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From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Flow Charting Software
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:36:12 GMT

In article <alien.02gx@acheron.amigans.gen.nz> alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.165816.22693@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> cadpoole@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Dale Poole) writes:
>>Hello Y'all.
>>
>>I'm a newbie programmer, currently in the throes of flow charting. Designing
>>the charts is no big deal, but putting them into a form that is neat and
>>easy to read for my instructors is a different matter.
>
>I'd advise you to find some new instructors, if possible. Flowcharts are an
>obsolete system for coding in obsolete languages; you'll learn several very
>bad habits, no good ones, and if you try to design a program in a modern
>language like C or Pascal using flowcharts it'll be a disaster. (And I speak
>from experience here.) Assuming you can't change instructors, find a book
>(better, several books) on structured programming and study them carefully.

   It depends on the University. Here the first class in Pascal the students
are taught pseudo-coding, no flowcharting. At the Community College, they
flowchart in one beginning programming class and then drop it. I usually
get to tell new students that we don't flowchart over here at Uni. Dale may
not have a choice...

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From: sdo@email.sp.paramax.com (Scott Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Latest version of ProCalc ?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 07:05:23 -0600
Organization: Paramax -  Eagan, MN
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: grimm.sp.paramax.com

	I got an update to ProCalc a couple months back, it was 1.05,
I think..

		Scott
From: brackin9784@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: SID2 support ... NOT !!!
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:18:17 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

apparently Timm Martin is no longer supporting SID2.  His bbs
DEEP C has been off line for the last month.  He stated in the
docs for SID2 that registered users would be notified about
fixes and updates.  I've had SID2 for damn near a year and
have yet to receive a notice that there have been any updates.
I have the original 2.0 release.  I have been told that 2.01a
is the most current.

How does one acquire this when Timm Martin is so hard to contact ??
From: west@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Randal M West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Quality Scientific Graphing
Date: 28 Jan 93 14:15:39 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Keywords: graph, plot, science

Multiplot has worked really well for me...

Multiplot          Fish# 572
==============================
An intuitive data plotting program featuring flexible input
options, arbitrary text addition, automatic scaling, zoom
and slide with clipping at boundaries, a range of output
file formats and publications quality printed output.
Workbench printers are supported via transparent use of
the PLT: device.  Postscript and HP Laserjet printers are
directly supported.  This is version XLNe, an update to
version XLNd on disk 467.  Includes bug fixes and many new
features.  Binary only
Authors:  Alan Baxter, Tim Mooney, Rich Champeaux, Jim Miller
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From: d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se (Magnus Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: DME gurus on me!!
Date: 24 Jan 93 12:46:42 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

I have a problem with the DME editor. It doesn't work.

My setup is:

A500 - KS1.2, 1/2 fast, 1/2 chip

I've used ZKick to start KS2.04 but DME didn't work then either.
What is my problem?

BTW, I tried both DME v1.45, v1.46, and XDME. None of them worked.

Does anybody know of any other editor that allow you to Execute an external
command, like DME is supposed to do (i.e lets me compile my program by only
pressing f1 and if an error was found, jumps to that line)???

Loads of thanks in advance.

--Hacker

d2hacker@dtek.chalmers.se
From: vailm00@DMI.USherb.CA (MARC VAILLANCOURT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Suggestion for next PStream
Date: 28 Jan 93 02:21:42 GMT
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
Keywords: Pagestream Printer IFF 24bits ClipBoard ARexx

<followup to PageStream wish list>

-> have attributes of currently selected text be shown whenever a   
-> formatting requester (font, spacing, etc) is brought up

   I'd like to see the _CURRENT_ text attribute (ie. where the cursor is)
displayed somewhere in the main window. Maybe on the bottom slider? Even
a seperate window would be ok IMHO. By text attribute I mean Font, size,
and Style. 

	Marc
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From: cs64wag@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: better 'CD' command wanted!
Date: 24 Jan 93 03:55:24 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <meFPXB3w165w@coyote.datalog.com> cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:

>alias cd /  cd ..
> 
>Wouldn't that work in the Shell-Startup file?
> 
>(Speaking of that, I gotta get cracking on that and get it fixed up the 
>way *I* like it myself...  :)  )


Well, I just tried it and it sure doesn't work.

The problem, I expect, is in the spaces used in both the
actual and "virtual" command.  :(

Jeremy

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From: umpistun@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brent Pistun)
Subject: Re: Starting with PasTeX 1.3
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:02:08 GMT

In article <dgold.0x4v@basso.actrix.gen.nz> dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz (Dale Gold) writes:
>Quoted from <C17nxI.H4G@uceng.uc.edu> by skellner@uceng.uc.edu (Sean Kellner):
>>  First, other than finding the TeXbook, is
>> there any way I can learn to write something basic such as a lab report 
>> ....
>> Maybe if there is a .tex file (a .guide file?!?!) or a plain ascii file or
>> a book I can find out there that someone else is using??
>
>There's an excellent introduction called 'A Gentle Guide to TeX' from
>the University of Manitoba.  You might find it on Niord.SHSU.edu, or
>ymir.claremont.edu... look for gentletex.??? or something like that.
>
>As far as your font problems, have a close look at the configuration
>files for ShowDVI and DVIprint. 
>

     I found that the book "LaTeX for Scientists and Engineers" by
David J. Buerger (McGraw Hill) is very good.  (if you're using LaTeX)

     I'd also recommend the "Genteltex" document...






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Brent E. Pistun                                       Computer Engineering
umpistun@CCU.UManitoba.CA                           University of Manitoba
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: shivelrx@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Matt Shively)
Subject: Mode Promotion
Summary: Looking for Pkludge 1.0 or higher by Steve Koren 
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:41:40 GMT

Hello.  I am looking for Pkludge 1.0 or higher by Steve Koren and
was wondering if anyone could help me.  I would appreciate an
e-mail responce.

						  Thanks in advance,
						  Matt Shively
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: ummuir05@ccu.umanitoba.ca (John Derek Muir)
Subject: Re: SAS 6.2 update
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:57:08 GMT

In <1993Jan24.031529.9894@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> cmatting@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Mattingly) writes:

>In article <1993Jan23.160343.20155@crash> rtillery@crash.cts.com (Rick Tillery) writes:
>>Just a note to let everyone know that I just downloaded the update archive
>>for SAS 6.2 from Portal.  I haven't installed it yet, but I'm really impressed
>>with SAS's regularity of updates.
>>
>>Keep up the good work SAS!
>>
>>Rick Tillery(RTillery@crash.cts.com)
>>

>Umm, pardon me, but are you talking about the SAS/C compiler?  If so, then
>they need to get their marketing scheme together, because in the latest issue
>of Amiga World, they did a review and had advertisements for 6.0, not 6.2

Umm, pardon me, but are you talking about the SAS/C compiler?  If so, you
should look at your issue of Amiga World again; they are adveratizing SAS/C
version 6.  Not 6.0, or 6.1 or 6.2...  Just 6, which directly implies any 
revision numbers afterward.

John
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From: tdenbo@eis.calstate.edu (Tom Denbo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: PD Word Processor
Date: 22 Jan 93 02:31:58 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

It's been a while since I was watching the discussions on PD WPers.  I'd
appreciate a review.  Looking for one that would be user friendly for
grades 5-8.

Thanks

Tom Denbo
tdenbo@eis.calstate.edu
From: markus@octavia.anu.edu.au (Markus Buchhorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Latest version of ProCalc ?
Date: 24 Jan 1993 23:49:33 GMT
Organization: Australian National University, Canberra
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.5.35
Originator: markus@octavia



What is the latest version of Gold Disk's ProCalc ? 

Ta muchly

Markus

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: cmatting@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Mattingly)
Subject: Re: SAS 6.2 update
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 03:15:29 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.160343.20155@crash> rtillery@crash.cts.com (Rick Tillery) writes:
>Just a note to let everyone know that I just downloaded the update archive
>for SAS 6.2 from Portal.  I haven't installed it yet, but I'm really impressed
>with SAS's regularity of updates.
>
>Keep up the good work SAS!
>
>Rick Tillery(RTillery@crash.cts.com)
>

Umm, pardon me, but are you talking about the SAS/C compiler?  If so, then
they need to get their marketing scheme together, because in the latest issue
of Amiga World, they did a review and had advertisements for 6.0, not 6.2


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From: bchiu@crash.cts.com (Bill Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Amiga UNIX and X-Window questions.
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:47:19 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

Hello World,

   I have an Amiga 3000/25.  I'm now taking an Neural Network class that 
requires me to work on X-Window with an Sun workstation.  Couldn't Amiga do
that?

   My questions is, can Amiga's UNIX and X-Window work with Amiga's ECS
graphic chipset's limited colors?  If not, what's the cheapest graphic
board that'll work with this setup.

   I don't even have Amiga' UNIX yet.  But if I get it will I need to get
source code for every program and recompile it on my computer?  About how
much harddisk space would serve for a 'okey setup?

   Lastly, what's the current version of Amiga's UNIX operating system. 
Will I need to purchase and install X-Windows seperately.  Approximately
how much disk space will this installation need?

Thanks.
From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Amiga GIF viewer wanted....
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:54:14 PST
Organization: TAP

Quoted from <eb139.727538005@fred> by eb139@cs.city.ac.uk (MAHMOOD Z):
> Beng new to teh AMiga scene, and considering purchasing an A1200 in the near future,
> I would like to know if there are any good Amiga GIF readers out there as I have

    HamLabPlus is an excellent converter, however on a 1200 it may be
    better to view them directly rather than convert them, since the
    1200 apparently supports all the colors you need.

> Zaheer
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From: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.org (Wayne Summer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Wordworth2 Question
Distribution: comp
Reply-To: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 22 Jan 93 00:07:02 EST
Organization: Wayne's Machine; Palm Bay, Florida

In article <1993Jan19.123215.16872@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> nh5@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> Hello all:
>
> I would appreciate any information that is available on Wordworth2.  From what
> I have heard, it is the type of word processor I am looking for...
>
> I have both Wordperfect (4.1.12) and ProWrite (3.2.4) and neither one satisfies
> my requirements.  Wordperfect has most of the processing features that I need,
> like usable multiple columns, mail merge, etc., but it is not very usable on my
> 3000 since I like to have a hi-res screen and topaz 8 is too small to read.
> ProWrite has a nice interface, but that's about all I can say about it.
> Otherwise, it sucks...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -David

The Feburary Amazing Computing has it listed under new products.  It sounds
very good.  Here is their info (without their permission).

    Graphical wordprocessor which supports genuine Agfa compugraphic fonts (10
    supplied); works with any Amiga font, including internal printer fonts (over
    400 supported), PostScript and Color fonts.  Features include: Multi-columns,
    Indexing, Table of Contents, Bookmarks, Tool Bar, HotLinks, EndNotes, Sorting,
    Mailmerge, and more.  Requires 1.5 MB RAM min. and WB 1.3 or greater.

It sounds even better since I read through it again.  Unfortunately there is no US
importer as yet -- the address given is in England.  The European people on the net
seem to like it and can (and probably will) give a review of it.

Hummm! I have a friend whose brother is in England.  Maybe I can get him to send us
a couple of copies.  Does anyone know how much it is in England and where the cheapest
place is to get it?  Guess I'll have to check out Amiga Shopper or Amiga Format mags.

