HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: poehland%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Power Supply Problem
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:33:39 GMT

Adam- yup, the hot cap in your Type III supply is a sure sign of trouble, as I
recall the Type III had the skimpiest heatsink too, a crummy little silver
thing w/maybe half the thermal capacity of what they put in the Type I.  If you
have any sort of junkbox heatsink you can add on to what's already there you
will improve things a little.

I agree, 4700uF is probably too low.  10,000 is better if you can find one-
but large values of the propers physical size are rarer than hen's teeth.  On
mine I used a 6800uF scavenged from a dead printer.  Some 1050 drives were
equipped w/6800/25VDC caps; if you have a dead 1050 or know someone with such,
that might be your best source, I don't believe Radio Shack carries anything
that high a value in radial-lead caps, they probably stop at 2200uF.  I would
give Brad Koda at Best Electronics a call first, he knows about all this stuff
& might have something lying around even if it isn't a catalog item.

Sorry if you had problems reaching me, my email address is:

     poehland%phvax.dnet@smithkline.com

(I think I'm actually on DECnet), my site is *supposed* to be able to rcv msgs
from INET, BITNET, & UUNET.  I haven't attempted to reply to you personally as
I wanted folks here in IA8 to know about your problem & how it can be fixed.
Hope you'll be able to locate a replacement cap, good luck.

Maybe someone could give the phone # for Best?  I don't have it here at work.

     - BEN POEHLAND
       The Alchemist

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Organization: SmUrFlAnD
X-Subliminal-Message: IBM will Die!
Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 1992 22:49:34 EDT
From: <AKH104@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Trenton Show

  Anyboy else other than me going to the Trenton Show this weekend?
or will I be the only Atari user there scouting for bargains and
smacking the IBM users in the head with a crowbar?
Andrew
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: jkohnen@comix.cs.uoregon.edu (John Hamilton Kohnen)
Subject: Re: Lightspeed C
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.
Distribution: North America
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 02:00:32 GMT

Lightspeed C isn't all that good an implementation of C, but you can make it
better by using the PD CC8 compiler (should be at the archive) with the
Lightspeed linker and runtime library. CC8 supports structures and unions, and
perhaps some other things that Lightspeed's compiler doesn't understand,
and CC8 also recognizes REAL curly braces, tildes, etc. I made a custom
character set to use with Textpro with the curly braces so now my C programs
for the Atari at least look like the real thing. I think the combination of CC8
and Lightspeed C is about the best we've got for the Atari. I tried fooling
with C65, but found it's compiler to be so S-L-O-W that it drove me nuts, so I
never bothered to try to expand its limited function library. A full C
implementation for the Atari that could compile a reasonably sized program in
less than a lifetime is something I've been wishing for for years. But in the
meantime there's always Action!

John Kohnen
From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Bob Wooley's 80 columns
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:58:40 GMT
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"


     Well, this is going back to the post about Bob Wooley and his 80
column upgrade.  I was thinking how to have it compatible with programs
that poke directly into memory. Well I thought of a kludge way of doing
it. Set up screen memory like this

     0    ---------   39 40 ----------------- 79
     Store columns 0-39       And then followup
     in a 960 byte conti-     with the remaining 
     guous block              960 bytes

     That way program that poke directly into memory will be in forty
columns, but this way is a big kludge!!

Later.......

------======={{{{{{{{((((((Ryan 'Gozar' Collins))))))))}}}}}}}}=======--------
"You can give her the usual		     rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
things: candy, flowers, promises 	      RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu
you don't intend to keep."		      rcollins@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu
  -Cogsworth	 			      R.COLLINS1 on GEnie
(Beauty and the Beast)
	------======={{{{{{{{(((((())))))))}}}}}}}}=======--------
Xref: sparky comp.sys.atari.8bit:2404 comp.sys.atari.st:7144
From: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hey All! New Atari Corp. Commercial! :)
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:37:59 GMT
Reply-To: jarleb@athena.uio.no (Jarle Brinchmann)
Organization: University of Oslo, Norway

In article <PTsXiB14w164w@cyberden.uucp>,
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us writes:
> I'm sick of this!
> 
> I know that IMO = in my opinion
> I DON'T know what IMHO means
> or IHO...
> 
> somebody?  Anybody??
> 

IMHO === In My Humble Opinion
(Hardly Atari specific I know).


		Jarle.
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: questions about MIO's 80 columns, SIO2PC, z-modem, other misc.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 16:01:53 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

How does one use the serial for i/o?  I thot that the j/stick would be 
FAR easier for doing el-cheapo hacks...  just poke 2 registers to set up 
the thing, and then poke/peek the port to send/recv.       Simple!

__________________________________
PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
__________________________________
From: poehland%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: ATARI CLASSICS CAMPAIGN: LAST WEEK!
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:46:07 GMT

***************************** ATARI CLASSICS ********************************
**************************** CAMPAIGN UPDATE ********************************

This is the last week of the mail-in campaign effort to get an all-8bit maga-
zine started.  The Campaign officially ends Wednesday, April 15, 1992.

Those of you in the USA or in other countries around the world who have
received a Campaign Information Kit, please make sure you fill out the return
card & drop it in the mail as soon as possible.

Due to a mailing snafu in which a shipment of info-kits went from Pennsylvania
to Jeff Mcwilliams in Michigan via Canada & thus arrived a month late, there
are still about 50-60 kits in our distribution pipeline even at this late date.
Obviously these last kits won't reach their intended addresses until after the
April 15 deadline, but the Campaign Committee encourages you to return the card
anyway.  Although the printing/shipping of kits to Campaign distributors has
ceased, it will still take the Committee a few weeks to tally returns and
prepare a final report.  The report will be released to all public and private
media without restriction, probably around the last week of April or the
beginning of May.  Late returns arriving between the official close of the
Campaign on April 15 and the time the final report of the Campaign Committee
is released, will still be counted and included in the final tally.

So..... RETURN YOUR CARD!!!  You still have time!!!

If by means of this announcement you are just now finding out about the mail-in
campaign and want to participate, sorry it's now too late.  The Campaign has
been operating since January 12, 1992, and the time is upon us to see where
we stand and decide whether an independent 8bit publication is realistically
feasible.

The Campaign Committee welcomed the addition of Dave Blears who has represented
Campaign interests in Australia and distributed info-kits there.  Many thanks
for your efforts, Dave!

I don't have a precise tally of returns, but adding recent international
returns to the last report from Jeff McWilliams puts the figure at just over
400.  We are getting *close*, people!  This is a real nail-biter!

Over the course of the Campaign, a total of 1512 Campaign Information Kits
were printed and shipped to usergroups and distributors, of which all but the
aforementioned 50-60 still in process have been mailed out.  This was a serious
effort.  The work of the Campaign Committee is drawing to a close.

The final outcome now depends on YOU.

     - BEN POEHLAND
       The Alchemist

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From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: bonk
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:49:14 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Richardson, TX

Anders Skelander writes:
>
>>To James Hague:
>>   I have a game called Bonk that you have written.  Its not a bad little game.
>>   Have you made any others?
>
>I've never heard of "Bonk", and I thought I would never forget the names
>of the older 8-bit Atari games that were released in the good old days.
>
>How old is Bonk, and has it been released by an established software
>publisher?


Okay, I suppose I'll stick my head in here now.  I responded to the
original poster via email, but since this is such a popular topic
I'll say a few words :-)

Bonk was not a commercial game, it was published in the pages of ANALOG
Computing--the October 1985 issue to be exact (right before Charles F.
Johnson's G: article).  The game, IMO, had a pretty good concept
(keeping in mind that magazine games had to be simple), but I didn't
spend enough time designing levels for the dang thing.  It probably
could have turned out better than it did.  But several people have told
me that they still play it, so I guess I did something right.

Yes, I wrote some other games for ANALOG and Antic (trivia: can you
name them? :-)  I was happy with Electroids (buggy though it was) and
Current Events and E-Racer.  I probably got the most attention for
Uncle Henry's Nuclear Waste Dump, which was my version of Tetris a few
years before the orignal.  Unfortunately, I didn't get the gameplay
exactly the way it should have been.

