HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: scott@mcode.amdahl.com (Scott Blackledge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Responsible Parenting
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:41:59 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation - Macrocode Development

In article <Jamie_Krutz.0isq@a68k.denver.CO.US>, Jamie_Krutz@a68k.denver.CO.US (Jamie Krutz) writes:
> From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen) writes:
> >Me too. I don't need to grab a demo, unpack it for my kids and have them
> >showered with profanity.
> 
> Basically it's your responsibility as a parent to help your kids gain the
> mental tools to make sense of the world.  If that means looking at a demo
> before showing it to your kids, so be it.  At some point it probably means
> helping them learn how to make their own judgements about the world.  It
> does not mean forcing other people in the real world to conform to your
> ideas about how they should live.
> 
> Your kids will, over the course of their lives, be exposed to far worse
> things than the insecure use of language by insecure hackers.  Prepare them
> no.
> 
> Later,
>  -J
> 
> -- Via DLG Pro v0.995

When communicating with an audience, be it one or more people, it is the 
responsibility of both sides to use language appropriate for the situation.
For example, I would not come up to you on the street and let fly a slew of
profanity.  Even if I would do that to someone, it would be someone that I
knew well enough to "get away with it" (read: not violate their conversation
standards).  Please don't tell me what my "responsibility as a parent" is
when you, and granted I am making an assumption, don't have any experience 
in parenting at all.

Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (G. Coulter)
Subject: Unparked H/Drive!
Reply-To: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 09:12:02 GMT

5 years ago I purchased an A2000 1.2 machine with a
20Mb Western Digital hard drive (Janus Handler) now
when I origionaly bought the machine I got the set
up software for it but no utility to park the drive.

Does anyone out there know if the drive parks on its
own when the machine is turned off. If the drive does
not park on its own does anyone know of program or
utility that will park the drive (jH0).

The machine has not been moved since I bought it 5
years ago, but now I am moving to a new house about
200 Miles away and would like to know how safe it is
to move the machine. And any precautions I should take
whilst transporting the machine.

Thanks .....


     (*) 
      \    __
   AMIGA  ///  Gary Coulter
     __ \///   SERC Daresbury Laboratory
     \\\/X/(*)       
      \X//\/   G.Coulter@Daresbury.ac.uk





Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
Subject: Re: Public screen utility?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 12:48:59 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.
Keywords: public screens

In article <Bw0vI2.2yI@fc.hp.com>, koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
|> I'm looking for a particular type of utility for use with OS2.0 public
|> screens.  I already have a utility to open and close them (which can be
|> called from a command line so I can set up a separate public screen from
|> a startup-sequence, and not have to do it interactively each time I boot
|> my system).
|> 
[...]
|> 
|>   - steve

 You might try 'GetPubName'. This does send the title of the front-most  
 Public-Screen. For instance this will work:
 newshell CON://////Title/Screen `GetPubName`

 Of course this does not work with the WB or other tools not having a 'screen'
 option. In conjuction with Toolmanager 2.0 this will at least work
 with the Docs. (GetPubname is in the TM archive (Goodies) or can be found
 on amiga.physik.unizh.ch /amiga/os2/cli )


-- 
Markus Illenseer       EMail: markus@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.de
Universitaet Bielefeld Fax: (+49 521) 106-2992
Technische Fakultaet   Phone: (+49 521) 106-2938 ; (2935 Sek.)
Angewandte Informatik  SnailMail: Postfach 100131, D-4800 BIELEFELD 1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: hens@prl.philips.nl (Patrick Hens 44223)
Subject: Need help: GIF -> IFF
Organization: none
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 08:13:15 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for a GIF to IFF converter for a 1.3 Amiga that can
convert large files (640 x 400) in 1 Mb of RAM.

For HAM images I should be able to scale the picture in X-direction
by 50 %.

I've tried WASP, but it can not handle large files in 'only' 1 Mb.

Thanks in advance.

