HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: kensaga@diku.dk (Kenneth Fribert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: My harddrive is not validated!
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:59:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: odin.1992Apr7.145936.27848
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German) writes:

>>From what you describe, you are out of luck.  Just format and reload
>>from your back-up tapes...you DO have back-up tapes, right?  No?
>>How about floppies?  Icky, but they're your last chance...  Good luck.
>	No do not do that... Your amiga should revalidate the drive for
>you after some time... Just keep pressing Retry a few hundred times or so.
>Also if you really want to solve all your problems get QUARTERBACK TOOLS
>it should be able to solve alot of rpoblems on this matter and in the
>future.

It is probably a problem for the disk-validator to be loaded (I assume you run 1.3, since 2.0 has it in ROM).
So a good idea, is to boot from a Workbench floppy, and then wait until it is validated.
And the in future, don`t turn off your computer until it has finished writing to the disk.

Regards
Kenneth Fribert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Subject: Re: Slow mouse (was...)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 18:00:14 GMT

In article <monster.03ae@mbear.pub.uu.oz.au> monster@mbear.pub.uu.oz.au (Martin Ozolins) writes:
>In article <29858@cbmvax.commodore.com> mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:
>>itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack) writes:
>>>
>>>OK, speaking of 2.04 WorkBench speed....
>>>Has anyone else noticed that when you move the mouse around
>>>the whole machine seems to really slow down.  As if moving the
>>>pointer is eating up serious CPU time.  I can't figure out what
>>>is going on here, but it didn't happen under 1.3.  BTW, I'm on
>>>a 68000 based Amiga 2000 with 3 Megs of RAM and a 40 Meg HD.
>>>
	My experience is that if the system is loaded down movement
of the mouse becomes "jumpy", because an IECLASS_RAWMOUSE input event
is not generated each time it is moved. IECLASS_RAWMOUSE input events
include an XY coordinate field, but the coordinates contained therein
are relative to its previous position. When fewer IECLASS_RAWMOUSE 
input events are insertable, the delta from its previous to new position
for those that do is greater.

jeff

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: olsons@dsuvax.dsu.edu (Steve (Bagger) Olson)
Subject: Re: AmaxII HD Partition
Keywords: AMAX HD help ME TOO!!!!
Organization: Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 06:06:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.045155.5807@cs.uow.edu.au> u9148043@cs.uow.edu.au (Justin Jay Lister) writes:
>I am having troubles getting the Mac Partition on my Hard Drive formatted
>
>I have 2000 GVP II HC8+4 120Meg Q and running under 1.3 or 2.04 i have
>three partitions on my hard drive dh0: dh1: amax: (for the amax partition)
>i have also copied the required devs file to the devs/ of dh0:
>when i boot into amaxii it recognizes the hard drive, prompts me if i wish
>initalise it. But it doesn't put up an icon  for it (doesn't seem to 
>initalise  to hd partition properly)
>
>Could someone please email me with complete details step by step to install
>it.
>
>Thanx
>-- 
>|.####...#....#..######.| Amiga 2000 HD 120+5Meg  &  Amiga 500              |
>|.#...#..#....#..#......|   email:  u9148043@cs.uow.edu.au                  |
>|.####...#....#..###....|If it is worth doing, then do it properly -Use AMI |
>|.#...#...####...#......|DONT ASK IF I WANT A FERRARI JUST GIVE ME A PORSCHE|

Same problem here....
 
 If some kind soul would E-mail me the solution, I shall be grateful..
 
 olsons@dsuvax.dsu.edu
From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: 337 shells on an Amiga 500 - WB is **slow**
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:54:00 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose) writes:
>In article <30072@cbmvax.commodore.com> mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:
>>Now, some other design changes can make a big difference in speed of both
>>layers and the graphics rendering methods.  And such changes can easily
>>gain 500% to 600% in speed.
>
>Please, go on!  I want to hear how the system can be optimized so much, and
>also why CBM hasn't gone and done it yet!

