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Date: 5 Jan 93 02:22:56 GMT
From: Terry Carroll <tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Posting Email (was Re: Final Answer to Tavares)
Reply-To: Terry Carroll <tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation
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In article <1993Jan4.165444.5113@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, 
jmorrill@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John M Morrill) writes:
>  One of the biggest misconceptions about the
> copyright laws is that a copyright is a means to control the distribution
> of what you write. 

That's not a misconception.

"Subject to sections 107 through 120, the owner of copyright under this title 
has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: ... (3) 
to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by 
sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending"  17 USC 
106.

However, the "first sale" doctrine as codified in 17 USC 109 (one of those 
sections that 106 is "subject to") limits the distribution right by 
permitting transfer of a particular copy of a copyrighted work by the lawful 
owner of that copy.

I'm directing followups to misc.legal

Terry Carroll - tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com - 408/992-2152
The opinions presented above are not necessarily those of a sound mind.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 03:12:13 GMT
From: "M. Adams/StarOwl" <StarOwl@uiuc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Zip+4 Problems?
Organization: Actuarial Science Program at UIUC
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Dick Grady <grady@world.std.com> writes:

>No.  In fact, it usually is a little less specific than your street
>address.  For example, on my street, there are about 10 houses per "+4"
>code.

Actually, it depends on just where you live.  In my parents' neighborhood
it works out to one ZIP+4 code per half-block.

However, in some locations, individual post-office boxes have their own
ZIP+4 code.  For awhile, my mailing address was PO Box 4####, Memphis, TN,
38174-####.  Not that that gives anyone any indication where I live.... ;)

And going to the extreme...I currently live at a unique address that is
served by not one, but two ZIP+4 codes -- one for this address, and one
for this block.

Of course, that might be because I live in a church.... ;)


-- 
Michael D. Adams	      | Bigotry not being founded on reason cannot be
StarOwl@uiuc.edu	      | removed by argument.  -- Samuel Johnson
an692@anon.penet.fi	      | There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned 
NBCS: B1f+t-w+g+k++s+me+h-qv  | lies, and statistics.  -- Benjamin Disraeli
Date: 31 Dec 92 14:13:04 GMT
From: Eric Hunt <bsc835!ehunt%bsc835bsc.edu@uunet.uu.net>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Zip+4 Problems?
Organization: Birmingham-Southern College
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In article <comp-privacy1.120.8@pica.army.mil>, ibmpa!vpdbox.austin.ibm.com!dewey@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman) writes:
> 	I'm a big fan of using my Zip+4 on my mail, does giving out this
> 	"extra" +4 of zip code give out any more info about yourself

I looked my ZIP+4 up in the massive tome the USPS publishes. All I found is
that only two addresses on the planet have this ZIP+4. So, someone knowing
my Zip+4 alone could conceivably look it up and come pay me a visit.
-- 
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Birmingham-Southern College   | eric.hunt@the-matrix.com
Birmingham, Alabama 35254     |          ^--- Nothing longer than 100 lines
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 19:50:57 -0500
From: Susanna Elaine Johnson <sej3e@kelvin.seas.virginia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: SSN Flames
Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
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X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 2, Issue 006, Message 4 of 12

Recently I posted in this conference an article which is in my
possession concerning the structure of Social Security Numbers.
I did this because there has been discussion in this conference
on the uses and abuses of SSN's and I thought it would be cogent,
and also public spirited, to distribute the information at hand.

I have received a number of flames in response, most attacking my
grammer (which is not mine, I copied but did not write the
article), and/or my typing.  THIS IS NOT NICE - PLEASE DESIST!

If you can use the information I presented, be my guest.  If
however you wish to attack me, personally, because I am not (and
do not pretend to be) a professional typist, you know where you
can head in.  For those who have more manners than to behave in
this manner, "Gentlemen, I apologize for the disturbance."  As
for those who have been attacking me, and you know who ayou are,
PLEASE STOP!

