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From: miker@tpsunserv1.Prime.COM (Mike Roberts)
Subject: ADPro ARexx batch program...
Keywords: Batch program for ADPro
Organization: Computervision Corp.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:12:38 GMT

Does anyone know of a bach file handeling program for ADPro?  

I am in need of a program (ARexx I assume since it talks to ADPro) that will use a 
list of GIF file names within a logfile to feed ADPro in generating HAM files.  Does this
make sense to anyone?

I am not a programmer but would even try myself if someone could start me off on the
right foot.  Help anone?  Was my explanation clear enough...incase not:

I would like to:

1.  Make a log file which lists each of many GIF files I wish to convert to HAM.
2. Kick off a program which will read a line at a time and send it to ADPro.
3. ADPro inturn loads the GIF loader, HAM saver, picks up the input file name from the file and
    converts it to HAM and files it away with an .IFF extention insead of the GIF.
4. Then the program would load in the next filename from the logfile and ADPro would
    repeat the loading, rendering, saving steps for each filename in the logfile.


Is this possible?  Has anyone done it?     Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks for taking the time to read this posting.


miker
From: mikel@bbs.draco.bison.mb.ca (Michael Linton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Is there a IFF/GIF/JPEG to DynaHIRES converter?
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:31:24 GMT
Organization: The Draco Unix System [BBS]


>   Not necessarily. Some of the best pics I've ever seen on a standard
> chipset Amiga have come from converting 24-bit IFFs or Jpegs to
> PCHG format with the shareware program HamLabPlus. And it only costs
> $25 if you want to register it. You can also convert to the 'dynamic'
> or 'sham' modes, but PCHG is superior to either. And I generally find
> that using hi-res interlaced 'sliced 7' mode to give the best results on
> resolutions of 640x480 or above. 
> 
> >Dynamic Hires.  The only problem is, 1 in about every 20 pictures 
>                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>   My experience with HamLabPlus has been that only about 1 in 20 *doesn't*
> convert well. Anyone on a budget should really check out this program.
> 
 
Well, okay then I stand corrected... I didn't know there was other 
software out that that could convert to DynaHires.  I've never heard of 
PCHG format pics before, but it sounds interesting.  Anyways, what I said 
was just my experiances with DigiView.  I no longer use DigiView, because 
DCTV is so much better.  TTYL
 

No Comment...
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From: spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Domino Graphics Board from Germany
Date: 29 Dec 92 12:20:35 -0500
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

Does anyone know of an American company that's going to import the 
Domino graphics board from Germany? If you do would you please 
post that company's name address and phone number. Thanks.


                             Scott Corley

spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
From: cg82s85@instem.uucp (Chris Golchert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Babylon5/Deep Space Nine
Distribution: world
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Date: 27 Dec 92 20:53:14 EDT
Organization: The Institution - Chesterfield Twp. MI

Hope B5 really kicks some butt, I saw a DS9 comm last night it looked good 
too.  So far from the two ads look like they are gonna be major competition.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:49:47 GMT

cg82s85@instem.uucp (Chris Golchert) writes:

>...Don't know if anyone else saw one, but I came home from work (about 
>12:15am) an caught the last half of an ad for the Babylon 5 series.  It was on 
>a local Detroit station though, I havn't seen ads on FOX where it's supposed 
>to be.  The Det station said comming in January and the move Toaster images 
>look a hell of a lot better than the great still that the mags are printing.

It will be on wxon channel 20 detroit, along with 2 other shows that come
all bundled up.  One of them is Return to Kung Fu.  From that old kung fu
series.

And in january on the fox 50 there will be 'Star Trek - Deep Star Nine'
And the new cbs or abc show called the Space Ranger in january.

Looks like it is going to be a bright winter after all.

Martin

-- 
Bill SATAN LIVES Gates is the biggest enemy to personal computers ever.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Subject: Re: Where do I find a *flexible* Gfx-Ripper ?
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:15:27 GMT

In article <1992Dec20.084304.11096@tdb.uu.se>, m92mmy@tdb.uu.se (Mattias Myrberg) says most sayishly:
>I need a flexible gfx-ripper, used 3rdday before..
>before I formatted the wrong disk that is :)
>
>I haven't found anything like it (nothing at all to be honest),
>could someone tell me if there are any other good gfx-rippers out there,
>and where to find them, please ?