Anyway, I'm always amazed when someone remembers this sort of thing.
I've gotten email from half a dozen netters over the past year and a
half about old magazine articles with my name on them.  And one guy who
got me confused with Bill Hogue of Miner 2049'er fame!  Ah, the
good ole days...
--
James Hague   
exuhag@exu.ericsson.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: paf4@quads.uchicago.edu (Samantha F.)
Subject: is there an FAQ on this...
Reply-To: paf4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 23:03:16 GMT

Just wondering if someone could fill me in on this group... A simple
explanation would do... or is there group I could write into for 
general questions...  questions for someone who doesnt know the first
stinkin' thing about computers...

thanx
s		m		n		h
	a		a		t		a
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Draconus...
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 92 00:40:27 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

I have just downloaded the game Draconus from a BBS in the bay area.  One 
that says it is very much against piracy.  When I first heard of 
Draconus, people who were talking to me about Zybex said the same people 
made it, which was true.  The thing is, on the Carina net, we were all 
having a big argument on whether or not Zybex was a (c)'d game, and we 
decided no.  So when I DL'd Draconus, knowing that the BBS is against 
piracy, and being pretty sure that their other game, Zybex, was PD, I was 
very surprised to see a "Copyright 1988 Cognito" in the credits!  Is this 
game really (c)'d?  If so, how can I get in contact with Cognito??  And 
if it is, I will definitely request it be deleted from the BBS.  I hate 
seeing pirated stuff unless it is impossible, not just really hard, to 
find the software.  Especially myself being a programmer, and wishing one 
day to "make it big" in the industry.

        BTW:    If this game is PD, it is definetly worth the LD call I 
made!   If not, I would definitely pay for it!

--->                            Bill Kendrick

__________________________________
PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
__________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: miskinis@aidev.enet.dec.com (John Miskinis)
Subject: Re: Atari Equipment for Sale! (I WANT THE 2 850 DRIVES!)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date:  9 APR 92 23:55:14    


I'm also having problems sending you mail...  It's bouncing back...

_John_
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: HEY!  Oasis Jr!!
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 01:00:25 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

I <finally!> got Oasis Jr.working (after MONTHS of sitting lonely on a 
disk).  But I have a few probs.  When it hangs up on someone, the modem 
never disconnects (never fear, I'll explain my setup in a sec.).  Also, 
how can I set it to autoanswer whenever it resets (ie. w/o me having to 
login local and go to the [term] mode and type "ats0=1" if I have to turn 
the modem off (like when someone hangs up on me!) )??

My system is as follows:
SpartaDOS 3.2d (tdline, td off, key off)
Bob Puff's Fast R:verter for my modem (I use it with BobTerm 1.21)
Atari sx212 modem
1050 drive (enh/sing den. only :( )

So??  I believe the configuration says "850" for modem (that out of ATR, 
850 and AVATEX... remember this was made back in '86, b/4 the sx!!)

                Thanks for any help!  I hate having to unplug the phone
                cord to hang up!!!!!            ARGH!
                        Later   atari-lovers                    BK

__________________________________
PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
__________________________________
From: cptvideo@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (david.vlack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Help on Memory Upgrade
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:30:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

>
>Another thing?  I broke off C114 (accidently) which was only marked
>something like 50V Z and 104.  I assume this means it is a 104pF (?)
>Capacitor though it looked more like a diode.  I replaced with a
>similar looking but slightly smaller capacitor from a  16K memory
>board marked 50V Z and 102.  If I'm right there shouldn't be a
>discernible difference since most of these components are only 5%

102 = 1000pf = .001 uf
104 = 100000pf = .1 uf

The last digit is the multiplier. Add the # of zeros to the first
two digits.

These are power supply decoupling capacators and most likely
not the cause of your problem.

