HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From:  (slugg jello)
Subject: Re: ZyXEL vs. Supra
Reply-To: slugg@mouthers.wa.com
Organization: Mouthing Flowers
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:50:23 GMT

In article <C1658w.6wD@dale.cts.com> glippert@dale.cts.com (George Lippert)  
writes:
> Garnet Steen (g3steen@student.business.uwo.ca) wrote:
> >      I am ready to go with one of these fax modems and I want to hear 
> > what people's experiences with them are, since I am not familiar with 
> > either modem.  Which do people 'in the know' recommend?  Any horror 
> > stories?
> 
> I am VERY happy with my ZyXel.
> 
[deleted]
> and the ROMS my friend told them he had, and they confirmed the problem was
> the old ROMS.  He received the latest ROMS in the mail, free of charge, the
> next day.  That's service!
> 

[deleted]

I have had similar excellent service.  I found a bug in that the Zyxel modem  
interpreted a Distinctive Ring (is that the correct term?) as a busy signal  
when trying to connect to another fax machine.  Zyxel told me they would send  
me a free ROM upgrade (though I haven't received it yet).
-- 
Doug Kent
slugg@mouthers.wa.com
From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Silly NeXT question from user who should know the answer
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:03:04 GMT

nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
> I'm going to catch hell for now knowing this, but...
> 
> How can a user "inform" the FileViewer that files with certain
> extensions should have a corresponding app selected as the default
> launch app?  It's easy enough to select an app already displayed in the
> Tools panel of the inspector, but how does one add a new choice?  Dragging
> an icon into that area doesn't seem to work (it should!)... 

Hmm, I'm not sure that it should.  Interesting idea, I guess.  I'm not sure  
that it shouldn't, either...   :-)

The application itself advertises what kinds of files it knows how to  
handle.  So the person writing the application has to put that part in.   
Then, the user has to put the application in one of the standard paths (ie,  
in /LocalApps, or ~/Apps, etc).  You could add more paths to the list of  
ones which are checked by changing the appropriate "defaults" value (which  
is "Workspace ApplicationPaths").

--
Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Tilley)
Subject: Re: Pixel Magician 
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:29:30 GMT

In <1993Jan26.191732.1938@bacchus.com> bacchus!eric (Eric Bloom) writes:

>In article <1993Jan25.222434.6950@gossip.urich.edu>  
>littlepg@plato.NOHOST.NODOMAIN (bob littlepage) writes:

>> How do I remove the link to Pixel Magician so that the original previewer  
>>comes up?

>Select a .PS file in the File Viewer. Bring up the Inspector ( Tools ->  
>Inspector, from the menu ), then choose Tools from the pop-up list. Set Preview  
>to be the default application for this file extension.

Or move it from /LocalApps to, say, /LocalDemos and then login again.
-- 
.. Richard <tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Computer Services, Networking group.
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:13:05 EST
From: <TAMIL@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: CD-ROM based magazin for NeXT is shiping

=========================================================================
Subject: CD-ROM based magazin for NeXT is shiping

Hi All,

 The first issue ( JAN-FEB ) of NeXT Bimonthly CD-ROM  started shipping two
weeks ago. I am sorry for the delay, I was planing to ship it sometime  during
Christmas but the factory that was doing the manufacturing closed down for the
holidays. The next issue (MAR-APR ) will ship on time (last week of February )

 This CD-ROM will contain about 125 Meg's of software, but the next issue will d
be about 300 Meg big. All the files are Rockridge to maintain NeXT type of
filenames.

 The price for one year subscription(6 CD's ) will stay at U$49.95 until
Feb 1st, then  it's $99.95,  because there is an ad on NeXT World Extra (
February )   & an ad on NeXT world for this product. Also if you want you
can  purchase a 2 year subscription for $99.00, until February.

