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From: Dirk_Steins@k2.maus.de (Dirk Steins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MOD players
Date: 9 Sep 92 00:45:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: K2.A46833
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

A>Just wondering if anyone out there has heard of a MOD player that will
A>play MODs at random, say from a given disk.

Yeah, there's something like that out there in the world. It's an accessory
called Paula. You need version 2.0 for the random play facility. The MOD-Files
are loaded with the file selector and you can enter wildcards in the filename
so that Paula loads all the files. Paula is a shareware program from Pascal
Fellerich and can be used either as an accessory or an application. It works
even fine under MultiTOS. The sound quality is great. Here is the contact
address of the author:

    Pascal Fellerich
    45, rue des Genets
    L-3482 Dudelange
    (Luxembourg)

    Postal cheque account: CCP 65407-29

    E-Mail:                2:270/16.3@fidonet

PAULA20.LZH should also be available via tfp, but i'm not sure about that. In
the archive there's an german and english documentation.

bye, Dirk
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
From: aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim)
Subject: GFA: Interrupt programming fails in TT-RAM
Reply-To: kim@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de
Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne, F. R. Germany
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 20:34:46 GMT

Hi everyone,

I recently got a hold of the File-Info/Config CPX and used it  to
set  the  TT-Ram bits of a program I wrote and compiled under GFA
basic 3.6. The program contains a procedure that is called  every
1/5 seconds by the command "EVERY 40 GOSUB procedure". While this
has worked fine with the TT-Ram (Prg) bit unset, it doesn't  work
when this bit is set.
To investigate this phenomenon, I wrote a test program  (included
below). It basically consists of the EVERY command, followed by a
loop that should then be interrupted by  interrupt  procedure  at
regular  intervals.  With  this  test  program,  I  found out the
following:

1. If there are 4 PRINT commands between the EVERY  command   and
the  loop   (let's call this program "TEST_A.PRG"), the interrupt
works in ST Ram and doesn't work in TT Ram.
2. If there is just one PRINT command between the  EVERY  command
and  the   loop  ("TEST_B.PRG"),  the  interrupt (now read this!)
works in TT Ram and fails in ST Ram!
3. Lately, I installed the ARROWFIX.PRG in my auto folder.  Since
then,  TEST_A.PRG  runs  properly with or without the TT-Ram bits
set, and TEST_B.PRG fails with both TT-Ram bit settings.

Fortunately, my original program seems  to  belong  to  the  "A"-
category,  so  it  is  magically fixed by ARROWFIX. However, I am
severely confused. Any idea how these  *weird*  findings  can  be
explained?
In the GFA basic manual it is explained that the EVERY command is
realized with the etv_timer vector ($400),  if  that  is  of  any
significance.

Greetinx, Jan

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P.S.: You may flame me for programming in GFA basic if you  must.
But please include code for implementing equivalents of the EVERY
command in your favorite language in this case. ;-)

Here's the code of the test program:

' TEST_B.GFA
$I+
$U+
~TT?
CLS
ON BREAK CONT
DIM mbuf&(7)
EVERY 40 GOSUB show_interrupt
PRINT "Every is now activated"
'
' Un-comment either the three prints or the wave to obtain TEST_A.GFA
' PRINT
' PRINT
' PRINT
' WAVE 1,1,0,1000,20
'
t%=TIMER
REPEAT
  $U
  IF TIMER-t%>200
    PRINT "Hi there, the main loop has idled for another second..."
    t%=TIMER
  ENDIF
UNTIL MOUSEK=2 OR INKEY$=CHR$(27)
$U-
$I-
PRINT "see ya"
~INP(2)
EDIT
'
PROCEDURE show_interrupt
  EVERY STOP
  PRINT "Hi, I'm the interrupt procedure."
  EVERY  CONT
RETURN
From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Patches for TT?
Date: 15 Sep 92 06:53:51 GMT
Organization: Not Proud Programmers

A friend of mine recently purchased a TT.  He asked me what patches
(foldr100, poolfix, turbocts, etc.) he needs for his system.  Since I
don't know which bugs (if any) were fixed in the TT TOS, I told him I'd
ask the net.

Reply in news or mail, I usually read both.  Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
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From: rzsbs@rz.uni-sb.de (sbusol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Neodesk & Mint - further problems
Date: 8 Sep 92 07:01:09 GMT
Originator: rzsbs@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de

From article <12743@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, by dah90@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Halls DA):
> Okay, so perhaps I should be happy to get Neodesk to work with Mint
> (run neoload in AUTO then use NEODESK.EXE as autoboot program).

