HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cust_ts@kruuna.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: udl (or something similar)
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:51:13 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki


The version that was on comp.binaries.apple2 some time ago was
corrupted. Then I didn't need it, but now I do - does anybody have it?

(For those who don't know, it converted text files from Unix format to
ProDOS format and vice versa (maybe also the MSDOS format?).)

	Tero Sand

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   "I feel most ministers who claim they've heard God's voice are eating
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intestinal disorder, not a revelation." - Reverend Jerry Falwell
From: gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Disk drive question.
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:20:33 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines


     O.K.  I have a Apple II plus that I would like to have a disk drive
attached.  Think of it as a fun machine to play around with.  I need to ask
a question.  I have a disk controller card:

card number 9-007-001
Apple Disk Controller Card
SN 421

     I also have a Fana Systems Disk Drive that I know works.

    My problem is that the Drive has a ribbon cable with a 20 pin connector
on it and the card has, Oh I forgot to count it, a lot!  Anyways does
anyone know how to connect them?

     I also have a board with no name on it.  The only marks on it is a
stoke number.

S/N 171150

   There are two chips on it:

SSB-1
UM6551

    What is this card. (hey I just noticed the chip is a 6551.)

  Any help would be appreciated.

Gary

-- 
Gary F. Desrochers
gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu
From: Scott.Thomas@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Looking for
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 04 Nov 92  17:59:56

I am looking for a program for the IIgs that will pack in the .Zip or .Lzh
format.  Anyone out there have one?

--- Maximus 2.00
From: 90taobri@BLUFFS.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (TAO BRIAN T)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 Launcher
Date: 6 Nov 92 15:19:22 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

In <1992Nov1.225110.24955@fawlty.towers.oz.au> John MacLean writes:
>
>I'm curious if people out there using DOS 3.3 Luancher, or if I'm just
>wasting my time.
>Any comments?

    Really cool program, John, but I don't have *any* DOS 3.3 software to
run it on.  My current Apple IIGS is my first computer (bought it back in
March 1987), so I missed DOS 3.3.  It was just recently put into our user
group's disk library.  I know there are a few veteran GS users in our club
who still have a ton of DOS 3.3 software (and use them from time to time).
I'll try to get some feedback from them.
--
Brian T. Tao    =*8-) | ::::::::> 90taobri@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca <::::::::
Dept. of Exobiology   | :> taob@r-node.pci.on.ca : taob@terranet.cts.com <:
University of Toronto | "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
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From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: GS/OS Printing and Ghostscript
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:13:11 GMT

In article <1dt3agINN2lj@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes) writes:

[ ]
>
>Unfortunately, it requires ghostscript to operate.  I FTPd the ghostscript
>archive, and was a bit taken aback to discover it had 1.5mb tarred and 
>compressed source.  Of course, lots of that is screen drivers for X that
>could be removed, but it looks like a very major project.
>
>I too would love to see it ported, but don't hold your breath.  It's a very
>very massive program, and would take a lot of effort to port from what I 
>can see.

Yes I assume it would be a lot of work. Note however that it does exist for
the PC so that someone must already have removed the X specific components.
I should imagine that it takes a lot of work to write printer drivers for
each printer from the GS (along the Harmonie lines). Ghostscript seems in
principle at least a more general attack on the problem which gives up speed
and text mode printing for the unified Postscript filter approach. It might
make a very natural GNO applications.
 
Philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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From: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Subject: ProSel
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 22:18:51 GMT

Can anyone tell me if ProSel can be made to launch data files in a manner
similar to the Finder (ie: by posting a message center message containing
the data file name, and then running an associated application).

Next question: Are there any launchers, including ProSel, that can do the
same sort of thing on an 8-bit Apple //.
This could be done by storing the data file name in some area of memory,
such as $200 for example, and then running a .SYS program that knew to
look for it there.
I think I'm pushing my luck - but any takers?

John MacLean.
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          Lane Cove, NSW 2066, Australia.
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From: jmk3@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Jay M. Krell)
Subject: Re: OMF Structure and other things
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 12 Nov 92 01:36:22 GMT

>        A couple of questions, where can I get information on the structure
>of a OMF file? ( a technote?).
 
>        Secondly, is there any utilities which allow me to take several
>binary files (they might be sound data or graphic bitmaps) and throw them
>into a .lnk file which I can link into my programs, which I can access
>by seperate labels.
 
>Shane Richards
 
If you are using Merlin, there is a utility included to link "binary" files.
The documentation for OMF is in the GS/OS Reference, available from Resource
Central.
 
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu
From: wrh@PHYSICS.WM.EDU (William Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AppleSoft Basic Question
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:23:21 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

As typed by Eric D. Shepherd ...
> 
> Okay... to place the Applesoft source into a text file, add this line to
> the beginning of the program, then run it:
> 
> 1 PRINT CHR$(4)"OPEN FILENAME":PRINT CHR$(4)"WRITE FILENAME":LIST 2-:PRINT
> CHR$(4)"CLOSE":END
> 
> Don't forget to delete line 1 after you've done this!
> To convert the text file back to an Applesoft program, just type:
> EXEC FILENAME
> That's it!
> - Eric S.
> --
> Eric D. Shepherd                   | Apple II Alliance Charter Member
> InterNet: uerics@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu  |           ACM Member
> FidoNet:  1:206/2713 Eric Shepherd | Programming Law #1: "When in
> AOL:      Sheppy                   | doubt, rewrite from scratch."
> 
  That's almost it.  Before running line 1, either type
POKE 33,33
  or add this POKE to the beginning of line 1.  Someone had this in an earlier
message, and I remember someone else asking why.  Here's why:  Without this
POKE, Applesoft nicely word-wraps lines by inserting carriage returns at about
the 34th column of the screen (40-column mode).  Which means that your text
file will look exactly like the listing, BUT, if you EXEC this text file, you
will not get the entire program as it appeared originally unless you had really
short lines.  The problem is, once Applesoft sees that carriage return, it
accepts the line as is, and awaits another command.  The next line it receives
is the continuation of the previous line, which does not have a line number, so
Applesoft assumes it is a command.  Therefore, it does NOT get entered as part
of your program, and might give you a syntax error.
  The POKE 33,33 sets the width of the screen to 33 columns, so Applesoft does
not get a chance to insert the word-wrapping carriage returns, and the only
carriage returns that show up are at the end of each line, which is exactly
where we want them.

  Whew!  I guess that was a bit long-winded, but here's the quick summary:

* If you want to make a text file of an Applesoft program, AND you want to be
able to turn it back into an Applesoft program, type POKE 33,33 before you run
line 1 given above.
-- 
William R. Hall  |  wrh@physics.physics.wm.edu |  College of William and Mary
                 |  hall@wmheg.physics.wm.edu  |  Department of Physics
                                               |  Williamsburg, VA  23187-8795
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From: jcitro@cwis.unomaha.edu (Joe Citro)
Subject: Re: Inwords
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:07:56 GMT

FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL writes:
> The program Inwords was the primary reason I purchased the Quickie scanner 
> about one year ago.  For the past seven months I have been tracking 
> Westcode's progress in getting out the upgrade for which they circulated a 
> flyer about 9 months ago.  I've called at least once each month for that
> period and was told each time that the upgrade was in Beta test but was
> projected for release by the end of that month.  Is anyone on this net part 
> of that Beta test effort?  I'm curious whether the delay will be worth the 
> wait (and anticipation) or whether this project, like so many others, will 
> soon dry up and never be released.
> 
> Eric S. Ford
> forde@uvg.eglin.af.mil
> 


   I had tried to post this a couple days ago but somehow the body
   of the text didn't show up, only my .sig got through.
   ===============================================================

  The following is an answer I received when I asked about the Inwords up
  date.  I had asked about it a year earlier in June ;91 and received    
  basically the same answer.


   To: jcitro@odin.unomaha.edu
   Subject: Re: Inwords v1.1
   Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 00:56:56 EDT

  The InWords v1.1 update is now in final beta testing. We are unable to
  give a specific release date because of the unpredictability of the
  testing process. If no problems are discovered, then the update will be  
  available very soon. However, if a difficult bug is found, it could 
  delay the update several weeks.

  We appreciate your patience while we ensure the quality of the update.
  All registered users will receive notification by mail when it is
  released.

  We have found that the vast majority of InWords users do not have any
  significant problems using the current version, but this is highly
  dependent on the type of material being scanned, as with any OCR process.

  If you have a problem with the current version that they can't work
  around, please give us a call, we can probably help.

  Rob Renstrom
  WestCode Software, Inc.
> 
-- 
                             Joe Citro  - CMSgt(Ret)/USAF              
           Secy/Treas-Metro Apple Comp.Hobbyist  (MACH)  - Omaha NE                                   Members of Apple II Alliance
 Internet - jcitro@cwis.unomaha.edu  --==[++]==--  America Online = JAX33
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From: barnett@convex.com (Paul Barnett)
Subject: Re: Old Prediction from 1988
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:46:27 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1e0l5aINNc40@early-bird.think.com> sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:

>|> I also noted in this issue that the Cray-3 was "due to be released in 1989."

>In this case, whatever Chen actually said, he was wrong.

And so were a lot of other people.  As early as 1985, the industry was
making plans based on this assumption, which presumably originated at
Cray.

Chen's only mistake was believing it.
--
Paul Barnett             Internet: barnett@convex.com
Convex Computer Corp.      Office: 214-497-4846
Richardson, TX        Mobile/Home: 214-236-8438
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg)
Subject: Re: Old Prediction from 1988
Organization: CSC, NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Division
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 17:41:35 GMT
Reply-To: fineberg@nas.nasa.gov

In article <1992Nov13.152301.20527@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman) writes:
|> 
|> "Five years from now, we should be at 100 billion gigaFLOPS.  A problem that
|> takes three months to do now, we want to do in a day."  
|> -- Steve Chen, Time magazine article, March 28, 1988, page 58.
|> 
|> I also noted in this issue that the Cray-3 was "due to be released in 1989."
|> 
|> 100 billion gigaFLOPS is 100 million teraFLOPS, which sounds very fast to
|> me.  "Five years from now" is coming up in a few months.  100 billion GFLOPS
|> sounds ambitious.
|> 
|> -- 
|> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> "It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once." David Hume
|> |||  clc5q@virginia.edu (Clark L. Coleman)
I think Steve Chen should concentrate on getting his system to run before he
starts benchmarking it.

Sam
From: duncan@super.org (Duncan A. Buell)
Subject: Workshop on FPGAs for computing
Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:42:23 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Workshop on FPGAs for Custom Computing Machines

   April 5-7, 1993    The Inn at Napa Valley, Napa, California

PURPOSE:
To bring together researchers interested in the use of Field
Programmable Gate Arrays as computing elements to present recent work.
While papers of a theoretical nature are welcomed, it is anticipated
that this workshop will focus primarily on the current opportunities
and problems in this new and evolving technology for computing.  A
proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society.

SHORT PAPERS OR ABSTRACTS (10 pages) SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BEFORE
JANUARY 9, 1993 TO ONE OF THE TWO CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS.

This workshop is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the TC
on Computer Architecture.

CoChairs:    Ken Pocek (west coast)    Duncan Buell (east coast)
             Intel                     Supercomputing Research Center
             Mailstop SC1-03           17100 Science Drive
             3065 Bowers Avenue        Bowie, Maryland 20715
             Santa Clara, CA  95052    301-805-7372                      
             408-765-2363              301-805-7602 (fax)                      
             408-765-2949 (fax)        duncan@super.org            
             kpocek@sc.intel.com

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Lynn Abbott , VPI           Fred Furtek, Concurrent Logic  
Jeffrey Arnold, SRC         Leon Maissel, IBM  
Peter Athanas, VPI          Richard Newton, U Cal-Berkeley
Apostolos Dollas, Duke U    Jonathan Rose, U Toronto  
Tom Kean, Algotronix        Steve Trimberger, Xilinx 
Wally Kleinfelder, SRC      David Van den Bout, N. Carolina State U 

SOLICITATION::
Papers are solicited on all aspects of the use or applications of
(usually multiple) FPGAs as (usually reconfigurable) computing
elements in attached or special purpose processors or coprocessors,
especially including but not limited to
*** coprocessor boards for augmenting the instruction set of
    general purpose computers;
*** attached processors for specific purposes (e.g. signal
    processing) or general purposes;
*** languages for programming FPGA-based computers;
*** tools and environments for programming FPGA-based computers;
*** application domains suitable for FPGA-based computers;
*** architecture emulation using FPGA-based computers.

[An attempt will also be made to have general panel discussions by the
major software and hardware vendors on what to expect in the near
future in capability for FPGA-based systems.]

Individuals wishing to be put on an email list for further information
about this workshop should send email with name, regular mail address,
and email address to Duncan Buell.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: juliana@democrat.scd.ucar.edu (Juliana Rew)
Subject: How many supercomputers?
Organization: Scientific Computing Divison/NCAR Boulder, CO
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:57:14 GMT

Does anyone know of a recent reference that gives an estimate of the
U.S. or global market share of supercomputers? (I realize that the
definition of supercomputer is variable and that some numbers may not
be available, such as how many the NSA has, etc.) I've already
done a WAIS search, to no avail.

I'd appreciate e-mail replies and am willing to post results of what I
find out, if anyone's interested... Thanks,

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Documentation Group Head
Scientific Computing Division
Nat'l Center for Atmos Research    voice:  (303) 497-1830
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
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From: john@aquarius.unm.edu (John Prentice)
Subject: Looking for scientific contacts in Argentina
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 22:10:16 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astro, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

I will be visiting Argentina from about 10 Jan to 10 Feb, primarily for
the purpose of climibing Aconcagua.  However, I am anticipating having
one or two weeks free after the climb, during which I hope to tour the
country a bit.  I would very much like to visit one or more universities
during that time, find out what research is going on, and make some
friends.  I don't have any contacts in Argentina however, so if you have
any suggestions for people to talk to, I would much appreciate it.  If
anyone in Argentina would be interested in helping arrange a visit to
a university, I would also much appreciate that! 

