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From: ken@cs.cornell.edu (Ken Birman)
Subject: *** CFP 5th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop ***
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:50:35 GMT




                        Call for Participation

                Fifth ACM SIGOPS European Workshop

        Models and Paradigms for Distributed Systems Structuring


                        September 21-23, 1992
                     Le Mont Saint-Michel, France

                        Organized by IRISA-INRIA


A significant body of experience in the design and implementation of
distributed operating systems has been developed in the last 15 years, both
through research prototypes and industrial products. The time seems to be
right for an attempt to formulate, to consolidate and to evaluate the main
models, concepts and paradigms on which the design of distributed operating
systems is based.

Examples of influential concepts are atomic transactions, atomic broadcast,
global time, order and causality, process groups, distributed shared memory,
etc. Examples of useful paradigms for structuring distributed systems are
object structures, client-server models, micro-kernel based architectures,
various forms of remote procedure call, etc.

This workshop should be the occasion for the distributed systems community to
take a global view of the main concepts on which their practice is based. We
should assess to which degree these concepts can help to design and build
systems that meet the requirements of efficiency, information sharing and
reliability imposed by the applications.

Contributions that emphasize the interplay between concepts and experience
will be specially appreciated.

Workshop attendance is limited to 50 people. The workshop will be held at the
historical site of Le Mont Saint-Michel, in Normandy. If you wish to
participate, please submit by April 17, 1992 a position paper of not more
than five pages. Please send seven copies of your position paper to the
Workshop Chairman:


Prof. Jean-Pierre Bana^tre
IRISA Campus universitaire de Beaulieu 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
Tel: (+33) 99 84 72 20
Fax: (+33) 99 38 38 32
e-mail: jpbanatre@irisa.fr


Notification of acceptance will be mailed by May 30, 1992. Please include an
electronic mailing address (if you have one) in your position paper.
The workshop proceedings including all accepted papers will be published by
INRIA. We are also considering publishing revised versions of selected papers
in Operating Systems Review.


Program Committee

J.-P. Bana^tre, IRISA-INRIA, France (Chairman)
S. Krakowiak, IMAG, France (Co-chairman)
O. Babaoglu, Univ. Bologna, Italy
A. Black, DEC CRL, USA
K. Birman, Univ. Cornell, USA
S. Mullender, Univ. Twente, The Netherlands
M. Shapiro, INRIA, France
S. Shrivastava, Univ. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Organizing Committee

J.-P. Bana^tre, M. Bana^tre, C. Morin, G. Muller, IRISA-INRIA, France




-- 
Kenneth P. Birman                              E-mail:  ken@cs.cornell.edu
4105 Upson Hall, Dept. of Computer Science     TEL:     607 255-9199 (office)
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (USA)      FAX:     607 255-4428
From: weber@cis.Stanford.EDU (Jay Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.isis
Subject: ISIS over the internet
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:42:19 GMT
Organization: Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University, California


Sorry if this is a FAQ, but how easy is it to connect ISIS programs
across the Internet domain?  I'm currently running the PD ISIS v2.1.

Jay Weber
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: mccla_d@horsa.cs.odu.edu (dennis mcclain-furmanski)
Subject: RE: HyperC
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Distribution: comp.sys.apple2
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 17:34:59 GMT

scraft@graphics.rent.com says:

> Does anyone have the latest versions of the Hyper-C shareware "C" environment
> for the Apple // line?
...
> I am ready to mail some blank disks...

If you'd prefer to do it via snail-mail, I can help you. E-mail me to make
arrangements.

It's also (I assume) available by FTP.
From: lorend@pro-scat.cts.com (Loren Damewood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GIF stuff...
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:17:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.1992Apr17.051752.29887
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA

In <1992Apr10.130924.6435@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes:

>2) Your GIFs are corrupted or "enhanced" in some strange, unknown format.
>   Many Mac and special IBM GIF formats cannot be easily read as standard
>   GIF pictures, which stinks since the idea is for them to be machine
>   independent.

This sounds to me as though you've run into the "MacBinary" problem: when
a GIF is sent over the modem with MacBinary turned on, it is given a header
that messes it up. I've found many GIF's in the Mac libraries on CIS have
this problem. My solution is to delete the first 128 bytes of the file, by
whatever method comes in handy. If you use a block editor to turn them all
into "readable" ASCII characters, you can then use a generic text editor
like the WriteIt NDA or some such to load it, delete the header, and save.
Otherwise you end up having to use BLOAD and BSAVE crud in Basic, not my
favorite hobby at all at all.

Hmm, has anyone ever written a "MacBinary stripper" for the IIgs? Seems like
it would be handy . . .  ;-)

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From: ferret@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Brendan Hoar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: posts from America Online from CVTech Re: RamFASTs
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:31:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.m0lYk19-0000UCC
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Tue Apr 07 92 at 19:48:19 (EST)

Taken from America Online:
Subj:  Another fix..                         92-04-05 16:52:32 EDT
From:  TGrams
 
If you think the pseudo mapping in P8 is hurting you with the RamFast, this
patch to the P8 file will disable it.  Be sure to save a copy of the file
before you patch it.
 
Block 5, byte $1A3, change $A5 to $00 (or anything)
 
Let me know if it helps.
 
Tim
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Subj:  A Note...                             92-04-06 01:49:36 EDT
From:  JP1
 
The patch seems to work great--thanks a _bunch_, Tim!!  It's nice to be able
to
use the RF's ability to 'locate' partitions, again.
 
Now, for those who use Deliverance for byte editing, please note that when
Chris Warner wrote it, he followed the 'computer convention' that the first
block of a file is Block 0.  So, when you go looking for the value $A5 via
Deliverance, look for it in Block _4_ of the P8 file.
 
The string of characters in the region is 10 BF C9 A5 D0 07...
                                                   ^
This is the one to change to 00 -------------------|
 
John P.
 
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Subj:  Rom revisions.....                    92-04-06 11:47:46 EDT
From:  CVTech
 
 
 
   We seem to have found the problem.
 
     RF rom revisions prior to version 2.01a maintain a device list of 12
volumes and flip them online/offline at will.  We did this so that we could
mount/dismount volume under Finder without having to play with creating a new
device entry on the fly.  People with early 2.0 roms and Prosel will recall
the
complaints we got about having double digit device numbers and a device list
full of offline volumes.  Welllllllllllll, in version 2.01a we fixed that and
didn't mount offline volumes in either Gs/OS or P8.  Previous to version 2.01a
the RF software had the potential to map an offline volume into the P8 table
and that seems to be causing the appleworks crash.  Tim's patch will fix this
until you upgrade to either 2.01c (free) or 3.00a ($15).  Sorry we didn't
catch
this but 2.01a was release 10 months ago and we didn't test 6.0 with the
previous versions of the RF board.  Version 3.0 gives you your choice on which
method of device table mapping you want to use.  If you map any of the spare
partitions then we tell P8v2 that we only have 2 devices and they won't
"double
map" our extra partitions.  If you do not map any of the extra volumes then we
assume you want to use the P8v2 method and we tell P8v2 that we have as many
volumes as we have and P8v2 maps them where they want them.  Personally I like
our method better because you don't have to map in volumes you don't want and
you have a visible representation of your P8 table.
 
     Drew
 
p.s.  We are throwing in the rom 3.0 for free for people that want to upgrade
    their boards from rev C to rev D. ($69)
 
p.p.s.  We are taking orders for rom 3.0.  Send us a check for $15 and include
a   shipping address and the SERIAL NUMBER ON YOUR BOARD.  The serial number
is
very important.

(sorry about the formatting - bgh)

badbunny@gnh-starport.cts.com
ferret@gnh-cathouse.cts.com
Cyborgs From Saturn Landed In My Garden and Injured Eighty-Nine Bananas.
- Insists Cindy Lauper
You are in a maze of tiny little net.sigs, all different.
From: mccla_d@horsa.cs.odu.edu (dennis mcclain-furmanski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: RE: AppleTalk and the //c
Date: 11 Apr 92 18:29:58 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

mday@apple.com says:

> ... in case a * future version * of the //c supported Appletalk.
> * So far * that hasn't happened.

[ *'s added ]

Goody! Rumor food! A "so far" and "future version" in the same message.

Hey, everybody has to have a hobby.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: max@isis.eng.hou.compaq.com (Max Heffler)
Subject: System 6 and Appleworks 3.0/SCSI Tape
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:08:46 GMT

I have the following:

Apple II GS
2M Ram 4000
Ramfast Plus 2.01e
Echo II
Maxtor 8760S

After I have installed System 6, I cannot enter Appleworks 3.0 sucessfully.
I had renamed my system folder so there should be no extraneous DA's.
I can enter AWGS.  I can boot into the old System 5.0.4 partition and enter
Appleworks 3.0.  I just can't get to the first screen in 6.0.  Any ideas?

On another note, I just got an Archive 150M SCSI tape drive.  My current
SCSI cable is has a pigtail extension with no connector.  I unplugged
my hard drive and attempted to talk between the System 6.0 floppy with
Tape driver and Archiver would not recognize the drive.  It has terminators
(since without the hard disk it is the last device in the chain).
Any ideas why neither the RamFast backup or the Archiver can see the
tape drive?

Thanx in advance...
-- 
Max Heffler, Senior Software Engineer   internet: max@compaq.com
Compaq Computer Corporation             uucp: ..!uunet!max@compaq.com
P.O. Box 692000 - M050701               phone: (713) 378-8366
Houston, Texas  77269-2000              fax:   (713) 374-7305
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires)
Subject: Re: Reading a DOS 3.3 Text File
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:37:30 GMT

edward@pro-ren.cts.com (Edward Floden) writes:

>No, the Subject doesn't refer to MS-DOS. :)

>I need a simple program, written in either Applesoft or assembly, which
>will read a DOS 3.3 random-access text file. The program must be as short
>as possible, and must direct the output to PR#1. The program must be short,
>because I'll need to type it in before I can use it. DOS 3.3 will be loaded
>at that time, so the program must work under that ancient OS. (Heck, if I
>were using ProDOS, writing this myself would be a cinch.)

Why don't you just convert the TXT files to ProDOS - might be a little easier.

-- 
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"Oh beloved ice cream bar, how I love to lick your creamy center! <chomp!>"
		-Ren Hoek                       bl003@cleveland.freenet.edu
	Kent "Happy Happy Joy Joy" Squires   kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: Piraccy via BBSs (was: Re: Apple Awards)
Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 09:43:34 GMT

In article <01050133.0tv0lq@caligula.cts.com> edw@caligula.cts.com (Ed Watkeys) writes:
>In my area, there are about five BBSs which don't steal software (I think
>"pirating" implies a degree of Romanticism absent from most of the stealing
>that goes on...), and about twenty that do. Now, I asked my friend what makes
>a "pirate" board worth calling, and he said, "ZModem, of course!"

Odd...out of the three Apple II boards in the Las Vegas area, only one
is known to carry pirate wares.  The other two (mine included) only
carry shareware/freeware/PD/demo stuff.

Of those three boards, only mine supports ZMODEM...mainly because it
no longer runs on an Apple II (it now runs on a 286 with Wildcat).

>The fact is that Morgan is right.

The fact is that he made a hasty generalization.  I know of only one
Apple II pirate board in Las Vegas, and I know of no IBM/clone pirate
boards here.

>If you run a non-pirate Apple II BBS, regardless of the protocols it supports,
>then you are a novelty in the Apple II world, although all of the pirate ones
>may be closing these days, since the Apple II scene has dried up pretty
>completely...

Really?  Try telling that to me, or to the local Apple users' group
(which runs the other non-pirate II board in town).

>In any event, put yourself into MD shoes -- would you like to indirectly aid
>in the stealing of software by improving your product? I think MD has made
>a good job of making ProLine for serious BBSers.

With ProLine 2.0, he's done a good job of making sure his product
never sells.  $259 for a single-line BBS?  Gimme a break!  Even if you
allow for adding networking, other packages can be had for much less,
and they work just as well.

>Also, anyone who is "pro-Mac" is obviously realisitic.

Anyone who is pro-Mac obviously doesn't give a damn what direction the
Apple II goes, especially since most of the Apple II users I know do
_not_ buy Macs as second machines.  They (myself included) buy IBM
clones, Amigas, or whatever, but "once bitten, twice shy."  Maybe
Morgan Davis can sell his overpriced software to the Mac-heads; we all
know they're used to paying ridiculously-inflated prices for software
(didja know Mickeysoft jacked up the price on MS-Word to $500 when
v5.0 came out?).

  _/_   Scott Alfter                             Internet: sknkwrks@cs.unlv.edu
 / v \  Call the Skunk Works BBS today!         Fidonet: 1:209/765 or 1:209/211
(IIe (  (702) 896-2676 v.32bis Apple II/IBM                     GEnie: S.ALFTER
 \_^_/  Ask me about SoftDAC--digital audio for your IIe/IIc! Apple II Forever!
From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Sys 6 prob: Sound Level Control
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:49:22 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <92099.20025934II5MT@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> 34II5MT@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU (John Goggan) writes:
[...]
>After booting System 6, there seems to be a problem changing the volume with
>the OpenApple-Control-ESC text-based Control Panel.  When I try to raise or
>lower the volume (right and left arrow keys, of course), the level jumps up
>or down by TWO steps instead of the normal one. [...]

Easy Access is giving you bogus key repeats (because interrupts stay
disabled for a while during the beep, so the keyboard microcontroller
doesn't realize the key has been released until it's already started
repeating).

Solution: Either slow down your key repeat (standard works okay), or
inactivate or remove EasyAccess (in System.Setup).
-- 
David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc.      |   DAL Systems
Apple II System Software Engineer         |   P.O. Box 875
America Online: Dave Lyons                |   Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
GEnie:DAVE.LYONS  CompuServe:72177,3233 Internet:dlyons@apple.com

My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
From: gray@ibis.cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Nostalgia Contest
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:57:42 GMT
Reply-To: gray@ibis.cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

In article <1992Apr13.185228.13309@umiami.ir.miami.edu> jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>
>> The most durable thing I've got has been an Epson MX-80 printer.  It's
>> been running steadily for 10 years and has gone through tons of paper
>> and ribbons, and it's never malfunctioned once!  And it still produces
>> better print than some of the new dot matrixes like the ProWriter.
>
>The old MX-80s and Apple Imagewriter Is are by far the most durable things
>I've ever seen.  I actually put nearly twice the rated number of characters
>on my first print head before it died.  After replacing the print head, it's
>been running strong ever since.  
>

How about the Apple DMP (Dot Matrix Printer)?  A parallel version of the
Imagewriter I?  I've got one of those (in fact, it's the only printer I've
ever owned).  Haven't had to replace the print head, but I sure use up
ribbons. ;-)

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Lyle H. Gray                       Internet (personal): gray@cs.umass.edu
Quodata Corporation            Phone: (203) 728-6777, FAX: (203) 247-0249
--(My opinions are my own, and do not represent my employer's opinions)--
From: sjordan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Jordan)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 00:07:12 GMT
Subject: What's a FAQ?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2

What is the apple FAQ?  Where is it?
From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Comp.sys.apple2 -> FIDO
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:06:39 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

On Sun, 5 Apr 1992 19:36:54 EST Wayne Sheffield said:
>        Does anyone know of a way to port the comp.sys.apple2 feed over to
>a FIDO system?

A Mac friend of mine is writing a converter from Rice-mail to Fido-Mail.
When he's through with it, he's gunna give me the source, then I'll port
it to the II.  He's writing it to push info-mac into Fido-net.
I may not have to do any kind of conversion 'cause he's writing it in
ANSI-C (a.k.a. NO TOOLS).

>ProLine:  wsheffield@pro-ace
>Internet: wsheffield@pro-ace.cts.com
>UUCP:     crash!pro-ace!wsheffield
>ARPA:     crash!pro-ace!wsheffield@nosc.mil

Mikey, the MikeMeister, Mike-a-Roony, Mike-a-Roney, the Mike-stuff,
Michael Michael Motercycle, the Mike-man, Mighty-Mike, Moncho-Moncho-Mik
Mikey-on-the-Righty, Mikey-rikey-dikey-likey, I like Mike, nighty-nighty
--------------------------
  BITNET--  MQUINN@UTCVM
  Michael J. Quinn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo)
Subject: Quicklaunch keys
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 15:56:30 GMT


Is there any way to get Quicklaunch to use the solid-apple key instead
of the open-apple? (ok,ok, apple calls it the "option" key now)

Because the Finder normally uses oa-whatever, and using genesis, you
could even add more commands to the finder.

BUT, trying to use Quicklaunch and an ao-whatever key can get kinda messy.

