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From: chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: virus_checker 6.04 uploaded to ab20
Date: 10 Apr 92 09:42:54 +1200
Organization: Chem Dept, UoC NZ

I've just uploaded Virus_Checker 6.04 to ab20's /incoming/amiga dir.
This update was received direct from the author (John Veldthuis) this
morning, and adds checking for the new Menem virus which is apparently
somewhat rife at the moment. I recommed anyone who cares about the
continued existence of their data gets the new version and uses it.

the following is a description of the virus from the 6.04 docs

-----

MENEM'S REVENGE:
	This is a Link virus. It starts a Task called a single space. This
	task sole job is to Patch the LoadSeg vector in DOS. It thus
	infects programs that are run. It is triggered thru the Amiga's
	time and will write it's message to files on dh0: and/or df0:
	The message it writes and then displays as an Alert is

	Menem's Revenge has arrived
	Argentina still alive

	All VC does is Remove the Task and reset the LoadSeg vector.
	It will be removed from files as they are scanned.	
	It adds 3076 bytes to each file it infects.

	There are some problems with this virus. It does not know Amiga
	Files very well and will sometimes get it wrong. VC will remove the
	virus okay but the program may still not work due to this.
	Also when the virus is removed from memory the computer may lock-up
	or GURU after a while. This may be due to memory not being freed
	properly when the task is removed.

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| o      John Davis - CHEM194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz       o |
| o    (Depart)mental Programmer,Chemistry Department    o |
| o  University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand o | 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler)
Subject: Re: multidos crashes system
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Summary: Change your mountlist
Keywords: multidos ms-dos messydos mountlist crash bug
Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 05:37:39 GMT

[...GURUs when using MultiDOS under KS1.2...]
>I had the same problem using kick 1.3
>Anyone suggestions?

Add the following to your devs:mountlist file:

-----CUT HERE-----
MC0: Device         = DEVS:multidos.device
     Unit           = 0
     Flags          = 0                 /* 1 : Allow 5 1/4" drives */
     Surfaces       = 2
     BlocksPerTrack = 9
     Reserved       = 1
     Interleave     = 0
/*   SecOrg         = 1 */
     LowCyl         = 0
     HighCyl        = 79
     FileSystem     = L:MultiDosFilesystem
     Buffers        = 30
     BufMemType     = 1                 /* 3=CHIPMEM / 5=FASTMEM */
     Stacksize      = 4000
     Priority       = 4
     GlobVec        = -1
     DosType        = 0x4D534400
     Mount          = 1
#
-----CUT HERE-----

Copy this into your DEVS:Mountlist file once for each floppy drive you
have, changing MC0: to MC1: or MC2: or MC3: as appropriate, and
correspondingly changing the Unit = 0 to 1, 2, or 3.  This will let
you use it correctly.  (Note, I'm using KS1.2 and WB1.3.2)

+------///-+                       BRETT L. KESSLER
|     ///  | consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu           Binghamton State
| \\\///   | OR bkessler@cup.portal.com            Sr. Computer Consultant
+--\XX/----+            "WELL, WHATEVER, NEVERMIND" - Nirvana
From: rcleon@svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl (Leon Oninckx)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: PrtDrvGen, Printer driver generator
Date: 29 Mar 92 14:14:15 GMT
Reply-To: rcleon@bs.win.tue.nl
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

I'm looking for the latest version of PrtDrvGen by Joergen Thomsen.
I have found two versions in the Fishlibrary, but they are already
quite old (version 2.0 & 2.2) and I've found a somewhat newer version
on Coverdisk 40 of 'Amiga Computing' (version 2.4). Can somebody tell
me if there is a later version? I got a Compuserve address of Joergen,
but I have no idea whether it is still valid. It's 71310,2206.
Or maybe someone knows his snail mail address. I believe it's in Denmark.
I hope someone knows a bit more...
 
-Leon
email : rcleon@win.tue.nl
From: mrimages@beach.gal.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: ProPage CGFonts -> 2.04 DOS Fonts?
Date: 12 Apr 92 18:38:41 CST


	I was wondering if anyone had any success converting CG Font packages
for Professional Page to work as AmigaDOS CG Fonts under WB 2.04.

	I bought two CG font packages for Professional Page giving me several
more CG fonts, but I would like to use them the way that CGTimes and
CGTriumvirate can be used under 2.04.

	Anyone had any luck doing this?

Thanks in advance!
R. Luebbert
mrimages@beach.gal.utexas.edu
From: Greg_Dawson@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Another Genie Fix for PPage 3.0
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:17:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11283
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Hi,

A fix for genies MakeBarChart_Vert and MakeBarChart_Horz in PPage
3.0:

The MakeBarChart_Horz and MakeBarChart_Vert Genies call for the
font (CG)CGTimes at around line 101 of each script. This font is
actually called (CG)Times so the line should be changed from:


call ppm_SetFont('(CG)CGTimes')

To:

call ppm_SetFont('(CG)Times')


Once I made the above change these genies worked fine for me. In
fact, except for the stupid mistake noted above these genies are
very impressive.

Greg Dawson
From: rcleon@svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl (Leon Oninckx)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Quarterback Backup latest version
Date: 5 Apr 92 19:12:46 GMT
Reply-To: rcleon@bs.win.tue.nl
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Can anyone tell me if Quarterback Backup 5.0 is out already? I saw an
ad in Amiga World, but I haven't heard anyone talking about it yet.
I currently use an old quarterback, but I really want a better 2.0
style one with compression built in.
-Leon
email : rcleon@win.tue.nl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Thinker 2.1.4
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:14:32 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

I just got a newsletter from Poor Person Software in which they offered
an upgrade to the v. 2.1.4 of Thinker ($15). Has anyone already received
this upgrade? Has they fixed the problems with OS 2.0 (like not being able 
to save files to ram disk)? Can it open a custom screen, or is it still 
restricted to the WB screen? Does it have an option to load the whole file 
to memory and a (vertical) scroll bar? Have they improved the text export 
to support different WP:s and their file formats? (Their newsletter was 
talking mostly about CD-ROM support but forgot to mention if it works properly 
with the current OS version!;-)


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From: tdenbo@dwp.la.ca.us (Tom Denbo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Info on .info Magazine
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:38:21 GMT

I've been having no luck calling info magazine.  I'm 'running out of info'
and I'd like to renew.  The number I have is (319) 338-0703.  Has that
changed?
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From: cpw8034@zeus.tamu.edu (CHI PIN WEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PageStream V2.2--Problem w/ selecting screen colors
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:54:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <56991@cup.portal.com>, soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson) writes...
>>
>>147/150: Screen colors tutorial
>>Name: Gumby #1 @13459
>>Date: Fri Mar 13 20:39:34 1992
>>
>>There still continues to be some confusion over screen colors and related 
>>problems.
>>
>>A change was made in PgS 2.2 in the way that it matches colors in the color 
>>palette to the screen colors.  First some things you must know:
>>- every color palette contains black and white

Well, in my opinion, this feature does imply "broken"...  I can understand
the greater scheme of things and realize that for those without the flicker
problem that this method is a "nice" touch.  But for the rest of us, 
no matter where we set the black or white to, the flicker is really there
and VERY annoying...  It's sad though.  PgS2.2 seems to have fixed some
problems and made everything easier to work with otherwise.

a l a n

BTW, thanks for the reply though, at least I know my problem was intentional.
:)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: kopnicky@flammulated.rice.edu (kopnicky)
Subject: Re: Modemproblems using Kickstart 2.04!!!!
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 00:37:58 GMT


> It seems your program ist just not OS 2.04 compatible.  Erase it and
> get a better one !
>
> --
> Matthias Scheler
> University of Paderborn (Germany)

The guy didn't ask for sarcastic comments, he asked for help.  First
of all, if you'd read the message, you'd notice that he said he tried
*several* programs, not just one.  "Get a better one."  Ha!  It's a
great program; there's nothing wrong with it.
	Secondly, I'm using A-Talk III right *now* under 2.04, and it
works fine, so don't jump to conclusions.
	I'd say that your problem sounds like a hardware one.  You may
have a faulty chip somewhere.  Anyway, I couldn't tell you for sure.
I suggest you take it to a dealer to have it checked out.

