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From: streit@ism.unibe.ch (Christoph Streit)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.graphics.animation] graphtal 1.0 : First public release available
Followup-To: comp.graphics.animation
Date: 5 Nov 1992 13:44:17 GMT
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Archive-name: auto/comp.graphics.animation/graphtal-1-0-First-public-release-available

The first public release of graphtal is now available via anonymous 
ftp at iamsun.unibe.ch (130.92.64.10) and is found as 
/Graphics/graphtal-1.0.tar.Z or 
/Graphics/graphtal_no_bison_no_flex-1.0.tar.Z.

graphtal is an L-system interpreter.
The following features are included:

o  D0L-systems,
o  tables of productions,
o  productions with parameters,
o  stochastically applied productions,
o  global and local constants,
o  hull definitions (turtle interpretation with regard to
   these hulls),
o  production parameters may be strings or real values,
o  animations support,
o  turtle interpreter with macros,
o  preview for X11,
o  zBuffer preview and output for rayshade.

What you will need:

- C++ compiler (g++ doesn't work)
- bison and flex (if not available, get graphtal_no_bison_no_flex.tar.Z)
- rayshade 4.0.6 and the URT toolkit (not necessary)

How do you compile graphtal:

- Get the source.
- zcat graphtal.tar.Z | tar xvf -
- cd graphtal
- Edit the Makefile to set the compiler you have.
- make depend
- make
- execute an example:
    graphtal -d x11wire Examples/birchtree.lsys

Supported platforms:

- Sun SparcStations with Sun C++ 2.1, Sun C++ 3.0, AT&T 2.0 and AT&T 3.0
- IBM RS/6000 with AT&T C++ 2.0
- DEC Station with DEC C++ 1.0

Examples:

In the directory graphtal/Examples some interesting L-systems are 
included. The animation scripts will need nawk or gawk in order
to work.


Please send bugs (accompanied by L-systems causing them),
interesting L-systems for inclusion in the release, enhancements,
and suggestions to the author via email.

Christoph Streit (streit@iam.unibe.ch)
From: pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Pence)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [sci.astro.fits] FITSIO V3.3 is available
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Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:39:42 GMT
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Archive-name: auto/sci.astro.fits/FITSIO-V3-3-is-available

                        FITSIO - Version 3.3
                           29 October 1992

This is to announce that Version 3.3 of the FITSIO package is now
available from the HEASARC.  FITSIO is a powerful yet simple to use
Fortran subroutine interface for reading and writing files in FITS
format.

This 3.3 version of FITSIO is completely compatible with the previous
version and contains the following new features:

  - Added a major new port to run FITSIO within the IRAF environment.  A set  
    of SPP-callable interface routines is also provided.

  - Added a new port to run on Macintosh computers with Absoft's MacFortran II.

  - The maximumn allowed number of open FITS files has been doubled
    from the previous 6 files to 12 files.

  - Added further checks to permit only printable ASCII characters to be
    written to a FITS header.

  - Made 7 other small enhancements and fixed 5 minor bugs.

For further details on these new features, see the 'release.doc' file
in the FITSIO distribution directory.

Programmers interested in using the new IRAF/SPP version of FITSIO should
note that the HEASARC plans the first release of its FTOOLS software
utility package next week.  This will contain a complete example of how 
to build and use the FITSIO library within IRAF.

The FITSIO software, documentation, and example programs are available via
anonymous ftp from:

       ftp tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov   (128.183.8.77)

Then type the following:

        ftp>  user anonymous
        Password:               [type your username as a password]
        ftp>  cd pub/fitsio3    [to move to the version 3 subdirectory]
        ftp>  ls                [to see a list of the available files]
        ftp>  get read.me       [contains latest information about FITSIO]
        ftp>  get fitsio.doc    [complete user documentation]
        ftp>  get fitsio.ps     [Postscript version of the documentation]
        ftp>  get ...           [get any additional desired files]
        ftp>  quit

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. William Pence      
USRA/HEASARC  (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center)
Code 668                         
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center        SPAN:      LHEAVX::PENCE
Greenbelt, MD 20771                     Internet:  pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov
                                        Telephone:  (301)286-4599
From: david@jaffe.com (David A. Jaffe)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [su.org.ccrma.bboard] 3.0 Music Kit release
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Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:39:52 GMT
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Archive-name: auto/su.org.ccrma.bboard/3-0-Music-Kit-release

The 3.0 Music Kit and DSP tools is now officially "released".   

You should be able to access them from any machine at CCRMA on
the directories:

	/LocalDeveloper/Examples -- (What used to be on /NextDeveloper/Examples)
	/usr/local/bin  -- (What used to be on /usr/bin)
	/LocalLibrary -- (What used to be on /NextLibrary)
	/LocalApps -- (ScorePlayer and Ensemble)

See the release notes on /LocalLibrary/Documentation/ReleaseNotes
for what's new.  


If you don't find these directories (or the Music Kit files) on a machine,
send me a message with the machine number and I'll fix it.

For those of you who aren't local, you can ftp it from ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu.

For your info, I've posted the official announcement to bboard.
From: putz@parc.xerox.com (Steve Putz)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.sys.palmtops] update/fix to Sharp Wizard "wizcom" program
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Date: 7 Nov 1992 12:52:15 GMT
Organization: Xerox PARC
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Archive-name: auto/comp.sys.palmtops/update-fix-to-Sharp-Wizard-wizcom-program

An updated version of the wizcom program is now available on the FTP
server at math.berkeley.edu in /pub/Wizard/Wizcom/.  This fixes a bug
in sending data to the Wizard containing "[" characters.  Also fixes a
typo in the man page.

There are also two new perl scripts for decoding/encoding the Wizard
outline format.  Not fancy, but functional.


------------------------------
wizcom version 1.16 (11/05/92)

NAME
     wizcom - Communicate with Sharp Wizard OZ-7000/8000 Organizers

DESCRIPTION
     wizcom uploads or downloads data between a Unix  workstation
     and  a  Sharp Wizard pocket organizer.  It works with either
     the  OZ-7000  or   OZ-8000   series.    A   special   serial
     cable/converter  is  required  to  connect  the  Wizard to a
     workstation.

FILES
    wizcom.c		   - standard C source code.
    wizcom.1		   - Unix man page.
    decode_wizard_outline  - Perl script to convert outlines to text
    encode_wizard_outline  - Perl script to convert outlines from text

AUTHOR
    Steve Putz (putz@parc.xerox.com)
    Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
    Palo Alto, California 94304
From: jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [sci.lang.japan] V92-029 of edict released (30,239 entries)
Followup-To: sci.lang.japan,soc.culture.japan
Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:39:47 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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Archive-name: auto/sci.lang.japan/V92-029-of-edict-released-30-239-entries


V92-029 of "edict" is now available on pub/nihongo on 
monu6.cc.monash.edu.au for collection. Use ftp or ftpmail to 
collect copies. As usual, it is there in plain text (edict),
compressed (edict.Z) and compressed and indexed for jdic/
jreader usage (edict.zoo).

[For those not following the edict story, it is a PD
Japanese-English dictionary file which I started to develop
about 18 months ago. Read the full details in "edict.doc"]

V29 is about 2000 entries larger than V28. This is due
to hard work by a number of contributors (Scott Trent &
his wife Nobuko, Theresa Martin, ....). My friend and
colleague Harold Rowe put in 1500+ entries, thus finishing
the conversion of the "jddict" file into English.

I would like to think that edict is approaching completion,
but then I thought that when it was only 8,000 entries. I
notice that when using it to help read fj.* news, it is rare
to encounter a compound which is not already there. The DOS
version of the file is approaching 1.2Mb, and I will have to
recompile jdic & jreader if it reaches 1.5M.

Again, thanks to everyone who is assisting with new entries
and corrections.
-- 
Jim Breen                           JIS:$B%8%`!!%V%j!<%s(J
Department of Robotics & Digital Technology. Monash University. 
PO Box 197 Caulfield East VIC 3145 Australia (ph) +61 3 573 2552 
(fax) +61 3 573 2345  AARNet/Internet:jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au
From: steve@ion.rice.edu (Steve Ludtke)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.sys.next.software] Announcing: Plot3D version 2.0
Followup-To: comp.sys.next.software
Date: 5 Nov 1992 14:13:11 GMT
Organization: Rice University
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Archive-name: auto/comp.sys.next.software/Announcing-Plot3D-version-2-0


Well, I finally got my hands on release 3.0. I've modified Plot3D so it uses  
Renderman for its 3d output, and improved a whole bunch of other things. You  
can ftp the new version from sonata.cc.purdue.edu or ion.rice.edu. Please send  
suggestions/bug reports to steve@ion.rice.edu.

Changes since 1.1:

Uses Renderman instead of my 3d routines (this may actually be a bit slower in  
wireframe mode).
Standard 3.0 help interface.
Viewing angles redefined to be more "standard".
Color works, but only in "shaded" mode (I think).
Hidden surface removal (thanks to renderman).
Since renderman does solid modeling, symbols have been replaced with 3d  
objects.
Fixed scaling bug for small grid sizes.
Density plot now displays data files much better.
Printing of density plots improved.

-----------------
Steve Ludtke
steve@ion.rice.edu
ludtke@physics.rice.edu
stevel@alumni.caltech.edu
From: u31b3hs@rama.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.os.linux] Linux iserver binary with setreuid() calls
Followup-To: comp.os.linux,comp.sys.transputer
Date: 5 Nov 1992 13:44:18 GMT
Organization: RWTH-Aachen, Deutschland
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Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux/Linux-iserver-binary-with-setreuid-calls

This weekend I compiled iserver with Linux 0.98.pl1 and GCC 2.2.2d with
shared libraries.  I added setreuid() calls to the B004open and
B004close functions, so now iserver only has euid root until one of
these functions is called the first time.  I am not convinced yet that
this solves all security problems, e.g. using ICONDB iserver can read
any file as its configuration file.  If think this is not acceptable,
please tell me.  At least now files created by iserver have your uid
set, not root.

I would be interested in feed back about running iserver with commercial
software.  I use my own assembler/linker, so of course I don't have any
compatibility problems.

Right now there is only a iserver binary available.  I will put a few
testprograms on ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de:pub/linux/transputer next time.

Michael
From: boutell@isis.cshl.org (Tom Boutell)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [rec.games.empire] Broken Throne 2.05; patches available; nice version.
Date: 5 Nov 92 05:40:05 GMT
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Archive-name: auto/rec.games.empire/Broken-Throne-2-05-patches-available-nice-version

Version 2.05 of Broken Throne is out. (: Patches come thick and fast
in the early days of a program.

This version *really* fixes the mass-starvation bug. Finally. I
set phasers on "Raid." Not saying there can't be other bugs
related to support, but I believe I've fixed the nastiest and
most elusive.

You can FTP the latest version, as well as patches from 2.0 and
from 2.03 (the two most common releases I suspect), from
isis.cshl.org in the directory pub/bt.

Unless more serious bugs are found I'll probably stop making new
releases until 2.1, which will do more than fix bugs. I have
plans to incorporate a name-and-password system to make it easier to
get a grip on who you're playing against. I'll also incorporate
the ability to transmit a "banner" to connecting users soon
(a banner of the operator's choice).

-T

-- 
Tom Boutell, boutell@cshl.org

Clausthaler is the best non - alcoholic beer in the known universe.
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From: koren@hpfcogv.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.sys.amiga.announce] PKludge 3.0 Commodity available for ftp
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Date: 5 Nov 1992 14:13:10 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Archive-name: auto/comp.sys.amiga.announce/PKludge-3-0-Commodity-available-for-ftp

TITLE:         PKludge
VERSION:       1.0
AUTHOR:        Steve Koren

DESCRIPTION:   PKludge is a mode promotion commodity for AmigaDos 3.0.
               It allows any mode to be promoted to any other mode, mode
               promotion keyed from the screen name or title, and
               resizing and moving screens during mode promotion.  It is
               useful to 1) promote all screens to a single scan rate to
               avoid re-syncing on multisync monitors during screen
               flipping, 2) use 800x600 or higher resolutions with some
               applications which don't know how to open those screens
               but can otherwise handle bigger screen sizes, 3) use
               PAL:Productivity 640x400 mode instead of DblNTSC:High Res
               Lace mode, since the productivity mode tends to be more
               visible on some Amiga 4000's.  See the docs for more
               details.

REQUIREMENTS:  AmigaDos 3.0 or later

FTP LOCATIONS: File name: PKludge010.lzh

               wuarchive.wustl.edu: systems/amiga/utilities/comodities [sic]
				    systems/amiga/incoming/utils

               amiga.physik.unizh.ch: util/wb
				      util/new

PRICE:         US$0.00

DISTRIBUTION:  Copyrighted freeware.  I won't email it, so don't ask.

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From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
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Subject: Msen Archive Service
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Date: 10 Nov 1992 00:19:04 GMT
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    What we have is a flea market; what we need is a department store.
    					
Msen is pleased to announce our new 'Msen Archive Service', 
a simple and expedient way for you to publish materials on
the Internet.  

We offer space on our archive available for to you to manage for
yourself, so that you can publish your materials on a well-run
Internet FTP site and not have to rely on the good grace and good
will of strangers to have your stuff on the nets.  For a very
reasonable $0.50/megabyte/month (minimum $10/mo), you get space in
our Msen vendor area (ftp.msen.com:/pub/vendor/*), for you to place
your product, service, information guide, (encrypted) beta test or
product upgrades, firmware, or whatever else you'd like the whole
net to know about.

If you don't have an account from which you can FTP right now, Msen
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Please contact
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Privately operated gopher and wais servers can also be run through
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From: Jens Herder <jh@sger.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [cu.cs.clim] Prototype CLIM Builder
Followup-To: cu.cs.clim
Date: 7 Nov 1992 12:52:18 GMT
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Archive-name: auto/cu.cs.clim/Prototype-CLIM-Builder

GatorMail-Q                   Prototype CLIM Builder

Announcement of the articel:

                       A Prototype Interface Builder 
                 for the Common Lisp Interface Manager 
                                C L I B

                Jan Hesse, Rainer Koenig and Filippo Logi
              Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Technical
                       Expertsystems and Robotics

                              Jens Herder
                       Symbolics Systemhaus GmbH

                               Abstract

The Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) is used to develop graphical
user interfaces for Lisp-based applications. With the prototype of the
CLIM Interface Builder (CLIB) the programmer can generate code for CLIM
interactively. The developing process will be fast and less prone to errors.
With this new tool, the interactive rapid prototyping reduces costs of a
specification phase. Here we present the concept and first results of the
prototype of CLIB.

Keywords:

CLIM, Graphical User Interface, Interface Builder, Lisp, Rapid Prototyping


A prototype of a CLIM-Interface-Builder is being developed within a joint
effort of Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) and Symbolics Systemhaus GmbH.

You can get the article in Postcript format via anonymous FTP from gate.fzi.de
(141.21.4.3, pathname pub/CLIB/CLIB-paper.ps.Z) or in printed form
(FZI Bericht Nr.6) from the authors. We are pleased to receive comments
and any response.


Rainer Koenig

Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI),        Tel:    +49 (721) 9654-313
Technical Expertsystems                    Fax:    +49 (721) 9654-309
and Robotics                            e-mail:    rkeonig@fzi.de
Haid-& Neustr. 10-14
D-7500 Karlsruhe 1
Germany

Jens Herder

Software Development
Symbolics Systemhaus GmbH                 Tel:    +49 (61 96) 47 22-100
Mergenthaler Allee 77-81                  Fax:    +49 (61 96) 48 11 16
D-6236 Eschborn/Ts.                    e-mail:    JH@SGER.UUCP
Germany                                       (or JH%SGER.UUCP@GERMANY.EU.NET)
From: terry@venus.sunquest.com (Terry R. Friedrichsen)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [sci.astro] yet another version of xsky
Followup-To: sci.astro
Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:39:43 GMT
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson
Distribution: world
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Summary: minor bug fixes for xsky available
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X-Original-Date: 22 Oct 92 20:43:20 GMT

Archive-name: auto/sci.astro/yet-another-version-of-xsky

OK, before I get carried away, let me repeat the essential information:

xsky, a computerized sky atlas for the X Window System, is available for
anonymous FTP on arizona.edu in the directory [.SOFTWARE.UNIX.XSKY] as
xsky.tarz

The file is just over 700K bytes in size; you should retrieve it in binary
mode and rename it to xsky.tar.Z, which is a compressed tar file.  Explode
it and read BuildInstall.

For those of you who already have xsky, this version fixes the PostScript
print file generation code to generate print files that make sense even if
you used an ANSI C compiler to build xsky.  There are also a number of new
entries in the RNGC description expansion tables, so more of the descriptions
expand to something sensible (there is still ongoing work in that area;
currently there are about three dozen bogus expansions, but fixing them
involves being careful not to break other ones, so it's kind of slow work).

xsky runs using the Athena widget set, so it should work on any pure X plat-
form (users of Sun OpenWindows, I'm sorry I cannot help you; I've no idea
what the problems are).  xsky is known to work on a wide variety of systems
with both ANSI and non-ANSI compilers.

Unless there's something that needs fixing badly, this will be the last
release for quite some time.  I have a fair-sized list of enhancement
suggestions, and as always, I actively solicit more, but other duties press
in at the moment.

Please don't hesitate to write with questions, comments, or suggestions.  I
try to answer everybody, but sometimes mail bounces.  Please be sure to put
a valid mail address in your signature; it's lots friendlier than making
everybody decode the mail headers, which are wrong/misleading a lot of
times, anyway!

If you're using xsky, I'd like to hear from you, if only to say hi.  It's
interesting to watch software work its way around the world through the
magic of the net.

Terry R. Friedrichsen

terry@venus.sunquest.com  (Internet)
uunet!sunquest!terry      (Usenet)
terry@sds.sdsc.edu        (alternate address; I live in Tucson)