HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu (Eskandar Ensafi)
Subject: Cube Owners -- Are we shut out from RISC Upgrades?
Keywords: risc cube
Reply-To: esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:13:18 GMT

Hi,

Things are getting confusing now.  First someone posted than the rumored NeXT  
RISC Workstation (NRW or NeXTbrick) will have a 64-bit bus with a new, smaller  
form factor.  Then someone said that it will NOT be offered as a cube upgrade.   
Many posts appeared in comp.sys.next.advocacy, and finally came some VERY  
UNOFFICIAL GOOD NEWS:

* The backplane of the cube could be upgraded to support the 64-bit bus.
* The new form-factor would either fit in the cube.
* NeXT has decided to maintain the cube shape after all.

Then came some VERY DISTURBING POSTS, something along these lines:

* The cube will be dropped or made obsolete by the new form factor.
* No RISC or backplane upgrades for cubes -- EVER!!!

And then people stopped posting articles favoring maintaining the cube and  
upgrading it to a 64-bit bus w/ a RISC CPU... What happened?  You mean no one  
cares anymore?

Come on, people, do something.  Either get at the truth about the NRW, express  
your ideas or try to save the cube from a 680x0-bound future, if it even has a  
future at all!

- Eskandar Ensafi
From: sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: GNU sources for 3.0
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:27:50 GMT
Organization: LLNL Chemistry and Materials Science

According to the August nextworld extra, the battle for the inclusion of
GNU sources on the 3.0 release CD has been lost. Apparently, they will
be made available by ftp at some unspecified time. I might add that the
excuses offered were pretty lame.

Could one of the 3rd-party CD offerings, e.g., BaNG, pick these files up?

--
erik sowa (sowa@amdew.llnl.gov)
From: danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: NEW KEYBOARD!! HURRAY!
Summary: Layout
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:16:56 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

Since I can't Newsgraze, here's the layout of the keyboard in the 
UI Guide (pulled off from nova, I believe)

normal, then shifted character

ESC 1! 2@ 3# 4$ 5% 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) -_ =+ <-         LOUD POWER BRIGHT
TAB Q  W  E  R  T  Y  U  I  O  P  [{ ]} \|         SOFT       DIM
CTR A  S  D  F  G  H  J  K  L  ;: '" RETURN
SFT Z  X  C  V  B  N  M  ,< .> /? SHIFT		         UP
CAPS ALT HELP SPACE-BAR HELP ALT '~ (other quote)  LEFT DOWN RIGHT
	    COMMAND KEY-BAR


numeric keypad:

not sure about this one - image too fusy on printout
|
v
   /  *  -
7  8  9  +
4  5  6  +
1  2  3  Enter
0  0  .  Enter

anyway, pick up a copy of the UI guide if interested, it's on the archive
sites I believe.


Dan Hartman
danh@tekig6.pen.tek.com
omv@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: eer1@midway.uchicago.edu(Paul Woods)
Subject: SAS. Statistical Software
Reply-To: eer1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:01:21 GMT

Hi,

Does as good Stat package exist for the NeXT?  I have a user that needs to take  
250,000 records devided into 156 groups and get all the stats that are possible  
from this info.  Is this something that coud be done with Mathematica.  If I  
have to I can do it on a MacIIFX, so if nothing is out there for the NeXT then  
how about the Mac?

Thanks,

Paul-


--



____________________________________
	Paul R. Woods
     University of Chicago
From: pat@expovision
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Power sound
Date: 22 Jul 92 03:41:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: expovisi.1992Jul22.034159.249
Organization: Edition Electronique Expovision inc.

Bonjour,

I was wondering if there is a way to change the sound file played at  
power-up and if so how?

