HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: PLT plotter -> wb printer
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 19:09:09 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

In article <etam.721559819@sfu.ca> etam@fraser.sfu.ca (Edwin Tam) writes:

|  I was just wondering, does anyone know what ever happened to PLT, or
|  if there were any new versions being released. I have version 1.3
|  which dates back to 1989 and its beginning to show its age.  For
|  anyone who doesn't know, PLT is a handler which allows you to print to
|  any preferences printer any plotting document (which has HPGL plotting
|  codes).  It actually works very well.

Then what's your problem?  (Re: "It actually works very well.")

The last version actually was 1.3a from Dec. 11, 1989.

I did much of the early beta testing for PLT: and the last version was able
to handle EVERYTHING I could throw at it; one of my test plots (the battery
backed RAM circuit) accompanies the 1.3 distribution.

PLT: still works fine for me, and I do a LOT of plotting.

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]
From: "ken halfon" <ken.halfon@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: populous ii
Date: 11 Nov 92 09:35:00 EST
Reply-To: "ken halfon" <ken.halfon@execnet.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Executive Networks Information

The following message is being posted for my brother-in-law who does
not have usenet access. If you can help please reply to me at
Ken.Halfon@Execnet.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
On 11/09 George Green wrote:
GG>I have been working wiht Populous II and managed to get to world 235
GG>(UNNEAK) and cannot manage to beat the bad guys.  All you have is
GG>raise/lower the earth and the ability to move your papal magnet.  The
GG>opposition can call on numerous strategies including Helen.  She can't
GG>be drowned aand once she starts I have been unable to stop her.  If
GG>anyone has figured this one out or cares to try, HELP!         THANKS>

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From: matt-dah@dsv.su.se (Mattias Dahlberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Karsten Obarski
Date: 10 Nov 92 14:00:50 GMT
Organization: The DSV institute of Stockholm, Sweden
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Please email Karsten Obarski's address to me.


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From: leibrock@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de (Gerhard Leibrock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: CDTV Boot disk for ParNet
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:05:05 GMT
Organization: Fachschaft Informatik, U of Saarland, FRG

hello,
there is a parnet.device available that causes NO enforcer hits.
it is version 2 of the device and can be downloaded by any ftp-site.

I do have another problem using parnet .

Is there a parnet-driver available to run under SM-DOS ?
i do own two AMIGAs and a 286 computer. I need the SM-DOS
computer to get access to the hd disk-drive. Sadly there
seems to be no way to connect the two computers and have
access to the PCs hardware via parnet.
Somebody did tell me, that there is a driver available for
the PC, but nobody knows where to get it.
Hope somebody can help me,

yours,
      Gerhard


Gerhard Leibrock, Neuhaeuselerstr. 12, D-W6654 Kirkel 2, Germany
Voice: (+49) 6849/6134, E-Mail: leibrock@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de
E-Mail longer than 30kB: gele@stud.rz.uni-sb.de
From: xero@cislabs.pitt.edu (George J Karabin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Amiga's in schools
Date: 10 Nov 92 19:08:06 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Well, you might want to mention NTSC compatibility. While this might not
sound like much, consider this. Most schools have VCR's and TV's to cart
around already, and an A600 could be added to the picture, for $400 or less.
Mention the Amax and a bridgeboard (not one of C='s, too pricey) and then
you've got three major computing systems in one cost effective package, to
give the students the variety that they'll need in college. Mention the
inexpensive video genlock capabilities for the school Audio Video club.
Show some simple presentations to teachers showing how easy it is to
computerize a presentation...

I hope that helps.

	- Josh
From: pepin@CAM.ORG (Jean Pepin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Warning to users of Asimware "FishMarket" CDROM
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:44:41 GMT
Organization: Club Amiga Montreal

Do you have more information about this trojan horse?
How about manifestation, destruction, communication. etc.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:22:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.165619.1532@ichips.intel.com> tjehl@sedona.intel.com writes:
>   Keel-haul the scurvy dog.
>-- 
      Or feed the scum to sharks, on planet-wide television. Software
   Pirates and virus writers both.