Try Screen_Jaeger.  It's fair.  Speaking of rippers, I need a good
music-ripper.  I want the music outta Shadow of the Beast 3! :)  Not to
give out, I just wanna listen to the music. :)

-- 
    // Amiga 3000   ___ \ Sam Hulick: shulick@indiana.edu (NeXTmail OK!)
   // 68030 25 MHz /__/\ \ My opinions wear combat boots.  Or whatever.
\\// OS 2.04       \__\/ / "Walk!  Not bloody likely.  I am going in a
 \/                     / taxi."  --George Bernard Shaw
From: bberg@unlinfo.unl.edu (bruce berg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: TBC
Date: 31 Dec 1992 15:27:56 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

Hi all,
   Happy Holidays! Does anyone know if the DKB TBC I, II, or III has 
an SVHS out. I believe it has a SVHS in. Also, I'm thinking of getting
a GVP G-Lock. Do I route the output from that into the TBC and then 
out to the recording VCR or is that either impossible or unnecessary. 
Also, will this setup, coupled with a 4000, give me a "broadcast" 
quality output? There enough questions for one day.

   BTW, I have been following the 4000-monitor question with 
considerable interest, and decided to call C= at their toll free 
Memphis number. They said they had no list of monitors that would 
work, have had no complaints AT ALL about the 1960, and had never even
heard of an upcoming quad monitor. After the comment about no 
complaints on the 1960, I decided I didn't have enough grains of salt 
in the house to take that comment with. (said he, ending the sentence 
with a preposition). Just out of more than idle curiosity, where did 
news of this quad monitor surface? Happy Computing. Go Huskers!!!

Bruce Berg
MVP
From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: OpalVision questions
Date: 30 Dec 92 13:44:39 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

Martin_David_Boyd@cup.portal.com writes:
: 
:  
: >Since you are part of the dev. team, I have a question that you may be able
: >to answer.
: >1. Will OpalVision be supported under RTG?
:  
:   When C= developes the RTG standard, we will definitely attempt to support
: it, I cannot see any reason why it could not be implemented on OpalVision.
: When a standard does evolve, we would be cutting our throats not to support
: it, all 3rd party software would rapidly change over to such a standard, and
: any display board not supporting it would be left behind. In short,
: definitely yes!.
:  
: >2. What are its full resolution specs? i.e. can it handle 640x400?
:  
:   The resolutions are basically the same as the standard amiga 15khz
: display modes. The following resolutions are supported by all of the
: OpalVision software (including ofcourse OpalPaint).
:  
:     Hires   Interlaced  Overscan     PAL         NTSC
:     No         No          No      320x256      320x200
:     Yes        No          No      640x256      640x200
:     No         Yes         No      320x512      320x400
:     Yes        Yes         No      640x512      640x400
:  
:     No         No          Yes     368x280      368x234
:     Yes        No          Yes     736x280      736x234
:     No         Yes         Yes     368x576      368x476
:     Yes        Yes         Yes     736x576      736x476

Any plans on adding a 8-bit higher-resolution (eg. 1024x768) mode?

:  
:  (Anyone would think I was crazy about tables. I had these lying 
:  around so I thought I'd chuck them in).
:  
:   Anyway, leave me a message on our BBS..

-- 
=============================================================================
 Tommy Petersson              tope@enea.se              Enea Data AB, Sweden
=============================================================================
From: Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: I found "Amiga" Mentioned on a Kodak Survey!
Distribution: world
Date: 26 Dec 92 23:40:23 EDT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS

I got a mailing from Kodak on its writable CD-ROM hardware today,and
enclosed was a send-back-to-Kodak survey form that included "Amiga" among
the operatins systems and machine listed as possible responses for "what
operating systems/computer do you use-" !!!  The form's been sent back,
with that checked off as "primary" for me, with various other secondary. 
(I also filled out the rest of the form).. Anyway, Kodak has an 800 number
for requesting product information; if people call it and request product
information on the writable CD-ROM drive that can write Photo CDs, I expect
Kodak would send out the same packet I got, complete with survey.  The more
people who fill it out and mark "Amiga" the more pressure on Kodak.....


