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From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Modem problems.....
Date: 13 Aug 92 19:30:30 GMT
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia

In article <1992Aug13.010330.21510@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone) writes:
>
>In a previous article, andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster) says:
>
...  (blah, Blah, Blah :-)  Sorry, Andy, nothing personal!  :-)


>I had to wire a custom cable, then write the low level assembler code to make
>it work (I wrote my own Ymodem-g-batch protocol)... In other words, what you
>want to do can be done... just not readily.
> 
>Barry
>


Could you explain to those of us who are not well-versed in telecommunication
jargon, what all this means?
Is it a problem with the software (Telco) or the hardware (TI RS232 card) or
both?

Does it practically mean that one should not invest in the latest peripheral
technology?

Pardon my saying so, but I think that writing a comm program patch like Barry
has done, or a good TI-Writer software patch to drive 24-pin, laser and color
printers, is far more important for users, and for keeping the TI-99/4A alive,
than getting a 5-second replay of radio/TV sound files.  I certainly admire
the ability of the person who wrote that piece on software wonder, but it would
be nice if we had at least an equal number of utility enhancements.  Oh yes,
and make them available to the user base!

I do not have a fancy MNP5 etc. etc. modem nor a laser printer, but I know
that some users, indeed the ones who are spending the funds that keep this
machine alive, would love to be able to use the latest technology in peripherals.
It's bad enough that we are, after all is said and done, the only home computer
user base without a decent hard-disk interface (Apple, Atari, Radio Shack,
Commodore are all set up properly).
From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: TI developing: what's up, what's in, what's out there?
Date: 21 Aug 92 05:52:54 GMT
Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia

In article <kvhyt0a@rpi.edu>, olsone@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Erik G. Olson) writes:
>
>P.S. I really do prefer Funnelweb 3.5 over 4.1. (Why do you think I
>still own a TI?)
>-- 
>Erik G. Olson          =+ There was Virtue in the world before there was
Eric...  F`web 4.4 came out months ago, and version 5 is in
advanced stages of beta testing.  Try then out...  At least
the authors think they are much better than 3.x.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO)
Subject: Charles Earl
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:44:05 GMT


From what I have heard, Charles Earl is a unique fellow.  He's the kind of 
guy that because he is so talented, thinks he should keep all his software 
to himself as no one else would comprehend what he has done in his programs.
I guess that's why he abandoned PRESS?  (Maybe HE didn't know what he was 
doing?)  There are some beta version of PRESS out there, but alot of good
they are if they crash when you try inserting something...  And what I have
heard from Berry Miller, Charles wants to be paid for his source.  At the time
Press had it's rug pulled out from under, there were over $20,000 worth of 
orders waiting...  I don't think that after that much money was readily available, and after he abandoned it, that he would _give_ source away.  I guess if we
really want that source, we will have to do what Beery is doing to get MDOS more
readily available, gather funds and approach the author with a buy out proposal.

Those are my two cents...  (for what it's worth)
    ____
     / o n y.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO)
Subject: Re: Barry Boone
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:35:34 GMT


BTW, just to point something out, I have heard that Gary Bowser of OPA has
been able to program Zmodem for the TI (yes, running on a TI) but due to the
fact that he has been so busy, he never was able to finish it to have a 
terminal mode, nor to be able to link it to a program like Telco.  This is
_old_ news...  He has put Zmodem on the shelf for over a year!  
According to Gary, he was able to bypass the VDP memory as it slows the 
machine down (if I remember correctly...)
 
Just thought I'd throw that into discussions...
 
    ____
     / o n y.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: rdg@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert D. Gilpin)
Subject: Re: Barry Boone
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 00:43:07 GMT


In response to a comment by Andrew Webster.

  Barry we need your brain.   

  I heartily agree.

Barry we need your brain.
Barry we need your brain.
Barry we need your brain.
Barry we need your brain.

Well you get the picture.

-- 
    Sig file under repair.
From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Barry Boone
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 11:00:42 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

- Yes, if you can get Charles to release the source, I would be more than happ
- to support it. 
- 
- Barry
- 
- -- 
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- Barry Boone --- bd970@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU
-                 76354.1637@Compuserve.com
-                 U6637AP@VMS.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (preferred)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ok, i've got your "YES" on log!  Does that mean yes re-write for these 
new modem protocalls? Does this mean adding Zmodem etc..??


Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: GR.JLB@isumvs.iastate.edu (Jeff Balvanz)
Subject: Re: The TI Portable Professional
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:27:22 GMT

>In article <1992Aug2.232719.17309@news.unomaha.edu> chavez@cwis.unomaha.edu (              Hmmmmm  Timothy M. Chavez) writes:
>Tim,
>
>Here is a list of BBS's that have TIPC stuff.
>This list is about a year old, so some of these may not be around
>anymore, or not cater to the TIPC. However, I know that several
>of these do (pegasus on-line for example).
>
>
>Drew Stephens                         E-mail: drew.stephens@hub.dsg.ti.com
>Texas Instruments - Austin, TX      TI MSGID: NIX

Does anyone know of BBSs with internet access that support TIPCs?
Or perhaps a site for anonymous ftp?  Thanks in advance. . .
--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: rdg@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert D. Gilpin)
Subject: Re: Barry Boone
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 00:56:58 GMT


In a previous article, andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andy Weber) says:
 
 
>     It sure would be nice to have 24 pin drivers for Ti-Writer and the
>other progs we use so much with our printers. It would be nice to get a
>laser driver for TI-Writer/FunnelWeb, wouldn't it? It is possible. Its a
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Postcript 99!!  That has a nice ring to it!
 
We need someone to write it.  Nothing fancy but it should be capable.
Capable of sending a multitude of fonts, capable of good screen dumps, capable
of TI Artist and Picasso printing.
 
We need a writer.  How about it Barry?
 
Barry we need your brain!
Barry we need your brain!
 
Develop Postcript99.
 
Barry we need your brain!
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Modem problems.....
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:03:30 GMT
Reply-To: bd970@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Barry E. Boone)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster) says:

> I need some help with a modem I just bought. The modem is a
> SUPRA 2400 PLUS. It supports MNP 2-5. LAPM, BTLZ, V.42BIS.
> 
>    Now with a standard TI-99/4A RS232 modem cable the modem will
> operate normally in the normal modem setup (at&f) but when in
> the "plus" mode (at&f2) or Auto Reliable mode it will connect to
> other modems but I cant get any data through. I am using Telco.
> There is an option in Telco to turn on and off the flow control
> but this has no effect.
> 
> The manual talks about hardware hand shaking between pins 4 and 5
> on a normal rs232. Ti's has no pins 4 (RTS, Request to send) only
> a pin 5 (CTS, Clear to send).  I tend to think it is a cable
> problem, as the TI-99 Rs232 was not fully standardized. There is
> something about RTS/CTS that I wonder about.  I have heard of a
> few TI'er in the past year that have been able to make it work,
> so it must!! Anyway, if anyone has this type of Modem and has
> successfully made it work, please leave e-mail detailing cable
> pin out etc... I need help!!!!! Thanks....
>
>Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
>Edmonton Remote Systems:  Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta
>
I am using a USR Dual Standard on my TI Rs232... to use the flow control,
I had to wire a custom cable, then write the low level assembler code to make
it work (I wrote my own Ymodem-g-batch protocol)... In other words, what you
want to do can be done... just not readily.
 
Barry

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
From: u001@csx.cciw.ca (Clint Pulley)
Subject: MDOS Buyout - Success!!!
Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 02:16:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ti
Summary: Beery has the source code
Keywords: MDOS

Message #10993 "TI-ECHO"
Date: 16-Aug-92 22:29
From: Beery Miller
To:   Tom Collins
Subj: Re: MDOS Buyout

Tom, to you and everyone else. MDOS Buyout was a success. I came back with
source code for MDOS, GPL, ABASIC, PSYSTEM, and some other goodies. I've already
handwritten 14 pages of notes just to handle the source code for everything to
get proper assembly. A couple of quick thoughts..... Assembly will require
individuals to have GENPROG package. TASM and EA assemblers are not capable and
lack some additional utilities for assembly. Assembly also requires a hard drive
unless you want to spend "years" assembling the code. It "can" be done, but you
would only do it once by hand. Guestimated volume of source code lines that I
brought home... 300,000 lines. MDOS itself occupies almost 10,000 sectors of
source. Came back with 3 versions of ABASIC (need to check out each version to
see their status). Came back with a fully working PSYSTEM with libraries
(distribution of the libraries is going to be "tricky"). GPL source was provided
by Paul.. I've got a huge "haul". As is right now, I've got to "organize" a
method for distribution and figure out how many floppies everything is going to
occupy. Right now, I've got everything on about 20 DS/DD floppies. I've got to
look at the DS/SD user and also the thoughts that assembly will require hard
drive meaning "should I make DS/DD versions only of the source, or DS/SD as
well?" (talking to myself, but comments are welcome). Code was fully functional
with everything except WINDOWS 9640. Paul removed the "hook" to the MDOS CLI
interface back some time ago per the time date stamp. I suspect it was for
memory limitations and not anything personal as it also affected all of his
utilities such as PICTure Transfer that use the MDOS line feature. Also, a
concern some folks had with commented source code is not a problem. While Paul
did not comment every line, and very seldom do all programmers, his code has
more comments than that by Chris Faherty (no comments). By the end of this week,
I will be posting notice on how everyone can receive source code. Don't send
disk or $$$ yet as laying it out for distribution to contributors is not going
to be an easy task. Anyways, will catch you later.

