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Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:13:05 +1000
From:         "M.C. Freddy !!" <CSC9017984R@LUST1.LATROBE.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Amiga Screen Blankers Wanted!!!

>Hi, there,
>
>      I found TwilightZone Screen Blanker at:
>
>       wuarchive.wustl.edu
> dir:   mirrors4/amiga.physik.unizh.ch/amiga/util/blank/TwilightZone.lha

Yeah, got the Blanker [why duz it turn on when you put disks in & out???!!]
but WHERE can you get modules for it... [with the .tz extension] ???!

Also, duz anyone know where to get the Mach III/IV [or woteva] blanker which
bounces the Amiga logo round the screen ??

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Full-Name:  Richard Ambridge
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Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1992 22:08:54 GMT
From:         "R Ambridge (UG3)" <ram@CS.STIR.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: The 1200

Opps.. Indeed I did write
	> The A1200 is an A600 with a keypad.


It was in reply to a question "what does the A1200 look like?"

I meant to write.

The A1200 looks like an A600 with a keypad. Or so it seems from the
pictures I have seen.

Sorry if I upset anyone. I do know what a 1200 can do and I am
desperately saving up to sale my 600 to buy a 1200.

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Date:         Fri, 6 Nov 1992 10:34:16 EST
From:         "(Barnon)" <tigner@MSUPA.PA.MSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: The 1200

Richard Ambridge writes...
> The A1200 is an A600 with a keypad.

I summrize here:

                   A600                     A1200
processor         68000 at 7.16Mhz        68ec020 at 14.36 Mhz
chip memory       up to 2M                up to 2M
fast memory       4M on PCMCIA            4/8M internal or 4M int 4M PCMCIA
Graphics chips    ECS 4096 colors         AGA 16.8M colors
Deinterlaced ?     -NO-                   -YES- will support VGA monitors
Hard disk support?   -YES ,IDE internal-  -YES ,IDE internal- (both 2.5" drives)
Keypad              -NO-                   -YES-
Accelerator capable   -NO-                 -YES-
Maths coprocessor     -NO-                 -NOT installed, can be added-

The A1200 is NOT an A600 with a keypad, don't spread this misinformation please
since it is an extreme disservice to the readers of this LIST.

Thank you.

--Barry-->
From: djb@doc.ic.ac.uk (D J Burke)
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Subject: Re: (Brief) Show Report
Date: 9 Nov 92 12:19:23 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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Yeah, I went to that show as well. I have to admit that I was a  mite bit
dissapointed. The C= stand in the 'technical' part of the show was dominated by
PC's - there were only 2 A3000's and 2 A4000's (Boo hoo - I wanted to drool a lot)
Mind you, they did look nice, but looking at the stand, it lookled more like C=
wanted to push their PC's, not the Amigas.

I must admit there were loads of kids playing games on the A1200's though.

What I really wanted to see was loads of nice drooly software that I could play
about with on the A1200.

The new GVP Genlock (G-Lock) looked nice - but then again I know nothing about
genlocks.

Dug Burke
sorry for the bittiness of this piece - I should be working *B(
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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:25:54 MET
From:         AMIGA@BANRUC60.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Re. VISTA DEM files

>
> And are you going to tell us where they were???
>
> ;-)
>
> jon.
> (walaj@essex.ac.uk)
>

ftp.uni-kl.de
/pub1/dem

The files are unix-compressed (.Z), they are most around 200-300 K, but
uncompressed they are around 1 mb.
Thery are also two or three of 1,4 - 2 mb compressed, I don't wanna know how
big they are uncompressed ...

  Regards,

     Aeneas.


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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:18:35 GMT
From:         R.Tait@BNR.CO.UK
Subject:      (Brief) Show Report

I went to the Future Entertainment Show in London at the weekend, and
I thought I'd just add my $.02 to the debate about the new Amigas.