Maybe you should read my signature...  And also understand that we don't
just sit around doing nothing after a release of the OS.  Technology always
continues to advance.

/----------------------------------------------------------------------\
|      /// Michael Sinz  -  Senior Amiga Software Engineer             |
|     ///                   Operating System Development Group         |
|    ///   BIX:  msinz      UUNET:  rutgers!cbmvax!mks                 |
|\\\///                                                                |
| \XX/     "I think not." said Ren'e Descartes, then he vanished.      |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
From: 01ksdavis@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: .info Magazine has
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:15:17 GMT


	Today, I bought my last issue of .info.  (#49)

	I had to buy some good, heavy caffeine before reading it, as I already
knew what had happened.

	After reading all of the important columns in it, I could barely keep
from crying.

	I am going to miss this Amiga magazine.  A lot.

	I always liked their covers.  If any of the designers of the covers
read usenet, we could post a top-10 list of cover art to cheer them up.

	IF .info comes back, I will not continue to buy it from the Newsstands,
instead I WILL SUBSCRIBE FOR THREE YEARS, like everybody else is saying, but I
really mean it.  I would be willing to put my monthly .info dosage to the whims
of the United States Postal department.

	Still haven't read it from cover to cover yet-dont think I can without
breaking into tears.  

	IF .info doesn't come back, let's hope that AmigaWorld doesn't forget
the Amiga users who can't afford mucho deniro to use their systems.  This seems
to be a major problem in AmigaWorld.  other than that, it's okay.

	It isn't as great as .info, because .info was a pioneer in its
field-first magazine published and created entirely by home computers.  I
recall with tears the reader who wrote in asking if just an actual computer
actually writes everything (shades of futureistic AI, no doubt.)  Of course,
everybody else who read the magazine wanted to know, too.

	Which brings me to my next question-maybe some AmigaWorld staffers
could clear some things up for me.  After all, I do buy your magazine, too.

	1-is AmigaWorld created on computers at all?  If so, what?  IBMs?  
	  old Z-80 terminals?  State of the art top-line Amiga systems-they
 	  do seem to review an awful lot of that stuff?  Or, do you use the
	  much despised-industry standard Macintoshes?  Be careful answering
	  this question, as it is the bonus round and I do know that your
	  sister magazine is MacWorld.  Of Toaster blunder fame? ("The Video
	  Toaster was the hit of MacExpo")?

	2-This new series about WB 2.0 encourages me-is the magazine going to
	  try and cover a more-mainstream, less high-end, high-budget Amiga
 	  market?

	3-I recall reading somewhere that AmigaWorld took over the now defunct 
	  Commodore magazine.  Does this mean that AmigaWorld is officially 
	  supported by Commodore?  Would that explain why I got a free issue
	  card with my new Amiga?  Would this also explain why .info failed
	  (since they didn't have Commodore's support, they had to fork out 
	  mucho deniro for the Amiga Systems that they used)?

	4-I also liked Commodore magazine, but that's ancient history in
	  computer terms.

		If anybody has ANY answers, please feel free to email me.

	//
       //  Kyle, in tears
    \\//
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tuesday, 14 Apr 1992 13:36:44 EDT
From: <AES109@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Where can I find ZKick?

In article <doiron.8996@starpt.UUCP>, doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron) says:

>In article <1992Apr7.205717.5718@stsci.edu> kyp@stsci.edu (Mark Kyprianou)
>writes:
>>Title says it all, where can I find ZKick?  Please email.
>>               thanks

>NOT!  If ZKick wan't SENT to you by COMMODORE, you're using a *P*I*R*A*T*E*D*
>*O*S*.  PLEASE DO NOT USE PIRATED SOFTWARE.

