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From: jeannet@meduse.enst.fr (Olivier Jeannet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Splitting and joining large files like gcc2.2.2
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:07:51 GMT
Organization: Telecom Paris, France

In article <26AUG199218353578@vx9000.weber.edu>, alewis@vx9000.weber.edu (ALEWIS) writes:
> I'm sure there's an easy way to do this, but I can't figure it out.
> 
> I'm trying to get the latest gcc which comes in a 3M+ file.  I don't have the
> modem option so I was hoping to find a join for the Amiga that would work with
> files split on a SUN, NeXT, or DOS machine.  I am unable to compile my own
> versions on the source machines, so the source files at wuarchive won't help.
> 
> Any suggestions?

I wrote the following program to split a file in 2 or more files.
You use it like that:
"split gcc2.2.2.lha gcc_part"
and you will get the following files : gcc_part1, gcc_part2, etc..
I use this program to copy the files to MS-DOS 720K disks and when I copy the
files back to an amiga, I just have to
"join gcc_part1 gcc_part2 [..] as gcc2.2.2.lha"

My program is badly written but it works.

------ beginning of split.c ------

#include <stdio.h>

#define FLOPPYSIZE (1425*512)
/* a 720K MS-DOS can hold a maximum of 729600 bytes */

main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{

FILE *in,*out;
char filename[120],ext[2];
int c;

long int count=0;
int filenum=1;

if (argc != 3) {
  fputs("usage: split source destination\n",stderr);
  exit(0);
}

if (!(in=fopen(argv[1],"rb"))) {
  fprintf(stderr,"unable to open '%s'",argv[1]);
  exit(0);
}

strcpy(filename,argv[2]);
ext[0]=(char)filenum+48; ext[1]='\0';    /* 48 = ASCII value of '0' */
strcat(filename,ext);

if (!(out=fopen(filename,"wb"))) {
  fprintf(stderr,"unable to open '%s'",filename);
  exit(0);
}

while ((c=getc(in)) != EOF) {
  putc(c,out);
  ++count;
  if (!(count % FLOPPYSIZE)) {
    fclose(out);
    ++filenum;
    strcpy(filename,argv[2]);
    ext[0]=(char)filenum+48; ext[1]='\0';
    strcat(filename,ext);
    if (!(out=fopen(filename,"wb"))) {
      fprintf(stderr,"unable to open '%s'",filename);
      exit(0);
    }
  }
}

} /* end of main() */

------ end of split.c ------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: iank@microsoft.com (Ian Kennedy)
Subject: Re: AA chipset in the A3000 -> I expect it!
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:49:23 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Aug28.191601.23526@nntp.hut.fi> hpesonen@vipunen.hut.fi (Harri P Pesonen) writes:
>> <AA chips will fit in A3000 stuff removed>
>
>Thanks for encouraging my Faith!  :->

Yes indeed! My A3000 feels much happier now!

>
>Another happy A3000 owner...
>-- 
>Harri Pesonen, Helsinki, Finland, Europe?


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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: case #77a.1:  -----rw-d   Disk.info
Date: 2 Sep 92 12:23:27 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes:
>
>i'm sure i'm doing something boneheaded, and am simply overlooking the
>obvious. however, knowing that doesn't alleviate the problem.
>
>whenever i _clean up_ a window, then _snapshot_all_, my .info files
>are modified to have the e bit unmodifyable. i go into the shell,
>type
>
>protect xxx.info +e
>
>list it and it shows rwed. i try again, same thing happens, position
>won't be saved.
>
>i'm going cuckoo.

No, the system is removing the "EXECUTABLE" bit from all of the .info files.
Not a single one of them can ever be a executable program and thus when
the system writes the files, it makes sure they are not marked as such.
Why you would want the "EXECUTABLE" bit set for icons is byond me.

