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CONTENTS
ATARIUSER MAGAZINE DEBUTS...................................
Z*NET ATARIWATCH 1991 CALENDAR..............................
Z*NET NEWSWIRE..............................................
WORDFLAIR CONFERENCE...................................GEnie
GRIBNIF SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES PATCH...............Press Release
CALAMUS TUTORIAL - PART X......................Geoff LaCasse
SDS ANNOUNCED DESKJET UTILITIES PAK............Press Release
UNIVERSAL NETWORKING SYSTEM FOR THE ST.........Press Release
FAST TECHNOLOGY UPDATE.........................Press Release
TQM ANNOUNCES STREE............................Press Release
Z*NET SOFTWARE SHELF..........................Ron Berinstein
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ATARIUSER MAGAZINE DEBUTS - UPDATE
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ATARIUSER MAGAZINE will be the Guest in the Real-Time-Conference on
GEnie this coming Wednesday night, May 1, at 10 PM, 7 PM Pacific time.
AtariUser is the new FREE Atari monthly magazine, formerly ST JOURNAL.
John Nagy, John King Tarpinian, and Steve Lesh will be on hand to
discuss the new all-Atari magazine. Attendees will get an extra free
offer... be there.
The crew of AtariUser will be attending the conference from the CODEHEAD
QUARTERS BBS, at the birthday party for the first year of operation of
the BBS. Ron Berinstein, host of the CodeHead Quarters system and PD/
Shareware reviewer for Z*NET and AtariUser, also manages the Vine Street
Bar and Grill in Hollywood, California, and the conference will end in
an appreciation party for all the system users. As the name implies,
CodeHead Quarters BBS is the home base for support of John Eidsvoog and
Charles F. Johnson's CODEHEAD SOFTWARE.
Here is the Editor's Viewpoint column from the May issue of AtariUser
magazine, now on newsstands, dealer shelves, and user group meeting
tables. (Reprinted by permission, Copyright 1991 by Quill Publishing,
all rights reserved.)
HIGH RESOLUTION: Viewpoints and Responses from our Atari Community
Welcome to ATARIUSER MAGAZINE by John Nagy, Editor In Chief
You are holding a rare commodity in today's world: an Atari specific
monthly magazine. In fact, ATARIUSER may be the U.S.'s ONLY monthly
commercial Atari magazine-format publication. That's both an exciting
opportunity and a heavy commitment.
We USED to be ST JOURNAL, a widely praised but relatively low-production
ST specific glossy magazine. Despite ST JOURNAL's popularity (where it
could be found), we could not afford to print more than 10,000 copies
with the ad revenues we were earning... and couldn't raise more revenues
without increasing circulation. Even while our acceptance and quality
increased with each issue, the numbers just weren't going to work.
Enter ATARIUSER MAGAZINE. Steve Lesh of Quill Publications and I had
been kicking around the concept of doing a dealer-distributed free
computer magazine for quite a while. There are several non-specific
computer regional magazines that have done well in the "free" format,
particularly on the West coast. We decided to risk trying to do the
first national (international, really) "free" distribution magazine. By
a series of trade-offs of production numbers against printing and
binding methods, ad rates, and distribution schemes, we think it is
going to work. We even figure to be able to clinch the title for
largest circulation Atari magazine in the USA... and provide a FREE
product. Every month! I agreed to become the editor and Steve will
provide his outstanding layout and art direction. Also from ST JOURNAL
are Kevin Horn heading up advertising, Gantry Gappmayer, John King
Tarpinian as Assistant Editor, and a number of contributors from the old
JOURNAL staff.
You may have noticed the $1 "Bookstore Price" on the cover... and some
of you may have had to pay it. Sorry, but some major bookstores and
businesses simply can't and won't cope with a totally free magazine.
Rather than have to give up the substantial potential circulation, we
allow them to charge meagerly, if they must. This is not an uncommon
solution for other, similar "free" publications... but see "Getting
AtariUser, below!
AtariUser will cover the ENTIRE Atari computer product lineup, including
the TT, STe, ST, MEGA, MEGA/STe, Portfolio, Lynx, and even the out-of-
production Atari 8-bit series of computers. And as Atari's product
family grows in the coming months, so will we. We'll focus on the facts
that will make life easier for ATARI USERS. Every month we will try to
cut to the meat of what is happening, what is available, what it can do
for you, and how to get it. And we'll do it FAST, with less than two
weeks between final edits and distribution.