Sheesh, talk about high-strung. The fellow didn't ask for a copy of
Commodore's software, he just wants to find ZKick. (Maybe he wants to
read the doc file or source code and find out what it does?).
ZKick is freely redistributable and should be on ab20 (while ab20 lasts...).
From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: 337 shells on an Amiga 500 - WB is **slow**
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:22:51 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

kdmiller@m4-035-16.MIT.EDU (Kenneth D Miller) writes:
> [old drivel deleted]
>
>Okay, you close a window.  Bing!  Layers.library goes in and redraws every
>other window, regardless of whether or not it's visible.  And layers, while
>very useful, does all sorts of hideous computations which have to be repeated
>for each window moved/closed/sized.  So, yes, it is probably O(n^2).

You may wish to look at what layers is really doing before telling everyone
what you think it is doing.

Layers *only* draws the visible areas.  (If you can call it drawing since
it only replaces rectangles that are in new locations on the display)  It
does have to reorganize some internal structures (the cliprects) whenever
cliprects are added or removed.  When cliprects are removed and new ones
become visible, they are placed on the damage lists of the layers that
got new visible areas. Now, what the owners of the layers do when they
get damage is up to them.

>Unless C= recodes layers to be either 1. way faster (can you say "assembler"?)

Assembler coding of layers buys you almost nothing.  (15% to 25%)

>or 2. smart enough to know when a window is obscured completely, things will
>stay O(n^2).

A completely obscured window will not need to get any new "smarts" since no
rendering (by layers) is done into it.

Now, some other design changes can make a big difference in speed of both
layers and the graphics rendering methods.  And such changes can easily
gain 500% to 600% in speed.

/----------------------------------------------------------------------\
|      /// Michael Sinz  -  Senior Amiga Software Engineer             |
|     ///                   Operating System Development Group         |
|    ///   BIX:  msinz      UUNET:  rutgers!cbmvax!mks                 |
|\\\///    "A master's secrets are only as good as the                 |
| \XX/      master's ability to explain them to others" - Michael Sinz |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
From: labman@cs.rit.edu (Lab Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: HP drivers
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:27:13 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a low-end laser or bubble-jet printer.

Does anyone have experience or an opinion on the

1. Epson Action laser II

2. Cannon Bubble Jet ex

The Epson is HP2 laser jet compat.

What drivers would I use for each?
what quality will I get?

can anyone tell me where to find HP printer drivers,
or can people send me any they have.


any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance,

Ken W.
From: CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher M. Stoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Info on programming wanted
Date: 6 Apr 92 07:25:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92097.032513CMS129
Organization: Mythos/Xcalbrin Inc.
X-School: Penn State University

I'd just like to thank everyone who responded.  Now, can anyone tell me were I
can get a copy of DICE?

Thanks again.

Chris "Slothman" Stoy    (o o)    | "Would we be so cavalier about
                          |=|     |  cutting down trees if they screamed?
INTERNET: stoy@endor.cs.psu.edu   |  We might, if they screamed all the
  BITNET: cms129@psuvm.psu.edu    |  time for no reason" Jack Handy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sah@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Sikamikanico)
Subject: Attack of the killer demos that don't work?
Reply-To: sah@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 23:14:23 GMT

This is a repost... my NNTPSERVER barfed some weird messages, so I'm not sure 
if the old message was posted.
------
Blitter_Miracle on ab20 in /incoming/amiga/DEMOS doesn't work.  I load it
and it has some impressive music and graphics, then a little box that says
"BRAINSTORM" on it is on the screen.  I move the mouse around, nothing 
happens.. I pressed every key on the keyboard, both mousebuttons..nothing.
So what's the deal here?  The *.readme file didn't say it required PAL mode
or anything.  I have 2M RAM.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: aissmith@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Doug Smith)
Subject: Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Organization: ITC, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Date:  9 Apr 92 10:48:45 GMT


c9228224@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (McLeod) writes:

>  Has anyone ever noticed how Amiganites seem to think that Amigas' are
>the best computers around, despite the fact that no self-respecting business
>would go near them? 

Oh boy - a typical IBM owner who knows sweet FA about computers.  Sorry
guys, but I have to do this:

>I mean, lets face it, Amiga's are nothing compared with
>MS-DOS machines. And, they never will be. Oh sure, they have such pretty 
>graphics, but that doesn't mean zip when it comes down to how good they are 
>to use, now does it?!

Well, putting aside the fact that Amigas are faster (the '040 is faster
than any 486), it has better graphics/sound, a better hardware expansion/
addition system (just plug it in and Go!), software thats easier to use and
just as powerful as IBM stuff, and the OS is more powerful, less buggy and
much more stable, I don't know what the hell your on about!

Business who buy bulk IBM's are just as mindless as most IBM PC owners who
buy their machines without looking into them.

>So come on all you egotistical Amiga users. Get your
>heads out of the sand and face facts. Amigas' are nothing, they never will be
> and haven't a chance in hell at ever being any better then MS-DOS machines.

Where have you been since 1985 ??

See ya,
Smithy.

Oh, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say that as a person who
uses both machines, I'd preferr the Amiga anyday, and that Amiga PD
software is very high quality compared to IBM software (yes, I have a
collection of both).  In my mind, there is no contest.
From: CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher M. Stoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: X*Press info service drops Amiga?!?!
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:14:54 GMT
 <pat_meloy.06o1@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Mythos/Xcalbrin Inc.
X-School: Penn State University

I had used X*Press in highschool on Apple IIe (awk!). Anyway, since I had
nothing better to due, I spent most of my time reading the system.  The main
attraction I saw was *very* up-to-date news and weather reports.  The system
updated every minute or two, and the best part about it was the news sections
were from different countries around the world.  The only article that came
in a foriegn language was a Mexican newspaper, and since I was taking Spanish
at the time, I thought it was interesting.
They also had newsgroups for different systems (mostly Apple and IBM, but there
was an article or two on Commodores).  I haven't read the thing for over a year
so they could have added more features since then.  All in all, it wasn't bad,
but it wasn't interactive, so you were basically forced to be an observer.  I
think for a few more dollars you could get an interactive version, but my
school was too cheap to spring for it.

I think it would be a good system, if they advertised a little more and
actually tried to sell a few units.  If you want up-to-the-minute news, this
was a good system to get.

Anyone with more information, please feel free to share it.  It has been
proven more then once I don't know what the heck I'm talking about.

Chris Stoy  INTERNET: stoy@endor.cs.psu.edu BITNET: cms129@psuvm.psu.edu
President, Slothman Software Inc. Makers of "SlothMonger , the slowest
 program to ever run on any computer in the history of everything."
              "We make VaporWare a reality..."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sting@ais.org (Marc Rucinski)
Subject: Re: Re: xxx.gif.jpg files...What are they?
Organization: UMCC
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 12:40:55 GMT

In article <19340002@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites) writes:
>|| If anyone can help with the .jpg extension, I would really appreciate it.
>    
>| The .jpg extension means that they have been compressed with the new jpeg
>| routines. It can really compress the file in some instances. If you want to
>| convert them you will need to find/get a conversion program to make the .jpg
>| a .gif file.
>
>Ok, I took the time to dl the JPEGV3 program to my DOS machine.  In a nut- 
>shell, JPEG does for GIFs what ARC did for large .EXE(cutables).
>
>It turns out that files with the .jpg extention are .gif files that have been
>compressed WITH cjpeg.  You will need to use djpeg to decompress them.  The 
>compression is real!  I djpeg'd a .jpg file of 103K...it turned out that it 
>was really a 380K gif!  (sheesh!)  Er...that's almost 4:1 compression folks!
>
>What's the catch?  (more than one)
>
>1)  The compression (according to the README from the Independent JPEG Group) 
> "...is lossy, meaning that the output image is not necessarilly identical 
> to the input image. Hence you should not use JPEG if you have to have 
> identical output bits."
>
>2)  For now, you will NEED a DOS (or unix) machine to convert the files.  
>
> Excuse me?  The distribution archive includes the 'C' code, and hopefully, 
> there is even now some 'happy C-coding amigoid' getting this ready for us.
>
>Jim 8')s
>aites@hpsmpa.lvld.hp.com
>


Thanx for the help guys. I appreciate it!  

