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From:         Bob Findlay <FINDLAY@JII.AFRC.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: probs with WUSTL .DMS files

>
> What system are you transfering these DMS files through?
>                                                 Kevin
Now there's the rub!  Complicated though it is, I have used this mechanism
before, with no problems, so I doubt that is the cause of my trouble.

Just for interest, here's the transfer mechanism

from archive via ftp (through internet) to a VAX VMS machine
via Pathworks (DEC networking) from the VAX to a PC
using MessyDOS from PC disk to Amiga
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:13:15 CST
From:         "Alejandro J. Kurczyn S." <AKURCZYN@ITESMVF1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Amigas by mail order

>Hmmmm....I don't know if anyone has anymore news on this..(I am a little
>behind in mail)..but they  told me that the 3000 has been discontinued.

Creative Computing sells the A3000/25 in $1,300 dlls. It's pretty much the
best price I ever saw! (based on a notice sent to a friend from them).

Can anybody confirm or deny the fact of the A3000 and A500 being discontinued?

The UK magazines comment on the A500 "no longer available" :-( (I love my 500)

-Alejandro
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From:         "MATTHEW" <M.P.Stratfold@OPEN.AC.UK>
Subject:      RE: probs with WUSTL .DMS files

>Has anyone had any problems with the DMSed demos from WUSTL?
>I keep getting messages that they are corrupt.
>.ZOO and .LHA  files from the same source are fine!
>Any ideas?

I used to always have a file corrupt message for DMS's - but it always came
just at the end -the disk should still work.  Don;t forget that many files
you un'DMS will probably be NDOS - but will boot.

The problem is something to do with your transfers adding a few bytes to the
end. Zoo and Lha ignore these, but DMS doesn't.  I hope this is your problem
since it isn't a problem at all :-)

Matthew    M.P.Stratfold@open.ac.uk
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Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:40:00 EDT
From:         BARNETTJ@SNYSYRV1.BITNET
Subject:      EXE files

I downloaded DonkeyKong and Froger from Wuarchive.  Both end in the
extension .exe.  How do I get them to run?

Thanks
-Jordan
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Date:         Sat, 14 Nov 1992 11:56:08 CET
From:         Wim=Lockefeer%BIB%LW@CC3.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
Subject:      Heart of China

Help me !! I'm stuck in the snake room in Heart of China !!  What do I do to
save nurse Lomax ?

I'm desparate !!!!!!!!
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From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Virtuality, Teradactyl.. was re.......
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:29:42 GMT

>Also, I read somewhere a company(I think Virtuality) is using an A3000,
>or a few A3000's to act as the brain of it's Virtual Reality games!

   Yes. This and the Mechwarrior games use Amiga computers.

>Captain *CRASH*
>YDEZTJA@IUP.BITNET

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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:05:22 PST
From:         EBRUC@CATGSG.DNET.HAC.COM
Subject: Re: GCC 2.2.2

>Does this compiler include any facilities for creating amiga-specific objects?
>That is to say, supposing I have the include files for 2.04, could I then
>create in c++ window-objects etc. just like in Turbo c++ for peecee?
>--Charles McCreary

Since I don't have the include files I can't answer this with a definite yes.
But according to the documentation you can install the Commodore include files
and use them with this compiler.

If you want a better answer try Markus Wild at
<wild@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch> or <wild@amiga.physik.unizh.ch>.  He is the person
who is porting the Gnu C and C++ compiler to the Amiga.

Ed
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Date:         Sat, 14 Nov 1992 15:39:00 EDT
From:         "The Large Guy with Buckwheat's Hair." <LANDAS88@SNYPOTVA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Fighting GAMES!

Date sent: 14-NOV-1992

>       I think it is time for the Amiga to have some real neat
>       fighting games, like Street Fighter, World Heroes, and
>       Martial Combat.  Anything like these out there in AmigaLand?
>
>Paul
Hi,
    Yes, Street Fighter(Capcom) is available and also check out Bad Dudes (DATA
EAST).  There is a wealth of good fight games on the Amiga, just keep an eye
out.  Let's see.  Budokon is OK.  And more.  C.I.O. Look in any mail order
catalog. :>

-Nyle
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From:         "Evrard E." <eevrard@VUB.AC.BE>
Subject:      Re: C= Netherlands
              at

Hi Blaz!

