HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R. Block)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: About MAPLE V...
Date: 12 Oct 1992 19:49:24 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

In article <Bw07Lw.JoJ@cs.vu.nl> wgkramer@cs.vu.nl (Ewout Kramer) writes:
>Sure :-( At a monthly income of $400 I can really afford Maple V.
>I just have to live without food/clothing/housing for 3 months.

I don't know if I said it this plainly or not.

Go to your University, probably try the bookstore first, maybe your
Computing Services department.  Ask them if they have a site license
for Maple, and if they do, tell them you'd like a copy.  They'll
probably charge you a disk-copying fee, maybe not.  However, you can
get it under their site licence to use legally as long as you're a
student there.

Then you go to the bookstore and buy a nice book on how to use Maple
V.  The Amiga version is nothing short of great.

Greg

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
Subject: Re: How do I stop ISpell's REXX server?
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:12:49 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

Kent Dalton (kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com) wrote:

> The ISpell man page does not discuss how to stop the ISpell arexx server
> once it has been started using "run ispell -r <NIL: >NIL:". ISpell seems

I've had good luck just sending it a ^C.  It always stops right away and
frees up its memory.

   - steve
From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Superbase Pro 4 question
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:10:57 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University

I just bought Superbase Pro 4 ver. 1.x.  I have a GVP 68040 card
in my Amiga.  When I installed the program, it worked fine (the
Amiga had been running 3 - 4 days).  I tried running it last
night, repeatedly, and kept getting error #800...00B which of
course gives me the alternitives of suspend or reboot.  Does
anyone out there know what I'm doing wrong?  As far as I can
discover, this version of Superbase Pro doesn't use a dongle
;-{).
-- 
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Though all the world betrays thee.
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, (The Minstrel Boy)
One faithful harp will praise thee."         (Thomas Moore)
From: wfaust@venus.adsp.sub.org (Wolf Faust)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Printer Driver for Bj10ex
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:31:18 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1992Oct5.130542.13083@phillip.edu.au> t9014135@phillip.edu.au writes:

>Does any one know where I can get a printer driver for the Cannon Bj10ex that
>works, in particular I would like to use it with Pen Pal V1.4

Call the Canon Hotline or get

CanonBJ10 driver V4.1 on Fish 696 (this is the latest version)

                         AND(!)

CanonStudio V1.2 on Fish 738 (current version is V1.5)


You can also use the CanonBJ-EC driver on Fish 738 on the BJ10ex,
but this driver was made for the Canon color inkjets and does not
support the 48 pin more of the BJ10ex as the CanonBJ10 driver
does. This may result in an increase of unwanted "stripes".
Also, the CanonBJ-EC driver does not support font download.

On the other side, the CanonBJ-EC driver is currently the best
driver available for the Amiga when it comes to graphic printing.
256 Greyshades instead of 16 and free definable dither routines
may overcome the "striping" problem...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: rittle@supra.comm.mot.com (Loren James Rittle)
Subject: Re: How do I stop ISpell's REXX server?
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola Inc.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:04:56 GMT
Keywords: n

In article <KENTD.92Oct6154649@zappa.FtCollins.NCR.com> Kent.Dalton@FtCollinsCO.NCR.com writes:
>The ISpell man page does not discuss how to stop the ISpell arexx server
>once it has been started using "run ispell -r <NIL: >NIL:". ISpell seems
>to take up a ton of memory when not in use (I have a pretty large
>dictionary file :^) so I want to shut it down without rebooting when
>it's not in use. The docs imply that it can be done but never say
>explicitly how to go about doing it.

Kent,

You can stop ISpell in ARexx Server Mode in two ways:

1) [I'm sure this is listed in the README, BTW] send the 'quit'
or 'exit' (can't remember which, not at home to look] ARexx message
to the 'IRexxSpell' port.

E.g. from an ARexx program:
address 'IRexxSpell' quit
OR
address 'IRexxSpell' exit

2) [I'm not sure if this is listed]  But, how do you stop any system
friendly program?  That's right: break <CLI number of ISpell>.
You can determine the CLI number of ISpell with status.

E.g. by hand:
status
break <CLI number of ISpell>

Can also rig into a script, I would do something like the following:
break `status | grep -i ispell | sed 's/.../\1/`
[note the above requires tools that not everyone would have]

[Not picking on Kent in particular, but it happens enough to ask:]
Finally, why do people post questions like this here?  My email
address is clearly listed in the ISpell distribution isn't it?
It is possible that mail is no longer forwarded from the account
listed in the ISpell distribution, I suspose...  If the account listed
is l-rittle@uiuc.edu then I'm sure that mail is still forwarded
correctly as of last night :-).


Loren

[Note new email address:]
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Motorola, Inc.
(708)576-7794
From: sie_0003@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Brian Badger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Linear Programming
Summary: Linear programming on Maple?
Keywords: simplex linear programming
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:14:47 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona

In article <1992Oct15.115701.13149@sarah.albany.edu> hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) writes:
>
>Does your university use MAPLE V? If so, MAPLE V has a Simplex Linear
>Operation package that you can use.
>
>Herb
>

I did not know that, I have never seen Maple before.  Exactly what
features does it have, and what can a student expect to pay for it?
I don't know how I have seemed to miss an entire scientific/mathematic
program for the Amiga, but I am interested.

Brian Badger
Systems Engineering Junior
University of Arizona.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: afryer@zeus.UWaterloo.ca (A. Fryer)
Subject: Re: About MAPLE V...
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:51:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.150904.17524@cerberus.ulaval.ca> gel25@Vision et  
Systemes Numeriques (Eric Gailloux) writes:
> 
>     Here's the answer I got to the following question I asked to
> the guys out there at Maple Software:
> 
> 
> >>Where can I buy Maple for the Amiga?
> >>Is there a special price for students like me who can't afford
> >>to pay $500 bucks or more for software?
> >>I own an A3000 with 4 megs of ram, is that enough?
> 
> >There is a special student edition for Maple for the Macintosh and
> >Can $695.  The regular price is $935.

***stuff deleted****

> 
>     You can't expect people to pay $700 for software. This is not my
> idea of a student discount price!
>  
>     This is why software piracy exists. Sell your software for 100 bucks
> and everybody will buy it!
> 
>     How many illegal copies of Word Perfect (for PC) are out there?
> Tons of them! Why? Because they sell it for $495US!

Well, here at the University of Waterloo, which is across the road from  
Waterloo Maple Software (which was started by UW grads), we have some  
licensing agreement with them.  I can go to the campus computer store and  
purchase Maple V for my Amiga for about $80.  This price does not include  
the documentation though.  However, the campus bookstore has several  
excellent books on using Maple V for about $50-$60.

Check with your University bookstore or computer store to see if they have  
a similar arangement.

--------
"Life! Don't talk to me about Life!"


Alun Fryer
afryer@zeus.uwaterloo.ca



> 
> 
> Eric Gailloux- Internet: gel25@gel.ulaval.ca
From: aites@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Jim Aites)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:30:26 GMT
Subject: grep needs dos.lib?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications

I recently grabed a copy of 'grep', but when I ran it, it came back indicating
that I needed a dos.library.  (But I ain't got no steenking dos.lib!)

Does this mean that I have to have 2.0?  Or can I just get by with this lib?

Any help finding the lib, or other info would be appriciated.

Thanks!  (I hope!)

Jim 8')s
aites@hpsmpa.lvld.hp.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: music@moravian.edu (Steve Heller)
Subject: Re: Is there an NROFF for the Amiga????
Keywords: editors,formatters,applications,amiga
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 11:13:17 EDT

In <70992@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt6758b@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Anthony Kopack) writes:


> I need to track down a version of NROFF that will work on my A500 under 1.3.
>Does such a program exist. I need it to turn in a design document for one of my
>classes and I'd prefer not to have to do it on line all the time or sitting at
>the terminals in the computer center here at Tech.

>Any place that has it????

I believe what you want is the 'nro' program. I believe I got this
from one of the recent fish disks (but I'm not absolutely certain of
that). It is NOT a complete implementation of nroff but it will handle
a good many of the most commonly used features of nroff and does
support macros. Check out wuarchive's (or ux1's) fish dirs. If you
can't find it send me email and I'll put it up on one of those sites
(I may have found it on a BBS somewhere). BTW: nro supports full ANSI
codes so you can do some nice screen formatting as well as text. It's
a pretty good program and not that big either.

Steve
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From: caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: How do I stop ISpell's REXX server?
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (9/26/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 10 Oct 92 00:48:48 CDT

In article <1992Oct7.160456.17456@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> rittle@supra.comm.mot.com (Loren James Rittle) writes:
> In article <KENTD.92Oct6154649@zappa.FtCollins.NCR.com> Kent.Dalton@FtCollinsCO.NCR.com writes:
> >The ISpell man page does not discuss how to stop the ISpell arexx server
> >once it has been started using "run ispell -r <NIL: >NIL:". ISpell seems
>
> E.g. by hand:
> status
> break <CLI number of ISpell>
>
> Can also rig into a script, I would do something like the following:
> break `status | grep -i ispell | sed 's/.../\1/`
> [note the above requires tools that not everyone would have]

Or you could just do

	break `status com ISpell`

:-)

-=> CAW

--

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caw@miroc.chi.il.us  (my amiga)                          ...the Amiga way...
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From: fgd3@nifty.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe, III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re:  Wordperfect 4.2 bugs (as in roaches)
Distribution: world
Date: 9 Oct 92 09:29:27 EDT
Organization: Fabbian G. Dufoe, III

In article <67290@cup.portal.com> DAVIDM@cup.portal.com (David W Martin) writes:
>You must issue an AVAIL FLUSH command in a Shell or via Workbench
>to flush WPs libraries. It does not clean up after itself.