Wayne

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From: hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
Subject: Re: Modular screen blanker?
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 13:15:03 GMT

In article <mcuddy.727821015@fensende> mcuddy@fensende.Rational.COM (Mike Cuddy) writes:
>hgm@ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) writes:
>
>>I managed to get all of the screen blanker modules to run, including Avant
>>Garde (needs PAL mode to run). I found out, however, that Twilight Zone does
>>some generally evil things, unappropriate for a screen blanker. 
>>After playing with it for a week, I threw it away, and went to something a
>>little simpler, and more stable. Pity -- I'd really like to see a modular
>>screen blanker similar to After Dark. 
>
>... Try shadowmaster.  Mike Meyer's modular blanker system.  (uses any screen
>hack that takes a ^C to stop.  Quite nice and very stable (I've run it for
>almost a year now -- The registered version has lots of saver modules, too)
>
>		 - Mike


What is a  *modular*  screen blanker?  Is Spliner a modular screen
blanker?

Thanks,

Herb

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: y88kenek@odalix.ida.liu.se (Kenneth Ekman)
Subject: Re: Amiga GIF viewer wanted....
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:58:50 GMT

TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:

>>Actually if you are getting an A1200, I would suggest using the GIF datatype
>>that someone just released on the C.S.A.announce (?) board.  It works quite
>>well, and since it is just a class, works with any program that knows to look
>>for it.

>Two problems: GIFs look their best at 256 colors.  Multiview uses the WB
>to display pictures, so unless you have your WB set to 256 colors, you
>don't get to see them in glorious technicolor.

Actually, it can use it's own screen. Just use 
  MultiView <filename> SCREEN
I'm sure you can add it as a tooltype too.

>Second problem. Its slow, slow, slow, even on a 4000.  ViewTek is fast
>and does a nice job on most formats.

I'll have to agree with you there.

>TomK@cup.portal.com
>Tom Krotchko

Kenneth.
From: edmondse@woods.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: English docs for PasTex1.3?
Date: 28 Jan 93 19:17:24 GMT
Organization: University of Lowell

I just ftp'd PasTeX1.3 from ftp.uni-passau.de and unzoomed the disks.

I have found most of the documentation is in German. I was wondering
if there are any English versions of the documents that come with PasTeX1.3
and PreviewFonts and Metafont. If anyone know where I might find there files
I would be very grateful.

Thanks 

Eric Edmonds
University of Lowell
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: feuchtwa@fraser.sfu.ca (Martin Feuchtwanger)
Subject: Where can i get MultiDOS?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:23:14 GMT

I want to save postscript files to ibm format disks
and understand that Kjell Didriksen's MultiDOS can
do that.  Is there an ftp site for this FD program?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.unix.gnu
From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
Subject: Re: GhostScript available for the Amiga
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.unix.gnu
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:04:35 GMT
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Trevor Elbourne (Supr. Hell) BE (trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au) wrote:
: 	Well GhostScript is available now for the amiga, and I have managed
: to set it up (It's available on Amiga.physik in text/dtp/) Even though
: very few must have got it yet, has anyone managed to get the epson
: driver working ? It garbles the printout, gifmono works fine but the reolution
: is too small and does not seem to change. For anyone that is having probs,
: I set a very high stack (ie 200000) so it won't crash. It prints to PAR: well
: but refuses to do so corectly. Can or has anyone managed to get it to work.
: 	Thanks in advance
: 		George

I printed golfer.ps with:

	gs -sDEVICE=epson -sOUTPUTFILE=par: golfer.ps

and it worked fine... I checked it against the output from Post 1.7, and they
agreed...  However I tried to load them into ArtExpression, but it sucked on
them for quite a while... I'm gonna let it have about a couple hours to look
at them later, see if that makes a difference...  The only two problems I 
have with this program are: (make that three)

	1: The docs suck, and the archive is/was laid out extremely poorly.

	2: I can't seem to get it to output to the Amiga screen.. Thank god
for post...
	
	3: The epsonc driver doesn't seem to work..

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From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: KingFisher
Date: 28 Jan 93 00:22:33 GMT
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you

keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul) writes:

>When I tried Kingfisher, though, I hated it.

Your comments might be more useful if you explained what it was that you
did not like about KingFisher.

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