Crawling my way through the screaming kids playing Sonic the Hedgehog
on Sega's I managed to get to the Commodore stand (one of two) and got
my first "hands-on" with a 1200HD. First impressions were very favourable -
the Workbench refresh/update was almost instantaneous - the HD seemed
pretty darn fast too. The was no software on it apart from all the Prefs
and the usual Utils etc so I couldn't test it with anything. There was
a 'sysinfo' type program that revealed all the new chips - I can't
recall the names though Lisa was definitely one there.

Moving on to the other stand, which was mostly peppered with CBM's PC
range I found a few 4000's and 3000's. The 4000's were hooked up to
the 1960 monitor and were showing off with Scala. The CBM dude showed me
how easy it was to create pretty decent presentations using Scala - one
very nice piece of software. Then it was onto a 4000. There was a CBM
guy from the US who had been brought over by CBM UK and he showed us
some pretty damn amazing stuff with his 4000, IV24 board, Studio16
hardware/software and a S-VHS video. We are talking video on the
Workbench, being re-sized and keeping the correct aspect ratio here!

He was digitally changing incoming signals from a CD using Studio16, and
the sight of a rescalable video on the new Workbench with FMV in it was
damn near Eldorado (not the UK soap opera!).

So to summarize, I say "pah!" to all the doubters who reckon Commodore
bombed out with the new machines, and I think we can all rest assured
that Commodore now have _THE_ range of computers to choose from whether
you're into Graphics, Video work, Multimedia, DSP, DTP or what.

Hats off to Commodore!

[I have no connections with Commodore other than being a satisfied customer]

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Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:40:56 EST
From:         Ras <IQM109@URIACC.URI.EDU>
Subject:      Yet more Grapevine gripes!

Another incident-

bought some chips from Grapevine and paid extra to have it sent First Class
U.S. mail.  ...They sent it UPS anyway!

Here's my opinion on some other mailorders:

Creative computers -- They know their stuff but they don't exactly bend over
                      backwards to help you.

Safe Harbor -- Good people, really courteous too (my guess is that they're
               a small store hurting for business)

Computability -- Ditto, though often what you need is on backorder

Amigaman -- Nice people with good Amiga knowledge but often too happy on taking
           your order and money and delivering slowly if they don't have what
           you need in stock- so always ask if IT"S IN STOCK.

Manta -- only tried to order something from these people once; they didn't have
         what I needed and they politely told me to try someone else (which is
         both nice and unusual for a company to do).  I guess what I'm trying
         to say is that I don't have enough experience with them.

Go Amigo  --  Ordered once some games without incident.  Had to beg to get them
              to send US mail instead of UPS but everything worked out in the
              end.

Tri State  -- ??     (I try to stay away from NYC computer stores after visit-
                      ing several of them personally , including the infamous
                      Montgomery Grant).  Actually I could say a few things
                      about most new york electronic/computer shops but I won't
                      to avoid breaking netiquette!

Tenex  --  These people are overpriced but they're honest and have a good
            service dept/customer relations.  Buy once from them and they'll
           send you their catalogs for years to come even if you don't buy
           from them.  If you don't mind paying a bit more than the others
           these folks are pretty safe and should satisfy you.

Briwall -- Helpful, really helpful.  The three or four times I've bought from
           them I've had no probs (though you have to beg them to switch from
           UPS if you need something sent to a PO Box)


Finally, if all you need is RAM I'd definately consider Visionsoft from Cali-
fornia.  Not only are they usually the cheapest but they really RUSH you the
stuff.  They advertise in the back of AmigaWorld.

Hope this has been of some help,

Ras, IQM109@uriacc.uri.edu
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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:07:00 +0000
From:         "(MATTHEW STRATFOLD)" <M.P.Stratfold@OPEN.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: What is an ARJ extension??

Thanks for every one's help - I've got the un-arj program now :-)

Matthew.   M.P.Stratfold@open.ac.uk
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From: oahvenla@snakemail.hut.fi (Osma Ahvenlampi)
Subject: Re: What is an ARJ extension??
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:40:18 GMT

In article <I-AMIGA%92110921423558@FINHUTC.HUT.FI> "(MATTHEW STRATFOLD)" <M.P.Stratfold@OPEN.AC.UK> writes:

>I have some PC files (with stuff of use to the amiga in them) but they have
>been packed and have the extension "ARJ".  This extension is not listed in
>the startup file (Did you think you had them all!!).  Does anyone know what
>software, PC or Amiga, I will need to unpack these files??

That's easy. Use ARJ... :-) It's a PC program, though there MIGHT be an Amiga
version, as I seem to remember that Stefan Boberg (LhA) has in his .sig
something like "Author of Arj, LhA..." I haven't seen an Amiga version though.
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From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re:      Re: .Z ???
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:01:19 GMT

>I found this at wuarchive, which should be what you are looking for:
>
>utilities/cli/archive:
>-rw-rw-r--  1 root        32368 Nov 22  1990 compress-4.0.lzh

      The 4.0 version gives up to 16-bit compression/decompression.
   Version 1.2 gives only 13-bit maximum. If you only have 512 Kb, v1.2
   is the one for you. compress -d filename is how to decompress a file
   using these. Later, JimP.
 
-- 
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From:         Lance Tagliapietra <96720919@UCS.UWPLATT.EDU>
Subject:      EasyBackup

Hi,

Does asnyone have any experience with the program EasyBackup on Fish disk
365?  It is a hard disk backup program, cli driven, which does no compression,
but allows backing up of files greater than a disk in size.  One thing I have
noticed is that it does not seem to allow you to specify the associated .info
file when backing up a directory tree.

When restoring a backup, it does correctly set the date of the file to the
date it had at the time of the backup.  ABackup (Fish disk 706) will not
do that on my 1.3 system, but will let me select the .info file associated
with a directory tree I am backing up.

-Lance
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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:22:53 MET
From:         AMIGA@BANRUC60.BITNET
Subject:      Birdgeboard

Hi guys,

 A friend of mine had some questions :

regarding : expansions for a2286 bridgeboard

1. what is connection j7 (Top of motherboard) ?
2. Is it possible to connect a harddisk to the Bridgeboard
   without a controller card (according to AMIGA SHOPPER oktober 1992
   this is possible both with the XT and AT boards)
3. Is it possible to partition an Amiga HD for use with the a2286
   (without creating a virtual harddisk-file)
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Date:         Wed, 4 Nov 1992 16:42:51 EDT
From:         Breno Azevedo da Silva <ALUNOINF@BRUFSE.BITNET>
Subject:      Rambrand Graphics Board

    If anybody knows the Rambrandt Graphics Board please answer me some
 questions:

   - Have any 3D rendering program already been released for it? Which
       other softwares were released and are planned?
   - Does this graphic board really have problems in Trace rendering
       speeds? I've heard that's the reason why a Imagine Rambrandt
       version will no longer be released by Impulse, as Amiga World
       have announced.

    Oh, and by the way, If anybody owns a Toaster, please contact me
       so that we can exchange tips and general information, mainly
       about LightWave 3D (I've been working with it for 2 years).

    And I'd like to know what is your oppinion about the new graphics
       boards (AVideo 24 and OpalVision). Come on guys let's talk
       about graphics. ;-)

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Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1992 08:55:55 CST
From:         "Alejandro J. Kurczyn S." <AKURCZYN@ITESMVF1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: screen saver/blanker for an amiga ?????

>>Try this on archie:
>
>>>prog ^[Tt][Ww][Ii][Ll][Ii][gG][hH][tT]
>
>And it's amazing that only another programmer can make sense out of docs
>written by other programmers... :<  The rest of us tear out our hair
>trying to figure out what the darn docs are trying to tell us!  *sigh*

Well, I'm not a dedicated programmer, but the docs said "put a ^ in front
to search words starting with your pattern, and you can put a [Mm] to
detect a mixed case "M", so that's it :-)

-Alejandro
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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:14:46 +0100
From:         "(Jorrit Tyberghein)" <jorrit@UZ.KULEUVEN.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: New Amiga Era?

