[net.micro.amiga] AmigaBASIC problems

8547289@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz (Steven Sweeting) (05/01/86)

Just wondering if anybody has had these problems, or could anybody
point our where I might be at fault?

I had a printer cable made up to CBM's (aust) specifications. Everything works,
Polyscope, Notepad  routing to PRT: etc except  LLIST.  LPRINT works fine.
Characters are missed in a random way, about 1 every 5 on my printer
(Epson compatible) and also on other prnters I tried at the local dealers.
The Okimate-20 (which there was a specific reference for in Preferences) also
lost characters.  

As well is there anyway I can type to the printer in a RAW mode. There is no
documentation in Australia about anything (as yet) so as regards to the CLI,
so I am trying to get the BASIC figured out first.

An empty window crashes the system, fair enough that's illegal(:-)) but when
I tick a menu element  using mode 2 , I can't untivck it with mode 1 or 0?

Is it possible to get 1200/75 from BASIC, or even from outside BASIC, what about
75/1200.  Also keyboard character input is a bit fudgy when you type too fast in
a terminal mode.  (I can't wait for a C compier).

When in psuedo-edit mode in a LIST window, if I select the OUTPUT window with
the mouse, then start typing, the first character goes to the LIST window before
the cursor swithes over to the OUTPUT one. Is it supposed to do this?

Those O/sS complaining about prices might be interested to know that DPaint
first came into the shops at $115.  It seems CBM Aust bought the copyright from
Electronic Arts. It now sells for $250!!!. The Amiga sells for $2495 with
RGB monitor and 512K RAM. It was released about 2/3 weeks ago, the inavailabilty
of sodftware %& documentation due to June being the exepected date.   The Atari
520ST came in the stores a week before at $2999, it is now $2495, hopefully
the price war will continue here...

   - Steven Sweeting

[ The above is true to the best of my knowledge and I reserve the right to ]
[ change anything without telling you (and probably will).                 ]

ewhac@well.UUCP (05/03/86)

[ If the line eating bug chokes, do I perform the Heimlich maneuver on it? ]

In article <2285@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz> 8547289@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz (Steven Sweeting) writes:
>Those O/sS complaining about prices might be interested to know that DPaint
>first came into the shops at $115.  It seems CBM Aust bought the copyright 
>from Electronic Arts. It now sells for $250!!!. The Amiga sells for $2495 with
>RGB monitor and 512K RAM. It was released about 2/3 weeks ago, the
>inavailabilty of sodftware %& documentation due to June being the exepected 
>date.   The Atari 520ST came in the stores a week before at $2999, it is now
>$2495, hopefully the price war will continue here...
>
>   - Steven Sweeting

	Does anyone know what the current exchange rate is between Australian
and American dollars?  I nearly fell over when I saw those prices!  Then
I realized they weren't talking American bucks.

	Don't frighten me like that :-).

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randy@cbmvax.UUCP (05/05/86)

In article <2285@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz> 8547289@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz (Steven Sweeting) writes:
>I had a printer cable made up to CBM's (aust) specifications. Everything works,
>Polyscope, Notepad  routing to PRT: etc except  LLIST.  LPRINT works fine.
>Characters are missed in a random way, about 1 every 5 on my printer

	If your program contains printer specific outputs, you cannot 
	use LLIST. All output is routined through PRT:, your printer
	codes are all translated according to the selected driver. Instead,
	open the printer as a file (the Open command) and direct output 
	to this 'file'.
	
>As well is there anyway I can type to the printer in a RAW mode. 

	There are two methods. First, get into CLI by opening the SYSTEM
	drawer and clicking on the CLI icon. (If no icon is present, 
	activate Preferences and enable CLI, now return to Workbench,
	close and reopen the SYSTEM drawer.) The two methods of
	type to the printer are:
		copy * to prt: (or par:).
	Now, just type to your hearts content. To break out, type ^C
	(thats Control-C). 

	To take advantage of the Amiga multi-tasking OS, first type
	NEWCLI, this will open a second CLI window. Use this for
	typing to the printer. Your original CLI is still available
	for other things. To get an idea of supported commands, type:
		dir df0:c
	this will list the contents of the DOS command directory. You
	can get a template for inputs to most DOS commands by following
	the command with a '?', e.g.:	dir ?.

>
>An empty window crashes the system, fair enough that's illegal(:-)) but

	Empty windows should be okay -- its an empty menu-strip thats
	not allowed.

>
>When in psuedo-edit mode in a LIST window, if I select the OUTPUT window 
>with the mouse, then start typing, the first character goes to the LIST
>window before the cursor swithes over to the OUTPUT one. Is it supposed
>to do this?
>
	When using the LIST window, everything is slow. I suspect
	that a few characters make it into the input buffer before
	the OS redirects output to the OUTPUT window. If this always
	happens, regardless of how much time you allow for things to
	settle, than you have probably uncovered a bug.

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dean@hyper.UUCP (Dean Gahlon) (05/08/86)

> [ If the line eating bug chokes, do I perform the Heimlich maneuver on it? ]
> 
> In article <2285@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz> 8547289@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz (Steven Sweeting) writes:
> >Those O/sS complaining about prices might be interested to know that DPaint
> >first came into the shops at $115.  It seems CBM Aust bought the copyright 
> >from Electronic Arts. It now sells for $250!!!. The Amiga sells for $2495 with
> >RGB monitor and 512K RAM. It was released about 2/3 weeks ago, the
> >inavailabilty of sodftware %& documentation due to June being the exepected 
> >date.   The Atari 520ST came in the stores a week before at $2999, it is now
> >$2495, hopefully the price war will continue here...
> >
> >   - Steven Sweeting
> 
> 	Does anyone know what the current exchange rate is between Australian
> and American dollars?  I nearly fell over when I saw those prices!  Then
> I realized they weren't talking American bucks.
> 
> 	Don't frighten me like that :-).
> 
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> Leo L. Schwab				ihnp4!ptsfa!well!ewhac
> 						..or..
> I don't work for anybody,		well ---\
> so I don't need disclaimers!		dual ----> !unicom!ewhac
> 					hplabs -/       ("AE-wack")

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The current exchange rate is something like $.75US = $1Aus.
Therefore, the price listed above for the Amiga isn't terribly
out of range ($1871 or so). The price for the Atari 520ST is, um,
somewhat excessive (Aus$2999 = US$2249!).