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INFO-ATARI16 Digest Sun, 15 Oct 89 Volume 89 : Issue 522
Today's Topics:
Event multi (2 msgs)
File Moves?
Games for Sale
GEM text editor
official tos 1.4 release
OPUS22, STDCAT43 to TERMINATOR
PORTFOLIO is *not* vaporware...
Serial port Disk driver
Tex, LaTeX, gulam, etc.
TOS 1.4 Incompatibility List
TOS 1.4 problem (2 msgs)
Who has an executable version of MicroEmacs 3.10?
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Date: 15 Oct 89 05:05:03 GMT
From:
gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!jhunix!esp_05@tut.cis.ohi
o-state.edu (Stdnt 05)
Subject: Event multi
To sample the state of either mouse button, use the AES function
graf_mkstate. As I don't have my GEM manual with me now, I
don't remember exactly how it works, but this function returns
the state of the two mouse buttons as well as the shift, alternate
and control keys.
Ciao... Eric Ruck
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Date: 15 Oct 89 12:51:45 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!gmdzi!kloppen@uunet.uu.net (Jelske Kloppenburg)
Subject: Event multi
With graf_mkstate you can *sample* the state of the mouse buttons. But the
question is, how to wait with event_multi on either mouse button. I did not
solve the problem and I'm waiting too for contributions.
kloppenburg@kmx.gmd.dbp.de
UUCP: kloppen@gmdzi
In real life: Jelske Kloppenburg
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 89 22:33:17 MDT
From: ehsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs)
Subject: File Moves?
Hey Netters,
Just one small question. Is there a MOVE FILE function in TOS 1.2?
If yes, how do I use it?
Eric Hobbs
ehsnsr@JUPITER.nmt.edu
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Date: 15 Oct 89 06:28:47 GMT
From: agate!e260-4a!c60c-4af@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Teh Kao Yang)
Subject: Games for Sale
Hi there. I have a couple of games which I don't play anymore
which I would like to get rid off. Everything has the orginal docs and boxes
except dungeon master(no box). All the prices include shipping...also make
me offers on bundles of the games....
Barbarian $5
Death Sword $6
Tracker $6
Barbarian II $15
R-Type
$15
Shadowgate $10
Impossible Mission II $10
Carrier Command $12
Heroes of the Lance $10
Empire $15
Dungeon Master $10
I would part with the whole lot for $90.
Thanks!
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Date: 14 Oct 89 16:07:05 GMT
From: attctc!iczer@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Ted Uhlemann)
Subject: GEM text editor
Can someone reccomend a decent small-sized (under 50k) GEM-based text editor
for me? Preferibly in .ACC format, but not necessary. I've been looking
around for something like this for the last week, and all I've been able to
find is an ACC called DIARY that has a STATIC buffer size of 8k, and then
something called PEDIT which took up 100k and didn't even have a GEM interface.
HelP!
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:06:39 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Xorg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Subject: official tos 1.4 release
Thanks for the TOS 1.6 info John! I was beginning to worry about
a shaft - go through hell to have TOS 1.4 installed and then 1.6
comes out, would not have been fun! i now have TOS 1.4 and Turbo 1.6
and the speed increase is outstanding1
Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com
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Date: 14 Oct 89 04:24:00 GMT
From:
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!glk3593@iuv
ax.cs.indiana.edu
Subject: OPUS22, STDCAT43 to TERMINATOR
Could someone post the binaries to OPUS Vers. 2.2
and STDCAT Vers 4.3 to the terminator site or e-mail me
them and I'll post them.
Thanks.
-Spieu!
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:20:54 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Xorg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Subject: PORTFOLIO is *not* vaporware...
I saw the Portfolio at the WAACE Fest and i've also been very impressed
with the Atari ads that have been appearing in the NY Times, Wall Street
Journal, and USA Today. My dealer now has two Portfolio's and is taking
orders - he is waiting for all the accessories to come out before selling
Portfolio.
Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com
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Date: 14 Oct 89 04:30:45 GMT
From:
gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!rex!mgse!marks@apple.co
m (Mark Seiffert)
Subject: Serial port Disk driver
In article <462b356c.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
writes:
>In article <42681@ccicpg.UUCP>, paulm@ccicpg.UUCP (tmp Paul Moreau usenet acct)
writes:
>>
>> port, it went via the serial port. I over came the non re-entrant BIOS
>> problem and wrote a handler that runs on the UNIX system. I can create
>> a disk file on the unix system from 128K to 16meg, start the TSR driver
>> on the ST and Wella... I've got a drive 'P' on my st that I can just drag
>> files or disk ICONS to and start the copy and go away for a while.
>> ----
>> | UUCP: ...ccicpg!dl2!paulm | Paul L. Moreau |
>> | or ...ccicpg!dl1!paulm | Diagnostics Software Eng. |
>> | or ...ccicpg!paulm | Irvine, California |
>> `==========================================================='
>
>
>Paul, while most of us STers have access to usenet (how else can we read this
>message), we don't all have UNIX computers at home. But, your ideas sound good
>anyway. I have a thought, would it be possible to interface an ST to an IBM PC
>with a tape backup?? More folks out there might have access to such a creature.
Did you look at the code? I wonder how well it would run over a
telebit to a unix host (in xmodem mode instead of uucp mode).
I had given some thought of doing something like this for a PC. The
machine in my living room has 2 337MB drives, but the one in the
kitchen does not have a drive for DOS. I am not familiar enough
with the ST to even think about doing what Paul has done. The C
portion may be able to be ported to a PC allowing the PC to serve
the ST. I tried Paul's program connected to a 286 running Xenix
and all i get are "Chksum reading block 0" and then "Timeout"
errors. Has anyone been able to get this working on a ST talking
to a 286 or 386? I tried running it at 4800 baud with the exact
same results, the only thing i can think of is that the data that
the ST requires is byte swapped.
I have been giving some thought to using Paul's Unix partion of the
code to serve to a DOS machine allowing the same server software
to work with both the ST and PC. Anyone interested in swapping
ideas? Please respond via mail if you are, or know what the problem
is with running the C portion on a 286.
Is there a simple Backup program that works on a 520ST? The ST's
hard drive was dropped and i did not have a backup, hence my desire
to get pmfs working.
--
Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA.
uucp: rex!mgse!marks
bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU
internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu
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Date: 13 Oct 89 16:35:14 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!tub!actisb!federico@uunet.uu.net (Federico Heinz)
Subject: Tex, LaTeX, gulam, etc.
About a week and a half ago, I asked about the availability of TeX
and related utilities, as well as of a newer version of gulam. The
only answer I got was that the last gulam version posted to the
binaries newsgroup is about two years old. I got no answers regarding
TeX.
Could some kind soul who has the stuff (there are some of you out
there) send it to Steven so he'll post it? Or is it too huge for the
net? (excuse my ignorance). The same goes for a newer version of
gulam, in case such a thing exists. How about you, Steven? Can you
ftp some of this stuff and post it?
--
Federico Heinz
"La montania, Mendieta, es como la llanura, pero p'arriba." -- Inodoro Pereyra
From Europe: ...!mcvax!unido!tub!actisb!federico
From elsewhere: ...!uunet!pyramid!/
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:23:39 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Xorg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Subject: TOS 1.4 Incompatibility List
ChessMaster 2000 runs fine, except that the system always bombs when you
save a game. The file is saved (fortuneatly!), but it is annoying. thus
far this is the ONLY program that I've trouble with under TOS 1.4
Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:14:29 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Xorg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Subject: TOS 1.4 problem
Paul Close> i'd be interested in knowing whether Atari or your dealer
provided those TOS 1.4 docs, so far you are the *only* person i know
of who got DOCs with the upgrade!
Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com
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Date: 14 Oct 89 22:12:21 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Xorg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Subject: TOS 1.4 problem
I don't think that my problems are related to the 'weak chips', all programs
now run fine, now my only problem is with booting the system. After a long
search I think I've narrowed the problem down to either a bad .ACC or
a problem with the ICD adaptor board, the system is in for a look-see at
my dealer now - the diagnoistic cart showed no problems with the Mega 2.
(murphy's Law, bring it to a dealer and it will work fine!)
Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com
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Date: 13 Oct 89 19:46:10 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!hase@uunet.uu.net (Hartmut Semken)
Subject: Who has an executable version of MicroEmacs 3.10?
In article <250@mirsa.inria.fr> colas@mirsa.inria.fr (Colas NAHABOO) writes:
>I grabbed recently the uemacs3.10 sources on purdue, but didn't manage to
>compile it successfully with MWC 3.0.6: It works, but:
> 1) It does not use inverse video for mode lines
> 2) it aborts with 4 bombs when trying to do TOS functions
> (for instance with ~X-!) under msh (v2 or v3)
The compiled binary that came with the original distribution disks did
just the same.
Didn't find the bug (didn't look very much :-)
hase
--
Hartmut Semken, Lupsteiner Weg 67, 1000 Berlin 37 hase@netmbx.UUCP
Dennis had stepped up into the top seat whet its founder had died of a
lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a
Ferrari and a bottle of tequila. (Douglas Adams; the long dark teatime...)
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