Anna Johnson

N.b.  In response to the POLITE requests for the date of the
table, it was November, 1987.  I have an updated table dated
8-1-91, and I WAS going to post it, but after THIS...
AJ
 
[Moderator's Note:  Anna is right.  She posted her message to provide
useful information to this digest.  If some of the material is out of
date or wrong, there is a proper way of correcting it.  ._dennis ]
Date: 30 Dec 92 23:56:35 EST (Wed)
From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Zip+4 Problems?
Organization: I.E.C.C.
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>	I'm a big fan of using my Zip+4 on my mail, does giving out this
>	"extra" +4 of zip code give out any more info about yourself
>	other than "where to send the mail"?

No.  The ZIP+4 is based solely on the address.  You can buy a set of thick
books from the post office that give the address to zip+4 mapping for the
entire country.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:53:02 GMT
From: Hans Lachman <lachman@netcom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Zip+4 Problems?
Organization: Netcom
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In article <comp-privacy2.1.5@pica.army.mil> glenns@eas.gatech.edu writes:
>instead of putting name and address for my return address on bills, etc., 
>I simply put my plus-four zip in the upper left hand corner and leave the
>other lines blank....

I used to put only my last name, apartment number, and Zip+4 code on the
return address space on bills.  I thought this would be enough since the
Zip+4 code identified a group of 7 apartments.  Once I forgot to put stamps
on my mail, and the letters did get returned to me, but via the Dead Letter
Office.  My return address info was considered "insufficient" so they opened
each piece to see exactly where it should be returned.

Hans Lachman
lachman@netcom.com
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 11:49:13 -0500
From: "Glenn R. Stone" <gs26@prism.gatech.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Zip+4 Problems?
Reply-To: glenns@eas.gatech.edu
Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
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In the referenced article, dewey@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman) writes:
>	I'm a big fan of using my Zip+4 on my mail, does giving out this
>	"extra" +4 of zip code give out any more info about yourself
>	other than "where to send the mail"?

In some instances, especially a P.O. box, it will uniquely identify the
address in and of itself.... it's designed to at least get the carrier
within a couple blocks at most of the destination, even on a rural route.
I imagine that any database that would show buying habits would give fairly
good neighborhood demographics given plus-4 codes in addition to the usual
five (which can and often do define a fairly large area).  On the other hand,
instead of putting name and address for my return address on bills, etc., 
I simply put my plus-four zip in the upper left hand corner and leave the
other lines blank.... fie on these student loan companies that want you
to put everything but your mother's maiden name (they have a space for 
not only your account number, which is based on SSN, but your bloody
PHONE NUMBER) in the return address space... 

So, no, putting plus-four on mail that's already got a full address doesn't
help the database goops (except for stats purposes), and IMHO, it's a good
way to *preserve* privacy with respect to the casual snooper-of-mail; even if
it's not perfectly secure, it makes it considerably more difficult for them
to figure out where you are.... or even who, if the integrity of the envelope
isn't breached.

Glenn R. Stone (glenns@eas.gatech.edu)
Anyone ever notice that the Secret Service's initials are SS?

Newsgroups: comp.society.cu-digest
From: lucca@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (antonio lucca)
Subject: yamaha DX 4 operators sounds exchange
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:52:01 GMT

I am an FM fan, I have some new (programmed by me) sounds on
DX100 (4 operators). The sounds are "spacial", "sinth" and percussive. 
I'd be pleased to exchange sounds parameters with some other
FM sound programmer.

(P.S. I don't know if PC-FM-music cards like the SoundBlaster can
directly use DX data sound. If someone will try, please tell
me about)

Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
From: yy@cbnews.cb.att.com (alan.j.lapenn)
Subject: Voyetra - BBS
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:13:25 GMT
Followup-To: comp.music

Can someone post or email me the phone number for Voyetra ?

