HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: etxansk@garbo232.ericsson.se (Anders Skelander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: bonk
Date: 8 Apr 92 10:56:30 GMT
Organization: Ericsson

Tim.Gearin@f47.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Tim Gearin) writes:

>To James Hague:
>    I have a game called Bonk that you have written.  Its not a bad little game.
> Have you made any others?
>bye.

 I've never heard of "Bonk", and I thought I would never forget the names
of the older 8-bit Atari games that were released in the good old days.

 How old is Bonk, and has it been released by an established software
publisher?

 Anders Skelander
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: ATS0=1 and hangup trouble with Oasis Jr.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 19:31:33 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

(or did I already post about it here??)

Well.. I've got Oasis Jr and Fast R:Verter (from BobTerm 1.21) and an 
SX212 and when I set it up, I always need to login and go to term mode 
(^9) and enter the command and then hang up (G,Y or shf^G) and let the 
wait screen (slowly) reset.  This isn't too much of a problem, but the 
fact that the modem never ACTUALLY hangs up on a logout sort of annoys 
me!  Should I use the RS232.COM file from the OASIS arc (it's supposedly 
for the 850) or should I try the ATR or AVATEX handlers?  Or should I 
just rumage around for that old SX handler arc??!

The other major reason I think that the Fast R:Verter from BobTerm should 
be replaced is the fact that out of 5 or 6 IBM users, only >1< person's 
[RET] key works properly.  On the others, it returns a [^M] character and 
the BBS doesn't recognize it as a return.

Here's what happened with the person who's set up works ok now.
He'd login, say "Y"es for line-feeds on the login screen and then when 
we'd chat, my RETs would come out as 2, and his would come out as the ^M 
character.  I logged him in again and he said "n"o for l/f's.  It works 
perfect now.  His RETs show up correctly, and mine aren't doubled.  The 
thing is, with other IBM users, if they select "n"o for l/f's, every line 
overwrites the previous on.  Ie: if it were displaying this:

this is a test
my name is bill
i am 16
wow cool
bye

 it would come out like this
bye coolis bill

 understand??  Also, I am using Oasis' term. mode to call this BBS and 
every line begins with a ^J (right-triangle graphics character)

Soo.... is there any way that the IBMers can fix this, so I don't have to 
dig in and replace the RS232 handler I'm using? (which I happen to like 
and have the least trouble with) or what???             Thanks in advnc
                                                         SySOPhBill

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st
From: cs902117@ariel.yorku.ca (TONY D'ALFONSO)
Subject: Re: Hey All! New Atari Corp. Commercial! : )
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 19:16:34 GMT


What does "ROFLASTC" mean?
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Info.ket/flame/etc (too long to followup!)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 00:54:40 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

As for the "KILL" you thing, sorry, I'm just so surprised that some 
people could be STUPID enuf to think "I'll send mine in AFTER I see the 
1st issue," when right in front of them in plain print it's written that 
"there'll only BE a 1st issue if 500 kits are returned"!!!   As for the 
info.kits, I'm sure Jeff McWilliams (I'm not associated with him or Ben, 
except via e-mail & posts & stuff) will be more than happy to mail you 
(or repost?) a copy of the original mailer.  If you'd like, e-mail me or 
him your address and he'll send you an info.kit right away (rather than 
wasting time e-mailing/re-e-mailing/etc.)

Not take 8-bits SERIOUSLY!?  My GOD!  How could you THINK that!?  I 
wouldn't deserve to BE here if I didn't worship them like I do! :) Why, 
I've been using mine for about the past 10 hours straight (minus dinner), 
testing and fine-tuning Oasis Jr.  
So....... please take my righting lightly, but my ideas seriously!!

                        and remember-   ignore me and I'll go away!
                                                        PhBill of the
                                                        Sun Gods

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Graphical User Interfaces (check out proterm 3.0 Apple ]['s)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 19:20:57 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

DeTerm is a windowed, menubar'd text terminal program.  Of course, like 
every other term program I've seen (even the few I've seen on Itsy Bitsy 
Machines) except BobTerm, once you leave "term-mode" you >start< losing 
information  (except on DeTerm the breakout game still lets you d/l and 
recv.. and even also during disk-i/o on a d/u/l!! hmm!)
        Too bad this type of code wasn't put to BETTER use!  I mean, why 
not hook up your 2600 and have a switch between it and the 8-bit!...
                Oh yeah... can't pause many 2600 games, can you.. too bad

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: Henry.Miller@f47.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Henry Miller)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: IBM version of 8-bit emulator
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 23:20:00 -0600

Accualy I know af an Apple 2 emulator for the IBM, and an AMiga one.  Both don'T
work as well as the original, and on one you need to find your own OS. The Atari
emulator isn'T really new.  In fact I got the source for one.  ANyway, the IBM
can do emulations, but most people want into IBM software whatever the system,
not into another.

 * Origin: FlightLine BBS Mpls,MN SDN USRdual 612-544-5118 (1:282/47.0)
From: potter@sundae6.DAB.GE.COM (Jeff Potter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XF551 reading MS-DOS disks.
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:09:16 GMT
Organization: General Electric SCSD, Daytona Beach FL

In article <009586236685A660.2080083C@edinboro.edu>, a644690c@edinboro.edu ("Adam J. Conover") writes:
|> Hi,
|> 
|> Does anyone think that an unmodified XF551 drive could read a 360k MS-dos
|> format disk.  I'm not to sure of the flexibility of the ROMs but I think
|> it could be done (maybe it already has and I'm just clueless, but....).
|> If anyone knows a bit about the XF drives, please let me know.

I know this doesn't qualify (since you say unmodified), but Bob Puff's (CSS) 
XF551 upgrade allows you to read 360K MS-DOS diskettes, even if you don't 
replace the 5.25" drive with a 3.5" mechanism.

-- 
Jeff Potter
....potter@sundae6.dab.ge.com
....74030.2020@compuserve.com
From: Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Who posted the original...
Date: 7 Apr 92 04:38:23 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Bill Kendrick (moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us) writes:

>Who was it who posted the original mail-order/magazine listing?  Was it 
>Chris? (won't even try to spell your last name!!)

Are you talking about ME?  I've had people have trouble remembering 
"Chiesa" before...

Anyway, no, I was NOT the originator of the mail-order / magazine list.
(Although I DID transfer it to the VAX at work and write a VAX assembly
program to reformat the 40-column listing into a two-up, 80-column
version.  Sorry though - I printed and DELETED the machine-readable form
of the list...)
 
>If so, have you gotten any updates?  I might type in my own copy, as I 
>have found a few phone numbers and a little more descriptions of places 
>you had listed.

I'd say go for it; I'll re-download and print myself an updated copy! ;-)

Chris Chiesa
  Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com
From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: The XEP80 80 column expansion
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:30:30 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Well.. that's the most I'D ever heard about it!  I didn't think it was 
worth much, but NOW... does anyone have one they'd give uP??!? :)  
                tanx guys..     now I'll be in the red even MORE ;)

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: DOS?
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 92 15:19:10 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Rick_Michael_Cortese@cup.portal.com writes:

> BTW: Bob Wooley did add an 80 column chip. I can't recall just exactly what
> newsletter(s) the project was in, but I believe he piggy-backed a 6545 VDI
> and some ram onto the GTIA. REAL foggy on this, but I believe he asked for
> someone who'd do the programming for a handler, got a response, but I haven't
> heard anything since. It's another one of a long list of projects waiting on
> my work bench.

Goody!  THAT sounds like something I might even try to add! :)

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: Henry.Miller@f47.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Henry Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Graphical User Interfaces (check out proterm 3.0 Apple ]['s)
Date: 11 Apr 92 06:25:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: tdkt.703019135.F00002

The easyest way to upgrade an atari is to put a 65C02 in.  this will speed
things up.  You coud possibally double the clock spped, but remember that the
speed of the atari (1.72mhz i think) was selected because it is easy to slave
the computer to the TV.  Speed things up and you lose this timing.  So the OS
must be rewriten, amoung other problems like no programs work.  IF every atari
user wants to we could use the PBI on the XL/XE to add a coprocesser, perhaps
speeding up math.  A good programer could use both at the same time, if there is
off board memory, and comunicate only when nessicary.

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From: UJ1G@DKAUNI2.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: DOS?
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:32:00 GMT


In a previous article Rick_Michael_Cortese@uunet.uu.net writes:
> BTW: Bob Wooley did add an 80 column chip. I can't recall just exactly what
> newsletter(s) the project was in, but I believe he piggy-backed a 6545 VDI
> and some ram onto the GTIA. REAL foggy on this, but I believe he asked for
> someone who'd do the programming for a handler, got a response, but I haven't
> heard anything since. It's another one of a long list of projects waiting on
> my work bench.

What is a 6545????

Marek Tomczyk
                                        \         ATARI 8-BIT
----------------------------------------| \           the
Internet: uj1g@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de| \        best
BITNET:   uj1g@dkauni2                    |   /    equipment
FREENET:  bn137                           | /
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From: darkwing@cis.umassd.edu (Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: percom drive
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:01:20 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


Hello everyone....

   A few things:

   1. Percom model AT88-S1, sn 3237113D ...

      This is single density.... correct ?

      Will this unit take an IBM 360K drive (even if it only uses 1
      head as single density) ?

      Can this unit be converted to double density single sided ?
      How about single density double sided ?

   2. Anyone have an extra 6507 ?

   3. Anyone have a good working 810 mechanism (or drive) with the
      push button release ?

Also:

    Anyone know if Mission Impossible by Epyx was released for the Atari ?

Thanks,

  -- Curt

Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.  Graduate Student in CIS @ University of Mass Dartmouth
darkwing@cis.umassd.edu
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From: mckenzie@bbn.com (Alex McKenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: IMHO =
Date: 9 Apr 1992 17:27:55 GMT
Reply-To: mckenzie@labs-n.bbn.com (Alex McKenzie)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

    __   
   /  | /\                  Alex McKenzie
  /   | \/                  mckenzie@bbn.com
  \__/|_/\_&_/~X_           617/873-2962
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: aq115@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert C Glover)
Subject: Re: Atari Equipment for Sale! (I WANT THE 2 850 DRIVES!)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 17:51:57 GMT


The two 850's he had advertised ar not disk drives.  They're
interface modules, for hooking up printers and modems.
 
Rob
-- 
| Robert Glover                               GEnie:  R.GLOVER3 |
| Internet:           rg@turing.acs.virginia.edu                |
| Cleveland Freenet:  aq115@cleveland.freenet.edu               |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: CLOSE
From: krschimm@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 11 Apr 92 20:03:51 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Need some help-
I have an 800 and a 130xe (upgraded to 320k ram),2 1050 (one doulbed)
an indus gt and a rama 1000 drive, 1030 modem, 830 modem, serial/paralle
interface (for modem and printers) and a 40 column atari printer (used to
run a bbs in Kansas City a few years ago)

What is all this stuff worth, its just sitting in a box.
I have a ST and a 386 and am just keeping it around because I love
the stuff even though I don't use it.

thanks
Karl Schimmel
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
From: fontana@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana)
Subject: Re: Loaction 53279 (CONSOL)
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:21:53 GMT


 a.falcon@BITSY.COOPER.EDU (Anthony_Falcone-) writes:

>This is a question for all of you technical folks out there:
>
>_MAPPING THE ATARI_ lists location 53279 (aka CONSOL) as the place to check
>for a function key use (i.e. START SELECT OPTION). Why is this location
>also responsible for the internal speaker on the Atari 800? If you poke the
>location, the speaker will pop. Why did the function keys get put in the same
>location as the speaker in ROM? Was there any special reason for this?


I have no idea why this is so.  (The XL/XE's don't have an internal
speaker, do they?)

One time I was playing around with S.A.M. (Don't Ask Software's software
speech synthesizer) and found you can have it talk out of the internal
speaker.  This modification works whether RECITER is loaded or not.

This bit of code will do the trick:  (easily ported to assembly)

    10 FOR X=1 TO 5:READ A:POKE A,31:POKE A+1,208:NEXT X
    20 DATA 16909,17061,17068,17108,17115

If you want to change it back to normal output, replace the 31 in line 10
with 1, and the 208 with 210.

It sounds surprisingly good.


Mark Fontana
--
  "If you see only one movie this year..." | Mark A. Fontana, CIS Dept
       you should get out more often!      | The Ohio State University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: To Bill Kendrick
From: Pandora@kcbbs.gen.nz (Dawn Scotting)
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:18:39 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

I used to run Oasis Jnr. a few years ago so I may be able to help here. 
To start with your IBM callers can easily turn their line feeds on at 
their end and then say 'No' to line feeds on the BBS when they logon. 
Next thing, when you ring out on the BBS term you need to hit one of 
the keys to go into Ascii mode (or back to Atascii) but I can't remember 
which key it is, I think maybe the Select key, try them all anyway! 
As for your modem not hanging up, I think unless your modem can do a 
AT&D2 command you are always going to have trouble with it not hanging 
up. Have you tried an ATH instead of an ATZ when the BBS hangs up? Did 
you know that you can get a PD version of Oasis 4.7? It is called Oasis 
TD and is available on GEnie (or used to be). It is exactly the same 
as 4.7 but without file transfers. Tell me, do you REALLY manage to 
fit it all onto one enhanced density disk drive?? Good luck anyway.

From: Amos.Jackson@f47.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Amos Jackson)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: MIO, Ataptec 4000a, Tandon tm-503.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 13:31:00 -0600

I wasn't aboe to reply to the orinigal post about the MIO, Adaptec 4000a and
Tandon drive, but it sounds like the exact same setup I had before I got twin
Seagates.  The 'J' jumper had to be closed because the Tandon was an SASI drive
that needed the "extra" instruction set that is available on the Adaptec
controler.  That jumper set is for SASI drives.  In the other group of jumpers,
I closed the "T" jumber for faster read/write access to the drive.  I ran a
Tandon 502 (just a little smaller than the 503, but other than that, the same
drive) 
and a Miniscribe SCSI drive off of the 4000a.
 
Amos Jackson

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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Who posted the original...
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:42:47 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Ok, Chris, I'll do it (when I get time! :) )    I hate highschool! :)

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: The XEP80 80 column expansion
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 17:36:46 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Speaking of 80 column.  I just got AnsiTerm 0.3 and BOY is it slow!  I 
hope Robert speeds up his 80 col. scroll routine! :)

Oh well..  I see that it finally works on the 1200xl, as it was said not 
to on the earlier versions.

BTW: Speaking of 1200xl being useless, anyone hear about K.O. Product's 
"Fred" and "Mission Shark?"  Steve Hoffee from KO sent me >2< disks (me 
thinking the 1st one was messed up by the post office or someone), and 
NEITHER copy worked.  Fortunately, he gave me another demo on the second 
disk (on the 1st was PD catalog).

                Oh well..       anyone have an unused 800xl! :)?

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Current Notes
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 18:29:59 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

I got a trial issue of Current Notes!  Yipee dipee!  Well... I noticed 
that the 2 or 3 pages of 8-bit stuff was of things I already know.  THIS 
makes me want even MORE to have an 8-bit ONLY magazine.

SO!  ANY OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SENT FOR THEIR INFO.KITS, SEND FOR THEM >NOW<

                -and-

FOR ANY OF YOU WHO >GOT< THE INFO.KIT, BUT HAVE NOT SENT THE POSTCARD 
BACK I WILL >PERSONALLY< GO OVER TO YOUR HOUSE AND >KILL< YOU!!!

Just kidding.  But, I STILL don't understand what people have against 
this, and why they haven't been sending their kits BACK!  ALL YOU DO IS 
ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS AND POP IT IN THE MAIL BOX!  COME >ON< PEOPLE! DO 
IT!!  Get up from your computer and get the card and mail it back.

And for those of you who are even LESS lazy, hows about POST ABOUT this 
campaign on local (or even LD, like >I'VE< been doing) BBSs, so people 
without InterNet access and who don't get Current Notes, or who are just 
plain in the dark like I used to be can LEARN ABOUT THIS AND HELP OUT!

WHEW!   THANK YOU!  Remember, if you're not doing this, YOU DON'T DESERVE 
SUCH A GOOD COMPUTER!  :)


                                        Bill....  (heartbeat rushing)
                                                  (probably from Primus,
                                                                tho)

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PhBill: Bill Kendrick
moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: 7200? Atari XT?  Huh!?
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 92 00:36:01 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

On a local BBS, someone is offering an Atari 7200.  I said to him "no.. 
you must mean 7800", but he replied, "no 7200!"  What pa-zacaly IS a 
7200?  I chatted with my friend today and mentioned it and he said it was 
some sort of prototype game system.  I'm not convinced.  Has ANYONE here 
on this newsfeed ever heard of this thing?

Also, the same person mentioned an Atari XT.  Again, I attempted to 
correct him by saying "no, you must mean XL or XE".  He again said "NO.. 
X>T<!"  I just replied to these messages, and I am waiting for details on 
this stuff, but I decided to ask all of you folks here, as you are all so 
versed in Atari stuff.  Heck, I even tried looking it up in the BEST 
Elec. catalog!  HELP ME!

Again.  He said "7200" and "Atari XT" systems.  So.. are there such 
things!?

                Thanks alot.                            Bill

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Organization: SmUrFlAnD
X-Subliminal-Message: IBM will Die!
Date: Tuesday, 14 Apr 1992 14:52:53 EDT
From: <AKH104@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Transkey Wanted!

   I want it...anyone have one they wish to depart with?  And
those of you who have one...could you tell me what keyboards you know
of that work with it...how about a Focus 5001?
Andrew
Organization: SmUrFlAnD
X-Subliminal-Message: IBM will Die!
Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 17:17:01 EDT
From: <AKH104@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Midi Track III wanted!

  Anyone have a Midi Track II or III they wish to sell to me?
Andrew
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit