| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 22 Jan 2000 at 00:32:21 |
| Subject: | Re: gfx cards; Problems? (I'm not punching myself in the face); Tooltypes |
From: Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
On 21-Jan-00, Kennedy, Bob wrote:
> There are still new Spectrum cards out there. Whether the are still actively
> supported, I don't know.
They seem to be, at least on the software side.
> I recently added one to my A2000. I'm still
> debating about the driver software I'll use regularly. (CGX or Picasso96)
Picasso 96! Its faster, it emulates CGX, it patches less in the system.
> Being a very video oriented (NTSC) person I wouldn't want a graphics card in
> the video slot.
I think a video slot card might be slower anyways...
> One major reason for the Spectrum is Z2 - Z3 auto-detection. I hope to
> upgrade to an A3000 or A4000. The card gets best use of both busses. It also
> has a pass thru for one monitor operation in 15khz mode with the proper
> monitor.
Or you could temporarily stick a flicker fixer in your video slot and pass
that through, which may save you on the monitor...
On 21-Jan-00, James Hays wrote:
>> Whenever those appicons update, and you're doing something like a simple
>> menu function, or dragging around a window, IT ALL FREEZES!!!
>
> Well, I hate to state the obvious, but, don't do that.
I'm not going to stop using my computer.
> <G> Sooner or
> later it will be fixed, but until then, just don't try to do other things
> while you're downloading mail.
Its not downloading that is the problem, its the unannounced appicon changes
that go before and after it. And I'm not making my mailcheck time any longer,
it's already up to 3 from 1, any change that might compare to that would
destroy my ability to promptly respond to email.
> I know that's a crappy way to do things,
Not using my computer is not only a crappy way to do things, it is really a
bad idea in general, being that my computers main purpose is to serve me, and
it isn't automated enough to do that by itsself...
I'm not asking for this problem as you imply. If anything I'm trying to
underline the severity of the problem (which they overlooked three months ago
with my first support message).
On 21-Jan-00, Marion E. Wyatt wrote:
> I think this only affect Tool icons in the WBStartup drawer. ALL icons in my
> WBStartup drawer have the following info in the Info window:
>
> Name:
> Last changed:
> Size:
> Stack size:
> Priority:
> Start from:
> Prompy for input:
> Attributes:
> Comment:
> Tool types:
> Start priority:
> Wait until finished:
> Wait (seconds):
A few of those look like commodity specific tooltypes...
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