 Many people wanted to know how this low price is possible, most of the
manufacturing cost ( prmastering and mastering of the CD's ),is being paid by
commercial software venders,  to see there demo software on our CD.  So as a
subscriber you end up paying only for the Cd's and postage. Another importent
thing is that we are NOT working for big profit margins rather we are just
bunch of people who LOVE NeXT.

Also I would like to say that this project is funded by the Canadian Governmentt
in the from of a long-term ( 5 yrs ) loan.


Only in Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~

Did you know that it cost me less to mail the CD's to US then mail the  CD's
from Canada to Canadian subscribers.

Thanks

Jay
tamil@qucdn.queensu.ca

PS : If you have not placed an order yet, you may do so by E-mailing your
address and  phone number, I will ship the first issue and bill you.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Mac to NeXTprinter ?
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:51:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.133747.481@bernina.ethz.ch> Florian.Gutzwiller@open.ch writes:
>Who can comment on decent solutions for printing on the NeXTprinter from a  
>Macintosh with Ethernet. I understand that there is a software called uShare  
>that would do it and more.

uShare and uPrint are fantastic products. You can print from a Mac (fast), from
a NeXt to a Localtalk printer, etc...While not officially supported by their
literature, the product also works fine with PC's and AppleIIGS's.

In fact I was just playing one of Windows' midi players from my Cube using
uShare. The program is called Windjammer and I had access to it and all the
midi files stored on the NeXT.

[ ]

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Command features
Date: 22 Jan 93 04:45:22 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <2182@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> t68@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Jos Vermaseren) writes:
> Command-<up> and command-<down> will cycle through the window list.

unfortunately, this is an almost useless feature because you still have to take
your hands off the keyboard to click the mouse to select the new key window.
so what good is a KEYBOARD shortcut that requires you to use the mouse for most
practical purposes??

Stuart's alt-arrow key combinations are much more useful to me, because they
change the key window also.  unfortunately that doesnt effect non Stuart windows.

-- 
---------------------------------------------------
Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu   NeXT mail accepted
From: tyf@ocf.berkeley.edu (Tin Yau Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Where can I find f2c?
Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:59:22 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
	Where can I find the f2c compiler?  I can find it at purdue.
	Or better, can someone NeXTmail me a copy?  Thanks.
Distribution: world
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From: zmonster@athena.mit.edu (Eric M Hermanson)
Subject: Re: Sun to use DisplayPostScript!!!
Keywords: Sun, Display PostScript
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:43:01 GMT

In article <1jpl1eINNbsq@tamsun.tamu.edu> daugher@cs.tamu.edu writes:
>SunSoft is announcing their intention to use Display PostScript
>today at the X Conference in Boston.  Once again NeXT leads the way!
>
>Quoting Sun:
>
>
>
>SUNSOFT'S WINDOWS DIRECTIONS
>
>SunSoft recently entered into an agreement with Adobe 
>Systems to license the Display PostScript System (DPS) 
>for Solaris. This message is intended to clarify 
>SunSoft's OpenWindows directions in light of our 
>partnership with Adobe and our commitment to MIT's X 
>Window System. 
>

>Q. Is DPS a standard?
>
>A. Though DPS is not a sanctioned standard, it is fast 
>becoming a de facto UNIX standard. All major Unix platform 
>vendors (SGI, IBM, DEC, NCD, etc.), except Hewlett-Packard, support DPS.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What about NeXT??  Sun intentionally did not mention NeXT, even though they
were the leaders of the DPS bandwagon.  Boy are they ever feeling the heat!