Patrick Hens
From: DrAllosaurus@cup.portal.com (Samuel DrAllosaurs Crider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Amiga help for the disabled
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 92 17:01:57 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

We here at Columbia College Chicago use the Amiga to teach our Computer
Graphics And Applications I class. This semester we have a disabled
student with ver limited use of his hands. What we're wondering is whether
there is any equipment specifically for the Amiga or computers in general
that might help him? We've tried a cordless trackball, but that doesn't
quite work. Any thoughts?
What would be ideal would be a source or a manufacturer of computer    
equipment for the disabled.
Please post here or mail me. Thanks!

Samuel Crider
Computer Graphics Lab Coordinator
Columbia College Chicago.
DrAllosaurus@cup.portal.com
From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Is Black bad in Europe ?
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:06:42 GMT
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany

In article <1992Oct12.154421.8822@sagpd1> monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes:
 >
 >    I have a question for the European members of the net.
 >
 >    I was just talking to one of our design engineers and he made a statement
 >that I would like to verify. It seems that Europeans do not like electronic
 >equipment that is Black. 

Huh? Can't be. When I look around (just got a new catalogue of the biggest
dealer here), I see ca. 80 % of all audio and video devices in black. And
they sell obviously. My latest purchases over the last 5 years (TV, VCR,
Receiver, Tapedeck) are all black.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to \\  Only my personal opinions...
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
From: hemmer@hemmer.adsp.sub.org (Franz Hemmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: FishCat still around ???
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:49:45 GMT
Reply-To: hemmer.adsp.sub.org (Franz Hemmer)
Organization: Interactivsion
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <1bc18cINN5n3@fnnews.fnal.gov> gad@fncrd6.fnal.gov (greg deuerling) writes:

> Is the FishCat FredFish data base program still being updated with new Fish
> disks ??? If so where can I find the latest disk update files...

Why don't you update the database yourself ? Just grab the listings from Fred
Fish in comp.sys.amiga.announce, cut out the contents for each disk and read
them into FishCat - easy :-)

> =	     Greg Deuerling, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	      =

-- 

Best regards                    Reply to: hemmer.adsp.sub.org
Franz Hemmer                    #include <stddisclaimer.h>
Software Developer       _      >> Carpe Diem! - Seize the day! <<
                         \\ _
                 Interacti\X/ision - The name of precision
From: mjw+@cs.cmu.edu (Michael Witbrock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Neat amiga advertisements (English usage)
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:29:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Yer_p_q00hsBRERmw8
	<1992Oct13.205253.20121@rmece49.upr.clu.edu>
	<Aeqs4b200hsBRERkdS@cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.misc: 13-Oct-92 Neat amiga
advertisements (.. Michael Witbrock@cs.cmu. (3994)

[e.g. if the Amiga 4000 is a toy, it's rather a fast one]).

actually, I rather like my suggestion as an ad, so I'll repeat it.
Variations could be tried as well (e.g):
"The A4000 computer from CA is a toy..... so is a Ferrari"


michael (yes, I know "haven't you got anything better to do, michael,
than make up silly amiga ads, .... get a life... chiz chiz," but I
couldn't help it)
From: mueller@oscar.cs.unc.edu (Carl Mueller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Avoid the Amiga 4000
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:15:29 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1992Oct7.193356.6639@news.iastate.edu> (Marc N Barrett) writes:
> [ much type MB-type blathering deleted ]
>
>   The A4000 is a different story.  With the A4000, the only substantial
>improvement is color.

I don't suppose the 68040 is worth anything, eh?

>... In the key area of display 
>resolution, the A4000 is substantially inferior to the A3000, do to the fact
>that the A3000 has a Display Enhancer and the A4000 does not.

Omigosh!  Better head for the hills, Martha!

>The "Promotion" feature of the OS only works for 
>a tiny few, well-written Amiga programs, and no games.

According to MB, there are hardly any properly written programs available
for the Amiga!  And certainly no correct games!!!!

Seriously, if the software developers have any sense at all, they will
begin to correct such improper oversights.  Commodore is NOT at fault
here.  Amiga software developers need to mature and understand what it
means to follow software guidelines.  In the Macintosh world, software
developers HAD to because so darn many models of the Macintosh came out,
they could no longer count on certain hardware.  The same is beginning
to happen with the Amiga.  People have to learn sometime.

>| Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
>--------------------------------------------------

Please keep your "Oh no, the sky is falling!" in advocacy, where I can
not be disturbed by them.  Perhaps consider growing up a little, too.
Not everyone buys an Amiga just to play games!

-Carl (mueller@cs.unc.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: schwager@cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Schwager)
Subject: Re: Cygnus Ed & Turbotext
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:12:57 GMT

dnavas@oracle.uucp (David Navas) writes:

>In article <54427@dime.cs.umass.edu> barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:
>>	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.

>Make a line more than 32k (64k?) long. 
>:)

Does that mean you cannot edit binary files with TurboText?  I have done so
with CygnusEd- although it's kinda goofy the way the screen looks (all the
little binary stuff goes down the left side of the screen).
-Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: stefanb@hathi.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker)
Subject: Re: Finally got to play with an A4000
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 14 Oct 92 10:21:53 GMT

barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:

>bit like the ASL file requester.  Does GadTools now have a generic scrolling
>list gadget?  (Or has it always had one?  I don't know.)  If so, then great!

RTFM :-) It's the LISTVIEW GadTools gadget. You just have to supply an Exec
list with ln_Name pointing to the names.

>	The Palette Prefs have changed considerably -- you now use
>a circle (color wheel?) to choose colors.  It was very intuititive.
>You can also choose the 8 colors that have special meanings:  text
>color, background color, outline color, menu color, menu text color,
>etc.  Some of these colors were forced by the program to be identical.
>Why is this?

V37+ supports drawing pens. A pen describes the color for a specific
drawing action (like "text on background"). V37 specifies 9 pens, but pen 0
and 1 have to be backward-compatible for Intuition <V37. If I rememeber
right you can't choose the color for pen 0, but for the 8 other pens (you
have to choose the multi-color mode in the palette preferences).

>	I found CrossDOS in the Commodities drawer, so I assume it's
>a commodity now -- very sensible.

That's only the CrossDOS control program (for character conversions etc.)

	Stefan

-- 
Mail    : Stefan Becker, Holsteinstrasse 9, D-5100 Aachen ///    Only
Phone   : +49-241-505705                      Germany    ///  Amiga makes
InterNet: stefanb@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de     \\\///  it possible..
                                              ECG148  \XX/  -->A3000/25<--
From: mlm@rhi.hi.is (Magnus Logi Magnusson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Is PARNet available as PD?
Keywords: parnet, amiga
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:20:20 GMT

Yo folks.
  Im posting here to ask if someone of you could informe me on PARNet.
  I have a friends A2000 with Magnium/040 and a 120 Mb harddrive and
  my humble A500 with only one meg and a extra drive.  I have heard of
  parnet and I want know wether parnet is comercial or PD ( shareware,
  giftware, etc...).  If it is PD, then where I can obtain a copy 
  through anonymous ftp.  I would be much better to get it instead of 
  writing one myself.

| Magnus Logi Magnusson               |  Owns a humble A500 runnig 1.2         |
| CS student at University of Iceland |  Works on A2000 with Magnium 040       |
| E-Mail:  mlm@rhi.hi.is              |  with 4megs(soon 12) and 120Mb HD      |
-- 
/------------------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Magnus Logi Magnusson               |  Owns a humble A500 runnig 1.2         |
| CS student in University of Iceland |  Works on A2000 with Magnium 040       |
| E-Mail:  mlm@rhi.hi.is              |  with 4megs(soon 12) and 120Mb HD      |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Subject: Re: NEED A PHONE NUM... THANK YOU
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Reply-To: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:19:57 GMT

Several people replied and I was able to get my business taken care of.

THANKS

-- 
	David

	Disclaimer: The content of this message in no way reflects the
	            opinions of my employer, nor are my actions
		    encouraged, supported, or acknowledged by my
		    employer.
From: riley@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Daniel S. Riley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Avoid the Amiga 4000
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:55:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: tc.1992Oct9.015548.29387
Organization: Cornell Theory Center

In article <1992Oct7.193356.6639@news.iastate.edu>,
barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) rants:
>The biggest problem with the A4000 by far is its lack of a Display Enhancer.
>With the A4000, it is no longer possible to purchase a monitor that will only
>handle scan frequencies of 31Khz and up.  If an Amiga problem insists on 
>opening a standard 15Khz NTSC or PAL mode screen, the screen will be opened
>at 15Khz no matter what.  The "Promotion" feature of the OS only works for 
>a tiny few, well-written Amiga programs, and no games.  This means that a user
>of an A4000 will have to put up with a flickering display in programs such
>as PageStream, and games such as SimAnt and SimEarth that can open interlaced
>screens.

