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From: nwickham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Neal Wickham)
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
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Reply-To: nwickham@nyx.UUCP (Neal Wickham)
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 05:15:29 GMT

In article <BzKosp.2zF@news.iastate.edu>, barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett:
>  
Tandy has finally announced their new desktop MPC-compatible computer system
>with a 16-million-color display and CD-ROM drive as standard hardware.


If it is the one I was playing with at Radioshack today, it sure isn't very
impressive.  This one didn't have 16 million colors.  They had another CDTV
like device there called VIS that might have had 16 million colors and it
wasn't too bad but alot like CDTV or CD-I.  The demo I saw was slick, had
a lot of animation and sound, but it was hard to manipulate with the 
remote control they had.  The remote looked very game-ish or childish.  I
watched some kid play with it to see how he'd like it, but when he saw
that there were no games to play on the demo he put it down. 

I don't think it will be any comparison to AGA CDTV.  It looked a little 
better than CDTV though... but I only saw the demo.

The MPC computer they had was really bad.  It was basicly windows with a
CD-ROM and was dog-slow. ...terrible.  And the graphics sucked. ...all
little dithered 256 color pictures.  And the sound "clicked" when it
swiched on sometimes.

When you say 16 million colors, are you sure that wasn't the palette?  Or
was the reference to VIS rather than MPC?


                                      NCW
From: Tick@cup.portal.com (Tyler G Lund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: OpalVision questions
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:05:47 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <72534@cup.portal.com> <C01732.1LL@cs.columbia.edu> <72610@cup.portal.com>


Ok, This opalvision board looks VERY tempting to me. However, I need to know
the answer to one thing that is really holding me back. (please excuse my
ignorance here, I'm not that knowledgeable about these things.) The board
out puts a 15 Khz signal right? Unfortunatly, my monitor only takes a 31 
signal. Is there any way to convert it so it will work? Is it as simple 
and as cheap as an adapter, or would I be spending big bucks to accomplish 
such a feat. Thank you very much in advance. 

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From: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Is there a IFF/GIF/JPEG to DynaHIRES converter?
Date: 3 Jan 93 04:02:12 GMT
Organization: Vallen Software

In article <1993Jan2.222912.14705@cs.mun.ca>, colins@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Colin Stuckless) says most sayishly:
>  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

Uhhh, doesn't SHAM use PCHG chunks?
While we're on the topic, I'm still using GIFMachine 2.138 to convert
GIF to SHAM, since SHAM appears to be the best quality I can get.  Is
there something better?  FreeWare, please, don't recommend expensive
commercial stuff.

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From: bburdeau@redorc.chi.il.us (Bob Burdeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: graphics cards
Date: 28 Dec 92 14:05:39 CST
Organization: Red Oracle Bbs/Network

Is there any way to view Pagestream or other DTP programs output on a 24 bit
framebuffer like Opalvision? I assume that it would not work as a workbench
screen, but maybe there is some software out there that will take the file and
render it to the 24-bit display.

My feeling is, if you have a 24-bit display, you should be able to use it in
your programs. Is it possible?  is there a workbench emulator for 24 bot
boards?  I think the DMI resolver has one, but I think the resolver is way
overpriced.

Also, is there a way to set up a script that will automatically compress
pictures in a secified drawer(in ram: or DH0:) in JPEG, so that I dont have to
manually compress/decompress each image?  I'm not talking about batch
processing really, but automated compression/decompression.

Thanx in advance for any advice.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mmcalees@cs16.UVic.CA (Michael McAleese)
Subject: Re: Cable Companies (was Babylon 5)
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.tv
Organization: Those Dudes
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 17:41:32 GMT

In article <15472@hq.hq.af.mil> snolan@marge.hq.af.mil writes:
>[stuff about cable tv]

   Great stuff, but take it to rec.arts.sf.tv (followups to there),
all right?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: Ross.Knepper@launchpad.unc.edu (Ross Knepper)
Subject: HAM8
Organization: Lack of
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:57:18 GMT

I recently bought an Amiga 4000, but have seen very few HAM8 pictures on
it.  Could somebody recommend an ftp for some?  Also, I am interested in a
program (preferably PD) that would change the 24-bit files I have into
HAM8.  Thank you.

- Ross Knepper

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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Banding Still Imminent in AGA 256,000 color mode!
Date: 24 Dec 92 07:18:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Dec24.001806.2782
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)

> >A *real* 24-bit display will eliminate this.
> 
> No. It will eliminate banding often but not in all situations.

It works for me.  I only have 18-bit eyes!  ;-)



        -=- Ed

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From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: AGA anim speed
Date: 23 Dec 92 11:40:23 GMT
Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Dec23.060008.1804@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> nwickham@nyx.UUCP (Neal Wickham) writes:
>In article <BzKpF8.GHH@fc.hp.com> koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
>
>>PPShow could display my 640x400xHAM8 animation at about 4 FPS, and VT
>>could not even manage 1 FS.  Similar results for lower resolutions, and
>>PPShow also handles palette changes between frames.
>
>
>Whoa... what happend to the 30 fps we were hearing about?
>
>
	I suspect that these numbers are with promotion turned on. 640x400
31khz 8 bit ham has the chip memory bandiwdth totally saturated (like
16-color hires before, except with twice as much data to move). 640x400
interlaced will provide transparent cpu chip memory access, which
should dratsically increase the frame-rate.
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From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
Date: Sun,  3 Jan 93 14:02:37 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na
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Julie,

I completely agree - that was very well said indeed.

Ben
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
Subject: Photo CD
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:53:11 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.4255.10827@dosgate> "jay rymal" <jay.rymal@canrem.com> writes:
>        The licence [for Photo CD] supposedly costs $100,000!

   I'd like to know how much Commodore paid for the licences for ARexx or 
CompuGraphic fonts.  The probably cost at least that much, if not much more.
Corporate software licences can often be really expensive.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
Subject: Re: Dans uploaded OS/2 Screens SUCK!
Organization: a gora
Distribution: world 
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:27:55 GMT

In article <BzFMs2.316@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>
>Yes, there are DOS and OS/2 programs that show IFFs, like GWS, CSHOw
>and a bunch of others.  But modern graphics programs are tryiing to cut
>down on the standards mess by supporting BMP for windows/os2, GIF,
>because it's a telecommunications standard (and it's not a PC
>standard!), and a few others.  IFF doesn't fall into this category,
>being proprietary and Amiga-geared.


  IFF isn't proprietary, especially ILBM.
From: simon@ivem.ucsd.edu (Simon Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Babylon 5
Date: 29 Dec 1992 17:32:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: ivem.ucsd.edu

In article <jwalkup.2yxx@terapin.com> jwalkup@terapin.com (Jeff Walkup) writes:
>Hmm... here in S.F. I don't think we're getting Babylon 5... is it
>supposed to be on Fox?
>
>I've seen the promos for "Time Trax", the new "Kung Fu" (snore), and
>"Star Trek: DS9", on the same channel that has ST:TNG (not Fox), but
>nothing about Babylon 5 anywhere.

In LA, these shows will air on channel 13.  The Babylon 5 promo was shown
right after the Time Trax/Kung Fu promos here.  These should air sometime in
middle/late January.  Luckly, I have cable :)

It's interesting that both Deep Space 9 and Babylon 5 should air on the same
channel.  I wonder which will get more attention.

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Subject: Re: Data/Instruction Cache & BURST modes on 68030? Why/when?
From: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (LaMonte Koop)
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:08:38 -0600
Reply-To: lkoop@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
Organization: SCS GP/Engineering Cluster

In article <72192@cup.portal.com>, Tony-Preston@cup.portal.com (ANTHONY FRANCIS PRESTON) writes:
>You should leave the setting  alone!  A small tutorial is in order!
>SetPatch will setup the system correctly so that the caches and burst
>are correct for the Amiga. 

    Well, generally yes...SetPatch will set up the CPU cache system to the best
performance setup for a particular system configuration.  However, due to the
dynamic nature of such things, there are times where it may be necessary to
modify the settings of the CPU caches.  This may be done due to necessity, or
due to curiosity.
    In a normal, properly designed Amiga system, there should not be any time
where the Data cache would be problematic to be enabled.  A performance increase
is generally found with it on, so this is the best configuration to leave it
in (as SetPatch does).  However, there are some systems which require the
68030 Data cache to be disabled.  One such setup is the Ronin Hurricane
'030 accelerators.  These are improperly designed in that they do not do
cache management in hardware and thus can inadvertantly cache CHIP RAM.
Due to the constant DMA there, a quick case of stale cache data arises and
is followed by a good old fashioned system failure.
    Note that this problem is not common, and yes..under most circumstances
the data cache can be ON for any particular system.  (in other words, it is
not a 'dangerous' thing to have on...and is helpful in terms of performance).
    Burst mode on the 68030 is a mixed-blessing thing.  Generally it has been
found that the instruction cache burst mode is helpful to about a 20% degree in
performance, while the data cache burst mode has been found to be mostly
a hindrance.  (Note that this is highly dependent on system data arrangement
and general access tendencies...on the Amiga, it has been found that the
data cache burst mode does not help in many cases)  Hence, Setpatch will set
up Burst mode for the instruction cache to be on, while leaving the data
cache burst mode off.

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From: clin@jade.tufts.edu (Chuck (Satch) Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Response to CBM re:Poor Media coverage
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:13:44 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA


The average 1st time computer buyer walks into a store
(note: there are very few amiga dealers anywhere)
and looks at the pretty picture on the screen.
I don't mean ham or VGA of 24 bit whatever,
the pretty screen they look at is one of a serious application.
Can anyone name an amiga application that has the "looks"
of a macintosh (barf) application. The average low end user doesn't
care about the power of the OS, they want it easy to use.
Even though I love my amiga, I still can't recommend it for a
person who has never touched a computer. How about making the
OS use a 640x480x256 screen? How about setting a standard for icon
colors and sizes. Some applications have icons that take up the entire
screen! That is just stupid! This is the only way to attract
1st time buyers. After that, they'll be hooked!
-chuck
From: jwalkup@terapin.com (Jeff Walkup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: WB2.1 & Rexxmast
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:00:56 PST
Organization: BBS

Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang) writes:

> This is a good change since many people would comment [Rexxmast] out of the
> Startup-sequence file in order to custom define their rexx environment
> via user-startup which was executed before the WB2.0 rexxmast.


I don't know if it's good or not.  I mean, ARexx *doesn't work* until
you go hacking around in your Startup-Seq.  Most people don't like to mess
with that (or don't know _how_ to mess with it).

I can just see it:

Befuddled user: "Hello, Gold Disk?  My ProPage 'Genies' aren't working
anymore."

Gold Disk: "Are you sure ARexx is running?"

User: "What's that?"

Gold Disk: "Well, are you using WB2.0 or above?"

User: "Heck yeah, I just installed 2.1."

Gold Disk: "Oh, that's Commodore's fault.  You'll have to edit your
Startup-Sequence."

User: "What's that?"

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From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: GVP Series 2 controller in A4000
Date: 24 Dec 92 07:05:38 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <1Zabs*OL0@prolix.apana.org.au>, dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
> In article <1992Dec20.100004.6299@desire.wright.edu>, fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu writes:
> 
>> In article <11X9s*LI0@prolix.apana.org.au>, dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
>> > In article <1992Dec16.181454.13559@isunix.cdx.mot.com>, Mark Montminy writes:
>> > 
>> > I eventually mounted my Quantum Pro 210 in the A4000, on the GVP
>> > Series II card, and it works okay.  A bit noisier than it was
>> > though.  The advice from the previous poster about backing it up
> 
>> 	Did you run any speed tests?  If so, how did it do?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> It went awful.
> 
> Sysinfo 3.01 reported 750KB/Sec, whereas in my A2500/30 the same
> drive/controller was pushing 1.4Mb/sec.
> 
> But it's still usable.

	Could be worse,  750KB/sec should be useable.  Have you tried
	copying really large files or several drawers at once?

> 
> I am at a loss to explain the performance problem.

	I thought I read that the ZorroII SCSI cards "kick down" to PIO
	in a ZorroIII machine because of DMA limitations.  That is why
	they are slower.  A more knowlegable person could comment.