-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:26:00 CET
From: o.roehrig@cl-hh.comlink.de
Reply-To: o.roehrig@cl-hh.comlink.de
Distribution: world
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DSCHLOTT%LINX.UUCP@UUCP.ZER schrieb am 25.12.92 um 19:38
mit Betreff: ADPro

|> In article <17.1763@OR.CL-HH.comlink.de> o.roehrig@cl-hh.comlink.de writes:
|> > 
|> > Learn to use masks and you can use all operations on portions of an
|> > image.
|> > 
|> Masks? In ADPro2? Are you sure? I have read the manual cover to cover
|> and spent hours playing around with the program. I've never come across
|> any mask operation. Are you sure your not confusing ADPro with Imagemaster?

I am sure :-) Look more closely to the possibilities of composing
images with a transparent value for one color. If you use a
black/white mask you can "cut" portions of the image out, proceed
with your operations and load the area around back in again at a
later time. This is a totally different approach than IM has, but in
my opinion usable as well.

Ottmar Roehrig

Zerberus:  O.ROEHRIG@CL-HH.ZER | UUCP: ottmar@ajberl.adsp.sub.org
DE: O.ROEHRIG@CL-HH.COMLINK.DE |       or@mcshh.hanse.de

-- MPoint 2.0 Pro  (C)1992 M.Aberle
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: af987@yfn.ysu.edu (Adam Benjamin)
Subject: 4000 anim speed: THE FACTS
Reply-To: af987@yfn.ysu.edu (Adam Benjamin)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:50:23 GMT


Seems like there is a lot of misinformation floating around about
the TRUE fps AGA and/or the 4000 is capable of, well here is some factual
data I came up with using my 4000 and Three different display programs.
My opinions follow the True data.

All Anims were in ANIM5 format created my the makeanim program.
Frames consist of a 'flight' in Scenery animator 2.
Average Delta is the average amount of data changing each frame as reported
by VIEW3.2

Anim sz.   4.8 Meg    |    2.3 Meg    |    1.72 Meg    | 572 K
Avg Delta   88.8 K    |    43.6 K     |     27.1 K     |   9K
format  736x482x4(dctv|  704x240xHam8 |  320x200xHam8  | 320x200x5

View 3.2    8.33FPS   |   1.66FPS     |   1.92 FPS     |   32 FPS
Viewtek 1.02  9.1 FPS |   1.98FPS     |     2   FPS    |   29.5 FPS
PPshow3.0a    9.2 FPS |   8.13FPS     |    15.5 FPS    |   29.5 FPS

As you can see the Delta was nearly full screen (as most Scenery anims are)
This data shows me that the software is now the bigest factor in playback
speed.
PPshow definately has something the other two don't when it comes to AGA
I don't pretend to be as accurate as 1 onehundreth of a frame,
that's just how the numbers divided out.

As has already been stated I think we need a new Anim format and better 
players

Adam Benjamin  Benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: miller@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Geoffrey M. Miller)
Subject: Is there a IFF/GIF/JPEG to DynaHIRES converter?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 09:10:50 GMT

I've seen quite a few Dynamic HAM (dynaHIRES?) mode pictures and was
wondering how they were created... is there some sort of conversion
program for these files?  I would really like to find a GIF->DYNARES
converter to display hires interlaced HAM mode pictures...

Geoff Miller
University of Illinois
From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: ASDG - Never Again
Date: Fri,  1 Jan 93 23:29:14 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <xW+ds*ru1@caleb.UUCP>

Jim Pritchet,

No, interrupts are not disabled. You can use the mouse to stop the scan at
any time by clicking on an appropriate gadget, and it multitasks fine, with
the caveat that what you do have is a task that is quite busy (not waiting)
receiving scanner data - so there is quite a load on the system, same as if
you had a raytracer running at normal priority.

