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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Falcon
From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Date: 10 Sep 92 06:05:41 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <1992Sep7.152822.3514@crc.ac.uk>, naffara@crc.ac.uk (Dr. N.A. Affara) writes:
> And now some thoughts on Atari...
> 
> I agree with the fact that Atari could do with more (any?) advertising. But 
> when I thought about it, and saw some of those posts from amiga owners, I 
> realised that I hadn't seen any advertising for any make of computer.
> Maybe everyone's got the same problem...

     But anyone reading BYTE in the last couple of months has seen a
full page Amiga ad! If Atari would like to sell a lot of falcons, they
should get some ads in BYTE and a falcon in the hands of Jerry
Pournelle. Then some people might stand up and here what Atari has to
say.

Later.......

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From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Who will buy a Falcon?  Me.  Maybe...
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:53:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: newshost.1992Sep4.225345.20633
Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

In article 5686@bnr.ca, smiller@bnr.ca (Scott Miller) writes:

>Well, developer-dudes (and damsels?), I am waiting.  (And I don't mind 
>spending money on GOOD software!)

Now THAT's what we like to hear!  :)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Subject: Re: Hard disk Defragmenters, any suggestions?
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 23:13:18 GMT

C556212@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Jeoff Hines) writes:

>     I have a friend with an IBM that swears by his H.D. defragmenter.  I
>think he uses every day (sometimes twice).  Says that it speeds up his
>read times.  Could this be true?  Is it a good idea to defragment my Hard
>Drive once in a while?
>     If so, where could I find a RELIABLE defragger?  I saw a.a has one,
>but it didn't mention hard disks in the description......

It's not only a good idea, but -IMO- it's absolutely necessary to defragment
your hard disk every once in a while. It absolutely speeds up HD-access. I
suppose it's not too hard to imagine that reading a file that is scatered in 
10 pieces takes more time than reading the same file when it's stored in one 
contiguous block... :)
There are several programs that perform the trick, but they're not all able to
defragment all kinds of HDs. For example: I have a 210Meg Quantum HD (lucky me
:) and most defragmenters can't cope with this disk, due to
'non-standard-Atari' logical sectors (I think). They're 1k instead of 512 bytes
and most programs get confused by this.
I use CHKDISK3 and ST_TOOLS and both are very useful for analyzing your HD,
find lost and orphan clusters, recover deleted files, analyzing the FATs, etc.
I don't know if CHKDISK also defragments HDs, but I'm sure ST_TOOLS does.
I don't know where these programs can be found - try atari.archive. If you're
desperate, mail me.

Hope this helps,
Hendrik Jan


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From: cable@crs.cl.msu.edu (Dan Cable)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 300dpi GDOS fonts
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:00:04 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

marc@hemlock.cray.com (Marc Bouron) writes:


>In article <1992Sep10.001148.19862@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, cable@crs.cl.msu.edu (D
an Cable) writes:
>>
>> There are a number of That's Write font archives on GEnie that contain 300dpi

>> LaserJet fonts. The naming conventions are a little funny and there may be
>> some extra characters, but they are GEM fonts.
>>

>Can these font archives be uploaded to atari.archive?  I don't have GEnie acces
s.

Yup. I will post a message with the pertinent file names.

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From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PageStream:  Easy program-generated vector graphics!
Keywords: vector dtp
Date: 5 Sep 92 22:45:52 GMT
Reply-To: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au

By using the "Adobe Illustrator" import driver, you can easily make
your own programs to create vector graphics with simple ASCII files.

Put these 4 lines of ASCII text at the beginning of your vector
graphics file:

%!PS-Adobe
%%Creator: Adobe Illustrator
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 100 100
%%EndSetup

(yes, it looks like PostScript, but PageStream can also import it
 as normal line graphics for those of us without PostScript printers)

Then to set the line width to say 0.5pt,  add this line

0.5 w

Then to use black lines, add this line (1=white):

0 G

Then to set the line ends to squares, add these 2 lines (1=rounded):

0 j
0 J


Now, to move to a point say (100.5,300.0) (in pt), use:

100.5 300 m

And to draw a line from the last move or line point to (20,50), use:

20 50 l


At the end of each polyline (a sequence of moves and lines), add:

S


Then add this line to the end:

%%Trailer



Simple!  The caveats are:

	1) You'll have to set the line width and colour, because the
		defaults are 0pt and white.

	2) You MUST end shapes with "S", otherwise they will not show up.

	3) PageStream has a limit to the number of points in a shape, so
		make sure you divide your vector graphics up into
		sufficient shapes.

and, I'm not sure, but probably:

	4) Line widths/ends don't work mid-way through drawing a shape.


