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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:34:44 -0600
From:         flasar@WUGCRC.WUSTL.EDU
Subject:      Computer Graphics World

    The latest issue of Computer Graphics World, a trade publication, has a
cover story called "3D Animation Explodes Across the TV Screen" which features
a still from B5.  It's quite a nice article, detailing the work done on several
shows currently showing or in production.  There's a very interesting quote
from the producer of a new show called "500 Nations", a PBS documentary on
the Indian nations of N. America.  He's talking about his computer reconstruc-
tion of the Cahokia Mounds site, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis,
which features one of the largest pyramids in the world (about 20 minutes
from my office) and why he used Silicon Graphics workstations to do the
architectural and detailed renderings of an advanced Indian Center of Culture
of 30000 people.  "I don't think you could do any of this on an Amiga", he
said, giving away the new default platform of choice in special effects ren-
dering.
    the article then seques into a discussion of the toaster and the Amiga as
used in Babylon 5, w/ a glowing and enthusiastic review of the latest update
to the Toaster.
    You won't find CGW at the newstand, but you might find it at your university
library, and certainly there will be some floating around a CS department.
    Dan F.
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From:         RABID SPINACH <QCZUSEA@IUP.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: C++

>
>Where do I find GCC233? I tried wuarchive.wustl.edu /dev/gcc, I was told that
>the directory did not exist. I did find a package named gcc-911215.lzh could
>this be something similar with a release date instead of a version number?
>
>-Lloyd-
        Try using the archie program via telnet.... the one that I use is
located at the telnet address:  archie@archie.rutgers.edu.
        Good luck!
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:42:34 EST
From:         Lion Eyes <KYL113@URIACC.URI.EDU>
Subject:      bbs/modem stuff

I've been messing around with BBSs and modems for quite a while, but whenever
I try to have a friend call a BBS, it never picks up.  What's the deal here?

It has always been different BBS programs.  Could it be the set-up string in
all these BBSs have never been compatible with that particular modem I had
at the time?  Is there some obvious thing that I have always overlooked?

The reason I decided to write this message now is because I've been fooling
around with the Trinity BBS (available at WU Archive among other places).
From the docs it sounds like the author has a supra modem and he has configured
the program about what he knows, and that is his Supra modem.

Well, I tried this puppy on a friend's 2000 (3 meg ram, 40 meg HD, 2 floppy
drives, Supra modem 2400mnp) and tried to have a second friend (Apple IIgs,
2400mnp modem from an unknown manufacturer) call up.  After numerous
attempts on friend #2's part, me and friend #1 changed some stuff we thought
might help, and to no avail.  Friend #2 still couldn't do anything.

The first thing that Trinity asks is, "Do you want ANSI graphics?"  Apparently
he got that but Trinity diconnected when he tried to answer.

I say, "Huh?!?"  With a look of painful confusion on my face.

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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:30:46 +0100
From:         Chris Tann <christ%gwelup@ES2FR.UUCP>
Subject:      Mail servers

G'day

> Does anyone know of any mail servers similar to Archie.
>
> I am looking for something a bit more specific to the Amiga, and hopefully a
> little quicker replying than Archie.
>
> I do not have FTP access so please don't bother to send addressess of FTP
> sites.

I assume that after your message was posted, someone will send you the
amiga-startup file, which contains loads of goodies of this sort.

There are basically two solutions for you. One is to use an ftpmail
server, but I have always found these rather cumbersome. With these, you
send email to a server, containing the ftp commands you want to issue,
and the server sends the results back to you by email

The other possibility is MRCserv. I use this regularly. It works well
(with occasional problems due to truncated file names - I guess its
a VMS system or something), and has loads of AMIGA specific stuff.
For more info, send a mail to:

MRCserv@Janus.MtRoyal.AB.CA

with the body of the message containing the line

HELP

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From:         RABID SPINACH <QCZUSEA@IUP.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Laptop harddrives in A600,A1200.

>
>  Is it possible to use a 20mb hard drive from a compaq LTE laptop in a
>  600 or 1200 ?  Is it plug in and go ? (Well except for the formatting)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>   Darren
        As long as the HD is an IDE 2.5" device, then it should have no problem
with the A1200... I believe that you will need to get some sort of addidtion to
the A600 for it if it was not shipped with an HD.
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:08:00 CST
From:         JAKOBERE@UWSTOUT.BITNET
Subject:      Re: AA Animation Speed

> All that isn't necessary!  Just make an anim, put a spot somewhere special
>on the first frame or two, and verify that the spot appears twice per
>second.  (Make it a 25-fram anim if you're in PAL.)


>|\      / Bill Zwicky                      / Anything you can do
>|<      / Insight Industries, Inc.          / my Amiga can do better!
>|/itman / BRZWICKY%26637.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com

Your Method would NOT be a FULL frame animation...That is, each frame
totaly different (from corner to corner to corner etc.) from the frame before
and after. Your method ( with delta compression) only animates a small
portion of the frame. With your method, I can get my A1000 to go 30fps.
Proves nothing.

Ed :-{

(sorry about that "empty" message....Oops!)
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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:14:00 GMT
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Subject:      dodgy drives

To Phil and Macey,

Is it only The external drive that is dodgy? And is there a pattern in which
track is damaged, (Ie the same tracks). My external works fine except for two
or three tracks, so I generally don`t write to it, just in case.

To the rest.

What are these other Amiga lists I see mentioned, Amiga.comp.sys? or Ami.hard?
Where do I mail my subscription.

Ian
From: roman@TIX.TIMEPLEX.COM (Daniel Roman)
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Subject: RE: Tape drive
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:25:50 GMT
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              "flasar@WUGCRC.WUSTL.EDU" at Jan 7, 93 10:54 am

flasar@WUGCRC.WUSTL.EDU writes:

>     Can anyone tell me why tape drives on the Amiga are so much more expensive
> than drives for the peecee?  I have a 486DX clone, for which I was able to
> put in a 250 MGb (compressed) tape backup unit for $199.00.  I have an A2000
> (which keeps me sane after cursing Windows all day), and I can't get anything
> but a SCSI drive.  It seems to me that this is an unnecessary expense.  Can
> anyone enlighten me on this?  I'd really like to have a good backup unit.

Let me try a little, that 250MB tape drive is probably really a 75MB or
so drive and I'd bet with most data you're not gonna fit 250 Meg on a
tape so you're not really comparing oranges with oranges.  Remember that
a SCSI tape drive for a peecee costs the same as one for the Amiga.
Most of the cheap tape drives you see for the peecee hook up to the
floppy drive port and therefore do not require an expensive QIC or SCSI
controller and also are quite a bit slower than a SCSI device.  On a bad
day my SCSI tape drive does 3-4MB per minute, whereas with a drive
connected to a floppy port probably does less than 1M a minute on a good
day.  It's pretty dependant on the software too but the figures I gave
are probably good real-world estimates.

I've used Irwin 70MB tape drives on a 386, 150MB SCSI tape drives on Sun
workstations and on my Amiga and there's just no comparison.  The SCSI
drives are faster and more versatile.  Worth the cost in my book (which
is why I bought one I guess).  :-)

You also mentioned Syquest drives, that has a different application, if
you have limited disk space and need quick access to data it makes
sense, but for pure backup or archival storage and tape drive is much
more cost effective and the tapes are much more robust than the disk
cartridges.  MB for MB tapes are much cheaper than the Syquest disks and
if you drop a tape from 2 feet onto a hardware floor it's much more
likely to survive than one of the disk cartridges dropped at one fourth
that distance.  Do the Syquest manuals still state that if a cartridge
is dropped more than 3 inches it should be discarded?  I know the 5 and
10MB early cartridges carried that warning.

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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:08:44 +0100
From:         sigam@BIOMED.EE.ETHZ.CH
Subject: Re: CDTV question

Dear Michael,

If you want an advice: don't buy a CDTV to upgrade it. It is not known enough so
 that you can find that much ram and rom and so on. The best bargain today is to
 buy a A1200 and as soon as it is available the complete pack CDrom and CDTV
 driver. All specifications about it are to be found in Amiga Format or
 computing (II don't remember it).

