
 
Thanks!

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