Beery

Reposted by Clint Pulley

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From: cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO)
Subject: Zmodem (WAS Re: Barry Boone)
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 01:56:57 GMT


To avoid confusion...  What Gary has done was transfer using a Null Modem
between an IBM and a TI WITH SUCCESS using his Zmodem.  This is what I have
heard (can't remember if it was from him or another source...)
 
    ____
     / o n y.
From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Modem problems.....
Date: 12 Aug 92 05:52:40 GMT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada


 I need some help with a modem I just bought. The modem is a
 SUPRA 2400 PLUS. It supports MNP 2-5. LAPM, BTLZ, V.42BIS.
 
    Now with a standard TI-99/4A RS232 modem cable the modem will
 operate normally in the normal modem setup (at&f) but when in
 the "plus" mode (at&f2) or Auto Reliable mode it will connect to
 other modems but I cant get any data through. I am using Telco.
 There is an option in Telco to turn on and off the flow control
 but this has no effect.
 
 The manual talks about hardware hand shaking between pins 4 and 5
 on a normal rs232. Ti's has no pins 4 (RTS, Request to send) only
 a pin 5 (CTS, Clear to send).  I tend to think it is a cable
 problem, as the TI-99 Rs232 was not fully standardized. There is
 something about RTS/CTS that I wonder about.  I have heard of a
 few TI'er in the past year that have been able to make it work,
 so it must!! Anyway, if anyone has this type of Modem and has
 successfully made it work, please leave e-mail detailing cable
 pin out etc... I need help!!!!! Thanks....

Andrew webster              andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton Remote Systems:  Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: jhb@maths.su.oz.au (John Brownie)
Subject: Re: halt and catch fire?
Organization: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 23:41:42 GMT

In <14011@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:

>>1088483  Security: 600MP shipped with halt_and_catch_fire
>>
>>Is somebody having a little joke, or is this a serious item?

>This is a serious item.  Try doing an "nm" on "/vmunix" on a 4.1.2
>Sun-4m and looking for "halt_and_catch_fire"; you'll probably find
>it....

He's not wrong:

galois> nm /vmunix | egrep halt_and
f8005058 T _halt_and_catch_fire
galois> 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: nghoff@albert.monsanto.com (Norm G. Hoffman)
Subject: Re: Someone in Sun Prod mgmt please read
Organization: Monsanto Company
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:46:58 GMT

jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley) writes:
: In a previous life, I was doing consulting work for a state agency
: (programming COBOL on an IBM System/36 - never again!).  There was a
: way to terminate certain jobs that ran before they were completed, and
: whenever I trapped the proper signal, I'd display a message "JOB
: ABORTED".  Once the job was compl;eted and had been running for a
: couple of weeks, a bigger cheese than the one who had contracted me
: came down to look at the system.  This guy took one look at the message
: and flipped, since he was anti-choice.  He insisted I change all of the
: messaged that said "ABORT".  

I love it when complaints about Political Correctness contain
Politically Correct phrases like "anti-choice".

Norman G. Hoffman
Research Computing Consortium
Monsanto Company
700 Chesterfield Parkway North
St. Louis, Missouri  63198
Phone: 314-537-7018
Email: nghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.misc:3768 alt.folklore.computers:12726
From: ninja@halcyon.com (Jonathan Roy)
Subject: Magazines?
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:59:49 GMT

Does anyone have some information on Sun related magazines? If so, please
post it to me in email or to the net. I believe there is a magazine titled
SunWorld, or something similar. If someone could post subscription information
for it, please do so. Thank you.

-- 
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 / | \ "...make him want to change his name,take him to the cleaners,
 devastate him, wipe him out, humiliate him." -CHESS      Lynx me up!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: zierke@rzdspc1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Reinhard Zierke)
Subject: Problems with Linker: ld: Undefined symbol _nl_langinfo
Keywords: ld linker langinfo
Organization: University of Hamburg, FRG
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:41:10 GMT

A friend of mine upgraded his Suns to 4.1.2. Since this time, trying to compile
any program -- even the simplest hello world example -- leads to messages like

	ifmsun3% cc -o cctest cctest.c
	ld: Undefined symbol
	   _nl_langinfo

On my Suns (running 4.1.2 since some weeks) I don't have this problems,
but I don't see any differences.

Any clues?

  Reinhard
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                                  Tel.: (040) 54715-295   Fax: -206
==> 14.-18. September 1992: Euro\TeX '92 in Prag
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.misc:3722 comp.windows.news:468 comp.windows.x:15301
From: token@ernohb.UUCP (thomas kendelbacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.windows.news,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Why is initial screen I/O so slow? (=NeWS!)
Date: 17 Aug 92 10:26:02 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.misc
Organization: Erno Raumfahrttechnik GmbH, Bremen, Germany

In article <CKD.92Aug15180857@loiosh.eff.org>, ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
|> PG> == Philippe Grant <baby@info.polymtl.ca> 
|> LQ> == lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) writes:
|> 
|>  LQ> You can get a small speed-up by disabling the "OpenWinsow 3" banner
|>  LQ> at startup.
|> 
|>  PG> ...and would you share the wealth?  How would a common mortal go
|>  PG> about disabling this banner?
|> 
|> Well, we did it here by installing X11R5 (which has other advantages,
|> and the primary disadvantage is that we can't use AnswerBook [easily]).

That spells out as "in order to speed up OpenWindows-3 startup,
forget it and use something else instead ???"

Puzzled,
Thomas Kendelbacher  |  email : tkendel@ernohb.uucp
Robbenplate 13       |  voice : +49 421 539 5492
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: elling@eng.auburn.edu (Richard Elling)
Subject: Re: Why does OW leave all kind of garbage i
Reply-To: elling@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:30:19 GMT

In article 24335@lokkur.dexter.mi.us, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:
>
>Some systems have a utility to create lost+found directories with all
>the empty slots.  Suns don't appear to (or its somewhere I haven't looked),
>but you can do the same job with the csh commands:

I believe this is rolled into fsck.  If fsck doesn't find a lost+found
directory then it can recreate one.  IMHO, this makes more sense than
writing yet another command.

---
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 Auburn University                       Engineering Administration
 richard.elling@eng.auburn.edu   KB4HB [44.100.0.72]  (205)844-2280
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.windows.open-look
From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin)
Subject: Re: Seeking CG6 help.
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 21:36:28 GMT

eyring@cc.utah.edu writes:
>Seeking CG6 HELP.
>
> We are looking for help in reading/writing directly to the frame buffer
> on the CG6.  The man pages hint that you can mmap the device. 
[...]

herzog@dogwalk.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Herzog - SMCC System Software) writes:
>This is considered anti-social behavior and is not supported.
and goes on to give some excellent and, I thik, valid reasons why one
shouldn't.  He then said:

>If you have an application that absolutely must have direct hardware
>acess, and you're really serious, you do have the option to pay $75k 
>(or whatever) for source and go have a ball.

The OpenWindows server source is U.S.$5,000, not $75,000.  The rest comes
from deskset ($25,000) and tooltalk ($40,000).
I can give you the number of someone to call if you decide to do this.

But I'd investigate using a GX board, or the XDirect lib first.
Unfortunately, XDirect doesn't speed up NeWs applications.

Lee

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From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: HPGL previewer on SUNS??
Date: 22 Aug 92 06:06:49 GMT
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

johnr@pacdata.com (John Reed) writes:

>I'm looking for an HPGL previewer that runs on Suns.  Anybody
>know of such a beast?  If you do, please E-mail me the info.

>Thanks.


>JR


>-- 


>   /------------------------------------------------------------------\
>  |  John Reed                           {ucsd,uunet}!pacdata!johnr    |
>  |  Pacific Data Products               johnr%pacdata.uucp@ucsd.edu   |
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>  |  George Herbert Walker Bush, with the letters re-arranged spells:  |
>  |                                                                    |
>  |                 Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog                         |
>  |                                     -- From Cosmic Trigger II      |
>   \------------------------------------------------------------------/

I like to get info on one as well.  Also, does 
anyone know of a good HPLG to Postscript converter?

Preferable one that can tell you where bugs are
found in HPGL commands and be easily piped into
a Postscript Printer.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin)
Subject: Re: Why does OW leave all kind of garbage in tmp?
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 23:27:54 GMT

chris@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (Chris Johnston) writes:
>    Some people suggest "rm -rf /tmp/".  Is it ok to remove
>"/tmp/lost+found/" ?

It's OK if it's a RAM (tmpfs) filesystem or if you newfs it in /etc/rc.local.
Otherwse it's probably a bad idea.

Worse, you should avoid removing .X11-unix or .NeWS-unix if someone is using
X11 or NeWS on the console, as otherwise they won't be able to start any
new local windows... 

Lee

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