ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) (10/03/90)
(hope this doesnt get posted twice, I got a "not posted" message the first time) I am really interested in the 3000. I just got a demo of 2.0 and am really confused. There are two questions I have... 1) There is a picture in Antic's Amiga+ (vol2 no3 '90) on p.38 of the new 2.0 that looks wonderful. On p.37 it looks almost as bad as my old 500. I could never achieve the workbench like that of p.38 (excluding the custom backdrop, I am refering to the placement of the window gadgets and the 3d scroll bars). All I could get was what was like on p.37 (also like in the new TOASTER edition of AWORLD). What would be the customization necessary? Was the photo on p.38 a beta and the upgrades downgraded in appearance? I tried all resolutions including product. non-inter. (all res. flickered like a mad dog - and the 1950 was hooked up to the flicker fixing video output). 2) The cursor seemed to stay at some primitive block resolution no matter what I did. WHy? Can I set that? remember, I don't own one yet, so this could be trivial but no one I know has a 3000 or 2.0, and the only close "dealer" that had one to show me didn't help much...at all. Please post or mail me. I would really appreciate it. Bye, Doug.
ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) (10/04/90)
In article <10739@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) writes: >I am really interested in the 3000. I just got a demo of 2.0 and am >really confused. There are two questions I have... There are no demo versions of 2.0. Currently you can only purchase the OS with an A3000. Versions for the other machines will be available at some future date. Where did you get this "demo"? >1) There is a picture in Antic's Amiga+ (vol2 no3 '90) on p.38 of the I have not seen the picture. >2) The cursor seemed to stay at some primitive block resolution no matter > what I did. WHy? Can I set that? The pointer is rendered in lo-res, non-interlaced pixels, as it is a sprite. If you are using a hi-res, interlaced display, each pixel of the pointer will equal four (2x2) pixels of the display. -- -- Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky
palmermg@infonode.ingr.com (Michael G. Palmer) (10/05/90)
In article <14872@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes: >In article <10739@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) writes: >>I am really interested in the 3000. I just got a demo of 2.0 and am >>really confused. There are two questions I have... > >There are no demo versions of 2.0. Currently you can only purchase >the OS with an A3000. Versions for the other machines will be >available at some future date. > >Where did you get this "demo"? I find it quite easy to get a demo (= demonstration) of WB2.0 simply by going in my local amiga dealer (and using the A3000 that is on display.) What is so hard to figure out about that?