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- In message <12726.9408151057@gcal.ac.uk>,
- "M.Carter" <mca@gcal.ac.uk> writes:
- >
- > Hello all. I have just joined the blitz list. I have a
- > number of points to make, and hope that someone
- > can answer them.
- Welcome to the list..
- > 1) SUSPECTED BUG
- > ===============
- > I telephoned Acid Software in Britain, but there is no
- > technical support there. They said I could write to
- > New Zealand. As you can imagine, I find
- > this fairly naff. Is there any way that I can contact
- > someone to have it fixed? Do the developers read this
- > list?
-
- OK one at a time, the bug I leave to Acid, but I have to say something
- in their defense here. Have you ever tried to get technical support on a
- Gold Disk product? The address is in the U.S. Gold Disk are a BIGISH software
- company. Acid are a SMALLISH company that comprises of a bunch of approachable
- guys who are out there supporting the Amiga AND their product TO THE BEST OF
- THEIR FINANCIAL ABILITY. Naff, no, just a shame.
-
- > 2) A DIFFERENT SUSPECTED BUG
-
- Acid are, I believe, sorting this out.
-
- > 3) MAKEDEFLIBS
- > =============
- >
- > When I try to load the MAKEDEFS program, I get a
- > message saying "Not enough memory". The computer
- > then guru's on me.
- >
- > Currently my blitzlibs drawer is a mess - filled with
- > .res and .bb files all over the place. It is my opinion
- > that Blitz Basic should not have been supplied in
- > compressed format. Does anyone feel the same about
- > the User Magazine? I would rather pay just a bit more
- > to have EVERYTHING decompressed. After all, I have
- > to use extra disks to store decompressed files. Even then,
- > I might find .lha files within them. This amounts to a
- > massive sortout operation. From the user's point of
- > view, there is no economic savings in being
- > supplied with compressed disks - quite the reverse.
- > Does anyone agree?
-
- Yes and no. I would have liked more complete documentation on
- the desired disk structure for Blitz, from Acid, they should
- really consider using lha and the CBM installer. But most
- software comes compressed now, Dpaint and Wordworth are just two
- that spring readily to mind.
-
- > 4) POINTERS
- > ==========
- > Do you understand what I mean? Is it possible?
-
- If I do understand what you mean, may I suggest that you look up
- Push(Item) and Pop(Item) in your Blitz reference manual, I cannot
- remember if the (item) is there or not 8)
-
- WHAT ABOUT 5?
-
- >
- > 6) AMIGADOS
- > ============
-
- Sorry, don't touch the stuff.
-
- > 7) UP/DOWN LOADING FILES
- > ========================
-
- Yes you can, you have two options.
-
- 1) Compress the programs and their data into a single file using
- lha. Log onto an Aminet site (src.doc.ic.ac.uk for example) get all the
- readme files about uploading. Read them. Upload as binary your .lha file
- and the .readme. Mail Blitz-List and tell us all about your great software.
-
- 2) Compress the programs and their data into a single file using lharc
- UUEncode them and mail them to the blitz-list and p*ss some people off.
-
- > Supplementary question : can anyone send me "Green
- > Five"? It was reviewed in Amiga Format, and got an
- > exceptional review. I know that this list is the slightly
- > wrong place to ask for this sort of thing - but I am
- > too tight to spend 1.50 {it seems that some PD
- > companies (no inference intended about 17 Bit
- > Software - the advertisers of "Green Five")
- > distribute software not on a particularly
- > not-for-profit basis}.
-
- Hum, try Aminet site...
-
- Don't get me wrong, welcome to the list. But try to keep this in mind,
-
- Acid is run by just a few people, generally BBII is great, I can have a bit
- of patience.
-
- Here's looking at you,
-
- Nigel
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