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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4088.0. "The SkyPix protocol?" by STKHLM::REVEMAN ("Scan his brain, it must be there somewhere...") Wed Sep 05 1990 15:14

	I have for the first time in a long long time been impressed in 
	that wonderful way that starts out good and only gets better.

	This is the story: I was wondering when the new version of JRComm
	would be ready (>1.0) and logged on the the authors BBS. Looking 
	around I found on the bulletin board a lot of ANSI graphics files
	(some "animations") and something called SkyPix files. More or less
	by chance I remeberd seeing that as a choice in the terminal mode 
	setup of JRComm and switched it on. Imagine my suprise when I see 
	the screen clear and a couple of VERY nice ballons drawn on my screen,
	wow, great graphics, and then as I was calling my friend over to show
	him the nice ballons (hi res, pleanty of colors), it began to float away
	across the screen. "Real" animation with 2400 baud across the globe
	(I live in Sweden and called U.S).

	So my question is simple: Does anybody now anything about this 
	protocoll????????????????????????

	Any information is appreciated.

					/Jojo
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4088.1Just look up! See the SkyLine?SDOGUS::WILLIAMSTOPGUNThu Sep 06 1990 21:2617
    SkyPix and SkyLine BBS and SkyTerm are all from Michael Cox (El
    Paso, TX, USA).  They are copyright by Michael Cox and SkyLine is
    available as a BBS through your local dealer.  There are several
    SkyLine BBSs around the world (some in UK for sure, don't know about
    Sweeden).  There are several others.  One of them is in California
    (the one I use) and it is at (619) 788-0449.  Anyone can use just
    about any term prog to get on the board.  Once there (it is set
    up as a "star ship") go to the "engineering deck" and then to the
    library.  There you can change your data base area to number 11
    (Nets&Comms) and find SkyPix, and SkyTerm (if you don't have JRComm
    [1.0 or better]).  You will need LHARC to decrompress and if you
    don't have LHARC (or current LZ) you can find LHARC.ZOO in the same
    place (of course you'll need ZOO to decompress LHARC.ZOO).  Several
    folks worked on SkyLine and SkyPix including some moral and otherwise
    support from Jay (the father) Miner.
    
    TOPGUN
4088.2SkylineCSCOAC::KENDRIX_JFri Sep 07 1990 14:2519
    Skypix is an Amiga specific protocol which allows real time animation
    during a session with a skyline BBS system.  The animation can be as
    high as 16 colors, and it is possible to send iff sound files which can
    be played in conjunction with the animation on the users screen.  Font
    changes are also possible, making for a variety of different effects
    with words.  
     
    Jay Miner, actually had nothing to do with the development of Skyline,
    or the protocol, about all he did was to run a copy of Skyline on his
    personal BBS.  
     
    I used to run Skyline as a beta tester, I really liked the software. 
    It has alot of powerful features.  The greatest drawback to the
    software was the cps rate at high speeds, ie 9600 and above.  Skyline,
    the last time that I looked a few months ago needed some severe
    protocol overhaul.
     
    JK