HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gsteen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen)
Subject: VGA display Soft PC
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:42:57 GMT

     I don't know about anyone else, but I find Soft PC to be so 
disgustingly slow in CGA or EGA that I can't even imagine the program in 
anything but a seriously upgraded form to handle a program in VGA.  
Still, a new version - witha reasonably price (or free!) upgrade policy - 
might make me actually use the program again.

gsteen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
From: matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: SCCS for NeXT
Date: 5 Sep 92 14:04:54 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

Thanks for the replies about my query for SCCS for the NeXT.

I was not asking about what's best.  I was asking for SCCS.  For reasons I
don't care to go into right now.

Turns out it's not likely I'm going to find it so it's a moot point.
------
Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted)
------
The Briggs - Chase Law of Program Development:
	To determine how long it will take to write and debug a
	program, take your best estimate, multiply that by two, add
	one, and convert to the next higher units.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: brad%raven@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca  (Brad Nelson)
Subject: Re: NT: please define vapor.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:48:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.192602.18707@rhein-main.de> vhs@rhein-main.de
(Volker Herminghaus-Shirai) writes: 

[munch]

>I know someone who calls stuff like this "Information at 
>your fingertips (TM)". His name is William Gates. Just 
>once more, Steve Jobs is doing the great tech stuff, 
>delivers it to the end user, it *just works*, while that 
>self- proclaimed genius at MicroSloth is running around 
>promising things he will not implement before everyone 
>else has it running. The only, *only* thing this as*hole 
>can do is sell. 

Microsoft: Master Marketers of Mediocre Software.

-Brad        brad%raven@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
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From: asm@eecg.toronto.edu (Anees Munshi)
Subject: Whither Mathematica control toolbox?
Date: 12 Sep 92 23:38:57 GMT


I remember reading sometime ago in this newsgroup(?) that
someone had put a toolbox of control system design routines for
Mathematica on the archives. I have looked around a little, but
can't find anything.  If someone knows the whereabouts of this
item, I would appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks/
--
	Anees S. Munshi
	asm@eecg.toronto.edu

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From: abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell)
Subject: Re: Encription in 3.0?
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:00:28 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

[lots of stuff deleted about why encryption didn't make it into 3.0]

I think it's time that the U.S. Government got real about encryption
software. I have to laugh whenever I see shrinkwrapped software with
a little sticker that says it can't be exported because it contain a
DES function. Who do they think they're kidding? It takes a few hours
to write DES from scratch on any computer ever made, using public
documents that define the algorithm. Other, better methods don't take
much longer, once they are published. Do the feds think that foreigners
can't program? It's hard to respect a law that's a joke to begin with.
It's hard to respect a government that makes, enforces, or doesn't
repeal such laws.

Steve abell@netcom.com
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: NeXT b&w laser printer
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 02:17:52 GMT

gsteen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen) writes:

>     I have a NeXT station and need to buy a laser printer for it.  I 
>spent all of last year saving wordperfect files on IBM disks, luggint 
>lugging them to school and printing them out on IBM's connected to HP 
>Laserjet IIIs.  All in all, a pretty crappy way to get anything done, 
>especially if you want to print out something froma program that isn't 
>available on IBM.
>     So, my question is, shoul I pony up the dough for a NeXT printer or 
>can I hook up another (read: cheaper) laser printer to my NeXT.  In case 
>you are wondering, I do realize that the NeXT printer would be the easy, 
>flawless solution, but I am wondering what the downside is of going third 
>party.  I am stand alone, and don't do huge volumes of work, and few 
>graphics, so high PPM and 400dpi aren't a big concern for me.  
>Suggestions?

Unless you go with one of the 'mini' laser printers (HP IIIP, etc.),
you are going to have to look hard to find a cheaper laser printer
than the NeXT Laser Printer.  
If you have a IIIP with PostScript card, it shouldn't be too hard to
make it work- but you will have so much less troubles if you get the
NeXT Laser Printer, and it will be a lot faster than most any other
solution. (esp. for that price)
-- 
David Lemson                                                (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
NeXTMail accepted                                  BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
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From: wjs@blorf.cpac.washington.edu (William Shipley)
Subject: Re: Renderman references (the QRM spec)
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 11:24:07 GMT

Daryll Strauss writes:
> Both of these are slightly out of date with respect to RenderMan on the
> NeXT. Pixar, and others, are defining a spec for RenderMan 4.0. The NeXT
> implementation seems to be a preliminary version of the RenderMan 4.0
> spec. I don't know where you can get details on the new additions, I
> hope that the 3.0 final documentation includes them. 

Check the release notes, there is a draft copy of the Quick RenderMan spec,  
which includes operators that I assume will also be in RenderMan 4.0.

Note that lots of the QRM ops will ONLY work in Quick RenderMan (for instance,  
the circle and line ops), so if you print documents using them you'll lose 'em.

-William Shipley
The Omni Group
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
Subject: Encription in 3.0?
Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 22:32:14 GMT


Did FEE encription make it into the 3.0 Mail.app?


--
-
Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish)
Subject: Re: more on why NeXT has not earned much credibility
Reply-To: sanguish@digifix.com
Organization: Digital Fix Development
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:48:49 GMT

Mark Crispin writes
> Well, I called up NeXT's 3.0 order management group, and learned some
> interesting facts:
> 
> 1) Officially, 3.0 is NOT YET SHIPPING.  They said `it is possible that some
>    people got early copies, but we are not shipping until later this week.'   
In
>    other words, certain high-profile customers got their copies special to  
give
>    the appearance of 3.0 shipping.
> 
> 2) People who bought the CD-ROM drive/3.0 upgrade package are second-class
>    customers.  [Note: NeXT vehemently denies this.]

	Well, I know for sure that we are not high profile customers, and were  
not on the beta list or anything.  Our two copies of 3.0, one with the purchase  
of the CD-ROM and one because we bought a Turbo a couple of months ago.  So  
both of these were free (in your thought).
	One of our associate developers also got both the Drive and the CD in  
the last 4 days.  And if I am low/no profile, this guy is non-existent.

	What you state as facts, has the usual Crispin spin on it.
-- 
- Scott Anguish -
sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail)
From: mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Dammit, I'm dumb. Why doesn't talk work?
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:29:41 GMT
Organization: Xerox PARC

c'mon guys...  RTFM.  the (very readable) Stuart documentation clearly
explains how to install Stuart properly so that programs like talk can
work.  as Curt suspects, the issue is having root access to update the
/etc/utmp file, and Scott has very carefully separated this function
into a separate program (with source provided) to ensure that this
doesn't compromise security.

                                             .mike.

--

                                             .mike.
From: strauss@Aero.org (Daryll Strauss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Renderman references
Date: 5 Sep 1992 02:15:09 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: armadillo.aero.org

|> Given that renderman is in 3.0 just how slow will an NSC perform with
|> it.  I just really want to knowwether something can be done, albeit
|> slowly, rather than absolutely not being a viable option on a NSC.  I
|> don't mind waiting for results.

It is pretty amazing, and as they say "It just works"

Let me start being saying that I am doing most of the RenderMan work on
a Cube. Performance for interactive RenderMan is quite reasonable. It
will skip complicated operations when it starts to fall behind. For
instance, if I am rotating around a complicated object, it might just
show me the start and the stop point of my rotation. Interactive
RenderMan can be controlled, via some of its primitives, to improve or
lessen the quality of the rendering, which has a inversely corresponding
effect on the speed.

Photorealistic RenderMan is a different story. It basically acts like a
printer. You can configure your NeXT (or better yet, all the NeXTs on
your network) to act as renderers. Then you just send your file to the
machine and wait for the output. The speed of the rendering depends
heavily on the quality of your image, the complexity of your scene, and
the complexity of your shaders. As a rough benchmark, I can generate an
image of the teapot with one light with most shaders in a 72x72 (1 inch
x 1 inch) window in 10-20 seconds.

The point is that you use interactive RenderMan to do your on screen, or
rough draft work, and then let photorealistic renderman crank on the
final version of the hours in may take.

-- 
Daryll Strauss          			     f	The Aerospace Corp.
strauss@aero.org		      		     n	Mail Stop: M1-102
...!uunet!aero.org!strauss			     o	P.O. Box 92957
NeXTMail: daryll@harlot.rb.ca.us                     r  Los Angeles, Ca. 90009
"It's my reality and I'll warp it if I want to!"     d	(213) 336-9358
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: emurphy@cs.uno.edu (Edward Murphy)
Subject: Re: Copying images from Webster DIctionary
Organization: University of New Orleans
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:27:45 GMT

Jagannatha  Rao writes
:
> Thanks to all who quickly pointed out that these pictures are in the  
directory:
> 	/NextLibrary/References/Webster-Dictionary/pictures
> from where they can be viewed, copied etc. 
:
> BTW, these pictures must surely be under a copyright. So, is it legal if  
we use  
> these pictures in another document/icon/etc. and acknowledge the  
copyright?

2 queries, now that you mention it...

the other day i also discovered this directory and decided to alter and  
use one of the images as an icon for something or other. that being the  
case, i'd also like to know about copyrights and such.

however, that is not my main question here... see i used icon to edit the  
tiff image, but everytime i tried to save it, it would *disappear* from my  
directory. if i tried to quit without saving, it'd prompt me SAVE or QUIT  
and without fail everytime i tried to save it *pouf* it'd be gone.

i did this several time with the same result. the file's protections were  
ok for it to be accessed and updated by the owner (who was me... uhh i  
mean me as in "ed murphy" not me as in account "me" :))

anyone with a similar experience or possibly a suggestion would both be  
welcome.

ed
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: lux@sol.UVic.CA (Michael O'Henly)
Subject: 3.0: Install vs. Upgrade Questions
Keywords: Install Upgrade 3.0
Organization: University of Victoria
Date:  6 Sep 92 20:11:08 GMT

	I have a new NeXT system on which 2.1 was incompletely
installed. Since 3.0 was so close to being released, I decided to wait
and do a complete install of 3.0. I hope to be able to do this next
week and have a few questions...

  1.	What I want to do is nuke the existing system and do a
	completely fresh install of 3.0 (i.e. replace everything --
	not just things that are new in 3.0). There are enough things
	missing from my copy of 2.1 that I don't want to risk those
	things not being installed when I go to 3.0.

	Is the installer smart enough to ensure this won't happen?

  2.	I have a Mac CD-ROM drive. Can I install from this? (It is a
	SCSI device and I have the appropriate cables, terminator,
	etc.)

	Thanks.

	Michael.
--
Michael O'Henly                 
McPherson Library                Internet:  lux@sol.uvic.ca
University of Victoria                      lux@uvvm.uvic.ca
Victoria, B.C., Canada             BITNET:  lux@uvvm






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From: eburk@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Eli Burk)
Subject: using tn3270
Originator: eburk@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:48:50 GMT

I'd like to connect to a VM system, but I need to use the 
"page down" key once I connect and as we all know there
is no "page down" key on next keyboard. What is the 
solution to this problem?

** email please **


-- 
..out in the street, with your cheap fur on, or maybe your plastic raincoat
and your plastic shoes, they look good too, standing in the snow you're young-
er than you look, {fall in love with me} 2X, how i wish you would...[Iggy Pop]
eburk@futon.sfsu.edu -or- eburk@sutro.sfsu.edu -or- eburk@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: flog@open.ch (Florian Gutzwiller)
Subject: NeXTSTEP 486/DELL - What's happenin ?
Reply-To: flog@open.ch
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:39:29 GMT

What are the exact specs of the NeXT/DELL cooperation, and when are we going to  
see NeXTSTEP 486 ? 

-Florian

 DELL INTRODUCES FOUR NEW 66-MEGAHERTZ PERSONAL COMPUTERS
                                  
   -- One of the first to ship PCs based on the new microprocessor

AUSTIN, Texas, August 10, 1992 -- As part of its ongoing commitment
to provide PC users with a full range of high-performance computing
solutions, Dell Computer Corporation today announced four upgradeable
personal computers based on Intel's new 66-megahertz (MHz)
i486 DX2 microprocessor.  The new microprocessor, introduced today by
Intel, uses speed-doubler technology to deliver more than 25 percent
higher processing speeds than the i486 DX/50MHz microprocessor, which
previously offered the highest level of computing power available for
PCs.  Dell's new systems are available immediately and are among the
first 66MHz systems to ship to customers.
.. more in comp.newprod
From: tim@rri.UUCP (Tim Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Reading Tar floppies on a NeXT
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:00:15 GMT
Organization: Recognition Research Inc., Blacksburg, VA

In article <1992Sep8.044943.2984@athena.mit.edu> jgshir@athena.mit.edu (John G Shirlaw) writes:
>I have a floppy I formated on a RS6000 and then wrote a TAR archive on to it.
>How do I recover this info on to my NeXT?  
>
>I know the NeXT has TAR but for starters how do I get the floppy in without the
>NeXT formating it as it seams to want to?
>
Type your tar command (probably "tar xvf < /dev/rfd0b") in a Terminal window
*before* you insert the floppy; you'll get a panel asking you to insert it then.

Timothy Buck     # rri!tim@vtserf.cc.vt.edu # "The meek shall inherit the
  Recognition    # timbuck@borg.lib.vt.edu  #  earth"; but the meek are
  Research, Inc. #   (NeXTmail accepted)    #  contesting the will.
  (703) 231-6500 # I speak for myself only. # -- Author unknown
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: rob@hobbes.cuc.ab.CA (Rob Parkhill)
Subject: RE: Indexes!
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 10:57:01 GMT

Sorry about that last post, I just installed 3.0 and didn't realize  
that my Mail.app defaulted to sending NeXTmail, and not plain-ascii.
What I meant to say was...
	
	Some nice, insightful person at NeXT was smart enough to  
include LIbrarian indexesfor the files on the CD-ROM in 3.0  This  
makes it real easy to leave all the documentation and Resourses on  
the CD, and save about 95MB of precious hard-drive space! 

happyhappyday
---
Rob Parkhill
rob@hobbes.cuc.ab.ca
(NeXTmail preferred!)
From: punch@cps.msu.edu (Bill Punch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Getting EPS document out of FrameMaker
Date: 10 Sep 92 01:03:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: MSU KBS Lab
Originator: punch@sol.cps.msu.edu

I'm using frame-maker to make some figures for a latex document. What
I'd LIKE to do is turn each single-page framemaker figure into a .eps
file. However I can't seem to do this directly. If I save the
postscript image of the document via the print command I get the whole
page and changing/adding a %%BoundingBox does not appear simple. Any
ideas on how to get a .eps file from a frame document? Thanks in
advance. 

					>>>bill<<<
					punch@cps.msu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: modman@liveware.com
Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.a -We're getting a vote!
Keywords: wowzer batman catgirl is a babe
Reply-To: modman@liveware.com
Organization: Liveware Corporation   Fort Collins, CO.  USA.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 13:14:04 GMT

In article <199209061646.AA12491@cnam.cnam.fr> eronald@CNAM.CNAM.FR (Edmund  
Ronald) writes:
> Well, it seems the issue is of prices on csna will finally get decided
> by a vote anyway- thanks Todd!
> Do people feel that we ought to have a biz group anyway, for all the
> suppliers with Usenet access to advertise on? 
> Edmund.
> 
> Addendum:
> Todd, your dictionary missed "BIBULOUS". Also, sadly, I am not a habitual
> but only an occasional drunkard :-)

Okay, so I was torked (or corked).  But I am happy you are happy.