>--
>Walter C. Daugherity			Internet, NeXTmail: daugher@cs.tamu.edu

Eric
From: mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Sun to use DisplayPostScript!!!
Date: 23 Jan 93 08:33:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: Ikkoku-K.MS-C.727835591.377401575.mrc
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: ikkoku-kan.panda.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

It should be noted that NeXT has yet to make the Datamation Top 100 list, even
though Commodore and Atari are both on the list.  This should give you a feel
for how small a player NeXT really is in the overall market.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.next.misc:24206 comp.sys.next.advocacy:3987
From: lemke@verbosa.ncd.com (David Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: Re: Sun to use DisplayPostScript!!!
Keywords: Sun, Display PostScript
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:31:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc
Organization: Network Computing Devices

In article <1jur0dINNgr2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) writes:
|> 
|> In article <C1D9BE.AB7@cs.mcgill.ca> samurai@cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK) writes:
|> >In article <1jpl1eINNbsq@tamsun.tamu.edu> daugher@cs.tamu.edu writes:
|> 
|> >>A. Though DPS is not a sanctioned standard, it is fast 
|> >>becoming a de facto UNIX standard. All major Unix platform 
|> >>vendors (SGI, IBM, DEC, NCD, etc.), except Hewlett-Packard, 
|> >>support DPS.
|> 
|> >I guess NeXT does not use DPS. 
|> 
|> NeXT has probably sold at least as many Unix units (but not $$) as both SGI and
|> IBM.  Does NCD sell Unix machines or just X terminals?  Not including NeXT in
|> this list is a political decision, I'm sure.

NCD sells just X display stations.

all conspiracy theories aside, i assume the reason NeXT was left off
was because they don't ship DPS/X, which the rest of the list does
(or will).

|> 
|> Art Isbell                                                      Cubic Solutions
|> NeXT Registered Developer #745         NeXT software development and consulting
|> NeXTmail: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU                             Voice: (408)335-1154
|> USmail: 95018-9442                                           Fax: (408)335-2515

-- 
Dave Lemke				lemke@ncd.com
Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: mikhe@ida.liu.se (Mike Henry)
Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:01:04 GMT

gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) writes:

>I hope nobody does this. The reason is simple. Both GatorFTP+ and the Next  
>File Viewer have a built-in understanding of .tar and .Z. This is very  
>convenient. Going to something else removes this advantage.

	*NOT*

I don't know if actually ever used a NeXT but if you had you would know that
once you've run an app then that app will register which extensions that
Workspace will recognize and which will cause that particular app to be
launched. Hence, once you launched UnSquash it will "register" the extensions
.squfold, .squ etc. so that next time you click on a Sqashed folder UnSquash
will automagically UnSquash the Squashed folder. Considering UnSquash is free
(although Squash isn't) doesn't really "remove any advantages". Sorry for the
mild antagonism.

I'm not advocating the use of Squash/UnSquash in particular since these are
commercial products, even though for text files and such the compression ratio
is much higher than ordinary tar/compress. However I do like the compression
achieved with Squash.

BTW, has anybody heard of the "new" GNU compressor 'gzip', I think it is
called. Does it use similar algorithms as Squash? Probably not the right forum
to ask however... B^)

>Greg Colello

		-Mike
--
Mike Henry		  INET : mikhe@ida.liu.se                         ///
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From: mrothste@keiko.acs.calpoly.edu (Rothstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Business Week article (NeXT to dump hardware)
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:22:07 GMT
Reply-To: mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu
Organization: Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo

In article <C1ArLs.A1C@utstat.toronto.edu> philip@utstat.toronto.edu  
(Philip McDunnough) writes:
> In article <1993Jan22.081439.24884@btree.uucp> bly@btree.uucp (Roger  
Bly) writes:
> 
> [ ]
> >
> >Really looks like Steve is going to have to dump the hardware business
> >to keep NeXT and NeXTStep going.  With deals in the works with Compaq,
> >HP, etc. It looks like NeXT will be a software company by the end of  
the year.
> >But of course, software is where all the value/money is!
> 
> In my opinon dropping out of the hardware business would be a terrible 
> mistake and a very real setback in computing to those who don't only  
care
> about speed.
>  
> [ ]
> 
> Philip McDunnough
> University of Toronto
> philip@utstat.toronto.edu

