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From: trevore@vast.unsw.edu.au (Trevor Elbourne (Supr. Hell) BE)
Subject: Printing Mac PS via Post 1.7
Organization: University of New South Wales
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:05:37 GMT

	I have a problem with printing postcript files generated by a mac on
an amiga via Post. My problem is that Post fails. Some members of the internet
tried to help me but to no sucsess. Could anyone that is currently doing it give me a hand ?
	I'd like to know what printer driver are you using on the mac side.
ie LaseWrite. Has it been hacked ? What version ie. SYS 7.01, do you
use a laserprep file and how. On the Amiga side what changes to Post have you
done from the initial archive. ie. have you changed the init.ps, have you 
added one to it.
	I have an Epson LQ. If I could print sucsessfuly to it (Graphic print)
That would be even better. I have an Epson Printer driver for the mac but
I get a mess when printing. (I have an Epson LQ500 24 pin). I have Amax 2.5
with the early cartridge. How do I set the emulation.  LQ ImageWriter will not 
work as a printerdriver under any emulation. ImageWriter works but the
aspect ration is strange. ie 70% of width. Somthing to do with the strange 
number of pins in the mac printer. 


	Help on either way to print on the Amiga or Amax would be veeeeeeeery
much appreciated.
		George
Thanks in advance for any hint given on any part of the above.
From: tomb@hplsla.hp.com (Tom Bruhns)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:44:59 GMT
Subject: Re: SAS 6.2 update
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications

pdietz@cse.unl.edu (Phil Dietz)  writes:
>cmatting@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Mattingly) writes:
>>Umm, pardon me, but are you talking about the SAS/C compiler?  If so, then
>>they need to get their marketing scheme together, because in the latest issue
>>of Amiga World, they did a review and had advertisements for 6.0, not 6.2
>
>That's exactly the point.  A typical magazine ad/review takes
>2 to 3 months.  Unless a company knows that they will be producing 
>version X in 3 months, they are forced to send version X-N
>to the printer...

Just two days ago, my upgrade from 5.x arrived on my doorstep, ordered
directly from SAS just after Christmas.  I haven't installed it yet,
but so far everything I've seen says "6.0", not "6.2".  It would be
nice if they had a sticker they could put on the shrinkwrap saying 
"Newest 6.2 release" or some such, though I'm painfully aware how much 
hassle it is to do something like that.  

On the other hand, knowing that updates are available for download
lessens my concern a lot.  Is the 6.2 update available via ftp
somewhere??
From: MPT@cup.portal.com (Michal P Todorovic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Latest version of ProCalc ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 21:22:43 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

>Michal,
>
>        In the new version (1.1) of ProCalc, did the Lotus import
>feature get fixed?  Ie, can it import .WK1 files and do the import
>of HLOOK and VLOOK functions correctly for either .WK1 or .WKS
>files?  These were the only real problems I had with the earlier
>versions (I don't use the graphing functions...)
>
>                Scott
>

I vaguely remember problems with the HLook and VLook functions
that I fixed a while back.  However, if you have a specific
Lotus 123 file that ProCalc can't handle I'd appreciate getting a
copy of it so I can fix it; not having the actual file makes fixing
any problems virtually impossible.

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From: cmp0119@sys.uea.ac.uk (Paul Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PopUpMenu
Keywords: pop up menus bogabogabogabogabogabogaboga
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:20:40 GMT
Organization: UEA School of Information Systems, Norwich, UK.

cmp0119@sys.uea.ac.uk writes:

>groth@valentin.fmi.uni-passau.de (Peter Groth) writes:

>>In article <cmp0119.727956492@oxygen.sys.uea.ac.uk>, cmp0119@sys.uea.ac.uk (Paul Harrison) writes:  
>>> I miss my pop up menus! I want them back!

>>Try MagicMenu V1.17 - it does all you want and more :-)
>>Available from amiga.physik.unizh.ch and its mirrors in the directory
>>os20/cdity.
>>-- 
>>Peter                                  groth@peschl.fmi.uni-passau.de

>Thanks to everyone who's replied and suggested this... I've downloaded it
>and I'll test it when I get home...

and I did, and it's great! I like all the new options, I'm sorely tempted to
play around now with the new selection styles etc.

Well recommended to anyone, whatever kinds of menus they like.

>Paul
>cmp0119@uk.ac.uea.sys
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From: hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
Subject: Re: Maths software required. Any ideas?
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 12:37:50 GMT

In article <00966F5E.A9B63CE0@LNS62.TN.CORNELL.EDU> CDJ@lns62.tn.cornell.edu writes:
>>
>>A student edition does not exist for the Amiga.
>>
>A couple of months ago I sent EMAIL to the company who makes MAPLE V (it was
>on the literature I got at school and in their manuals) and I was told that
>the management was trying to decide whether to make a student version for
>the Amiga.  The difference between them, (other than $99 verses $450) is the
>student version does not have some of the more esoteric libraries.  It does
>come with the standard library, statistics, linear algebra, and graphics libs.
>The rep. said that positive mail from Amiga owners could help in getting a
>student version.  Unfortunately I can no longer find the address.
>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^
>			Chris Jones
>			cdj@lns62.tn.cornell.edu


     Waterloo Maple Software
     160 Columbia Street West
     Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  N2L 3L3


e-mail:   info@maplesoft.on.ca



Herb

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From: jorni@edb.tih.no (Joern G. Innset,o90a)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PopUpMenu
Date: 28 Jan 93 13:24:44 GMT
Posting-Front-End: Winix Conference v 92.05.15  1.20 (running under MS-Windows)

In article <1k890aINNakv@tom.rz.uni-passau.de>, groth@vati.fmi.uni-passau.de (Peter Groth) writes:


>>A very nice commodity it is too, if it wasn't for the bug...
>>Every time I use a menu, MagicMenu seems to grab some memory, and not
>>release it again...
>>Could someone please report this highly annoying bug to the author?
>Probably the memory loss is caused by a feature of MagicMenu. MagicMenu
>remembers the last selected menu item of several menus. This is very nice
>if you use popup menus because you can select the same menu item again
>without moving the mouse too far.

Ahhh, but you missed my point! It _never_ frees it again, and if you use it for
a very long period of time you won't have any memory left at all!

OK?

Jorn I.
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From: cunniff@cup.portal.com (Ross Alan Cunniff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Structured drawing programs with Bezier Curves?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 22:49:43 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

>        I wanted to know... does Art Expression know how to do Bezier
>curves?  I recently prepared a manual, and finally figured out a use for
>the things -- making arrows that point things out look like they were drawn
>by somebody who's a lot smoother with a mouse than I am. :-)

Yes, AE does do Bezier curves, as do all major structured drawing programs
on the Amiga (ProVector, ProDraw).

>        Also:  Does anybody have any opinions on how AE compares to the
>competition?  I remember that Amiga Whirled did a structured drawing
>program review some months ago, but I don't think they compared AE in it.
>I was left with the impression that, at that time, ProDraw and ...the one
>by Gold Disk... were the best.  How does AE compare to these?

Well, since I'm from Stylus, Inc. (publishers of ProVector), you might
take my opinion with a grain of salt; that said, though, here are some
advantages of ProVector over Art Expression:

	1. 256 level undo, with redo
	2. Manual tracing - import ILBM
	3. Optional PSImport module allows you to bring in
	   ANY PostScript graphic, not just Adobe Illlustrator
	   pictures
	4. ARexx interface allows for nearly unlimited customization
	5. Speed - ProVector is the fastest structured drawing program
	   on the Amiga.

Of course, some people will point out flaws in ProVector as well; we
are trying to address those in the upcoming 2.2 release, which will
have:

	1. 2.0 look and feel
	2. AGA support of 5,6,7,8-bit deep screens
	3. New program, Silhouette, will autotrace as well
	   as touch up and image processing
	4. Improved output drivers (ILBM up to 24 bit)
	5. Many other new features

Feel free to contact Stylus, Inc. for more information at (303)-484-7321,
or e-mail me at cunniff@cup.portal.com.

Ross Cunniff
President, Stylus, Inc.
cunniff@cup.portal.com
From: phusek@quirky.phy.duke.edu (Paul Husek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: DVIprint
Date: 28 Jan 93 20:59:44 GMT


	I recently ran into a problem trying to run DVIPrint.  I was  
wondering if some of the GURUs here could help me out.

	I can't seem to get DVIPrint to work correctly.  The strange part  
about my problem, is that I have been using tex for over a year with no  
problems, showdvi, and dvi2hp work perfectly. So I think I have all my  
fonts and other files are in the right place.  In the past I have been  
using a program called dvi2hp which converts the .dvi file to hpcl (hewlet  
packard control language), but it doesn't support this Special Host  
program to allow bitmapped graphics.  When I switched over to DVIPrint, v  
1.19(Beta) program, it just doesn't work.  I've read all the doc and I  
can't figure out what the problem is.  DVIprint doesn't complain at all.   
It just tells me it's opening cmr12 at 300 and then prints out a page.   
The page doesn't look right though.  If you look at it closely you can see  
some of the parts of the characters are right, but most are random lines  
and splotches.  Do these two programs use different pk files or something?
I must be making a simple mistake, because I imagine the majority of  
people using dviprint are using a hp compatible.

	The command line I use is:

	dviprint printer laserjet filename.dvi

	One note:  When I use dvi2hp it produces another file called  
filename.hp.  To get my printer to print out the doc, I have to copy the  
file to my PAR: device rather than my PRT: device.  Could this have  
something to do with it?  It seems PRT: mangles my file.

	Any help help would be appreciated.  Please send responses  
directly.
				Thanks,



	Paul Husek 				1-919-383-3535                             
	Duke University Dept. of Physics	phusek@phy.duke.edu    
	Durham, N.C.      27706			
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Subject: Re: Starting with PasTeX 1.3
From: dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz (Dale Gold)
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:00:43 PST
Organization: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Quoted from <C17nxI.H4G@uceng.uc.edu> by skellner@uceng.uc.edu (Sean Kellner):
>  First, other than finding the TeXbook, is
> there any way I can learn to write something basic such as a lab report 
> ....
> Maybe if there is a .tex file (a .guide file?!?!) or a plain ascii file or
> a book I can find out there that someone else is using??

There's an excellent introduction called 'A Gentle Guide to TeX' from
the University of Manitoba.  You might find it on Niord.SHSU.edu, or
ymir.claremont.edu... look for gentletex.??? or something like that.

As far as your font problems, have a close look at the configuration
files for ShowDVI and DVIprint. 

Good luck,
Dale

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- dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz
- Korokoro, New Zealand
From: alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: 2.1 compatible software
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:30:13 GMT+12
Distribution: world
Organization: Muppet Labs

In article <memo.865443@cix.compulink.co.uk> jartymiak@cix.compulink.co.uk (Jacek Artymiak) writes:
>
>>I am looking for a list of software that is known to function under AmigaDOS 2.1.
>
>I can only speak for myself but I hope the following helps:
>
>- Scala 500 works,
>- NComm 2.0 works,
>- DPaintIV works,
>- Protext 5.5 works,
>- QuarterBack Tools works,
>- ADPro 2.1 works,
>- MorphPlus works,
>- VidiAmiga12 works,
>- Devpac 3 works,
>- Migraph OCR works,
>- Amos 1.3 & Amos Professional works,
>- Imagine 2 works,
>- Prodata works,
>- Platinum Works works except for the Comms module,
>- OpalVision works,
>- DCTV works,

I can add (WB2.1 on an A2000 with 2.05 ROMs):

- ProWrite 3.2
- MaxiPlan 1.9 (which reminds me, I must get around to upgrading...)
- DICE
- Turbo Imploder 4.0
- Power Packer 3.0
- Cygnus Ed 2

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From: blatter@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter)
Subject: Re: Structured drawing programs with Bezier Curves?
Organization: ICU - University of Zurich, Dept. of Computer Science
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:11:32 GMT

Joel Kolstad (kolstad@cae.wisc.edu) wrote:
: 	I wanted to know... does Art Expression know how to do Bezier
: curves?  I recently prepared a manual, and finally figured out a use for
: the things -- making arrows that point things out look like they were drawn
: by somebody who's a lot smoother with a mouse than I am. :-)

As ArtExpression is based on the PostScript page description language
which relies heavily on Bezier curves (e.g. with the curveto operator)
it naturally supports Bezier curves. AE's native file format is EPS
(Encapsulated PostScript).

: I was left with the impression that, at that time, ProDraw and ...the one
: by Gold Disk... were the best.  How does AE compare to these?

If you like PPage's non-standard user interface, you'll probably
prefer PDraw which has similar capabilities. However, Art Expression
is much more flexible and easier to use. It allows you to import
structured graphics in various formats (including the Adobe 
Illustrator format popular on other platforms) and supports
industry-standard Adobe Type 1 (PostScript) fonts. It is compliant
with the Commodore UI Style Guide and supports IFF DR2D, the
Amiga standard format for structured graphics (PDraw does not
support it).

--Martin

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: dra2@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Daniel Allen)
Subject: Re: better 'CD' command wanted!
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:24:18 GMT

cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:

>e228reac@credit.erin.utoronto.ca (Rea  Christopher Wi) writes:

>> 
>> The reason for a replacement CD command is simple. Sure, auto-directory
>> navigation with Release 2 was made incredibly easy, but there are those of
>> us whose fingers are just itching to do "cd .." to return to the parent
>> directory. After using UNIX for a long time and AmigaDOS too it gets
>> confusing. I find myself using "cd .." on the Amiga side occasionally and
>> "cd /" when I'm logged into a UNIX system; one CD command that could handle
>> both would solve the problem for me on the Amiga. (UNIX is a different
>> story... :-)

> 
>alias cd /  cd ..
         ^     ^
     'alias' would barf on the imbedded spaces.
 
>Wouldn't that work in the Shell-Startup file?
> 
>(Speaking of that, I gotta get cracking on that and get it fixed up the 
>way *I* like it myself...  :)  )

Amen to that, custumizashun is what it's all about on the 'miga!!! :-)
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dra2@cornell.edu
From: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu (Mario Acevedo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Two Final Copy II questions
Date: 28 Jan 1993 01:35:20 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2rs9acevedom@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <1993Jan27.215059.1547@leland.Stanford.EDU>, dvoelker@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Voelker) writes:
>     I have a couple of questions about Final Copy II that I can't seem
>to find answers to in the manual:
>     1. How do you do an append?  I.e., how do you bring another file
>into one you've already opened?
>     2. The only way to close a document and start another seems to be
>to select "Quit."  If you don't select "Quit," opening successive
>documents just opens successive windows.  But if you "Quit" from
>the first document you opened, the whole program quits.  Is there any
>way to exit a document without "Quit?"
>
>-- 
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>|   Dave Voelker      Stanford University     dvoelker@leland.stanford.edu  |
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Close the document using the close gadget and when it asks you if you really
want to quit answer no to the question.  If you haven't made any changes to the
first document that was opened and you opened a new one, this new document will
replace the'Untitled" one, if you made changes then you can just close it using
the close gadget.

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From: blatter@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter)
Subject: Re: Suggestion for next PStream
Organization: ICU - University of Zurich, Dept. of Computer Science
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:19:07 GMT

John Derek Muir (ummuir05@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
: In <1993Jan20.075902.11710@dcdwest.uucp> steve@dcdwest.uucp (Steve Meloche) writes:
: >Me, I just wish that PageStream would allow multitasking during a screen
: >redraw!  I often change something in a page layout and try to do something
: >else on the computer while PageStream is redrawing the page, but *no*, I am
: >stuck with the busy pointer no matter which screen I click on.  
:
: Get yourself a MATH co-processor!!  THEN you'll be in buisness.  ALL
: programs that are heavy in the floating-point math are slow, but it helps if
: you have a co-processor.

PageStream uses integer math. A FPU won't speed up things.

--Martin

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: varmart@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Reji Martin)
Subject: Re: Scanner software?
Summary: Drivers in ADPro ?
Keywords: Epson 300C, ADPro driver, how?
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:12:44 GMT


> ADPro has options for the Epson ES-series, the Sharp JX-100, JX-300
> and JX-320
> 
> ImageMaster is told to have support for the ES-300C, but I haven't
> seen it yet.
> 
> ImageFX comes with drivers for the ES-300C and JX-100 but has no
> cable included.
> 
> IMHO, the ADPro-scanner-modules do their job best.
> 
> Ottmar Roehrig  

	I have recently purchased ADPro V.2 and have been just using
	it for Image manipulations for video graphics. So far I haven't
	seen any mention of drivers for any scanners/digitizers.

	Is this something extra? Or is there something I've missed in my
	'speed reading'?

	Also I recently ordered an Epson ES-300C and was told that they
	(Epson) had stopped shipping that line and were going to be
	shipping another new model in place of the ES-300C. Does anyone
	know about this?

	Thanks in advance . . .



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From: stern+@pitt.edu (Eric G Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: GhostScript available for the Amiga
Date: 28 Jan 93 03:04:03 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


What does ghostscript do for you that Post doesn't?

			Eric Stern
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
Subject: Re: SKsh 2.1 problem -- U option appears to be broken
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:53:24 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

Charles Wahl (cwahl@panix.com) wrote:

> vexing is that the 'U' option does not appear to work -- that's the one
> which prompts for an unmounted device rather than just telling you

Yeah, I accidentally broke it in 2.1.  Sorry.  I'll fix it for 2.2.
I don't use floppies much, and none of my test scripts test the +U
option, so it slipped by in 2.1 unnoticed.

  - steve

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: gorrie@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (Dennis Gorrie)
Subject: Re: QuarterBack 5.03 & Disk Errors
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:46:58 GMT
Organization: University of Regina, SK, Canada

In article <1993Jan17.205714.25850@eskimo.com> dwdyer@eskimo.com (Wayne Dyer) writes:
>Ok, you're backing up happily ;-) to floppies.  You have verify after write
>on, and all seems well until in the middle of disk N, you get a message that
>it couldn't do a verify somewhere on the disk.  It then asks you if you want
>to try the write again or to go on.
>
>IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRY AGAIN, QB will re-do the whole disk.  BUT -- even if it
>looks like the re-try worked (no error messages) there's a good chance that
>the ENTIRE backup after that disk will be corrupt.  Why?  QB seems to lose
[stuff deleted]
>The way around this?  If it says it couldn't verify something, DON'T try it
>again.  Use a different disk.

I got bitten by this twice too.   Thanks for confirming it.

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