Thanks
-- 
Alan LaPenn      att!mvuxd!yy          .signature not found!
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Subject: Re: Computer Music
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 13:24:01 GMT

conway@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Thomas Charles CONWAY) writes:

>drew@tcom.stc.co.uk (Drew Wagar) writes:

>>four tracks simultaniously and I need a cheapish computer to do it on.
>>The Atari ST
>>The Amiga A500
>>A PC with a sound card (any recommendations? I have 286 laptop PC.)

>Certainly, if you think it possible or likely that you would end up doing
>more complex music (like five voices instead of four ;-), the best software
>around I would judge to be that on the ST - of course, that would require
>you to have a midi keyboard of some sort, but there you go. The other thing
>is that I believe that the ST software (Notator, Cubase, etc) is pretty
>costly.

Indeed largely a matter of taste... but...  The ST has built-in MIDI ports
so you won't have to buy MIDI interfaces, soundblasters and what-more...
And I don't think the leading ST software is a lot more expensive than the
professional packages for other platforms.  Sure, Cubase, Notator and
SMPTEtrack (all sequencers) _are_ expensive -- but don't forget the ST itself
is very cheap -- and what would a PC with soundblaster, midi interface, windows
and Cakewalk cost?  Probably the same or more.
The largest music-software base is probably the Atari's -- lots of professional
software (sequencers, synth & sample editors, librarians, etc) and lots and
lots of PD and shareware stuff.
I use an ST for about 4 years now and am still very satisfied with it -- never
felt the need to switch to another machine (and I won't in the near future).

just my $0.02...

Good luck,
Hendrik Jan

--
Hendrik Jan Veenstra    hjv@phil.ruu.nl  *  How can I save my dreams
Dept. of Philosophy                      *  in the nightmare, in the flood
University of Utrecht                    *  But I try.
The Netherlands                          *
From: ar559@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jan Buitenhuis)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Roland MPU/Windows 3.1 problem
Date: 8 Jan 1993 12:24:49 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hello,

I recently bought a Roland MPU-IPC-T MIDI-card. When I want to
install the appropiate Windows 3.1 driver (suplied by M.S.)
the system hangs after I select the cards base adress ($330)
and interupt (2/9).

What could be the problem? The card is O.K., it works in the
store. 
(My systen: 386/387, 8MB, SCSI-180MB HD)

Thanks, Jan
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
X-Sender:  (Unverified)
Subject: Re: MIDI on the IIvx (was: MIDI Interface & Powerbook 100)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:26:20 +0000

>Hello?  Anyone?  So far no answers on this one; please take a minute to reply
>if you know anything about it.

Phone digidesign. The rumour seems to have come from them.

                      Nick Rothwell  |  "Say, how many contemporary dancers
   CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance  |     are there in this bar?"
        cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk  |  "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens
        cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk  |     and divide by two..."
From: 92636828s@csghsg5a.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Convert ROL-files to CMF-files
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:36:51 GMT
Organization: University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

I'm looking for a program which converts ROL-files to CMF-files.
Please reply by email.
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From: timper@iat.holonet.net (Tim Perkis)
Subject: MIDI Parser source code?
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:53:33 GMT

I'm seeking a generic no-nonsense midi parser in source code
form, which can handle running status, realtime messages, multi-
byte controller messages, etc. Any pointers to FTP'able code?

Please reply by posting or email.

Thanks in advance.

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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: dmcnamar@netcom.com (Dennis McMamara)
Subject: Re: Keyboard
Organization: Composer's WorkBench
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 01:19:30 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.162853.1944@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.113328.2179@midway.uchicago.edu>, lidz@quads.uchicago.edu (adam lidz) writes:
>|> I'm looking for a cheap keyboard that does not have any intruments of its own,
>|> but that can use the instruments on my Roland Scc-1 card.  I just want it so
>|> that I can use it to input notes into my computer without pointing and clickingh(a real pain. . . )
>|> 
>|> Can anyone suggest a keyboard?  How much do they cost?
>
Is there any easy way to defeat the hardware N-key rollover on a computer
keyboard? If so, it would be easy enough to map the typewriter keys to
note on- note off values and play chords rather than just melody.
Any ideas?


-- 
Dennis McNamara dmcnamar@netcom.com
Purveyor of Fine Software: Composer's WorkBench
From: jhaan@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (hans de haan)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: what is a STEVE header
Summary: what is a STEVE header
Keywords: sound
Date: 7 Jan 93 07:07:41 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Enterprise bv, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Some games come with sound files which contain a header containing
the word STEVE. It also seems to indicate the length of the raw data.
Examples of games: Crimewave, Spelbcaster.

Can anyone tell me the name of this format and/or the definition of
the header?
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: birkelan@atelm.Berkeley.EDU (Joel Birkeland)
Subject: Re: Keyboard
Reply-To: birkelan@atelm.Berkeley.EDU (Joel Birkeland)
Organization: SPS
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:40:05 GMT

In article <C0HqCr.A28@waterloo.hp.com>, chuckm@canada.hp.com (Chuck
Munro) writes:
> Boy, am I glad I've started to follow this newsgroup!
> 
> I thought I was the only MIDI owner in the world without a lot of musical
> talent .... 


I have to admit I got a good laugh out of this!

Joel Birkeland
birkelan@atelm.sps.mot.com
From: whitcomb@aurs01.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Problems with KORG 01/W sysex
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:44:24 GMT
Reply-To: whitcomb@aurxc3.aur.alcatel.com.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb)
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC

In article <3032@uswnvg.uswnvg.com> hcorbin@uswnvg.com (Harold Corbin) writes:
>My problem is this.... Whenever I send a sysex dump to my keyboard, I get an
>error message on the KORG "ERROR: System Exclusive".  I'm dumping sequence
>data containing all programs and velocity,pan, etc...data.  KORG thought it 
>might be my operating system, and I upgraded the ROM ship from version #21 to
>#38, but the problem still exists.

>Any ideas?  Please post to comp.music.  Thanks!

I wrote an 01/W profile for Dr.T's X-oR and Mark of the Unicorn's Unisyn
editors, , and found that the biggest problem with the Sysex was the
size of the dumps.  Depending on how much sequence data you have in
memory, a full sysex dump can run from 70K to over 100K bytes.  It won't
take much of a timing glitch to screw that dump up.

There are sysex commands to break up the dump into smaller segments
(such as just Programs, or just Combis).  You might have better success
this way if you're overflowing your buffers with a full dump.  And of
course, you need sysex enabled on the 01/W and the sysex message header
corresponding to the master MIDI channel on your 01/W.

Good luck!
*********************************************************************
*Jonathan Whitcomb, Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, North Carolina*
*  UUCP:  whitcomb%aurfs1.aur.alcatel.com@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com   *
*                        GEnie: J.WHITCOMB3                         *
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From: james@astro.as.utexas.edu (James McCartney)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: just-tuned synth
Date: 7 Jan 93 23:09:10 GMT
Organization: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas @ Austin


  Here's what I'm doing for dynamically tuning a keyboard in just intonation.
I'm using MAX and a K2000. I had tried using poly key pressure as a pitch
modulator, however I had problems with chirping as the note quickly adjusted
from equal to just tuning. Even though the poly key message was sent 
immediately follwing the note on, the K2000 took a while to adjust. The
K2000 as well as other synths don't recognize a poly key pressure if there
is no note playing at that pitch, so you can't send the pressure message
before the note on. What I use now which works great, but probably isn't
possible on other synths is to send a MIDI channel controller immediately
before the note on and use the sample and hold feature of the K2000's 
function generators to sample the controller's value and hold it for the
duration of that note. This allows me to have polyphonic just tuning on
a single MIDI channel. 
  The software I have written in MAX can function in several ways. Keyboard
retunings can happen by pressing keys on my old Mirage keyboard, which is
only used as a panel of MIDI buttons. Or, one channel from my sequencer
can be routed to MAX and call up retunings using note on's. This allows
me to sequence a track of tunings which I can play within later. Tunings
can also be set using the algorithmic generating program I have written
in MAX.
  Retunings can affect all the keys, only the white, only the black, or
the even or odd whole tone scales. I have a big library of 12,7,6,and 5
note tunings which can be transposed and assigned to any of these key sets.
  In my own work I have been using a 72 equal note per octave tuning, 
however I meet each week with Ellen Fullman who has built an instrument
of 108 longitudinally vibrating strings over 80 feet long which are excited
by rosin coated fingers and is tuned to a set of 42 just pitches. In fact,
I'm leaving for the warehouse right now. Later...
   --- james mccartney
From: Randomizer@cup.portal.com (Aron Fingers Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: MIDI on the IIvx (was: MIDI Interface & Powerbook 100)
Date: Thu,  7 Jan 93 02:12:48 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <1993Jan4.234535.15046@leland.Stanford.EDU>
  <1993Jan5.234719.15721@leland.Stanford.EDU> <3#02f0-@rpi.edu>

> I would imagine, though, that
Opcode will eventually include a fix for this just like there is a fix for
the Powerbook MIDI problems in the new OMS 1.2.

No need to.  Apple themselves have solved the problem with a system
enabler.  All MIDI IIvx owners must call in for the system enabler that
solves the MIDI problems.
Sorry I don't have the number.

Aron_Nelson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: chasalow@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: IBM ACPA card (audio capture playback adapter)
Reply-To: chasalow@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:21:59 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.213323.9840@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, birkelan@cs1.sps.mot.com (Joel Birkeland) writes:
>
>Can anyone out there give me any information on an IBM product
>called the Audio Capture and Playback Adapter?  My wife got
>one a couple of years ago; it looks like it could be very powerful.
>
>The instruction book is divided into two sections: the first section
>is non-technical, the second section is a highly technical description
>of the various registers, etc....  It contains a stereo 16 bit 44 MHz
>A/D, a TI DSP chip, and a few other things.
>
>If anyone knows of any software for this thing, I would appreciate it.
>Reply by e-mail.
>
>Joel Birkeland
>birkelan@cs1.sps.mot.com

Russ Pinkston at U Texas Austin has developed software for ACPA.  I do not have
his e-mail handy, but try calling the music department there.  We are using
Russels WINVIEW waveform editor at Brandeis to work on CSound files and 
playing them through ACPA.  It is a nice inexpensive card for software 
synthesis soundfile playback.  If you get any other sources of software for
ACPA I would be interested in knowing about them.

Eric Chasalow
Chasalow@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Soundblaster installation question.
From: davis_d@ab.wvnet.edu
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:26:36 -0500
Organization: Alderson-Broaddus College

Question:

	My brother received SOUNDBLASTER for Christmas and
	seems to be having some trouble installing it.  I
	hope I have all the details right - but any help
	would be greatly appreciated.

	The problem is this:  When he runs the Test program
	that came with SOUNDBLASTER on his Packard Bell 386sx, (PB300sx)
	it tells him he has "an error with the DMA channel".  The
	manual says that SOUNDBLASTER has to use DMA channel 1, 
	channel 2 is used by the disk controller, and 0 & 3 are free.
	It has a Seagate hard drive on it.  Could this be the problem?
	Could the controller be set for channel 1 instead of 2?  We
	found 4 jumpers on the controller but have no documentation to
	show which jumpers do what.  Any suggestion or ideas?

	Oh yes, this is *not* the SOUNDBLASTER PRO model.  I would
	also appreciate direct responses to DAVIS_D@AB.WVNET.EDU

	Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.music