HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: bbs number wanted
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 06:57:13 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>I'm new to reading this group and I just bought an Amiga with
>a 2400 baud modem.  I was wondering if anyone would be so kind
>to tell me where I can find listing of active Amiga BBS's.  Was
>there a previous post?  I used to belong to a online system
>called PeopleLink.  They had an extensive library of programs,
>is there any better one out there?
>
>				Eric R.
>
Eric, Hiya. People/Link suddently went out of business (with about
1 day's notice) at the end of May 1991. The next day I moved the
Amiga Zone to The Portal Online System. Portal's a national/
international commercial service, multi-user, running on a large 
network of Sun workstations, out of Cupertino, CA. Unlike Plink,
which basically wasn't connected to nuthin, Portal is connected
to virtually everything :) - with a membership you not only get
the new improved Amiga Zone (now with over 800 Meg of files including
the whole Fish Disk collection), live chats, message bases, etc.,
but you get Usenet, free unlimited Internet email, and for a few
extra bucks a month, a package that contains, amongst other things,
FTP and IRC. The basic free is a very low flat-rate of $13.95/mo.

You can reach Portal with your modem via SprintNet or Tymnet,
same as you did on Plink. If you want a lot more info, email me
and I'll send you back a longer blurb to read. If you want to
join, phone 1-408-973-9111 (voice) or enter "c portal" at your
local SprintNet node. 

Regards, Harv
From: Michel@mike.CAM.ORG (Michel Lauzon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: X-Comm
Date: 13 Aug 92 23:46:43 GMT
Reply-To: Michel@mike.CAM.ORG
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00 beta rel2

Can somme one could give me more information about the terminal X-Comm, the
only thing i now is: It'smade by Edward Lawford and William Waring. 
It's a very good term (the best i have seen for the WB2) but i dosent't 
have doc or any other information. If someone could give me e-mail or
fido adress i want to report 2 bug i have found and register to the newer 
version
           __
          ///
     __  ///   Michel Lauzon
     \\\///    michel@mike.CAM.ORG
      \XX/     1:242/193.0
From: coup@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chris Klaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: multiuser environment (via modem)
Date: 19 Aug 92 03:01:12 GMT
Reply-To: coup@crs.cl.msu.edu.UUCP (Chris Klaus)
Organization: Michigan State University


Hello. I am looking for source code or information pertaining to a multi-
player or user environment inwhich there is a graphical representation.

    I'd like to see something like a MUD but based on ASCII characters
moving around on the client.  I'd like to see how the src code deals with
handling each person's input and updating the information on each person's 
client.

Or is there anyway Netrek could be broken down into basic program,
so I could port it to Amiga?  I'd like to have it not rely
on X-windows.


If there is anything similiar to Orb War that is or was on GEnie, I would
 appreciate any information or src code sent to me. any libraries
that would help managing the multiplayers would be great. thank you.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: martins@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Martin Schwenke)
Subject: Re: ADT - An FTP frontend for Aminet sites
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Organization: University of New South Wales
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 03:10:46 GMT


>>>>> On 10 Aug 92 08:14:40 GMT, umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Urban D. Mueller) said:

	> TITLE
	>  
	>   ADT 1.0 - The Aminet Download Tool   (an FTP frontend)
	> <...>
	>   ADT is to ftp what elm is to mail.  It lets you select
	> files using the cursor keys and download them by simply
	> pressing 'd'.  You can sort files, find files, and do many
	> other convenient things. 
	> <...>

For those who use GNU Emacs:

"ange-ftp" is a package for GNU Emacs which allows you to do the same
things, but for any ftp site.

- finding a file on a remote machine is as simple as prepending
  "/username@remotehost:" to file names.

- file name completion is supported.

- dired (directory editting) is supported.

- "anonymous" usernames have a default password (email address?).

- for non-"anonymous" usernames a (hidden) password is prompted for.

