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From: hbechtel@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (H. E. Bechtel)
Subject: Major IRC WorldWide Amiga Computer Club Meeting
Originator: hbechtel@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 19:17:58 GMT

I had an idea that I would like to propose to the Amiga Community...

How about a computer club meeting over IRC (internet relay chat) for all
amiga people who have access to it?  We could 'meet' all of the famous
amiga people without having to leave our homes and pass on information to help
all who participate.

I had this idea because I recall that when the Persian Gulf War hit, IRC
had a war channel setup that would log it all.

Now for this idea to take place, we would have to set a central time for it
and have somebody keep the log of it for people to get so they could read
it if they are not able to attend.

Important people (like RJMical, Leo S, Dave Haynie, etc...) could show 
up on it if they have access and other CBM -Amiga people could sit in.

How does this sound to you all out there? 

Hans

hbechtel@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu

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From: lowell@techbook.com (Lowell Brunson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: booting from RAD:
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:20:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: techbook.1992Jul23.192041.1694
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix


 I am trying to boot from RAD under 2.04 but I get 'Checksum Error on
 Disk Block 1664' or 1656 and maybe others.  I was under the impression
 that if I entered the example in the new amigados manual that I
 wouldn't have to have a bootable disk in either of my floppy drives in
 order to boot from RAD:.  Am I wrong?  I am using the mountlist for RAD
 that came with the 2.04 upgrade.

 I have an amiga 500 with 3 megs of ram (supra500rx) and 2 floppies.  

 Any clues would be appreciated.


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From: jason@edsi.plexus.COM (Jason White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Help. STRANGE errors starting to pop up.
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:12:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Jul27.171213.21359
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI

This is starting to scare me. I have had my Amiga for a few years now, and
never saw THIS error before in my life, and now I saw it twice in one day:

When I boot a disk, and the startup-sequence is going through it's motions, I
see:
<invalid> <invalid> <invalid>
on TWO separate bootups. I changed nothing in my setup except adding a 1MB
agnus(Which works fine)

I run a 500 with 3MB, no HD.

Nothing wennt actually WRONG when I saw that, but it looked ominous enough to
post about.

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From: h234_112@ccvax.ucd.ie (Return to Sender...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: booting from RAD:
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:24:52 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <1992Jul23.192041.1694@techbook.com>, lowell@techbook.com (Lowell Brunson) writes:
> 
>  I am trying to boot from RAD under 2.04 but I get 'Checksum Error on
>  Disk Block 1664' or 1656 and maybe others.  I was under the impression
>  that if I entered the example in the new amigados manual that I
>  wouldn't have to have a bootable disk in either of my floppy drives in
>  order to boot from RAD:.  Am I wrong?  I am using the mountlist for RAD
>  that came with the 2.04 upgrade.
> 
>  I have an amiga 500 with 3 megs of ram (supra500rx) and 2 floppies.  
> 
>  Any clues would be appreciated.
> 
I have found the same problem under 2.04 (it worked fine under 1.3).
The only thing I have found is that this doesn't happen for me if the RAD:
I use is the same size as a normal floppy. It is only when I reduce the
number of tracks that I get the problem. Seeing as you have 3 megs of ram
this solution might work for you.

Aidan Hollinshead
From: kensaga@diku.dk (Kenneth Fribert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: PLEASE HELP WITH ARCNET CARD
Keywords: ArcNet Amiga
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:00:04 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen


Hello folks

I'm desperately looking (not for Susan) but for the guy who announced
ArcNet cards in a conf. some time ago, my mail doesen't seem to reach
him, or rather I get no replies :-)
If you know the phone-number for the guy with the cards HAND IT OVER :-D
or maybe an address?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: den@cci632.cci.com (Dennis J. Buttery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: test
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:28:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY

This is just a test.
Newsgroups: aus.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: a4000 serial number barcodes!
Organization: Columbia U., New York City
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:25:51 GMT
X-Posted-From: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Jul30.140831.19268@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> rxtajp@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Andrew Pettifer) writes:
>This is a GIF of some a4000 serial number stickers that were found in
>the bottom of an a3000 box.
>This is very interesting because it means that the a4000 must be ready to go
>and on the same production line as the a3000 (or at least in the same factory).
>Why else would they be printing up serial number labels?\
>
>delete up to and including 'cut here' then uudecode
>
>----------- cut here -------------
>begin 644 a4barcod.gif


	Hmm. I wonder if this counts as "public knowledge"??? 8-)
	-- Ethan
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Random Guru with JRComm1.02a. Can it be fixed?
Date: 26 Jul 92 18:57:57 GMT
Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Organization: University of Arizona

In article <sheldon.712096564@du139-208.cc.iastate.edu>, sheldon@iastate (Steve Sheldon) writes:
> JR-Comm is buggy.  I never used it extensively.  But the one time that I
>downloaded the demo version and played with it I was able to crash it
>repeatedly.  I've forgotten the options I had to select to do this, however.

I've been using JRComm exclusively and frequently for over a year, and I
haven't had a single crash I'd attribute to it.

Perhaps you were able to crash it by using some odd combination of options,
but my experience is that in normal operations, it's rock solid.

-- 
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	school

She hocked his wool for a bongo drum and man that lamb was
	cool.

		-Mr. Know-it-all
From: kroener@cs.uni-sb.de (Thomas Kroener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re:Powerpacker
Date: 22 Jul 92 11:41:00 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of the Saarland, Germany

>>Where can I find PowerPacker?  It seems that there are many utilities
>>on Fred Fish disks for PowerPacked files, but I cannot find PowerPacker
>>itself on any Fish disk.  Is it commercial?  If not, is it available from
>>anonymous ftp somewhere?
>Yep, I'm afraid it is commercial. At least the latest versions are - it's
>up to version 4.0a currently. Several other smaller utilities are offered
>along with it, like PPMore, PPShow, PPAnim etc... and I think these are
>freely distributable. Sorry I don't have ftp capabilities so I don't know
>where you'll find them.

Not all versions of PowerPacker are commercial.
There exist a version (<=2.3b)) on Fish 419 (??, I've forgotten the 
exact number:-(
Most ftp servers with amiga software should have this version in a 'packer'
or 'compression' directory.

        ---Tom

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From: gonzo@maxon.adsp.sub.org (Markus Nerding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Compugraphic fonts
Date: 28 Jul 92 08:55:29 GMT
Reply-To: cbmehq!cbmger!maxon!gonzo@cbmvax.commodore.com
Organization: MAXON Computer GmbH

I'm looking for free PD-Compugraphic fonts. Please tell me where I can find
some or even better send me some via e-mail (or maybe snail-mail).

Thanks in advance

Markus

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: tony@ais.org (Tony Poole)
Subject: Re: Amiga software emulator for PC?
Organization: UMCC
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:43:06 GMT

mjbrown@lonestar.utsa.edu (Marc J. Brown) writes:


>I believe that statement takes an incorrect viewpoint.  I can say the Amiga
>is a far more capable computer than Mac or IBM because it is... and to
>explain myself, I offer the following rhetorical question: The great software
>packages available for Mac and IBM... is the Amiga INCAPABLE of doing the
>same?  Conversely, the IBM/Mac are incapable of a multitude of things that
>the Amiga laughs at.  (And have you read tha A4000 article?)

SPLASH!  Hook, line, and sinker.....

Get up and dry yourself off.  Next time try not to believe everything you
read.

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From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: C= speaks!!! let's spread the words!!!
Date: 31 Jul 92 12:12:07 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Les_Jenkins@lppl.mi.org (Les Jenkins) writes:

>Would someone please be so kind as to EMail me the article which CBM posted
>to the net? I missed it and my site has already expired it. Thanks a mill.

You may download a copy by ftping to wuarchive.

(systems/amiga/incoming/misc/C=)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Compression
From: mbuc1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Matthew Richard     Buchanan       )
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:52:58 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <sheldon.711902145@pv1413.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:

>In <1992Jul23.053515.4271@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> mjbrown@lonestar.utsa.edu (Marc J. Brown) writes:

[stuff deleted]

> I never looked at Imploder, but I believe it did the same thing as
>Powerpacker.
> I haven't looked into this, but I believe Powerpacker is essentially similar
>to PKLite on the IBM.  That is, it just compresses the executable files so that
>when they are executed they decompress in memory and hopefully work normally.

