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From: rasas@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Greg Patten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Newbie C question.
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:37:47 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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Originator: rasas@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

For some reason this (very small) piece of code id doing wierd things.
fpath is the string returned from fsel_input(fpath, etc...)

re_name()
{
	int	i, count;

	i = count = 0;
	for(i = 0; i <= strlen(fpath); i++)
		if(fpath[i] = '\\')
			count = i + 1;
	printf("count = %d", count);
	strncpy(fname, fpath, count - 1);
}

After the for() loop, count equals the length of the entire string + 1. It's
as if the if(fpath[i] = '\\') isn't even seeing the slosh (backslash). 
I am using Sozobon2 (if that means anything)...

My appologies if this is really stupid but I can't seem to see it.

Thanks for reading,

Greg.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
From: rdt154k@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr N Benci)
Subject: IBM PGA Monitor connection to ST, How.
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: PGA2ST
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:05:31 GMT

I have recently obtained an IBM Proffesional Graphics Display. Does
any one know how to connect this to an ST. any pointers or clues would
be most helpful.

Thanks in advance.

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From: osoelgaultier+@CMU.EDU (Stefan Monnier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TeXDraw - new developer sought
Date: 28 Sep 92 08:41:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.AelnLDS00awN0BnWBH
	<annius.717681717@freyr>
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 28-Sep-92 Re: TeXDraw - new
developer.. Annius Groenink@sif.rese (2283)

> I don't REALLY believe this. The way Jens tried it by asking for
> someONE on the news was a good idea. I don't have the time, but
> I'd love to work on TeXdraw if I had the time (first thing: convert
> the sources to C).


Why convert to C ?
The type stictness of Modula-2 is just perfect for enhancing a program:
most errors are detected at compilation !
Of course, I don't know of a Modula-2 with MiNT libraries and that's
a problem. But the language itself is very nice !
And some systems (the PD LPR-Modula-2 for example) although not
perfect are really nice to use cause they have 'run-time linking' which
permit VERY short turn-around time !

> -- 
> Annius Victor Groenink-- undergraduate student Mathematics and Computer Science
> at the university of Utrecht, Netherland.  Working at PTT Research Leidschendam
> for Sept-Dec. 1992. Laan van Borgele 24, 7415 DJ Deventer, phone +31 5700 29396
> or +31 70 33 25445;   e-mail A.V.Groenink@research.ptt.nl or avgroeni@cs.ruu.nl


Just a silly remark !

	Stefan

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: meyer@milton.u.washington.edu (Bent Meyer)
Subject: Notator
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 05:35:09 GMT

My son and I are just beginning to investigate computer aided music tools.  
Since all we have right now, is a 1 mg 520ST and are currently only interested
in notating scores and listening to how they sound. We thought someone might 
have an out dated copy of Notator that they would want to dispose of. 

We would be interested in advice and real software.

					Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Subject: Re: Using the ST with an Alesis SR16 drum machine
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:40:42 GMT

lombardo@cwis.unomaha.edu (Marc Lombardo) writes:

>I just recently bought an alesis sr-16 drum machine, and I was happy to see
>those two beautiful ports on the back ... MIDI ports.  I am unsure of the
>software available on the st that I could use with this drum machine.  I 
>would like to be able to at least store my patterns and songs on the computer,
>but I would love to be able to do sequencing on the computer (st controls
>alesis)

There are various PD/shareware sequencers & drum pattern editors. Try to find
e.g. EZtrack (from Hybrid Arts). Take a look at a.a.u.e.

> and sample playing (alesis controls st).

I don't think I quite undertstand what you have in mind...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
Subject: Re: TOS upgrade advice/help needed :^)
Organization: SAR Systems Development & Processing, JPL
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:02:02 GMT

In article <landrews.0510@outb.wimsey.bc.ca> landrews@outb.wimsey.bc.ca (Luke Andrews) writes:
>>I've seen similar post's before but didn't take enough notice...anyway here
>>goes!  Does anyone know the specifics of upgrading to TOS 2.06 (from a lowly
>>'86 STm, TOS 1.0).  I've heard of (I think) a 'TEC' from a US company..or wa
>
>The TOS Extension Card (TEC) is made by CodeHead Technologies, an American
>based company.

Actually, the TEC was developed by a German company (sorry, forgot the name
offhand) and Codehead is primarily acting as a distributor.
>
>There are several packages available, according to which model of ST you
>have, but the one you want is the TEC "Basic Configuration Package" and it
>costs $139.99 US, with some soldering required.
>
>There is no mention of anything about chips of any sort at all in this
>magazine (Atari Explorer Mar/Apr '92, a US mag), so I think you are pretty
>safe.

