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From: stefan@kiebitz.intellektik.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Stefan Gerberding)
Subject: Q: GNU Emacs 18.56 1.26 sync. processes
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:35:20 GMT
Organization: TH Darmstadt
Keywords: GNU Emacs, sync. processes

I have got a problem with GNU Emacs 18.56 release 1.26. The sync.
processes do not work! Eg. dired fails with "vfork failed: Not enough
memory" which can not be true since there are more than 3 Megs free!
I got the same error with "shell-command".

The fifo device is installed, I copied fifo-handler to l: and the appended
the mountlist entry to my mountlist (There was no installation guide in
the archive which I got from the Berlin ftp server) and mounted fifo: in
the user-startup.

I am running 2.04 on an Amiga 2000 with 5 Megs.

Thanks in advance,
		Stefan.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: lishka@dxcern.cern.ch (Christopher Lishka)
Subject: Word Processor Recommendations?
Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:33:42 GMT

[I don't usually read this newsgroup, so please send replies via
email.  I will be happy to send a summary of responses to anyone that
requests it.]

I have been a long-standing fan of the Amiga, having owned a 1000 and
2000.  Currently I have an Amiga 600.

However, I have a problem: I need to find a good word processing
program for my wife, who is an amateur writer.  Currently we have two
different versions of "Kind Words".  This is the worst WYSIWYG word
processing program I have ever used.  It is so buggy that my wife has
spent quite a bit of time learning what *NOT* to do in order to keep
Kind Words from crashing.  Since she is a beginner at computers, I
feel ashamed not to have a better word processor.

So, I am looking for recommendations on good word processors available
for the Amiga.  I word prefer something WYSIWYG, ala Microsoft Word
for the Macintosh.  However, I would also settle for a character-based
program.  The word processor should (hopefully) have the following
capabilities:

	* To read in an ascii file

	* To write out an ascii file

	* To generate PostScript *files*

Thanks in advance for all of your help!
							.oO Chris Oo.

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From: ianm@icsbelf.co.uk (Ian Moran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Is there a successor to Power Windows ?
Date: 9 Oct 92 07:44:47 GMT
Organization: ICS Computing Group Ltd., Belfast
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Allan Duncan (aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU) wrote:
: Was there ever an upgrade to OS 2.0 level of this useful product, or an
: equivalent?  Anything to save going through the motions if there is an
: easier way :-)

Try GadToolsBox, this I believe is the same idea only much enhanced.

Ian

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
Subject: Re: About MAPLE V...
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 12:00:55 GMT

In article <caw.0pjv@miroc.Chi.IL.US> caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura) writes:
>
>I got my Maple V for $437 Canadian (just looked at the invoice for the exact
>figure -- that's including the shipping).  That's between $350-$385 US, as I
>recall (or it was whan I got it).  I purchased it on a special deal they were
>offering just before Maple V was released for the Amiga (faxed my order in on
>the last day, for that matter, as I had sent mail to wmsi and they responded
>that they were offering this deal).  I, too, knew that UIC had a site
>liscense, but I wanted to be able to use it after I graduate (which isn't
>long now).
>
>> Personally, I think it walks all over mathematica.
>
>The symbolics in Maple V trounce all over Mathematica.  But Mathematcia is a
>generation ahead in it's graphics abilities.  It depends on how much you need
>to be able to do when visualizing your data, I suppose.  I'd really like to
>see Maple VI have the graphics power of Mathematica.  (Disclaimer:  I know
     ^^^^^^^^
>nothing about Waterloo's plans for Maple VI.  Don't even know if they're
>working on it, though I would expect they are.)
>
>--
>
>Christopher A. Wichura                Multitasking.  Just DO it.
>caw@miroc.chi.il.us  (my amiga)                          ...the Amiga way...
>u12401@uicvm.uic.edu (school account)


Release 2 of MAPLE V is due before the end of this year and has many new
and exciting graphics features such as implicit 2d and 3d plots, contour
plots, 2d and 3d animation plots (that are neat!), and other goodies.

Herb


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: bobb@agora.rain.com (Bob Beauchemin)
Subject: Recursive timer program
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:49:08 GMT



  I have a friend who is looking for an Amiga program that will do
recursive alarms. He runs a "participatory democracy" project, and is
trying to allow everyone to speak for specific length of time. As an
enhancement, he would like to have the program keep track of how long each
speaker has actually spoken, ie, total for speaker 1, speaker 2, etc, and
have this update when he presses the mouse after each speaker has finished.
  Does anyone know of an Amiga program that fits this approximate
description?
  Thanks, in advance

Bob Beauchemin
bobb@agora.rain.com
From: bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R. Block)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: About MAPLE V...
Date: 13 Oct 1992 14:57:13 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

In article <CASEY.92Oct12212217@morale.lexmark.lex.usa.na> pacasey@lexmark.com writes:
>How much did you pay for your copy of Maple?  Just curious.  Thanks.