Tanks
Pat

NeXTMail Prefered
pat%expovision@cam.org 
-- 
_________*NeXTMail Prefered*_________
Patrique Lalonde
189 Le Grand Duc
Mont Shefford, Qc.
From: toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl (Toon Moene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Neuron,   ZyXel info wanted (Neuron modem problems - again)
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:55:34 GMT
Organization: Moene Computational Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In article <1992Jul28.180726.3141@metrosoft.com> gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon  
Van Huizen) writes:

[ ... ]

> The specific problem we encounter on our 1414's is that while 
> transmitting to some fax machines, the connection will be broken (after 
> a significant delay) during the confirmation phase between the cover 
> page and the body of the fax. Has anyone else run into this? It's quite 
> repeatable with the receiving fax machines that induce the problem. Is 
> this a problem in the ROMs or in the Neuron driver? (I'm praying it's in 
> the ROMs...).

Perhaps I should add my two cents (Dfl 0.02), because the reason of  
malfunctioning of MY Neuron modem I've never seen described before, and it  
might be a very general 'bug'. I discovered it in May, when it steadily  
grew warmer in the Netherlands (even got days with 20+ degrees - Celsius  
that is). You know what: as soon as the room temperature goes beyond 23,  
the modem starts to get 'carrier problems', the SQ (signal quality) light  
starts to flicker and after a while (on a News transfer) it simply  
declares 'carrier lost'. I solve this by getting a litre pack of yoghurt  
out of the refrigerator and laying it on the modem just a quarter of an  
hour before the news transfer starts: no problem (that's how I got this  
one - temperature is now 24).

--
Toon Moene (toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl)
Kantershof 269, 1104 GN  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel.: + 31 20 6982029; Fax: + 31 20 6003411
No Disclaimers; a NeXT at home protects against this occupational hazard.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: dmitri@physics (Dmitri Linde)
Subject: Re: Answers to InstantTeX Questions
Organization: none
Distribution: world,local
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:43:27 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.024043.3522@arizona.edu> zazula@pri.com writes:
>
>Hi -
>
>Not to be an instigator or anything, but:
>
>> 1. InstantTeX makes it possible to TeX your file directly from Edit
>> via a keystroke. 
>> 
>
>So does adding this to your ~/.commandict file:
>
>TeX	X	texsis -V $file&
>
>This adds the menu entry "TeX" with the command-key equivalent "X" to your  
>Utilities->UserCommands menu in Edit.  I use TeXsis but you can change it to  
>read:
>
>TeX	X	tex -V $file&
>
>etc...  It helps to have TeXview launched before running this - if you don't,  
>you'll have to quit TeXview before you can go back and edit your document...
>
>I don't recall who sent me this hack but I've been using it for quite a while  
>and the price is right...
>
>Ralph

There are two problem with this hack. If there is an error in the file, TeX
will quit and will not let you tell it to ignore the error or to
ignore all errors. Another problem is that you have to wait until TeX is
done until you can continue to work on the file. You do not have to wait
if you are using TeX from a Terminal or if you use InstantTeX. I have
used this hack myself, but I usually found myself Typing the TeX command
in the Terminal instead, because I did not want to wait for 2 mins while
the 100 page manual got TeXed.

		- Dmitri Linde

Please reply to dmitri@StarConn.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: greg@donald.claremont.edu (Tigger)
Subject: Re: NeXT's vs. mainframes -- sales of 6000 machines
Reply-To: greg@pomona.claremont.edu
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:38:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.154622.22534@pencom.com> alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)  
writes:
> * <PLUG FOR OUR PRODUCT -- DON'T FLAME ME> if you need X compatibility, you  
can  
> always consider co-Xist, our rootless implementation of the X11R4

Okay.  I'm a customer.  I'll say it.  co-Xist works quite well, and Pencom
as a company seems to have a really good attitude (unlike their only
commercial competition who has promised *twice* to put me on their beta
testing list, but hasn't yet done it).

For the record, I have no relation to Pencom except as a satisfied customer.
There.  That ought to take any heat off of Alex...  :-)

--
Greg Orman                                       greg@pomona.claremont.edu
Systems Manager                        NeXTmail: greg@donald.claremont.edu
Seaver Academic Computing Services
Pomona College                              Standard disclaimer-type stuff
Xref: sparky comp.sys.next.misc:18023 comp.sys.next.advocacy:1340 comp.sys.next:201
From: pab6t@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Peter A Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next
Subject: Graphics on the NeXT
Keywords: graphics, windows, NeXT
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:03:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

Hello friends...