I have not played with an A4000, so I may be wrong, but I believe Marc
is *way* overstating things here (big surprise...).  If you enable
promotion, 3.0 should promote anything that does not *explicitly* call
out for an NTSC or PAL screen.  That means the vast majority of
well-written Amiga programs should be opening promotable screens, not
a "tiny few, well-written Amiga programs".  I believe DPaint IV calls
out for NTSC explicitly, so it is not promoted (but I expect that to
be fixed in the next release)--and I don't know of any others.

So, Marc, have you verified your claims, one way or another?  That is,
have you run PageStream, SimAnt and SimEarth on an A4000, and verified
that the screens are not promoted?  Or disassembled the code and
verified that they call out explicitly for an NTSC screen?

-- 
-Dan Riley                          Internet: dsr@lns598.tn.cornell.edu
-Wilson Lab, Cornell University     HEPNET/SPAN: lns598::dsr (44630::dsr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun)
Subject: Re: A4000 and scan-lines, mode promotion, flicker
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 10 Oct 92 19:59:20 GMT


For A4000 owners you can try doing a SetFunction to OpenScreentagList,
under v39 all OpenScreen calls, old and new go through OpenScreenTagList.
You then determine if this is a mode that is scan doubled, by looking
at the  TagList, if it is, and a scan doubled tagitem is not present,
add one.  You will then force ALL SCREENS INCLUDING DPAINT IV AND
PAGESTREAM to be opened non flickering and without visible scanlines.

So Marc, think before you start yelling about the sky falling.

-Roger
--------------------------------------------------------------
bix: ruzun
NET: uzun@crash.cts.com
From: rvmst1@gl.pitt.edu (Rainer V Mager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: New 1960 monitor HELP
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:46:30 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh via AMIGA

Hi,
	I just purchased a C=1960 monitor :-)!  Now a few questions
about it.  BTW I'm at school and do not have many manuals here so please
don't tell me to RTFM!
	Right now when I use the monitor in any mode (I have OS2.1 w/
productivity, super72, etc) I get the nice crisp black border around
every edge EXCEPT for the right edge, this remains the background color
all the way to the right.  Is there any way to correct this?
	Also, in some modes I need to readjust the horizontal position
to the left or right, but then when I flip to another screen in back
with a different mode I must adjust the screen the other way, is there
any way to avoid this?
	Also, when I put it in a mode like productivity I notice a
DRASTIC slow down in any drawing operation, like putting up icons, etc.
I realize that more information must be sent to the monitor (actually
twice as much), but the slow down is very dramatic, any help?  Along
with this, I also get a similar slowdown when in any of the european
modes (I use these so that I get the faster refresh rate 72 instead of
60).
	Lastly, I also noticed a thin band (about 10-20 pixelsish) along
the right border that is lighter than the background by a little bit, is
this supposed to be there (this band is outside the normal screen size,
i.e. would be in the black border if the border were black).

	The book that comes with is says in regards to the ADDING
HORIZONTAL WIDTH switch..."This switch is used in conjunction with the
function on your Commodore Amiga allowing the user to select two types
of display - with or without a border (refer to your Amiga User's Guide
for details.)
	What is this referring to????

	Thanx, any and all help would be gratefully accepted...



-- 
Rainer Mager
SysOp Of ---   Right Here-Right Now  (412)-648-4835
From: unseen@mcl.ucsb.edu (Invisible One)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: SCALABLE FONTS
Date: 14 Oct 92 06:22:39 GMT


I have recently started using ProPage 3.0, and have run into a strange
problem:  only about one-third of my CG fonts are working. The rest are
drawn (both on the screen and the printer) as a box representing the size
of the font, and just a small letter inside representing the character.
I.e., if I try to select a 36-point BlackChancery and write "test", it
will just draw four 36-point empty boxes, one for each letter of "test".
Anyone know what this is, and how I can fix it?
	(and before writing an obnoxious 'RTFM', try giving me a page
	number, 'cause I sure didn't see it in there!! :)


On a similar, though tangential note: What are some good FTP sites for
CompuGraphic Fonts?  How about Mac Adobe Type 1 fonts?

