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Message no. 1
From: Mike Hartmann <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
Subject: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:16:16 +0000
Hi everyone,

mostly done with the preview! <sigh>
Now I just need somewhere to put it on. Can anyone provide me with an
ftp-account, where i can put it, so that listmembers can get hold of
the program? (The main archive without accompaning DLLs and OCXs is
about 700kbyte, with all DLLs and OCXs about 2 MByte)

Bye Mike
Message no. 2
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 07:19:36 EST
On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:16:16 +0000 Mike Hartmann
<hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE> writes:
>Hi everyone,
>
>mostly done with the preview! <sigh>
>Now I just need somewhere to put it on. Can anyone provide me with an
>ftp-account, where i can put it, so that listmembers can get hold of
>the program? (The main archive without accompaning DLLs and OCXs is
>about 700kbyte, with all DLLs and OCXs about 2 MByte)
>
>Bye Mike
>
You might try talking to Paolo. I'd volunteer my account, but I don't
have that much space left in it...I think I could borrow some space
somewhere else but I'll have to look into that...

Canthros
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Message no. 3
From: Mike Hartmann <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:26:52 +0000
> On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:16:16 +0000 Mike Hartmann
> <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE> writes:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >mostly done with the preview! <sigh>
> >Now I just need somewhere to put it on. Can anyone provide me with an
> >ftp-account, where i can put it, so that listmembers can get hold of
> >the program? (The main archive without accompaning DLLs and OCXs is
> >about 700kbyte, with all DLLs and OCXs about 2 MByte)
> >
> You might try talking to Paolo.

Already tried, but never got an answer from him..:-(

>I'd volunteer my account, but I don't
> have that much space left in it...I think I could borrow some space
> somewhere else but I'll have to look into that...
Would be nice...

Perhaps FASA has some space left?

Mike
Message no. 4
From: dhinkley@***.ORG
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 00:03:42 +0000
> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:16:16 +0000
> From: Mike Hartmann <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
> Subject: Character Generator Alpha

> Hi everyone,
>
> mostly done with the preview! <sigh>
> Now I just need somewhere to put it on. Can anyone provide me with an
> ftp-account, where i can put it, so that listmembers can get hold of
> the program? (The main archive without accompaning DLLs and OCXs is
> about 700kbyte, with all DLLs and OCXs about 2 MByte)
>
> Bye Mike

Sounds interesting. What are the system requirements needed to run it?

>
>


David Hinkley
dhinkley@***.org

====================================================
Those who are too intelligent to engage in politics
are punished by being governed by those who are not
--Plato
Message no. 5
From: Mike Hartmann <hartmann@***********.M.EUNET.DE>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:08:08 +0000
On 6 Feb 97 at 0:03, dhinkley@***.ORG wrote:

> > Now I just need somewhere to put it on. Can anyone provide me with an
> > ftp-account, where i can put it, so that listmembers can get hold of
> > the program? (The main archive without accompaning DLLs and OCXs is
> > about 700kbyte, with all DLLs and OCXs about 2 MByte)
> >
> > Bye Mike
>
> Sounds interesting. What are the system requirements needed to run it?

Still the same as with my first announcement:
- Windows 95 or Windows NT (tested only 4.0)
If enough Windows 3.X users are complaining I will try to make
something for Win 3.X (problem is, that I de-installed it quite a
while ago..:-)
- lots of memory (either physical or virtual)
Currently it takes about 11 MByte when running, but I am working on
a more conservative version, which will run slower but use much
less memory.
- Display is no problem: all screens are made to fit on 640x480
screens (so you can use it on laptops)

Bye Mike
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:47:10 +0000
|> Sounds interesting. What are the system requirements needed to run it?
|
|Still the same as with my first announcement:
| - Windows 95 or Windows NT (tested only 4.0)

AAARGH! Bluegh... Spit... Hack hack hack....

Win95=Memory/memory/memory and no efficiency....

How do make a pentium run at the same speed as a 486? Win95.

|- lots of memory (either physical or virtual)

I rest my case....

| Currently it takes about 11 MByte when running, but I am working on
| a more conservative version, which will run slower but use much
| less memory.

Why? 11Megs is an Obscene amount of memory even for a really complex
application like PageMaker or PhotoShop....

What does it need all this memory for?????

I could do something similar that only used 100K....
(If I put my mind to it....)
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Message no. 7
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:13:17 +0100
Spike said on 13:47/ 6 Feb 97...

> Win95=Memory/memory/memory and no efficiency....
>
> How do make a pentium run at the same speed as a 486? Win95.

<plea>Spike, please don't turn this into ANOTHER round of
MS-bashing.</plea>

> Why? 11Megs is an Obscene amount of memory even for a really complex
> application like PageMaker or PhotoShop....
>
> What does it need all this memory for?????

That got me wondering too... Does it load all the equipment data into
memory or something, using a data format like MS Jet?

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Message no. 8
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Character Generator Alpha
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 17:35:13 -0800
On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Mike Hartmann wrote:

> Still the same as with my first announcement:
> - Windows 95 or Windows NT (tested only 4.0)
> If enough Windows 3.X users are complaining I will try to make
> something for Win 3.X (problem is, that I de-installed it quite a
> while ago..:-)
> - lots of memory (either physical or virtual)
> Currently it takes about 11 MByte when running, but I am working on
> a more conservative version, which will run slower but use much
> less memory.
> - Display is no problem: all screens are made to fit on 640x480
> screens (so you can use it on laptops)

It better be ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.....other wise I'd suggest a more economical
programming style.

>
> Bye Mike
>

~Tim (who's maybe just annoyed that it won't run on _his_ system).

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