I am wondering if anyone has seen the following software either
for sale or otherwise:

(1)  An X-Windows emulator for the NeXT that allows the user to log
     onto a remote system (through a NeXT window) and execute software
     to create graphics on the NeXT.

(2)  A package of C or FORTRAN callable graphics routines that run on
     the NeXT. So far, the only graphics utility we can get to run
     on the NeXT is Mathematica.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please respond via e-mail.

Pete Becker

pab6t@astsun.astro.virginia.edu

1-202-404-7597
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: T3000 settings for NeXT?
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:38:28 GMT

Could someone send their working T3000 settings for various things
(dialin, dialout)?

Thanks.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: jlph7@fel.tno.nl (Joost van Lawick van Pabst)
Subject: image processing
Organization: TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 12:10:23 GMT

I would like to have a list of image processing
software for the NeXT. I don't care wether it is
public domain or not. Please if you have any
information, reply to me.

Joost
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.laptops
From: warren@cs.stanford.edu (Mark A. Warren)
Subject: Re: Looking for unusual 486 Notebook / portable
Organization: Stanford, CS Dept.
Date: 28 Jul 92 08:13:23


In article <1992Jul28.010212.9657@pages.com> bruce@pages.com (Bruce Henderson) writes:

   I need to find a portable intel based machine with the following features

   486/25 DX or better CPU
   8-32 MB Memory (or better)
   At least a 200 MB Hard disk
   (and now the tough one)

   a screen resolution of at least 1024x768.  

Is this so that you can run NextStep 486 on the laptop? :-)

Mark


--
Mark W.
mark.warren@cs.stanford.edu
H: (415) 497-6816
W: (415) 723-2064
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: rscott@spock.NMSU.Edu (Joseph Good)
Subject: Checking disk space from terminal window
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:58:06 GMT


Is there a way to see how much space is left on the hard disk and not use the  
workspace?  I'm wanting to check it on a remote machine (i.e. the printer  
server) and that is in another room... and most of the time, somebody else is  
on.

any suggestions?

--

Joseph Good
+-------------------+ - More than just a band....
| Green Dot Brigade | - It's a whole damn army of dots...
+-------------------+ - And we've declared war on the 7-Up dots...

rscott@nmsu.edu (NeXT mail welcome!!)

atlantis@acca.nmsu.edu  (Just plain ol' Unix)
Organization: Junior, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:13:26 -0400 
From: Greg Howard Rhodes <gr1c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Alpha in tiffs
	<1992Jul22.155249.556@leland.Stanford.EDU>
	<1992Jul29.043911.5426@redbrick.com>
	<1992Jul29.191126.1144@cbfsb.cb.att.com>

Is there any way of getting rid of alpha in tiffs WITHOUT having to load
it in using a NeXT App, click on the alpha toggle, save, etc, etc... I'm
looking for a nice quick'n'easy command line method...

Greg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell)
Subject:  Edit Printing question
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:16:41 GMT

When I print files from edit - they come out in landscape mode!
How do I switch this?  

-- 
amlovell@phoenix.princeton.edu     ...since 1963.
From: danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: roach-type program for NeXT?
Date: 30 Jul 92 01:38:47 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

Has anyone made a roach-type program for the NeXT yet?
IE: bugs crawl under your windows, then scatter once you move them.