A sample "ftp" session looks like:

^X^F (find-file): /anonymous@archie.au:/micros/amiga

<after a few second Emacs responds with dired buffer for this directory>

<move cursor to directory "incoming">

f (dired-find-file)

<Emacs responds with dired buffer for the above directory>

<move cursor to directory "utils">

f (dired-find-file)

<Emacs responds with dired buffer for the above directory>

<move cursor to file "IconTools.lzh">

f (dired-find-file)

<kilobyte count not previously noticed winds up to 78k in message
 area, IconTools.lzh binary stuff appears in new buffer>

^X^W (write-file): ~/tmp/IconTools.lzh

<file written locally>

^XK (kill-buffer) <RET>

<back to dired for utils>
.
.
.

<kill all dired buffers for this session, and select buffer
 "*ftp anonymous@archie.au*", quit from ftp, and kill buffer>

Back to what we were doing before. The network was totally
transparent, except for the augmented filename for the initial
"find-file", and the friendly quit of the ftp session which was
technically not necessary...

I hope there's enough Emacs users out there to appreciate this!!!
ange-ftp should be available at all good unix-emacs-lisp ftp sites.
Try using archie... I don't know where our copy came from...

peace & happiness,
martin
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From: richardc@vogue.adsp.sub.org (Richard Carde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Class 1 Fax Software for the Amiga
Date: 17 Aug 92 04:35:57 GMT
Organization: Amiga Developer (GPSoftware ACM093)
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <Mike_Noreen.077k%cave@sweden.eu.net> Mike_Noreen%cave@sweden.eu.net (Mike Noreen) writes:
> In a message dated Thu 12 Aug 92  6:01, Wlanders@nexus.yorku.ca (w L Anders
> wrote:
> 
> 
> I've got a USRobotics Sportster v32" Fax, which also is a class 1 modem.
> It seems that there is no class 1 fax software available for the Amiga
> today, although there is atleast one in the pipeline (I believe it was
> GPfax which will be released in a class 1 version).

we now have a CLASS 1 version... however, untested with any CLASS 1 modems,
except the AVTEK (made in Australia) using the ROCKWELL CLASS 1 chip.

>  WLA> Tom Hayko
>  WLA> wlanders@nexus.yorku.ca
>      
> MVH: Mike Noreen
> 
> -- Via DLG Pro v0.992
> 
> Mike_Noreen%cave@sweden.eu.net
> cave!Mike_Noreen

-- 
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    EMAIL: vogue.adsp.sub.org!richardc@cbmehq.commodore.com
           cbmaus!cbmozq!vogue!richardc@cbmvax.commodore.com
From: Fady_Kardoush@amusers.UUCP (Fady Kardoush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Wanted DLG Pro or C-Net BBS program
Distribution: world
Date: 22 Aug 92 03:26:55 PST
Organization: The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In a message dated Sat 22 Aug 92  2:59, jvasher@cquest.mi.org (Joe Vasher)
wrote:

 JV>         I have upgraded to Excelsior BBS, and am willing to sell Cnet
 JV> for 75 
 JV> bux, and I know of another Sysop that upgraded to Excelsior who is
 JV> selling DLG 

 JV> pro for 125.00 his address is is kellyd@cquest.mi.org.

I have never heard of Excelsior BBS before. Could you list a few of it's
features?

 JV>         Or try the demo of Excelsior out, and see if this program
 JV> interests 
 JV> you. You can send mail to excel@tcedge.mi.org if you want info on it.
 JV> It is 
 JV> reasonably priced at 99 bux.

That is very reasonably priced these days! 


 -- AEd V1.36/Eval

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

  Fady Kardoush lives..

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: aleneis@jarthur.claremont.edu (Tony Leneis)
Subject: ZyXEL modems
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 07:59:17 GMT


I am about to get a ZyXEL U-1496S FAXmodem.  Does anyone know of a software
package can send and receive FAXes with this modem?  Also, is anyone aware
of a DVItoFAX program?  (I tend to write a good deal of \TeX documents using
Georg's wonderful PasTeX 1.3...)  Thanks.