-- 
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             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                     "Kill the Wabbit ! " Elmer Fudd. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mwelie@cs.vu.nl (Welie van M)
Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
Keywords: piracy
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:50:34 GMT

shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:

>In article <1992Nov5.175120.9297@ifi.unizh.ch> matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik) writes:
>>No. Piracy is the result of ignorance and stupidity.
>In your opinion, maybe.

I don't see what piracy has to do with ignorance and as for stupidity :
Why would you spend $1000 if you can get the same program for $2 ?
Sounds stupid to me !!

>>IF you cant afford programms, then where did you find the money for the 
>>computer?
I'm using my dad's computer.

>Maybe the computer was purcashed some time ago, & Mr.X ran out of cash
>so he pirates.  Makes perfect sense.  I suppose you'd have to be a
>pirate at least once to understand.
>>>And no, don't try to turn me in because I don't
>>>pirate anymore & I don't use the old stuff.
>>
>>Glad you are over this now.
>Yeah, me too.  I LOVE having documentation. :)

Here in Holland it's VERY easy to obtain illegal copied software.
I know a lot of programs a certainly worth their price and if I
would have to use a program daily for my study or things like that I
would perhaps consider buying the program. But then when I want
a program I can get it almost as easy as going to the computer store !

I wonder what you would do in my situation. I think you'd rather spend
$2 and buy a harddisk or something for the rest of the money.

Bye
From: Tad_felix_Bilby@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A4000 - PC486 comparison?
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 15:49:53 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

The A4000 is very tightly integrated. The OS and hardware are much 
tighter than say slapping windows on top of dos on top of a 486.
It seems to have the same snappiness of a 486. I have yet to
see a product as well done as ASDG the Art Department Pro 2
on a clone. (for the price).
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.misc:16507 comp.sys.amiga.applications:8472
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: WB 3.0 and NickPrefs
From: itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:33:10 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: AT&T

Has anyone noticed a problem with running NickPrefs and WB 3.0?  I'm running
3.0 on an A4000.  I was just playing with setting different screen modes in
prefrences and discovered that everytime Intuition tried to change the screen
mode the machine would guru!  It would also guru when trying to reset the screen
after changing the overscan prefs.  I started removing stuff from the startup
sequence and narrowed down the problem to NickPrefs.  When not running NickPrefs
all works fine.  Does anyone know about this?  Has this been fixed in a newer
version?  Unfortunately I can't figure out what version I'm running...

WB 3.0 lets you use IFF backdrops and edit the busy pointer (although not
animate them :-(  )  so I guess the only thing I need it for is to keep
the floppy drive from clinking.  Does anyone want to recomend a 3.0 friendly
drive anti-clicker?

Rich...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
Subject: The Death of the Juggler
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:52:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

The Juggler has died; long live the juggler!

Dunno if folks new to the Amiga world will know what this is, but
old-timers like myself will probably remember that 1986 vintage Eric
Graham demo.  It was, as far as I am aware, the first popular ray traced
animation done on the Amiga.  The rendering software could only render
spheres (this was before commercial 3D rendering packages), so the
juggler was made up entirely of colored spheres.  It looked great in its
day; there was nothing else really comparable.

Anyway, it no longer works on an Amiga 4000.  It did survive from 1.1 to
2.04 though.

Our esteemed Juggler has finally passed away.

   - steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: The Death of the Juggler
Date: 11 Nov 92 12:22:59 GMT
Organization: IDK/Frontec - System Design Group

koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
> Our esteemed Juggler has finally passed away.

Sob...


       ///  Bjorn Stenberg, Stockholm, Sweden         bjst@sth.frontec.se
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: griffita@fraser.sfu.ca (David Stuart Griffiths)
Subject: I've given up on recieving LhA.
Summary: Look before you leap....
Keywords: LHA
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:10:28 GMT

Well, I have to admit I hoped the time would never come, but I have
finally given up all hope of recieving a registered copy of LhA from
Stefan Boberg.  I really like the program, it's fast and efficient,
however the author is not.

After 2 fidonet messages and around 6 internet messages, all with NO
response, I have to assume either he's too busy to talk to his
customers, or simply ignoring them.

Although it pains me to put a sour note on shareware, if you are
considering registering LhA, post a message on the network asking how
many people have sent the registration fee and have not yet recieved
their copy (in my case, I sent my money in in MAY!! (7 months ago!))
with not a word...

So far I've heard of at least a dozen other people (without really
looking all that hard) who have waited that long for their copy, and
if I was to ask for everyone who has not recieved a copy to email me,
the mail-server would most likely overload and die.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: ssovaiko@afit.af.mil (Stephen F Sovaiko)
Subject: IF YOU UNDERSTAND $C00000 AND $800000, READ THIS
Summary: need help with finding programs in memory
Keywords: MEMORY, ram, addmem
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:07:33 GMT

I am trying to get zkick to work on a 2MB A1000.  The kickfile loads into
$C00000 ram just fine, but only after running noC0ram, which takes all
1.5MB of my autoconfiguring expansion board away from the system.  When
zkick is done and reboots in 2.0, I have a system with no fastram, anly
about 100K of chipram, and no room for WB2.0.

Question - how can I find out where the kickfile resides above $C00000,
so that I can run ADDMEM and get the remaining fastram back into the
system?

I do have another (non-autoconfig) mode for my ram board, and it will
require running addmem beginning at $800000.  But I will still need to
know where the kkickfile begins and the kickfile ends so I don't take back ram from the kickfile.
From: carolyn@cbmvax.commodore.com (Carolyn Scheppner - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AmigaGuide Distribution
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:11:45 GMT
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.commodore.com (Carolyn Scheppner - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Nov7.033231.2712@sth.frontec.se> bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg) writes:
>Hi.
>
>I'm a little curious about the distribution scheme for things like the
>amigaguide.library, locale.library and the other stuff on the DevCon disks.
>
>There's a file note stating that all software on those disks are provided
>'as is' with everything that implies.
>What rights/restrictions of distribution are there on the software of those
>disks?
>

Unless otherwise stated, nothing on the Devcon disks is distributable.

The amigaguide and locale betas on the Devcon disks are definitely
not distributable.


>It would be nice to be able to provide my users with the reader for all my
>new & fancy guides without having them shell out half a fortune for SAS/C...
>
>Isn't CBM going to release these things 'for real' soon?
>AmigaGuide is the salvation of the world. I want it out *NOW*! :-)


One of my guys is working on distribution archives for Installer
and Amigaguide, and I have an easy electronic no-cost licensing
form submitted to our legal department.  We hope to wrap this all
up soon.

As for locale.library, I am working on a V39 Workbench license.

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From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Super 72 Mode
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:29:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Nov12.202916.4714
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)

Can anyone tell me exactly what the new Super 72 video mode on the A4000
is?  What monitor characteristics are needed to use this mode?  Thanks,


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From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Amiga core-dump? *sigh*
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga Yarn 3.4, 1992/08/12 15:49:52
Keywords: 
Summary: 
Date: 12 Nov 92 12:03:55 PST
Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica

In <1953@lysator.liu.se>, marvil@lysator.liu.se (Martin Vilcans) wrote:
> matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik) writes:
> >Because its not guarantied that your data is safe.
> 
> Wouldn't you like the computer to continue working and then let the user
> decide if he/she wants to reset?

Starting with 2.0, you can.

> >It doesnt lack nothing, it was a design decision of the OS to do this.
> >(But MP wold be usefull)
> 
> It lacks an MMU, which is not a must, but very useful, for proper memory
> protection.

Hmmm - how are you going to do MP without an MMU, except by
restricting the languages people get to use (ala Burroughs)?

	<mike


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: "alex jankowski" <alex.jankowski@canrem.com>
Subject: version 3.0 and speech
Reply-To: "alex jankowski" <alex.jankowski@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 6 Nov 92 12:59:43 EST

You can copy the "speech files" off of your old "2.0" release. They
still work. Hopefully, this is only a "temporary" (ie: legal) situation.
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From: shulick@acoma.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:15:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.Bx93tw.62C
Organization: Vallen Software

In article <1992Nov5.152511.12182@city.cs> lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) writes:
>Subj: I found a pirate - what shall I do?

Offer him a mug of ale and polish his pegleg.

>When I phoned him and questioned him, he became abusive and
>said `report me'.

>What shall I do? Would FAST be either interested or effective?
>Would the police be interested? I could `buy' some stuff from
>him as evidence. LOOT reaches millions of Londoners every
>day and is a very widespread paper. Private ads are free. I
>would hate to estimate how much Amiga software is being stolen
>and distributed in London in this way.