Btw, if you have an STe, you only need the new chips, you don't need the
expansion card at all. In the TEC kits that Codehead sells, you will need
to do some extra soldering work if you want to be able to switch from 2.06
back to an older TOS. Best Electronics now has a competing product that has
the switch already made, so you may want to compare the two. The TEC comes
with a utility disk of stuff for TOS 2.06, I don't know what the Best kit
comes with. (And I haven't actually installed 2.06 on my systems yet, so
I haven't looked over the utilities disk...)

If your ST already has a socketed CPU (e.g., if you had some CPU accelerator
installed) the installation will be much easier. Also, the newer boards from
Fast Technologies have sockets for the 2.06 chipset, so you won't need a TEC
if you get one of their accelerators. (I'm seriously considering this; if
anyone would like to buy a used Turbo-16 board, please e-mail me. I have all
the documentation of course; installation would be up to you...)
-- 
  -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

California, land of dreams. For many, moving out to CA is their first step
toward fulfilling their dreams. For most of them, it's also their last.
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DM Hint disk
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 20:02:54 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Kevin Isaacson asked about the Dungeon Master "hint disk"..

There WAS a commercially distributed "hint disk", but it was
full of errors and omissions..
 
The maps and spells were directly copied from the work Michael
Stetter did.. ("unmappable Clockwise Room," indeed..!)
including the bogus "Confuse Monster" spell..
 
The fatal flaw though was that the disk was useless while you
were playing the game, unless you had TWO computers..  you had
to save the game, boot the hintdisk, fuss with the maps, then
reboot and wait for Dungeon Master to load all over again..

On the other hand, Unicorn Publications (the publishers of AIM)
are now distributing the new edition of my hintbook..
E-Mail me if you'd like to find out how to get one.
 
BobR
From: moon!cyberden!coder@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PC 10 sectors disk
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 00:38:53 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

   There are program on the PC that will let you format 10 sectors on any 
disk. 800K on 720K disk and 1.6M on 1.4M disk. I use it to tranfer files
from PC to ST without any problem on the 800K disks. The program I use is 
call MAXI formatter..
 

           David Yee(Your average low pay worker)
           San Francisco, CA


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From: castermn@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Luc Castermans)
Subject: Exception handler for 6888x
Organization: SERI-CEN Network Services, Philips C&P, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 07:23:18 GMT


Hello world,

Is there somebody out there who has experience
in handling exceptions for a 6888x ?

I am building Yet Another Function Plotter. Upon
excecution of the formula an alert should be displayed 
whenever "operand overflow", "illegal argument" etc
occurs.

I used Pure C which supports 6888x but the 'signal()' function
does not handle 6888x exceptions.

I asked Eric Smith but MiNT currently does not support
6888x exceptions. It supports 6888x on context switch.

Is GNU as solution ?

I tried to write a handler in assembler, this failed up to
now because of insufficient TOS/assembler knowhow. And because
I cannot debug these things. During exception handling the
Trace-bit is OFF so the debugger does not stop.

Who knows a solution ?  Assembly / C source / ideas welcome

Thanks,

Luc Castermans
Philips Semiconductors
Group: Cordless phones
Eindhoven, Netherlands
E-mail: castermn@sce.philips.nl
tel     +31-40722171
fax     +31-40722764


Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: Edward.Visse@wblab.lu.se (Edward Visse)
Subject: Re: Where's Spectre 3.1???
Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Wallenberg Lab. - University of LUND
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 10:11:22 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.130227.3753@arizona.edu>,
paul@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu (Paul Harris) wrote:
> 
> Okay, another question (or a couple, actually):
> 
> Does anybody (e.g., Dave Small--are you out there?) know when (and if :( )
> Spectre 3.1 will be comming out?  It's sure been rumored for a very long,
> long time.
> 
>----stuff deleted----
> 
> -Paul Harris
> paul@jupiter.ame.arizona.edu

I heard that because of some personal problems in the Gadgets family, they
didn't do very much in the last couple of months. As I heard it, the 3.1
Update is ready though and due for shipment any time now. But then again, I
don't believe it before I have it in my hands. By the way, it will not yet
support system 7.

Edward
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: wmagro@uiuc.edu (William Magro)
Subject: New DeskJet driver for GCR now available
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:43:18 GMT

I just received mail from Ollie Arnberg, author of a freeware printer  
driver for the Macintosh.  He has updated the driver to version 3.0b0.  
This beta version is much improved over version 2.1.  It adds landscape  
printing and has several internal improvements to make printing better.  A  
100K .hqx file is available directly from the author.  Send a request to:

hpdj-bugs@hut.fi

I can send you his mail announcing the new features.  Just ask.