Here's the address of Commodore Belgium:

Commodore Belgium
Leuvensesteenweg 43
1932 St. Stevens Woluwe
BELGIUM

But if you want to order your Amiga in a foreign country, try Germany
first. It is a LOT cheaper.

Other Commodore subsidiaries include C= France, C= UK...
But I don't have the addresses of those.

Good luck!

Pres
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Subject: Re:      Re: PD Award?
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:03:45 GMT

In article <1egi7cINNkk0@lns596.TN.CORNELL.EDU>, dsr@lns598.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) writes:
>
>"Magnus Wissler... Amiga rules..." <NDB120@NOV.HB.SE> writes:
>> > 1. Will it be possible to enforce some kind of standard documentation for
>> >    programs? hypertext will be fine, but simpler methods will do well.
>[...]
>> Sounds like a *great* idea! However, I think that the Windows (yuk!) style
>> variety of this idea presents a more elegant and comfortable solution (I
>> know, flame ON!:-), i.e, an online help for use when you're actually using
>> the application in question. Having to open a Shell and change directory
>> and stuff sounds a bit awkward to me...
>
>Note that there is a HyperText documentation standard from Commodore:
>AmigaGuide.  The reader is a shared library, so it can be called from 
>inside a program or out.  3.0 has "help" class events triggered by the
>help key that the user can use to request help on a menu or gadget.  
>None of the system software uses it yet, but all the mechanism is there.
>
>AmigaGuide comes as part of the 3.0 system software (it's a "datatype"),
>and there are readers for 1.3/2.0 (you currently need a WorkBench license
>to redistribute Commodore's reader).  SAS/C 6.0, CDROM-FS, and several
>other Commercial products are currently shipping with docs in AmigaGuide
>format (and it is *great* having all the SAS/C library calls online in
>AmigaGuide format!).  There's also a hacked version of GNU makeinfo
>available that converts TeXinfo files into AmigaGuide format.
>
... There is a hacked version of GNU makeinfo... yep, there is, but
(currently) of no use (at least for some). Mr Spiesser and Mr Vigna
compiled them with GCC, which means an ugly-big-executeable and  >150k
runtime-library ixemul.library (which does not run under 1.3).
Why do they put a `complete' unix in a text-to-text-converter?
I'm going to ask them for the sources and recompile it...

But WHEN the conversion from TexInfo to AmigaGuide is possible,
then we have the type of documentation system we need: ASCII,
TeX (Nice [laser]printed paperware doc) and online-help --- all
from a single source.

Another point is, when will the includes and autodocs be available
in AmigaGuide format? I've seen crossreferences from the guides
supplied with the SAC/C 6.0 compiler that (according to SAS) point
into autodoc files... Alas, the autodocs were not included... :(

Yours, Christian Treczoks (TRECZOKS@Rhea.Informatik.Uni-Bonn.de)
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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:26:21 GMT
From:         R.Tait@BNR.CO.UK
Subject:      Re: GCC 2.2.2

> I have split up the original Gnu C v2.2.2 compiler into five parts.  They can
> be located at wuarchive.wustl.edu ftp site.  They are located in the following
> directory:
>
> /systems/amiga/incoming/devel
>
> and are called:
>
> gcc2.2.2-1.lha
> gcc2.2.2-2.lha
> gcc2.2.2-3.lha
> gcc2.2.2-4.lha
> gcc2.2.2-5.lha
>
> None of them exceed 700 Kbytes.  The first file contains the original readme
> and copyright notice.
>
Bravo! Bravo!
I've been waiting for someone to do this for absolutely ages! I ftp'd the whole
large file and lzhslpit them, put them on my Amiga and it spend two days trying
to join them back all to no avail.

Is there any chance of you splitting any more large stuff? Say the g++ compiler
et al?

> Ed Bruce
> edward@hac2arpa.hac.com
>

P.S.
How did you do it?

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Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1992 13:09:24 CET
From:         Alex <ALEX@PLTUMK11.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Dumb question

Hi guyz

Somebody was asking what IMHO means.
It not means 'In My Opinion' but it means 'In My Humble Opinion' or sth like.