Boo!  Evil pirate!  Throw him away!  In my little terminology, there are
good pirates, and bad pirates. :)  Bad pirates are the ones who buy/copy
major products and SELL them to others.  Eeevil!  Good pirates are the
ones who just distribute the stuff free. :)

Listen, you can't stop piracy.  Piracy is a crime, which is a result of
poverty, and that's no bull.  I've had to resort to piracy because of no
cash and high needs.  And no, don't try to turn me in because I don't
pirate anymore & I don't use the old stuff. (We're talking OLD.)  Do you
honestly think that by stopping piracy, software prices will cease to
rise, or even go down?  Yes, piracy does increase software price because
of companies losing money, but even if there was NO piracy, companies
would still kick prices up for their own benefits.  And if there is so
much piracy going on these days, I don't see the side-effects.  Shadow
of the Beast 3, a brand spankin' new game retails for $50 on the market.
WOW.  Whee.  Pretty bad.  Buuut, take a look in almost any mail order
catalog and you'll see it for $30.  And I can imagine SOB3 is being
pirated out the butt.

So turn in pirates if you want to.  1) You'll only be hurting the
pirate.  2) You won't be helping anyone.

-- 
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shulick@indiana.edu | courage to lose sight of the shore."  --Anon.
(NeXTmail welcome)  |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
Subject: Re: A1000 serial port
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:15:01 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Christopher_Stewart@amusers.UUCP (Christopher Stewart) writes:

>In a message dated Mon  9 Nov 92  2:48, Prall968@armstrong.edu wrote:

> P> I have an Avatex 2400 external modem that works for all intensive
> P> purposes. I 
> P> cann hook it to my 1000 with a cable, and send it the AT commands with
> P> no 
> P> trouble. But when I tell it to dial.. It will pick up the phone (no
> P> dialtone)
> P> can be heard.. and then it hangs up... Someone told me this could be
> P> due
> P> to the odd serial port in the 1000.. Can somone send me the pinouts on
> P> the
> P> A1000's serial port.. or an answer as to why my modem isn't working...

>     Yes, you do need a modified modem cable for the A1000. I just picked
>one up at my local dealer for $9.95 (Can). Works like a dream.

However, this is unlikely to be the problem.  The serial port isn't that
strange; it's mostly a matter of some extra signals being on some
otherwise-unused pins.  if you get a cable that only passes pins 2-8 and
20, you shouldn't have any trouble.  (You need to get the gender right on
the Amiga end, too)

If you don't hear a dial tone when it goes off hook, and it doesn't dial, 
the first thing I suspect is that there's no dial tone available to the 
modem.  You might make sure the speaker is turned on.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: dmacphee@nyx.cs.du.edu (Don mac phee)
Subject: Re: DISCLAIMER FOR JUGLERDEMO POSTING ABOVE
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 00:59:53 GMT

In article <69426@cup.portal.com> Eric_J_Rainbolt@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>Why?  I forgot that I belong to PORTAL.  This INCREDIBLE Amiga archive,
>for the Amiga.  I am becoming seriuosly addicted, and talking to
>the Pro's at PORTAL really adds to my knowledge and interest in
>the Amiga.
> 
>I have a connection right now that keeps me logged into PORTAL
>continuosly through my University computer system, and the
>splendors of the Internet save me all dial-in charges.  I am
>not billed for the local call.
> 
>Join Portal - the more you use it, the more you appreciate it!


   Umm... I'm all for plugging services, but this poor addled soul sounds
a lot like those fanatical, Christian doo (oops...) Jehovah's Witless'
that come to my door every year, to get chased off at gunpoint. (Gods...
Gotta love the awesome satirical counterpoint that a Smith and Wesson
can provide to some high-level marketing...)

   I don't pay for services I get for free. If I want discount anything,
I call 1-800 numbers. If I want News, I dial my local University. If I 
want to listen to useless posts such as this, I hit the space-bar.
Please restrict such awesome flag-waving to private posts, or 4-line
signatures.

   By the way, flame with the 'R' key, not the 'F' key. A lot of people have
to pay 13.95 a month for something that's going to be free at the local
library, soon. (Read various bills that Gore attempted to pass. Now he
gets to.)
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