doug@eris (Doug Merritt) (04/13/88)
In article <2574@utastro.UUCP> sjk@utastro.UUCP (Ras Scot) writes: >As a new netter here, I have a few questions after reading the past couple >hundred entries. One, what is the alt-alt-shift-shift-insert a disk trick? This is what I originally called the "Five Finger Trick" (although a photo that Marnix van Ammers sent me demonstrates conclusively that it should be called the Four-Finger-Book-In-Mouth-Trick). First click and activate the Workbench screen, and then leave the pointer on the Workbench title bar *without clicking* there. (These first two steps are the ones most easily forgotten or confused). Now hold down right-shift, right-alt, left-shift, left-alt, and one of the function keys 1 thru 10 (the latter is what may call for the book-in-mouth-disease). Each function key gives credits for the various Amiga developer teams. Now insert a disk (with a foot or via great digit dexterity); you get a championship message. Finally (you've been patiently holding all five keys down all this time), do the "six finger" or "middle finger" trick: press down right-amiga with a sixth finger, and pop the disk back out again, and you get the middle-finger message. The disk-insertion order can be inverted; i.e. it's not important whether you first insert and then eject, or first eject and then insert. Does anyone know what the 1 pixel gadget near the date in Preferences is for? Contrary to postings, it's not necessary for the click-the- images-of-the-mouse-buttons-four-times-sequentially-left-to-right- and-then-scroll-to-the-end-of-the-list-of-printers trick. >What is the current rumor about WB 1.3? There've been a *lot* of recent postings about this. See Sentry magazine, April issue, for details. If you mean "when will it be released", naturally no one knows since that hasn't been announced. But pretend it's May 13, and quote that widely, since you wanted a rumor. :-) >And what is a B2000? It's the most recent and most widely shipped revision. Early models that went to developers and retail displays were A2000's. >Also, has anyone found some good scientific graphing programs? No, although I've seen a number of mediocre ones. Doug Merritt doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug) or ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug
eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) (04/14/88)
In article <8656@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> doug@eris.berkeley.edu (Doug Merritt) writes: >[...] >Does anyone know what the 1 pixel gadget near the date in Preferences >is for? Contrary to postings, it's not necessary for the click-the- >images-of-the-mouse-buttons-four-times-sequentially-left-to-right- >and-then-scroll-to-the-end-of-the-list-of-printers trick. Contrary to popular belief this gadget has no purpose whatsoever. Nor does it have anything to do with any hidden messages. -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga *======================================================================* *===== UUCP: {rutgers|ihnp4|allegra}!cbmvax!eric =====* *===== FONE: (215) 431-9100 =====* *===== MAIL: 1200 Wilson Drive / West Chester, PA 19380 =====* *===== PAUL: "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." =====* *======================================================================*
lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) (04/17/88)
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In <3629@cbmvax.UUCP> (Eric Cotton) writes: (about the hidden gadget in
preferences)
>Contrary to popular belief this gadget has no purpose whatsoever. Nor does
>it have anything to do with any hidden messages.
It may not do anything, but it apparently does have a purpose, intended or
otherwise. After clicking on it, if you then start changing the date with the
mouse, the months work strangely.
-larry
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+----------------------------------------------------------------+eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) (04/20/88)
In article <1716@van-bc.UUCP> lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) writes: >In <3629@cbmvax.UUCP> (Eric Cotton) writes: (about the hidden gadget in > preferences) >>Contrary to popular belief this gadget has no purpose whatsoever. Nor does >>it have anything to do with any hidden messages. > >It may not do anything, but it apparently does have a purpose, intended or >otherwise. After clicking on it, if you then start changing the date with the >mouse, the months work strangely. Okay, okay. So I gave a half truth. What Larry says is true. I looked in to this before and concluded that when Prefs was in its infancy (ie. in development) the designers had planned on two select-gadgets each for months, days, years, hours, and minutes. They soon realized that having two gadgets for the month was unnecessary. But instead of deleting the gadget from the gadget list they concealed it instead. As you have seen, it was not hidden well :-) Needless to say it is not in V1.3 Preferences (and you might notice a few other gadgets missing as well). -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga *======================================================================* *===== UUCP: {rutgers|ihnp4|allegra}!cbmvax!eric =====* *===== FONE: (215) 431-9100 =====* *===== MAIL: 1200 Wilson Drive / West Chester, PA 19380 =====* *===== PAUL: "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." =====* *======================================================================*