It's multitasking friendly, and in fact is another task that executes and
communicates with Imagemaster as it runs.

Ben
From: Armando_Galan@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Armando Galan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: OpalVision questions
Distribution: world
Date: 30 Dec 92 05:05:53 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

I have the Opalvision board and to all of those who are thinking about
purchasing it I can say with
the upmost happiness: "Go ahead and get this Board as SOON as you can!".
The Opalvision board is 
ABSOLUTELY Incredible and when the extra modules make their debut it will
be in a GREAT POSITION TO
wipe the TOASTER OFF the MAP!!. The Graphics are Crystal Clear and outright
CRISP, the paint program
(OpalPaint) is awesome, the Artist Draw MODES will give you and exceed (In
my opinion what ADPro can
achieve with it's special filters) and you can see the results right before
your very eyes in full 24
bit color and at an outstanding resolution!. The pen and paper types are an
incredible crafty tools
that equally yield OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC RESULTS. 
The specifications for the upcoming genlock/framegrabber unit and the
ROASTER chip are simply AWESOME!,
both will be full of surprises and will enhance and add near undreamed off
capabilities to the Opalvision
Board. The job that has been done on this board (both from the Hardware and
Software points of view) is
outright excellent! and the support for the software does not seem to stop,
they are adding more features
to every update of the board software, OpalPresents is AWESOME and I am
waiting to receive OpalAnimate
when I get the chance to work with it I will post my impressions. Once more
I have to bring your attention
to the paint program, it is in many ways a fusion of the best features of
DP4 with those of AdPro and the
results are MAGICALL!.
This Ladies and Gentlemen is indeed an outstanding product and addition to
your Amiga, take a serious look
at what Centaur development is doing, in my opinion they deserve a million
cheers and CONGRATULATIONS for
a beautifull job!.
             Armando Galan


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: rigby@pyramid.unr.edu (Wayne Rigby)
Subject: Re: MatLab plots & circuit diagrams
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno  Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:40:01 GMT
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In article <Phillip_Eastham.033s@kumear.apana.org.au> Phillip_Eastham@kumear.apana.org.au (Phillip Eastham) writes:
>Hello everybody,
>
>     I would like to know if anybody out there who knows about Nyquist
>plots, Root-Locus plots and Bode plots and if they can be done and used on
>AMIGA MATLAB which was featured on the Fish Disk collection. Also if there
>are any other programs capable of doing these plots.

Yes, these are things the EE Amiga owner needs...  I know these things all too
well...  I still am unable to afford an Amiga, though.  If Matlab can't handle
it, try Maple.  It should be able to.  They are only some equations that you
plot in polar space or log space for Bode.  Also there is supposed to be a good
PD program that does plots for the Amiga.  Might try it.  I forget what it's
called though...


>     I would also like to know if there is any other programs out there,
>commercial or PD, that you can draw circuits on and then the program can
>analyse the circuit as well? 

There was an announcement on comp.sys.amiga.announce about something like
this only a week or two ago.  I don't know if it can analyze, but it sounded
like it did the others.  Nothing like ORCAD or View, but you might look into
it.

Wayne Rigby
rigby@cs.unr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: Jeff_Holinski@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeff Holinski)
Subject: Re: VistaPro & clones
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:01:24 GMT


That program for deleting Windows directories sounds like a great idea. I
think I'll fire up Cando and write a program like that for the Amiga.
Yeah! That's it. I'll make billions!
From: ESRLPDI@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Ivan Ivanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Anjon & Assoc. (Playmation distributor) Goes Belly Up
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:07:27 GMT

Just a note of caution for anyone inclined to send them checks or
other forms of payment -- the LA Valley Business News had a Chapter 7
Bankruptcy listing for Anjon & Associates, who'd taken over distribution
of Animation:Journeyman & the Playmation upgrade in both Amiga & Windows
versions.  My (limited) understanding is that Chapter 7 is full
liquidation of assets, not reorganization under court protection.
Lest this be taken as a "bad omen", Jon Desveaux never seemed to have
much in the way of business sense, although he certainly had a fine
sales hustle down.  He pushed pretty hard -- went to Siggraph, Australia
and a whole bunch of conventions all over the place.
Also note this is only the distributor; Hash is still doing business.
Ivan Ivanick   esrlpdi@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
bearer of bad yule tidings
From: hassink@cs.UAlberta.CA (Hassink Brian John)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Is there a 16-color Icon Editor?
Date: 26 Dec 92 05:05:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: manning.hassink.725346324
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

