HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: greg@qualcomm.com (Greg Noel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: --- THIS IS MY WORD PROCESSOR ---
Summary: an algorithm code-off suggested
Date: 6 Apr 92 01:55:54 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

It's apparent from the response that there's a great deal of interest in an
Amiga word processor.  I can see why you don't want people looking over your
shoulder while you're doing the programming, but I think there is still a way
where you can get help by tapping some of the awesome talent on the network.

There are some pieces of code that could be developed independently.  One
obvious example is a hyphenation algorithm.  Several people have proposed
different choices and really the only way to find the best is to try them.

So I suggest that you run a code-off.  Here's how it would work: an interface
is established and all of the algorithms are coded to match it.  They all are
tested on the same set of inputs and you can see how well they do.  The winner
would get thanked in the documentation for the contribution and you would have
the algorithm already coded.

As a start, here's a first draft of the interface for hyphenation:
	int SuggestHyphenation(char *out, char *in)
The routine takes a pointer to a character string containing a word.  It
copies that word into the output area, inserting soft hyphens wherever a word
break could be placed.  We assume that a word already containing soft hyphens
would not be considered by this algorithm, but the code would have to handle
words that already contain both regular hyphens and hard hyphens and still try
to find reasonable places to break the word.  Of course, the code should deal
with all the variations of the Roman alphabet, including umlauts, accents,
thorns, and whatnot.  It would be a plus if it could also handle non-Roman
alphabets.  The return value would be zero for a word successfully hyphenated
and non-zero for a word that could not be.

OK, is that enough to make a fair test?  Is that enough so that people who
recommend some approach can write a sample routine?  Are there people who are
willing to start writing sample routines?

-- Greg Noel, Unix Guru         greg@qualcomm.com  or  greg@noel.cts.com
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From: mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick)
Subject: Distant Suns 4.1 demos up on AB20
Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 07:18:58 GMT

[]

The Distant Suns 4.1 demo is now released and may be found on AB20.
The "1.3" version should work on all machines, and runs under ADOS 1.3.

The "2.0" version requires ADOS 2.0  and an FPU, so is primarily an
A3000 program.

Cheers,

mike

-- 
"There is no problem too big that can't be solved with high explosives"-Rush

Mike Smithwick - ames!zorch!mike

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: birjt@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Subject: Re: Distant Sun 4.1
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:04:23 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.174842.29727@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) writes:
> In article <1992Apr14.035042.22580@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) writes:
>>I was wondering how much I need to upgrade from Distant Sun 4.0 to 4.1?
> 
> I beleive that it is something like $10 + $3 s&h and your old disk, but
> don't quote me on that.
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> -- 
> "There is no problem too big that can't be solved with high explosives"-Rush
> 
> Mike Smithwick - ames!zorch!mike


I paid $10 + $10 p&h, but I probably live further away than you.

Russell

 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: sysop@insider.zer.sub.org
Subject: CED 3.0 ?
Organization: fulmin Ebersburg/Rhoen
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:54:08 GMT

  
Is there anything new about CED 3.0 ? Does anyone have any news about it
???

Amiga - What else ? |  Garry Glendown  The Insider HST/V32b +49 (0)6621-77923
	   //       |  UUCP: cbmvax!cbmger!insider!garry  Fido: 2:243/43.999
	  //        |        garry@fulmin.rhoen.sub.org   SYSOP@INSIDER.ZER
	\X/         |        Garry.Glendown@fhfd.uni-giessen.dbp.de

---
SysOp@INSIDER

-- THE ANSWER V2.01
From: dollens@equinox.unr.edu (C Blake Dollens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Lharc vs. LZ
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:47:21 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

In article <9204090536.AA17772@teetot.acusd.edu> gs@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (Greg Simon) writes:
>
>LZ is _definitely_ the faster one.  I have noticed significant speed
>increases using it--and no CRC check problems!
>

LhA version 1.22 will also handle .lzh and .lha, and it is much
faster than LZ.  I dumped LZ pretty fast when I first tried
LhA 1.00.  You can obtain the evaluation version of 1.22 via anonymous
ftp from lysator.liu.se in the directory pub/amiga/LhA.

-- 
"That's All"            | "Fundamentally, every bar is the same as every other
  -Phil, Mike, and Tony |  one, if it's the kind you're drinking in, to end a
Blake Dollens           |  sentence with a preposition, which I haven't."
dollens@equinox.unr.edu |                            -Walter Slovotsky
From: amug@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (User's Amiga Group AMUG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Date: 13 Apr 92 07:05:23 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <3521@tronsbox.UUCP> bleys@tronsbox.UUCP (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:

[problems with VLT manual update skipped]
>
>Seriously, why don't you get some congresscritter to write a check for
>another employee?  You guys deserve the help.

Probably because SLAC does not go out, break down people's doors
(aka 'serving a warrant'), or confiscates people's property
without trial (aka 'property forfeiture') and produces useful
materials and knowledge instead. God knows we cannot have 
government funded enterprises that help the people instead of
opressing them.

 Oleg
my vieews very probably do not agree with UCSD's, or some amug
members. :-)

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From: cholt@catpan.UUCP (Charles Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: HP Paintjet
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:39:05 MDT
Organization: CATPAN BBS, Boulder CO (via C-Net Amiga)

   To those of you out there who have used a HP Paintjet printer with the Amiga:  Is there a good way to make the blues and greens on the screen MATCH the printout without having to hork with the image in AdPro or something?  When I print on my paintjet, the blues and greens always come out MUCH darker than what's represented on the screen.
   Also, does anyone know a cheap place where I can get some HP Paintjet color cartridges without the "Brighter Colors!"?  If I print out flesh tones with the Brighter Colors cartridge, then it comes out a beautiful shade of future-melanoma orange.

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From: rmast@cs.vu.nl (Mast RN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: multidos crashes system
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:50:58 GMT

I had the same problem using kick 1.3
Anyone suggestions?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Distant Sun 4.1
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:50:42 GMT

I was wondering how much I need to upgrade from Distant Sun 4.0 to 4.1?
From: Jeff_Froese@telepro.UUCP (Jeff Froese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Hurricane Accelerator problems
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Apr 92 14:10:18 CST
Organization: TelePro Technologies

In a message dated Sat 11 Apr 92 16:07, Koren@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (steve Koren
wrote:

 KK> From: koren@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
 KK> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 02:24:33 GMT
 KK> Subject: Re: Hurricane Accelerator problems
 KK> Message-ID: <37030024@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com>
 KK> Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
 KK> Path: access.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!ubc-cs!uw-
 KK> beaver!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!news.bbn.com!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!
 KK> hplextra!hpfcso!hpfcdc!koren
 KK> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
 KK> References: <Jeff_Froese.0byg@telepro.UUCP>
 KK> Lines: 17

 KK> Jeff_Froese@telepro.UUCP (Jeff Froese) writes:

> I have recently purchased a used Hurricane 68030/68882 Accelerater Card
> with 4mb 32bit 100ns RAM for my A2000 and have been experiencing some
> problems with it.

 KK> One other bit of data: Jeff posted that he has a 2090A.  This is
 KK> the same controller which is in my father's Amiga, and this 68030
 KK> card has been run in that system with no HD problems at all, but
 KK> under 1.3 and with a SCSI drive.  As far as I know, those are
 KK> the only two differences between the systems (SCSI, and 2.04).

 KK> (I'm the one who sold the 68030 card to Jeff, so I obviously have
 KK> a vested interest in helping him figure it out.  I'm stumped
 KK> too though.  It worked OK in my 1.3 system with a Xetec controller).

 KK>  - steve

Steve.
Last week I read a messsage from john (jtillema@caslon.cs.arizona.edu) who
had a simular problem. He solved it by copying his HDisk file from the
expansion dwr of the 2.04 Install Disk to the SYS:expansion dwr. I decided
to try this and see what would happen. It worked for a while. My system
worked without a problem since last Monday (April6) until Yesterday (Sat
Apr11). I tried my best to crash the system, like copy files to the
harddrive, deleting them. And tried all the games that would destroy the
harddrive before. Everthing seemed to work just fine. Until yesterday. All
of a sudden I got a lockup on the screen. After rebooting I got another
lockup on the startup CLI screen. After about 10 reboots with about the
same results it ran long enough for me to test a benchmark program. It
seemed to be fine at this time, so I started up Red Baron. This went OK for
awhile and then the screen stalled again. I rebooted and got a green screen
instead of the usual black, grey, white screen. Then my heart sunk, NOT A
DOS DISK IN FH0:. Another completely wasted Harddisk. 

I don't know what to do anymore. 

It still works fine when I use floppy drives. I have never had a problem
when booting from floppies, only the hardisk.

-jeff

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From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Subject: Re: Distant Suns 4.1 demos up on AB20
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:26:43 GMT

mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) writes:

>The Distant Suns 4.1 demo is now released and may be found on AB20.
>The "1.3" version should work on all machines, and runs under ADOS 1.3.

>The "2.0" version requires ADOS 2.0  and an FPU, so is primarily an
>A3000 program.

