farhi@athena.mit.edu (Bill Hoston) (09/19/89)
Hello everyone, I just saw the latest issue of Computers in Physics and was greeted with several pages with Amiga screenshots. They were part of an article by Dennis Rapaport entitled Visualizing Physics. In the article he discusses the merits of interactive visualization of physical phenomenon that can be acheived with modern inexpensive home computers. In the article he mentions what he feels is necessary for visualization mentioning a mouse interface and the ability to do smooth animation and decent computing power. He doesn't mention the Amiga in the article but in an inset he describes the equipment which he used. He discusses the "special purpose hardware to enhance graphics performance" and a "relativley easily accessed visual interface." He lists all Amiga models and even manages to mention the optional '020 accelerator board (not used in his work). The pictures were all non-interlace (though he does write of the availability of 400 lines vertical) and range from some superimposed sine waves and planetary orbits to plots of the Mandelbrot set, diffusion limited aggregation and other statisical physics shots. I hope I haven't rambled to long on this but it was good to see this in a magazine/journal that is so dominated by Big Blue and Little Red and all the high-priced workstations. If I recall correctly, CiP had an article about a year ago that mentioned the Amiga. Now that I am here I have a question. I have heard rumors about 2.0 breaking everything. I really don't have a sense of what that means. Is it likely to cause developers now lurking on the sidelines to wait until 2.0 is in more or less in a stable form? If that is the case it seems that the absolute latest time for release of 2.0 would be simultaneously with the A3000 (Conjecture from an absolute outsider). Could someone please (gently) inform me about what it means to "break everything?" Bill Hoston farhi@athena.mit.edu
finkel@TAURUS.BITNET (09/24/89)
In article <14408@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> farhi@athena.mit.edu (Bill Hoston) write >Hello everyone, > >I just saw the latest issue of Computers in Physics and was greeted with >several pages with Amiga screenshots. They were part of an article by >Dennis Rapaport entitled Visualizing Physics. In the article he yes, Dennis works at the Bar Ilan university in Israel, which is, as far as I know, the only university which has Amigas. They have about 15 Amigas, some 2000's and some 1000's. Some of the Amigas are used by students who learn C, some used by staff members. I think that they started using the Amiga for TeXing as well. They also interface some of the Amigas to the lab equipment. >discusses the merits of interactive visualization of physical >phenomenon that can be acheived with modern inexpensive home >computers. In the article he mentions what he feels is necessary for >visualization mentioning a mouse interface and the ability to do >smooth animation and decent computing power. He doesn't mention the >Amiga in the article but in an inset he describes the equipment which >he used. He discusses the "special purpose hardware to enhance >graphics performance" and a "relativley easily accessed visual >interface." He lists all Amiga models and even manages to mention >the optional '020 accelerator board (not used in his work). Actually, the DO have an A2620 board now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Udi Finkelstein | Bitnet: finkel@taurus.bitnet or finkel@math.tau.ac.il Tel Aviv University | Internet: finkel%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Israel | UUCP: ...!psuvax1!taurus.bitnet!finkel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) (09/24/89)
In article <1117@taurus.BITNET> finkel%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Udi Finkelstein) writes: [... deleted ...] >yes, Dennis works at the Bar Ilan university in Israel, which is, as >far as I know, the only university which has Amigas. They have about >15 Amigas, some 2000's and some 1000's. Some of the Amigas are used Oh, I guess the 30+ at Ohio State don't count. Or the ones in Wisconsin, or at Berkley, ... ;-) >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Udi Finkelstein | Bitnet: finkel@taurus.bitnet or finkel@math.tau.ac.il >Tel Aviv University | Internet: finkel%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu >Israel | UUCP: ...!psuvax1!taurus.bitnet!finkel >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;-) No real flame... Just get your facts right... (-:
phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (09/26/89)
In article <7985@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes: >Oh, I guess the 30+ [Amigas] at Ohio State don't count. Add the University of Kentucky to the list of universities with at least some official Amiga representation. More relevant: has anybody here had a compiler suddenly stop producing code? I'm using Draco; it was working; then it quit working. I didn't change anything that I can think of; it still compiles the programmes; BLINK still links them; when I try to run the result, it GURUs; illegal instruction (Guru 00...004.whatever). It just stopped compiling anything, including things it has compiled before. Nothing else is wrong; things which were compiled before this weirdness still run just fine, and the same problems appear on other systems. I might be missing something Really Ctoopid (TM), but right now, I'm at a loss. - R'ykandar. -- | R'ykandar Korra'ti, Editor, LOW ORBIT | phoenix@ms.uky.edu | CIS 72406,370 | | Elfinkind, Unite! | phoenix@ukma.bitnet | PLink: Skywise | QLink: Bearclaw |
mitchell@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Evan Mitchell) (09/26/89)
In article <7985@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes: >Oh, I guess the 30+ at Ohio State don't count. Or the ones in Wisconsin, or >at Berkley, ... ;-) There are Amigas here at Berkeley? Are you sure? I moved out of the dorms last spring... ;-) -Evan _______________________________________________________________________________ | Evan Jay Mitchell EECS/ERL Industrial Liaison Program | | mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu University of California at Berkeley | | Phone: (415) 643-6687 | | "Think, it ain't illegal...yet!" - George Clinton | |_____________________________________________________________________________|
swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan) (09/26/89)
In article <7985@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes: :In article <1117@taurus.BITNET> finkel%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Udi Finkelstein) writes: : [... deleted ...] :>yes, Dennis works at the Bar Ilan university in Israel, which is, as ^^^^^^^^^ :>far as I know, the only university which has Amigas. They have about :>15 Amigas, some 2000's and some 1000's. Some of the Amigas are used : :Oh, I guess the 30+ at Ohio State don't count. Or the ones in Wisconsin, or :at Berkley, ... ;-) : :>------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :>Udi Finkelstein | Bitnet: finkel@taurus.bitnet or finkel@math.tau.ac.il :>Tel Aviv University | Internet: finkel%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu :>Israel | UUCP: ...!psuvax1!taurus.bitnet!finkel :>------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : :;-) No real flame... Just get your facts right... (-: No real flame but...... It's obvious to the rest of the world that he is talking about universities in Isreal. So why did you miss this?
gilmore@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Neil Gilmore) (09/30/89)
In article <31514@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, mitchell@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Evan Mitchell) writes... >In article <7985@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes: >>Oh, I guess the 30+ at Ohio State don't count. Or the ones in Wisconsin, or >>at Berkley, ... ;-) >There are Amigas here at Berkeley? Are you sure? I moved out of the dorms >last spring... ;-) In a similar vein, *if* there are Amigas here at UW-Mad (if you mean somewhere else, sorry), they aren't in the labs or represented at MACC- which handles stuff like disks and software for the campus micros. >-Evan +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kitakaze Tatsu Raito Neil Gilmore internet:gilmore@macc.wisc.edu | | Jararvellir, MACC, UW-Madison bitnet: gilmore@wiscmac3 | | Middle Kingdom Madison, Wi | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
finkel@TAURUS.BITNET (10/06/89)
In article <7985@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes: >In article <1117@taurus.BITNET> finkel%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Udi Fink > [... deleted ...] >>yes, Dennis works at the Bar Ilan university in Israel, which is, as >>far as I know, the only university which has Amigas. They have about >>15 Amigas, some 2000's and some 1000's. Some of the Amigas are used > >Oh, I guess the 30+ at Ohio State don't count. Or the ones in Wisconsin, or >at Berkley, ... ;-) I meant ofcourse the only university __in Israel__, not the only university in the world. I know that Amigas are used by many more universities around the world ( or else how would we have the ulowell graphics board? ;-) ) Udi