 Shane

:GS::::::::::Genesis game system? ::::::::: Interceptor Cycle ?::::::::::GS:
:   Shane M. Zatezalo         : i-net> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  :
:   Comp/Elec Eng, Ohio State :  Who'd ya expect, Elmer Fudd? - M. Jordan  :
:GS:::: Apple II forever!! ::::::GO BUCKS!::::::: Play Lacrosse! ::::::::GS:
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Monday, 13 Apr 1992 08:52:06 EDT
From: <TJK111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Amiga.Mod FTP Site.

For anyone who is putting off getting Amiga.Mod music files from
AB20.larc.nasa.gov, dont.

- AB20 will stop accepting FTP connections on April 27, 1992.

The Archives will be placed off-line on April 27, 1992.  After that time,
anonymous FTP connections will be met with a message reporting that the
Archives are no longer available, and will suggest other Amiga-oriented
archive sites.

_______________________________________________________________________________
Thomas Kishel                      (AHEM)                  TJK111@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
_______________________________________________________________________________
From: gray@ibis.cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II Users Groups
Summary: Looking to find...
Keywords: Apple Users Groups
Date: 10 Apr 92 09:47:50 GMT
Reply-To: gray@ibis.cs.umass.edu (Lyle H. Gray)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Anyone know if there's an Apple II Users Group anymore in the Pioneer Valley
area of Massachusetts (that's Western Massachusetts, Greenfield, Amherst, or
Springfield area).

Thanks.
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Lyle H. Gray                       Internet (personal): gray@cs.umass.edu
Quodata Corporation            Phone: (203) 728-6777, FAX: (203) 247-0249
--(My opinions are my own, and do not represent my employer's opinions)--
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Useless observation...
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 07:09:41 GMT

	Just a little tidbit of an observation about System 6:
	Meltdown NDA only melts half the screen.

		Hey, what did you expect at 2:00 AM?
	
			Bill Kiszka
			kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu
From: drees@plains.NoDak.edu (Steve Drees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ProFILE & System 6.0
Date: 17 Apr 92 21:14:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.16895
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND


My borther just inherited a profile 10 meg harddrive w/ interface card.
Will this work in a Rom 03 GS w/ System 6.0 and if so what sort of setup is
required? Should the card go in sot 7? How do I format it? (Just use
initialize from finder?) Which drivers does he need?

Thanks.
Steve
-- 
Steve Drees            | Allow for that possibility, like you would
drees@plains.Nodak.Edu | expect from me. Could the wrong one, could
701-772-0222           | it be you? Is God _not_ what you assume???
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: RamFast settings...
From: jnomina@bgsu.edu (Aqualung)
Date: 6 Apr 92 06:23:07 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.

In some article, I write:
> 
> Having installed System 6, I realized that I needed to re-partition
> my HDD.  Oh boy, has this been fun.
> 
> Without going into details, as time doesn't permit at the moment,
> can someone e-mail me the _standard_ settings for a RamFast
> SCSI card, especially the slot allocation stuff ASAP?!  Puleez?!?!

To further explain this, I'm running a RAMFast ROM X (unknown), but I
DO know that I have the old text-screen utilities.  My RAMFast will
NOT BOOT!!!  ARRGGG!!!!  Sorry about that, but I've tried about
everything that I can think of...I needed to get it out of my system.
I'm fairly sure that I have everything set up properly through-out
the entire machine, except for 1 stupid line in the old RAMFast
utilities program.  There is a line which designates Slot Priorities
or Slot Allocations or something of this nature on the menu.  Its
right below a line which is for Slot 8  off, in the upper secton of
the utility menu.  This Slot Allocation line should read s6 s2 s4, or
something like that, but I'm not sure what.  I haven't been able to
hit the magic numbers on this one, and I have to attempt to reboot
every single time I attempt this process with new numbers, then reboot
from a 3.5".  Very time consuming...and not working out.

If anyone can look up this line's standard setting and e-mail me,
I'd very greatly appreciate it.  I really believe that this is my
problem (not System 6), but if it isn't the problem, I may have some
more serious problem that I can't even contemplate at the moment...
(And I'm already running under a very degraded mode at the moment.)

Thanks!

Jim Nomina
jnomina@andy.bgsu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2