>Amiga 3000, 8meg STZIPP, 2 meg chip, 25Mhz, 40meg quantum/40meg conner,
>OS2.04, a multitude of pd/shareware running at startup (which will wind
>up being the problem with my luck).
>
>(cpu-control, ramsey, pp, decigel020, rad:, faccII, fontcachex, star,
               ^^^^^^

Word to the wise:  This may be a very dangerouse program to run...
There is no need to run this as the OS does the "right thing"

>worldtime, sunclock, autocli, cpublit, clockdj, unarp, tagscreens, conclip)

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From: jbono@tension.UUCP (John Bono)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV is dead.
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:00:08 EST
Organization: High Tension BBS

In article <1992Aug31.204305.5251@kas.helios.mn.org>, rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org
(Rob Healey) writes:
>In article <Yk5Ar*LT0@caleb.UUCP> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>=In article <1992Aug22.042013.16635@kas.helios.mn.org>, Rob Healey writes:
>=
>=>     The 3000T '040 ad in byte this month was sad because it showed
>=>     how far behind the times Amiga really is. On one page you
>=>     had the 3000T '040 for $5998.00. 5 pages later you have a DELL
>=>     33Mhz 486 system that can do more for $2699.00. It's sad really
>=
>=I think that the 040 is faster than the 486.  What do you mean by "do more?"
>=
>       A 25Mhz '040 is not faster than a 50Mhz 486DX. By do more, you
>       can best answer than by walking in to your local computer
>       software store and compare the Amiga selection to PC, or
>       Mac if you want a smaller ratio...
>
>       Hmm, 6k-2.7k=3.3k to spend on any kludges I may need. Sounds
>       good to my pocketbook!
>
>       I can also bring home work or trade data with more people.
>
>               -Rob
Actually, a 25mhz 68040 is in many instances faster than a 486.  Low end clones
can easily be outpaced by an '040.  For systems of average or better quality, a
25mhz '040 will smoke a 33mhz 486.  For the extra money, you get a faster bus,
and a more efficient operating system.  The only operating systems that are as
good or better than AmigaDOS are Unix and OS/2, and both have 4 or 5 times the
ram and disk overhead than AmigaDOS(and I'm being conservative on that point). 
The 3000's SCSI is faster than a 486's SCSI(not an '040 Amiga, but an '030
Amiga) on average, and the Bus speed is one of the fastest in the industry. 
The only bus competitive with the 3000 is IBM's Microchannel, and that doesn't
include PC microchannel, but RS/6000 and AS/400 microchannel, a much different
and faster beast.
 
John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: iank@microsoft.com (Ian Kennedy)
Subject: Re: AAchip for 3000(was Re: Offic. new C= Announcements!)
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:36:43 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

In article <1992Aug25.205111.1196@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
>
> > IF there is no chip-level upgrade for the A3000 and IF there is no
> > machine-level upgrade (A3000 -> A4000 and CHEAP!) I can say one thing
> > for sure: I'll sell my A3000 and get me a 486 instead.

Ditto for me. When C= had the power up program last summer it was a deal
I could not refuse. But I was broke. I sold my A500 and hard disk for
$1000.00US, got a loan for $2000 from my credit union and bought an
A3000/25 with multiscan monitor. Added 4 megs or ram and another 80MB
hard disk.

I still owe ~$800.00 on this system. If C= releases the new chips
with no upgrade for the current top of the line (the A3000 series),
I too will be the proud new owner of a 486 box/ Super Kick Butt VGA and
lots of disk space, 16bit sound card and CD-ROM drive all running Windows NT.

>Same here.  I'm terribly close to that decision anyway and this would
>definitely push me over the side.  If this happens, it'll be just one more
>CBM attempt to shoot themselves in the foot but missing about 2.5" too
>high!  Yikes!!
>
>
>
>                        -=- Ed
>
>
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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AAchip for 3000(was Re: Offic. new C= Announcements!)
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:51:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Aug25.205111.1196
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)


 > IF there is no chip-level upgrade for the A3000 and IF there is no
 > machine-level upgrade (A3000 -> A4000 and CHEAP!) I can say one thing
 > for sure: I'll sell my A3000 and get me a 486 instead.