Imploder had one advantage in that it uncompacted its executables into the
same memory as they were stored to begin with - unlike PowerPacker which
uncompacted them into another section of memory. Very helpful on low
memory machines.

Cheers, Matt.
[more stuff deleted]
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From: u2112539@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Unix style parent directory (..)
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:46:21 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales

In article <1992Jul29.043338.23438@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, kaarts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth John Aarts) writes:
> In <36248@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> ps296au@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Steven Cobb) writes:
> 
>>I'm looking for a smart cd command or something similar
>>to reduce the shock of going back and forth between
>>amigados and unix on a daily basis.  Is there some OS patch
>>that will recognize ".." or "." and substitute the apropriate
>>directory path?
> 
> If you are not using csh (5.19 at the moment), then you are not using your
> shell properly.
> 
	WB2.04 allows movin backwards with cd / (or is it cd \) for one move
and cd // for root dir
	George



> Ken
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug Dyer)
Subject: Re: Amiga TeX
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:34:41 GMT

prado@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Louis A. Prado) writes:

>Firstly, could someone please tell me what is TeX.  I thought it was a text
>editor which included support for mathematical symbols.  If this is the case
>why does it (the one avialable on FF610-FF616) require 30Megs of HD space.
>Are there just tons of bit mapped fonts ?


There is TeX stuff in wustle archive at
utilities/text/utils (i know, a strange place for it):

Stay away from that fish version unless you have 4megs of spare fast ram :(.
Also, be warned that pastex1.3 on wustle were compressed with a
no-longer supported version of ZOOM (4.2) and I think have corruption
problems as well ( Though I can only find zoom4.1 and 5.4 to try).
There is a cool small version in wustle called TeX_3.1.lzh which
works flawlessly but you really need preview and print .dvi file
capabilities to get started.  

TeX is a really great document software package (I use LaTeX, a 
macro extension of the many TeX commands).  TeX is actually a compiler
that takes your work from any ascii editor that is dispersed with
tex commands such as

%my comment: dummy.tex, might not even work...
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
 why         should \TeX        handle     my
     layout         for                              me ?
\end{abstract}

\section{You and your comb}
 asdlkfj alsdkjf alsdkjfj aldksjf 
asdlfj asldkjf
asldkfj

\subsection{When your comb is ``un-breakable''}
 lskdajflaskdjf lakjds lkajsd flkajsd flkja 
\end{document}

And you do the ole "latex myfile.tex" and get a .dvi file.  TeX
formats your work beautifully, handling your bibliography, figure
references automatically, and attaches your figures to text so that
they move as your report grows.  TeX will make an intelligent
decision as to where your figure should be placed for you (if you
want).  There is a steep learning curve, but
its worth it.   If you do reports, articles, or use mathematical
notation you will find it worth your while.  Leslie Lamport (sp)
has a book I use on LaTeX (you should be able to check it out
at your library or computer center).

What I can't seem to find are previewer and preview fonts along with
a dvi to postscript support or \psfig macros that I use for embedding
encapsulated postscript figures, or even a dvi print utility.  Ugh.  

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Subject: Re: Comments on BubbleJet printers ??? Canon BJ10EX esp ?
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:15:53 GMT

jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath) writes:
[ stuff deleted ]
>> Ink cartridges will run you about $20 apiece (but they last a good while)
>>and you can use most any sort of paper in it.  (I use Xerox paper ...it seems
>>to give good results).  The only real problem with the BJ printers (and their
>>Star counterparts, I'm told) is that the ink is water-soluble.  Rain does not
>> coexist well with this ink!  The type of paper you're printing on has a big
>> effect on this, though.  Maybe Canon will address this problem?  
>>

>My dealer sells a kit to refill the cartridges.  I have had good
>luck with one and one that I couldn't get to work so far... 

Is it possible to refill the cartridges with a different ink so that the 
printouts won't smear as much when exposed to water?  And about how much
does this kit cost?