It is my feeling that a poliferation of NS on various platforms will help  
not hinder the sale of NeXThardware.  As NS becomes more accepted and  
people decide to go with it as on os then there will shurely be those  
people(companies) who will pay to get their hardware and os from the same  
source.  If a company has a video problem and has to deal with both NeXT  
and some bizar 3rd party video card manufacturer to solve it that could  
represent more time/money that just going to NeXT.
--
-Mont

   NeXTmail OK :-)
   President CP-NUG (Cal Poly NeXT User Group)
   mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu
From: begonia@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rubricant Horticulturist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: NeXT Users' Choice Award Winners 1992 (LONG)
Keywords: NUCA Users' Choice Award 1992 Winner
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:03:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: shelley.1k2d74INN8h3
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu

> Game-------------------------------------------------------
> 1. AcChen
> 2. Oxyd
> 3. Hunter
> 3. PacMan
> 3. Void

> Others Mentioned
> CyberZone
> GoldDigger
> Infocom Z-Code Player
> Lemmings
> MineHunter

LEMMINGS!?!?!?!?  Is there really Lemmings available for the NeXT or
is someone just using SoftPC or something?  If it really is available
for the NeXT would someone please e-mail me on how to get it?  

If I can have Lemmings then I will be completely satisfied with the
NeXT (yes, I am easy to please).

-- 
Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush, Public Relations
Abstract Software             
e-mail: begonia@abstractsoft.com        NeXTmail accepted with glee
"Another one of the flock following the herd."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: jlr5m@hilbert.math.Virginia.EDU (James Rovnyak)
Subject: Genealogy
Keywords: genealogy, GEDCOM
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:39:44 GMT

Query:
 
Is there genealogy software for the NeXT?  Does it use GEDCOM?

Failing this, does anybody recommend any DOS software that uses GEDCOM?

Jim Rovnyak
jlr5m@hilbert.math.Virginia.EDU
rovnyak@virginia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: Silly NeXT question from user who should know the answer
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:25:22 GMT

gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:

>Hmm, I'm not sure that it should.  Interesting idea, I guess.  I'm not sure  
>that it shouldn't, either...   :-)
I always have wished it did.

>The application itself advertises what kinds of files it knows how to  
>handle.  So the person writing the application has to put that part in.   
>Then, the user has to put the application in one of the standard paths (ie,  
>in /LocalApps, or ~/Apps, etc).  You could add more paths to the list of  
>ones which are checked by changing the appropriate "defaults" value (which  
>is "Workspace ApplicationPaths").

For me, I find that hitting Cmd-u and then waiting about 10-15
seconds (depending on network load and how big my ApplicationPaths
is) will do the trick.  It's not instantaneous, even when you put
the application in question on your dock.
-- 
David Lemson                                                (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
NeXTMail & MIME accepted                           BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: boyiny@kovalevskaya.mit.edu (Professor Who?)
Subject: US Robotics
Organization: MIT, Department of Mathematics
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 13:18:18 GMT


Hello, people:

	Advice sought.

	[a]	How does US Robotics Modems go with NeXT Stations, it
		has been highly recommended to me by several people.

	[b]	Do they have a 800 number somewhere or perhaps
		just any old phone number.

	[c]	Reasonable price range?

	Thank you!!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: dmitri@physics (Dmitri Linde)
Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata. (gzip + more GB)
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:35:42 GMT
X-Posted-From: physics.stanford.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1993Jan23.192403.23924@news.media.mit.edu> wave@media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
>I'm certainly willing to send $20 if I knew it was going to a gig drive
>for Sonata.  Maybe somebody could see if Tecor wants to set up an account
>that we could send the money to and then when they get the right amount, 
>ship the drive off to (ab?  I forget his name...) the adminstrator at 
>Purdue.
>
Jess Anderson (anderson@macc.wisc.edu) is already doing this. If you
want to contribute to the gig drive send him a message stating the amount.
Do no send money yet! Also send the message only if you are really going
to contribute.

Dmitri Linde
dmitri@StarConn.com



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From: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu (Gary I. Chang)
Subject: Re: SLIPCOMMANDER 2.0 SUBMITTED TO ARCHIVE SITE
Reply-To: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:36:08 GMT

In article <142116.2B65A510@paranet.FIDONET.ORG>  
Gary.I..Chang@f236.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Gary I. Chang) writes:
> --  
> Gary I. Chang - via ParaNet node 1:104/422
> UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name
> INTERNET: Gary.I..Chang@f236.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG

This is very strange, I did post a note for the submissions of  
SLIPCommander2.0, but it is not this one without any description at all!
Besides,"Gary.I..Chang@f236.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Gary I. Chang)" this is  
not my name or signature. 

	But hey, thanks for reminding people of it! Let me know if you run  
into any problem. :-)

gary 
--
+----------------+
| Gary I. Chang	 |
+----------------+   
Northwestern Univ.      E-Mail: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu
From: madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata. (Yo, NeXT, please read this)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 19:08:10 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu


Larry Blische noticed that a strings on the Compression.tool executable
in /usr/lib/NextStep/Workspace.app/WM.app turns up things like
/usr/ucb/uncompress and /usr/ucb/compress.  So, if I replace those with
the gzip executable, it should "just work".

Well, it does!  It just works.  Workspace now works with both the old
.Z files and new gzip-made .Z files, and will use gzip for the Compress
menu item.  (gzip was written to replace compress, and works the same
way with the same command structure and recognition of the command name
for determining what to do, and it can uncompress old .Z files.)

And guess what?  Installer.app works with gzip files now too!  I took
a .pkg I had laying around, and decompressed the .tar.Z file and
recompressed it using gzip.  It was still a .tar.Z file, but now
was 23K instead of 42K.  I opened the package, and installed it with
Installer, and it worked.

It just works.

I have uploaded gzip081.tar.Z to pub/next/submissions on sonata.  It
is the source code to gzip 0.81.  Don't worry about the version number--
the code is very stable at this point.  Soon GNU will switch to gzip
for software distribution.

I have also uploaded gzip081-bin30.tar.Z.  It is gzip compiled under
NeXTstep 3.0, and it's associated documentation and other shell commands.
If you want to replace Unix uncompress for Workspace and Installer, do
this as root:

     mv gzip /usr/ucb/uncompress
     ln /usr/ucb/uncompress /usr/ucb/zcat

This only extends the functionality of uncompres and zcat--both they
and Workspace and Installer will still work on old .Z files.  The only
difference is that they will now also work on gzip-made .Z files.

If you also want to replace compress so that the Workspace Compress
menu item used gzip instead of the old Unix compress (for much better
compression), then also do this:

    mv /usr/ucb/compress /usr/ucb/compress.old
    ln /usr/ucb/uncompress /usr/ucb/compress

You can reverse the above step with:

    mv /usr/ucb/compress.old /usr/ucb/compress

and you can reverse the step that preceded that with:

    ln /usr/ucb/compress /usr/ucb/uncompress
    ln /usr/ucb/compress /usr/ucb/zcat

Now, if properly noted to people who ftp to sonata, sonata can be
recompressed with gzip.

Mark Adler
madler@cco.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: jw_shin@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Jin woo Shin)
Subject: NeXT on colleges
Organization: Quake Public Access, Sylmar CA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:01:36 GMT

Hello all. I'm a high school senior who is about to go to university.  
Could anyone tell me how the NeXT computer is doing in college life?  
Such as whether nor there is a active NeXT cliche in the college, active 
users who are supportive of each other in promoting this great machine, 
university's network and NeXT connectability is etc...
The colleges that I am interested are...
 
University of California at Berkeley
University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at San Diego
and Carnegie Mellon University.
 
Thanks.

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