I run auto/neoload, then auto/mint; after that you *must* neodesk3 start
from your desktop/out of mintshel.rc with mintshel started from the desktop.
All other tries cause the messages: 'neodesk cannot find his path' and some
memory error if you use the alternate Neodesk path. I found no solution
yet. Neodesk3 has been launched more then a year ago, Dan Wilga seems to
have changed to PC software as I was told from Mr.Flashman (Gribnif Pres.?)
at the atari fair in Duesseldorf 1991 (!).


> 
> Unfortunately, there are still 3 problems:
> 
> - reports out of memory when I want to reorder a directory
>   (and I have 3.3 Mb free)
> - doesn't back up the directory tree if floppies are changed 
>   any more
> - crashes sometimes with Mint reporting error in media change code.

This also happens with my installation; but only if you click to fast from
one window to the other...


> 
> And, ironically, I can use Neodesk under Mint but not under TOS,
> cause Neodesk crashes when I try to access my single 80Mb BGM
> partition. (solution with Mint was to use the ofake.zoo for
> the generic U: drive).

This is normal as Neodesk hates PArtitions larger than 64MB :-(


> 
> Help mush appreciated.

As Gribnif does not seem to develop Neodesk any longer (the German distributor
Computerware Sender, Atari fair 1992, had obviously come to the same opinion)
the only help is probably dropping Neodesk3  :-(((((


> 
> Dave.
> 
> -- 
> 
> David Halls              2nd Year Computer Science Undergraduate 
> dah90@uk.ac.soton.ecs    Southampton University, England


greetings   Bernhard




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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying????
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:17:16 GMT


It is faster than the TT but it easily outperforms any TT. However, I can run
software that will "blow away" any ST software. Give me anything that can
compete with the following: OrCAD, AutoCAD, WP, and any 3D animation software.

I am in particular interested in OrCAD and as far as I know there isn't
anything that is as powerful as that piece of software. It is $1500 and is
pretty affordable since industrial software is in the $5000+ range. I am not
upset, I love my PC and I doubt that any other computer can offer me this
power and support for the same price.

What are you comparing, TOS with Windows? Get real. 
Mark K.
From: gs32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Geoffrey Spear)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Double Klick Software Adresse wanted!!
Date: 5 Sep 92 06:06:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.cee=vmi00aw601VUUY
	<3s5LqB4w164w@tcpbbs.pcn.org>
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


	There is a "doubleclick.com" site, but I don't know if it's the
software company or something else.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: PAULETTI@biel.be.tech.ascom.ch (Pauletti Andreas)
Subject: Re: Errors when dumping EMACS 18.58 (Solution)
Organization: Ascom Tech Ltd., Corporate Services, Division for Research 
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 05:49:45 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.11

Hi all EMACS fans

Finally someone could help me to dump EMACS 18.58. the solution to
the problem is the following

  1. rename the directories e-bin, e-lisp, e-etc to bin, lisp, etc
     (unser tcsh use mv 'e-bin' bin etc)

  2. set the environment varialbes as follows

         UNIXMODE to whatever they said it should be,
         EMACSLOADPATH to /dev/X/bin
         EMACSLIB to /dev/X/lisp
         EMACSDOC to /dev/X/etc
  
     where X is the drive and directory you keep the directory tree
     of EMACS

  3. Make sure that you have at least 2.7 mega bytes free on the 
     partition you dump emacs.

With these setting it should not be any problem to dump EMACS 18.58
successfully.

Thanks to Kendall Gelner again !

cheers andreas pauletti
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re:FZDT - using ARCV (was Re:Shadow-Term II)
From: craig@yonder.equinox.gen.nz (Craig Shore)
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 17:52:34 +1200
Reply-To: craig@yonder.equinox.gen.nz
Organization: Equinox Networks, ChCh, New Zealand * Private Node: Yonder
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992

In <1992Aug31.083837.22508@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>, sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:

>Command lines can be used by any program, it does not have to be a TTP..
>
>arcv is the way that file name strings should be passed to the SZ program,
>but XYZ201 requires a file with the file names in it to do this,
>this is one big thing that I dislike, they must follow the standard and
>use arcv..

Total rubbish. XYZ201 can have a command line passed to it just like
 most other programs. That's the only way I use it from FZDT,
 I can't be bothered messing around with that batch thing.


 Craig.

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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Thank you Darek for your support of the ST
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 92 01:26:13 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Clinton Keith writes, about the GEMulator:

>Darek has a vested interest in seeing that as few people as possible continu


...
>Let the buyer beware.  If you think Atari claims and service are bad,
>be prepared for worse with this guy. 
 
Except that Darek neither sells, nor services the GEMulator.
That's being handled by an ST dealer..
 
If you're going to flame someone, at least try to keep up with
things..

