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From: glens@natinst.com (Glen Sescila)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: De Re Atari
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:05:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: natinst.1992Aug14.170537.14640
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX


	I have a De Re Atari book for sale.  $20 and I will pay shipping
within the continental United States.
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Subject: Re: Laser Printer
From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:42:55 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <tatmanl.13xe@terapin.com>, tatmanl@terapin.com (Lance Tatman) writes:
> Does anyone have their 8bit hooked up to a laser printer.  I have an HPIIIP and
> sometimes it would be easier to hook it up to the 8bit.  Are there any drivers
> out there for the HP?  Id like to use it with Atari Writer or Text Pro.  I
> tried writing my own driver for Atari Writer, but no luck.
> Any input would be helpful at this point.

     Well, doesn't it have some sort of Epson emulation mode? If it
does, I would use it. (If you need an Epson printer driver for
AtariWriter, I have one.)

Later.......

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From: brett@visix.com (Brett Bourbin)
Subject: Re: Star Wars & ATARI
Reply-To: brett@visix.com
Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 15:00:44 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.204614.27995@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>  
hill@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael Hill) writes:
> This, along with all the subsequent posts, reminds me of the poster who
> started this thread, saying George Lucas wanted *his machine* back;  
maybe
> he had custom hardware from ATARI in his 800??!!  Interesting thought!

Well, being the original poster, all I can relate is what was told to me.  
George DID in fact own an Atari, he DID in fact bring it to B&C to be  
fixed, he DID in fact want it fixed, not replaced, since it was used in  
his movies. Maybe the owner of B&C is confused about which movie (SW or  
ROTJ).

Another interesting point, later on, George and Atari did in fact come up  
with some deal, and that was why Lucasfilm Games was created. Too bad it  
was not honored when Atari was bought.
--                                    __
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From: hill@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael Hill)
Subject: Re: secrets of $E477 (on my 130XE)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:09:11 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.180026.21701@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> UJ1G@DKAUNI2.BITNET
(Marek Tomczyk) writes:
>Just out of curiosity, I disassembled the first part of the
>power up routine staring at $E477.
>There's one thing I don't understand about it.
>Somewhere at the beginning of the routine the OS determines if
>the trigger of the 3rd (!) joystick has been pressed when the computer
>is powering up. In this case another subroutine is called.
>
>The interesting thing about it is that my 130XE doesn't have
>any plugs for more than two joysticks. When I try to check the
>hardware register for the 3rd joystick's trigger, it says that the
>trigger has been pressed. Does this register have another function
>on my 130XE than on the 400/800s?
>I could guess that this register indicates the presence of extra
>RAM or something. Am I right?
>I recall something about the 3rd and 4th joystick ports of the
>800s being redesigned for memory management purposes on XL/XE
>computers and therefore no longer available to the outside world.
>This is obvious for the PORTB register, but what has happend with
>the triggers?

You are correct about the memory management.  This location in no way
corresponds to any kind of joystick or paddle input on the XL/XE's, so
it is meaningless to associate the memory read with joystick trigger #3.

The OS code is checking for an XL/XE machine.

Regards,

			--Michael

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From: ab588@yfn.ysu.edu (joseph sabatino)
Subject: Re: CRASH!
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:55:49 GMT


I like your ideas on DD3...I just wish Roy Goldman or someone 
would write a patch or something to DD3 to include Star Color
9 pin printers.  It would be nice to fill an outline character
with color or a patterened color or different color text onthe 
same page.
I wrote a few routines to change the colors and go back to the
top of page to print another color but I have to exit DD3 to
do it.
-- 
Joe Sabatino-->ab588@yfn.ysu.edu
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Wanted: Atari Age #1
Date: 16 Aug 92 20:10:24 GMT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler) writes:

> Andy Floyd
> 114 Euclid Ave.
> Minerva, OH 44657-1519

(irt: Oscar Fowler, but Posted to Andy...)

I have 2 copies (perhaps only one?  I remember my brother and I had 
seperate subscriptions) of the #1 issue.  I don't recall if they ever 
made a #1 issue in the magazine style (we will have it if they did) but I 
DO know we DO have the FIRST ever issue, which was b/w printed on 
newsprint.  I will NOT sell this thing for ANY amount of money (well.. at 
least that you'd give up! :) ), but I COULD send you a photocopy of it 
(for a small copy/postage fee, which I'll figure out once I know whether 
you want this or not... ie- someone else might give up a copy to you).

BTW: anyone else want a copy!?  ;)
                                                        Bill (I'm lucky!)