   No library "cleans up after itself".  It's part of the Amiga's design
that libraries, once loaded, remain in memory until the memory is needed by
something else.  If no processes are using the library and the system needs
the memory the system will flush the library automatically.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: ToolManager 2.0 -- WHERE????
From: mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon)
Date: 7 Oct 92 08:09:36 EST

In article <1992Oct6.082032.369@doc.bmd.trw.com>, rthorstr@doc.bmd.trw.com writes:
>Can anyone tell me where and from what directory I can ftp ToolManager 2.0?
>Also I would like the same info. for ToolDaemon.
>

Well, if you can FTP to my hard drive.... :)

Actually, its at wuarchive.wustl.edu under the systems/amiga/incoming/utils
dir.  Remeber for ToolsDaemon, you want the 2.0b version (its at the bottom
of the ls....)

BTW ToolsDaemon and ToolManager have yet to crash or do something nasty
to my system.  I like TD becuase I like the extra menus and submenus
while TM is nice for its dock icon features....
-- 
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      //         | Senior, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Toledo
  \\ // Only the |   Summer Intern, NASA Lewis Research Center
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From: stelmack@erkle.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Any Productivity Mode Apps?
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:43:20 GMT
Reply-To: stelmack@erkle.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Final Copy II opens on the Workbench, or lets you open a custom screen with
the same characteristics as Workbench. I have a 2000 with old chips, so I
can't check Productivity for you.

BTW, Final Copy II looks REAL nice. Quick points noticed:

1) Drawing tools VERY easy to use (lines, boxes, ovals)
2) When it doesn't find a font, the requester now gives you an additional
option to specify a new font. This greatly simplifies taking your document
someplace (such as your local dealer) to have it printed -- before, you would
have to redo the fonts.
3) A ruler for your location up and down the page as well as across.
4) The Screen FINALLY follows the cursor when you move horizontally across
the page.

That's 10 minutes worth of playing. More soon, as I am redoing the manual
for Pro Port Analyzer in Final Copy II, and will be using it EXTENSIVELY...

-- 
-- Greg Stelmack (stelmack@eggo.csee.usf.edu)
-- FullTime Grad Student, PartTime Amiga Salesman, PartTime Amiga Developer
-- Author of: Spades, Pro Port Analyzer Plus, more to come...
-- DISCLAIMER: The opinions reflected here are mine and mine alone.
From: prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:23:56 GMT
Subject: Questions about ProPage
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications


I`m trying to decide whether to get PropPage or PageStream for DTP 
and finding it damn difficult to get a clear differentiation from 
the very undetailed reviews that get printed in typical Amiga 
magazines.

Anyway, what I really want to know is what the detailed features 
are of the products, a few questions I have are written below.
Now it may be that no-one knows the answer to these, in which case
I will write to some of the Amiga magazines informing them of the
opportunity they have to do a decent comparison for a change.


  a) Does one perform better than the other (speed)

  b) Does ProPage allow you zoomed views, including view facing
     pages?

  c) What are the major weaknesses of the two products.
   
  d) Both support typography pretty well now, but is one
     easier to use than the other.

  e) Which produces better typeset output? (I`m amazed that none
     of the reviews ever mention this.)

  f) Which is more stable. Ie: Bugless.

  g) Which company have better support?
From: vesty@bart.camb.inmet.com (Matt Vesty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: GnuEmacs 1.26 broken?
Summary: All external calls have errors on forking
Keywords: GnuEmacs vfork
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:26:19 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.

I just FTP'ed GNUemacs 1.26.  This is a port of 18.58 GNUemacs.  
Whenever I used DirEd (^xd) or try to run an external shell command
(M-!) I get the following error:
	vfork error:  Not enough memory
(The wording may be different, I don't have the text infront of me).

I tried increasing the stack size to 100K.   I also tried using the
-prealloc switch with 1MB.  It still didn't work...

