spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (05/29/91)
I bought a used copy of Superbase 3 from its previous owner and I am trying
to use on my Amiga 3000 but I am having trouble with it. It loads and runs
fine on my A3000 except that whenever Superbase puts up a warning box
telling me that I've reached the end of a file for example , the warning
box flashes on and off the screen so quickly that I can barely see it. Yet
the warning box isnt supposed to go away until I click on the OK button but
I dont get a chance to click on the OK button. It seems that Superbase 3
is somehow reading mouse button clicks that I dont make. This occurs under
both AmigaDos 2.0 and AmigaDos 1.3. I'm running AmigaDos 2.03 which is the
latest version of AmigaDos 2.0 and my A3000 25/40 has 5 megs of memory ,
2 meg Chip , 3 megs Fast Ram.
thanks
Scott Corleytarnot@psldev.UUCP (Timothy W. Arnot) (05/29/91)
>In article <1991May29.001246.194@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes: >I bought a used copy of Superbase 3 from its previous owner and I am trying >to use on my Amiga 3000 but I am having trouble with it. It loads and runs >fine on my A3000 except that whenever Superbase puts up a warning box >telling me that I've reached the end of a file for example , the warning >box flashes on and off the screen so quickly that I can barely see it. Yet >the warning box isnt supposed to go away until I click on the OK button but >I dont get a chance to click on the OK button. It seems that Superbase 3 >is somehow reading mouse button clicks that I dont make. This occurs under >both AmigaDos 2.0 and AmigaDos 1.3. I'm running AmigaDos 2.03 which is the >latest version of AmigaDos 2.0 and my A3000 25/40 has 5 megs of memory , >2 meg Chip , 3 megs Fast Ram. Those warning dialogs (end of file etc) are timed and designed to go away on their own if you do nothing. Thus the behaviour you describe is perfectly normal. The timeout is around 1.5 - 2 seconds. The only problems you should see running the old SBpro under Workbench 2 are a spurious white line running through the VCR Panel (tm), and some font funnies in the menus/dialogs/requesters if you select a large system font. > > thanks > Scott Corley -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy W. Arnot cbmehq!cbmuk!cbmuka!psldev!tarnot Precision Software Ltd, R&D psldev@cix.co.uk Abingdon, Oxon, UK. "One magician is two too many" - Terry Pratchett Disclaimer: This is my opinion only and not that of my employer -----------------------------------------------------------------------
wak@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Bill Kwinn) (05/31/91)
> I bought a used copy of Superbase 3 from its previous owner and I am trying > to use on my Amiga 3000 but I am having trouble with it. It loads and runs > fine on my A3000 except that whenever Superbase puts up a warning box > telling me that I've reached the end of a file for example , the warning > box flashes on and off the screen so quickly that I can barely see it. > thanks > Scott Corley I always thought that this was a feature, at least on a 2000. The gentle warning message (informative but not really indicating a problem that you need to deal with) goes away without really distracting you from whatever you were doing. I suppose they aren't being clever enough about accelerated systems, where the box goes away too quickly. Bill Kwinn
eoo@let.rug.nl (Eize Oosting) (06/03/91)
In article <1991May29.001246.194@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes: >I bought a used copy of Superbase 3 from its previous owner and I am trying >to use on my Amiga 3000 but I am having trouble with it. It loads and runs >fine on my A3000 except that whenever Superbase puts up a warning box >telling me that I've reached the end of a file for example , the warning >box flashes on and off the screen so quickly that I can barely see it. Yet >the warning box isnt supposed to go away until I click on the OK button but >I dont get a chance to click on the OK button. It seems that Superbase 3 On my system, an A2000, the box also dissappears after a few seconds, I think this is the default when walking though a database. It is not when you add a record (very annoying). I think they do a busy loop before they remove the box instead of a Delay(50) o.s. That's why you hardly get a chance to click the Ok button, because an A3000 is a bit faster than the A2000/a500. >is somehow reading mouse button clicks that I dont make. This occurs under >both AmigaDos 2.0 and AmigaDos 1.3. I'm running AmigaDos 2.03 which is the >latest version of AmigaDos 2.0 and my A3000 25/40 has 5 megs of memory , >2 meg Chip , 3 megs Fast Ram. > > thanks > Scott Corley /\__________/\ /\___________________________________________________/\ / \ / \ | Letteren- | Marvin Minsky once defined Artificial Intelligence as: | | Faculteit | '... the science of making machines do things that | | R.U. Groningen | would require intelligence if done by men'. | | The Netherlands| | | | Does this include adding a device to the Mountlist? | | eoo@let.rug.nl | Eize Oosting | \ __________ / \ ___________________________________________________ / \/ \/ \/ \/
tarnot@psldev.UUCP (Timothy W. Arnot) (06/04/91)
>In article <1728@gufalet.let.rug.nl> eoo@let.rug.nl (Eize Oosting) writes: >In article <1991May29.001246.194@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes: >>I bought a used copy of Superbase 3 from its previous owner and I am trying >>to use on my Amiga 3000 but I am having trouble with it. It loads and runs >>fine on my A3000 except that whenever Superbase puts up a warning box [...] >On my system, an A2000, the box also dissappears after a few seconds, I think >this is the default when walking though a database. It is not when you add >a record (very annoying). I think they do a busy loop before they remove >the box instead of a Delay(50) o.s. That's why you hardly get a chance to >click the Ok button, because an A3000 is a bit faster than the A2000/a500. I don't honestly remember (It was 3 years ago, and I wasn't an SB programmer at the time), however that dialog _is_ processor dependent in that version of Superbase. In the current release, the dialog no longer has the OK button on it (someone complained :-)). You can also get rid of it if you don't like it with some new DML syntax. Tim > /\__________/\ /\___________________________________________________/\ > / \ / \ >| Letteren- | Marvin Minsky once defined Artificial Intelligence as: | >| Faculteit | '... the science of making machines do things that | >| R.U. Groningen | would require intelligence if done by men'. | >| The Netherlands| | >| | Does this include adding a device to the Mountlist? | >| eoo@let.rug.nl | Eize Oosting | > \ __________ / \ ___________________________________________________ / > \/ \/ \/ \/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy W. Arnot cbmehq!cbmuk!cbmuka!psldev!tarnot Precision Software Ltd, R&D psldev@cix.co.uk Abingdon, Oxon, UK. "One magician is two too many" - Terry Pratchett Disclaimer: This is my opinion only and not that of my employer -----------------------------------------------------------------------