Thanks,

Dan Hartman
danh@tekig6.pen.tek.com
omv@athena.mit.edu
From: bwebster@pages.com (Bruce F. Webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Direct Memory Mapped displays for NeXT 486 (besides Dell JAWS)
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:01:05 GMT
Reply-To: bwebster@pages.com
Organization: Banzai Research Institute

In article <1992Jul23.014214.14059@sfc.sony.com> berger@sfc.sony.com (Bob  
Berger) writes:
> Allegedly NeXT 486 will work with VGA and Super VGA only in 2bit Greyscale.
> To do color and to be highest performance, one will need a Direct Memory  
Mapped
> display buffer with an appropriate color lookup table architecture (4/8 bits
> Red, 4/8 bits green, 4/8 bits blue, not the PC tradition of asymetrical RGB).
> 
> The only one we have found so far is the Dell JAWS, does anyone know of other
> motherboard, VESA or EISA board display implementations that meet these
> requirements?
> 

At the Publishing Developers Workshop last month, NeXT mentioned the Q-Vision  
system (from Compaq) and even Chip-and-Technology's Wingine as potentially  
compatible video systems. I don't actually know of anything outside of JAWS  
which is currently available, though.  ..bruce..

Bruce F. Webster
Director, BRI
bwebster@pages.com
#import <pages/disclaimer.h>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: rademach@alumni.cs.colorado.edu (SIMON RADEMACHER)
Subject: Re: Two-headed cubes & brightness control
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:36:06 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.161811.3277@cs.ucla.edu> esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu writes:
>Hi,
>
>When you have a two-headed cube (ND & monochrome) with the color display  
>attached to the ND set up as the *main* screen, do the brightness controls (on  
>the keyboard & in Preferences) affect the monochrome, color or both displays?
>
>Thanks!
>
>- Eskandar Ensafi


Both.  The screen saver works on both too.  Backspace will dim both, and
color the background of both.  It does not, however, do its screen saver
drawings on both, only the one set up as the main screen.
From: rob@shw.optics.rochester.edu (Rob Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: disabling keyboard equivalents?
Date: 26 Jul 92 00:36:28 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester Computing Center



	Is it possible to disable Terminal's Command-q quiting, or, put more  
generally, to override the keyboard equivalents in an application for which you  
don't have the sorce code. Of late I have been pocessed by demons and keep  
quiting out of Terminal, in the middle of things.

thanks

rob
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From: lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Cost for OS upgrades?
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:44:05 GMT
Reply-To: lemson@fnbc.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA

In article <1992Jul28.133734.5128@fnbc.com> lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)  
writes:
> You have until Aug. 31,1992 to purchase the CD-ROM/3.0 bundle for $695  
>minus standard discount.  Contact your local campus/area reseller for 
> exact pricing.
I shouldn't post like that without checking my info.  It's actually  
September 30 which is the cutoff.  

--
David Lemson                                           (312) 732-4741
FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com                          NeXTMail accepted
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: stupid Net tricks
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:26:53 GMT

basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David Basiji) writes:


>Not long ago, I posted the following:

>>Don't forget NeXTWorld Expo as the preferred event for the
>>announcement/ introduction for new hardware.  That's
>>February 1993.

>This was not meant to be a definitive statement of fact, it was an
>extrapolation from limited data in conjunction with some discussions
>with people who are in a position to know.  Due to massive brainfade, I failed
>to explicitly label it as such and have paid the price in flamemail
>and public labelling of "at best, misinformed".  Consider the statement 
>retracted.  

I was wondering if you knew something we didn't....
I'd be interested in knowing if there are plans for this yet.  Simson?
Anyone?
-- 
David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant  / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                 UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
NeXTMail accepted                                   BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: jscherer@novell.com
Subject: WANTED: Good Budget spreadsheet for Improv
Reply-To: jscherer@novell.com
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:01:20 GMT

Can anyone tell me where I can get a good, personal budgeting  
spreadsheet for improv, (Good being the key word!)


John Scherer
jscherer@tsnext.novell.com

NeXT Mail OK!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: captain@spock.cs.wisc.edu (Andrew T. Foster)
Subject: Re: Direct Memory Mapped displays for NeXT x86 - CORRECTION
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:04:49 GMT


In comp.sys.next.misc article  
<1992Jul23.150932.1959@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> you wrote:
> In article <1992Jul23.014214.14059@sfc.sony.com> berger@sfc.sony.com  
(Bob  
> Berger) writes:
> > The only one we have found so far is the Dell JAWS, does anyone know  
of  
> other
> > motherboard, VESA or EISA board display implementations that meet  
these
> > requirements?
> 
> According to the release anouncements about NS486, the only colour spec  
> the Intel port will support is JAWS. You *must* have video RAM on the  
> system bus in order to run the colour OS. Nothing else is fast enough...
> --
> Adrian Smith
> University of Alberta NeXT Campus Consultant
> adrian@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca
> Audix: 5482

	Howdy,

  First of all, this is incorrect. NeXTSTEP x86 will support more than one  
video board for 16-bit color. How do I know this? I met the guy in charge  
of NeXTSTEP x86 in early June. This is not confidential information. He  
got up in front of our NeXT Developer's Class and talked to us about it.  
He told us some information and said it was allright to pass it on. So  
here it is; 
  
  NeXTSTEP x86 already supports JAWS and Compuadd Q-Card's (or something)  
at THE TIME I WAS THERE (they already probably have a few more video  
boards lined up). They are looking to write drivers for many of the more  
powerful and available video cards in the CLone area. NeXTSTEP x86 also  
has support for a lot of the soundcards available. "A NeXT engineer is  
bonkers on sound", he said. That engineer went and acquired a handful of  
cards such as the Soundblaster and wrote some compatible drivers. 
  Another thing, I would drop the "486" from NeXTSTEP. Its NOT OFFICIAL,  
but he mentioned that the 486 should be dropped because NeXTSTEP will run  
on a 386-sx, a 386-40Mhz, etc. Why? Support for NOTEBOOKS! The  
notebook/portable version will ship after the initial release of NeXTSTEP  
x86. I put in the "x86" just to make that clear. I think its much more  
suitable. If people would read FAQ's more often, they would notice a blurb  
in there on the "x86". Check the FAQ if you want more information.
  To penetrate a market as diverse as the DOS Clone world, NeXTSTEP must  
be compatible with many of the heavily-used cards. They realize that. The  
fellow in charge is quite a intelligent person who came across as knowing  
exactly what he is doing. I think everyone is going to be pleasantly  
surprised when it is released.

	Thanks!

	- C
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From: matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Diagram -> ??
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:46:08 GMT
Originator: matthews@oberon.umd.edu

Is there any way to export a Diagram! document into a foreign format,
_preserving the object oriented nature of the document_?

Something like Diagram! to Adobe Illustrator format.  Assume that cut 'n
paste is not an option since AI could very well be running on a Mac.

What say you, Lighthouse?

On a semi-related note, what commercial document converters are out there?  I
don't care about graphics formats, there are already plenty of them.  Stuff
like Improv to Excel, although Improv (and WingZ) can do common formats so
it's not a very good example.
------
Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted)
------
Captain Penny's Law:
	You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of
	the people all of the time, but you Can't Fool Mom.
From: sam_s@NeXT.com (Sam Streeper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Two-headed cubes & brightness control
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:13:19 GMT
Reply-To: sam_s@NeXT.com

rademach@alumni.cs.colorado.edu (SIMON RADEMACHER) writes:
> >When you have a two-headed cube (ND & monochrome) with the color display  
> >attached to the ND set up as the *main* screen, do the brightness controls  
> > (on the keyboard & in Preferences) affect the monochrome, color or both
> > displays?
> Both.  The screen saver works on both too.  Backspace will dim both, and
> color the background of both.  It does not, however, do its screen saver
> drawings on both, only the one set up as the main screen.

Thanks to the wonders of PostScript, you can do this by changing 1 line
of code to substitute the coordinates of the workspace window for those
of the main screen.  I think I even left a function in the pswraps to get
this value for you.  However, it may take more memory, it's hard to get
good performace from a window that exists on different bit-depth screens,
and I didn't like the effect of stars originating "between" the screens,
so I didn't include this behavior.

-sam

--
Opinions are not those of my employer.  They're not even mine.  They're
probably wrong besides.  How did they get in here, anyway?
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