HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PageStream V2.2--Problem w/ selecting screen colors
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:59:17 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>
>147/150: Screen colors tutorial
>Name: Gumby #1 @13459
>Date: Fri Mar 13 20:39:34 1992
>
>There still continues to be some confusion over screen colors and related 
>problems.
>
>A change was made in PgS 2.2 in the way that it matches colors in the color 
>palette to the screen colors.  First some things you must know:
>- every color palette contains black and white
>- gray screen color (for the purposes of this discussion) is any screen color
>    with EQUAL amounts of Red, Green and Blue. ie, all three sliders in the  
>  "Change Screen Colors" requester lined up.
>- PgS 2.2 uses the first two and the last two screen colors for the page, the
>    hilites, menus, requesters, option selected colors...etc
>- PgS 2.2 matches the White objects up to the lightest "gray" screen color
>- PgS 2.2 matches the Black objects up to the darkest "gray" screen color
>- IF there is only one "gray" color in the screen colors, then both Black    
>objects (normally text), and White objects (the page) map to this color.
>
>If you start PgS2.2 without a PSPrefs file, it will use the standard WB2 
>screen colors.  If you do not have a flicker fixer, then you know that the 
>Black and White objects next to each other can be quite a visual distraction.
>What some folks have done because of the flicker, or just because they wanted
>different colors, is changed the colors to something else which they find mor
>pleasing. Whether this is a leftover PgS2.1 PSPrefs file, or a changed PgS 2.
>WB2 screen colors, if they have less than two "gray" colors by the above 
>definition, they have both Black and White mapping to the same screen color. 
>This means that text will not be visable on the page!  If there is only one 
>"gray" and it is 100% White, then the page and the TEXT will be white.  If th
>only "gray" is totally Black, then the text and the PAGE will be black!  This
>is the way it is suppose to work!  Its NOT broken.  Please tell anyone who is
>reporting a Black page, or text does not show up on screen, to make sure that
>they have atleast TWO "gray" screen colors by the above definition.
>
>Mike K.
>

 
Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Subject: Re: Is there an Arabic/Farsi/Urdu word processor??
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 18:36:23 GMT


In article <91877@muvms3.bitnet> rcbi110@muvms3.bitnet writes:

> Does anyone know of a Arabic/Farsi/Urdu word processor for the Amiga?  I would
> prefer PD/Fr.Dist. but I would like to hear about any at all, if they exist.

I have heard references to a product called "Rashomon" that is
supposed to do Hebrew, Arabic and Russian (Cyrillic?).  Unfortunately,
I don't remember the name of the company; it's located in Israel
somewhere.  


--
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: d098@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (John Magnus Collins)
Subject: Thanks (RE: Pak Zoo Lha Lhz.. sheeesh)
Summary: Flooded Mailbox 
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:52:21 GMT

I'd like to thank everyone who helped me out in getting the LHA program!
To date I have received over 30 messages, and two copies of it in the
local FTP site!!  

What a helpful bunch
Derek

At risk of overstaying my welcome...
Does anyone know of any programs to do graphing? (PD or commercial)
I currently use Matlab on an IBM (well zenith.. :)  at school but I'd
much rather do them on my trusty ole amiga
From: rcbi110@muvms3.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Tell me about TeX.
Date: 6 Apr 92 11:55:46 GMT
Organization: Marshall University


Hello,

 Today's question:  

I hear that TeX is really great etc. etc.
Is it small enough to be run on one,two, or *gulp* three floppies, or is it 
just monstrous, and requires a harddisk?

Does it know how to output smoothly to any printer by itself, say, and Epson 9
pin, or do you have to use it with Post (which would be even more of a chore 
on a floppy system)?

I know that it takes some know-how, and a programmer's mindset to use, I am not
too worried about that.

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks,
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From: sjk@ut-emx.uucp (Phil Alvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Quarterback Backup latest version
Date: 12 Apr 92 15:37:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: ut-emx.70172
Distribution: comp
Organization: Fred's Lounge



I recently called them and was told that Quarterback 5.0 would be
shippng next week.  Of course, they also told me that a few weeks
ago ....
I plan on going over to theie shop and picking it up when it's
available - so I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Scot
From: rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: ARexx and FinalCopy -- template provided!
Date: 14 Apr 92 23:45:07 -0700
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <1992Apr13.220852.413@mr.gov.bc.ca>, rforster@mr.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster) writes:
> 	I'm trying to write a an ARexx macro for FinalCopy.  Since this is my
> first ARexx script, it seems to be harder than I thought it would be.  If
> anyone has a template for a FinalCopy ARexx script, I'd sure apprciate it.  Why
> SoftWiid didn't include a template is beyond me.  Anyhow all I was trying to do
> was type in two address lines and the date at the beginning of a letter.

	I figured out how to do this in FinalCopy.  This is not a fancy ARexx
	macro, but it did exactly what I wanted it to do.  This is provided as a
	template only, feel free to improve/delete/munge it.

	NOTE:  The manual is in error.  On page 11-2, it states that the ARexx
	port is 'FinalC.1', in fact it is 'FINALC.1'

/* FinalCopy ARexx script to write our address and the date
   at the beginning of a letter. */

Address 'FINALC.1'

UpDateDate
EditBody
Type "							"
Type "4000 Seymour Place"
NewParagraph
Type "							"
Type "Victoria B.C."
NewParagraph
Type "							"
Insert date
NewParagraph
NewParagraph
Type "Dear "
If RC ~= 0 Then Exit RC

--
        /Russ
-----
Russ Forster (postmaster)                       B.C. Systems Corporation
Senior Systems Analyst                          4000 Seymour Place
                                                Victoria, B.C. V8X 4S8
Russ.Forster@BCsystems.GOV.BC.CA		(604) 389-3186
RForster@GOV.BC.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: d098@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (John Magnus Collins)
Subject: This is more than likely a faq
Summary: Hair raising adventures 
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 00:17:40 GMT

Whew!  Trying to get an archiver on ab20 is a bit of a pain... let me 
chronical my adventures...

I first of all downloaded readmylie_med.lha... Now I am rather new to
the amiga, so I assume a generic lharc would work.. bzzzt.. so I
give ab20 a jingle...  (It sais that it was a new version of lharc
or something along those lines)  I go into /amiga/archivers and see
the file... lharc-1.30  looks good so far.. except it is in ZOO format...
so I go looking for ZOO... I found it without too much bother, except,
you guessed it, it is in PAK format.. so I go off looking for PAK
but (get ready for this)  IT ISN'T THERE...  Meanwhile I'm thinking
that this would make a great comedy sketch....

Anyhow the purpose of this letter is to ask where I can get a copy
of whatever I need to uncompress med-3.21 and readmylie.. both
with the .lha extension..  if you could, maybe ftp anonymously into
jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca  and leave it in a directory named d098 for me..
if not, I'll understand (but please email me... too many messages on
this group to wade through)

Thanks for your help
Derek

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Epson LX-810 driver
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 04:26:01 GMT

HELP! HELP! HELP!
I recently bought an used Epson LX-810 9 pins printer, however, I can't
find a suitable driver for it. Please, if anyone has this driver, send
it to me by E-mail. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: ta00mmc@unccvax.uncc.edu (Michael McKnight)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Final Copy vs ProWrite
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:46:48 GMT
Reply-To: ta00mmc@unccvax.uncc.edu.UUCP (Michael McKnight)
Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

I have to say that Final Copy has pretty darn good printing speed.  It also
has the absolute BEST output I have ever seen from an Amiga wordprocessor
(DTP stuff excluded).  If the makers of final copy would add a few more
features it would be the standard!

-Michael McKnight
ta00mmc@unccvax.uncc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: anstey@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Charles Anstey)
Subject: Where can I find 'startup20'
Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 04:37:11 GMT

Where can I get 'startup20'?  I used to have it, but I must have deleted it.
Now I cannot find it on ab20 where I was sure that I got it from.  I believe
it is the program which allows you to choose which startup-sequence to use
from a requester but automatically runs a default after X seconds if none 
were chosen.  If 'startup20' is not the name of the program then could someone
tell me what the actual name is and where I can find it.

-Charles Anstey
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: ewong@ucs.ubc.ca (Eldon Wong)
Subject: Re: using LhA
Organization: University of B.C. Computing Services
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 04:28:09 GMT

Thanks to everyone who replied to me.  I finally realized what it was that
I was doing wrong.  I had downloaded the file to a Sun workstation and then
copied the file over through an NFS mount with the Amiga.  The problem was t
that the file was not executeable by others on the Sun, therefore, when
I tried would work.  Once I made the file executeable, everything worked fine.
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From: blatter@ifi.unizh.ch (Martin A. Blatter)
Subject: Re: Structured font creation??
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 11:45:27 GMT

In article <9204082333.AA15268@teetot.acusd.edu> gs@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (Greg Simon) writes:
>Hey all out there...I was wondering, is there an application or public
>domain program that allows you to create Compugraphic fonts?  Maybe it
>can be done in a structured drawing program?  Any ideas would be
>appriciated.