Tony Leneis
aleneis@jarthur.claremont.edu
From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: thanks for RFC 1034 & 1036
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:40:53 PST
Organization: BBS

Thanks to dredick@nmc.cit.cornell.edu for sending me RFC 1034 and 1036 ... all
180k of em ... please, nobody else send anything!  :)
From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: VLT config and download mysteries...
Date: 13 Aug 92 04:43:17 GMT
Organization: University of Washington


I've finally managed to get VLT set up on my system, but I am finding that
it does not appear to be as configurable as JRComm in terms of setting up
screen emulations... *sigh*

I am using vt102 emulation to call a unix machine.  I have set no wrap and
80 columns.  HOWEVER... vi (the editor I use with news here) WILL NOT
cooperate!

I have also set the amiga side to workbench screen and am using NTSC HIRES
interlace mode.

I do NOT get 80 columns...I appear to be getting 76 columns.  Incoming 
messages are getting their sentences truncated if they are 80 lines long.
 
In one of the skinny font modes (I don't know what it is...:<) my supposed
80 columns are 76 characters on one line and 4 characters on the next line.

This is creating havoc with vi.   Also, insert mode in vi has been giving
me weird typos and what I *THINK* I have just typed to a friend, isn't
really there, or hasn't been deleted as I thought it had.  (My mail lately
looks like it was typed by a drunkard, words missing, sentences reversed,
etc)

HEEELLLPP!!!! 


Also, has anyone had the annoying problem of downloading using Kermit on
VLT and getting numerous errors and timeouts WHEN USING THE AMIGA windows
for something else while the kermit download is taking place??

I can't create icons, or use DirWorks or ANYTHING without killing the 
download in progress (well, not killed exactly, but I get so many errors
that I have to abort the job). And  vi just jumped to the next line after
typing that right parenthese  and took the period with it when it jumped.
 
 *sigh*

 I suspect VLT is meant to be used by programmers, not a "typical" user.

 Will I need to learn AREXX in order to use this program in the same way
 that other programs have this stuff already built in?


 Thanks in advance...
 Crystal 
   ;>

   oh...and the system is: 2000, 2.04, 1M-Agnus/2M-Fast with a harddrive 
   (if this makes any difference)
From: Les_Jenkins@lppl.mi.org (Les Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: C-NET
Distribution: world
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:34:47 EST
Organization: Les's Place BBS

In a message dated Fri 21 Aug 92  4:19, Vidiot.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
wrote:

 V> Truthfully, I have no idea about code "ripped-off" by Ken in C-Net. I
 V> have been using C-Net for a great deal of time now and love it. If he
 V> ripped-off code, that's between him and the original author of that
code.

 V> I've used the Excelsior Demo.  I believe that it fair to say you have
 V> ripped-off C-Net in so much as "look-and-feel".  NOW DON'T START 
 V> SCREAMING!  I have no problem with Excelsior.  It seemed to be a very
 V> stable BBS, and I have no problem with "look-and-feel", I got rid of my
 V> Apple computer largely because I detested the companies policies on
such 
 V> matters.

I think thats a bit hypercritical. You say you don't care if Ken has ripped
off code from someone else, but will call Excelsior a rip-off just because
it looks like C-Net.

DLG Pro reminds many of my IBM users of Opus BBS at first glance, but that
doesn't make DLG a rip-off of it. 

Besides, this isn't the first time the look-and-feel of C-Net has been
copied. It's happened before on the C-64/128 for many of the same reasons.
The authors of the look-alike loved the setup and hated Ken's coding
practices so they did their own and made it better.

As much as I don't care for the method of storage used by C-Net and
Excelsior from what I have seen of the Excelsior Demo it looks to be a much
better designed BBS. With any luck Excelsior will take off and replace
C-Net in the market. Ken needs a good financial shake up to get him to
clean up his act.



 -- AEd V1.37/Eval

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Newsreader for DLG...
From: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:21:14 +1200
Reply-To: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Organization: Chem Dept, Uni of Canty, Chch, New Zealand
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Keith Ledig (ree88132@zach.fit.edu) wrote:
> In article <Per_Salmi.09h4@augs.se> Per_Salmi@augs.se (Per Salmi) writes:
> >Is there anybody out there that knows of a newsreader like the UNIX "nn"
> >that can run in a CLI/Shell and would work with the DLG BB/OS? I have seen
> >something like this but it was for the CNet BBS.
>
> I am very interested in exactly this also.

well I don't know about nn, but there's a working port of tin (much
better newsreader IMHO ) that can work either standalone with
uucp, or can be run as a newsreader on DLG - it's what's used on
our local DLG system (much much much better than the dlg message
reader for handling usenet).At the mo it's only tin 1.1 pl4, but
last I heard work was underway to incorporate the pl5 fixes

try mailing either
   geoff@equinox.gen.nz
or
   mark@garden.equinox.gen.nz

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| o                   John_Davis@equinox.gen.nz          o |
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From: johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz (John Veldthuis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Supra 14.4 & DLG
Distribution: World
Date: 12 Aug 92 05:20:03 +1200
Organization: Amiga Virus Extermination Services, TAUG

Quoted from <tom.713492204@manning> by tom@cs.UAlberta.CA (Warkentin Tom Henry):
> tom@cs.UAlberta.CA (Warkentin Tom Henry) writes:
> 
> >I've been trying to configure a Supra 14.4 faxmodem to run with DLG... does
> >anyone have any modem config lines they'd like to share as well as trapdoor
> >configs if there were any modifications.  So far users can connect at any
> >speed without any problems, upload at any speed without any problems, BUT
> >they cannot download.  Here's my trapdoor modem config lines:
> >   BAUD 19200 LOCK
> >   7WIRE
> >   ADJUST 0
> >   SLOWMODEM 10
> >The rest are pretty much the same as in the trapdoor manual.  I've tried
> >changing the above settings to no avail.  My modem settings are the following:
> >B1 E1 L0 M0 N1 Q0 T V1 W2 X4 Y0 &C1 &D3 &K3 &Q5 &R0 &S0 &X0
> >S07:100 S9:025 S11:050
> >The rest of the settings are set to the defaults.
> 
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated... the modem works great when I use it
> >to call around, but this problem with the BBS is really beginning to annoy me.
> >.
> 
> I've done some more tests on it and found out that transfers using XModem 1K
> or XModem CRC/Checksum work great... only ZModem downloads have constant errors.
> It appears that DLG is sending the info to the modem at 19200 continuously
> during a download.  Eventually, no matter what connect speed a user is at, the
> transfer will get errors as the modems buffer gets filled.  Is this a bug in
> TelePro's Zmodem or is it a Supra bug?
> 

Sounds like you have not turned on hardware handshaking on the modem. Read
your manual and turn RTS/CTS handshaking on and it sound fix your problem.
I have my Telebit T2500 set up at 19200. The LOCK means LOCK the baud rate
at this and don't change it. If you take out the LOCK bit Trapdoor should
use the CONNECT XXXX to work out a baudrate.
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From: prall968@Armstrong.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: JRComm Palate
Date: 20 Aug 92 02:00:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: Armstron.1992Aug20.020003.2226
Organization: Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA


 I use bothe JrComm 1.01 and 1.02a.. Depending on whether my HD wants
to mount that day or not...

My 'problem' as it were is I have the 'bootup' palate set toa color range
that I can see whithout much eyestrain....Whenever I switch from
IBM Color or SkyTerm emulation to VT100 and then switch back.. The palate
always changes back to the default colors instead of the bootup colors
How do I get it to stay with the bootup colors?

Gene Prall   prall968@pirates.armstrong.edu  |Look ma I is in college!|
-Standard Disclaimer - 90 Day warranty - Parts and Labor not included - Tags,
Taxes, and Titles may cost extra - Batteries not included - Allow 6-8 weeks
for delivery | A1000 Owner and damn proud of it!
From: JEFF-G@cup.portal.com (Jeff - Griffin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Wildcat (bbs) & BaudBandit
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 03:00:57 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

My 'standard' term.prg. is BaudBandit (Amiga). I've had little/no difficulty
connecting/displaying menus etc on *most* systems *except* BBS that run
WildCat. Two questions regarding BaudBandit & WildCat;
 
Can I configure BaudBandit to display ANSI graphics (on WildCat systems)?
 
