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From: brianh@f20.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Brian Heyboer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: CG Fonts and Fountain
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 14:25:08 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3603/20 - Mercury Opus NEC360, St Petersburg FL

I recently purchased the Gold Disk CG Outline Fonts package.  I checked
it out at the dealer first, and Fountain seemed to be recognizing
everything correctly.  Now that I have it home, I find everything is not
so copacetic.  Does anyone know wherein are documented the mystic
secrets of CG Fonts and Fountain.  (No, not the overview in Appendix D,
the REAL POOP.)

Specifically, why don't my Dingbats come out right?  Delving right in
without so much as a clue, it appears that the .dat file contains a
reference to a .lib file which defines the outline, Postscript
ID data, a reference to a .chardata file which defines the character
set, and a reference to a .metric file with more Postscript data.
Fountain seemingly ignores the .dat file entirely, looking directly at
the .lib (which it copies to a .type file).  The result is that
almost all my Dingbats are empty boxes because Fountain is looking for
the wrong characters. I can create screen fonts with Gold Disk's
CreateFont utility, but Fountain just won't handle it. I assume that
other fonts have the wrong character set as well, it just isn't so
noticable.  There is also a .atc source file and a .otag
Fountain-produced file for each font, but their use is a complete
mystery. I can delete the .dat and .atc before attempting to install the
font with Fountain and there is no noticable difference in results.

The .metric files are another problem of themselves.  My intended use is
with ProWrite, but ProWrite expects a .metric for each typeface, not
each family.  The .dat appears to reference the .metric entry which
corresponds to the typeface, but that information is ignored (or maybe I
have it in the wrong place -- Fountain doesn't use or copy it).  The
result is that bold and oblique fonts don't come out right in
Postscript.  I can bold or italicize the standard font and the correct
postscript data is sent, but then the display and dot matrix output are
different.  Work-around so far seems to be to copy the .metric file for
each typeface and use both oblique and italics (or bolded bold), but
that shouldn't be necessary.  Interrestingly, ProWrite does not display
a bolded bold or italicized oblique any differently than its plain
counterpart.  If I knew more about the .metric files, I could probably
cut-and-paste some together that more closely match my intended use.

A roadmap or a personal guide would be most appreciated as I attempt to
navigate this jungle.  A call to Gold Disk is probably going to be
necessary in the end, but I'd like to have all the info I can when I
call.
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From: rcleon@svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl (Leon Oninckx)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Text reader wanted capable to handle large files.
Date: 2 Apr 92 12:01:31 GMT
Reply-To: rcleon@bs.win.tue.nl
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

I'm looking for a text reader which is capable of handling large files.
Most of the readers I got load the whole file in memory, but that's
a bit of a problem with files sized 2.5M. I can use type, but then
I do not have scrolling or searching facilities. Can anyone direct
me to a program which is capable of doing this? I know I can split
the files, but I don't really want that...
-Leon
email : rcleon@win.tue.nl
From: vishart@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: a few GCC 2.0 questions...
Date: 6 Apr 92 01:55:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Greetings...

   I have a few GCC 2.0 questions to ask.

1) Is the g++-include directory required for anything besides
   recreating the library ?  I believe the directory is found
   in libg++2.0-920319.lha.



2) I tried to compile the following program :

      // helloworld.c--displays a message
      #include <iostream>
      int main(void)
      {
         ccout << "Hello World";
         ccout << "\n";
         return 0;
      }

   and got the following error :
      helloworld.cc:2: iostream: undocumented I/O error

   My stack is set to 250000 bytes.  The commands I used and the
   results I got are as follows :

      3> stack
      Current stack size is 250000 bytes
      3> cd wrkdir
      3> gcc helloworld.cc
      helloworld.cc:2: iostream: undocumented I/O error



3)  I decompressed the following files :
      gcc20-920229.lha
      ixemlib9203.lha
      ixemupd-920330.lha
      libg++2.0-920319.lha

   I noticed that some of them contain .tar files.  Is there a
   tarsplit utility for the Amiga any more recent than that on
   Fred Fish #53 ?  I had to modify that one to get it to work
   with the tags in the .tar files, and to create subdirectories.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ftrapano@galaxy.afit.af.mil (Frank Trapanotto)
Subject: Re: C= has fallen behind, was Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 14:06:47 GMT
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology

Hi Matt,

	The problem with Amiga I think is not due to the computer.  It does
everything I ever want a computer to do.  I truly believe that Amiga is one
of the best computers on the market.  I do think that the Commodore publicity
area severly lacks.  I believe if they started running serious
commercials on a constant basis, the Amiga market could pick up.  People would
get to know the word Amiga, as they do with MAC, IBM, Tandy.  

By the way....again.....this is my own opinion.



					(((The Trapster)))
From: Frederick.Theilig@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Frederick Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Info on programming wanted
Date: 5 Apr 92 03:44:36 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <92092.152044CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu> CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher M. Stoy) writes:
>Hi,
>
>   I was wondering if any of you out there could supply me with a little info.
>I want to start developing software on my Amiga (A500, 2 floppies, 50 meg HD,
>2 meg RAM).  Could someone tell me what a beggining programmer (at least on
>the Amiga) needs to start producing software? I tried using AmigaBASIC, but
>after about ten minutes I decided it has one of the worst editors in the world
>and really stinks at making stand-alone programs.  Here's what type of info I
>need:
>
>    1) What language should I use ( C, Pascal, Assembly, ...)
     Personal preference.  I like C.  There aren't any professional
 pascal compilers, but you could get away with PCQ (pd/shareware).
 If you like assembler, go for it.  It's not hard to integrate asm and
 C.

>    2) What books do I need (ROM Kernal manuals and the like)
     The RKMs are needed for anything serious.  If you know nothing
 about programming on the Amiga (specifically) then you should start
 elsewhere.  There is a C manual available on a fish disk.  It's
 rather good.  Takes up three or four disks.

>    3) Any suggestions on PD compilers and stuff that I should use.
     DICE is great, but the unregistered version doesn't do floats.
 If you intend on not ever paying for anything, you might want to
 look at NorthC, PDC, GCC, or the other numerous C compilers.
>
>  I know this sounds a little odd to be asking, but I bought my Amiga to
>program with (and to play games, but that is besides the point), and have had
>no luck at finding any useful compilers or any books on Amiga programming. Any
>help on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
>
     That's why I bought MY Amiga.  I just couldn't afford books.  The
 only Amiga book I got was Inside the Amiga with C, which I didn't like.
 
>
>Chris "Slothman" Stoy    (o o)    | "Would we be so cavalier about
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: sherman@panix.com (Sherman Chan)
Subject: MicroEMACS
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 03:25:48 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Keywords: EMACS,Amiga,MIcroEMACS

Does anyone know if there's a version of MicroEMACS for the AMiga that's
newer than 3.10?  There are a couple of very annoying things in 3.10, like
i-shell not working, and the keybindings table being destroyed if a Shifted
function key is bound to a macro that spawns a subshell.  Not major problems
(I corrected them by rebinding the keys), but I'd like to know if there was
ever an official fix.  Also, where can I get a PD word list (English) to use
with a spellchecker?

-Thanx
Sherm,

sherman@panix.com


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: blatter@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter)
Subject: Re: The secret to FinalCopy's fast scaling.
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 08:34:04 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.024812.17063@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> sah@gnu.ai.mit.edu writes:
>Well, evidentally, Softwood's FinalCopy doesn't use Compugraphic fonts.  Nor
>does it use Adobe type I or III fonts.  They invented their own scalable 
>format, which is called "Nimbus Q."  

From what I heard, Nimbus Q is used by the GeoWorks Ensemble GUI on IBM
clowns. It has not been invented by Softwood.

>This is all the info I have on it, but 
>I heard that Nimbus Q type scalables might be released for DOS usage, instead
>of limiting their use to only FinalCopy.

This would require them to implement their own diskfont.library with
their Nimbus Q font machine. Should be fairly easy to do.




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From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga Owners Unite
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:29:21 GMT

abend@flounder.cis.ohio-state.edu (dan edward abend) writes:

> All you have to do is reply to this article with your email address and I
> will mail you an Amiga owner's survey and more information about something
> brand new in the world of Amiga computing.

        Hmmm. I smell someone putting together an e-mailing list.

           Bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au  OR  bull@monu1.cc.monash.oz
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From: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good!
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:37:01 GMT
Reply-To: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Organization: NeuSoft

In article <1992Apr7.121925.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> c9228224@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (McLeod) writes:
>  Has anyone ever noticed how Amiganites seem to think that Amigas' are
>the best computers around, despite the fact that no self-respecting business
>would go near them? I mean, lets face it, Amiga's are nothing compared with
>MS-DOS machines. And, they never will be. Oh sure, they have such pretty 
>graphics, but that doesn't mean zip when it comes down to how good they are 
>to use, now does it?! So come on all you egotistical Amiga users. Get your
>heads out of the sand and face facts. Amigas' are nothing, they never will be
> and haven't a chance in hell at ever being any better then MS-DOS machines.
>     Face facts, guys.
>         MR B.

I hate to get involved in a flame war, but these postings from airheads are
getting on my nerves (as they are intended to).  If everyone went around with
an attitude such as the one this "Mr. B" seems to have, we'd all still be using
Tandy Model 1 computers, since they had an enormous portion of the PC market
share when they came out.  The problem, Mr. B, is not the computer.  The
problem, in fact, is that people such as yourself, who are rigid in their ways
and refuse to change, comprise so much of the human population.  It's people
like yourself who keep environmental issues on the table for years and years
while the rain forests get hacked to pieces and thousands of species go extinct.
It's people like you who view the space program as a waste of time, still use
ForTran, and complain that the world isn't like it used to be.

;You are entering a world of nested parentheses, a world of maddening confusion
;and ludicrous orthagonality.  Beyond this comment line lies - the LISP zone!
(set! addresses '("jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu" "wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu"))
(define (mail address)
  (cond ((list address) (exec "mail" (car address)) (mail (cdr address)))
  (T ())))
(mail addresses)
(= (! '42) (* '42 ... (* '2 (* '1 '1)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
From: umoster0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Sean K. Ostermann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: ISpell ljr
Summary: Where is it?
Keywords: ISpell
Date: 8 Apr 92 04:02:57 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Where can I find this program?  I need it to run GUISpell and I can't find it on AB20.  Thanks in advance.
Sean
====================================
University of Manitoba
Computer Engineering
====================================
From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: ProWrite: The ads must've been BS.
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:14:44 GMT
Organization: Clemson University

taa33@isuvax.iastate.edu (Devin E. Parsons) writes:

>>> (4) - You have an accelerated Amiga.  It *crawls* otherwise.
>>I have a 68000 -- the only time it is slow is inserting in the middle of a
>>paragraph with flush margins turned on. This is due to the amount of
>>calculating necessary with a proportional font to determine when to break each
>>line in the paragraph -- name a WYSIWYG WordProcessor that DOESN'T have
>>this problem. To fix it, edit the paragraph without flush margins, then change
>>it back to flush when done.

Ever load in a 90 page document? :)

>I do have any of the problems you speak of wiht FC1.3.  FinalCopy is VERY
>fast on a 68000 and the text is very easy to read. My system has never crashed
>using FC1.3 and I have a very old 1000!!! The newest version (sent to me free)
>is V1.3 Revision 2.  It corrects the problem of incersion within a paragraph.

>***I can not recoment FC1.3 highly enough.  This is the best WP I have ever
>used
>for the Amiga and i have used them all from WP to ProWrite to E2.0--None
>compair to FinalCopy1.3 --and the price is only ~$59!                    ***

Now what if I want footnotes? :)  (Assuming that FC 1.3 doesn't crash...)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
Subject: Re: Amiga advertised in Computer Graphics World
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:43:15 GMT

In article <802@shaman.wv.tek.com>, peterr@ice.tek.com (Peter Rehley) writes:
> Greetings,
> 	If any of you get the "Computer Graphics World" magazine, look on 
> 	page 26 in the April issue.  There is a full-page color ad for the 
> 	Amiga.
> 
> 	Looks like Commodore is starting to advertise in some non-amiga
> 	magazines.
> --
> Peter Rehley

	I always thought they should advertise in Computer Shopper also.  After
  all, thats what its there for.  A lot of people look through it each month
  for hardware/software.  

						G.Greene
From: stacysm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Steve Stacy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Where is NewZap???
Summary: I cant find it!
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:51:15 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

Could someone please Email me where I can find NewZap via FTP?  I have
heard alot about it, but cant seem to find it anywhere.  If anyone
is really feeling generous, a uuencoded version mailed to me would be
even better.  Thanks a lot.

Heath Doerr
Email : stacysm@sage.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kdmiller@m4-035-12.MIT.EDU (Kenneth D Miller)
Subject: Re: Everything killer on the way!!!
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:56:39 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.005722.1509@news.jit.dec.com> zambotti@wpowz.enet.dec.com (Walter Zambotti DEC) writes:
>Kenny Miller rights :->
>
[ my post about a spiffy new chip idea deleted...sorry ;^) ]
>
>I have no arguement against points 1,2 or 4 but 3 has as many bad points
>as its does good.
>
>Do you realize that during an interupt all registers must be pushed to
>the stack.  How long would it take to push 256*4byte registers? 
>Remember that a context switch is also driven via the interupt
>mechanism.  This makes for one very fast single user single tasking
>machine but for one very slow multitasking multiuser machine.  Even if
>there is only one task running under a multitasking operating system the
>clock is continuously generating interupts say 50-100 times a second
>plus all the I/O driven interupts.

Hmmm.. I hadn't though of that.  Okay, but maybe having 16 GENERAL PURPOSE
registers (none of this Dn vs. An distinction) would be better.  And perhaps
you could subdivide registers into smaller bits.  Now, when you want to do
16-bit numbers, you only have 8 data registers to work with...and half of that
space is wasted.  With this scheme, you could have 16 of them for free, even
if the Dn/An distinction held.  And with general purpose registers, you could
have up to 32 of them hanging around... though doing pointers could get ugly
;^).  So, what does everyone think now???

>There was an article entitled "IBM RS6000 fast workstation slow server."
>in one of the more popular computing magazines because of this exact
>architectural oversite.

Yep... The "New Hacker's Dictionary" applies the phrase

	Lots of MIPS, but no I/O

to the RS6000.  I tend to believe it.  I'm using one right now...


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: Re: Help needed for Commodore LT286
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 23:15:52 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.172437.25786@unixg.ubc.ca> wangf@unixg.ubc.ca (Frank Wang) writes:
>I bought a Commodore LT286.  Apparently, two utility programs are missing,
>'eagle' and 'switch.'  I phoned the dealers in town, none of them has
>those programs.  The programs are used to inverse the screen.  Can someone
>out there know where I can get those utility programs?

Try Commodore Canada at 1-800-661-AMIGA. Technical support hours are 10am-12pm
and 2-4pm EST.

Mark

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From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: .info Magazine has "suspended operations"
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 12:55:36 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>phooey. i sure hope they can refinance. Would it do any good at all
>to send in a check to resubscribe, or would that likely end up being
>a "charitable donation"? Do they need an infusion of cash or is it
>deeper than that? i think the one real failing of .info is their 
>re-subscription method - they don't send out any "your subscription
>is due" letters, and i think a number of people just wind up letting
>the sub lapse. Granted, the current method is more cost effective in 
>the short term, but i'd bet it loses bad in getting people to repeat
>their sub.
>
>
>-- 
>paul theodoropoulos                                         damiel@netcom.COM

From what I know of the situation, they need an infusion of cash, yes.
But a few dozen or perhaps a few hundred new subscribers or renewers
is gonna fall way short. What they *really* need is an H. Ross Perot
(or a work-a-like) to buy them, and then stay the hell away from the
editorial offices... but that's a pipedream, of course.

Harv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Amiga - Did I make a mistake?
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:18:23 GMT

In article <Mark_Skaff.002b@softworx.access> Mark_Skaff@softworx.access (Mark Skaff) writes:
>     I have an Amiga, and it seems that all the good software is on IBM.
>For example, if you take Fidonet message readers, there are a lot on the
>IBM, but I can't even find a recent one for the Amiga! Also, (I have an
>A500) to upgrade hardware, it costs lots of money, compared to the IBM
>which is cheap. I am tired of the incompatibility and lack of software -
>Did I make a mistake in getting this Amiga? I can't even lock my COM port
>at 38400 on it... The IBM can do almost any practical application the Amiga
>can do, and more, so would it be wise to get an IBM and have real
>compatible freedom? 
>
>Thoughts on this message would be appreciated...

Mark,

I've used virtually every system available at this point. My main current computer is a NeXT and I have a couple of Mac's and a GS( I still use the GS but not
the Mac's). I also had a PS/2 80 which I sold. I am now experimenting with
CDTV and have expanded it to be an Amiga.

I think that you should be careful not to fall into the hype currently
surrounding the PC. There are lot's of titles. Most are not very good. The
type of user is not the same as that found in the Amiga ( or even the NeXT
and GS worlds). PC's are generally used for number crunching and specific
business applications. They have not yet gotten their sound act together
and the OS situation is a bit in chaos, although OS/2 ver 2.0 is promising.
Perhaps in a few years...

Anyway, the more I play with the Amiga'd CDTV the more I appreciate it. It
doesn't have 2.0 but I still like it. I think you'd be disappointed in the
PC world. It, and the Mac as well though not so much, is quite boring in my
opinion. You have not made a mistake with the Amiga. People who understand
computing appreciate the Amiga a lot. Remember  that 80 million users of PC's
do not necessarily imply that you'll like it. Stick with the Amiga.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
From: "james purchase" <james.purchase@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: test
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:45:16 EST
Reply-To: "james purchase" <james.purchase@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

This a test, only a test.
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