Thanks!
From: redis@gatecom.UUCP (Bcarey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: MAC2AMIGA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 20:18:50 EDT
Organization: Gateway Communication Inc.

>From: paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk aul Russell)
>1) How do I transfer stuff from my Mac to his Amiga 600 ? I can
>   save stuff onto MS-DOS disks - can the Amiga read these
>   directly, or do I need some sort of utility ? If I need
>   a utility, what is it called, where do I get it frm,
>   and how do I get over the 'bootstrap' problem of getting
>   it onto his Amiga in the first place ? Or perhaps there is
>   a Mac utility which can read/write Amiga DOS disks ?


I've never heard of a Mac to Amiga utility, not on the Mac at
least. If you can get the files on to a IBM disk there are 
several utilities to get back to the Amiga.
MessyDos - PD or Shareware, dunno which.
CrossDOS - commercial, soon to be part of the Amiga OS (2.1)
MessyDOS is available on Portal, Genie, local boards etc.
As far as a terminal program goes, I use VLT. Nice scripting,
phonebook etc. BaudBandit is probably the most popular commercial
package. Most Amiga DL'able stuff is in LHA or LZH comression,
LHA will get both of them. 
  I'm just getting into these groups, so I can't help you
with FTP sites. Most of what you want, if not all is on 
Portal if you have access you might want to try there.

Bill Carey
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez | 802-36-4453)
Subject: Re: Finally got to play with an A4000
Organization: UPR-Mayaguez--ASEL Lab
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:41:53 GMT

In article <Jamie_Krutz.0jbm@a68k.denver.CO.US>, Jamie_Krutz@a68k.denver.CO.US (Jamie Krutz) writes:
|> |      /// Michael Sinz  -  Senior Amiga Systems Engineer says:
|> >I would also not sell my A3000 unless I needed the money.  I would,
|> however,
|> >buy an A4000 if graphics/AGA support in my software or the software I use
|> >was at all important to me.  Also, if speed is something you like, the
|> A4000
|> >is one fast machine.  But then, I do love that 68040 processor...
|> 
|> Hi Michael,
|>  thanks for all your informative posts to the net.
|> 
|> I just got my first chance to play with an A4000.  I'm interested in it for
|> animation, among other things.  I did several tests which were
|> dissapointing.  Perhaps you can tell me what I might have been doing wrong:
|> 
|> 1)  Created a dpaint anim in 16 color interlaced mode where I had a square
|> tumbling away and spinning, using the move command.  On the first part of
|> the anim I filled every frame (except for the menu bar and toolbox areas
|> due to dpaint's inability to paint in those areas when the menu bar and
|> toolbox are showing) with a different color.  When I animated it, the part
|> of the anim where most of the pixels were changing between each frame did
|> not run at 30fps; in fact didn't look significantly different in speed than
|> what an A3000 could do.
|> 
|> 2)  Created a lightwave anim where I flew the camera, again for maximum
|> pixel change between frames, used ADpro to create DCTV 4 bitplane images,
|> made an anim and played it.  Again the speed did not look significantly
|> different from an A3000, by the subjective opinion of all present
|> (animators at a user group meeting).
|> 
|> Given the specs of the AGA and the speed of the 040, how can this be?  Can
|> the A4000 make 30fps under the conditions tested above and what do we need
|> to do to make this happen?
|> 
|> Thanks for your input,
|>  -Jamie
|> 
|> -- Via DLG Pro v0.995
|> 

   OUCH!  This doesn't look very good.  Any comments Dave Haynie?

- Raist
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: How to install a HD in A3000
Organization: University of New South Wales
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:09:03 GMT


	Hi netland,
A while ago a fellow netter posted a detailed article on how one
could install a HardDrive in one's A3000.
	Iam hoping I can find that text, would anyone know were I could get 
it ?
	Thanks in advance
		George
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc