243 lines
11 KiB
Plaintext
243 lines
11 KiB
Plaintext
From leavitt@armory.com Sat Mar 26 22:29:57 EST 1994
|
|
Article: 3087 of alt.zines
|
|
Path: news.cic.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!nic.scruz.net!armory.com!leavitt
|
|
From: leavitt@armory.com (Thomas Leavitt)
|
|
Newsgroups: alt.zines
|
|
Subject: Bleeding Edge: Journal of (definitely) Alternative Computing
|
|
Date: 25 Mar 1994 01:39:03 GMT
|
|
Organization: The Armory
|
|
Lines: 152
|
|
Message-ID: <2mtfc5$4he@nic.scruz.net>
|
|
NNTP-Posting-Host: deeptht.armory.com
|
|
Summary: New e'zine! Amiga, Atari, TI, more! Articles, news and views.
|
|
Keywords: computer alternative Amiga Atari electric net
|
|
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
|
|
|
|
|
|
"/BBBBBB /L /EEEEE /EEEEE /DDDDD
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/BBBBB /L /EEE /EEE /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
/BBBBBB /L /EEEEE /EEEEE /DDDDDDD I N G
|
|
|
|
/EEEEE /DDDDD /GGGGGGGG /EEEEE"
|
|
/E /D D /G G /E
|
|
/E /D D /G /E
|
|
/E /D D /G /E
|
|
/E /D D /G /E
|
|
/EEE /D D /G /EEE
|
|
/E /D D /G GGG /E
|
|
/E /D D /G G /E
|
|
/E /D D /G G /E
|
|
/E /D D /G G /E
|
|
/EEEEE /DDDDDDD /GGGGGGGG /EEEEE
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taking you where no one has gone before... to the obscure depths of truly
|
|
alternative computing, where desperate users ponder the future, and
|
|
stretch the capabilities of their machines to the utmost.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EDITORIAL
|
|
|
|
Hi folks, this is the first edition... send me any comments, criticisms,
|
|
etc... leavitt@armory.com. Users of platforms not covered in this
|
|
edition (older workstations, Acorns, 8 bit platforms, antiques etc.
|
|
are encouraged to mail me tidbits for inclusion... only qualification
|
|
is, it can't be a "mainstream" machine).
|
|
|
|
Basically, this is just a compendium of news and views picked up off
|
|
the net, along with a little commentary interspersed on my part...
|
|
I try and pick up new and exciting things, as well as keeping my ears
|
|
to the ground for rumors... plus, I'd like to thank David Higgens
|
|
for his excellent article on the Supra28, an inexpensive accelerator
|
|
that gives new life to old 68000 based Amigas. And Hans Luyten for the
|
|
A2000 to A1200 keyboard hack. Send those articles in folks, and get the
|
|
ego gratification of being PUBLISHED. :)
|
|
|
|
Someone trashed my Unix account :( so I don't have the most exciting
|
|
stuff of all... the full "banner file" on the WARP System... a
|
|
scalable, multi-processor transputer for the Amiga that sits on the
|
|
Zorro III bus and goes ZOOM. It functions transparently to the OS, so
|
|
porting applications is relatively easy... VistaPro, among others, has
|
|
already committed to supporting it. All it takes is recompiling the
|
|
application using the WARP libraries.
|
|
|
|
Lotsa buzz going around about HP and C= collaborating... sort of a net
|
|
consensus that when the Amiga goes RISC, it'll be with the HP PA-RISC
|
|
chip. Other news, widely known, is that HP is going to use the AGA (and
|
|
maybe AAA) chipsets in their desktop boxes. No one's mentioned what OS
|
|
they're going to be running, or what the CPU will be... late rumor has
|
|
from one net source has it that CBM is going to be eaten by Sony and HP,
|
|
and the AAA chipset will never see the light of day. Someone posted a note
|
|
to the effect that Sony's bought 30% of CBM stock... who knows what's
|
|
really happening. Other info is more positive, as you'll be able to see
|
|
in the stuff I picked up. Looks like the AAA chipset is pretty rad, 20x
|
|
the speed of AGA, with built in 3D rendering, and 16 bit sound support
|
|
(though the method on the last, is uncertain... in the on-line CIS
|
|
interview, Dave Haynie says that they're debating whether or not to go with
|
|
sound through the chipset, or a DSP, though he also indicates CBM isn't
|
|
doing much with the DSP. Puzzling... ). On the other hand, Dave Pleasance's
|
|
comment that NT will be able to run on the nextgen Amiga doesn't thrill
|
|
me at all... what role does AmigaDOS have in that case?