I looked for it in incoming/amiga/DEMO/commercial, and /amiga/demo/commercial,
but couldn't find anything that was obviously it.  Could you give us a
directory and a filename?

Thanks,

-Rob Knop
rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu
From: gfm@ccs.northeastern.edu (george f mcbay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: RE: Lharc vs. LZ
Date: 13 Apr 92 01:15:24 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

In article <57146@cup.portal.com> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
>So even .LHA files have differences depending on if they were
>built with LZ or LHA.  Argh!

	For those who like to deal with one program I've found that LhA
will UnLharc files made by Unix-LHA, whereas LZ usually won't...Also, both
LhA and Unix-LHA seem to undo files created by LZ, I'd say stick with LhA
and forget lz until it is updated, if ever.
From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu Ayala)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: inserting graphics into final copy??
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:41:47 GMT
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology

In article <1992Apr14.234948.424@mr.gov.bc.ca> rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.220347.402@mr.gov.bc.ca>, rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster) writes:
>> 	In working with FinalCopy 1.3 I seem to have reached a brick wall
>> 	when it comes to inserting graphics.  I have a been trying to insert
>> 	clip are that is 256x228 with a depth of 1.  When the picture is
>> 	inserted, it seems to be full of 'noise' and is alway cut off at the
>> 	bottom.  I useally only get half of the picture inserted.  Has anyone
>> 	else experenced this?  Any suggestions??
>> 
>> -- 
>	A follow up note.  I tried the same graphic in ProWrite 3.2.3 and it
>	was inserted correcty and printed correctly.   Someone suggested that
>	the cut was bad.  I tried Mostra, ViewILBM and Display (from 2.04)
>	and all displayed the cut correctly.  This really looks like a bug in
>	FinalCopy to me.
>-- 
>
>        /Russ
>-----
>Russ Forster (postmaster)                       B.C. Systems Corporation
>Senior Systems Analyst                          4000 Seymour Place
>                                                Victoria, B.C. V8X 4S8
>Russ.Forster@BCsystems.GOV.BC.CA		(604) 389-3186
>RForster@GOV.BC.CA


  Russ, I tried your graphic and it doesn't insert correctly.
  But I went into Deluxe Paint III and noticed that stencil was
  turned on.  I turned off stencil, cut the cat out with a brush
  and saved it as a brush.  It then loaded into Final Copy correctly.
  This may be a bug in Final Copy, but you can get around it.

  Clare

  p.s.  Do you want to send it to Softwood with a note?  Do they
  have e-mail?
-- 
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NYNEX Science & Technology   clare@nynexst.com
White Plains, NY 10462       AMIGA RULES!!!
From: cholt@catpan.UUCP (Charles Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: TI microLaser Plus & ProPage.
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:08:54 MDT
Organization: CATPAN BBS, Boulder CO (via C-Net Amiga)

   HAs anyone used a TI microLaser Plus printer with Professional Page printing Postscript and had any luck?  We have a 1.5 meg printer that my dad picked up, and I tried printing with it and had no luck... it would download the fonts to the printer, and then the printer would act like it never received them.  Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?  DO I need more memory in the printer?

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From: rowebm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Rowe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Where can I find 'startup20'
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:51:12 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

I will soon be living in NJ.  Sea Isle City.  If anyone knows of an Amiga user
group in that area, or of a BBS of any kind I would like to hear about it.
Retailers would also be helpful.  Thank you.
          -Brian Rowe
From: kopnicky@flammulated.rice.edu (kopnicky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: HDToolbox doesn't work!
Date: 5 Apr 1992 07:59:20 GMT
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas

I *did* copy the Malibu.device.info file, also.  I took it from the
Expansion drawer on the Malibu disk, and tried it both in devs: and
the expansion drawer of dh0:.
	As for the filesystem, I was running a mountlist that not only
didn't refer to L:FastFileSystem, it didn't even *list* my hard drive
partitions.  I don't see why I even *need* entries for my hard drive
in the mountlist at all!