Todd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
Subject: Re: NeXT b&w laser printer
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:26:04 GMT

In article <Rw42qB5w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>  
gsteen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen) writes:
>      So, my question is, shoul I pony up the dough for a NeXT printer or 
> can I hook up another (read: cheaper) laser printer to my NeXT.  In case 
> you are wondering, I do realize that the NeXT printer would be the easy, 
> flawless solution, but I am wondering what the downside is of going third 
> party.  I am stand alone, and don't do huge volumes of work, and few 
> graphics, so high PPM and 400dpi aren't a big concern for me.  

GCC Technologies sells some inexpensive laser printers which are available thru  
their dealers or directly from them at:

GCC Technologies
PO Box 8973
Waltham MA  02254-9773
617 890 0880
800 422 7777 (08:30-20:00 M-F; 10:00-16:00 Sa)
Fax 617 487 8888 (24 hrs)
Tech Support 800 231 1570
Dealer Locator 800 942 3321

They offer a 30-day money-back guarantee.

They won't ship to a Canadian address.  You can contact their Canadian office  
at 416 238 2744.

-- 
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu
Subject: Re: NT: please define vapor.
Organization: CAPVAX, JHU/APL
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:12:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.013222.14702@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, 
halpin@vsg1.dsg.dec.com (Stephen E. Halpin) writes:

	[...good points...]

> Its [NeXTSTEP] a great system.  I REALLY hope it can grow to significance in
> the
> mass market.  Getting on the 486 and later on the P5 will help considerably.
> If the 88110 is the end of the line, buying into it will only hurt NeXT
> (just ask owners of the original optical drive :-), especially if they
> ultimately settle on a little endian RISC architecture.  As it is processing
> binary files on NS and NS486 will be, well, challenging.

	And, of course, we should note, Steve, that porting NeXTSTEP to NT
	would permit it to run on the DEC ALPHA 8^)

Opinions expressed are my own.

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From: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Subject: Info on getting 3.0 and CD-ROM player (was: Re: CD-ROM question, NeXT customer support gripe)
Reply-To: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 22:44:03 GMT

John B. Lockhart writes
> I've had some people flame me slightly about my previous messages,
> telling me to stop my whining, and to give NeXT a break:  even if I am
> whining (which I'll admit), it just isn't good business to keep doing
> this sort of thing to customers.  They'll eventually learn not to buy. 

True about keeping people waiting this long.  There are a few factors to  
weigh in here too (I don't know if they've been mentioned already): (I'm  
writing about the software and hardware for 3.0 on CD):

* NeXT hired another company to do the actual shipping of the 3.0  
software.  I'm forgetting exactly what I was told by NeXT, but I think  
they ship around 250 3.0's per day.  I didn't ask whether that was 3.0  
CD's, floppies of 3.0 or what.

* If you call 1-800-848-NeXT, then option 5, then option 2, you can find  
out (approximately) how long you have to wait until 3.0 should arrive.   
They ship Federal Express 2nd day.

* Somebody should have to sign for both the NeXT CD-ROM drive and the 3.0  
software when it gets to your door.
-- 
-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
-- no NeXTmail please
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill Smith)
Subject: Re: Mic noise (rtf)
Organization: Brigham Young University -- Mathematics Department
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:05:46 GMT



In article <BuKsIq.K6H@csn.org> orion@proxima.cc.colorado.edu (Orion Edward  
Poplawski) writes:

>   Recently, the monitor mic has developed the following noise.  It had  
>developed this before, but fixed itself before I could explore it furthur.   
>Now it's back and I'd like to know why.
>
>Noise:  
>
>It's very loud and makes using the mic impossible.

Sounds like you have a short in the mic or nearby.
-Bill
--
Professor William V. Smith
Phone: 1-801-378-2061 Fax: 1 801 378 2800
email: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu  or  uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw
NeXTmail: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu
SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: henry@trilithon.mpk.ca.us (Henry McGilton)
Subject: Connecting to GENIE
Organization: Trilithon Software
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 18:45:10 GMT


Does anybody know how to connect to users on the GENIE
system from Internet?

	Thanks,
		........ Henry