>>do you want with a de-interlacer when the AA chip set is capable
>>of displaying a 1280x512 screen non-interlaced? Besides, de-
>
>Is that true? does it have a visibly flicker?

1280x512 is INTERLACED and flickers badly on the A4000 (my friend has one
so I have seen it).

>>interlacing is hardly necessary in 800x600 mode, since this
>>interlaced mode is already working at a higher frequency than
>>'normal'. If you're to deinterlace (correct me if I'm wrong) a 31-
>>something kHz video/RGB signal, the resultant video signal would have
>>a horizontal frequency of 62 kHz(approx.). Perhaps I'm way out of
>>line on this one, but that's how I figure.
>
>I supouse you are right, all I want is to be able to use all the resolution
>modes in the 4000, without the annoying flicker. Is that possible?

No, the best resolution without flicker is still 640x512 (plus overscan) or
640x480 if you don't like 50Hz refresh mode (I don't). 800x600 is interlaced.
800x600 is a very nice resolution for pictures. When you display a picture
in this mode the flicker almost disappears (this is because pictures often
have smooth transitions).


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Oh bother, let me try postin' this again and see if it works ;)
susan

>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have what is known as an "early release" Amiga 3000UX.
> Upon receiving my Amiga UNIX 2.1 upgrade and 2.04 ROM
> upgrade my dealer discovered that I need something called
> a ROM Tower to allow the 2.04 ROMS to work properly...
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?  I have been waiting
> for more than a month for C= to send the ROM Tower to
> my dealer and am getting rather, well, pissed off, is
> the only approprate term that comes to mind.  I would
> like to know if there is any other way to get a "ROM Tower"
> (It sits in the ROM socket on the mother board and the
> ROM sit in the Tower).
>
> Susan Lively
> slively@locus.com
>
>
From: walaj@SX.AC.UK
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Subject: Re. VISTA DEM files
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:19:15 GMT
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And are you going to tell us where they were???

;-)

jon.
(walaj@essex.ac.uk)
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Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1992 10:13:53 +0100
From:         AUBERT@FRFLU51.BITNET
Subject:      Re: The 1200

I've read the spec. of A1200 faxed by C= France to my favorite local dealer. If
I remember well, the included drive is able to read/write 880ko/1.76Mo disks.

My 2c, Stef.
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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 13:35:54 HST
From:         Todd Mizomi <TODDM@UHUNIX.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Need help fast PEOPLE!

I'm not too familiar with the 1200, so I'd recommend going with the 3000, and
hope there will be an upgrade path available so you can use the AGA chipset
later on.  What will you be using this for primarily?  Define your basic
needs, and we may be able to help you more.  (heck I might just offer you my
a2000HD for sale and save up for a 4000!  ;-)   )
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Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 1992 09:56:56 CET
From:         "W.H.Morrison" <WMORRISO@ESOC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: C= AMIGA radio commercial
              12 Nov 1992 08:38:57 MEZ from <I7091202@DBSTU1.RZ.TU-BS.DE>

On Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:38:57 MEZ Peter M. Krummrich said:
>
>Hello net riders,
>
>I've been following your discussion about Commodore's marketing strategies
>concerning the AMIGA product line. Here is a little piece of information
>I'd like to add.
>
>Commodore now started some commercial spots on radio here in Germany. It goes
>something like this (in German, of course; I hope my translation is not
>

lots of lines deleted


>Maybe, this commercial is only meant for customers which want to buy their
>first computer for christmas. The A600 is a relatively cheap machine for
>computer beginners. But I think that this commercial does not help to
>introduce the AMIGA line as a real alternative to IBM PCs or MACs,
>especially if they mention only the A600.
>
>Any comments ?
>
>Peter
Commodore are also advertising on Satellite tv (Sky, UK Gold etc.) and they ARE
showing the Amiga as a games machine. But the Ad. shows a A500, which I thought
 was strange, considering the new models on the market. Maybe Commodore wants
to unload its excess warehouse stock of A500s on the unsuspecting public, and
what better time than Christmas to do just that.
Just my 2p worth

Regards
Bill
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