Thanks in advance ...

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From: jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: H: Setting up 6XAmiga 500 & 3000 network
Date: 26 Jul 92 21:59:17 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

'where oh where is an Amiga networking guru'
	'where oh where could he be...'

I would like anyone's help (maybe someeone with first hand experience)
on networking 6 or so 500's to a 3000.  A elementary school teacher
friend of mine is looking into purchasing the 500's for his classroom
mainly for use in building math and English skills as well as art and
PROGRAMMING.  He has a 3000 and plans to use this as a file server for
the 500's (or possibly 1000's if they turn out to be a cheaper option).

My question is this; how much are the _cheapest_ reliable ethernet
cards and drivers.  How much will it cost him total to set up a system
like this.  He's open to other options with a concern on containing
costs so if parnet could be set up to work through a parrell port card
on his 3000  or options like that are feasable please let me know.
I didn't see that as an option as I know of no parrell port cards
for Zorro II/III slots and am only familiar with ethernet style
connections.  

Thanks in advance for an advice I receive via e-mail or posted here.
-- 
jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: NEED Fatter Agnus ASAP!
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:37:36 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

Hi!

Does anyone have a fatter Agnus (1meg) that they'd like to sell or do you
know of a good place to get one cheap and quick?

I have the opportunity to get both 2.04 and Agnus installed for the same
price and I'd like to get this conversion done as soon as possible.

Please email me...

Crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu

Thank you!!!!!!
  ;>
From: avogel@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Random Guru with JRComm1.02a. Can it be fixed?
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:13:18 GMT
 <1992Jul26.185757.20254@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <1992Jul27.020756.8437@cs.mun.ca>
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <1992Jul27.020756.8437@cs.mun.ca>, craigs@odie.cs.mun.ca (Stace) writes:
> My main problem is that I can't seem to get my Evaluation copy working
> to my satisfaction.  I'm not gonna shell out the money to register the thing
> if it's going to crash.
> 
> F'rinstance, when editing my phone book, it is not uncommon for me to get a 
> software task held message, and then have the damn thing lock up on me.  
> 
> So, can someone using an A2000HD with WB2.04 fill me in on how it's working
> for them?  I'd love to register it, confident that it would work.
> 
I own an AMIGA 2000 with hard drive etc. and II have 2.04 ROMS installed.  I
have had no problem using JR-COMM 102a the only problem I have had (like somone
else replied ) was using it while playing a mod - it crashed 10/10 when I did
that - otherwise no problems no crashes especially not upon just loading it up.




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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: wesdia@sniap.mchp.sni.de (Wolf-Eckart Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Amiga TeX
Reply-To: Wolf-Eckart.Schmidt@sniap.mchp.sni.de
Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 08:56:14 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.194120.14270@ennews.eas.asu.edu> prado@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Louis A. Prado) writes:
>Firstly, could someone please tell me what is TeX.  I thought it was a text
>editor which included support for mathematical symbols.  If this is the case
>why does it (the one avialable on FF610-FF616) require 30Megs of HD space.
>Are there just tons of bit mapped fonts ?

Well TeX is not an editor but a system for text setting (I don't know if this is

the right word).
You have to write the plain text with your preferred editor. Then you have to
include commands into the text to get a special format.
To show the document, how it is printed, there is a previewer.
Before you can start printing, you have to start the program TeX to convert
the written .tex file into an .dvi file, which is a special format of TeX.
Then you can print the text with dviprint.
TeX itself needs not more than 5 MB on your HD, depending on the macro packages
you are using (TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, ...). This macro packages expand the capa-
bilities of TeX. Then you need several MB for fonts (previewer fonts, printer
fonts in several resolutions).
So TeX needs 30 MB (plusminus) of diskspace, but if you have a computer with at
least more than 1MB and a large HD, TeX is a good program for the Creation of
high quality documents, especially with mathematical and chemical symbols.
It's not comfortable to use, but you get really high quality documents!
Many published books are made with TeX!

>- Lou Prado	EE  Undergrad.     Arizona State Univ.


Greetings, 
Eike


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