Alex
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From:         BARNETTJ@SNYSYRV1.BITNET
Subject:      RE: Dumb question

IMHO...In my Humble Opinion
BTW....By the way
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From:         "The Large Guy with Buckwheat's Hair." <LANDAS88@SNYPOTVA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: A4000 and GVP Series II

Date sent: 16-NOV-1992
>
>I've just read an ad in Amiga Computing that says they will be selling
>the SCSI II 32 bit controller for the A4000 from half november on.
>
>Hip-hip-hurray! :-) Now when is this little jewel going to be on the
>motherboard instead of that scary IDE interface?
>Pres
>
>--
>***************************************************************************
>* "The most important piece of information for potential users to know is *
>* that the Internet is GIGANTIC and is growing larger."                   *
>* (Steve Cavrak of the University of Vermont)                             *
>***************************************************************************


Ok, hardware GURUS.....  Can I have a IDE drive and a SCSI card hooked to my
amiga with both drives running?  To state it a little more clearly (I hope) Can
I use and IDE HD and a SCSI HD on the same AMIGA?  Will they set up correctly
as devices.  I figured they woudl, but I wanted to make sure.  Since I hear the
A4000 ships with a 120mb IDE whether I want it or not, IS THIS TRUE?  I hope
not.  I like my SCSI drive.

-Nyle

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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:08:12 -0500
From:         Tech Duinn <WAREP@WABASH.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Cool demos

Hm........slow?  I find this intriguing.  Mine zips right along.  Oh, well.
I see you mentioned Phenomena : Enigma . . . same folks different coder.
Oh, well.
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From:         MN Steed <u0g78@TEACH.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: GCC 2.2.2
              Nov 17, 92 9:26 am

<R.Tait@BNR.CO.UK> writes:
>
>
> large file and lzhslpit them, put them on my Amiga and it spend two days
 trying
> to join them back all to no avail.
>
> Is there any chance of you splitting any more large stuff? Say the g++
 compiler
> et al?
>

GCC 2.2.2 includes the g++ compiler.

> P.S.
> How did you do it?

I exepect he unarchived it on a machine with lots of space, then just
archived selected parts.

I can't remember if the original author noted that this thing required over
10Mb of disk space, with several of the executable approaching 1Mb in
size...

Martin.
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:26:55 -0400
From:         Christian Leyen <leyen@INF.UFRGS.BR>
Subject:      Re: WHAT?!

Hello Omar,

DMS (disk masher) is a program that puts in a single compressed file all the dat
   a of a disk keeping its structure intact for future unpacking.

hope it helps!

+---------------------------------+--------------+
| Christian Leyen                 |         __   |
| Email: leyen@inf.ufrgs.br       |        ///   |
+---------------------------------+   __  ///    |
| Add.: rua Vieira de Castro 66   |   \\\///     |
| Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil,90040  |    \XX/      |
+---------------------------------+              |
| Phone: +55-51-3328241           |   AMIGA      |
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(Yes, I,m brasilian too !!)
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:33:03 +0100
From:         AUBERT@FRFLU51.BITNET
Subject:      Re: The 1200 in the USA...

<deleted stuff>
> Also, I have a 3.5 inch IDE in my 500.  will I be able to put it into my 1200

I think a 3.5 inch HD doesn't fit (sp ?) in an A1200. You need a 2.5 inch ...

My 2c, Stef.
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From:         Alex Badbrain <ALEX@PLTUMK11.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Wolf 3D for Amiga?
              13 Nov 1992 19:03:38 -0500 from <dubes00@DMI.USHERB.CA>

Hi guys,
Stecy Dude asked if there exist Wolf 3D for the Amiga?
Its publsher - Apogee according to my informations don't publish programs

Alex

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From:         RenderMan <GILL@IPFWCVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      RE: Cross DOS 3.0 - continued.

>        I did try :
>         1. I went into the Storage Drawer and then Dos Drivers , double
>            clicked PC0 (since I have only 1 drive (for now)).
>            It brought up PC0: (or something similar) on the workbench.
>            I placed a 720k IBM floppy in the drive (had ftp stuff on it),
>            the drive light turned on, and stayed on, I waited for 5 minutes.
>            I repeated the above, but used a 1.44MB disk, didn't work either.
>
>         2. I read the manual, did what it suggested, didn't work either.
>            I even started the CrossDOS and then CrossDOS commodity, didn't
>            work.
>
>         3. Tried MultiDos, didn't work.
>
>         4. Tried my friend's 2.1 workbench with cross dos, didn't work.
>            Strange, that on my A500 CrossDOS worked fine?!
>
>         5. I booted into PC-Task (A4000), and I could read all my 720k
>            IBM disks.
>
>         6. I even considered the problem could be the 68040, so I used
>           degrader and degraded the 040 (no burst mode), didn't help.