Same here.  I'm terribly close to that decision anyway and this would
definitely push me over the side.  If this happens, it'll be just one more
CBM attempt to shoot themselves in the foot but missing about 2.5" too
high!  Yikes!!



                        -=- Ed


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: New Amiga Word Processing Package
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 01:09:06 GMT

As some people may recall, in the Spring there was a posting with regard
to a word processing package currently in development. This project had an
impressive list of features and inspired quite a bit of discussion
concerning its direction. Has anyone been in contact with the author to
get some indication as to how this is progressing? At the time
(~6 months ago), he estimated that it would take another year to complete.

Just curious,

Mark

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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Commodore meltdown?!
Date: 2 Sep 92 04:33:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Sep1.213342.1446
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)


 > Everyone asking HOW C= going to make new AA Amiga/CDTV if Engineering
 > and CDTV heads missing?

Well, people who understand technical business probably know that the
department heads rarely contribute a lot to product development.  Many of
these people are administrators who hire/fire people, approve expenditures,
set work schedules, and report to the brass.  Very few of them actually
work on the products that the department is designing.  Not sure if this is
the case at C= but it would not surprise me terribly.


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From: johnl@SDFSERV.hac.com (John Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Correct, Not Correct, Correct, NOT!
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:30:21 GMT
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Aug27.070633.23091@sol.UVic.CA> bdonison@cookie.UVic.CA (Only AMIGA!) writes:
[...]
>PC HD drives are great.  The speed is controled via software so they can
>even read/write Mac floppies.  At least the ones that actually folow the
>standard and not just faking it with their own BIOS.  And they are cheep!
>It would have been nice if the new Amiga HD drives were PC HD drives
>with different controlers set at the correct speeds for 880K and 1.76K,
>then someone could write a DOS driver for them.

Really?  Not to doubt you, but I have yet to see a IBM-type HD drive
whose disk motor is controllable externally, other than On and Off.  They
always spin at the same rate for both normal and high-density modes,
unlike Commodore's Amiga HD drive.  IBM types just adjust their head
recording/playback signals depending on the mode.

Older Macintosh drives did have variable rotation speeds that were
controlled by software, but newer (non-super)drives determine the
rotation speed themselves.


>Why must Commodore always be different at the expense of compatability?
>(well not always, but I feel like that right now)
>
>Brad...

Huh?  The Amiga HD drive provides compatibility with IBM 1.44Mb drives,
and are compatible with existing Amiga systems...

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The above opinions are those of the user and not of those of this machine.
From: kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
Date: 31 Aug 92 06:08:29 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

Commodore can't stop NewTek from selling complete A2000-based 
VideoToaster Workstations, but they can pull the official
reseller (or whatever) status so that Commodore warranty and
support is not available for the machines NewTek sells.  Mind
you, Commodore support is so bad it can probably be done 
without (as can Atari's). <grin>


Steve "Not Kris, So No Mail!" Johnson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Subject: Re: Bad block mapper?
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not neccessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 20:26:50 GMT

In article <37231@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> djohnson@cs.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
>>The drawback here is that you can't optimize a disk
>>using this kind of protection (but it beats not using it at all, eh?).
>
>Is this an absolute?  Or are you saying all current software chokes
>when it sees an immutable block?

I'd never make that sweeping a statement, but QBTools for one cannot defrag
a disk that it has marked bad blocks on (in my experience).


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
Subject: Re: CanDo Jr....AARGH!!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords: n
Reply-To: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu
Organization: Somewhere in Bloomington, Indiana
Distribution:  world
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:52:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.183533.11003@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>, alexr@capella.EETECH.McGill.CA (Alex Rousseau) writes...
>Yep. Just run PAL, a cli utility which turns your NTSC machine into its
>european equivalent. (it changes the screen display aspect ratio to allow
>for PAL's greater resolution.)

No-go, at least not with the PAL program I have.  When I type "pal"
and return, the machine immediately crashes and reboots.

I'm running AmigaDos 2.04 on a 68000 machine (A500+Bodega Bay).

> 
>Alex.

Jim Graham 

        -> ->Disclaimer: I do not speak for my company. <- <-
                          Neither do they speak for me.
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From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: $800.00!!! For a Cookie?
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 19:54:04 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <64737@cup.portal.com>

>Of course you realize for Nabisco to win they must prove that the possibility
>of consumer confusion exists.  Which means someone has to walk into a store
>to buy a $2.95 bag of fig-filled cookies and through confusing product naming
>leave the store with an $800.00 Personal Digital Assistant.  When did Apple
>sign a reseller agreement with Safeway Food Stores?

You're talking about the company that would sue Washington State because they
happen to have a fruit named the same as Apple.

This happens all the time. Beretta is the name of what 2 famous product? The
gun manufacturer sued Chevy a few years back. Do you think many people went
into the gun dealer and walked out with a Chevy by mistake?

Sony sued a restaurant in Baltimore about a year back with the name of "Sony"
(pronounced "sonny"). The retaurant had that name for a long time, and the
nickname of the owner was "Sony". I wonder how many people walked in to
get some lasagna and came out with a 20 inch portable instead?
From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Ramsey considered dangerous. Why?
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:45:57 GMT
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.misc: 2-Sep-92 Re: case #77a.1:
>> -----rw-d.. Michael Sinz@cbmvax.comm (1750)
>
>> >
>> >(cpu-control, ramsey, pp, decigel020, rad:, faccII, fontcachex, star,
>>                ^^^^^^
>
>> Word to the wise:  This may be a very dangerouse program to run...
>> There is no need to run this as the OS does the "right thing"
>
>
>Dangerous in what way? Fry chips dangerous or crash programs dangerous?

Well, the Ramsey CHIP is set up by the OS to deal with the hardware
within the machine.  The fact that RAMSEY is the RAM controller and the
address generator for the SCSI DMA means that if RAMSEY is not working just
right you can get a trashed disk, trashed RAM, or both.  We are talking
major data loss (possible, does not always happen in a drastic way)

Let the OS configure the motherboard.  It was designed for the machine
and tested in all configurations of the motherboard.

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From: ghazi@wizofhoz.uucp (Ozzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: BMS Sights
Date: 25 Aug 1992 02:08:53 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization


	Would anyone be kind enough to list a few BMS sight that handle
Amiga Software. As of this moment I only know of the two sights in the
area. Thanks for any help. 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: rickan@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Rickan)
Subject: Re: CBM Announcements at Pasadena
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:06:06 GMT

In article <BtJvzJ.yC@gfxbase.in-berlin.de> ebers@gfxbase.in-berlin.de
(Thorsten Ebers) writes:
>: I hope it's a 68040 on the motherboard, rather than an accelerator
>: card for the A3000.  Does this mean that AmigaUNIX will support the
>: 68040?

>IMHO it will mean Amiga Unix will not be supported anymore.It is death.
>I would be pleased if someone could tell me the oppsite.

Ok., the word is that UNIX SVR4 '040 support is forthcoming.

Mark

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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
Date: 29 Aug 92 07:49:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Aug29.004900.1329
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)


 > And what about BOSE corp (loudspeakers) who refuse to renew your
 > authorized status if you sell the AM5-II below $749?

So much for "suggested retail price".  This is not the first time I've
heard of manufacturers having a *minimum* price on something they make. 
It's very tempting to want this practice made illegal and with sufficient
penalties to promote compliance.  :-/



        -=- Ed


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kenward@cs.sfu.ca (Kenward Chin)
Subject: Meta-(Re: CBM Announcements at Pasadena)
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 22:10:36 GMT

This thread is great!  It's almost like wondering "Who shot J.R.", and
having to wait until the new TV season starts to find out!  :-)

It really *is* an interesting phenomenon to study, though - messages seem
to consist of "rumours + a disclaimer", "guesses + a disclaimer",
"prayers + a disclaimer", "flames + .. oh, no disclaimer".  With all the
waffling going on, one might wonder if we were all politicians!

Kenward Chin (anxious Amiga owner)
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