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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: $30 = FREE and other stuff (answers)
Message-ID: <961@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Apr-86 20:08:16 EST
Article-I.D.: amiga.961
Posted: Mon Apr  7 20:08:16 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Apr-86 00:46:48 EST
References: <573@tekig4.UUCP>
Reply-To: bruceb@hunter.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc., 983 University Ave #D, Los Gatos CA 95030
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Keywords: ripoff

In article <573@tekig4.UUCP> billh@tekig4.UUCP (William Hansen) writes:
>*** Does your site have a line eater? ***
>
>1) Speaking of Piracy...
>
>I went into my local Amiga dealer recently to see what new software had come
>out. I noticed that the price of Deluxe Paint had been raised to $99.95. (I
>paid $69.95 for mine from the same dealer. When I looked closer, I noted
>that EA now includes a free  FREE!! backup disk with the product.

I was always under the impression that $69.95(US) was an introductory price.
This does seem to be a better solution than sending in $10 and waiting (zzz..)
<My opinion.>

>Now you know what tempts people to pirate from kindly folks like EA.
>(By the way, I like EA products, I just think they are about 40% overpriced.)
							      ??????????????
I'd be interesed in your calculations or thinking on this one.  I happen to
think Deluxe paint is one of the worlds best bargins.
>
>3) I am not a developer, so I don't have ROM Manuals. Can anyone tell me
>how to change the color of text from inside a C program. (Lattice 3.03)
Please see attached listing.  See also console.h for more info.

>
>4) I noticed that Lattice now has a 3.03B C compiler, can anyone tell me
>what the upgrade policy is for non-developers? In particular how much
>$$$ will I need to pay?

I beleive they have an upgrade policy, I don't know what it is.  You can 
reach them at (312)858-7950 for more info.  You may want to post what you
find to the net.

--Bruce Barrett.

/* ---------------------------- Render.c cut here ------------------- */
/**
        Program:        render
        Version:        2.00
        Date:           7-April-1986
        Test program for rendering all types and colors of text on screen.

**/

main()
{
    int style;          /* style of text.  Bold,...     */
    static int sty[5] = {0,1,3,4,7};
    int i;
    int fgc;            /* forground color              */
    int bgc;            /* backgroung color             */

    printf ("This program will display a matrix of text colors.\n");
    printf ("Forground will change left to right and background\n");
    printf ("will change top to bottom.\n\n");

    for (i = 0; i <=4; i++) {
        style = sty[i];           /* set next style */
        /* Display style in normal foreground/background colors */
        printf ("\033[0;;m\033[%d;39;49mStyle number %d\n", style, style);
        printf ("     30     31     32     33     34     35     36     37     38     39\n");
    
        for (bgc = 40; bgc <= 49; bgc++) {
            printf ( "\033[c%2d ", bgc);
            for (fgc = 30; fgc <= 39; fgc++) {
                printf ("\033[%d;%d;%dm(text) ", style, fgc, bgc);
            }
            printf ("\n");
        }
    }
    /* print with all styles turned on */
    printf("\033[0;39;49mDefault, plus \033[1;39;49mbold, plus \033[3m italic, ");
    printf("plus \033[4munderscore, plus \033[7minverse = All.\n");

    /* and none */
    printf("\033[0;39;49mBack to normal\n");

}                       /* end of main */

/* ---------------------------- cut here also ----------------------- */