> 
> The 120MB IDE drive pushes over 1MB/sec in raw read speed.

	I think the IDE controller is also PIO, but has 32bit memory
	access.  I'm waiting for a 32bit, ZorroIII DMA, SCSI controller.
	Hope their not too expensive when they appear.

> 
> Dac
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From: SI6935848@NTUVAX.NTU.AC.SG (Libra)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: IBM joystick <-> Amiga??
Date: 31 Dec 1992 21:23:34 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Hello!

Can anyone tell me how may we connect an Analogue IBM joystick to
Amiga's port??

A detailed pins connection layout will be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: "daniel ervi" <daniel.ervi@canrem.com>
Subject: a1200 & mag mx-15h
Reply-To: "daniel ervi" <daniel.ervi@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:38:59 EST

I recently purchased an Amiga 1200 at the World of Commodore show in
Toronto, hoping to use it with my MAG MX-15H SVGA MultiSync.  The MAG
can scan from 30-68 hz, but no lower.  This limits me to the
Productivity modes on the A1200.  Does anyone know of an external device
that will take the output from the A1200 (15.75-29.5 hz), and bump it up
to something that the MAG can use?   It is a fantastic monitor, and I
really want to keep it, but my Amiga is useless unless I can get the
15.75 hz modes to work.  I can't even display a 24 bit picture that was
rendered by a friend on his A3000.  I hope some third party developers
are listening, as I could see a real need for these devices.  ;-)

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: How to put a CLock in A1200
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:20:53 GMT

zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:

[For some inane reason, the A1200 has no clock]

>To C= people:   Why the f*ck?
>		How the f*ck?
>		When... you get the picture.... Why was this allowed to happen?
>			even bottom of the line ibm clones have f**king clocks!

My personal theory was that it was a marketing decision.  Anyone have a better
idea? :)

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From: achim@video1.han.de (Joachim Gothe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A4000 4MB-Simms ???????
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 15:01:10 GMT
Reply-To: achim@video1.han.de  (Joachim Gothe)
Organization: Mix Broadcast Video and Computer
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

Hi,

I just ordered my A4000, and now I want to know, which 4MB-Simms
are the right for the A4000 ?

Which other Computer use the same SIMMs ? (MACfx,PC)

Thanks,

Achim

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From: unseen@mcl.ucsb.edu (Charles F. Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Creative Computers A2000 package for 1499...Inside?
Date: 30 Dec 92 05:00:42 GMT

In <1992Dec28.182358.515@sol.cs.wmich.edu> 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black) writes:

>chrisr@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Ringe) writes:

>>Has anyone ordered the awesome deal from Creative Computer for the A2000?

>>The package includes: '030 25Mhz ACCEL.
>>                      5M Ram
>>                      100M Quantum
>>                      and A2000 (of course)

>>Does anyone, who has ordered the package, know what board rev., KS, AGNUS,
>>DENISE the A2000 comes with?  The package sound TOO good to be true.  Possibly
>>old hardware...


From what I've heard, it's not at all a great deal, because the accelerator
is the old, crappy CBM piece o' junk.  A guy at CC says that the CBM accels
are LESS compatible with Amiga software than most third-party boards. And
far slower, too.
From: caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: WB2.1 & Rexxmast
Date: 28 Dec 92 13:20:03 GMT
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In article <jwalkup.2yxz@terapin.com> jwalkup@terapin.com (Jeff Walkup) writes:
> Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang) writes:
>
> > This is a good change since many people would comment [Rexxmast] out of the
>
> I don't know if it's good or not.  I mean, ARexx *doesn't work* until
> you go hacking around in your Startup-Seq.  Most people don't like to mess
> with that (or don't know _how_ to mess with it).

First off, you don't hack your startup-sequence.  You modify user-startup.

Secondly, the rx activator will automatically run RexxMast for you if it
hasn't been run already (although this doesn't solve the problem of programs
starting rexx macros directly -- almost anything that launches rexx scripts
will do this internally so they can get the return codes, etc).

Third, there's no need to modify the user-startup anyway since you can simply
drag RexxMast into WBStartup.

-=> CAW

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