FontDesigner is a program to create outline fonts in different formats
including AGFA Compugraphic's Intellifont format. It's not public
domain though. It is possible to draw the font outlines in a strcutured
graphics program (like ProVector or the soon-to-be-released ArtExpression
program from Soft-Logik) and import them into FontDesigner (using the
IFF DR2D format).

Hope that helps
--Martin

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From: WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PostDJ.lzh
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:27:14 GMT
 <92097.150134WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
 <1992Apr7.020304.21632@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
 <1992Apr8.012005.21792@cfa.harvard.edu>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

VLT 5.517 is available also from unixhub.slac.stanford.edu. Two archives:
you only need to download one. One is VLTjr., the other regular VLT with
Tektronix. Directory: pub/Amiga/VLT5.517  .

         Willy.

PS: There's no new manual yet. September at the earliest.
    (There's a doc file in the archive, though).
From: vishart@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Custom font creation and Mac conversion to Amiga
Date: 10 Apr 92 04:08:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


     Does anyone know of any tools for converting Mac fonts
to Amiga fonts ?  I have MacFont from Fish disk #138, but I
was wondering if there was anything newer.

     I was also wondering if someone could recommend a tool for
creating one's own custom fonts ? (e.g. from IFF images ? )
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From: monster@mbear.pub.uu.oz.au (Martin Ozolins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: FishCat v1.2 on AB20
Date: 5 Apr 92 18:45:07 GMT
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

In article <1992Mar30.000726.5030@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mks22040@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tangible) writes:
>
>
>
>    I have just uploaded FishCat v1.2 to AB20.  It is located in the
>/incoming/amiga/FishCat directory.  Included are updates through disk
>620 (disks 621-630 hadn't made it to UX1 yet, so I could not include
>them).  Read the ".readme" files first to figure out what you need to
>do.
>

How about telling us the filename also ?
Some of us do not have FTP access and have to use a server to get the files.
If we knew the filename it would save a lot of time ( a few days )

Tanx

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From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: RE: Lharc vs. LZ
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:19:25 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)



LZ is _definitely_ the faster one.  I have noticed significant speed
increases using it--and no CRC check problems!

It will handle .lzh *and* .lha !!!!

-Greg 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: iank@microsoft.com (Ian Kennedy)
Subject: Re: --- WRITTING A NEW WP ---
Date: 08 Apr 92 04:03:36 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <11138@mindlink.bc.ca> Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs) writes:
> <Stuff about 1/3 of screen filled with tool bars being lame>
>it's possible to turn off this "feature".  A menu bar and at most
>a single status line are enough.

You think having 1/3rd of your display hogged by status and toolbars(tm)
lame? In excel (a product I worked on) version 4 it is possible
to FILL THE SCREEN with custom toolbars(tm). I'm not kidding. Just
out of curiosity I managed to obscure every part of the worksheet with
toolbars(tm). And yes, "ToolBar(tm)" is a registered trade mark of
Microsoft Corp. I can't wait untill we tradmark "double click" or
"drag and drop"

Ian.

>
>Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca
>"I'm cursed with hair from HELL!"  -- Night Court


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From: ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Advantage 1.1 and Enforcer hits
Date: 16 Apr 92 09:17:09 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

What is the newest version of Advantage (Gold Disk)? One of my friends
just tested the v 1.1 and it caused regularly enforcer hits when the
"Recalculate" command was chosen... Is there a newer version in which this
bug has been fixed?


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From: mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick)
Subject: Re: Distant Suns 4.1 demos up on AB20
Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 05:28:59 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.162643.25084@cco.caltech.edu> rknop@cco.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop) writes:
>mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) writes:
>
>>The Distant Suns 4.1 demo is now released and may be found on AB20.
>>The "1.3" version should work on all machines, and runs under ADOS 1.3.
>
>I looked for it in incoming/amiga/DEMO/commercial, and /amiga/demo/commercial,
>but couldn't find anything that was obviously it.  Could you give us a
>directory and a filename?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Rob Knop

I had someone else post it for me since I don't have ftp access, sooooo,
I don't know where exactly it is. I do know that it is there as others
have already downloaded it.

mike


-- 
"There is no problem too big that can't be solved with high explosives"-Rush

Mike Smithwick - ames!zorch!mike

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: burkert1@platon.fmi.uni-passau.de (Klaus Burkert)
Subject: Re: Looking for standard meta-language (SML) for the AMIGA
Organization: University of Passau, W-Germany
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 11:27:49 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.070714.24300@polari.com> wally@polari.com writes:
>I'm looking for SML running on the AMIGA. If anyone has any knowledge of 
>such a package, please let me know. Thanks.

Have a look at ftp.uni-passau.de (132.231.1.10), in /pub/amiga/incoming
you'll find sml.lzh
I don't know about the version or HW required since I don't use this stuff.

Ciao, Klaus.

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Brandweg 11          voice: +49-851/83993 (only pm please)
D-W-8390 Passau   /  Federal Republic of Germany
From: u0550bq@unx.ucc.okstate.edu (login 43 of account 10550)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Postscript Utility pfb2afm.  Where is it?
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:18:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: unx.1992Apr8.001816.8128
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center

Could someone please upload the utility to convert postscript pfb files
to postscript afm files to ab20 (before the 13th) or to hubcap.   If it
is already there then what is it called?  Hubcap had a archive called
pfm2afm.lha on it but lha and LZ only said there was a doc file within.

Thanks in advance,
Eddie M.
From: jtillema@cs.arizona.edu (John E. Tillema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: V2.04 crashes
Summary: Me three
Keywords: V2.04
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:19:11 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <1992Mar31.131602.29368@iesd.auc.dk>, labben@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Bodin) writes:
> In article <c7PJ02JX0eF401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> jds30@amail.amdahl.com writes:
> [included article deleted...]
> >I've been experiencing severe hard disk failures since
> >installing WB2.04.  Sometimes checksum errors, but usually
> >a write the drive followed by reading returns garbage, and
> >sometimes a generic AmigaDOS error 42.  I've posted this
> >problem in comp.sys.amiga.hardware under a CIA (timing chip)
> >topic.
> >
> I have been having troubles with my machine crashing not only when
> writing to HD but only when double-clicking on icons. The crash
> is random, i.e. sometimes my machine works for several hours,
> sometimes it crashes allready after a few minutes.
> 
> I have also had some trouble with "dh0: not validated" which I guess
> is a sideeffect from these crashes during a write to HD.
> 
> Unfortunately I have not been able to track this problem down yet 8( 
> I might have damaged the motherboard or fried a chip (oh no, tell me I
> didn't fry my CIA's again ;^) when I installed the new ROM as I had to
> be a little violent in order to remove the power connector...

I too have had this problem and fixed about 80% of the problems
by placing the hddisk file from the 2.04 expansion directory of
the install disk in my workbench: expansion directory.  (I am using
a 2090a if it matters with 2 ST-506 drives)  This managed to fix
the problems of writing to one disk giving my checksum/disk validation
errors most of the time.  But, when I try and copy a file (especially
easily to do with large files) from one hard disk to the other
(both formatted with the New FFS), I end up crashing the Amiga with
some GURU number I can't think of at the moment (maybe 810000004 -might
have too many/few zeros here).  And periodically (once every two to four
weeks the one drive gives me the checksum error as well.  As to if
the problem is with the CIA chip, don't know.  Didn't get any useful
response when I posted a while back to c.s.a.hardware (for that matter
CBM didn't know either when I called them after my dealer said he had
no clue).  These problems didn't occur in 1.3, so who knows what is 
going on, maybe the new FFS is causing this?  If anyone does find out
PLEASE POST IT!!  So everyone with this problem can fix it.

John
jtillema@caslon.cs.arizona.edu
From: Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: --- WRITTING A NEW WP ---
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:06:09 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

In article <1992Apr08.040336.28356@microsoft.com> iank@microsoft.com
(Ian Kennedy) writes:

>toolbars(tm). And yes, "ToolBar(tm)" is a registered trade mark of
>Microsoft Corp.

     Omigod.  I guess I'd better stay away from them then.  I'd hate
to get "dragged and dropped" into a look-and-feel lawsuit.  :-)

>                I can't wait untill we tradmark "double click" or
>"drag and drop"

     Nah.  You'll have to translate them to suitable marketspeak
first, complete with BiCapitalization and other useless gimmicks.
How about "DDoubleClick"?

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.bc.ca
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.