HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: leikvoll@hsr.no (Morten Leikvoll)
Subject: More Official Falcon Specs wanted
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:51:13 GMT

 > - BLITTER 16 MHZ

And how much memory can it handle??

 > Video:
 > - Hardware scrolling

What about 'character screen' like the C64 and (i guess) 520 series. This lacks
in the Amiga... (I'am an Amiga owner)

> - connector for Digital audio and DSP

This will probably result in VERY cheap modems....???

> Harddisk
> - intern optional IDE-bus Harddisk (2,5")

Included in the 500 GBpounds???? (if yes...count me in...)


-Morten Leikvoll (Is it short enough?)
From: wenzel@marsu.tynet.sub.org (Markus Wenzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Marsupilami's private UUCP site - Palumbien, Germany.
Subject: MiNT 0.95 Problem with media change detect
Reply-To: wenzel@marsu.tynet.sub.org
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 09:47:14 MET

Hello!

What does it mean if I press <ESC> in order to update a directory window
and get the following error message:

pid(2): GEM: Files were opened on a changed drive (0x3)!

???

Regards, Markus.

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From: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Atari Corp. Scand. AB (Norway)
Subject: Re: TT Compatability questions
Keywords: TT, ST, compatible, games, applications
Summary: How 'compatible' is the TT with ST software?
Reply-To: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:19:30 MET

In <mack.714929181@deci>, Dan Mack writes:
>
>1 . Do games like Falcon, Flight Simulator, Sim City, etc. run well
>    on the TT?  Too fast?

No, not many games do work (at least without doing some tricks)! But
does it matter. Who buys a TT for playing games? I'd rather buy a LYNX
for that purpose:-)


>2.  Does Calamus and other word processing packages work?

Yes, almost all quality non-leasure software is now updated so it works fine
on the TT! Upgrades is sure to be available if you have older versions!


>3.  Has Minix been ported over yet?

I'm not sure, most TT CLI freaks seem to like the MiNT/GNU combination 
better than MINIX! There is ported a lot of UNIX tools for MiNT!
If you want to know more about this, you could contact Erling Henanger
(erlingh@idt.unit.no).

>4.  Is there a Unix like OS  for the TT?  If so, has anyone gotton X11
>    R4 or X11 R5 to compile on a TT?

Atari has ported SYSTEM V Rev.4 to the TT, but I'm not sure if it realy
is available yet? (This package should also contain X11)


>5.  Are there any UNIXless X servers available for the TT?

Don't know


>6.  If you own a TT, what are your impressions of the machine?

Fast & reliable.

>7.  Which version of the Atari OS do the TTs run?  2.?? 3.??
>

The current latest version is 3.06. I've got it for some tim now, and can't
realy say to have discoverd any serious bugs. Even the RS232 RTS/CTS bug is 
fixed.


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  _______________________________________________________
 / Joern F. Moe /  All above is my own personal opinion! \
/ Oslo, Norway /  Any lack of opinion above is also mine! \
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
From: Steven.Wells@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: ZOO/ZIP/ARC/LZH
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:35:55 GMT
Keywords: Archivers, ZIP, ZOO, ARC, LHarc, Speed, Compression.


LHarc DOES have a 'fast mode'  which involves simply 'storing' the
files - so, I didn't bother testing it, as for archival purposes, it's
use is very limited.

I know that ZOO's lack of speed has been known for a while - and I
never said it was a new discovery, I was merely showing it for
comparison purposes.  Besides, there are always new users out there!

ZIP's compression technique is not Lh5 - it has a completely different
technique - which is basically 'Implode' except it tries harder!
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        Wells_S@Kosmos.WCC.Govt.NZ     /     Steven.Wells@BBS.Actrix.Gen.NZ 
                   $$$$$$$$ Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre $$$$$$$$
From: cae@vnet.ibm.com (Cornelius Caesar)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 12:44:54 CET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PERFPICH.TOS v1.1 posted to a.a
Reply-To: cae@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Germany
Disclaimer: This posting represents my own views, not those of IBM.
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <1992Sep03.202923.16021@convex.com>

In <1992Sep03.202923.16021@convex.com> William Rosenkranz writes:
>please don't post self extracting archives. people without ataris may
>want to look at it (ie read the documentation). use arc, zoo or lharc.

Though I haven't tried it myself yet the documentation of STZip 2.0
says that the created self-extracting archive is still a valid ZIP file
and thus can also be viewed at or extracted by STZip.
Of course if the new inflation algorithm has been used (which is a
necessity for self-extracing files) you cannot use Zip 1.1.

    Cornelius Caesar                            GADL Boeblingen
                                                  IBM Germany
Mailbox: Cornelius_Caesar@BB.maus.de    Internet: cae@vnet.ibm.com
From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Falcon Graphics
Date: 25 Aug 1992 14:10:27 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Aug25.124510.2938@aber.ac.uk> hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro) writes:
>Having now seen the Falcon at first hand (ie at the show) I was a bit
>disappointed at the graphics. The 640x480 at 256 colour appeared to
>be quite stable, almost as good as mono on an SM124. The higher colour
>modes however, weren't very good and a number of the monitors showed
>flicker which is a shame.

	Was this on a SC1224 monitor or were you seeing flicker on a Multisync?
BTW, anyone know what the line-doubling graphics mode is?

> But I guess with 640x480 2356 colour at least
>we're now up to Mac and PC standard. The sound system was very good
>though, I don't use my ST for music but the sound coming from the 
>Falcon was as good as a CD.
>
>I guess everyone knows that the GEM interface has gone '3-D', i.e 3D borders
>on windows and 3D buttons just like Windows. Unfortunately they didn't
>seem to be showing MultiTOS, at least on the general display models.

	This is nice, but seeing as how soon MT should be out, I doubt if 
TOS 2.07 (still haven't figured out why it isn't 3.07) will get high sales
volume.  BTW, anyone know if it has the CTS/RTS bug?  Will MT incorporate the
3-D look of 2.07?

>I did notice some other companies showing what I think was MultiTOS
>(it wasn't MultiGEM).

	This was probably just (ha!) MiNT.  Shouldn't look or act much 
different when MT comes out - except multiple GEM windows...

> What was nice to see was the lower price for a
>base model of the TT at 2000DM (this wasn't a special show price either).
>And Atari didn't show any STEs.

	Excellent.  The question now is, how much are TT video (24bit) cards
running for?  Oh, does anyone know what the max resolution of the PTC(TT color
monitor) are?  640x480, or will it do 800x600?

	A couple months ago, someone posted a list of TT/MSTe video cards that
are available.  Would someone mind posting an updated list?  I would prefer
prices in US$, but not neccessary if fairly recent exchange rates are posted
too (hey, I have a calculator! :).  Would it be asking to much to include a 
(US) vendor for the prices quoted?  

>
>Herb
>-- 
>/******************************************************************************
>Herbert Sauro                                   e-mail: hrs@aber.ac.uk
>Biological Sciences                              phone: +44 970 622353
>Univesity College of Wales                                                    

Thanks,

Mike


Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
From: u882453@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Andrew King)
Subject: curses.h for Turbo C 2.0
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 04:30:25 GMT

Does anyone know where I could get this module for Turbo C .. or any other
C on the ST for that matter ?

________________________________________________________________________________
Andrew King u882453@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca ( John Henders )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization:  One of these days for sure
Subject: Re: FALCON
	<7170@charon.cwi.nl>
Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:57:26 -0700

In <7170@charon.cwi.nl>, Jaap Henk Hoepman writes:
>
>[stuff deleted]
>
>b.t.w., i am considering to try and write a sampler program for the FALCON. 
>If you look at the specifications, it must be possible. I do not
>expect, however, to obtain a large degree of polyphonism (I think I would be
>quite happy to reach more that 10 `voices' simultaneously). To bad the
>68030 doesn't run at 32MHz.

	I was talking to a friend doing programming for a local company
doing direct to disk system with their own hardware. Their evaaluation
of the 56001 was that it isn't quite fast enough to do 8 channels at
48k. They went with the 56002 instead. 

	Just to put this pro/non-pro discussion in perspective, there's a 
thread in rec.audio.pro right now on digital recorders, cost and 
comparisons to high-end analogue machines.

	If I were going to design a professional quality direct to disk
recording system around the falcon, I'd use outboard dac's, and use the
dsp for manipulating the sound during editing. Most studios don't even
use the dacs that come with most multitrack digital recorders. The 
better recorders even come with slots which can take custom dac's of
the customer's choice. One of the more popular is the Apogee. It 
probably costs about as much as a Falcon.

	For a lower end system, using the Falcon to edit tracks recorderd to
the Adat would probably be a fairly reasonable alternative th the Fostex
analogue system, for around the same amount of money.

	Another interesting idea would be to use the 56001 to do various 
digital effects, allowing complete editing, mixing and production in
the digital domain.

	Appearantly there's a version of gas that produces code for the
56001. Hopefully we'll see a port to the Falcon in the future.



-- 
jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca 	

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From: okes@essex.ac.uk (Oke S)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Bug in TOSWIN (was: Re: MiNT 0.95 now available)
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:34:18 GMT
	<BAMMI.92Aug15103416@acae127.cadence.com>
	<1992Aug27.130748.17110@cs.ruu.nl>
	<1992Aug28.145843.1471@csi.uottawa.ca> <Btpxp8.G7s@world.std.com>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK.
In-reply-to: azog@world.std.com's message of 29 Aug 92 00:07:53 GMT

In article <Btpxp8.G7s@world.std.com> azog@world.std.com (Azog Thoth) writes:
| >In article <1992Aug27.130748.17110@cs.ruu.nl> avgroeni@cs.ruu.nl (Annius Groenink) writes:
| >>In <BAMMI.92Aug15103416@acae127.cadence.com> bammi@acae127.cadence.com (Jwahar R. Bammi) writes:
| >>
| >>
| >>>personally dont like the idea of having to top a window to do anything
| >>>useful with it. if its visible you should be able to do stuff with
| >>>it. i really dislike GEMs policy of having to top windows  (which it
| >>>half enforces anyways).
| >>
| >>I TOTALLY AGREE
|
| Hmmm. I dont know if I follow this. What your saying is that when a 
| window is buried, and has a menu bar, your able to access it? Ive tried
| it on my system (TOS 2.06), and havent gotten it to do that...

I have. It doesn't seem to matter what else is running, but I find
that the TOSWIN menus drop down even when the TOSWIN window is completely
obscured. I'm learning to live with it though.

Another thing that disappointed me slightly was that TOSWIN crashes on 
startup if MiNT is not running.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Powerbook 100's
From: fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie)
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:31:03 EST
Followup-To: misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,ne.forsale,athena.forsale,ny.forsale,nj.forsale,comp.sys.laptops
Distribution: world
Organization: NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida

In article <1992Aug12.140629.24681@athena.mit.edu>, sli@athena.mit.edu
(Sheung L Li) wrote:
> 1)    Are there any more Powerbook 4/40+floppies@$899 left in the state of
>       California?  I know all of the San Diego county Price Clubs are out,
>       and there are about a dozen left in New Jersey.  Any left in any
>       other states?


What is a "Price Club"?  I have heard of their deal on the PB-100, but
don't know where to find one in this part of the country.  Would they take
orders over the phone?  Could someone post a phone number for one? 
(Preferably one that has the PB-100 in stock!)

fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov
From: limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Hui Lin LIM)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 03:26:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: LapLink & disk sharing
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops

In comp.sys.laptops, dru@meaddata.com (Dru Henke) writes:

    In article <q53cqB1w163w@coyote.datalog.com>,
       ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis) writes:

    fred>   The $25 Network (they have a small ad in the back of Dr. Dobbs)
    fred> allows disk sharing via serial port.  I have been using it for a
    fred> short while and am reasonably satisfied with it, and it is cheap.

    Does it work with Windows 3.1? Stacker?

I used to $25 Network very successfully in the past.  However a number
of changes seemed to made it highly unreliable now.  I do not believe
it will support Stacker unless Stacker is installed on both systems
(maybe not even then) because it provides low level access to the
drive.  I have Stacker on a T2000SXe but when I use $25 Network to a
386 desktop, all I can see is the original drive with the stackvol on
it...