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                   August 16, 1992
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: CRASH!
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 00:51:46 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

ab588@yfn.ysu.edu (joseph sabatino) writes:

> I wrote a few routines to change the colors and go back to the
> top of page to print another color but I have to exit DD3 to
> do it.
> -- 

Well having multiple fonts might be something to do it.  3 fonts all 
called "MAGENTA.NLQ", "CYAN.NLQ", etc. (course each "MAGENTA"'d have to 
be on a seperate disk, etc.)  From there insert the "MAGENTA" disk, in 
which all fonts that need to print magenta have characters in them and 
print.  Then insert the "CYAN" disk (which has again all the colors 
you're going to print, but only "CYAN", "PURPLE", and "GREEN", and maybe 
more have actual characters.  Everything else has blank characters (no 
dots, but the proportional widths of each character remainds..)

If you want to print black (with only three colors printing, that is) 
you'd have data in the "BLACK.NLQ" files on all 3 disks.  

Get it?         That was pretty difficult to describe.  To sum it up you 
have 3 disks, each with about 9 fonts on them.  All 3 disks LOOK 
identical (same font files on them.  All the "CYAN" files would have the 
same sector length, ditto w/ the other 8 fonts), but when the fonts are 
printed, sometimes they print out onto the page and sometimes they dont.



Hey..   how about 24-pin printer compatibility!?  ;)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: bovine@engin.umich.edu (Mitchell Rohde)
Subject: IBM to 8bit null modem
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 12:33:00 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

   I read here that sio2pc is good for ibm/atari communication..

   has anyone just wired a null modem between the two?

  through the 850..??

.
From: a644690c@edinboro.edu ("Adam J. Conover")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: G: source code.
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:43:36 GMT

Hi, 

Could somebody be kind enough to e-mail me the Source Code to the G: handler.
I need to relocate it to a much lower start address (around $1400) so I can
use it with Turbo Basic.

Thanks,
-Adam Conover. 
    a644690c@edinboro.edu. 
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From: bovine@engin.umich.edu (Mitchell Rohde)
Subject: 1030 modem
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 09:38:21 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

  WANTED : 1030 direct connect 300 baud atari modem....

    mail me....   bovine@CAEN.engin.umich.edu
From: bruck@BRACHOT.JCT.AC.IL (Itay Chamie1)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Percom w/3-1/2" drives?
Date: 22 Aug 92 20:15:14 GMT
X-Unparsable-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 23:14:17 EET DST

Can a Percom controller use 3-1/2" drives? If so, how fast? How much
space can it use? 1.44 MB?
Please Email responses to me.                                Itay
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Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
Date: Friday, 7 Aug 1992 20:49:25 EST
From: Jeff McWilliams <JJMCWILL@MTUS5.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: FOR SALE

For Sale:

1050 drive with Happy Enhancement, has write protect override switch
added to front, for always write, never write, or standard operation.
Comes with Happy 7.1 Software, which among other things allows reading and
writing to an IBM Formatted 180K disk.  Asking $200 or best offer, this
is a must sell!

Also have a Microprint printer cable, allows standard Centronics Printers
to be used with Atari 8 bit.  $15.00 OBO.

Buyer(s) pays shipping.  Please send responses to jjmcwill@mtus5.cts.mtu.edu


Jeff McWilliams
From: potter@sunny0.dab.ge.com (Jeff Potter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 800XL as a server
Date: 14 Aug 92 21:53:23 GMT
Organization: General Electric SCSD, Daytona Beach FL

In article <1992Aug12.211030.6623@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, hill@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael Hill) writes:
|> One minor suggestion, if 'twouldn't be too hard to implement:  Howzabout the
|> possibility of modem play?  (This seems to be a growing trend in ST games,
|> BTW.)  Since you're doing entirely SIO communications, you wouldn't (probably)

Yes, modem play is a definite possibility, although I don't know how
multi-line BBSes get more than two people online at once.  We also
kicked around porting the program to other platforms, and connecting
them to the SIO line.  We really only use about three lines on the
serial cable, so other systems could probably adapt fairly easily.

But we're first going to get the SIO version going.  Someone asked if
we were going to sell the octopus cable/cable box.  We probably could,
and might, but we'll also describe how to do it yourself with readily
available hardware (existing SIO cables or SIO connectors).

-- 
Jeff Potter
....potter@sunny0.dab.ge.com
....74030.2020@compuserve.com
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 1200XL Video/Composite -> CGA/Dead 800 Color
Date: 16 Aug 92 20:17:42 GMT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

poehland%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM writes:

> it's time for electrolytic failures to start showing up.  There's a pot in th
> to adjust the color balance.  Corrosion/crud on that pot could be the culprit
> Treatment of the pot with Cramolin followed by realignment of the color (usin
> COLORBAR or TESTBILD software) is the prescription there.
> 

Oh!  Where can one get these programs?!  (I have a helluva time keeping m 
hue knob on my TV, the color Pot in my 1200xl, and the Clrvregs.Dat file 
for ColrView all in the right place.  If a ColrView pic looks good, 
people's faces on TV are purple, if the rest of the computer's colors are 
normal (how I remember 'em ever since I've had the thing), people's faces 
are orange!  I think I'd 
like to get my hands on 'em!

thanx

(are they PD?)

"Be seeing you!"
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From: ncrawler@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us (Steve Goldfein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Wanted: Atari Age #1
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:29:31 GMT
Organization: The Big Sky BBS (+1 614 864 1198)

vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell)) writes:

> Speaking of Atari Age, does anyone know what the volume and number
> of the *last* issue was?
> 
>   VGR
> 
also could someone tell me where top get it?  And how I can get it 
emailed to me?



----
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ncrawler@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us 
{n8emr|nstar}!bluemoon!bsbbs!ncrawler
The Big Sky BBS (+1 614 864 1198)
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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
Subject: Re: Math Progs for the 8-bit
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 12:38:09 GMT


In article <1992Aug13.051009.29841@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bp112@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven C. Lin) writes:
>
>I too have written programs that find the DEFINITE integral and/or NUMERIC
>derivative of a function at a certain point.  But, from what I have seen
>of Derive/Mathematica type programs (which the original post refered to),
>they are able to find the INDEFINITE integral and/or the indefinite (is
>that the right term?) derivitive, that is, the function that expresses the
>int. or der., not just the answer...

Anybody remember ALGICALC (I believe that was the name)? It was a
program written in Atari BASIC which could do various mathematical
stuff, including differentiation. You could give it x^2 and it would
come back with a derivative of 2x. The user interface sucked major goat
eggs, but it predated programs like Mathematica, TK Solver, MathCAD, et.
al. by MANY years, and ran in BASIC on a "lowly" 8-bit machine.

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From: bbs@neb (BBS System 801-967-8072)
Subject: Re: IBM 360K Drive Mechs/Percom Controllers
Organization: Nebula BBS - Salt Lake City Utah, USA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:06:05 GMT

The Percomm config I have is a Double Density/single sided with a slave
24 pin connector and a printer card slot. I tried to connect a standard
IBM 360k drive mech via the correct cable and using my IBM for power -
when attempting to access the 360k mech, the light came on, but no head
movement was seen.
.
Any ideas?
.
James King
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Posted by BBS User: James King
From: hill@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Need help setting up a system
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:30:26 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <1992Aug12.055941.29720@wam.umd.edu> lenin@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Alejandro Perez-Pulido) writes:
>first, which connection goes from the first drive into the computer andthen
>which one goes from the first to the second drive, I keep getting the
>scroling "boot error" message.

The order in which the drives are connected (daisy chain) doesn't matter.
But it sounds to me like you have a drive ID conflict; either both of the
drives are set to the same number, or neither is set to #1.  Check the drive
selector switches on both units (in back, inside a small [round?] hole).

>thanks in advance

Hope this helps.

			--Michael

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From: cptvideo@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (david.vlack)
Subject: More; looking for a good home
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:23:25 GMT
Keywords: for sale


I have a few remaining 8-bit items that people still active
with 8 bits could use:


1) 1050 Happy drive with latest software
2) 1050 US Doubled drive
3) A hacked 400 that has a real keyboard, 256K RAM, and
   a three position switch that allows it to look like a
   48K 800 including 400-800 OS, a 256K 800 with Mosaic
   style 4K block bankswitching, or a 256K XE with Newell
   style addressing with XE OS and BASIC rev C. This machine
   will run anything. Includes an extra PAL which has the
   logic for doing most of the above wonders.
4) SDX cartridge

Everything works fine. Power supplies and DOCs included. Extra
drive belt included with the 1050's.

regards,

Dave Vlack                           cptvideo@ixstar.att.com
AT&T Bell Labs                       (708) 713-5003
1200 E. Warrenville Rd.
Naperville, Il. 60566-0545
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: I GOT A DUMB TERMINAL!!!!
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 18:39:45 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Hey everyone!  My friend's dad owns a company that produces networking 
hardware and had bought a ton of old equipment for $cheap$ from a 
wherehouse and is now dumping it all.  So I got to look through the stuff 
and just figured out that one of the things I picked out (look like a 
monitor) is a VT-101 dumb terminal! (I hope I'm right!!)  We plugged it 
in and all that was on the screen was a blinking 80 column cursor, but I 
bet if I hook my SX212 up to it via the RS232 I'll be online with the 
thing! (I also need a keyboard, but that's been promised to me as well.)  

The thing is (if any of you can help me out on hooking it up.. dont wanna 
blow myself to peices ;) ) a Qume model QVT-101.  It has a base with a 
brightness knob on the front, and on the back a power switch, fuse, and 
two 25-pin RS232 ports- one labeled "AUX" and the other "EIA."  I suppose 
it would only take a little guessing as to what goes where, but I THINK 
that the "EIA" is for keyboards.  

Now for the problem (other than where to PUT it!!?!?!?!).  Since it has 
no drives and seems to simply be a monitor that you stick a modem and a 
keyboard into, I'll still need my Atari and good ol' BobTerm to do file 
xfers.  I'm wondering if I can have BOTH the RS232 port AND the SIO port 
in at the same time.  Would this short any of the 3 components out!?!?

Well, any info. on this here junked (but working) Qume "QVT-101" would be 
MUCH appreciated, esp. info. on hooking it and the SX212 up together.  
(there's no way for BOTH the Qume and the Atari to talk to the modem at 
the SAME time, is there!!?!?!?)

Thanx in advance.               Happy happy joy joy! I gotta dumb term!!

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                   August 21, 1992
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: bbs@neb (BBS System 801-967-8072)
Subject: Re: CGS and all that good stuff...
Organization: Nebula BBS - Salt Lake City Utah, USA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:58:51 GMT

You can find the entire CGS packae on the Korner BBS locally at
801-965-8450. The only BBS that currently supports it (to my knowlede
annyway) is TOM HUNT's Closer To Home BBS..
-----
Posted by BBS User: James King
From: JJMCWILL@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU (Jeff McWilliams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Monitor for sale
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:11:28 GMT

For Sale:

Teknika 13 inch color display monitor.
Has inputs for NTSC Composite, or separated luminance and chroma, and
audio.

300 pixels horizontal resolution using composite input
400 pixels horizontal resolution using separated input

Controls for H pos, V Hold, Contrast, bright, color, tint.

still have original owners manual.
Great monitor for Atari 8 bit, or as a VCR monitor.
Well taken care of, I have added a non-glare screen to the front.
No burn marks in the screen.
High voltage transformer was replaced a couple years ago and it has
worked fine since.  I would normally NOT part with this monitor.
Simply put, it's one of the best I've used.  But money is tight,
and I've got to let it go.

Asking $100.00



Jeff McWilliams    ---->  jjmcwill@mtus5.cts.mtu.edu
jjmcwill@mtus5.mtu.edu    jjmcwill@mtus5.mtu.edu.BITNET
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From: ab588@yfn.ysu.edu (joseph sabatino)
Subject: Re: 800XL as a server
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:35:53 GMT


You need more than an R: handler to port a game play over the 
modem.   You need a Color Graphic System..which BTW is already
produced by Tom Hunt on CTH BBS 419-368-4413.  The thing produces
real color graphics gr.8, gr.9, gr.15 I know cuz I got it on my
BBS too.  Tom's currently writing a Alternate Reality like game
to be played over the modem with Atari CGS.  Of course, you have
to have Bobterm w/CGS handler to see it.  It also works by a
Joystick and has many, many different fonts that load from ram-
disk.  Tom wrote a rd that works from stock XLs so that they can
see CGS too. The only ones that can't have CGS are stock old
800 ataris....requires 64k not 48k.
-- 
Joe Sabatino-->ab588@yfn.ysu.edu
From: ab588@yfn.ysu.edu (joseph sabatino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: CGS and all that good stuff...
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:14:50 GMT
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net


Bill...these CGS fonts don't look good at all unless you run them
thru the Editor program Tom Hunt wrote for sysops or call a CGS
board with CGS running on your side....the boards I mentioned are
in ohio but the boards Tom mentions are in 519 (canada) and 707
(north western Calf. just above the bay area).
The new version (CGS093.arc) has patches and docs etc. of how
to run it on Mydos and Ataridos.
-- 
Joe Sabatino-->ab588@yfn.ysu.edu
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