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From: Gary_Coleman@mindlink.bc.ca (Gary Coleman)
Subject: Re: amiga spreadsheat reading lotus 123 files
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:57:36 GMT

> Martin Black writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <1992Nov17.055228.1453@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
> Posted: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:52:2
>
> Org.  : Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
>
> Well is there  amiga spreadsheats that will read lotus 123 file formats,
> and
> if possible write out lotus 123 file formats?  If so which lotus version
> hopefully above v2.7.
>
> Martin
>
>

I've had some success us8ing Gold disk's professional Calc.  You do have to
resize all the columns.  I am having a b*tch of a time with some of the
functions though.  If I use the string functions, I get LOW MEMORY in
ProCalc's dialogue box.  Kind of strange in that I have 2 megs chip and 8
fast in my A3000.  I did try setting the stack higher...

BTW I believe Lotus has V2.4 and V3.1...

Gary Coleman, G.Coleman Concrete.
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From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: IS XPK SAFE?
Keywords: semprini, spam, ni, naught bits, Bruce, llamas
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:18:18 GMT
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.

Quoth dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen):
]> 
]> I'm very impressed with the XPK package and the XFH and XPK-handler
]> file systems. BUT how reliable are they?
]> 
]> If you use/have used either of these, I would appreciate you thoughts.
]> 
]> 1. Have you ever lost data?
]> 2. Was it obnoxious in any way?
]> 3. Would you do it differently if given another chance?
]> 4. Which handler would you recommend?
]> 5. Do you back up your data in the compressed format?

Also,

   6. Anyone use a tape backup on say XH0: and live to tell about it?

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From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: ProDraw + A4000 = :-(
Date: 18 Nov 92 04:26:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: spartan.1992Nov18.042650.4735
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario

In article <1992Nov18.031030.6187@cbnews.cb.att.com> itch@cbnews.cb.att.com
(richard.m.brack) writes:

>I don't know how others generally feel about Gold Disk but I'm not too
>excited at the moment...

>Well, instead of complaining to the guy on the phone, who probably really
>couldn't do anything anyway, I'm going to write a letter to Gold Disk.
>I don't expect to get anything out of it but I want to let someone know
>how some of the users feel (at least me anyway).  If anyone has any comments
>they would like to add I would be glad to include them in my letter.

You may want to mention the disparity between the Amiga and Windows versions
of ProDraw. Gold Disk justifies the difference in the capabilities of the
two packages by claiming that the programs are developed by two different
teams and that the demands of the user base in the Windows environment are
more extensive.

In the meantime, the Windows version has received kudos by the press,
while the Amiga version has an inconsistent GUI and no import/export
capabilities. Unless they're coding in assembly, there's no reason why
the Amiga version couldn't behave more like its sibling.
 
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From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Subject: Re: ICONS and DOCKBRUSHES and what you guys want.
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 16:18:58 GMT

Quoth slhmz@cc.usu.edu:
]> 
]>   Some of you may have downloaded the file:
]> 
]>          /systems/amiga/incoming/pics/DockBrushes.lha
]> 
]>   from wuarchive.wustl.edu.  For those of you who haven't:  DO SO!

Agreed!  Quite the snazzy package!

]> Anyways, Travis Carter (the creator of AnimBrushes and Icons) has not
]> received any replies concerning them!  So, what do you guys think?

I sent a thankya to the contact mentioned in the archive itself.  No answer
so far but didn't expect any, really.

]> released soon.  Well, Travis is wanting to know what programs you guys
]> use the most and would like icons or animbrushes for.  So, drop me a 
]> line here at slhmz@cc.usu.edu and tell me what you guys think and what
]> you want.

I'd love to see some standard "default" icons, personally.  His floppy drive
icon was fine, but I'd like something snazzy for newly created disks.  Also,
howzabout DiskMaster and CrossDOS... those are sure to be popular out there.

BTW, I just used the WB icons from that archive -- all of my Docks are text-
only, as I can label them with the F-key that corresponds that way.  Also,
my Workbench is low-res, not interlaced, but the icons look GREAT even like
that.  Doesn't hurt that I'm using 8-color.