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From: 8939527@hydra.maths.unsw.OZ.AU ()
Subject: Excellence <-> Post17b
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:15:04 GMT

	Hi I have a question for the knowlegable ...
How can I preview Postcript output from excellence! on post17
I had both version 16 and 17 but neither work. I assume it's because it can't find the font. Given PSFonts only have Adobe 1 & 3 fonts but not the Excellence
I've played aroun tried a few tricks but no success. How does a PS printer print them out since It won't have the fonts.
	CYAZ
		Thanks in advance.
			Geo
From: cpw8034@zeus.tamu.edu (CHI PIN WEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Must Have For ALL HP DESKJET Owners!!!!!
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:25:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Between my roomate's DeskJet and my own, we finally finished 3 ink cartridges
a couple of weeks ago... so I ordered the HP DeskJet COLOR Kit from Inkmun
for only $34.95 and the output is incredible!  Just by digitizing from the
Digi-View in HAM mode, I can have almost photo-like prints without forking
over for HP's new 500c.  The only hassle I had was cleaning out the black
cartridges for each of the 3 colors... The doc's say that a 1oz rinse with
the cleaning solution should do it for Magenta and Cyan while 3oz is needed
for Yellow.  Yeah right.  I had to rinse most of each of them with WATER for
about an hour each to get out the black residue since they included only 
enough for one application.  Other than that, it's color output at 300x300 dpi
on plain paper unlike the 180x180 resolution from HP's PaintJet.  

For those of us that can't afford to upgrade to the 500c, this is by far
the next best thing... (and it's a cheap way to do it too!)  Oh yeah, the
kit also comes with a refil bottle of BLACK ink and even zip-lock baggies
and color coded labels... :)

Alan
(still gawking at print outs)
From: cpw8034@zeus.tamu.edu (CHI PIN WEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Alternate Solution: PageStream2.2's B&W Color Setting "problem"
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:29:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Well, it's apparent that it was a mistake to implement such a color
scheme on PS2.2 whether the arrangement of the color palete made "sense"
to the graphic designers at Soft-Logic or not.

I've personally given up on how I'm suppose to set my colors completely.
For 2.04 users (1.3 too?), just make sure PageStream's screen is in the
"front" your system and invoke the ColorChange (or something) from your
Tools drawer and change the White to something out.  

While you'll have to do this for every PS2.2 session (unless you write
a script), at least you can have PageStream2.2 running on what ever color
you choose while bypassing PS2.2's clr scheme without your screen
turning black.

Alan Wen
From: bleys@tronsbox.UUCP (Bill Cavanaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Date: 11 Apr 92 00:51:31 GMT
Organization: Xanadu Enterprises Inc.

In article <92100.232714WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>VLT 5.517 is available also from unixhub.slac.stanford.edu. Two archives:
>you only need to download one. One is VLTjr., the other regular VLT with
>Tektronix. Directory: pub/Amiga/VLT5.517  .
>
>         Willy.
>
>PS: There's no new manual yet. September at the earliest.
>    (There's a doc file in the archive, though).


[smiley mode on]

What an outrage!  So THIS is the service I get for my tax money!

[smiley mode off]

Seriously, why don't you get some congresscritter to write a check for
another employee?  You guys deserve the help.


-- 
 *         Bill Cavanaugh       bleys@tronsbox.xei.com          *
 *                                                              *
           "Thought and affliction, passion, hell itself,
           She turns to favor and to prettiness."
                   Laertes (speaking of Ophelia)        XY + XX = :-)
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From: davis@soomee.enet.dec.com (Mark Davis)
Subject: FishCat v1.2/contents file entry
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Keywords: FishCat Contents
Reply-To: davis@soomee.zso.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 16:20:11 GMT


I am trying out FishCat v1.2 and am running into a problem
loading in 'contents' files.  I d/l'd the contents files
for fish disks 621-630 and edited out the initial introduction
so that the file starts with "This is the contents of disk xxx".
When I attempt to read in the file FishCat gives me the corrupted
file requestor.  I also created individual files for each fish
disk with the same results.  What is the problem?

mark davis
davis@soomee.enet.dec.com
From: johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: New Horizons Tech Support & QuarterBack V5
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:45:21 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

Does anybody have the email address for Mark Thomas(sp?) who was until
very recently providing support for New Horizons in this newsgroup and
others.

When I find his address, I *promise* to add him to my mail alias file :-)

Thanks for your help.

PS: Has anybody received QuarterBack V5 yet?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee)
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 21:33:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.020304.21632@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez) writes:
>In article <92097.150134WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>>Get Post version 1.7. Its Postlj program also prints on DeskJets.
>>
>                   ^^^^
>I thought that the latest version was 1.6. Where can I get 1.7?
>
>BTW, the last release of VLT looks great, thanks Willy!

Thanks to Willy, I've uploaded Post 1.7 to ab20 in 
/incoming/amiga/postscript/

I haven't tried it, but it should be good, given Post's history.

dylan
(To preempt any "What's Post" mail, Post is an excellent PostScript
interpreter.  It allows you to preview postscript files, and print
them at your printers maximum resolution.  It works with type 1 & type
3 fonts, and I have had nothing but good luck using it.)
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