I paid full price.  :)  It was before I knew that our university had a
site license... which is okay, because I'm going to be using Maple for
a LONG time after I graduate.  When it comes to programs I recommend
to other EE students, Maple is WAY up there.

Personally, I think it walks all over mathematica.

Personally.

Greg
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: dannie@coplex.com (Dannie Gregoire)
Subject: Need text editor without a screen
Organization: Copper Electronics, Inc.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:44:36 GMT

I am in need of a text editor for the Amiga that does not open its
own screen and uses console i/o.  It will be used on a remote terminal
via fifo pipes.

Any suggestions??  Thanks.

Dannie J. Gregoire
dannie@coplex.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
Subject: Re: About MAPLE V...
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 11:37:06 GMT

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.
>
>
>Ewout

The Amiga version of MAPLE V is about $400, so one month's income will
do it for you. Think of it this way. By going with little food for one
month and totally concentrating on learning Maple, you will not only
loose ugly fat and become healthier, but you will become a Maple expert.

Herb


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From: lvandyke@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Lee Van Dyke)
Subject: Wanted: amigantt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:55:36 GMT


I have amigantt version 4.00.00 which appears to
have some serious bugs.

I am looking for a later version that I can ftp.


TIA

Lee
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: torrunes@Lise.Unit.NO (Tor Rune Skoglund)
Subject: Rev 29 of ixemum.lib? WHERE??? 
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 17:24:08 GMT

Hi, I've got a program (sqldb) which requires revision 29 of ixemul.library!

Where can I find it ?? (Markus ...?)

I've asked archie, but he only gives pointers to the rev 24 version.... :-(
(Which I thought was the latest one?)

HELP!!!

TRS
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: Structured Drawing Program
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:35:13 GMT

In article <wj4Qr*u51@caleb.UUCP> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>What is the best structured drawing program for the Amiga?  I want Postscript
>output (and maybe input?)  Amazing Computing had a favorable article about
>ProDraw 3.0.  Is this a good choice?  Is anything better?

I would suggest taking a look at the most recent edition of Amiga World, as
both ProDraw and ProVector/PS Import are reviewed. Soft-Logik has also
indicated that it will soon be shipping Art Expression, which looks to be
a strong competitor (an ad for this appears in the same issue).

I'm personally not particularly impressed with ProDraw 3.0 (the interface is
non-standard and the file format remains proprietary). Our best hope in this
respect is the possibility that Gold Disk will make it as capable as its
Windows namesake.
From: ottmar@ajberl.adsp.sub.org (Ottmar Roehrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: RRamDisk and WB2.04
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:43:23 GMT
Organization: Atelier Roehrig
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <jim.717907424@marsh> jim@cs.curtin.edu.au (Jim McGrady) writes:
> with it; RRamDisk is a recoverable ramdisk, similar to RAD, except that it
> dynamically allocates memory :)  One can set flags in a mountlist entry to make
> the ramdisk recoverable, bootable, and/or diskcopyable.

Where can I get this?

Ottmar
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: afryer@shade.UWaterloo.ca (A. Fryer)
Subject: Re: PD C compiler
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:01:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.150925.21702@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
wbennett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William F Bennett) writes:
>      Well, I decided to take the plunge and learn C. I have manuals and  
some 
> background in other languages.
> 
>      Can someone recommend a pd compiler, and if possible a ftp site.
> 
Try DICE.  It is an excellent compiler by Matt Dillon.  The freely  
distributable version has a few things disabled (such as floating-point  
support), but is fully usable.

If you want to register it ($50 I think it is), you get a fully functional  
C compiler.  Probably the best deal you will see for such a high quality  
compiler.

>      Thanx in advance.

No prob.


afryer@zeus.uwaterloo.ca
From: cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: GVP030 & Gigamem?
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:12:28 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

As far as I'm aware, VM requires an MMU (Memory Management Unit). The ec030 
doesn't have such a unit (the "full" 030 does), hence GigaMem won't work.


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P.S. - I don't know how good the Postscript output is - I haven't tried it yet !
From: pianoman@misseye.uucp (Alan D. Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Project D and Fuller Computer -> RIP?
Date: 13 Oct 92 23:07:46 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1992Oct10.002745.18117@afit.af.mil> khanraha@afit.af.mil (Kevin M. Hanrahan) writes:
>Early this year, I sent Fuller Computer (authors of Project D) smething like
>$40 to get quarterly updates to Project D, the disk archiving and cataloging 
>program.  After reading "Bug Bytes" in the new "Amazing Computing" I realized
>that I have not heard from those guys in a long, long time.  Has anyone had
>any correspondence or sign of life from them?
>
>--Randy--
>
>
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>C.E.T.A. Corp                            rjsmith@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil
>
>"Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments
>for going on believing as we already do."
>				              -  James Harvey Robinson
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I too sent Fuller money for 4 "quarterly...hah" updates, and V2.0
of their software (I had already bought an earlier version). I think
I received 2 updates, and we're talking a year anyway when I sent that
in, and maybe longer than that!
I wrote once, and got a postcard back saying they owed me 2 more updates,
and would release a disk when they had enough new parameters, or something
like that, and that the releases wouldn't necessarily be on a quarterly
basis.
I haven't heard a thing since then.
I haven't seen what's written in the new issue of Amazing re: Fuller, but
>MY< gut feeling is that I got all the updates I'm ever going to get. I'd
like to be proved wrong, but either way, Fuller Computer and/or Ben Fuller
will never get another cent from me for any software.
This is of course, my own opinion.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: danaf@bray1a.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: Pagebreaks in PPage3.0
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 04:58:37 GMT

In article <PST.92Oct4144414@elixir.elixir.e.kth.se>, pst@elixir.e.kth.se (Patrik Str|mstedt) writes:
|> I have been writing a large document in ProWrite 3.2, it's about 140 pages.
|> 
|> Now I would like to import the document to PPage 3.0, to add pictures and
|> change some fonts.
|> 
|> The document includes pagebreaks for every new page.
|> 
|> When I try to import the document to PPage 3.0, it just ignores these
|> pagebreaks.
|> 
|> Is there any way to solve this problem? 

PPage may recognize pagebreaks with some filters, but I doubt it. It does
support its own box-breaks (same idea, if you have one box per page...) which
are represented by the code "\!". Sooo, all you have to do is use some search
and replace editor to replace all the page breaks with \!. You could probably
use a Genie, but it seems like a waste of time...

|> Best Regards,
|> /Patrik
|> pst@elixir.lne.kth.se

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: markm@zerbin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Mark Montminy)
Subject: ImageFinder 1.1
Reply-To: markm@zerbin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Mark Montminy)
Organization: Motorola Codex, Canton, MA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:02:36 GMT

Has anyone recieved thier upgrade to ImageFinder 1.1 yet??  If so, how long did
it take?  I've yet to get any form of a response from my letter.  I'm dying to
find out how well the new GIF support works, as well as the other "enhancements"
that were made.
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From: levi@cs.utk.edu (David Levi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Reqtools.library
Date: 11 Oct 92 17:27:40 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu

Has anybody noticed that the new version of GadToolBox on the fish disks
doesn't have a current enough version of reqtools.library?  The program
requires version 38+, but the version with it is 37.xxx
Where can a newer version be found?
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From: vidiot@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Rankin Eric)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Word Processor Recommendations?
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:32:26 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

Well, the three real contendors for best Amiga Word Processor are 
ProWrite 3.3, Final Copy II, and Excellence.

I have ProWrite 3.2 (haven't updated yet--may not) and like it for the 
most part.  Its very slow on a non-accelerated machine, though.

I used Excellence on a computer at school (that's excellence! 3.0, the 
3.0 is very important :-) and was very pleased.  I didn't see it print, 
however, just used it.  The configurability and functions were unmatched 
and it should definately be looked at.  CG fonts looked a bit sloppy on 
screen, however.

I have never used Final Copy II and will not purchase it.  I require 
CompuGraphic Font support.  I called them to make the suggestion and got 
a very cold, almost rude, "Our fonts are better, and we're not going to 
change it."  I responded that, regardless, some people have a LOT of CG 
fonts and that they are probably losing sales.  The represtative said "I 
don't think so...we have a lot of orders."  I said so do New Horizons and 
the people who make excllence, i'd bet, and you could get those orders.  
He said "we have no plans to support them."

I have HEARD that Final Copy and Final Copy II are the fastest, high-est 
quiality printing programs available for the Amiga.  With representatives 
like that and without the suppor the support for CG fonts, I'll never 
know.

Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: jil@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Lathrop)
Subject: Re: Q: GNU Emacs 18.56 1.26 sync. processes
Keywords: GNU Emacs, sync. processes
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:19:02 GMT

In <1992Oct12.153520.34565@news.th-darmstadt.de> stefan@kiebitz.intellektik.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Stefan Gerberding) writes:
>The fifo device is installed, I copied fifo-handler to l: and the appended
>the mountlist entry to my mountlist (There was no installation guide in
>the archive which I got from the Berlin ftp server) and mounted fifo: in
>the user-startup.

If you read the docs for the latest FIFO device, you are not suppose to
use mount.  Use must run l:fifo-handler or whatever the name is.  If
you do not have the latest version, I would suggest downloading it
before going any further.  I have no problems with emacs on a 6 meg
A3000.  It is a very nice port and I use it for everything.  My thanks
to the Author(s) for a beautiful job of porting.

>Thanks in advance,
>		Stefan.
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