I have trivial C++ code for this, if anyone cannot follow.  And a cool
Fractal Tree drawer - which is my reason for finding this out :-)

I simply used a slightly modified version of the format generated by
GNUplot's AIFM driver... if you fix that driver, you could easily use
GNUplot to generate graphs, etc for inclusion into PageStream!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,rec.audio,sci.skeptic
From: trw@spl1.spl.loral.com (Tim R Witort)
Subject: DAT Stuff ( was sampling and human hearing range )
Organization: Loral Software Productivity Laboratory
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:08:57 GMT

A couple of erroneous comments have been raised about DAT technology:

1) You can't make a digital copy of a CD due to the copy protection.

   FACT: You CAN make a direct digital copy of a CD at the standard
         44.1kHz sampling frequency onto a DAT cassette (as long as
         your CD player has digital outputs). What you CAN'T do is
         make a digital copy of a DAT recording from one DAT deck to
         another if the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) is 
         used by the DAT machine and the recording was made from a
         CD at the 44.1kHz sampling rate. This prevents digital 
         copying of something that was recorded from a CD. This, of
         course, doesn't stop anyone from making a million digital
         copies of a CD from the CD itself.
         DAT recordings made at the 48kHz sampling rate may be copied
         digitally DAT to DAT.

2) The DAT sampling rate is 48kHz.

   FACT: True, but not the whole picture. DAT samples at 48kHz for
         recordings made from anything but a direct CD source. Some
         professional DAT decks allow the sampling rate to be set
         at 44.1kHz even if the source is not a CD. This allows a
         CD "Master" to be made that could be transfered to CD with
         no DA/AD conversion. Someone pointed this out.
  
   FACT: Many DAT decks also provide a "long play" recording mode which
         reduces the sample quantization from 16 bit to 12 bit, the
         sampling rate from 48 kHz to 32kHz, and the tape speed is
         halved. This doubles the time capacity of a DAT cassette and
         reduces the frequency response to 5 - 14,500 Hz. All other
         specs remain practically identical.

-- Tim
From: rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Falcon - Who would buy one? (was Re: Falcon Graphics)
Summary: Me
Keywords: falcon
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:30:48 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

In article <1992Sep4.151149.8953@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov writes:
> 
>As a developer, I'm just curious... how many folks in this newsgroup actually do
>intend to buy a Falcon when ... [stuff deleted] ...
>
>So how many _really_ intend to buy one?

Assuming no major "hitches in the getalong", I am planning to buy one of
the higher end models approximately 6 months (desire) to a year (monetary)
after availability.  My current intention is to buy a 4 Mb with an internal
drive.   I won't need a monitor because I am planning to use my NEC 3DS.
(One of the reasons that I bought the multisync was so that I could get
a new machine without having to buy another monitor. Cheaper that way. :-)

Re software: depends on the new apps (and a few games) that will come
along that I can't live without! :-)  

Roy C. Gosewehr
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying?
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:10:38 GMT


In case you didn't notice - I own a PC and an Atari computer. Just keep this
in mind because it might help understand.

I know what the Falcon was built for. You know what for? To get Atari Corp.
out of the recession and nothing else! You said it yourself, it wasn't
designed to compete with "big toys" but for some strange reason people
continue equating it to "big toys." Isn't that strange?

What does soundblaster have to do with memory consumption? Seriously, I doubt
you have ever seen a PC otherwise you would have known. Besides, I do not own
a sound blaster-pro card. I have the regular sound blaster card in my 286 and
the PAS-16 in my 486. Do you need more than 8 Meg on the PC? No, depends on
what you are doing but generally not. At least I can upgrade to 64 Meg but can
you? You know, a few years ago they said 64 Kbytes was enough. I am currently
considering a motherboard that contains a 486/50 MHz DX and the i860. I have
a 486/50 MHz DX but I like "toys." -)

I do not run windows and never will. Also, I do not pay any medical bills!

Regards,
Mark K.
From: REEVES@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Terry Reeves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PERFPICH.TOS v1.1 posted to a.a
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:50:24 GMT
 <1992Sep4.142912.6932@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
 <1992Sep8.153600.11388@csi.uottawa.ca> <laq50iINNa5e@aludra.usc.edu>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

In all of the discussion surronding PERFPICH.TOS and the method of archiving
it, I have yet to read any statement at all about what it does. So, just
what is this program anyway?

