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From: rickt@tcom.stc.co.uk (Rick Tait)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: What (cheap) SCSI Controller for A1500 & GVP 105MB HD?
Summary: SCSI, A1500, GVP, 105MB, Help, Sesame Street
Date: 29 Jul 92 08:08:33 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe, New Southgate, London N11 1HB.

Hi,
I have been offered a Quantum 105MB HD for a great price, and I am
inclined to take the offer. At the moment I have a bog-standard
2.04 A1500. I was planning (in about three/four months) to buy a GVP
030 Combo Board, which has a SCSI controller built in. However, my
resources don't stretch that far right now.

My problem is, should I buy a cheap SCSI controller now, so I can use
the HD immediately, then get rid of it in a few months when I can afford
the GVP Combo unit, or should I buy the HD, hold out for a few months
without using it and then just buy the GVP?

Please help, as I don't know what to do. I shall provide the serial
numbers of the HD to help all you gurus advise me what controller to
get. It is a Quantum ProDrive, and the numbers alongside the two
bar-codes (on the top) are:
	0005181-8932002116
	3701200-06
There are also numerous other numbers which I might as well throw in
too:
	105S
	910-10-9403
	10907240205
	0099

It has a 50-way (SCSI) cable & plug, and a four-way (power?) plug.
Any ideas about controllers, or if anyone has one to sell, please
mail me. BTW, the cheapest controller I can find in the UK is
the 'Dataflyer', for about 60 pounds Sterling, thats about
$90/100 (US). Is this good? Or is it a dud?

Thanks in advance,

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: art@cs.brown.edu (graphics artists)
Subject: Help me find a printer! Laser? Color DeskJet?
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:40:38 GMT

Hi - I'm looking to buy a good printer for my amiga 3000.
My primary uses are graphics and maybe some DTP.  I need to produce
good quality black and white transparancies that have a high
degree of opacity.  
I can't spend more than $1000 on the thing, including any 
expansion memory, first toner cartridge... I'd prefer a printer around
$800 or lower.
The first question - should I get a laser printer or this nifty
color deskjet?
How's the deskjet stack up? Is its printout opaque? Can it do 24bit color
printout in 300dpi?  Can it print transparancies? And can it be expanded to PostScript someday?
Ok, and then, if I decide to do the laserprinter thing - what kind do you
recommend? I've seen a few brands for sale cheap - the TI Microlaser plus, the
Epson ActionLaser, a low-end Panasonic, the IBM LaserPrinterE, and I've heard rumors about an inexpensive
Okidata...  Any suggestions?
I figure I'll need at least 1.5 megs for graphics... Is that reasonable? My 
amiga has 6 megs - is that relevant?
I'd really like to get a printer that I could add PostScript to later, if that's
possible - unless there's something in this range that already has PS...
Many many thanks!

Charles Bandes
RISD '93 - Printmaking, Photography, Computer Graphics
bdnee@silver.lcs.mit.edu

Email to bdnee please!
This account can post only...
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From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: New Denise chip & Toaster
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:07:27 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University


I am in the process of buying a Toaster (store demo) and
upgrading my 2000.  I am thinking of getting a 2 meg fatter
fatter ;-{) Agnus and maybe the newer Denise chip.  I read
somewhere that the reason the Toaster didn't work too well with
3000s was the something about the newer Denise chip.  Is that
correct?  Was the problem corrected in the new Toaster software,
or is/was it a hardware fix which the older Toasters don't have?

BTW.  Am I correct that the newer Denise gives one some new super
high resolutions?  What else does it do?
-- 
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Though all the world betrays thee.
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, (The Minstrel Boy)
One faithful harp will praise thee."         (Thomas Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: ImageMaster <-> ADPro printings
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:07:14 GMT

In article <62956@cup.portal.com> pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz) writes:
>Ben Williams says:
>
>>Imagemaster has 24-bit capability when used with the Amiga's printer drivers.
>>It does things a little differently, so as to be able to do 24-bit printing
>>even on the 1.3 printer drivers. 
>
>You call what ImageMaster does 24 bit printing? That is true only insofar
>as you can load a 24 bit file into ImageMaster and then get something 
>to print out. That something isn't anywhere remotely close to 24 bit accurate. 
>
>ADPro will deliver prints on Preferences printers with 24 bit-planes of color.
>At any size. Saying that ImageMaster does 24 bit printing 
>is almost as ludicrous as saying ImageMaster does morphing. 

Ha Ha, another controversy between ADPro (from Perry S kivolowitz) and
ImageMaster (from Ben William) seems to start. All of us (end users)
will benefit from this type of competition. At least they will improve
their product as soon as possible.
From: gmz@netcom.com (Gerry Zeitlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: FAX to Prof Draw Trace?
Keywords: Professional Draw Trace FAX FAXmodem
Date: 26 Jul 92 18:03:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.j2km1hm.gmz
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


I had been hoping to be able to use my fax machine and faxmodem
as a poor man's scanner to get images into Professional Draw's
Trace utility via IFF files.  Trace would then produce structured
drawings which could be imported to Professional Page as clips.

Unfortunately, Trace cannot handle the IFF files produced by GPFax,
the software that I'm using with my Supra FAXmodem, because the
files have "too many pixels".  I also failed to find any graphics
software on my disk that could handle these files.

Is there a utility for reformatting these IFF fax files?

-Gerry Zeitlin / gmz@netcom.com / (619) 647-6438
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: cc069@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel Sternklar)
Subject: Re: SIGGRAPH'92 and AMIGA ...
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 07:03:28 GMT


Mark,
Could you post where the meetings are being held?
Tell us about the x11 card . How much? what platform?
thx
-ds
From: James_Hastings-Trew@telepro.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Point Sizes
Distribution: world
Date: 25 Jul 92 02:05:14 CST
Organization: TelePro Technologies

In a message dated Fri 24 Jul 92  8:48, Ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (allen B)
wrote:

 AB> That certainly follows from your 2/3 rule, but is not true
 AB> of Adobe fonts.  (I'm sitting at a NeXT, you can't lie to
 AB> me!)  Are you saying Adobe doesn't know jack about font
 AB> sizing?  I'm really curious now.

 AB> Here's a demonstration if you have a PostScript engine
 AB> handy.  It will show 3 Es from 3 different families, all at
 AB> 72 point.  They are clearly both physically and optically
 AB> different sizes:


 AB> %!PS-Adobe-2.0
 AB> %%Title: Are 72 point Es the same size?  No.
 AB> %%Creator: Allen B
 AB> %%Purpose: QED

 AB> 72 72 moveto
 AB> /Helvetica findfont 72 scalefont setfont
 AB> (E) show
 AB> /Times-Roman findfont 72 scalefont setfont
 AB> (E) show
 AB> /Courier findfont 72 scalefont setfont
 AB> (E) show

 AB> showpage

Okay. I tested this little gem out with POST 1.7, and you are right. The
three fonts are markedly different - Helvetica being the largest, Times in
the middle, and Courier being the smallest. I am at a loss to explain this.

I do have one question -- how in the hell is a typesetter supposed to
measure these fonts and come up with the proper point size. A common
typesetting task is to be given a sample of type and have to set some new
type to replace the old. With Adobe making these fonts at all sizes, how
the heck is a typesetter supposed to measure the old type to know what
point size to set the new type in? Whacky...

I assume that Helvetica is the "correct" one of the three in this example,
and that Times and Courier have been altered for some unknown reason. I do
know that Times-Roman is based on a font that was specifically designed for
the London Times with the emphasis on packing as much text per square inch
as possible. The only explanation that comes to mind is that the letter
heights were altered to make comfortable reading at close-set leading -
10/10 or 9/9. Courier would also likely have a similar explanation.

What other fonts do you have on your NeXT? I have severa Adobe fonts on my
Amiga, so I will use your test file as a basis and test some other fonts to
see if perhaps Times and Courier are the exceptions that prove the rule...



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From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: AmaxII+ ???
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:14:10 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University


Is it possible to run Quicktime on AmaxII+?  I suspect the answer
is no, but I am curious about AmaxII+ capabilities.
-- 
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Though all the world betrays thee.
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, (The Minstrel Boy)
One faithful harp will praise thee."         (Thomas Moore)
From: gmz@netcom.com (Gerry Zeitlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: FAX to Prof Draw Trace?
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:10:48 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Jul31.044135.29066@sfu.ca> flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui) writes:
>
>Opinions, opinions.  If you want to get a taste of PageStream 2.1 (next-to-
>latest version), try the PageStreamDemo on various FTP sites (e.g. wuarchive).
>I think you'll find there's very little to be jealous about (well, the kerning
>controls).  The demo version is uglier than a hacker's backyard!  The latest 
>version, 2.2HL, looks much better, but I don't think that even Hotlinks is 
>enough to woo me over.  I think ProPage 3.0 is finally the Amiga professional's 
>choice in DTP software, for it's stability (no more bugs in style/para tags,
>and it's only crashed on me once since I got it) and ARexx power.  However,
>I wish it had ligatures, editable kerning tables, and proper `` and '' marks
>that don't spread apart in justified paragraphs (the Mac and NeXT have them!).
>
Thank you, Francis.  I had sort of thought that ProPage couldn't have
been around this long if it were so clearly inferior to the competition.
I assumed that our correspondence on this would drag out an alternative
opinion, and so it did, and it was you!

One of the reasons I selected ProPage was that in a comparison of DTP products
some magazine ran not too long ago, even though each had its advocate who
thought it to be the best one, the ProPage advocate seemed most sure of his
opinion.

Guess trying them out would have been better, but anyway here I am, and I
rather do like the Gold Disk DTP line.

Thanks again.

=gerry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: SIGgraph
From: Eric.Schwartz@afitamy.fidonet.org (Eric Schwartz)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 20:17:22 EST
Organization: AFIT Amiga Users BBS(AFITAUG), Dayton, Oh. (513) 879-9798

Say, Is anyone ou there going to SIGGRAPH 92 in Chicago? I'll be there for a small while (Wed, july 29) Look for an Amy the Squirrel T-shirt.

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From: david@cs.olemiss.edu (David Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: ADPro driver for HP ScanJet IIc
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:28:09 GMT
Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science


Is there an ADPro Driver for the HP ScanJet IIc color scanner?  Or can I use
an equivalent driver (such as Epson 300c)?  Any information on this subject
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
David W. Ferguson
david@cs.olemiss.edu
From: hepzibah@zooid.guild.org (Ken Rosser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: SIGgraph
Date: 24 Jul 92 01:52:38 GMT

From: Eric.Schwartz@afitamy.fidonet.org (Eric Schwartz)
>Say, Is anyone ou there going to SIGGRAPH 92 in Chicago? I'll be there for a small while (Wed, july 29) Look for an Amy the Squirrel T-shirt.
>

Yow! An Amy the Squirrel t-shirt?! I'm not going to Siggraph, is there any
From: "james kewageshig" <james.kewageshig@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: caligari vs draw 4d!
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:24:19 EST
Reply-To: "james kewageshig" <james.kewageshig@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

HI All,
I was thinking of buying another rendering package, (I have Imagine 
+ 'Understanding Imagine 2.0' which should be sold WITH Imagine ...).

The 2 programs I was thinking about were (no laughing):

Caligari 2.0 vs. Draw 4D pro

I didn't know what 4D Pro could do until I saw a very cool demo reel 
on video produced by serveral users and such. What I saw though, was
only the OUTPUT, or the rendering quality, what I need to know is what
the interface and speed is like, compared to Imagine and LightWave.

I've played with an older version of Caligari briefly at a friends house, 
and I've only seen one picture of the 2.0 quality of the output (ROOM-2.jpg).
I have downloaded the demo of the 2.0 software, and I'm going through it 
now.  I can't seem to find the 'Full-Render' button, but then again, it is 
just a demo...  (PS. Thanks Harv, for posting the demo!)

I just want a fairly fast, nice rendering package, ray-tracing not needed,
or, maybe selective ray-tracing yes, for use with DCTV...

In order not to turn this into a PUBLIC discussion, would people E-Mail
me directly, and I'll post a summary of my findings...   THANKS ALL.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: SIGgraph
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 09:41:52 GMT

In <711942758.28511@zooid.guild.org> hepzibah@zooid.guild.org (Ken Rosser) writes:

>From: Eric.Schwartz@afitamy.fidonet.org (Eric Schwartz)
>>Say, Is anyone ou there going to SIGGRAPH 92 in Chicago? I'll be there for a small while (Wed, july 29) Look for an Amy the Squirrel T-shirt.
>>

>Yow! An Amy the Squirrel t-shirt?! I'm not going to Siggraph, is there any


It is quite easy to print anything on a T-shirt. You can either use commercial
services or buy a special transfer paper for your (impact) color printer.

Regards,
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From: pwappy@well.sf.ca.us (Jeff Walkup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Amiga at SIGGRAPH
Date: 28 Jul 92 07:05:50 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link


> Do someone know if Commodore and/or special interest groups on the Amiga
> are going to participate at SIGGRAPH'92 next week ? Also, third party
> vendors for the Amiga (Like Newtek) ?


I know Todd Rundgren and company are going to show off their new
Toaster-produced video - Theology - .  It's also going to be on the
SIGGRAPH tape.
I know someone here in Sausalito that worked heavily on "Theology".
It took them over a year to produce (heck, it was supposed to be
ready for *last* year's SIGGRAPH!) but it is going to be
*Fan-Tas-Tic*!  It'll make "Change Myself" look like cheap Saturday-
morning cartoons.
They had many problems with their network (I think they had as many
as 30 Amiga/Toasters in there at one point), CPU boards, and hard drives,
but a few deftly-written patches by Allen Hastings and a programmer
from NewTek put all that behind them now and it's ready!
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Tuesday, 21 Jul 1992 21:58:19 MST
From: Brian C. Berg <AUBRI@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: DP4 animviewer?

Are there any new picture/anim display programs out there that support the
new color cycle modes found in DPaint 4?
IE: It would be great if SuperView were updated to support them...
    Does anyone have contact with the author?

(P.S. Please don't suggest the Player that comes with DPaint.. I know about
      that already. :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias)
Subject: 24 bit graphics
Organization: Merck Research Laboratories
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:32:41 GMT

What is the cheapest (but reasonably effective) way of getting 24 bit graphics
to display on my multisync monitor?

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: eha@phoenix.oulu.fi (Esa Haapaniemi)
Subject: Real3D_devkit
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:03:49 GMT


Real3D's developer kit is available from 130.60.80.80 and it's mirrors.
It includes 1.41 turboversiondemo, and example library for you lucky
Harlequin owners. Also there is documents to write libraries to other
devices. If someone is willing to provide RealSoft with good examples
for other (SAGE/RTG/...) cards, please contact RealSoft or send mail
to me at eha@phoenix.oulu.fi.

Esa Haapaniemi
University of Oulu
Finlan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: brendan@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au (Brendan Langoulant)
Subject: Re: Journeyman (Real 3D correction)
Organization: University Computer Club --- Perth, Western Australia
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:13:13 GMT

pat_meloy@outb.wimsey.bc.ca (Pat Meloy) writes:

>In article <1992Jul1.043540.15131@chinet.chi.il.us> katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) writes:

>[stuff deleted]

>>polygon based. Real 3D is a CSG-based modeler, but as far as I can tell from
>>the brochure it must create polygons for rendering. Caligari is based on

>[stuff deleted]

>>
>>                                 Chris Williams
>>                                    katefans@chinet.chi.il.us

> I think thats wrong actually. Real3D's CSG objects are rendered FAR faster
>than the polygonal one (yes, it has/uses both). No square sides spheres
>from PHONG shading at all. This leads me to believe they are not converted
>prior to rendering.

> BTW:
> I've used the following packages and none come even close to the power of
>Real3D!

>Caligari II, Sculpt 3D/4D, Turbo-Silver/Imagine, Lightwave, Forms in Flight
>(blecch!), and some others that were so long ago I forget the names :)

Me too, and I must say the Real3D is far far better.

>Real3D is presently at version 1.42 and is quite a bit better than the last
>magazine reviews say 1.33 was (even though they say its great!). They have
>a new Demo package out for 1.4 and this time there is a 40 page user manual
>on disk. I'll check wuarchive and see if its up, if not, I'll grab it from
>the support BBS and upload it there.

Real3D also does true-raytracing (ie eye to screen to world type stuff)
unlike a lot of the other "ray-tracers".  Try generating stereoscopic images
on your "ray-tracer". 

brendan@mullet.gu.uwa.edu.au

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From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: ImageMaster <-> ADPro printings
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 22:46:43 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Wolf,

Imagemaster has 24-bit capability when used with the Amiga's printer drivers.
It does things a little differently, so as to be able to do 24-bit printing
even on the 1.3 printer drivers. Basically, you need to jack up the rez of
the image you want to print as high as possible (by scaling it) before
printing. THis provides the extra resolution that is dithered into the
24-bit accurate output.

Under OS 2.0, you can do this easily line by line, but under 1.3 that's not
really practical, unfortunately.

I don't understand the rest of your post (I may just be dense :^)... can you
rephrase it?    --Ben