Buy

EVA
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:28:01 MST
From:         dleland@NMSU.EDU
Subject:      Re: Amiga rumours

> TO : ALL CODERS IN THE AMIGA DEMO-/GAMESCENE !!!

Actually this is of interest to all period.
Though actually, it's NOT a new rumor. This is pretty well documented
from real anouncements from C=.

> The new chips are not fully compatible to AA Chips. Most of
> the new AA Registers like $dff106 and $dff10c will be changed.
> That's the reason, why Commodore didn't released a new
> A1200 and A4000 Hardware Reference Manual.
> The old Registers won't be changed.
> Consequence: If Coders use the old (Normal & ECS) registers,
> that are documented from Commodore, there are no probs with
> the High-end chips. But if they use AA Registers, the new
> AMIGA will propably CRASH.
>
I knew it. I agree 110% with Commodore not releasing the ROM addresses
for this new system. I really hate hearing some idiot coding stuff directly to
the ROM, bypassing the operating system despite Commodore's specific requests
not to, then bitching and moaning that their stuff won't run on new machines.
To all those I say, make up your minds! First you complain C= didn't release
enough new stuff, now they complaain they are releasing TOO MUCH new stuff.
Argh! I am very glad to hear they are sticking to their guns.

> Other facts:- The consumer price of the A4000 will turn under
>              $1200 in 1993!
>             - Kickstart 4.0 is finished!

Wellllllll..... we'll see. Hope so. that's all I can say. that means the
A4000/30 would be about $1000, and the 1200 would be about $400. The
600 would go for about 50 cents (by the way, I seem to be about the only person
on this net who actually LIKES the A600. I do!).

Queen of Swords

Darrell Leland
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From:         "Magnus Wissler... Amiga rules..." <NDB120@NOV.HB.SE>
Subject:      Re: AA Animation Speed

> From:          JAKOBERE%UWSTOUT.BITNET@SEARN.SUNET.SE

>   Greetings,
>
> I have read a few articles, and talked to a number of dealers that claim
> the A1200 and A4000 can play back full frame animations at 30frames per
> second in any mode. Is this true? The dealers can't prove it because they
> sell every machine they get in.

  I'm sure the theoretical limit is somewhere around there, but it all really
comes down to HD speed unless you've got a whole bunch 'o megs in your
machine...:-) BTW, in the Amiga World review of the 4000 they claimed the
theoretical limits (pure chip hardware) was some 2000 swaps/second! Don't
know, though, since I've never even seen any of the machines in operation :-)


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From:         DGRIMM@UTCVM.BITNET
Subject:      De Vine computers

I am planning on ordering a monitor from a company called De Vine computer
sales.  Thier add in in the Feb. '93 issue of Amiga World.  I would like
to know if anyone has every had any dealings with them in the past.
They are located on 18 Wellington Drive , Newark, DE. 19702.  Any info
would be helpful.


                   David Grimm(DGRIMM@UTCVM.BITNET)
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:51:52 -0500
From:         Herbert I Brown <hibrown@CS.ALBANY.EDU>
Subject: Re: Tape drive

        From: Daniel Roman <roman@TIX.TIMEPLEX.COM>
        Subject:      Tape drive

        In the latest Amigaworld (which I just got in the mail yesterday) there
        is an ad by Software Hut for the Commodore A3070 150 MB tape drive
        (originally sold by Commodore for use with A3000 UNIX systems) for an
        unbelievable price of $349.  Sounds too good to be true but just thought
        I would relay the info to those on the list that might be interested in
        a SCSI tape drive.  It says the original list price was $1095.  I have
        no idea how good Software Hut is but that price is pretty good and they
        are supposedly brand new.  If I did not have a tape drive already I'd
        probably buy one of these.
        --
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I purchased one when the ad first appeared two months ago and have
been one happy tape-backup-user. It is terrific with AmiBack.

Herb


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From: Yudy Fryd <F67406@BARILVM.BITNET>
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Subject: Printing problems with 2.04

Hi

I am having problems when I try to print with the 2.04 workbench.