Hm, maybe in a few months we'll see Icons Pro for commercial release.. :-)
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From: bombadil@diku.dk (Kristian Nielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: IS XPK SAFE?
Date: 16 Nov 92 12:34:02 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

umueller@iiic.ethz.ch (Urban Dominik Mueller) writes:

>In article <Bxnwv6.At@javelin.sim.es.com> dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen) writes:

>>I'm very impressed with the XPK package and the XFH and XPK-handler
>>file systems. BUT how reliable are they?

As the author of XFH, I can say that a primary design goal was safety.
This means stable operation (ie. lots of redundant error checking on
parameter values etc.) as well as data security. One example is the way
autocompression is handled: First write the file normally, then compress
to another file, then rename both files, and only if the compressed file
is fully safe delete the original. So even a complete system crash
leaves you with a good chance of saving the data. The price is with
efficiency; XFH is by no means optimal with respect to speed or memory
usage.

Needless to say, even though I spend much efford keeping the source
'clean', there can still be bugs (like the filenote/Examine() one
described below). And the compression libraries could have problem as
well.

>>4. Which handler would you recommend?

>Both have their drawbacks. Xpk-Handler is new to this release and thus pretty
>untested. XFH has a bug that can cause crashes when ExAll() is used on it

I would like to clarify this. The problem is with ExNext() (ExAll()
isn't supported but is emulated by dos.library), so every dir-listing
program will experience it. If ExNext() is performed on a file with a
filenote starting with a character with code greater than about 80, XFH
can trash memory. A fix has been made, but I've not had the time to
release it yet.

	- Kristian (author of XFH).
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Wordworth 2 preview (long)
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:59:03 GMT
Organization: City University, London

In article <By0pnu.AI8@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> pejanes@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Peter Janes) writes:
>In article <1992Nov19.114518.3048@city.cs> lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
>writes:
>[list of WordWorth 2 features removed]
>>The manual seems to be clear and well written, and covers
>>a great deal. It is 350 pages. You have to install the program
>>from 6 floppies. It has Collins English dictionary and thesaurus
>>with hyphenation. You need at least 1.5M ram, and a 2nd drive of
>>some sort. Works with WB 1.3, 2 and 3.

Amiga Format says its pointless without a hard disk.

>
>But will it do footnotes, endnotes, super/subscript (in both printer font
>and program font), tables, etc.?  I know, you haven't used it yet, but is
>there any mention in the manual?  If it only drops fonts/graphics when
>importing/exporting WP 5.1, there must be a few features you haven't
>mentioned (hopefully).

All I can say at this stage is `I think so!'. Someone give Wang
a call to speed up looking at my A3000 (2.5 weeks so far, still
not diagnosed) and I can do a better review :-).

Check out the demo in this months Amiga Format. BTW, Amiga Format
is the biggest selling men's interest magazine in Europe, and it
outsells all music and car magazines. 165,000 copies a month. Thats
more than What Car? Impressive for a specialist magazine for an
obscure home computer. It is far and away Europe's biggest selling
_computer_ magazine! Needless to say it is the world's best selling
Amiga magazine, and its the 51st best-selling magazine in Britain.

The Autumn `Complete Amiga Software Guide' describes over 1000
Amiga programs and rates them. It has been indispensible. It
list every Amiga software I have come across so far.

>Peter Janes                       // | "Now, here's a song that answers the


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From: dolittle@halmuc.muc.sub.org (Ludwig Hurt)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:58:24 +0200
Organization: HAL (ECG089)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: DirOPUS questions!
X-Newsreader: Ann 0.9

In article <Bxs727.9tJ@news.chalmers.se>,
	thly@pe.chalmers.se (Thomas Lydhig) writes:
->Some questions about DirOPUS v3.41 from INOVAtronics:
->    1. What is the latest version?
->    2. Is it possible to stop OPUS from continue remove files then it
->       already have started removing files? I could not find any solution
->       to it in the manual!
->    3. I would like to have a "join" function, there I mark some files, give
->       them a name and then they will be joined to one file. I have tried
->       several times but nothing works. Do anyone have any idea?

Make a new Gadget (->Options) and write C:Join {O} {aEnter the name of the
new file:Merge} and everything will work allright.

->    4. Is it possible to reach INOVAtronics on Internet? How?
->    5. I think DirOPUS is the _BEST_ software ever made for any computer in
->       this category. (I have used DOS, UNIX, VMS and nothing is close). Is 
->       there any software for PC that I have missed which will be close 
->       (forget Norton commander and PCTools)?

YEAH !!

->
->THANX,
->	Thomas Lydhig		/ 	thly@pe.chalmers.se

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From: rmal@jet.uk (Richard Lucock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: GNUEmacs keypad binding
Date: 23 Nov 92 09:23:07 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Joint European Torus

In <1992Nov19.212737.8848@b30.ingr.com> pat@fitz.b30.ingr.com (Patrick Fitzgerald) writes:

>I posted a few months ago, but I still don't know how.
>Does anyone know how to set the keypad keys for GNUEmacs on the Amiga?

I'd appreciate any info on this as well. At the moment I run with
a modified keymap that remaps the keypad keys to strings like <esc>Ap,
<esc>Aq, etc. It works, but there must be better solutions.

Cheers,
	Richard

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From: taylorm@wl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: RE: Wordworth 2 preview (long)
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:41:54 GMT
Organization: AECL RESEARCH

>Encouraging news. It would be nice to know if they plan any distribution
>for North America.

I would be quite happy if the UK version were available here in Canada.
It would have to support different key maps, but that isn't a problem if
it is properly writen.  Other than that, I can't think of any changes
that would need to be made.

It would be nice to have a spell checker that knows there is a 'u' in
colour :-)  We usually end up with the American versions of word processors
here.

It sounds like it's a good piece of software.

Long live the Queen's own English.

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From: madsen@cs.iastate.edu (Dave Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Error in Pagestream PostScript
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:50:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bxx5CL.5xI
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

I have discovered an error in Pagestream 2.21 generated PostScript code.  The
error deals with the code that handles the generation of arrows at the end
of lines.

In /doendstyle there is a line that reads:

/angle dy dx atan def

If dx and dy are both zero, this causes an /undefinedresult error with atan in 
standard PostScript.  A couple of documents that I have recently produced
have generated this error when I attempted to print them.  A proposed solution
is to change this line to:

/angle dy dx 2 copy add 0 eq {pop pop 0} {atan} ifelse def

which will return zero if both operands are zero, otherwise it will perform
the atan function with the original operands...

Dave

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From: madsen@cs.iastate.edu (Dave Madsen)
Subject: Re: Error in Pagestream PostScript
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:07:18 GMT

In article <69808@cup.portal.com> soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson) writes:
>
>Gee, I thought that was fixed. Are you running the latest version of the
>PostScript printer driver? The current one is version 2.2.11.
>
>Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
>               <soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
>        SOFT-LOGIK BBS (PCP MOSLO) (314) 894-0057

According to both the driver and the accompanying prologue, I am using
version 2.2.11.  I ftped this latest version (from amiga.physik, I
believe) quite some time ago.  Has this been further corrected and
re-released?

--Dave



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From: accs1@bagheera.mumath
Subject: Looking for Postscript Printer Driver
Reply-To: accs1@bagheera.mumath
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 13:49:46 GMT

On which FTP site can I find a Postscript printer driver?
What's its name and where is it hidden ?

Frank
From: D.G.Legros@bradford.ac.uk (DG LEGROS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Icons Outside Windows on A500 HELP !
Date: 21 Nov 92 18:55:02 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 92356597@ccw209
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

SJE CHAMPION (S.J.E.Champion@bradford.ac.uk) wrote:
: Hello. I would like a PD program which I can run from Startup-Sequence
: on my hard-drive which will put icons for my main utilities on screen
: without opening any windows. I understand that wb2.04+ can do this
: by itself, but I only have 1.3.1 ( I'm saving for a 1200 )
: 
: All help gratefully received,
: 
: 	Slimey
: 
: 	S.J.E.Champion@Bradford.ac.uk

Sorry dude, but as I far as I know only 2.x and above can do this.

Dom  (Quantum PD - Bradford Area)
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From: aq061@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Need an IntroCAD Deskjet driver
Date: 21 Nov 1992 21:44:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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I have the old version of Introcad and its hp.laser driver works fine.  However, the new version of Introcad did not have a driver that would work on my Hp Deskjet 500C printer.  Does anyone have one I can use?  Please mail it to me if you do. 
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From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Pagestream 2.2 & .iff files guru :<
Date: 22 Nov 92 22:55:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.722472926
Organization: University of Washington

In <70041@cup.portal.com> soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson) writes:

>>
>>Does anyone have any clues as to why PageStream is guruing on me?
>>

>This sure sounds like a bug that was fixed by the PageStream 2.2HL patches.
>If you haven't upgraded to version 2.21, get the patches from the SL BBS.

>Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
>               <soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
>        SOFT-LOGIK BBS (PCP MOSLO) (314) 894-0057


Oh, *piffle*!  I have the patches...I guess I never installed them because
I thought they related to HotLinks, which I don't have.  Okee!         

Thanks all!
  ;>
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From: cmh@lysator.liu.se (Magnus Holmgren)
Subject: Re: DirOPUS questions!
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:30:37 GMT

thly@pe.chalmers.se (Thomas Lydhig) writes:

>Some questions about DirOPUS v3.41 from INOVAtronics:
>    1. What is the latest version?

Latest I have heard of is 3.41, however, I do know a new version is on its
way.

>    2. Is it possible to stop OPUS from continue remove files then it
>       already have started removing files? I could not find any solution
>       to it in the manual!

I think pressing both mouse-buttons will help. This is mentioned in the
manual (as a general stop function).

>    3. I would like to have a "join" function, there I mark some files, give
>       them a name and then they will be joined to one file. I have tried
>       several times but nothing works. Do anyone have any idea?

Use an external program for this. C:Join does it nicely. The manual contains
all information needed to set this up properly.

>    4. Is it possible to reach INOVAtronics on Internet? How?

Well, at least Jonathan Potter can be reached. Look in the about requester
for an address.

>    5. I think DirOPUS is the _BEST_ software ever made for any computer in
>       this category. (I have used DOS, UNIX, VMS and nothing is close). Is 
>       there any software for PC that I have missed which will be close 
>       (forget Norton commander and PCTools)?

It is nice, yes. However, it is a bit slow on an Amiga 500..
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From: niko@artcom.de (Niko Luckow )
Subject: Re: Broadcast Titler 2
Organization: ART+COM e.V., Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 09:02:12 GMT

ollis@redbck.stl.dec.com (Stephen Ollis) writes:

>Does anybody out there run Broadcast Titler under V2 of Amiga DOS?
>Does it work successfully?

We use it in our video editing suite on an A3000/KS 2.04 and I must say
it works quite well.
... only wish they would care to read the Style Guide ...

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Hope this helps...

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From: slhmz@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: ICONS and DOCKBRUSHES and what you guys want.
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:16:11 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


Hello all!

Right to the point:

  Some of you may have downloaded the file:

         /systems/amiga/incoming/pics/DockBrushes.lha

  from wuarchive.wustl.edu.  For those of you who haven't:  DO SO!
  
Anyways, Travis Carter (the creator of AnimBrushes and Icons) has not
received any replies concerning them!  So, what do you guys think?

Also, if you read the r"readme" file, you would know that release was
just a "preliminary" and that a bigger, more complete archive would be
released soon.  Well, Travis is wanting to know what programs you guys
use the most and would like icons or animbrushes for.  So, drop me a 
line here at slhmz@cc.usu.edu and tell me what you guys think and what
you want.

Thanks from Travis ( who has no net address, so replies to slhmz@cc.usu.edu
                     I'll make sure he gets them.                           )

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