Any suggestions?
Thanks for any help

-- Matt
vesty@inmet.camb.inmet.com


PS: I'm using a copy of Matt Dillion's fifo-library off of
ff400-something.  Is there a more recent addition?
From: skellner@uceng.UC.EDU (Sean Kellner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: VistaPRO and AGA?
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:53:07 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati, Engineering College

In article <1bdk8lINN2o7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aq722@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John Gregor) writes:
>
>Does anyone know if there is a version of VistaPRO in the works that will
>understand/use/take advantage of the AGA chipset?
>
>  John
>

  I live close to one of the authors and he has said yes, VPro 3.0 will be for
WB 3.0 support. Since 3.0 is only on 4000s, I guess it should.  I will ask him
specifically tho.
 
  Sean


-- 
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From: fillg1@uni-paderborn.de (Michael Illgner)
Subject: Does the post.library support Colors ?
Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:09:21 GMT

Hi folks,
Is it possible to use the famous post.library with color-postscript files ?
This would make the printing of included colored images in TeX-files
using dvips very easy. 
					Thanks in advance
					Michael
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Germany                 Buero : N3.323
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Wednesday, 14 Oct 1992 00:01:59 PST
From: LORETI, Maurizio <MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Adobe Type 1 conversion/kludging
 <Bw13v8.D80@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <67677@cup.portal.com>

>> FontDesigner, an outline font editor/converter for the Amiga extracts the
>> metric information out of a Adobe Type 1 (PFB) file and can save the metrics
>> in AFM format. Of course it is also able generate Intellifont files directly

There is an utility that does this on one of the latest Fish disks,
named PSTools or something like this.

From Italy,     ciao          Maurizio

- Only my opinions ... --------- (programmer since 1968) --------- aka I3NOO. -
 Maurizio Loreti - University of Padova - Department of Physics - Padova, Italy
 Padova:   LORETI@PADOVA.INFN.IT         +-------------------------------------
 Stanford: MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU  | I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way
 FermiLab: LORETI@FNALD.FNAL.GOV         |           (Jessica Rabbit)
From: Jamie_Krutz@a68k.denver.CO.US (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Anyone have Prowrite 3.3?
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:48:01 GMT
Organization: The Arvada 68K BBS- Westminster, CO

I have not yet received 3.3.  But they told me on the phone that the
problem with kerning compugraphic fonts has _not_ been fixed.  They're
reason: c= did not put the proper stuff in the library they use.  They had
expected a fix from c=.  I'm not sure I understood correctly, but I got the
impression c= put what they needed in some other library, which would make
large changes necessary in PW, and perhaps c= didn't put enough of what's
needed for decent print output into 2.1/3.0.  

No matter who is to blame, it's a major drag.  Final Copy II is looking
better and better for printing.  But PW is still the only one that does
video script style columns (WP doesn't count w/me)

Later,
 -Jamie

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Fish disks 631-640 available
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:38:21 GMT

As of last night, Fred fish disks 631 thru 640 were uploads to
grind.isca.uiowa.edu in the amiga/f7 directory (they may also be at
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)....

You can access the grind site either with FTP or thru telnet...login
as ISCABBS if this is done...

Contents files may be found at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu under amiga/fishdoc/f7


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      //         | Senior, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Toledo
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From: soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: spell checking in PageStream
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 08:28:26 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>I am using PageStream a lot for a newsletter and small letters.
>I love it, it is great, but either I am completly missing some
>sort of options, or the spelling checker in PageStream sucks.
>
>Has anyone had any luck using a flat ascii spelling checker
>then throwing the text back into PageStream with Arexx?
>
>Has anyone any ideas on how to get better performance out of
>the spelling checker in PageStream?
>
>I am using an A3000-16 with Quantum hard drives, and a one page
>batch spelling check will take 15 - 30 minutes, if nothing is
>miss-spelled.  Actually, it calls up a large number of very
>simple words as "unknown" and I find myself adding 90% of the
>mismatches after a quick check in Websters....
>
>Am I doing something wrong?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Scott Nolan
>
> _______________________________________________________
>| All computers are tools.                              |
>| Use the right tool for the job at hand.               |
>| Use an Amiga to have fun while doing the job at hand. |
> -------------------------------------------------------
>

You're doing something wrong (though I'm not sure what). I spell checked
a page just now and it took about 5 seconds (A2000/A2630).

What version of PageStream are you using (seems like it's a lot faster
since version 2 came out)?

PageStream's spell checker is nothing to write home about; that's for
sure. Personally, I use PageLiner which has hot-linked text with PageStream
and has a very fast spell checker (and a much better dictionary).

By the way, there is an (I think) undocumented batch Spell Checker
load feature in PageStream. Hold down the shift key while selecting the
Edit Spelling Dictionary menu item. A requester will pop up letting
you type in the name of an ascii file (one word per line) of words to add. 
However, this IS slow.

Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
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