I'm not sure what your doing wrong, but I can read and write IBM disk's just
fine with the CrossDos that came with my 4000.  Odd problem, what version
is it, just to make sure!!


Andrew
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From: oahvenla@snakemail.hut.fi (Osma Ahvenlampi)
Subject: Re: Wolf 3D for Amiga?
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:12:05 GMT

In article <01GRASYFCA3Y8ZHD0H@lust1.latrobe.edu.au> "M.C. Freddy !!" <CSC9017984R@LUST1.LATROBE.EDU.AU> writes:

>>There's a new game coming out for the Amiga.  It is called "Legend of
>>Valour."  It uses the same 3-d technique as Wolf-3d.  Yet, it isn't
>>an arcade game.  More like a D&D role-playing game.  Pretty cool though.
>>It runs *REALLY* fast on my 25Mhz 030 Amiga.

>Iz this game PUBLIC DOMAIN??  And if so, where can I ftp it from???!

NO WAY it is. There is a demo though, if you want to see just HOW fast it is
(which is quite fast, even on my 68010 and fast RAM), located in wuarchive
I think. Should be somewhere else too...
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From:         Ras <IQM109@URIACC.URI.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reformatting under 2.0
              18 Nov 1992 07:42:00 PST from
              <BRZWICKY%26637.decnet@BEACH.ROCKWELL.COM>

Will someone pleeease upload the latest Setpatch? I mean it's less than 2k
and would obviously help out a great deal of us.

My version shows 37.10 and I know it's not the latest.

Ras, iqm109@uriacc
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
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Subject: Virtuality, Teradactyl..  was Re: Heart of China (virtuality?)
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:49:58 GMT
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>Interesting - where was this located? and do you remember the company that is
>marketting this?  I am just wondering if they will be making such a setup in
>the bay area (calif.) :)

 I believe it was first in the area near Chicago, Illinois. I have heard
rumours that New Orleans, Louisiana will be the next location. I'm not
positive about Chicago, but it was somewhere in the Illinois, Ohio area...
  JimP.

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From:         STECY DUBE <dubes00@DMI.USHERB.CA>
Subject:      Re: C64 Songs for SidPlayer
              S|rensen" at Nov 17, 92 09:57:37 am

Hi!

Yes I am interested in having those tunes...
You can send them to me...
Are you on the Internet?  I think there is a way to transfer the files via
FTP but I don't remember how...  I'll check...
You can send the tunes via mail and uuencode but it will be long...

What do you think about that?
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:52:47 CST
From:         "Alejandro J. Kurczyn S." <AKURCZYN@ITESMVF1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Cool demos

>Hi,
>
> I also have a nice demo somewhere.
> It's called Its's Tricky!, around 160K big, and has a lot of vector
> grafix, especially so-called glenz-vectors (a cube with a lot of points
> in it), which are real-time drawn, you can move it with the mouse.
> At the end there is a cube, with on each side of it a rotating glenz-vector
> with some 96 points or so, all controllable by mouse.
> I'll bring it with me tomorrow, if there's anyone with internet access, so
> he can put it on an ftp-server, let me know, I'll mail it ...

I can do it! :-)

-Alejandro K.
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From:         Jim Loomis <LOOMIS@ITHACA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: CygnusED 3

Martin,

You've layed an awful lot on us in one post.

I'm not a CED user.  I use Qed extensively (registered) and own TTX as well.
Some of the ideas you've suggested certainly have merit.  For example, I would
like to have a text editor which would handle binary code more usefully.  Qed
handles it about the way CED does.  More complex search capability would also
be highly desirable, and there is no reason way an editor shouldn't be able to
display a stream of mixed characters without adding LFs or CRs.  Qed allows
this in a way, by letting you look at the stream with a display margin of 80
then reseting to 9999 and reformating, which is very fast.

In addition, it would be a good design that would allow intermingled custom
characters.  I don't want to tangle with TeX, but sometimes want to be able to
incorporate various symbols in documents.

Finally, I have long advocated a modular code design, which would deliberately
avoid putting all features in one large mass.  Let the text editor share with
the graphics editor, the math processor, the output generator, etc., but not be
all things for all purposes.

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