This is my situation:
I have an Amiga 2000 with the 2.04 ROMs in it, and a PANASONIC KX_P1124
printer. I set my printer driver as generic and I am booting my Amiga
with 2.04 workbench software.
I am trying to print a text file and I get the response that the printer
is probably off line. I can't even reset the printer by double cliking
over the InitPrinter icon.

When I boot my Amiga with a 1.3 workbench diskette, however, I can
print, reset my printer using the same InitPrinter icon (which belongs
to the 2.04 workbench that resides in my hard disk).

As far as I recall, I was printing with this Amiga in the past with the
2.04 workbench.
I even tried swapping the 8520 CIA chips and it didn't help.

Is my problem software or hardware ?
What should I do to solve it ?

Any help will be appreciated.

Yudy Fryd
f67406@barilvm.bitnet
Bar Ilan Univ.
Physics Dep.
ISRAEL
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From:         PEETERS MICHAEL <tw36368@IS1.VUB.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: Fragmented Memory ME TOOOOOO
              Dec 26, 92 4:35 pm

>
>
> How can I unfragment/refresh the ram: in my system while running a
> program. When I do image conversions, I start to loose memory, how can
> I get it back? Is there some tool or commodity to help this???
>
> (I sent an earlier message, but I don't thing it made it, so if this is a
 repeat
>     please ignore!)
>
> Captain *CRASH*
>
Exactly the same problem I have <sigh>. Just sending this mail to make sure
the problem is noticed !!! Any kind souls out there have an answer?

(Oh just in case: my problem is the fact that I can run ADPro and then
(Oh
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Date: 7 Jan 93 02:42:53 GMT
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I'm going to be doing alot of stuff on a MAC this semster so I was
thinking of getting AMAX II. I can't get the plus version because
I have an A500. But I did hear that the new software will work on
the regular AMAX II. I also have a 68030E in my GVP A530... Will I
have problems running most MAC software? I heard that some MAC programs
expect an MMU in the 68030... BTW... Anyone get an Emplant board up
and running yet? What do the guys on Comp.sys say?

Carlos
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From:         Daniel Joseph Oak <jonin@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mitsubishi Diamond scan monitor aum-1381a to amiga? :)
              93 7:28 pm

> I don't have time to go into greater detail now.  Let me know if you get
> stuck.  If you've never opened a TV before, I'd recommend seeing a repairman.
> There is a lot of high voltage in a TV.

Your advice was right on the button of what I had recieved from Mitsibushi
 support.  The pot in question underneath the tube is labeled vr7f5 and I was
able to adjust it with my monitor-adjust tool which you can pick up at Radio
shack for about 2 buck. (thier plastic so you wont get a suprise if you touch
the wrong thing. :)  the really bad diagonal static was just a tremendous out
of position of this pot. :)

> >      __o   --- Squidly Diddly Says ---
> >     (oO)  "A penny saved is ridiculous"
> >     /||\
> You may want to take this guys ^ advice and buy a multi-sync cable
> rather than save a few pennies inexhange for a lot of time building a
> cable.

Well the only reason why I dont do that is because the cables are usually a low
quality cable. :) I spend extra money to produce a 'tempest shielding' style
cable to avoid noise that pops up in the audio port. (very nasty)
Plus I am taking full advantage of the diamondscan's port by making a cable that
will carry both the analog and video signals on it - and making a bypass switch
that I mount on the front of the monitor. :)  If I could figure a way to have
the computer change a ttl level on a pin, then I would so I could switch the
monitor via my amiga. :) :)

Plus I love making cables. :)

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rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu (Robert Fentiman) writes:
> From what I read on comp.sys.amig* groups, people *can* run WB 3.0 (and
> some are) on earlier machines (using their 2.X ROM).

WB 3.0 requires a 3.0 (v39) ROM or ROM image.  Developers beta-testing new
versions of the OS have (sometimes cumbersome) tools for loading v39 ROM
images so that Commodore doesn't have burn new ROMs every time they rev
kickstart, but any consumer release of 3.0 will certainly require 3.0 ROMs.

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