                                                    Terry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: anisko@usdtsg.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (anisko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: AT-Speed and Windows 3.1? (2nd try)
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:34:20 GMT
Reply-To: anisko@usdtsg.UUCP ()
Distribution: world,local
Organization: NCR Corporation, Dayton

In article <1992Sep1.233319.10304@athena.cs.uga.edu> kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson) writes:
>I thought Windows 3.1 required at least a '386 to run?  The AT-Speed C16
>*IS* only a 16MHz '286, right?  Maybe that's the problem.  Only Windows
>2.x will work on a '286, I believe.

   Be careful on the numbering.  On a 286, Windows 3.0 AND BELOW will work
(not just 2.x).  But I *think* Windows 3.1 is stuck to 386 and above.  Best
place to ask this question would be in one of the "windows" newsgroups.
Anyways, Windows 3.0 should work fine on a AT Speed C16...

					Robert Anisko
					anisko@usdtsg.daytonoh.ncr.com
From: as327@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Roy Bixler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: HP Laserjets???
Date: 8 Sep 1992 20:01:27 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: as327@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Roy Bixler)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, cse0070@uoft02.utoledo.edu (bk@beer.heaven.bar) says:

>
>I am thinking of getting an HP Laserjet IIIp printer and was wondering
>if people using HP Laserjets with their ST's would like to comment on the
>software they use (or need!) for their HP Laserjets.

Sure.  I use Frank Ridderbusch's port of TeX 3.1 and MetaFont 2.7.  In case
you don't already know, TeX is a phototypesetting program and MetaFont
generates the fonts you can use in TeX documents.  Both were developed by
Donald Knuth at Stanford University and are free.  They are available from
atari.archive in the 'tex' subdirectory.

TeX generates DVI files as output, which can be previewed on the Atari's
screen or converted for printing into PostScript, PCL (HP LaserJet uses
this), etc.  Especially with the LaTeX macros, TeX makes a very usable word
processor and the price is right!  The drawbacks are that TeX eats up a few
megabytes of disk space, the setup is quite involved and you must compile
your document each time you want to see what your output will look like (no
WYSIWIG here!).  Also, you should get a book on how to use TeX and/or
LaTeX, since they are sophisticated.  Once you get set up, it's a powerful
system though and you will be pleased with what you can do.

>
>Thanks
>
>Bryan Kruzynski
>cse0070@uoft02.utoledo.edu
>
>
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From: kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT Unix ASV
Date: 10 Sep 92 05:31:47 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <s_tns7n.mats@netcom.com> mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann) writes:
>
>I'm kind of surprised nobody has posted anything to the net about this.
>Atari have pretty much canned the ASV project.  At any rate, the team
>within Atari has been laid off and all development has stopped. There's
>still some rumbling about a resurrection as a third-party product.
>The O.S. porting was done outside the company anyway, so it doesn't seem
>entirely impossible for that to happen, but I've no idea who has rights
>to what and so on.
>
>As far as comments on stability, speed, etc. it's extremely stable at
>this point.  The speed is well, about what you'd expect from a 68030 in
>these days when many workstations are running with processors with 10
>times the performance or more (I spent some time working with an SGI
>Indigo recently, which fits into the 10x category).  On the other hand,
>it's quite possible to get decent work done on it - I've worked on much
>that is far worse.


That is incorrect.  Atari has not "pretty much canned the ASV
project."  The ASV development team was not "laid off" either.
According to Bob Brodie, Director of Communications @ Atari Corp., 
the ASV project has been completed and that's why the development
team is now gone.  In a sense, yes, "development has stopped" but
only because it's done.  He said Atari wouldn't be commercially
releasing the full package until they have their 68040-based
machine(s) ready but that a text-based (i.e. w/o XWindows, etc.)
"student" version would be made available for existing machines.
From: Pierre_Hansen@mz.maus.de (Pierre Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: More TT030 help...
Date: 5 Sep 92 15:58:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: MZ.A9932
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

d>1)  How do you use the Fast RAM?  All memory tests show I only have 4,
d>which I can understand, but when I run Calamus and load all my 130 fonts
CALAMUS 1.09N only uses ST-RAM. It cannot acced to the TT-RAM.

d>2)  Screen trouble(?).  My TT Medium res screen is supposed to be 640X400
d>16 colors, right?  Well...  mine's 640X480!  Don't ask me how!  No
TT Medium is supposed to be 640x480! Your computer is perfectly fine.

Regards Pierre (@DMC)
From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca ( John Henders )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization:  One of these days for sure
Subject: Re: (none)
Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:58:06 -0700

In <1992Sep11.165901.12125@nosc.mil>, Mike Healy writes:
>In article <2250597@overmind.citadel> only_bbs!arthur_dent@overmind.mind.org writes:
>>Actually, it 
>>depends on your definition of accuracy.  If you use a sampling frequency 
>>twice that of the sine wave's frequency, it would end up as a triangle wave. 
>> At three times the frequency, you would get a square wave.  Therefore, to 
>>retain the shape of the sine wave, you would need a frequency of at least 5 
>>times that of the sound itself.
>
>Wow! 5x! Wait until Nyquist finds out :-)

	I doubt he will, as he's dead. ;-) However, he's probably rolling 
over in his grave. At least twice as fast as this bs gets spouted, in 
order to get a good sample.

	Please people, if you want to find out some truths about sampling, 
try the .audio groups, or comp.dsp. You'll defianately get more out of
it.



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       John Henders      jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
    I think your "evolutionary scale" needs an adjustment.  Either 
      that, or you've got your thumb on it. -> (lefty@apple.com)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: muts@fysap.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers)
Subject: Mint emacs 18.58, where to find?
Organization: Rijks Universiteit Utrecht
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 09:30:22 GMT

Hello,

I remember that some weeks (?) ago someone announced availability of a
new version of emacs for mint, 18.58. I cannot find it in any archive
however. Is it available, and if so, could anyone tell me where?

Thanks,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Communications Software
From: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 10:22:54 GMT
Reply-To: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ

In article <1992Sep6.061914.3314@actrix.gen.nz>, Steven.Wells@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>
>
>And the fact that FreeZe-Dried has background dialling, Flash .DO file
>compatibility, built in text editor, fully configurable scroll-back.
>fully configurable ascii sending.  Automatic login learning.
>Anti-timeout signals.  48/50 line screen on monochrome systems.
>resolution independancy.  Status bar giving all configurable
>information, and an on-line timer.  Toggle keyclick/system bell on/off.
>Background event relay.  Different fonts (loadable).  Quick to use
>non-GEM user interface (much faster than GEM).  Keyboard shortcuts for
>virtually all on-line commands.  Keyboard selection of menu items.
>
>v3.0 of FZDSterm is gonna have more emulations (with luck VT100) built
>in protocols, etc. etc.   (Maybe!!)
>
>Also, using shadowterm on TOS1.2 using the standard GEM file-selector,
>it won't read the information from the disk, and locks up completely!
>
>(No ACC's or TSR's loaded)
>
>But, when Universal-Item-Selector III is loaded, it works!
>-- 
>        Wells_S@Kosmos.WCC.Govt.NZ     /     Steven.Wells@BBS.Actrix.Gen.NZ 
>                   $$$$$$$$ Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre $$$$$$$$


But what about D.C's STORM, writen by Allen Page the Flash man, could this be
the Best Terminal program for the Atari's...???

Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: dud@hardy.u.washington.edu (Daniel Aylward)
Subject: Re: Thank you Darek for your support of the ST
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:22:56 GMT

Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

>Clinton Keith writes, about the GEMulator:

>>Darek has a vested interest in seeing that as few people as possible continu


>...
>>Let the buyer beware.  If you think Atari claims and service are bad,
>>be prepared for worse with this guy. 
> 
>Except that Darek neither sells, nor services the GEMulator.
>That's being handled by an ST dealer..
> 
>If you're going to flame someone, at least try to keep up with
>things..

>BobR

I think Darek recognizes his tendencies & knows they will hurt his sales,
so he's having someone else do it.  I think this was a good idea on his
part!  :)

Dan Aylward
dud@u.washington.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: sjg@dogmatix.ph.kcl.ac.uk (Simon Gornall)
Subject: Atari archive being mirrored
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:26:47 GMT
X-Posted-From: dogmatix.ph.kcl.ac.uk
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

I posted this to usenet, but I haven't seen it come up, so here it is again...

The atari archive in the USA is now being mirrored by src.doc.ic.ac.uk in the UK. The 
directory is /computing/systems/atari/umich, and contains the entire directory tree of
the atari.archive

Side note: According to archie, src.doc is now the largest archive site in the world :-)

Simon.
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From: Dirk_Steins@k2.maus.de (Dirk Steins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari marketing was: ding
Date: 9 Sep 92 00:59:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: K2.A46834
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

o>When you make a presentation show about the Falcon, it's possibly to do a
o>show, which makes the visitor say: 'That's it. That's the computer _I_
o>really really _WANT_ to have (I actually MUST have!)' And not just 'Well,
o> okay it's nice computer so what ?'

Okay, you're right with this. But wy did a lot of people ask me at the fair (i
was working there for atari) when the falcon would be available? And very much
people told me that they would by one direct if it has been available. So the
presentation was not so bad. But i'm sure with Claudia it would have been much
better :-)

Dirk
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