--Bill Magro
From: dchou@husc8.harvard.edu (David Chou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Mac Prices tough on Falcon
Date: 5 Oct 92 02:23:34 GMT

gt1448b@prism.gatech.EDU (David P. Forrai) writes:

>Once again, a comparison of apples and oranges.  What one has to remember
>with the LC is that high resolution color is NOT standard.  It can be added
>at the price of adding VRAM and a board.  The high resolution color for
>the LC is what seems to be standard on the Falcon.  Also the LC does not
>have a built in DSP.  I think the Falcon will find its niche in the music
>and video market which is a market a stock LC is not equipped to compete in.
>-- 
>David P. Forrai
>uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt1448b
>Internet: gt1448b@prism.gatech.edu

That is correct, but hardly relevent.  The LC has been discontinued by
Apple and replaced by the LC II, which does have built in support resolution
of 640x480x256colors on a 13" RGB monitor with the 512K VRAM module (about 
$60).  Sound is the standard 8 bit stereo, sans DSP, of course.  The point
is that you can get a 68030 MAC with 8 bit color, add an FPU, and with 4
megs of memory and an 80 meg harddrive for about $1400 NEW!  Calculated
into that price should be the consideration of the Mac software base, 
reliability of system software, ease of peripheral expansion and configuration,
and overall product reliabilty and support.  I was a former Amiga 500 owner
who saw problems in CBM's customer strategy which I believe has driven me 
and countless other users out of that "niche".  When Apple comes out with
its PowerPC and lowers its price further, I see Atari hanging on for dear
life with a product which has a game/productivity identity crisis that 
Amiga 500's have suffered from since their inception.

									-Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Trying out Freeze Dried Terminal and CoNnect 1.52
From: akenning@zeus.calpoly.edu (Aaron B. Kennington)
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 18:57:20 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

In article <1992Oct1.005659.15696@zooid.guild.org> stramba@zooid.guild.org (Mike Stramba) writes:
>akenning@zeus.calpoly.edu (Aaron Bryce Kennington) writes:
>>FZDT will not handle vi correctly under ANSI emulation.
>>[Sean Price works ont he project with Aaron, and I've told them about this
>>problem]
>
>What kind of problems are you having?
>
>I don't think it's FZDT that's the problem.
>
>I use it on two different UNIX sites. On one VI works fine, on the other
>the scrolling doesn't work properly. Therefore I have to assume it's the
>the term setup at the site itself that is the problem.
>
>I also have scrolling problems on another Unix site, with an editor that is
>NOT VI, again, the term setup at the site must be the problem.

I believe the term set-up is fine since the vt100terminals work without
any problems. I'm going to try uniterm out, since it quite annoying
having to refresh the screen all the time.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
Subject: Re: Toad Computers
Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:06:27 GMT

In article 7135@cs.mun.ca, avp@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Anthony Paul) writes:
>Well today marks 5 weeks from the day I ordered from Toad Computers.
>
>I had heard only good things about this company.  I seriously
>doubt I will ever order from them again.  I ordered a hard drive case
>and 2 lynx games, all of which I was told were in stock.
>
>Maybe there is some problem that is beyond their control?
>
>I will not waste my time and money phoning them to check on this
>order.
>
>Anyway, consider this a public service announcement.
>
>(If anybody who lives in a local exchange to Toad would like to
>phone them and check on the order, I would appreciate it.)

Anthony, the people at Toad Computers _are_ good folks and I feel it quite
unfair to blast them like this without even trying to contact them about the
delay in your order.  Mistakes happen to the best of us so at least give them
half a chance to make you happy before condeming them, OK?

I don't live anywhere NEAR the D.C. area but I'll call them for you and
report back on what I find out.

Cheers,

___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________
_________________ Fair Dinkum Technologies     Member - IAAD  _______________
________________ "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" _______________
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: BWWL@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Wolfgang Ley)
Subject: Re: Convert picture formats??? Which program?
Organization: Rechenzentrum der TU CLAUSTHAL
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:45:46 GMT

In article <BvEqKI.1HL@sci.kun.nl>
leonp@cs.kun.nl (Leon Pillich) writes:
 
>Just a simple question.
>I'm looking for a program that can convert several picture formats.
>I want especially to convert a 16 color gif to a black and white degas
>picture (320x200 to 640x400).
>
>I think there must be a program to do this, but which?
>And where can I find it (pd/shareware/freeware).
>
 
Hi!
 
There are sevral prgs to do the job. A good choice is "gemview".
You can get some convert-prgs via ftp from "ftp.tu-clausthal.de" (139.174.1.3)
Get /pub/atari/graphics/convert/Index ....
 
Bye,
  Wolfgang.
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From: C556212@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Jeoff Hines)
Subject: Desktop background picture for color monitors??
Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 00:48:34 CDT

  I saw a nifty little piece of software that allows you to use a picture
(degas, I beleive) instead of the dull grey of your monochrome desktop.
This sounds really cool, but Is there a color equivalent?
 
  Thank you for your time!!!
Jeoff Hines                    c556212@mizzou1.missouri.edu
From: davidb@muppet.bt.co.uk (David Baboulene DND3)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Public domain Thesaurus
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:03:50 GMT
Reply-To: davidb@muppet.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs.

Thanks to all who sent me information regarding getting my hands on
a thesaurus for a 1040ST. 

You may be interested to know that there is an on-line ROGET's 
thesaurus tapped in and available to all by anonymous
FTP from faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de - /pub/doc/dict/roget.

Particular thanks to Warwick (@cs.uq.oz.au) for tracking that 
down for me. 

---

David Baboulene (davidb@muppet.bt.co.uk)

British Telecom Research Labs.      o  o
Suffolk,                              >
England.                              .

 
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From: jvance@maxwell.oac.uci.edu (Joachim Vance)
Subject: Re: Boston Computer Society shows Falcon 030
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 3 Oct 92 08:09:42 GMT

steiner@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (jason "Think!" steiner) writes:
>how exactly is color on the Falcon handled? i know max color mode
>is 16 bits. is that 16 bits colors total? 
>
>i'd think not, considering 16 doesn't exactly divide evenly into RGB 
>(what to do with the extra bit?), but it might be 4 bits each + a 
>brightness range, similar to the Apple II GS.

  The full color mode (not the overlay mode), is straight 16 bits, the
extra bit is given to green I think (could be blue) because of the
lack of strength of green output by a monitor.  Then that would be 5
bits red, 6 bits green, and 5 bits blue.  The overlay mode is 15bit
color with a 1 bit overlay (titleing and genlock effects) whick gives
5 bits per color.  There is no palette in these modes.
  Correct me if I'm wrong...

--
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From: cowgilc@tsunami.CS.ORST.EDU (Clayton Neil Cowgill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SCSI II on Falcon
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:09:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Sep28.220938.8877
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept

In article <1992Sep28.181725.23153@newshost.lanl.gov>  
hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:
> 
> The Falcon has an "industry standard SCSI-2" type port, whatever that  
means.  :)
> 

My guess will be that it's like the one on NeXT's and Suns. That's a 50  
pin dual header style (two rows of 25), but with tight pin spacing so that  
all fifty contacts fit in the area of a standard D-sub 25 pin plug.

Most Macs use the standard D-25 connector for external SCSI. There are 18  
signal lines connected to the DB25. It's quite possible that the Falcon  
uses a 'SCSI-2' CONNECTOR and not an actual SCSI-2 bus, so that half of  
the 50 pins are probably ground and the 18 active lines are mixed in with  
the other 25.

(NeXT and Sun both do this-- you don't get 'real SCSI-2', but you are  
allowed to pay extra for the more expensive cable. :-)

					-Clay
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Rendering CAD3D/Cyber scenes?
From: s19184@seb.se (Michael Evans)
Date: 3 Oct 92 13:56:07 +0100
Organization: S-E-Banken, Sweden
Nntp-Posting-User: s19184

Is there a program to do good renderings of CAD3D (Cyber Studio) scenes?

If have RenderRez 1.0 but it gets confused as soon as there are a few
objects in the scene.

Lexicor's Prism Render looked good in the adverts and ths STart preview
but when I rang Rio Computing last December, they said that Prism Render
was not available (despite the ad's) and they had no release date.

Is Prism Render now available? Experiences? Who do I contact?

Any other suggestions?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STaladin 1.50 ...
From: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 4 Oct 1992 08:47:46 GMT
Reply-To: sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Distribution: world
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

In article <1ajc6iINN60u@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>What does Aladin actually do?!  I've heard about it plenty, but still am not
>sure what it achieves!


Well its like running UUCP but only for GEnie, its a mail reader plus other
things..

There is no need to post it on A.A. as its no good to Internet people
at all...


Roger...........              sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz