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From: bm@shadow.columbia.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Wanted: Casio Boss software for Unix
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:25:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bx94B2.34o
Reply-To: Blair MacIntyre <bm@cs.columbia.edu>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Columbia University

I've looked at the Boss software V1.0 available via ftp, but it doesn't
work with the newer models.  

Is anybody working on updating it?  Want some help?
--
Blair MacIntyre --- bm@cs.columbia.edu --- CS Department, Columbia University

"Men can get into shaving, because it reminds them of what stud hombres
they are, having to tame their manliness on a regular basis." - Dave Barry
Xref: sparky comp.sys.handhelds:2395 comp.sys.palmtops:3609
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: One-Hand Helds...
Date: 12 Nov 1992 19:03:28 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Nov12.074521.14888@primerd.prime.com> jasonp@sunbabe.Prime.COM (Jason Pascucci) writes:
>Is anybody doing/working on a single-handed data entry/retrieval system?

>
>With five fingers you should be able to get all the letters,
>system and interconnectivity with multiple platforms. 

>It should be four keys on `top' (I assume it won't be rectangular),
>and one on the bottom, for the thumb, maybe even a switch
>for the thumb, three position. It would have to be useable 

What you describe is almost identical to the Microwriter AgendA and to
various other chord keyboards.  Check out via anonymous ftp
csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/Palmtop/palmtop.news for various postings on
chord keyboards.  This question is common enough that it should go
into a FAQ.

By the way, Microwriter has patented the idea.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: jasonp@sunbabe.Prime.COM (Jason Pascucci)
Subject: One-Hand Helds...
Organization: ComputerVision Services
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 07:45:21 GMT

Is anybody doing/working on a single-handed data entry/retrieval system?

I envision something akin to a stenographer's typewriter,
where you hold down N keys to get the desired effect.

With five fingers you should be able to get all the letters,
a few bits of punctuation(space,period),  
and still have enough for some meta-keys...An escape for functions 
like: 
Second Character Set: Different next character set 
			(1-9!@#$%&^&(*){}_+[];.,/'...etc)
Upcase: Upcase next character
Escape: Puts you in menu or edit mode, where the keys
        can either be, say, cursor-control (up,left,down,right and
	clock), or pick-list from a menu bar. 

It should also 	be very personally configurable, I want
menu x y and z near the 'top' of the stack, and others down
in submenus, etc, etc...And, I want a command line/file
system and interconnectivity with multiple platforms. 

It should be four keys on `top' (I assume it won't be rectangular),
and one on the bottom, for the thumb, maybe even a switch
for the thumb, three position. It would have to be useable 
without looking, and probably have a beep.  If it was designed
correctly, you probably wouldn't get a hand-cramp. 

And it should do all those things a personal reminder does, etc, 
etc ad infinitum. And have a very readable screen.

So? I'm making the assumption that this is completely a dream, 
so my next question is: Does anybody think this might be 
useful? I envision driving along in a car and using it to take 
down all those things you think about when driving along and suddenly 
have a great idea, but can't stop driving to pull out your
486 notebook PC running SysV and Emacs. I, personally, tried keeping a 
micro tape recorder around alot, but my problem is it didn't have 
enough bandwidth, and data retrevial was very slow, only twice as 
fast as the write time, which was bad also. And, I'm less comfortable 
speaking them I am typing. 

Just wonderin'

--
Jason R. Pascucci
jasonp@primerd.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
From: bhat@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Timothy Alan Heath BELL)
Subject: CASIO Diary port
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:35:22 GMT

Does anyone use a CASIO Digital diary and know what the port is? I know
that I can spend AUS$200 and get an interface, but I should be able to make
a connector. Has anyone got any experience or ideas about this?
The model is SF-4300, bought in 92, and the port appears to be about 2.5mm
across, like the rare mini (not 3.5mm) headphone socket.

Thanks,

---.- ---- - ----- --------- -- ------ ----- --- ----- -------- ---------
Tim Bell.	Computer Science, University of Melbourne , Australia
bhat@mullauna.cs.mu.oz.au  --  This account is due to die on  14/12/92.
------- -------- --- -- --- -------- ---- ------ -- ------ ---- --- ---
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: nyarko@ee.ualberta.ca (David Nyarko)
Subject: Re: 6809 simulator
Keywords: No makefile ?! 
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:16:36 GMT

archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Archambault Benoit) writes:

>I hope you will all forgive my ignorance but I've never used make
>to compile any program !! however, here's how you can compile the
>source from the compressed archive file: 

>	uncompress sim09.Z
>	tar xvf sim09
>	cc *.c -lcurses

I tried to compile it on an HP9000 series 800 computer with
the 2 available compilers. I had to select the ANSI option
in both cases.
a)
using the gcc compiler with the following option
	gcc -ansi -o sim09 *.c -lcurses
and get the following  warnings.

misc.c:31: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration
misc.c:23: warning: previous implicit declaration of `readbus'
misc.c:31: warning: `readbus' was previously implicitly declared to return `int'

b)
I get a similar message (excluding the misc.c:23: warning) when I use
the hp c compiler with the option
	cc -Aa -o sim09 *.c -lcurses

The program starts up but when I load the "simon.run"
and try to run it, I only get the 1st line of code to execute.
When I also select the starting address "e000" to disassemble
the code I loaded at "e000" I have the address coloum 
starting at "ffffe000" and the opcode coloumn does not change.

I have tried the PC version which works well.

Any comments?

>	rm *.o
>	mv a.out sim09

>Hope you enyoy playing with SIM09.
>						-Thanks.


>-- 
>"Ribbit!"         Benoit Archambault                    Universite de Montreal 
>  ` /\/@\/@\/\          archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA       C.P. 6128, Succ. A 
>   _\ \ -  / /_                                         Montreal, Quebec 
>                                                        H3C 3J6
From: c23vgs@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Victor Sperry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: 68000
Date: 13 Nov 92 13:53:23 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
Originator: c23vgs@kobcsw08


In article <BxMr8t.H9E@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, chewy@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Chewy) writes:
> I know that this is not a newsgroup for the 68000 processor,
> but I have to give it a try since no other places will respond
> what I was wondering, does anyone have any info at all on the
> m68000 16 bit processor.  Any technical info will be greatly
> appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> -Matt                      ...chewy@sage.cc.purdue.edu...

Motorola will gladly give you reams of info free. Look up your
local rep in the phone book. There are also good books in the
library, at book stores etc.

-- 
Vic Sperry        (317)451-0036             don't worry, smile & dance
S/W Engineer, Delco Electronics           you just can't work life out
c23vgs@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com       don't let down moods entrance you
deaes!c23vgs                   take the wine and shout -- P. Townshend
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: chewy@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Chewy)
Subject: 68000
Organization: Hitlers allies
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:10:03 GMT

I know that this is not a newsgroup for the 68000 processor,
but I have to give it a try since no other places will respond
what I was wondering, does anyone have any info at all on the
m68000 16 bit processor.  Any technical info will be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
-Matt                      ...chewy@sage.cc.purdue.edu...
From: c23vgs@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Victor Sperry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: 68000
Date: 13 Nov 92 20:58:44 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
Originator: c23vgs@kobcsw08


In article <1992Nov13.191542.8052@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs911225@ariel.yorku.ca (KEN E WILLMOTT) writes:
> >..does anyone at all have any information at all on
> > the m68000 16 bit processor..
> 
> The m68000 is a 32 bit processor.
> 	-Ken

From software's point of view, the 68000 is 32 bits, but the data
bus is really only 16 bits wide. You don't get true 32 bit data
movement until you move up to the 68020 (or is it 68030?)

-- 
Vic Sperry        (317)451-0036             don't worry, smile & dance
S/W Engineer, Delco Electronics           you just can't work life out
c23vgs@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com       don't let down moods entrance you
deaes!c23vgs                   take the wine and shout -- P. Townshend
From: sr3745@dean1.usma.edu (Roeber Rodney MAJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Please email a copy of the simulator to me
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:40:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: US Military Academy, West Point, NY

Hi -

   The subject says it.  My bbs has the discussion about Benoit Archambault's
6809 simulator but did not get the program posting.  I would like both the
the dos versions.  Could someone send them to me or let me know if they
are posted to an ftp site?  Thanks.
From: galster@plains.NoDak.edu (Dwight Galster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: printer fonts
Date: 6 Nov 92 04:00:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.BxA0G6.D7L
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

If I get a printer with a buffer which can be used for font downloads
will it be possible to use this feature with the Color Computer?

For example, can one download fonts intended for a pc into the printer
and use that with the Coco?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: pvowles@hawk.adied.oz.au (Paul Vowles)
Subject: Re: 6800,6805,6809 X-assemblers and emulators
Organization: Australian Defence Industries
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:35:37 GMT

87u9115@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:

>I'm looking for an anonymous FTP site that contains any x-assembler for the
>early Motorola processors ie 6800, 6801,6805,6809, etc.
>I'm also looking for any simulators and/or emulators for the above.
>
>Thanks in advance 
>Alfred Fong

	What are the differences between the 6800, 6805, and 6809 .... A friend
	of mine requires some code for a 6805 but we can only find
	cross-assemblers for 6800 and 6809, and manuals for the 6800 only ...

	Thanks

	Paul

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Software Engineer            /     \            
                             X_,-._/          
Phone: +61 9 333 8826             v                  Email: pvowles@adied.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: cs911225@ariel.yorku.ca (KEN E WILLMOTT)
Subject: Re: 68000
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:15:42 GMT

>..does anyone at all have any information at all on
> the m68000 16 bit processor..

The m68000 is a 32 bit processor.
	-Ken
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Archambault Benoit)
Subject: MC6809 Simulator (SIM09) ...
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:05:13 GMT


	Due to the numerous requests I have received for my simulator
	I've decided to post it to this newsgroup. Gee, never thought
	there was so many 6809 fans !!

	I will send both the PC and UNIX version. I don't include
	the source code for the PC version of SIM09.

-- 
"Ribbit!"         Benoit Archambault                    Universite de Montreal 
  ` /\/@\/@\/\          archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA       C.P. 6128, Succ. A 
   _\ \ -  / /_                                         Montreal, Quebec 
                                                        H3C 3J6
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: lapp@waterloo.hp.com (David Lapp)
Subject: Re: 6809 simulator
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:40:39 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

David Nyarko (nyarko@ee.ualberta.ca) wrote:
: archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Archambault Benoit) writes:
: 
: >I hope you will all forgive my ignorance but I've never used make
: >to compile any program !! however, here's how you can compile the
: >source from the compressed archive file: 
stuff deleted...

: I tried to compile it on an HP9000 series 800 computer with
: the 2 available compilers. I had to select the ANSI option
: in both cases.
: a)
: using the gcc compiler with the following option
: 	gcc -ansi -o sim09 *.c -lcurses
: and get the following  warnings.
: 
: misc.c:31: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration
: misc.c:23: warning: previous implicit declaration of `readbus'
: misc.c:31: warning: `readbus' was previously implicitly declared to return `int'
: 
: b)
: I get a similar message (excluding the misc.c:23: warning) when I use
: the hp c compiler with the option
: 	cc -Aa -o sim09 *.c -lcurses
:
I compiled it on an HP9000/385 with more or less the same
line.

I did edit misc.c to move the readbus function to before
its first reference. That clears up the warnings.
 
: The program starts up but when I load the "simon.run"
: and try to run it, I only get the 1st line of code to execute.
: When I also select the starting address "e000" to disassemble
: the code I loaded at "e000" I have the address coloum 
: starting at "ffffe000" and the opcode coloumn does not change.
:
I didn't go quite so far as this yet.
 

Dave Lapp
lapp@waterloo.hp.com
Standard disclaimer etc ...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Archambault Benoit)
Subject: Re: 6809 simulator
Keywords: No makefile ?! 
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:43:37 GMT

I hope you will all forgive my ignorance but I've never used make
to compile any program !! however, here's how you can compile the
source from the compressed archive file: 

	uncompress sim09.Z
	tar xvf sim09
	cc *.c -lcurses
	rm *.o
	mv a.out sim09

Hope you enyoy playing with SIM09.
						-Thanks.


-- 
"Ribbit!"         Benoit Archambault                    Universite de Montreal 
  ` /\/@\/@\/\          archamba@ERE.UMontreal.CA       C.P. 6128, Succ. A 
   _\ \ -  / /_                                         Montreal, Quebec 
                                                        H3C 3J6
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
From: rg9538@ehsn2.cen.uiuc.edu (Ronald E Garnett)
Subject: 68HC11 help
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:43:51 GMT


Yes, I CAN read!  I know this is the 6809 group, but
ther doesn't appear to be a 68HC11 group anywhere!



Help!  I'm looking for a library of assembly routines for floating point.
I don't have time to write them myself.  I have access to a C compiler
which has a floating point library, but the code size is (relatively)
enormous.  Also, if anyone has any great ways to convert a floating
point to a string, please tell me.  I devised a way using floating
point log10() and pow10().  pow10(x) simply raise 10 to a power of X.
This works, but is probably not optimal.

	if (preference == E-Mail) {
	
		Address = rg9538@ewshp.cen.uiuc.edu;

		send( mail, address);

	} else {

		post( message, group );

	}


Regards,

Ron Garnett

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Every time i write that, I get thirsty for some reason)




P.S.  Is there a 68HC11 group out there? Methinks there should be!
From: achilles@ira.uka.de (Alf-Christian Achilles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Address of Inmos in Germany ?
Date: 6 Nov 92 11:02:50
Organization: Universitaet Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
Distribution: de
NNTP-Posting-Host: i90s8.ira.uka.de


I am looking for the address, phone number and email address of the
Inmos distributor in Germany, as I would like to get some information
on their toolsets, especially their C++ compiler. I have heard that
they should be in somewhere in Munich.

So please, don't let me hanging, since time is pressing.
Thanks in advance,

		Alf






--
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Lehrstuhl Informatik fuer Ingenieure             !       7500 Karlsruhe 1
    und Naturwissenschaftler                     ! Tel.: (0721) 608-4335
Universitaet Karlsruhe                           ! FAX : (0721) 698675


Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: flanagan@dms.agames.com (Bob Flanagan)
Subject: Transputer Development?
Organization: Atari Games Corporation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:35:04 GMT


	I am considering using transputers in a project and am interested
in what successes or failures people have had with different development
platforms for the transputer (T800 series).  Also, what languages are people
using most, parallel C or OCCAM or something else?

		Thanks in advance,

			Bob
-- 

***********************************************************
Bob Flanagan	   	   EMAIL: 	flanagan@agames.com
Atari Games Corporation	   or netcom.com!agames.com!flanagan
From: rupert@robots.ox.ac.uk (Rupert Curwen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Transputer Operating Systems
Keywords: Operating systems, survey
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:11:16 GMT
Organization: Robotics Research Group, Engineering Science Dept, Oxford, UK.
Originator: rupert@cinna.robots

I am thinking of buying an operating system for our existing
transputer boxes (TRAMS in B012 or MCP1000), which have been
programmed up to now in INMOS ANSI C.  I am specifically interested in
real time operating systems.  I would like to survey the products
available now, particularly from the user's point of view.  Are they
reasonably solidly built, or still a little bug-ridden?  What
facilities do they have for debugging, and for running on special
purpose transputer modules (eg. frame grabbers).  How easy to learn
and use are they?

Any information would be gratefully received,

	Rupert Curwen

==================================================================
Rupert Curwen                       Phone:  +44 (0)865 273 926
Robotics Research Group             Fax:    +44 (0)865 273 908
Dept Engineering Science
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ          Email:  rupert@robots.ox.ac.uk
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Rupert Curwen                       Phone:  +44 (0)865 273 926
Robotics Research Group             Fax:    +44 (0)865 273 908
Dept Engineering Science
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ          Email:  rupert@robots.ox.ac.uk
From: TERRY@ndigital.com (Terry Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Phantom processes on reset
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:28:54
Reply-To: TERRY@ndigital.com (Terry Fisher)
Organization: Northern Digital Inc. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Hi everyone,

A few months ago, I caught the tail end of a discussion about phantom
processes being started after RESET when a T805 was configured to boot
from ROM.  Lately, we have been having some problems with T805s occasionally
going off to never never land on boot up from ROM.

Could someone please let me know what causes this phantom process to
start.  What does the phantom process usually do?

Any info would be greatly appreaciated,
Terry

Terry Fisher                    Northern Digital Inc.
terry@ndigital.com              403 Albert St.,
                                Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
(519) 885-2785                  (519) 884-5142   FAX: (519) 884-5184
From: henk@pdsf.ssc.gov (Henk Uijterwaal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Re: Link Splitting
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:17:20 GMT
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory

In article <27661@castle.ed.ac.uk>, bxhv02@castle.ed.ac.uk (Tim Wilkinson) writes:

+> Dear all
+> I'm looking for some info on the probability of splitting a single transputer
+> link to allow it to be connected to more than one destination transputer. 
+> Any details or advice would be much appreciated.
+> 
+> Cheers
+> 
+> Tim

At NIKHEF-H (the lab I where worked before moving to the supercollider) we 
developed a circuit for broadcasting with TP links, e.g. 1 sending transputer to n
receiving transputers, one way only. Basically the circuit looked like this:

1)DATA.

  Just connect the receiving TP's to the sending TP.

2) ACKNOWLEDGE.

   Connect every receiving TP to a flip-flop. The initial condition of all flip
   flop's should be low. The first bit of the acknowledge packet will set the
   flip-flop output high. Connect all flip-flop's to an AND gate. As soon as all
   TP's have acknowledged the data packet, the output of the gate will become 
   high. This triggers a pulse former which then creates a 3 bit acknowledge
   packet. This packet is sent to the sending TP and resets the flip flop's. For
   the sending TP it looks like only 1 packet has been sent. There is no problem
   with receiving TP's not ready to receive data.

(Probably this explanation is as clear as mud. I have the diagram in postscript
somewhere, if anybody is interested let me know and I'll send you a copy).

This circuit only works in one direction, the receiving TP's cannot send anything
over the link to the sending TP but for our application this was not a problem.

Henk.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: k3mi@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Brian d'Auriol)
Subject: Re: Manipulating process workspace on the Transputer
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:43:40 GMT

In article <6348@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> aghao@sersun2.essex.ac.uk () writes:
>Greetings.
>
>As part of my research, I need to be able to examine the workspace of one or 
>more Transputer processes.  Clearly, this is quite feasible, as I can get hold
>of the Wptr of a process.
>
I tried to mail you but it bounced (unknown address) so ...
I would be interested in your discussions on this topic, if (or when) feasable,
could you mail/email some of your results?

thanks in advance
Brian d'Auriol
University of New Brunswick  
  

Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer,comp.os.linux
From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt)
Subject: Transputerlink -> Host throughput values
Reply-To: u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt)
Organization: An old and gray machine, somewhere in Moria.
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 19:52:03 +0100
Return-Path: <u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

I would like to know some "throughput" values of the transputer-host
link.

When I use iserver, writing 1k blocks to the host gives me a performance
of about 20k per second.  Using smaller blocks results in very reduced
performance.

I wrote a small program to measure only transfer speed by reading data
directly from the link.  The maximum throughput was about 110k per
second.  I think the difference results in iserver being a single
threaded server, so it can't receive new packets while it processes
packets, which reduces performance a lot.

All values were measured with Linux 0.98.pl1 and GCC 2.2.2d on a 386-20
without processor cache.  My machine has about 4500 dhrystones (at good
days:).  I expect a linear speed win with faster machines, because the
link bandwidth is miles away from being a bottleneck.  Some assembler
code would help a lot too for sure.

Please respond via e-mail with specification of your hardware, OS,
performance with 1k blocks using iserver and by directly accessing the
link over the OpenLink and ReadLink functions.  If I get enough results,
I will post a summary.

Michael

PS: A new release is being prepared, including tas, tlk and tld!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer