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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Call for an Amiga Video Scripting prog. Like (Uggh) IBM scriptmaster.
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Date: 19 Jun 89 21:34:14 GMT
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In article <17664@louie.udel.EDU> Chrispa%RCN.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>this message is to any and all developers/basement hackers looking to mak
>some $$$$$$$. THE AMIGA NEEDS A SCRIPTING PROGRAM!!!!!!
>it's THE machine for video, yet it has no scripting progs available.
>is it me, or is there something definitely wrong with this picture.

So what do you mean by a scripting program ? I assume you mean something
something like TV*SHOW or The Director? (sort of opposite ends of the
spectrum I know, but they do show the range available.) If you mean a 
teleprompter (one of those gizmos that scroll *LARGE* text up the screen
so that they can be read from a podium) there are a couple of those out
as well. One from the netherlands even inverts the text so that when it
is read from a mirror it comes out correctly. 

>If i had the resources, (like 2 drives, more than 512 k, and the money.)
>I'd develop it myself and cash in. But it pains me to do everything else
>connected with production on the amiga, and then have to go to the IBM to use
>scriptmaster???

There is also another option, write a version of Display that has an ARexx
port. Given commands such as "Play Anim <>" or "Fade in picture <>" you
could build really simple scripts that way.

>Wake up and smell the coffee developers. There IS money in this, as i'm not the
>only one who has said this
>I've seen it at least two or three other times as well.
>Good luck.

If you *really* believe, you should go off and write it. Check out the 
above programs first though.


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