-----
Dave Vlack                           cptvideo@ixstar.att.com
AT&T Bell Labs                       (708) 713-5003
1200 E. Warrenville Rd.
Naperville, Il. 60566-0545
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Any DIFFs or GREPs for the 8-bit?
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:24:53 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Opps!  Forgot to note that it IS case SENSITIVE!  (you coulda figured it 
out yourself anyhow! :) )
                                c-ya

__________________________________
PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
__________________________________
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Golly...  phraze search..
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:24:19 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

I suPPOSE that this could work in BASIC to search for a phrase (Note: I'm 
making this program up as I go, so don't trust it! :) )

1 REM >>> PhBill's Phraze in a Phile Searcher <<< (written online!!)
2 DIM F$(120),PZ$(120)
5 REM Maybe set up the screen...?
10 ? "File name";:INPUT F$
15 REM Maybe go add "D:" or something... whatever
20 TRAP 10:OPEN #1,4,0,F$
25 ? "Enter phraze to search for (up to 120 characters)"
30 INPUT #16,PZ$:REM #16 removes "?",adding a whole character to inputs!
35 ? "Working..."
40 FPOSITION=0
45 TRAP 100
50 FPOSITION=FPOSITION+1:GET #1,N
55 IF N=ASC(PZ$) THEN NOTE #1,FX,FY:REM finds a "jump" point if not found
60 IF N=ASC(PZ$) THEN GOSUB 150
70 GOTO 50
100 REM end of file!
105 ? "End of file reached!  - The end! -":END
200 REM found.. keep finding!
205 FOUNDPOSITION=1
210 FOUNDPOSITION=FOUNDPOSITION+1:GET #1,N
215 IF FOUNDPOSITION>LEN(PZ$) THEN ? "Found at ";FPOSITION:RETURN:REM :)
220 IF N=ASC(PZ$(FOUNDPOSITION)) THEN 210
225 ? "Nope, not yet!":POINT #1,FX,FY:RETURN

Well..  I hope this works ok.  If it doesn't, if you can fix it, repost 
it!  As the REMs say, upgrade it a bit to fix the screen colors, and add 
a "D:" adder and stuff.  In theory, what I did should work.  Here's how 
it goes.  Say you input "HELLO" as the PZ$ (phrase to find)..

In the file, the text goes as follos:

THE WORD HELLO IS VERY HELPFUL.

The file will find the "H" in "THE" and match it to the "H" in "HELLO".  
It will jump to the "continue searching" routine of the program at line 
200.  This will find the "E" in "THE" and match it with the one in 
"HELLO", but when it comes to the " " between "THE" and "WORD", it will 
quit, because the " " isn't an "L", no matter how crazy you are.

From here, the file pointer will jump backwards to the "E" (I HOPE... :)  
if it gets stuck in an endless loop, just add a "GET N" command after the 
"POINT".. command.

When it hits the "HELLO", the entire word should be found (how much you 
wanna bet you get an ERROR 5 at some point!?)  It SHOULD return a "phrase 
found at 10".  After that, it will skip to the " " between "HELLO" and
"IS".  If you want it to jump to the second letter ("E") in the found 
phrase, add a POINT #1,FX,FY and possible a "GET N" (see above if the 
program get stuck).  When it finds the word "HELPFUL", it will do just 
like with "THE" and find the "HEL" in "HELPFUL" and match it with the 
first three matching letters in "HELLO"  I suppose, if you said "HEL" for 
the phrase, it would say that both "HELLO" and "HELPFUL" match.  If you 
add a " " at the end, you'll get neither...  oh well.. of the subject 
now!

Hope I helped!  :)      Later, all!                     Bored bill.

__________________________________
PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
__________________________________
From: a644690c@edinboro.edu ("Adam J. Conover")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: MIO, Ataptec 4000a, Tandon tm-503.
Date: 6 Apr 92 07:03:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: edinboro.00958ADF17EF8140.20C02CCB

Hi, I have a question.   I have just recently acquired an MIO a
Tandon TM-503 hard-drive, and an Adaptec 4000a controller.  I was
wondering if anyone has had this configuration before and/or could tell
me about the jumpers that need to be set.  On the Adaptec controller, there
are two sets of jumpers labled:

                r
           pu . . . s 
                .
                t

and:
         . . . . . . . .
         . . . . . . . .
         p l n j h f d b 

I am curious as to what these are.  ALSO:  How do the jumpers need set
on the Hard-drive.  

The only documentation I have for any of this stuff is the 45 printed sheets
for the MIO.  

I don't have ANY of the wiring needed to connect these components together,
or even a PC type power supply, so I have a while before I can get it set up.
*** If anyone has a power supply for sale and/or the necessary cables
    I would like to here from you. ***   I could always just build the cables
if I could find a store that carries standard computer supplies (UNlike 
Radio Shack!).

Well, I've rambled enough.....  ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Adam Conover.
    a644690c@edinboro.edu.
From: cwilliam@mimsy.cs.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: ** K-Razy Kris Atari HW and SW moving sale! **
Date: 11 Apr 92 01:06:11 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Univ. of Md, College Park

ST hardware:
Mega ST 4 w/TOS 1.4, internal Supra drive (no SCSI mech)	make offer
Complete SCSI setup: ICD card/under-monitor case/PS/fan/cables
with external DS Atari drive inside, just add your SCSI mech	$195
Color SC1224 ST monitor						$95
SM124 ST mono monitor						$65
ST printer and modem cables					$5 each
Spectre Cartridge for Mac emulation (no ROMs)			$55 
Drive Master allows two external drives 			$15
ST mouse (new)							$20
1200 baud mini-modem (6"x4"x1") w/RS232				$45
8 256K 100ns SIMMS						$5 each
TOS 1.2 ROMS							$10
Thomson color monitor for ST/8bit/IBM EGA or as TV off VCR	$125
Magnavox color monitor for ST/8bit/IBM EGA or as TV off VCR	$150
Star NX10 printer including Ultrascript for ST			$55
SF314 ST external DS drive					$75

Atari 8bit hardware:
MPP 1000C 8bit plug-in 1200 baud modem				$10
Atari XLM? 1200 baud modem w/BOTH 8bit SIO and RS232 ports	$20
Atari 1020 color printer					$20
410 cassette recorder						$1
850 interface (lets you use RS232 modems and Cent. printers)	$40
4 XF551 drives							$75
3 800XL computers						$35
1 65XE computer							$35
Power supplies for XL/XE/1050/XF551/810, etc...			$5 each
DeRe Atari manual (THE inside Atari manual)			$10
Atari 400							$10

Atari ST software ($10 each, originals with docs and box)	$10 each
Sundog, Stellar Crusade, KQ IV, Word Writer, Hero's Quest,
Colonel's Bequest, Police Quest 2, Shadowgate, Diamondback,
Trump's Casino Gambling, Day at the Races, Gauntlet II,
Sinbad and thieves, Bards Tale, Day of the Viper, Xenomorph,
Manhunter, Manhunter 2, Camelot, Gold Rush!, Codename: Iceman

Other electronic goodies:
JVC RX330V 7audio/3video/30presets Tuner/Amplifier		$95
KORG Concert 3500 electronic piano w/88 weighted keys		$795
Williams "Comet" pinball machine w/voice module			$795
Sony Betamax (does Beta III) just overhauled			$95
Sony kids CD w/antishock, spkr/phones/line out for stereo (new)	$95
Sony AM/FM Discman w/extra battery and line out for stereo	$95
IBM Game Adapter (jotstick) card				$10

K-razy Kris' Computer sale.  All prices are VERY low so I don't have
to take them with me.  I will however still consider MULTIPLE purchase
offers if no one buys them in one week.  Ill take GeNIE Gift of Time,
COD, or check for payment.  Send email to cwilliam@cs.umd.edu on
Internet, C.WILLIAMS06 on GeNIE or call me at 301-595-7942 until 11pmEST
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: aa700@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Current)
Subject: Re: Bobterm 1.20 troubles...
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 22:22:52 GMT


Bob Puff: 76702.1076@compuserve.com (Computer Software Services)
-- 
 Michael Current, Cleveland Free-Net 8-bit Atari SIGOp   -->>  go atari8  <<--
   The Cleveland Free-Net Atari SIG is the Central Atari Information Network
      Internet: currentm@carleton.edu / UUCP: ...!umn-cs!ccnfld!currentm
     BITNET: currentm%carleton.edu@{interbit} / Cleveland Free-Net: aa700