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From: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Subject: help: can't open audi
Reply-To: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 4 Oct 92 19:25:13 EST


CB>I'm running an A3000 with 2.04, 6 mbytes of ram.  I can't run many
CB>programs that worked on my A2500 under 1.3.  It seems to be an audio
CB>related problem.  The most frequent error message I get is "can't open
CB>audio.device".  Another program (Katie's Farm) exits with the
CB>frustrating message, "something wrong for audio".  Note some programs
CB>work just fine, both with voice and digitized audio.

I haven't had any problems on my Ami 3000. It sounds like  there were some files
in the lib and devs directory on the A2500 that the program needs to acess.

          robert.buonincontro&canrem.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,aus.computers.amiga
From: phsbs@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Simon Spagnol)
Subject: Data exchange between Amiga and IBM PC
Organization: James Cook University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 06:53:36 GMT


Hello Netters,
        I have some queries about the transfer of large amount of 
data between an Amiga and an IBM PC. I would appreciate any comments
or suggestions on the following schemes under consideration from people 
who have attempted this sort of thing.

Option 1: 
        Buy some sort of removable hard drive device (eg Bernoulli) 
for both the Ami and PC. Format the disk as in IBM-DOS, and write to
the disk from Ami side using Crossdos or such.

Option 2:
        Buy a (probably SCSI) streaming tape device. What software is
available on both Ami and PC to talk to tape device. Do we have to worry
about file systems or what? 

Option 3:
        Buy an ethernet card for both machines, connect both via
cable. Transfer data using ftp/rcp or mabye NFS mount Ami (or PC) drive 
and just copy?

Thoughts:
        Option 1 is probably the least preferred option and might
also be the most expensive.

        Option 2 has advantage of data transfer and backup at same
time. But the PC already has a tape streamer (non-SCSI, some dedicated
card thing whose name escapes me at present) so this option would require 
purchase of another tape drive and a SCSI controller for the IBM.

        Option 3 has a lot going for it as the PC already has
an ethernet card in it, and is succesfully running NCSA Telnet
to talk to mainframes here. Thus the amount of new hardware needed in
minimal but the available software is an unknown factor. Any people
out there networking between Amiga and PC reply now!!!

        Any advice would be appreciated, please email to

        phsbs@manta.jcu.edu.au

        Many thanks,
        Simon.

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From: td06@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (THOMAS EDWARD DEFLAVEES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Printer Drivers ....
Date: 6 Oct 92 05:01:30 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Hello there.
    I just purchased an Epson AP5000, and am in need of info about a decent
    driver for this.  If someone knows where I can get a hold of a driver or
    a program to create my own, please tell me.  Word about the Net is that
    Fred Fish disks had what I'm looking for, but I havent been able to locate
    an issue number.  Any and all help would be most appreciated.


    Tom DeFlavees  -
            The never ending graduate student.  The kinda guy universities
            love to bilk money from....you know, I'm a real sucker for any
            advanced degree......(td06 lehigh.edu)
From: pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: ASDG VD0: device (or similar) under ADOS RELEASE 2.05
Date: Mon,  5 Oct 92 22:07:02 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <1992Oct3.154644.8798@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <67130@cup.portal.com>
  <1992Oct4.063740.4028@en.ecn.purdue.edu>

In answer to the question as to what I use for a recoverable ram disk,

I don't use one any longer. With the speed improvements of hard disk
drives, their drop in prices, and other factors, I don't find the
RRD to be of enough use.

Also, a minor point, I try to keep a pure a Commodore only system
as I can so as to help reduce variables during program development
or testing. This is not to suggest that the ASDG RRD is buggy - but
it is a general principal I like to abide by.

pk
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.misc:14460 comp.sys.amiga.datacomm:6585
From: blyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: cornell.general,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: ATTENTION Amiga-ites @ CORNELL! USE SLIP!
Date: 27 Sep 92 22:36:54 EDT
Distribution: comp,cornell
Organization: Cornell University

*********************************************
ATTENTION AMIGA USERS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
*********************************************

Sorry about addressing such a specific crowd here, but I want to
make sure everyone from Cornell might see this. If you're not from Cornell,
you may very well be able to find my info useful if you've been trying
to use AmigaNOS with a dialup SLIP connection.

If you know about CIT's new SLIP server, you know you can get access to
the internet (telnet, FTP) and other campus-specific services from your
room over the modem.  Right now, CIT only supports MACs, will the move to
IBM's, but won't acknowledge the existence of Amigas.  Well, we're here,
and now we work!

Thanks to lots of people on the net, I've picked up various tidbits of info on
using AmigaNOS for SLIP, and along with some tinkering and tweaking I've
gotten NOS to work on the Annex SLIP server here at Cornell, so you can
telnet and FTP directly to your computer over the modem.  As well, one should
be able to access the various other campus-specific services (just the
facts, etc.) though I have yet to try them.

If you have an Amiga and are interested in both utilizing the SLIP system and
showing CIT we DO count and are CAPABLE, email me and I'll explain
how I've done it.

For those of you from other places, I know some of you have been posting
with questions about configuring NOS, I'll tell you what I've done,
and we can see if it'll work with your systems.  

I hope I'm not coming across as too arrogant here, I don't mean to be
like "I'm God, I can use SLIP. Come serve me little lambs," I'm
just excited that after a couple of frustrating weeks I've got this little
bugger of a system happily communicating.  

--Aaron


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: dfs5716@usl.edu (Seidel Daniel F)
Subject: Upgrade
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Distribution: n
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:09:33 GMT




    Does anyone out there that is in the "know" know about any upcoming upgrade for the A4000 for those of us who have an A3000???
  Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: RAM copy takes all ram and can't copy.
From: hoffmann@nutmeg.ntu.edu.au (Arthur Hoffmann)
Date: 3 Oct 92 20:36:53 +0900
Distribution: world
Organization: Information Technology, Northern Territory University

Hi, I am  just wondering what is wrong with my RAM: disk. I have 12M of memory
free, when I try to copy  an 8M file from the HD to RAM: I get this really stupid
message telling me volume RAM: is full.

What can I do about it?

Thanks for your help.

Arthur.

					Arthur Hoffmann
					hoffmann@pandanus.ntu.edu.au
					hoffmann@nutmeg.ntu.edu.au
From: jagrizza@uncc.edu (James A Grizzard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: :-( contest - win you
Date: 5 Oct 92 21:44:32 GMT
Reply-To: jagrizza@uncc.edu
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte

In article 20271@dosgate, "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com> () writes:
>
>GT>Am I the only one whose Amiga craps out two mnths af5ter the warranty has expired? It's happened twice now, (this is my _second_ amiga).
>GT>I wrote to Commodore once too, no reply....it's a bloody pain...
>
> Not me, I have owned an Amiga 500 for over 4 years and an Amiga 3000 for 1.5
>years and both work 100% Kind of suprising considering the abuse I give them.
> 
> Guess I'm one of the lucky ones!

nah.... I've given my 500 more abuse than you'd believe.. it's got all sorts of wires
running through it from custom work, and hardly ever has it's top on... thing's worked
nearly perfectly since I got it!!!  Only thing I've had go bad on my is the mouse..
twice... but I think that's because my parent's smoking is affecting it (it was the
buttons...).

My 64 finally died after 10 years last month... I'd say I got my money's worth out of 
that, wouldn't you??  I've yet to see a C= computer that wasn't rugged as hell...
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 12:37:12 -0400 
From: Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: Problems with the A4000
	<1992Sep25.232256.2502@pro-freedom.cts.com>

> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.misc: 26-Sep-92 Re: Problems with
> the A4000 Ed Brown@pro-freedom.cts (1899)

>  How about that IDE HD? Have to sell it and then buy a new SCSI drive? 

Can't see why.  From what I've read, there's plenty of space inside for
both the IDE drive as well as a scsi drive (and a CDRom drive). I'd tend
to keep it and use it to store things like games, where disk speed isn't
the problem. I've got a seagate scsi drive in my a3000 as well as the
quantum it came with, because I had it already, and if you've got it,
you might as well use it. 

The IDE thing won't affect whether I get a 4000. The only objection I
have to IDE is that there seem to be 400 incompatible versions of it,
and I can't tell which is which (I tried to get a disk controller for
one of my father's PCs,  but gave up in confusion). But that's not a
problem if you get the drive and controller with the computer.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: pwappy@well.sf.ca.us (Jeff Walkup)
Subject: Re: Videotoaster works on A4000!!!!
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:15:15 GMT


You have to cut a small notch in the back, in the part of the metal case
with those small air-holes in it.  No biggie.
OR you can mod the Toaster ... either way, it works fine, and is mighty fast
too!  Also, was I hallucinating, or did I see that someone sells a
replacement metal casing-piece, that allows one to install a Toaster without
sawing the case?
From: cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: What is the popular Amiga FTP site?
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:42:34 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

Could someone also explain what's happened to ab20 and where its files now reside. I think this question could become a FAQ with everyone returning after the summer break.

Thanks


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
From: nealet@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Neale Type)
Subject: POP-11 for Amiga ??
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:52:12 GMT

Does anyone know if the programming language POP-11 is available for the
amiga ???

regards
neale



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jim@cs.curtin.edu.au (Jim McGrady)
Subject: Re: ASDG VD0: device (or similar) under ADOS RELEASE 2.05
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 03:38:47 GMT

kaarts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth John Aarts) writes:

>In <1992Oct03.003218.569100@zeus.calpoly.edu> jgodfrey@zeus.calpoly.edu (Jon David "JET" Godfrey) writes:

>>I have recently upgraded to DOS 2.05 and have had no luck installing ASDG's
>>VD0: recoverable ram device into the system.  Although the software is fairly

>I have had no problem using vd0: on 2.05 machines (a500, and a special version
>for the 3000).  I think there are two or three different versions on the fish,
>as well as the 3000 version that is archived elsewhere.

I use RRamdisk, but had some trouble when upgrading from 1.3 to 2.04. I dont
know if its related, but if I mounted vd0: then reseted, I found I had to 
remount vd0: in the startup sequence BEFORE loading workbench. Otherwise CRASH.

regards

Jim

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: quimbyj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Quimby)
Subject: LOOKING FOR IBM DISK READER
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:10:29 GMT


I'm looking for an IBM disker reader.  More or less, I
want to be able to read IBM disks by my amiga drive
without having IBM compalibilty.  Is there such
a thing?  Where can I get it or Send me a copy.

-Jeff

quimbyj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
quimbyjs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
quimby@bard.cs.purdue.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mathers@sibelius.trl.oz.au (Steven Mathers)
Subject: DRAWMAP comment
Reply-To: s.mathers@trl.oz.au
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 05:51:33 GMT

Just a quick comment to the author of DRAWMAP:                         

One thing you add to the program would be the ability to rotate the map
around the centre point.  This would allow the user to specify just
about any map imaginable, rather than only maps with NSWE orientations.
From: cheungc@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Carson Cheung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: What is AmigaGuide?
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:07:54 GMT
Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.

Subject line says it all.....

replies by e-mail please

Thanks

Carson Cheung
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack)
Subject: Re: NEWW AMIGAS??
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:13:58 GMT

In article <a97724b0@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>, geoff.newman@f600.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Geoff Newman) writes:
>> Original to: Gt1619a@prism.gatech.edu
>> 
>>  > One more thing, the A600 is old news, and only sold in Europe. Since 
>> 
>> And Australia! Perhaps New Zealand too.

And the US.  I saw one at my local dealer a couple weekends ago!
But they had no 4000 :-( ....


Rich...
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From: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Fonts .metric files?
Date: 7 Oct 92 03:38:33 GMT
Reply-To: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu

In article <d1wizo.718370383@dtek.chalmers.se>, d1wizo@dtek.chalmers.se (Ola Lundkvist) writes:
>I've got some files ending with .metric in my FONTS: directory. Does
>anyone know what this files are used for, if they are used at all?
>
These extensions are used by programs such as Proffessional Page for Postcript
Printing.
>Ola
>
>--
>Ola Lundkvist
>d1wizo@dtek.chalmers.se                "Fuck reality - go virtual"
From: walthour@coos.dartmouth.edu (David Walthour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: What is the latest version of the C= AS225 TCP/IP software?
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:10:35 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

As the title says, what is the latest version?  I think I have version 1.0.
Is there a later version that isn't so buggy?  How long do I have to 
wait to see this stuff incorporated into the OS?  Are there any PD versions
of the TCP/IP software that work better than the C= stuff?  Any info would
be appreciated.

David Walthour
walthour@dartmouth.edu
From: slbfn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: How to make horizontals docks w/ TM 2.0
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:25:57 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

> Anybody made any nice animbrushes for TM2?
> 
> 
>     Regards
>       Geir               (geirh@solan.unit.no)

I have just degned severa professional quality (IMHO) AnimBrushes forfor use
with TM2.  Look for them on wuawustl.edu and amiga.physik.unizh.ch bzch by
the end of this week.

Greetings,

	Travis Carter
	slbfn@cc.usu.edu
From: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Cygnus Ed & Turbotext
Date: 7 Oct 92 02:33:51 GMT
Reply-To: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Organization: BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED

>ianm@icsbelf.co.uk (Ian Moran) writes:
>>Has anyone had experience of the above two editors and if so, which
>>would you rec. for purchase. Also in the UK where would be the
>>best place to buy either.

	Both are great editors from what I have heard.  I use TurboText.
It's full of features, is totally customizable, and has *never* crashed for
me.

In article <schwager.718394960@mike.cs.uiuc.edu> schwager@cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Schwager) writes:
>I use CygnusEd every day, and looked at the TurboText demo to see how well
>I liked it.  I didn't see anything in TurboText that would make me want to
>switch, and besides CygnusEd has (virtually) unlimited undo.

	No, TurboText does not have unlimited undo yet, but it's "on the top
of the list" according to the author.  On the other hand, TurboText has
one advantage over CygnusEd -- you can view and edit your macro definitions.
Even when you do a keyboard macro, TurboText converts it into an ARexx
script that you can edit.  (Please correct me if I am wrong that CygnusEd
has this limitation.)

	My only real complaint about TurboText is that it is too
asynchronous.  For example, between the time that I invoke the "OpenFile"
command (to open a new file) and when the file requester appears, anything I
type may or may not get lost, or appear in some unpredictable place.

	I can't wait for the next version.  The author has been very
response to suggestions for improvement.

                                                        Dan

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Amiga World -- problems anyone?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:42:08 GMT


In article <BvJ4uL.GK7@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason
Balicki (KodaK)) writes:
>
>Last year I tried to get a subscription to Amiga World (henceforth refered
>to as: AW) and marked "bill me" on one of the myriad dead trees that they
>fill the magazine with.  Well anyway, I got one magazine and NO bill.

Heh! My roommate did this one better.  He got one of those notices from
AW offering to give him a free issue.  So he sent it in.

 The magazine arrived, and then a bit later a bill arrived.  Since he'd
decided he didn't want the magazine he wrote 'CANCEL' on the bill and sent
it back.  This was just exactly the way the original offer told him he could
do it.

 But the next month he got another magazine.  And another bill. Which he
sent back marked CANCEL on it.

 And then another magazine came.  And this time a notice from a collection
agency. 

 And then a few more collection agency notices came in the mail.

 Once he sent them the $20 or so, they shut up, and he continued to receive
their magazine on time, once a month.

 I thought this was a great way of getting people to subscribe.  Offer them
a free issue, and if they don't pay for it, send out guido to break the
guys legs.
-- 
Steve Sheldon         sheldon@iastate.edu
Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey Resource Unit
2142 Agronomy, Iowa State University  (515) 294-5429

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: dsaban@cs1.uct.ac.za (D SABAN)
Subject: books
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 11:15:44 GMT

I know that the Amiga Rom Kernal Reference Manuals are great for detail. 
What I`m looking for is a book that will explain the Amiga environment at 
how to take full advantage of the libriaries.  Basically, I need a book to 
explain the the basic concepts of the structures, etc. and which I can use 
in conjuction with the Reference Manuals.

Thanks for you time.

Dan Saban
(dsaban@cs1.uct.ac.za)
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
From: blyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Dual Help:I'd like to buy a vowel & Arq-UPD config...
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:37:39 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

I have TWO question for the outer world:

1) I'm having a strange problem with PowerSnap, and also with OSnap.
   Whenever I clip text and paste it, all of the vowels are removed.
   PowerSnap 2.0a changes them to null strings, PowerSnap 2.0 to ' apos-
  trophies, and OSnap to nulls (i.e. it removes them from the string).

   Since both programs are doing this, I'm wondering what in my system
   could possibly be causing this.  Has anyone else encountered this
    situation, and even better, found a solution?

2) I want to assign sounds to requesters a la the Arq documentation with
   the program UPD.  Problem is I know little (besides the spelling, really)
   about ARexx and don't understand how to implement the necessary script
   to assign sounds to the requestor types.
   Has anyone else done this, and if so could I see your UPD script, and also
   a description of HOW you run it?

thanks to all who may (and less thanks to those who may not, but would like to)
help,

Aaron

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: stefanb@hathi.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker)
Subject: Fish Disk 1-730 available via FTP
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:52:41 GMT

Hi!
We have just mounted a Fred Fish CDROM onto our FTP server:

 ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.4.105]
 /pub/amiga/fish/f?        Disks 600+
 /pub/amiga/fish/olddisks  Disks 1-600

	Stefan
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