I cannot do 'batch UpLoads' to a WildCat system, even though the sysop says
he's activated' batch uploads and others have the capability, I for some
reason cannot, (I can do batch downloads though).
 
RSVP *here* for the edification of all,
					Thanks,  Jeff
From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: VLT and dnet
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:23:17 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

I suppose there is no way to convince VLT to run under dnet....

-Rob Knop
rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu
From: piet@okapi.sub.org (Peter Vohmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: ckptss Dual Serial Card -- Trouble with Icons
Summary: If you have this card, I need your response!
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:12:47 MESZ

Hello,

I'm running my modem using a "serial solution II" card, probably identical
to some Checkpoint card or ASDG dual serial card. The software crashes
(Non-recoverable alert) when manipulating Icons on the Workbench.

I'm looking for

 - other versions of ckptss.device (I've got 1.7)

 - Reports of the kind "can / can't reproduce this"

 - Any address of
   - the producer of the board

   - Some developer holding the device sources


Please, If you have this serial card,
send at least a simple note stating so.
I need some verification.

Different country? doesn't matter!


Bug reproduction:

Start a file transmission (receive) using uucico or Trapdoor.
While transmission goes on, drag some Icons on the Workbench, ie move them
quickly between RAM and the Workbench window, forth and back.
Watch the GURU, usu. within a few seconds.

My configuration:

    A2000, A2630, 8MB Fast; A2091, Quantum P210;
    Kickstart 37.175;

    Serial Solution II ("SIB II")
    ckptss.device 1.7 (23-Feb-89)

    USR HST14.4K/V32/V42b locked at 38400bps

I don't know of older kickstart's behaviour.


EMail responses appreciated, though Followups are OK too. I'll post a
summary provided we find a solution, or at least the real cause.

Yours, Peter


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From: sumargoh@serss0.fiu.edu (H. Sumargo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Where can I get PD software to Hook-up my Amiga on the internet net?
Keywords: Networking
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:45:50 GMT
Reply-To: sumargoh@fiu.edu
Organization: FIU Electrical & Computer Engineering


I guessed that the subject says it all.  I have a friend who wants to put his Amiga 2500 on the internet
network with the capability to read/send mail, telnet, ftp, and probably server/client.  If any of you 
knows where I can get such software (preferably a PD or shareware), please kindly send your information
to sumargoh@serss0.fiu.edu and I will be more than happy to give your information to my friend.  If you
have some information regarding the above subject from a commercial package, please kindly state the
address and phone number so that my friend can contact the company for the purchase.  Thank you very
much.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: <None>
From: zucker@uni2a.unige.ch
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:27:22 +0200
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland

In article <1992Aug14.131225.1630@wintermute.north.de>, kaba@wintermute.north.de (Kai Bartels) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug10.054335.25646@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> coup@crs.cl.msu.edu.UUCP (Chris Klaus) writes:
>>>
>>>Does anyone know whether ethercards are available for Amiga 500 ?
>>>if so how much? or is there any future plans to market ethernet cards?
> 
> Hydra Systems, UK sells A500-ethernet boxes. But I don't know their
> address or tel-no., sorry.

their phone is + 44 203 47 11 11. (44 is England).

> 
> regards, Kai
> -- 
> "It consisted of a lot of twigs mashed up to a pulp and flattened out into
> sheets and then held together with something that had previously held a cow
> together."                                                    <Douglas Adams>
> Uni: g14b@alf.zfn.uni-Bremen.de        +       Home: kaba@wintermute.north.de

I would like to state that I've been VERY disappointed by hydra lately... They
used to have a decent package, but it took them TWO YEARS to release a non
functional 2.0 compatible upgrade... They claim their boards are superior to
all others, but I am wary of that too. They couldn't read Commodore specs for
autoconfig correctly and shipped a non tested product, which required a PAL
change. I would advise you to look into expansion boxes for your 500, then plug
a good old A2065 in that. 

Anyway, if you call them, good luck!
bye 
Eric