I am not sure why the systems are so unreliable of late as I had
originally used it when eht systems were running DOS 3.3.  I'm now at
5.0 + a whole lot of new stuff which may be the cause of the
problems...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: STEELEKM@APPSTATE.EDU (Kenneth Steele)
Subject: UltraVision--Comments?  Clone?
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:36:43 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23


I have seen an ad for a software package called UltraVision that
is supposed to enlarge LCD screen fonts and fill the dead areas
that are often found at the top and bottom of a screen.

Has anyone seen or used this product?  I would appreciate a
short review.  

Second, does anyone know of a PD clone or similar utility?  
UltraVision lists for $100, too much money for me.


Ken Steele                          steelekm@conrad.appstate.edu
Dept. of Psychology                 steelekm@appstate.bitnet
Appalachian State University 
Boone, NC 28608

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: sknapp@iastate.edu (Steven M. Knapp)
Subject: Re: HELP ME WITH MY NI-CAD BATTERY PLEASE!!!!!!
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:36:27 GMT

In article <chein.920902081310@wilbur.eng.auburn.edu> chein@eng.auburn.edu (Tsan Heui) writes:
>
>Actually, manufacturers suggest a totally discharge before you recharge the battery, this rule applies to all NiCad battery.
>
>It is due to the memory effect that you'd better discharge a battery completely before the recharge. You may try to discharge it again by attaching a light bulb(any one used on a car will be good) and recharge. If you still can not get     power from it, either the battery is not good anymore or you should check the   charger.>

Actually completely discharging a NiCad past a certian voltage (.8V a cell?)
is VERY BAD for the battery pack, it can cause revesed cells. Memory is not a
problem. Unless you use your battery EXACTLY the same every time you use it.
READ THE QST ARTICLE!
If you can not find it, let me know!
________________________________________________________________________ 
Steven M. Knapp		                    Computer Engineering Student
sknapp@iastate.edu	            President Cyclone Amateur Radio Club
KA9QOA@N0AN.IA		                 Iowa State University; Ames, IA


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From: luigi@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Luigi Semenzato)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB100 at Whole Earth Access: $850
Date: 2 Sep 1992 19:29:17 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: paris.cs.berkeley.edu

for the 2/20, not $800 as someone mentioned.  Maybe the price went
up.  I just called the Berkeley store and they said they have only
two left.  --Luigi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea)
Subject: More T1000SE Laptop questions....   "CHAD"?
Organization: Network Systems Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 19:43:14 GMT

Well as you might have guessed, I have a T1000SE but not a manual in sight!  I
am hoping the previous owner may eventually find it.... :-(   Anyway would 
someone be so kind as to tell me what some of the "special" programs do in the
DOS 3.3 of ROM?  CHAD doesn't ring a bell here, some of the other programs, such
as SETUP10 are self-explanitory... ;-)   
 
Oh, I want to thank all those who posted about my previous question - you helped
alot!!!

And someone stated here that a T1000SE can hold a 8Meg memory card instead of
the standard 2meg?  Is that really true?

Thanks to all!

-Guy

 guy@nsco.network.com, Guy Dandrea, Network Systems Corp., Mpls. MN 55428,  USA 
                        1-800-328-9108  Fax:(612)424-1736 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.zenith,comp.sys.misc
From: bsingh@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Balraj Singh)
Subject: Zenith Supersport 286 parts for sale!
Followup-To: bsingh@cory.berkeley.edu
Organization: EECS, University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:17:42 GMT

Hi,

The following components for a zenith supersport 286 laptop are 
for sale:

	1. 20meg HD (internal)				sold
	2. 1.44 meg floppy drive			sold
	3. lcd screen (original from the laptop)	$60 obo
	4. keyboard (internal)				$20 obo
	5. battery pack (original)			$40 obo
	6. ac adaptor and charger			$20 obo

all these parts are original and must be sold asap. please
contact balraj at bsingh@cory.berkeley.edu or (510) 649-8346

thanx
balraj



Disclaimer -

	If these were the views of the EECS Dept. at UC Berkeley it 
would be a much cooler place to study...
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: PCMCIA slot in Toshiba 3300SL
Date: 3 Sep 92 19:06:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: cis.1992Sep3.190604.20016
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science

In article <1992Sep3.184512.7649@uwm.edu> anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes:
>In article <wHJiqB2w164w@cellar.org> stencil@cellar.org (Stencil) writes:
>>grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>>
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know of any non-modem devices for the Toshiba PCMCIA slot? 
>>I am curious also.  Is there any third-party support for this interface yet?
>
>A PC-Week article on PCMCIA mentioned that IBM, Megahertz, IQ, Dlink,
>and Xircom were all working on network adapters (ethernet, token ring,
>arcnet, etc).
>
>I suppose other devices will be coming out eventually, such as SCSI
>adapters and audio input/output.

I assume that a PCMCIA SCSI adapter wouldn't have the terrible speed
hits that a parallel port adapter suffers from, correct?  I'll order
my 1.8 gigabyte SCSI drive tomorrow.  :)

Can you point out the exact PC-Week article you're referring to?





-- 
Golden Richard III             OSU Dept. of Computer and Information Science
grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: UltraVision--Comments?  Clone?
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:31:09 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Sep3.023643.9413@lester.appstate.edu> STEELEKM@APPSTATE.EDU (Kenneth Steele) writes:
>
>I have seen an ad for a software package called UltraVision that
>is supposed to enlarge LCD screen fonts and fill the dead areas
>that are often found at the top and bottom of a screen.
>
>Has anyone seen or used this product?  I would appreciate a
>short review.  

Get it. You won't be sorry. It should be bundled in with EVERY LAPTOP.
Be sure you get LAPTOP Ultravision, and not the standard issue.

-- 
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The Portal (R) System: schuster@cup.portal.com   | MCI Mail,GEnie: MSCHUSTER
From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: UltraVision--Comments?  Clone?
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:51:01 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Sep3.023643.9413@lester.appstate.edu>, STEELEKM@APPSTATE.EDU (Kenneth Steele) writes...
> 
>I have seen an ad for a software package called UltraVision that
>is supposed to enlarge LCD screen fonts and fill the dead areas
>that are often found at the top and bottom of a screen.
> 
>Has anyone seen or used this product?  I would appreciate a
>short review.  
> 
>Second, does anyone know of a PD clone or similar utility?  
>UltraVision lists for $100, too much money for me.
> 
> 
>Ken Steele                          steelekm@conrad.appstate.edu
>Dept. of Psychology                 steelekm@appstate.bitnet
>Appalachian State University 
>Boone, NC 28608


	The first piece of software that Ipurchased specifically for my vga
laptop was Ultravisoin for Laptop. It is defintely worth the money for what 
it does. The fonts are more readable, the screen is fully used. I use it in 
two ways. One - to get a full screen 80x25 for normal use. And for some 
programs that will support other line quantities, more lines per screen. Like
I am right now running Kermit as my terminal program at 34x80 with a very
readable font. It can also be used to help map the colors of a dos program
so that it becomes more readable on the gray scale (assuming the program 
doesn't want to let you set something reasonable internally - I have a couple
of programs like that here). What you do for those is set up a batch file or
an alias (4dos) and change the UV parameters as you enter hte program and then
restore them on exit.

	Bottom line - Definitely Reccomended. 

	/s/	Bob Gettys

p.s. - I have no interest in the company other than as a satisfied customer.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:17:49 EDT
From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Do-it-yourself HD changes?
 <p3q4k6o@zuni.esd.sgi.com>

There's an outfit in California called TOTE-A-LAP (they advertise in BYTE
Magazine). They do hd upgrades on some laptops - don't know all brands/makes/
models - including necessary bios upgrades/mods on the ones they work on.
I've been in contact re upgrading the hd on my notebook - a Tandy 2810 (a-
286/16 with a 20-meg hd).They'll put in a 120-meg hd for around $600-$700,
including bios work. I'm just not sure I want to put that kind of $money
in a '286........
BobM