I've been snooping around ftp sites and local boards, but can't seem
to find a 16-color icon editor. The one that comes with system 2.04
is fine except that it has a set limit for the maximum size icon it
can edit. I want to touch up a bunch of 16-color icons that I've
gotten, but I can't do it with the 2.04 editor because they are larger
than this maximum limit. Is there another icon editor out there that
will do the job and if so, where can I find it?

Thanks,
Brian

hassink@cs.ualberta.ca
From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Mpeg Player on amiga.physik requires Xwindows??  What use??
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 15:59:50 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>Does anyone know how fast an Mpeg anim would play on an 040 machine
>(accelerated A3000, perhaps)? not real time I bet.
>
>=-=-=-=---===-===-==-=-====-=-=-=-==--===-=-====------=-=====---=-=-==---==-=-
>  Bob Burdeau - Soon-to-be-famous artist       >  You can do anything     <
> mail: bburdeau@redorc.chi.il.us               <  if you try enough.      >
>                                               >                          <
>=-=--==--=-=-=-======-=-=-=-==--=---=-=-=-=-===--=-=-=-====--==-===-=-=-==-==-

I tried the latest Amiga mpeg_play program with a number of different
MPEG movies in a number of different graphics modes on an Amiga 4000
at Creative Computers and consistantly got between 3 and 4 frames
per second. Hopefully this player software can be further bashed
into submission by its developer (or someone else who has the code)
to make it a bit faster. The rumor mill sez one of CBM's guys is
working towards that end. I hope that's true. 

Harv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: World of Commodore Toronto
From: sbiddle@aviate.welly.gen.nz (Steve Biddle)
Date: 3 Jan 93 17:35:23 +1300
Organization: Steves Amiga - Wellington, New Zealand.
X-Newsreader: Ann 0.9

In article <d3-ds*su1@caleb.UUCP>,
	jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>
>So why isn't CBM making 3.0 available for A2000s?  I've been told that it works
>on all Amigas.

It does work on all. But requires a new ROM. So will 3.1 when it appears,
why upgrade twice?


--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: jandreas@cs.ulowell.edu (Jason Andreas)
Subject: Re: "amiga" mentioned
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:32:47 GMT

I've already written a Photo-CD loader for Image F/X from GVP.  *BUT* I can't
do anything with it cause Kodak hasn't released an Amiga Developers Kit.
And, according to their lawyers, any release in a commercial program
requires the use of Kodak's developer kit.  We shall see what the future
holds...  8)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:11:00 CET
From: o.roehrig@cl-hh.comlink.de
Reply-To: o.roehrig@cl-hh.comlink.de
Distribution: world
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re:Screen capture utility needed
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JOELES%CUP.PORTAL.COM@UUCP.ZER wrote on 20.12.92 at 18:05
with Subject of Re: Screen capture utility needed

|> >   Are there any screen-capture utilities available that can capture a 
|> screen
|> >with a menu pulled-down?
|> 
|> Any screen graber that can use a delay for the capture.  They exist, but I
|> don't recall which one I used in the past.

Use ScreenX from Fish 418. It can grab Pull-Down-Menues as well,
though it's a bit hard (pressing right-mouse-button and left-amiga
and DEL :-)


Ottmar Roehrig

Zerberus:  O.ROEHRIG@CL-HH.ZER | UUCP: ottmar@ajberl.adsp.sub.org
DE: O.ROEHRIG@CL-HH.COMLINK.DE |       or@mcshh.hanse.de

  Mal darueber nachgedacht, dass "L(e|a)ila" im nordischen "Tag",
          im indischen "Prinzessin der Nacht" heisst?

-- MPoint 2.0 Pro  (C)1992 M.Aberle