|
|
|
|
CD^32 selling like hotcakes accross Europe, even being advertised on TV
|
|
in Canada... what kind of impact it'll make here in the US of A is unknown,
|
|
as of yet. Rumor has it that near half a million units have been shipped...
|
|
someone mentioned they got it with a game pack for 250 pounds British,
|
|
which translates to $400 U.S. But considering that UK prices are much
|
|
higher than U.S. prices, that bodes well for a quick drop to $299, The
|
|
various expansions turning it into a real computer are already on their
|
|
way... the SX-1 is mentioned herein.
|
|
|
|
The Emplant seems to have attained a reasonable level of stability, though
|
|
Jim Drew seems to be churning out revisions on a daily basis, almost.
|
|
4.x already! An ftp site has been established for various revisions and
|
|
patches... check out comp.sys.amiga.emulations for more.
|
|
|
|
On other fronts, Atari finally got a clue, and licensed the Atari platform
|
|
to a third party, which produced what looks like a pretty exciting computer
|
|
in the Pandora/Medusa. The Falcon seems to be like by it's users, though
|
|
Atari's interest in it seems minimal... people are apparently doing some
|
|
rad things with the DSP.
|
|
|
|
And finally, my old standby, the TI, has some news of it's own...
|
|
apparently, a company has finally produced a reliable hard drive
|
|
controller for the last serious orphan platform without one. And, even
|
|
more interesting, several working emulators have emerged in recent weeks...
|
|
commercial, and publicly available.
|
|
|
|
Contents: (I've designed this so that users with GREP can pop right to the
|
|
juicy bits.)
|
|
|
|
1. SUPRA28 (search pattern in ALL CAPS) article. And yes, it does work in
|
|
your A1000. :) (might buy my dad one, eventually)
|
|
2. KEYBOARD hack.
|
|
3. AGAFIX for banding problem on A1200s.
|
|
4. A4000 new models, and fate of '030 version.
|
|
5. ADVANTAGE AMIGA the "official" list! Help this guy out...
|
|
6. AMIGAVISION LIVES ... official word from CBM. :)
|
|
7. APPLEEMU looks like it's fairly workable... might use it to convince
|
|
the school/PTA people that it's finally time to put those Apple IIes
|
|
out to pasture. Over half the computers in US schoolrooms are 8 bit
|
|
Apple IIs... is this sad, or what? :(
|
|
8. PROGRAMMING is a popular hobby among Amiga enthusiasts... some spirited
|
|
debate between an Atarian and Amigan about who assembles faster, and
|
|
a fairly comprehensive list of programming languages available for the
|
|
Amiga. Most of 'em free, even!
|
|
9. AUSTRALIA (why can't I spell that right? :) Newspaper transcription,
|
|
fairly definitive word on the aftermath of CBM Australia going broke.
|
|
|
|
10. X-CALIBER hmm... seems like there's a bug in this baby.
|
|
11. CD32 EXPANSION specs for the SX-1 and other stuff.
|
|
12. BBKING uses the Amiga!
|
|
13. FRACTINT fun with fractals for the big boys...
|
|
14. GOLDENGATE the full spec sheet for the product that allows you to use
|
|
IBM cards in your Amiga, with your Amiga under AmigaDOS.
|
|
15. CIS CONFERENCE with Dave Haynie (Amiga God) and Randall Jessup (lesser
|
|
diety :) ). If you haven't read it for some reason already... stick it
|
|
in your files.
|
|
16. AMIGAFUTURE a series of posting discussing AAA chipset, news about the
|
|
next generation systems, CPUs, etc.
|
|
17. HDDRIVE a high density drive for your Amiga... pulled off comp.sys.amiga
|
|
.reviews...
|
|
18. STUDIO full specs on the ultimate Amiga printer driver software...
|
|
19. SCREAMER where the Toaster Screamer, (4 R4400s running in paralell to
|
|
make Lightwave [you guess it] SCREAM.
|
|
20. FANTASY one Amiga users hearts desire.
|
|
21. SPREADSHEET not many of these for the Amiga, this might do the trick.
|
|
22. TRANSPUTER some stuff, not what I had hoped for... :(
|
|
23. ATARILYNX fix for button problems.
|
|
24. MACEMU software Mac emulator without ROMs?
|
|
25. TI-INFO a SCSI board, C compiler, the 99/5B (and where you can get
|
|
photos of the rarest microcomputer ever produced. :)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Thomas Leavitt, author of Thom's Little Guide to Purchasing a COMPUTER,
|
|
publisher of the e-zine "Bleeding Edge", and confirmed net.addict. Also,
|
|
iniator of alt.religion.gnostic... check it out.
|
|
|
|
Finger leavitt@deeptht.armory.com for more info on the above!
|
|
|
|
|
|
From leavitt@armory.com Sat Mar 26 22:30:37 EST 1994
|
|
Article: 3106 of alt.zines
|
|
Path: news.cic.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!nic.scruz.net!armory.com!leavitt
|
|
From: leavitt@armory.com (Thomas Leavitt)
|
|
Newsgroups: alt.zines
|
|
Subject: Re: Bleeding Edge: Journal of (definitely) Alternative Computing
|
|
Date: 26 Mar 1994 03:46:04 GMT
|
|
Organization: The Armory
|
|
Lines: 57
|
|
Message-ID: <2n0b6a$fj5@nic.scruz.net>
|
|
References: <2mtfc5$4he@nic.scruz.net>
|
|
NNTP-Posting-Host: deeptht.armory.com
|
|
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
|
|
|
|
Thomas Leavitt (leavitt@armory.com) wrote:
|
|
|
|
: "/BBBBBB /L /EEEEE /EEEEE /DDDDD
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /BBBBB /L /EEE /EEE /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /B B /L /E /E /D D
|
|
: /BBBBBB /L /EEEEE /EEEEE /DDDDDDD I N G
|
|
|
|
: /EEEEE /DDDDD /GGGGGGGG /EEEEE"
|
|
: /E /D D /G G /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G /E
|
|
: /EEE /D D /G /EEE
|
|
: /E /D D /G GGG /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G G /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G G /E
|
|
: /E /D D /G G /E
|
|
: /EEEEE /DDDDDDD /GGGGGGGG /EEEEE
|
|
|
|
A duh folkses... I forgot to tell y'all where it is:
|
|
|
|
FTP to ftp.netcom.com pub/css/leavitt
|
|
|
|
bleeding_edge_TOC is table of contents/editorial
|
|
bleeding_edge_is main file...
|
|
|
|
Use the search function in your editor/pager to skip to the sections
|
|
described next to the CAPITALIZED search keys at the end of the TOC file.
|
|
|
|
Comments appreciated.
|
|
|
|
Thomas
|
|
(bloody hell my new keyboard kills my computer so I'm using this junky one that
|
|
has a dead comma... bleeding edge computing indeed... sniff!) :)
|
|
|
|
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
: Thomas Leavitt, author of Thom's Little Guide to Purchasing a COMPUTER,
|
|
: publisher of the e-zine "Bleeding Edge", and confirmed net.addict. Also,
|
|
: iniator of alt.religion.gnostic... check it out.
|
|
|
|
: Finger leavitt@deeptht.armory.com for more info on the above!
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Thomas Leavitt, author of Thom's Little Guide to Purchasing a COMPUTER,
|
|
publisher of the e-zine "Bleeding Edge", and confirmed net.addict. Also,
|
|
iniator of alt.religion.gnostic... check it out.
|
|
|
|
Finger leavitt@deeptht.armory.com for more info on the above!
|
|
|
|
|