My scientific interests are fairly broad, I am currently doing research in 
quantum mechanical scattering from surfaces, computational solid mechanics, 
and constitutive modeling of solids.  I am also doing some work with the
use of symbolic algebra packages for automatic code generation and do
alot of work in supercomputing, both vector and parallel.  I would 
certainly be interested in meeting scientists working in related fields, 
but I would also be extremely interested in meeting and talking to scientists
working in other disciplines.  I am extremely curious about what research
is being carried out in Argentina and South America in general.

John
-- 
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Phone: 505-889-4543  E-mail: quetzal@pinet.aip.org -or- jkprent@cs.sandia.gov
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From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel)
Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - Meeting notice
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 18:45:52 GMT

November 9th - Massively Parallel Processing in Japan --
               Striking Win - Win Partnerships Through Joint 
               Development!

Japan's Fifth Generation Project  involved Artificial Intelligence and 
Massively Parallel Processing; the Real World Computing Initiative 
is the follow-on program. Their Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 
program would create "flexible factories using computers and robots 
to instantly modify assembly operations at plants around the world". 
And the Japanese have offered to share research, development, and 
funding with U. S. and European enterprises to bring these 
endeavors to fruition. Professor Robert Burmeister, director of the 
U.S. - Japan Technology Management Center at Stanford 
University will present a detailed view of these two important 
programs, the concomitant ground floor joint venture/entrepreneurial 
opportunities, and the political obstacles that have stalled them.

The meeting will take place at 7:30 PM at Sun Microsystems at 901 
South San Antonio Road in Mountain View, California. 
Southbound travelers exit 101 at San Antonio; northbound attendees 
also exit at San Antonio and take the overpass to the other side of 
101. There is an $8 visitor fee for non-members and members ($40 
per year) will be admitted free.

Please be prompt; we expect a capacity attendance; don't be left out 
or left standing.

For further information contact:

-- 
B. Mitchell Loebel                                      parallel@netcom.COM
PARALLEL Processing Connection                                 408-732-9869
Date: Mon,  2 Nov 92 12:05:16 MST
From: sson@texas.et.byu.edu (Stacey Son)
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: FOR SALE: Convex C2 & C1
Reply-To: sch@cj.et.byu.edu


                           F O R   S A L E

                    CONVEX C220 Supermini Computer


        Includes the following:


        o 2 CONVEX C2 Processors

        o 256 MBytes memory

        o 2 GBytes Disk Storage

        o 2 Ethernet Connections

        o Expansion Cabinet

        o Remote Service MODEM


        and the following software:

        o CONVEX Operating System Version 10.0.2

        o CONVEX Vectorizing/Parallelizing Fortran Compiler

        o CONVEX Veclib

        o CONVEX Networking

        o CONVEX Vectorizing/Parallelizing C Compiler

        o CONVEX COVUE family

        o CONVEX Consultant

        o CONVEX CXBatch

        We also have a C1 that we are interested in selling.
        Please contact Scott Hill (sch@cj.et.byu.edu) at (801)
        378-4024 for more information. 
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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: Old Prediction from 1988
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 22:33:01 GMT

These are clearly misinterpretations.

I still have the running list of predictions (years) when a 1 sustained
TFLOPS machine will exist.  1995 seems to be a common theme, but this
will be over taken by the fact that it will be a peak rather than systained
rate.  The triumpth of politics and marketing hype over technology.
So in 1995 I expect some one to declare victory when the reality isn't true.

"Major Strasser has been shot.  Round up the usual suspects."

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
Seeking Books to buy:	Bongard, Pattern Recognition
			3 down 1 to go.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Call for Speakers
From: <MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 1992 23:44:54 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

                       Call for Speakers
                              on
                        Supercomputing

The 1993 Spring Seminar: Supercomputing is the 24th in a series of semi-annual
all-day technical seminars sponsored by the New York Chapter of the IEEE
Computer Society.  It will be held tentatively May 11, 1993, at the United
Engineering Center, 345 E. 47th Street, New York City.

This seminar will be devoted to all aspects of theory, design and applications
of supercomputer systems.  A partial list of topics of interest includes:

 hardware architectures            programming models
 design                            design considerations
 performance considerations        languages
                                   applications

Prospective speakers are invited to submit a brief idea about their talk
(or paper) to the Seminar Committee as an introduction.

The Seminar Committee would like to identify those showing interest in
participating by February 11, 1993 to formulate a more detailed agenda.

Please contact:

Lawrence Muller - CIS Dept     Mark Lukasiewicz
LaGuardia Community College    Lukasiewicz Innovations, Inc
31-10 Thomson Ave              35 Carolina Dr
LIC, NY 11101                  New City, NY 10956-3031
718-349-4045                   914-634-7969 phone/fax
718-482-5599 fax
l.muller@ieee.org

            IEEE Computer Society, New York Chapter
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