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From: rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: DynaCADD Printing problems
Date: 17 Dec 1992 19:37:27 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

I'm having a problem with DynaCADD printing that is getting rather
frusturating.

The drawing I have is this: first, my background screen is set to a darkish
grey (I do this 'cause I'm on a 2000, and want low contrast colors to reduce
flickering).  I have some 2D drawing in black, red, and yellow, and one view
open to a 3D drawing, all of the entities of which are in yellow.  I go to
print it out by printing to a PostScript file.  I select "PS" and do NOT
select "Color" at the print box, and print.  When I then go to print the
postscript file (or view it with "Post"), only the black 2D objects and the 3D
object show up.  All of the other 2D objects are NOT THERE.

Yesterday I was having a similar problem with another drawing (one that
actually had 4 views onto the 3D drawing open), and I kept futzing around with
layers and such, and eventually I got a printout that had everything on it.
Unfortunately, I didn't keep notes of what I did, nor was I very scientific
about it, so I do not know what it was I did that made things work.  Of
course, despite long frusturating futzing around today I can't get anything to
print out.

My question: does anybody else know the trick necessary to get DynaCADD to
print a PostSctript file that will let you print out your drawing and have it
show EVERYTHING?  The manual is not at all helpful in this matter; the only
thing that it suggests which remotely touches on my problem is that the print
routine will only print those colors which you have selected in the area
provied in the PostScript setup dialog box.  Of course, I have all colors
selected to print.

A note: the printer I am using is a normal B&W laser printer.  As such, I want
all of the entities of all colors which are visible on my page to come out
black on the laser printer.  I know this is possible, because I did it by
accident yesterday.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Thanks,

-Rob Knop
rknop@cco.caltech.edu
From: gohel@zeus.csee.usf.edu (Himanshu Gohel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Info on Maple V
Date: 7 Dec 92 14:25:20 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Sorry for wasting bandwidth, e-mail bounced.
"JB" Please tell your sysadmin that your mailer puts a return address
"username@<your address here>" instead of your real user name!!!

Anyway, here is the info on Maple:


                             Maple for the amiga

  
 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
 Maple is an interactive program for doing symbolic (and some
 numerical) algebraic computations. It includes graphical abilities (
 version V has 3D graphics) and a programming language which allows
 one to easily write complex programs or create new functions. It is
 supplied with a large library of functions already defined. Complex
 expressions can be created and then output in a Fortran form suitable
 for inclusion in a numerical application.
  
 HOW TO GET THE PRODUCT
 pick the product up at the Accounting and Distribution Office.

  
 PUBLISHED BY
    Waterloo Maple Software, Inc.
    160 Columbia Street West
    Waterloo, Ontario
    Canada N2L 3L3
    phone: 519-747-2373
    fax:   519-747-5284


--
Himanshu Gohel, Gohel@csee.usf.edu
U of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620-3140
From: gael@hpgnd149.grenoble.hp.com (Gael_MARZIOU)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:50:59 GMT
Subject: Re: recommend good Editor ??
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, GND
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications

> Also, a friend who _does_ use AGE says it takes forever to come up on
> his A2000HD/2.04/68030.  Why is that?

Well, emacs can takes time to load but only if the init file is huge.
If you only use the defaut .emacs in the distribution, it's not so slow.
Also emacs is not only an editor, it's a complete environnment.
For example, there are various modes for mail handling, same things for news
reading and many other things.
Emacs continuously evolves, not only the editor itself but all the diffrent 
modes that are written by users and posted each day in gnu.emacs.sources.
What other amiga editor can regnosize and adapt itself to the language in
which the file you load is written ?
I must admit that the beginnings are more difficult than with az or another 
simple editor but it's not the same category.


Gael Marziou : gael@hpgndl71.grenoble.hp.com or Gael_Marziou@hp6330.desk.hp.com
From: rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Label maker
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:28:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.42593
Organization: MAWL - Mudd Alums Without Lives

In article <1992Dec11.175939.8585@ccd.harris.com> rmills@controls.ccd.harris.com (Richard C. Mills) writes:
>        I am looking a public domain label maker for cassettes and
>vhs tapes.  Anyone out there know where I might find one?

Well, there are several cassette labelers available on the Fish disks.
Don't know about videotapes.

*But**, if you have access to postscript output, I enthusiatically
recommend tapelabel.ps and videolabel.ps by Jamie Zawinski
(jwz@lucid.com).  Unfortunately, these were not working with Post 1.6,
although a friend of mine claims they do work with v1.7.

Agitator
  #->

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From: Rick_Lang@amusers.UUCP (Rick Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PageLiner and BME Patches
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Dec 92 16:56:25 PST
Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In a message dated Sat 12 Dec 92  2:53, soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W
Davidson) wrote:

 KWD> These patches can be applied only to version 1.1.1 of these products
 KWD> and update them to version 1.1.2.

I recently received a compliemtary copy of HotLinks for our user group
newsletter (much thanks).  The latest version of BME is 1.1.1 dated 14 Sep
92; but the version of Pageliner is 1.1 dated 9 Sep 92.  My guess is these
patches will work (or is there really a release of Pageliner 1.1.1?).

Keep up the good work!
 

 -- AEd V1.37/Eval

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

-- Rick Lang
   Editor of the AmUser News - the Victoria Amiga User Group Newsletter

E-mail replies use rlang@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca - not the address in this
message!
From: rich@documail.UUCP (Rich McCallister)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Tabs in Pagestream
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:24:35 GMT
Reply-To: rich@documail.UUCP (Rich McCallister)
Organization: Bell & Howell DocuMail Division, Evanston, Ill.

In article <tdenbo.723867470@guru> tdenbo@dwp.la.ca.us (Tom Denbo) writes:
>Any one have a good technique for doing numbered lists with proportional
>fonts in PS so that the first line text lines up with the rest - like
>this: 
>    1.   text paragraph 
>         2nd line
>         ...
>The only way I can think of is to use a tab on the first line, and this
>has to precisely aligned.

    I did something like this for a list of auction items once.
    The trick I used was to make the item number ("1." in the example) have one
tag type, and the text ("text paragraph", "2nd line", etc.) have another.
    The tag type for numbers specified that there was no indent, and left
justification, and that the numbers were supposed to be a subscript. The
subscript was adjusted so that all the characters would appear one full line
below where one would expect.
    The other tage type had an indent or margin setting, but was not a
subscript.
    Thus, without the tage types, the text would appear as

1.
text paragraph 2nd line ...
2.
more text stuff here and there
3.
and so on and so on ad nauseum

    With the tags in use, it looked something like this:


1.   text paragraph
     2nd line
     ...

2.   more text stuff
     here and there

3.   and so on and
     so on ad nauseum

(This assumes that the "text" tag type has a fairly narrow pair of margins.
You could, alternatively, make each "text" line a new paragraph.)
Note the unavoidable blank lines before each "number". I wanted them anyway;
if you don't, I don't know of a method off-hand that will work.
From: bloc1469@ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R. Block)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Term 2.5, and Olaf's mail...
Date: 14 Dec 1992 03:54:00 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

You alive?  I got the partial-scroll-bug in a capture file, and I went
to send it to you...  but you haven't responded, so I'm wondering if
it ever got to you.

If not, I could always uuencode it and put it here, I don't think
anyone would mind the bugfix that follows.  ;)

Greg
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: Manjit_Bedi@mindlink.bc.ca (Manjit Bedi)
Subject: Re: Trying to add a Gadget to DirOpus - help me
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:04:23 GMT

Call me stupid.  I just started reading Chapter 7 in the manual.  What
I was doing wrong was in there.

Sorry for the waste of bandwidth.
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        Manjit Bedi
                ( Manjit_Bedi@mindlink.bc.ca or manjit@inde.bc.ca )
From: acuna78@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: NewTek's VideoToaster question
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:54:26 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

I was wondering what was the minimum system required to get a NewTek's
VideoToaster on line.  Please give price estimates and if this is not
the right newsgroup, please redirect me to the appropriate one.  Please
E-Mail all responses to the following address since I don't read this
newsgroup regularly:

acuna78@wilma.wharton.upenn.edu

Thank you for your time.

Day
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.unix.amiga
From: 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black)
Subject: Re: Xwindows and the Amiga
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:33:43 GMT

Brian_-_Dziki@cup.portal.com writes:

>    Now back to what I was trying to do. I talk to a friend and h
>some things to me. First, I can not connect into the university network via 
>IP without prior arrangement. They need to assign me an IP address, etc. Also,
>since I can only connect at 2400 baud, X-windows would be painfully slow. He
>said that there are companies that can provide a high speed modem connection
>to the internet. However, this is very expensive. Another option I have is to
>get the source code for the application I am trying to run and compile it on t
>Amiga. GfxBase sells a programmer's guide and toolkit that will allow me to do
>this (it allows you to compile standard X11 source code with the SAS/C Compile
>and run your own X applications under AmigaDos). This, however, cost $250.

Yes I have known that through sas/c you could do that with their x11.
Yet I would like to know how much converting to do you need to make 
most X apps that compile and run on say a sun, to make it work on your
x11 equipped amiga.  Any owners of the amiga x11 can remark on this?

Martin
From: slhmz@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject:   Looking for "The Print Shop" Clone
Date: 12 Dec 92 18:04:47 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


Hi!

I am looking for a "The Print Shop" type program for my Amiga.
"The Print Shop" is a program that allows one to create greeting
cards, signs, banners, etc... and print them to a printer.

I have an HP-500C, and think color support would be really cool.

I have heard of a program called "Deluxe Print", but don't know
anything about it.

Of course, the program must work with 2.xx, install on HD, and work
with an A3000.  Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks!

--
Faith Gibson
From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: DataTax will be out in Jan (U.S. version)
Date: 20 Dec 92 18:49:06 GMT
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario

In article <okZ9s*IQ7@kink.PhaedraV.On.Ca> hugh@kink.PhaedraV.On.Ca
(Hugh D. Gamble) writes:

>Regarding Marc (sic) Barrett's inflammatory posting about the "death" of
>Datamax research and the alleged unavailability of DataTax for the
>Amiga this year, I have talked to the president of Datamax and have
>part of an email response from bix included below...

>====== Mail from bix follows ================================================
>Memo #74917
>Subject: dataTAX

>	DataTAX for Canada is no more. I had tried to find someone to
>take it over but it was not to be...

Hugh, if you have an opportunity, could you get David to elaborate on this
situation? There are many of us in Canada that are quite capable and likely
willing to contribute to the development and promotion of the Canadian
version.

[comments addressed to Marc Barrett]

>  You made the comment or question "can't the Amiga support one good
>tax prep program". The answer is  NO...

>  During the past year the amiga user base in the USA increased very little.
>Most sales were power up sales to existing users.  Unfortunately 
>new users that buy software after purchasing their machine are required.
>Most existing users buy very little software or find 'other' sources for it.

Off the record, I have some problems with the sincerity of this explanation.
Attributing the failure of a product such as this to the user base sounds
like sour grapes to me. Since the WOC Toronto last year, I have yet to see
any promotional literature or advertising with respect to the program. In
addition, several users have commented that the release was of dubious
quality.

Whatever the case, given the concentration on a CDTV device at the Datamax
exhibit last year, I have a hard time believing that the effort to
support this product was genuine. This is merely my impression as both
a potential consumer and developer. One can't blame CBM for everything.

>We are coming out with 'LaserTAX' a windows 3.1 CDROM based tax prep
>program that includes every federal irs form, publication, and
>instruction available to be printed at 300dpi.  LaserTAX not only prints
>perfect forms, but it also displays scanned images at 800x600 on an
>svga monitor.

Sounds very nice. I hope they will consider returning to Amiga development
with a similar configuration in mind.

>We would like to offer an amiga product, but first we need from
>Commodore a computer with 4 meg of ram, cdrom drive, AA chip set,
>and a 800x600 (minimum) display (non interlaced).

Don't we all? :) Hopefully this will be imminent.
From: Ivan_Pintori@mas.sublink.org (Ivan Pintori)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: I've got Art Expression... Review coming soon :)
Date: 16 Dec 92 03:46:11 GMT
Organization: Mangazone Advanced Services - ++39-6-7029438

In a message dated Tue 15 Dec 92  4:22, Twang@csc.albany.edu (teddy Wang)
wrote:

 TW> Well all, got it today.  Art Expression, slightly later than the
 TW> sales lady

Well, I got a copy of it too.  Actually I pre-ordered it, but I found a
pirated copy, so I said: "What the Heck!  They are sending me the original,
I just may play with a copy first!"  And so I took it. (and NO, I don't buy
pirated software, and NO, I don't follow pirate BBS.  It was just a friend
droping by, so just don't flame me!)

Well, I can say a couple of things:

1) very impressive, pretty fast, and very complete.

2) I did export some time ago an EPS from ProDraw 2.0, but ArtExpression
didn't actually display it.  When it came time to print it the program
gurued.  Now, I don't know it is was a fault of Art Expression, or od the
pirated copy, but I really look foward to get the original so that I may
test it.  If it gurus again, then I'll send a bug report to Soft-Logik.

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From: trat@amiganet.chi.il.us (Tom Reamer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Help with CG fonts from FTP.
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:20:21 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <1992Dec9.173926.19354@pbs.org>, kellsworth@pbs.org (Rufus T.
Firefly) writes:
>I downloaded the CompuGraphic fonts that are on wuarchive.  I put them 
>into my CGFonts directory.  I ran ProPage.  All I get from the new
>fonts are boxes with (usually) the appropriate letter inside them.
>
>I've looked through the PPage manuals and find no advice on what I may
>be doing wrong.  The only thing I know is that the *.atc files are not
>there for the new fonts.  I did get the *.lib, *.metric, and *.dat files.
>
>Can anyone offer advice?
>
>Thanks a bunch!
>
>---------------
>Keith Ellsworth
>Editor
>Public Broadcasting Service
>
>aka: KELLSWORTH@PBS.ORG
>
>
What U need is ProPages' CG UPDATE  

All U do is click on the icon and it updates all of the fonts for you.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.applications:9414 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:8008
From: Sam_-_Malone@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DigiView Problem - different
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 14:48:13 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <pianoman.00x1@misseye.uucp> <crystal.724187599@glia>

Crystal (crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu) extrapolates:

>I have the Digiview Gold 4.0 for the 2000.  (Gold module).
>
>When I try to digitize something, I get "WAIT" and nothing happens.  It
>hangs. :<  (Yes, I remembered to take the lens cap off.. ;> )
..

>I am apparently getting a video signal when the camera is turned on.  The
>question is, why does "wait" hang?

Provided you have 2.04 installed, you need an upgrade to make Digiview
compatible with your OS of course. One of the few succesful interactions
I have EVER been able to make with NewTek (out of MANY I have tried),
is to get them to cash my check and send me that upgrade.

I will now assume you have the correct version of DigiView software for your
OS. 

Several of us are now seeing the same problem as you. The most common
deduction that we have heard is that we are seeing a fault in the 8520 chips
(there are two in your Amiga). Last night I went and bought one just in case.


I noticed that when I my printer turned on, several problems occurred.
1. My CPS display on Baud Bandit didn't work when I was downloading.
2. The little clock in your Workbench/Utilities drawer would actually STOP
   and then would begin working again when I turned the printer off.

The other people I know who are seeing DigiView problems do NOT see these
parallel port oddities, but their Amigas are all the same vintage as mine.
Since the 8520 chips are a known troublespot... and since I am seeing
this little quirk....I went and bought one. *You* can find out if this is
your problem by merely opening your Amiga and swapping the two around to
see if it fixes the condition. Then you have at least found the trouble.
Otherwise, take the Digiview and floppy to an Amiga-Friendly buddy... 
and try it on THEIR machine.

Lastly, you can drop me a line and find out if the new 8520 solved MY
problem. This will be the easiest solution of all.  :-)


Good Luck.

Dave Wickard  (612) 456-2783
dave@flip.sp.paramax.com
Sam_Malone@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green (+61 6 276 6813))
Subject: PD "virgin" needs advice
Organization: CSIRO ITS
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 23:56:42 GMT

Greeting fellow netters.

I have recently expanded my system with the addition of a mucho-big (425Mb)
hard drive and tape unit.

So far I've have a few small forays into the land of PD. I got myself BTNtape
and GNUtar so I can read and write Sun TAR tapes - very handy.

What I would like to know is. What are the _must have_ utilities out there
that I should get next?

This PD software is great - but you need to know what you want _before_ you
go searching. 


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Good news for "Snap" users
Date: 20 Dec 92 13:31:11 PST
Organization: TAP

Quoted from <1992Dec16.063225.5601@hubcap.clemson.edu> by charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV):

> For me, it's powersnap anything but Topaz and bye-bye input handler!  So I just
> use conclip in the CLI and use VLT's mouse support to handle snapping there.

    One thing with PowerSnap is that it pays to keep up with the
    latest release. I've got 2.1b, which fixed bugs in 2.1a, which in
    turn was a bugfix from 2.1, all over a relatively short period.

    Anyway, it comes with an Intuitionly configuration screen, and one
    of the options on the screen is "all fonts". With this on, I can
    snap non-Topaz stuff easily.

> + Rick __     + EMAIL:charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu +   //\          + /|\ It's +
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: pcrayne@halcyon.com (Peter C. Crayne)
Subject: Saving ram
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:02:42 GMT

Does anybody know of a utility that would allow me to save a chunk of
ram to disk & reload it later? Preferably one that could be run from a
script.
I tried to write my own, but my C programming wasn't up to the task. :-(

TIA,
-Pete
"Say no, then negotiate."
From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: recommend good Editor ??
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:33:02 PST
Organization: TAP

Quoted from <PJAQUES.92Dec14040508@ray.cs.oberlin.edu> by pjaques@ray.cs.oberlin.edu (String Bean Willie):

> What I want is something that acts like emacs (or at least has the
> right, or user-definable, bindings, with command-prefixes... whoever
> wrote MEmacs was on drugs ;={ and will fit in around 300k on a disk.

    Daniel Lawrence's MicroEMACS does this. I'm using a KS2.0 version
    of 3.11 to write this message.

> --pjaques                                                .
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From: egott@triton.unm.edu (Eric Gottlieb)
Subject: Re: Help with PasTeX 1.3
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 17:02:53 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na

In article <1992Dec14.055531.6347@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> clueless@bradley.edu (Mark Kristie) writes:
>
>Now that we've got the viewing settled, how about printing and getting it to 
>make the right sized fonts for you, etc, etc, etc, ad infinitum...

Try reading the documentation.

	--egott@triton.unm.edu