BobR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
Subject: Re: ST questions: GCC 2.2, FPUs and image converters
Keywords: GCC, FPU, PI3
Organization: SAR Systems Development & Processing, JPL
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:54:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.160516.28840@cc.gatech.edu> don@terminus.gatech.edu (Don Allison) writes:
>
>Three unrelated (or somewhat related) questions:
>
>1.  In other groups I've read that GCC 2.2 is the version to use
>and that 2.1 is buggy and shouldn't be used any more.  Someone
>here mentioned an ST port of 2.2 but I haven't been able to find
>such an item at any of the ftp sites.  Has 2.2 been ported to the
>ST, and if so, where could I find a copy?

Yes, GCC 2.2 has been ported to the ST. I thought it was already on
atari.archive, I guess not. I can put a copy up in the next couple of
days.
>
>2.  Having just put an ICD AdSpeed STE in my system and added a
>floating point coprocessor, I was looking for a compiler that
>would support using a 68881 as a peripheral, like the ST's do.
>Does such a critter exist?  I tried Laser C which supposedly
>has a library that supports this option, but noticed no time
>differences when running with software emulation or the hardware
>coprocessor (30000 adds, also 10000 sines seemed to take the
>same amount of time either way).  I was hoping to see some of
>the claimed 10x speedup in some raytracing software I was going
>to port.

The libraries that come with GCC will support the FPU.
>
>3.  I have some .TGA files on my PC that I want to convert to
>PI3 (I think?  the monochrome one anyway) to use as backgrounds
>on my STe.  The utilities I've tried (Chameleon on the ST--I
>also looked at picswitch(?)--and piclab on the PC) don't have
>compatible file lists.  Any suggestions on what utilities would
>be the best to do this conversion, and pointers as to where to
>get them?

Interesting. If ".TGA" means what I think (TARGA) then you want to
convert some 24-bit true-color images into ST 640x400 monochrome?
Yeehah.

The PC version of FractInt reads and writes TARGA files. You can
probably use it to read them and save as GIFs, which you can then
convert to some other format easily enough.

What program do you use on the PC to display these TGA files, anyway?
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From: ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: More TT030 help...
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:37:43 GMT
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco

In article <1992Sep4.042609.12758@u.washington.edu> dud@hardy.u.washington.edu (Daniel Aylward) writes:
>I just bought an 8 meg TT.  I have a hundred zillion questions, but I'll
>start off with 2...
>

Cool, Dan got a TT.  I know a couple of other people who in the last few weeks
got TTs.  Good to see they're not waiting. :^)

>1)  How do you use the Fast RAM?  All memory tests show I only have 4,
>which I can understand, but when I run Calamus and load all my 130 fonts
>it says I'm out of memory (I know that's only 4 megs because I could load
>most of my fonts on my 4 meg Mega STe).  Do I have to set a bit on the
>programs I want to make use of Fast RAM?  How do I do that?
>

Some of the old system diagnostic programs don't recognize TT RAM.  Your best
bet is to check the General Setup CPX, and hit the Status button.

There is a bit, like the fastload bit, that must be set for programs to load
and use TT RAM.  PRGFLAGS from Atari works.  There's also a CPX that lets you
change them, although I find that it doesn't always let you change the bits
on some programs (for whatever weird reason).

>2)  Screen trouble(?).  My TT Medium res screen is supposed to be 640X400
>16 colors, right?  Well...  mine's 640X480!  Don't ask me how!  No
>graphics board; the VME slot is empty.  I have about an inch of extra
>space at the bottom of my screen.  I'm not complaining..., except that the
>desktop is shifted/squished a bit to the left of the white illuminated
>area, making things look *slightly* skinnier.  (BTW that's NOT the source
>of the extra room at the bottom of the screen; there are actually MORE
>pixels!  The 640X480 only happens in TT Medium, but the shift is there in
>all resolutions.)  Will a graphics board help this?  Are there any halfway
>decent VME graphics boards that are less than Crazy Dots?

TT med res is 640x480. :^)  Nothing's wrong. :^)

What monitor are you using?  On my NEC 3D the screen is squished too.  I
understand that this only happens with some monitors; I had thought it was
only on the 3D.

The AlberTT board will give you 1024x768 with 16 colors.  I think it's around
$600.  Not as expensive as a Crazy Dots, and not as colorful either.  You might
want to save your pennies for a Crazy Dots though.  I hear they're worth 
every cent.



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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:26:50 EDT
From: J.J. Lehett <JJL101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Why no floppy port on the Falcon??
Distribution: world,local
 <1992Sep11.212815.26387@cunews.carleton.ca>

     Well, if it came to a choice between the SCSI 2 port, and the floppy
port, I think most would agree that the SCSI 2 port was the way to go.  We
are after all talking about a machine with not a tremendous amount of room
back there.
     The SCSI 2 port should more than make up for any 'tears' shed by not
having a external floppy port.  So many folks are getting upset about
having a port that is becoming less and less a standard (the 720K Atari
floppy) when what thay are getting is a port than can handle a new 1.44, 2.88,
floptical, and hard drives to boot.  And all STANDARDLY available!  I think
its really a small price to pay.   (I highly expect Dave Small  will have
a fix to get a GCR working with the Falcons).
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From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: "OPERATION: A.C.T. NOW" announcement
Date: 13 Sep 1992 13:49:52 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, winston@merk.com (Winston Smith) says:

>
>     Isn't it amazing how in the U.S.A. these "grass roots" campaigns to
>increase ATARI awareness in the major media outlets --JUST HAPPEN-- to
>spontaneously occur whenever ATARI is launching a new product ?  What a
>coincidence!  Do you all remember:  "THE REVOLUTION" ?
>


The REVOLUTION was a different story entirely.  There isn't one person
doing these campaigns and they aren't silly.

There won't be any egg hunts, Oprah write-ins, or Rosanne days.

This is probably a best time for a campaign.  WHEN Atari is releasing
new products.

If you wish to discuss these campaigns and have access to Free-Net,
there is a discussion board on there.

These campaigns are also attempting to FIRST help correct any problems
at Atari.  The REVOLUTION had confidence that everything was in great
shape at the company.

Yes, there are flaws like with everything else, but if you are tired
of lack of support, you should say something.  Everyone should say
something.


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From: cse0070@uoft02.utoledo.edu (bk@beer.heaven.bar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: HP Laserjets???
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:08:51 EST
Organization: Over@There


I am thinking of getting an HP Laserjet IIIp printer and was wondering
if people using HP Laserjets with their ST's would like to comment on the
software they use (or need!) for their HP Laserjets.

Thanks

Bryan Kruzynski
cse0070@uoft02.utoledo.edu
From: rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What WP is compat with PC stuff
Summary: One option is GEM 1st Word Plus
Keywords: WP PC
Date: 10 Sep 92 14:12:57 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

In article <1992Sep9.082300.3251@lut.ac.uk> M.P.Wood@lut.ac.uk (Michael Wood) writes:
>
>Does anybody know of a good WP package[s] that can write stuff that is 
>imported into PC stuff ( preferably formatted ).

If you want to go "back" in technology :-), I regularly exchange files
between GEM 1st Word Plus on the PC and 1st Word (the original bundled
package) on the ST.  Some things (like footnotes) don't exchange but
I stongly suspect that upgrading to 1st Word Plus on the ST would fix
most (if not all) of the remaining items.

Also (although you didn't ask), I have exchanged metafiles between GEM
Draw on the PC and Easy-Draw on the ST, with few problems.  The major
discrepancy is in the font handling (for text) - sometimes works fine,
othertimes doesn't.

Finally, I use the DR DOS 6.0 ViewMax shell on the PC controlling
TaskMax (task switcher). Since I have a 25 MHz 4 Mb 386DX, I load the
GEM/3 desktop twice, run 1st Word Plus on one and Output on the second
one - shorter time to print that way.

This setup is fairly high on the compatibility scale but shows its "age"
in the feature & technology arena.  But I like the environment, becuse it
lets me use my ST more than otherwise.  And I really prefer to work on
the ST.

Regards,
Roy C. Gosewehr

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From: mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann)
Subject: Re: TT Unix ASV
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 04:49:17 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson) writes:

>That is incorrect.  Atari has not "pretty much canned the ASV
>project."  The ASV development team was not "laid off" either.
>According to Bob Brodie, Director of Communications @ Atari Corp., 
>the ASV project has been completed and that's why the development
>team is now gone.  In a sense, yes, "development has stopped" but
>only because it's done.  He said Atari wouldn't be commercially
>releasing the full package until they have their 68040-based
>machine(s) ready but that a text-based (i.e. w/o XWindows, etc.)
>"student" version would be made available for existing machines.

Feel free to interpret how you like what a Director of Communications
says.  Also feel free to discuss with the folks who lost their jobs
whether or not they were actually "laid off".  Yes, a "production
release" was done shortly before the layoffs (or whatever you feel
like calling them).  Since when does that make a project "done"?
Ever heard of maintenance and support?  (For that matter, ever heard
of a UNIX release that worked right first time?  But that's another
matter).
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From: muocj@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Olivo Contreras)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectre GCR
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:58:01 GMT
Organization: Educational Computing Network

System 6.0.7 & 6.0.8 may work fine, but 6.0.5. is recommended.  Sound
won't work with any version higher than 6.0.5.  The latest version of
Spectre is 3.0.

Olivo Contreras Jr.
muocj@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
muocj@ecnuxa.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st