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From: mikeh@starnine.UUCP (Mike Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: --- WRITTING A NEW WP ---
Date: 11 Apr 92 07:35:54 GMT
Reply-To: mikeh@starnine.UUCP (Mike Haas)
Organization: StarNine Technologies, Inc. Berkeley

||In article <274@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com| peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
|||
|||One thing that I miss from many current Amiga wordprocessors is one
|||special detail in the paragraph formatting capabilities:
|||I want to be able to indent the first line of a paragraph as well as
|||to do the contrary thing (sorry, don't know the english word for it :-):
|||
|||  This is an
|||indented
|||paragraph.
|||
|||This is a
|||  paragraph where the first
|||  line is, is, is.. (is the word perhaps "extruded"?)
||
|| Its called a "hanging" paragraph. I think most (all?) Amiga DTP packages
||support it, but I can't think of any WP's that do.
||--

My text editor, TEXTRA will allow text formatting in just this fashion
via one of the AREXX scripts I provide.  Simply drag-select
an area of text with the left mouse button and pull down the
AREXX menu item.  Into one of the text gadgets, type

   paragraph 8 5 70

(for example).  The first number if the indent value for the 1st line,
the second argument applies to all later lines, the third is the
right margin to word-wrap at.

If a blank line is encountered, it considers the next section
as a new paragraph.
From: rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: ARexx and FinalCopy -- template wanted
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:08:52 GMT
Organization: BC Systems Corporation


	I'm trying to write a an ARexx macro for FinalCopy.  Since this is my
first ARexx script, it seems to be harder than I thought it would be.  If
anyone has a template for a FinalCopy ARexx script, I'd sure apprciate it.  Why
SoftWiid didn't include a template is beyond me.  Anyhow all I was trying to do
was type in two address lines and the date at the beginning of a letter.
-- 

        /Russ
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Senior Systems Analyst                          4000 Seymour Place
                                                Victoria, B.C. V8X 4S8
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Subject: Re: ProWrite 3.2.3 Release
Reply-To: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:15:22 GMT

In article <69999@ut-emx.uucp>, amigamat@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mark Thomas) writes:
> ProWrite 3.2.3 is finished and I have created three patch archives for
> updating to this new version.  They can be found on ab20 in /incoming/amiga
> but you better get them quick unless someone comes up with a mirror
> location.
> 

Stuff about patch specifics deleted...

> 
> This patch adds a minor feature: Printing speed was increased
> during vertical blank spaces by simply outputting CR's instead of sending
> all that dead white space's data.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark Thomas
> -- 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>          Mark A. Thomas          / (amigamat@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
>    Tech Support for New Horizons / GEnie: M.THOMAS24
>     and Central Coast Software   / CS Student: UT @ Austin

Thanks to you Mark, and all those involved at New Horizons.

David

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: vsanchez@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Victor Sanchez)
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 02:03:04 GMT

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?

>        Willy.
>----------
>Willy Langeveld - Bitnet: WGLP09 @ SLACVM - BIX: langeveld

BTW, the last release of VLT looks great, thanks Willy!


Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.applications:4175 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:3716
From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Art Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Is there a commercial version of Matlab for Amigas?
Date: 15 Apr 92 21:58:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network and Harem

I realize that there is a public domain version that doesn't support the
graphics directly, but is there a later commercial version like for a 
Mac or IBM?

If so:  

Have you used it?
Did you like it?
What differences are there between the shareware and commercial versions?
Are there other similar Amiga math packages that might be better?

Thank you for any comments/suggestions.
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From: rodmar@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Rodney L Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Pagestream Memory Problems!!  (HELP, SL!!)
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:44:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: gn.1992Apr8.184420.456
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I have an old A1000, lucas + frances (4M 32-bit).

I'm having a problem with PageStream (2.2HL).  It load up fine in 32-bit memory,
but when you press 'help' key, it only sees the 16bit & chip memory!

Example:

System Free Space   4153288
Largest Free Block  1493288

Where did all of my 32 bit go!

Xoper says it is running from 32-bit.  What happened?

Any Suggestions?

Thanks
Rod Martin,
Registered PGS2.2HL user
 
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From: thad@btr.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Quarterback Backup latest version
Date: 12 Apr 92 09:33:17 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, Mountain View CA

In article <CIMSHOP!DAVIDM.92Apr9112132@uunet.UU.NET> cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) writes:
>
>I just got an upgrade announcement in the mail for it (and I think my current
>version is 2.3!).  I've already sent in for the upgrade because I want the
>tape backup capabilities.  For $25, it seemed worth it, but I'll know soon.

Bet you don't (know soon :-).

If you don't know the version you had, then how could you have known how
much to send them?

If you don't know the version you had, what "Original Quarterback program
disk" did you send to them for updating (as is their wont)?

Per their upgrade offer, for clients within the USA, upgrades of versions
2.3 and prior cost $35.  Upgrades of version 4.0 through 4.3 are $25.

Their instructions clearly state:

``	Return the following items to Central Coast Software:

	[] Original Quarterback program disk
	[] Payment
	[] This form
''

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: robtu@itx.isc.com (Rob Tulloh)
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO
Date:  7 Apr 92 04:02:43 GMT

Does either of djpost or ljpost work (well) with the DJ+ printer?
Seems like I don't see anyone talking about this printer anymore 
and I would like to do more with mine.

Rob
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: chymes@zurich.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes)
Subject: Is there any way to select a paragraph from Arexx in ProWrite?
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 10:40:20 EDT
Organization: Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Lab, U. of Michigan
Keywords: n


----------------------------

To use ProWrite as a source editor, U would like a way to select a
whole paragraph. From the sreen, you can do this by double clicking.
But can this be done from ARexx. The MAnual says nothing about this,
but maybe someone here knows something.

Charles
From: kanko@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Mark Kanko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Okidata OL400 Printer Driver Needed
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:13:49 GMT
Reply-To: kanko@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Mark Kanko)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

In article <raymondu.03e4@terapin.com> raymondu@terapin.com (Raymond Ulibarri) writes:
>
>   The Okidata OL400 emulates the Hewlett Packard LaserJet II laser printer. 
>If you have a HP LaserJetII Driver (I have one; I think I got it from the
>Extras 1.3 diskette), you've got the Okidata Driver

I didn't see the original post, but I've also posted asking for 
the 400L Driver--still no responses.  What I want to do is access the font
numbers within ProWrite so that it will select my printer resident fonts.
A new printer driver is required for this.  I don't really care if the
new driver speaks HP LaserJet II or native OL400 (the emulation can be
turned off), but the current WB1.3 driver for HP LJ II doesn't cut it
in terms of font numbers.  (Incidentally, when I called New Horizons to
see if they had custom driver, I was very frustrated to find out that
they didn't consider it their problem and weren't very interested in
helping out.  Why does a company build a program with a "supposed" feature
[i.e., font numbers] that CAN'T possibly work because no printer drivers
exist to support it?  It'd kinda be like building a computer with a 77.7
hertz scan rate even though no monitors support 77.7.  Of course, it would
make a neat "build-it-yourself" article in Amazing Computing...)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu Ayala)
Subject: Pixel vs. Screen Aspect Ratios
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 19:48:49 GMT


  Help!  I am totally confused between the many aspect
  ratios that the Amiga screens can have.

  What is the official aspect ratio of the screens, or
  does it depend on the application?  I just read that
  Deluxe paint is 10:11 and Art Dept. Pro is 11:13
  whereas DCTV is 60:80.  And then depending on the
  screen format, it is different between interlace
  and non-interlace.  Why do these applications have
  different aspect ratios?  Is it just to make it
  more confusing or is there a good reason?

  I understand the mathematics of scaling and adjusting,
  but I don't see why the pixels are non-square and
  vary in their non-squareness depending on the application.

  Finally, how do you tell what the aspect ratio the
  pixels put out by a particular aspect ratio?  When
  I use Final Copy without first integer scaling my
  1:1 scanned image, it appears taller.  

  And why is it when I scan in an image using 1:1
  to a 640x400 screen that it is so tall and thin?
  I would have thought that the 640x200 would be
  even taller as there are less pixels in the vertical
  direction so that they have to be taller (more
  rectangular)

  Is there a good reference to all these issues, or
  do people kind of just pick it up as they go along?

  Thanks for any answers to my questions.
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From: aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sri Ramkrishna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: porting some IBM stuff..
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:16:27 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Anybody remember the program called PC-Write for the IBM?  Isn't it PD?
Why can't someone (maybe the author?) port that to the Amiga???  It would
make a great word processor even if it isn't WYSIWYG! And PC-File??  That
could be ported as well!

	sri