                               Marc           sting@ais.org
From: plummer@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Dave Plummer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Weird Clock PRoblem
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:07:00 GMT
Reply-To: plummer@hercules.uregina.ca (Dave Plummer)
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

In article <douglask.04cm@termnet.chi.il.us> douglask@termnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Kasten) writes:
>I ran SysInfo and found that the "Error in Ticks/Sec" registers a whopping
>18000-19000 per test.
>
>This problem is not relegated to just one program--its global.. My
>Worbench-launched disk copier reports that a disk that actually took about 2
>minutes, took close to 10 minutes!
>
Maybe you're just travelling very, very fast relative to your 8520s?
From: vernon@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Vernon Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: binary editor
Keywords: newzap
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:45:02 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.


     I have a need for a binary editor. I understand there
are some PD programs available. I hear newzap is good. Would
someone help me locate a source of one or more. I looked at
part of the FF list but have not yet found one. I have access
to FTP but I MUST HAVE the number address.

				Vernon Wheeler
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: hessmann@r2d2.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Subject: Re: Zoom that works on the PasTeX archives
Keywords: Zoom PasTeX
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:10:37 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.215945.22457@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umoster0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Sean K. Ostermann) writes:
>I need an eariler version of Zoom to unpack the PasTeX archives.
>(I assume that the .zom ==> Zoom).
>I have Zoom version 5.3 and it says it won't work.  What version do I nned?
>Any help would be appreciated (plus if you can tell me where I can find it!)

PasTeX is packed with zoom 4.2.
You can get this version from ftp.uni-passau.de [132.231.1.10]
/pub/amiga/archivers/zoom42.lzh.

	Georg.


PS: Sorry to all who has posted PasTeX problems and I don't have answered.
    Our News system don't has send articles since 29.03. and now
    some of my answers are already expired. :-((


-- 
  hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de		hessmann@unipas.uucp
Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 10:07:53 EST
From: <JLKARAU@MTUS5.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Amiga Pic

I am in desparate need of a good looking Amiga Clipart.  I need something that
is clean and printableable and in TIFF, B/W GIF, or EPS format.

If you have something and could help me out, it would be appreciated.  The
sooner the better.  An upload to Ab20's incoming/amiga directory and a note to
me would surfice..
From: Ray_Hines@dream.uucp (Ray Hines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: X*Press info service drops Amiga?!?!
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:21:03 GMT
Organization: DreamStates BBS & CyberNet HQ in G'ville, FL   1-904-331-4317

In a message dated Mon 13 Apr 92 12:58, Bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (ben Scott)
wrote about Xpress:

 BS> I'll call them tomorrow and try to find out the scoop for myself.  

Please do let me know more info, by Email at least.  I'm very interested in
this... Hope it is still in service for Amigas..


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Subject: Re: J language interpreter available for ftp
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:41:50 GMT


In article <12157@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey) writes:

> TITLE
> 
> 	J
> 
> VERSION
> 
> 	Version 4.1 beta
> 
> HOST NAME
> 
> 	watserv1.uwaterloo.ca         ( 129.97.129.140 )
> 	watserv1.waterloo.edu         ( 129.97.129.140 )
> 
> DIRECTORY
> 
> 	~/languages/apl/j/executables/amiga
> 
> 
> FILE NAMES
> 
> 	These two files have the same content  (choose your packaging).
> 
> 		j_4.1_amiga_beta.lzh
> 		j_4.1_amiga_beta.zoo

I only found the "zoo" version in that directory; no sign of the "lzh"
version.  


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