We are maintaining close alliances with other magazines and news
agencies to be sure our information is as current as possible. We'll
exchange material with Z*NET INTERNATIONAL ATARI NEWS SERVICE, Germany's
PD JOURNAL, and several other foreign magazines.
Our departments will regularly include all Atari product lines, plus
rotating focuses on DTP, communications, graphics, MIDI applications,
new software and game reviews, top PD and SHAREWARE software, user group
news, emulation, hardware hacking, etc. And I'll be keeping you current
with ATARI NEWS AND COMMENT, continuing the column I've done for years
in COMPUTER SHOPPER magazine.
You'll find two specific constructs recurring throughout our pages:
* the ALERT BOX
This will be at the top of each department's column with quick news and
facts about the subject in general. You'll be able to keep up with
developments in each department with a glance.
* the RESOURCES
Each month we'll feature a RESOURCE FILE for one or more of our
departments, giving a comprehensive listing of available products,
dealers, user groups, BBS's, etc.
We're continuing the advertiser and product indexes that were popular in
ST JOURNAL. We'll even do something unheard of since Kris Kringle
suggested MACY's in MIRACLE ON 34th STREET...recommend you to the OTHER
Atari publications, let you know what each of them feature in their
current issue, and how to subscribe!
We want to make it easier to be an ATARI USER. Our concept and goal is
to be your standard monthly reference for all Atari interests... at a
price Atari Users can truly say is POWER WITHOUT THE PRICE... FREE! Let
us know how you think we're doing!
John Nagy, Editor in Chief, AtariUser Magazine
GETTING ATARIUSER
We distribute bundles of ATARIUSER to dealers and user groups upon
request in increments of 50. Registered Atari User Groups get ATARIUSER
completely free, all others pay only shipping costs. Individual
introductory copies are $1.00 by first class mail. Preferential home
delivery is available for a limited time price of $15 per year. Contact
ATARIUSER for details... 800-333-3567, 113 West College Street, Covina,
California, 91723. FAX 818-332-2869.
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Z*NET ATARIWATCH 1991 CALENDAR
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Here's the schedule of 1991 Atari appearances as scheduled at this time.
Entries marked "Bob Brodie at..." are typically speaking engagements or
appearances at clubs, dealers, or small non-Atari specific shows.
April 27
Bob Brodie in Glendale California, addressing 10 groups in a theater
setting. An open house follows at a local Atari dealer with several
developers appearing also. Contact John King Tarpinian, 818-246-7286.
May 4-5
The Windsor Atari Users Group of Windsor, Ontario, Canada and the
Washtenaw Atari Users Group of Ann Arbor, MI are hosting the Windsor/
Detroit International AtariFest on May 4 and 5 at the St. Clair College
of Arts and Technology in Windsor. Atari Canada and U.S. will both
attend. Contact Craig Harvey, WAUG - Ann Arbor at 313-994-5619 or Brian
Cassidy, WAUG - Windsor at 519-966-0305.
May 18
Bob Brodie in Orlando Florida
June 1-4
Summer Consumer Electronic Show (CES) Las Vegas Nevada
June 12
Bob Brodie in Sacramento California
June 15-16
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ATARIFEST June 15th and 16th at the Steveston Senior
Secondary School, 10440 Number Two Road, Richmond B.C. Canada. This is
the first major Canadian Atari show west of Toronto, and is just across
the US border from Seattle. Contact Terry Schreiber at (604) 275-7944,
T.Schreiber1 on GEnie, or Node #505 Atari West BBS on F-Net.
July 20
Bob Brodie at BRACE, Asheville North Carolina (Sheldon Winnick)
July 27
A third AtariFest is planned at Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, July
27th, sponsored jointly by the user groups at Indianapolis and
Bloomington known as MIST (Mid-Indiana ST). MIST AtariFest III will be
held at CADRE, Inc., 6385 Castleplace Drive, Indianapolis, In. Leave
mail on GEnie to (Bill) W.LORING1, or call 812-336-8103.
August 8-11
GENCON Gamers Convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin
August 23-25
Dusseldorf Atarimesse. This is the huge all-Atari show held annually in
Germany. Contact Alwin Stumph, Frankfurterstrasse 89-91, 6096 Raunheim.
Phone 49-6142-2090 fax 49-6142-209180
September 14-15
The Southern California ATARI Computer Faire, Version 5.0, also known as
THE GLENDALE SHOW has been confirmed for September 14 and 15, 1991.
Contact: H.A.C.K.S., 249 N. Brand Bl. #321, Glendale, CA 91203, or call
John King Tarpinian, Faire Chairperson, 818-246-7286.
October 12-13
WAACE show Washington DC
October 21-25
Fall COMDEX Las Vegas Nevada
November 23-24
Chicago Atari Computer Show BY ATARI. Contact Larry Grauzas, P.O. Box
8788, Waukegan, IL 60079-8788, phone 708-566-0671. Administrated by the
Lake County Atari Computer Enthusiasts (LCACE).
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Z*NET NEWSWIRE
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Z*Net News
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This weeks Newswire was compiled by Jon Clarke, Ron Kovacs, Terry
Schreiber and Mike Mezaros.
ATARI MARKET IMPROVES
Sales of the Atari product have reduced over the several months in New
Zealand according to Mr Alex Davidson. However there is light at the
end of the tunnel as sales start to pick up for the first time in three
months. The STe has proved to be popular with the home user. When
asked where the new Atari TT was, Davidson said it would not be here for
sometime to come.
LINOTYPE-HELL TO INCLUDE CIS PRODUCTS
Barneyscan announced this week that Linotype-Hell will include selected
Color Imaging Systems (CIS) products in its highly successful Series
1000 Scanned Color Publishing System. The agreement includes
Barneyscan's CIS 4520 multi-film format transparency scanner, QuickScan
image acquisition software and CIS ColorAccess color separation
software. The Hi-Performance version of the Scanned Color System
includes Apple Macintosh Workstations, page layout software, 19-inch,
24-bit display system, Linotronic 330 imagesetter at 3386 dpi output
resolution, Cromacheck Dry Color Proofing System and the Barneyscan CIS
4520 multi-film format scanning system with CIS ColorAccess color
separation software.
COMPUTER SYSOP CHARGED
A 25-year-old computer user has been charged with sexually assaulting
two teenage brothers who were drawn to his home because of the
electronic bulletin board he ran, according to police. Michael Labbe
and an associate, Jeffrey Whitman, 23, both of Warwick, were released
Monday after a bail hearing in Superior Court. Authorities allege
Labbe molested the teenagers in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Whitman allegedly
molested them in 1990. Labbe met the boys through his computer bulletin
board service, which he called Eagle's Nest because he is an Eagle
Scout, investigators said. The service, begun in 1984, is the largest
of its kind in the state, and the boys were 16 and 14 when they met
Labbe. They frequently visited his Lincoln Park home, where his
computer system was set up in the basement. The bulletin board run by
Labbe and Whitman is geared to hobbyists and teenagers. Labbe was a
leading member of an organization called Relay Net, which is touted as
the second largest computer bulletin board network in the world. He has
been suspended as a member of its steering committee because of his
arrest.
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WORDFLAIR CONFERENCE
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Captured from the GEnie ST Roundtable
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<JEFF.W> Our guest tonight is Lauren Flanegan-Sellers, president of
Goldleaf Publishing. Most of you are familiar with Goldleaf as the
publisher of Wordflair and Wordflair II.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Thank you Jeff. We are pleased to announce
several new products. We have broken our offerings into three major
product lines: Document processing, Digital PrePress and Programming/
Utilities. We are proud to announce that we have acquired exclusive
marketing and distribution rights for North America for the HiSoft
products and the 3K ComputerBild software and hardware products along
with a host of hardware peripherals to provide complete publishing
systems.
These PrePress and Document Processing solutions more than hold their
own against Mac and PC software. We are part of an alliance with ISD,
SoftLogik and Atari to bring high end publishing solutions to the North
American publishing (vertical) market. This alliance is known as the
Direct to Press solutions, and Atari has formed a new division, the
Professional Systems Group to address the alliance's vertical market
efforts.
After an initial launch at CEPS (Corporate Electronic Publishing
Systems) in Chicago, we are very happy to state that the Direct to Press
solutions turned some heads around about the Atari computer as a viable
publishing platform.
<[Larry Rymal] LRYMAL> Hi, glad to see you here! In the recent years,
ST wordprocessors have been a bit stagnant, in spite of an aggressive
market entry during the mid-80's. How do your products compare to Mac-
type document processors (MacWrite II-ugh!)?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Hi, this is John Fox. We think Wordflair II
compares very favorably to word processors such as MacWrite, MS Word,
etc. In addition to giving you multiple font and point sizes, we have
a built in database, pastable calculation cells, page layout tools, and
elegant graphics handling. So, we don't just think we "hold up" against
other products on the PC and Mac, we think we offer something
categorically different: "Live compound document processing" which we
take to mean as the combination of text, graphics, merged data and
calculation on a single page. To do what Wordflair II does as a single
program you would have to use several programs in a "multitasking"
environment.
<[Mike] M.SQUIRE> Lauren, I'd like to start my question by complementing
you and your collegues at Goldleaf for the fine customer service that
you're offering online on GEnie. What I'd like to know is will Goldleaf
be selling Wordflair II at the Windsor show and if so, will you be
offering any "show specials"?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> thanks Mike. The answer is yes, we will have
a show special for many of our new products.
<[Dave] D.SHORR> Does WordFlair II come with a GDOS printer driver for
the Atari SMM804? My previous GDOS program, WordUp 3, did not provide
one; its Epson and Gemini 9 pin drivers would not work with the SMM804
because they required 240DPI graphics resolution. This prevented me
from using this 'document processor''s more powerful features.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Yes, we fully support this printer with screen
and printer fonts.
<[Randy] R.NOAK> If I purchase Retouche, will there be an upgrade path
to Retouche Pro?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Yes. This is generally true with all our
products. We try to offer special deals to our registered users.
<[Hugh] H.FALK> technical question: but first thanks Ron? for the
upload of the new assign.sysfile for the TT. I have a TT with two megs
and a SLM804 laser. My fonts now load but I still can't print. The
print option is grayed out. Does WordFlair II know I dont have enough
memory and won't let me print? (Shouldn't it at least try to print and
say "out of memory") Or could something else be wrong?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> No, unfortunately, GDOS requires at least 2.5
megs to print to an SLM 805 or 605 printer. You can never have too much
RAM, especially on a TT. Upgrade that puppy, and you will be very happy
with FSM GDOS's fast scaling and Font Scaling routines.
<[Leland] L.DUMAS> Will there be another upgrade from 1st word plus? My
wife likes me to buy things on sale.
<JEFF.W> 1st Word Plus? That's another company, Leland. GST Holdings
does 1st Word Plus.
[Leland] L.DUMAS> You had a trade in offer earlier
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> If you mean will we repeat our Swap Offer, the
answer is not likely. We had a fantastic response, but don't want to
cut into our dealer base. Please support dealers wherever possible!
<J.D.BARNES> John, I think that Wordflairs very courageous for doing
this. I wonder how much demand you really see for these kinds of
products in the Atari marketplace.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> We don't see a huge demand existing within the
installed base. We intend to create a whole new market that will bring
many sophisticate new users to the Atari machine. This will benefit the
entire existing user base by making the market more viable and
interesting for other developers. Don't forget what DTP did for the
Mac!
<J.DOSSEY> How does WordFlair II compare to Pagestream? Thanks.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Wordflair II is a document processor that has
many of the page layout features of a Page layout program such as the
excellent PageStream. Wordflair II is great for quick compound
documents, intelligent forms and invoices, proposals and the like.
PageStream is much more full featured and the two products are not
intended to compete. They meet different needs. Our goal in designing
WF II is that it will comfortable co-exist with most programs on the
market as its blend of features is unique.
<R.MONFORT1> Thanks what is the Image speeder and Didot?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> The ImageSpeeder is specially configured tower
that contains a TT, two special boards (one is for super fast graphics
co-processing, the other a direct hardware link to a Hell image setter),
storage devices, peripheral ports, and a beefy power supply. The Image
Speeder is designed to be used as a complete digital pre press work
station. Didot Line Art is a professional line art and type design.
<JEFF.W> Do you prices to announce at this time for these products?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> program. All of our pre-press tools take
advantage of the hardware based halftone screening capabilites of the
Image Speeder.
<JEFF.W> Before we continue.. Two things.....Do you have prices on
these that can be announced at this time?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Yes, in fact we have a complete .ARC file that
contains descriptions and pricing on our new line. We will upload this
file after the conference.
<JEFF.W> I'm going to roll a dice that has 67 faces. Whoever has the
job number on the face that comes up wins HiSoft ProFlight!
Rolls 1d66 -> 50 = 50 D.BARTLETT1 is the winner! Congrats, D.BARTLETT1.
Say hi!
<D.BARTLETT1> Uh, I never won anything ?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Congratulations. Please email us your
address, and we'll send your copy right away.
<JEFF.W> Well, you picked a great time to start! Send email addressed
to WORDFLAIR, okay?
<JEFF.W> That was fun!!!! Tell us a little about ProFlight, would you?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Suuuure. ProFlight is the perfect way to take
a break from a hard day or night of hacking. This highly realistic
Tornado flight simulator lets you run a variety of missions, from
reconaissance to heated battle. You can fire heat seaking sidewinder
missiles, Radar guided sky flash missiles, laser guided bombs and
cannon. This game should come bundled with a towel to wipe the sweat
from your brow, but there wasn't enough room in the box.
<JEFF.W> Lauren and John.....Do you know if ProFlight runs on a TT?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Runs in color or monochrome on any ST with at
least 512 K memory and a floppy drive. SRP $69.95.
<JEFF.W> TT-compatable?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Haven't been able to get the programmers off
our TT long enough to test it. But will do so soon. We suspect the
answer is yes.
<[Ken] K.HULET> This is my first RTC!. Please tell us about HiSoft
Highspeed Pascal, price availability, features. See you in Windsor.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> HighSpeed Pascal is a complete, integrated
Pascal compiler system, compatible with Turbo Pascal 5 on the PC. Very
fast compilation speed with a multi-window interactive editor, linker,
assembler and on-line help. This is an ideal product for porting to and
from the PC.
<D.BARTLETT1> How does Goldleaf market their ST line, without an
American ST Magazine?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> What do you mean without an American ST
magazine? We advertise and sent editorial info to Current Notes, AIM,
ST Informer and AtariUser. In addition to this, the digital pre press
line will be marketed through industry wide media such as Publish!
American Typographer, Seybold Report and the like. We also market
through direct mail, and special dealer promotions.
<R.CARPENTE18> Will we see Wercs and Lattice C? And when is their
availability?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Sure will. Lattice C 5 and Wercs are available
now. Please see our upload for more info. Lattice C TT and DevPac TT
are on their way. Watch for special pricing in the next issue of ST
Informer.
<D.D.MARTIN> Can any of your products handle such things as color
trapping, color separations (CMY etc) and Postscript graphics etc for
output to a linotronic?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Color trapping is controlled through our page
composition program Didot Professional. This program does full CMYK
separations, as does Retouche Professional CD. Both programs print
Postscript to disk for output to a Linotronic. For highest quality and
speed, you would output directly to a Hell Image Setter. Eventually the
entire Lino/Hell range of image setter will be supported by the Image
Speeder. While Postscript is a great standard, its halftone screening
algorythms and processing speed is inadequate for professional quality
work. We use a proprietary system for outputting complete rasterized
images directly to the video port of an image setter. This system of
pre rasterization ensures that a page is exposed in one smooth motion.
The higher quality screening process eliminate problems of registration,
banding and moire patterns associated with Postscript.
In sum, our system reads and writes proprietary file formats (Type I and
Calamus fonts, TIFF images, EPS and PS) but when it comes to actually
producing camera ready film, we think our system is superior.
<[JOHN MORALES] ATARI-MIDI> A two fold Question guys, what is Atari's
commitment to Goldleaf and how are they going to assist in helping you
reach the vertical markets..with your high end products.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Atari has a very high level of commitment to
the Direct to Press solutions which include the products from ISD,
SoftLogik, and Goldleaf as developed by DMC, 3K ComputerBild and others
in Germany. I think that Atari has realized that the vertical
publishing market is one of its last opportunities to grab a piece of
the US computer market at a cost they can afford.
For the moment anyway, these products offer a technical lead over
similar products on the Mac and PC. Look for a bold presence at Seybold
in October, and alliance with high end VARS and resellers, and a much
improved marketing program.
<JEFF.W> Let's do another giveaway.....What is Harlekin?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Harlekin is a compendium of useful desk
accessories such as a: flexible scrap book, mini word processor, diary,
calendar, RAMdisk, printer spooler, terminal program and more. See our
upload for more info.
<JEFF.W> Okay.....I'll roll another 66-faced die again for Harlekin.
13 = 13 Ha ha! Lauren....You're not eligible. We'll try that again.
36 = 36
<JEFF.W> JD!!!!!! Da Winna! Congrats, Dude!
<[John] J.COLE18> Lauren/John, You say your getting into lanugages? How
about a C++ compiler? Also when is the next MAJOR relese of WFII due?
Peeking under WFII's skirt is fun, but I want more docs open, and better
drawing tools! :-)
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Look at our upload for all the languages we
are offering. As for WFII, two more upgrades are planned for this year.
Registered users are always the first to know.
<[RICK] R.HARRIS34> I have several DT pub. & Text processors, but only
one, PS supports HP laserjet emulation, will most of your products
support a non atari laser printer?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Currently, GDOS support for the HP line of
printers is available from Migraph. The new FSM GDOS includes drivers
for a number of printers including the Deskjet and Laserjet. All of our
document processing and pre-press products will ultimately support the
FSM GDOS standard. WFII is one of the first to do so.
<[Dave] D.SHORR> I use DevPac ST 2.09 and would like to know what the
latest and greatest version is and what your upgrade policy will be.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Please contact us for info on current versions
and upgrade policies. We will offers support for registered users by
phone and on GEnie.
<[John & TT030] J.FOURNIER> Do your products support advanced ST and TT
features like math co-processors and higher [color] graphics modes?
And when will we see FSM-GDOS?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Yes. For instance Retouche Professional takes
advantage of TT medium res. Wordflair II runs in TT hi res. As for FSM
GDOS, ask Atari. Our understanding is 45-60 days. Whatever happens,
registered users of Goldleaf products will get the best possible price.
<J.D.BARNES> John, is the Image speed a VME product? does it use VME bus
technology?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> No, it's actuallya stand alone machine that
takes advantage of VME and DMA.
<[JR] J.WENZEL2> Lauren/John: I was wondering if you might tell us
what some of the special features of Retouche and Retouche Pro are. And
what diferentiates the 2?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Thanks for the question, but the differences
are too complex. Our upload file GLP_PROD.ARC has a wealth of info, and
you can always contact us with any specific questions. We'll add new
topics to our GEnie Cat 35.
<DAVESMALL> In multi-platform environments, are you looking into h/w
support for exchanging data with macs and PC's?
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Great question, Dave. We are pushing for
Ethernet as the most viable networking solution. For more local needs,
we are anxious for Local talk, and floppy drives that read/write the
Mac and PC format at up to 1.44. How bout a Spectre ROM chip?
<DAVESMALL> Mac drives can be done, but most people don't prefer
SneakerNet when they can avoid it. I saw a decent Ethernet at Cebit in
the UNIX platforms there, plugged into VME, with a Mega extension card
if you needed it.
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Also, we are supporting software file
standards such as PIL (Page Interchange Language) for exchanging
document architechture and component files amongst various software and
platforms. Long live standards and open systems!
<[Lauren/John] WORDFLAIR> Now let's close with a WFII giveaway. Where's
our hot dice roller? Stop eating that burrito and get to work!!!
<JEFF.W> Yes. Sounds good to me. Now we'll give away a copy of
WordflairII. 31 = 31 HAINES!!!!! The Winner! Congrats, HAINES.
[EDITORS NOTE: This conference is Copyright (c)1991, GEnie ST RT. To
participate in future GEnie Conferences you have to join. Leave email
in FNET to Node 593 for more information. Next week, we will include
sign-up information for GEnie.) PS: We couldn't locate the sign-up
info we used to have on file and apologize for causing you to wait!
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GRIBNIF SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES PATCH
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Press Release
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NeoDesk(R) 3.01 to 3.02 Patch Program
As a gift to our loyal customers, we are releasing a special patch
program that will upgrade copies of NeoDesk 3 (version 3.01) to the
newer 3.02 version. This newer version fixes several small bugs while
adding a couple minor enhacements.
The "freeware" method of distribution of this patch will make it
available to NeoDesk 3 users with a minimal amount of hastle and cost.
It requires that a U.S. copy of NeoDesk 3 (version 3.01). The archive
itself is almost 200K, and can be ordered direct from us (see order
form). Customers can contact us at (413) 584-7887 for more information.
Also Available from Us
In conjunction with the release of this upgrade, two new disks are also
available directly from us:
NeoDesk Accessories Disk, Volume I
This disk, designed to be used with NeoDesk 3.02 or above, includes two
new desk accessories:
1. Call NeoDesk
This amazing NeoDesk Accessory lets you open a window to the NeoDesk
desktop inside any standard GEM program! As long as NeoDesk is
resident, you can have complete access to it. The NeoDesk drop-down
menus appear inside the window and you can scroll and resize it just
like any other window. Best of all, it does all of this in less than
7K!
2. Item Chooser
This NeoDesk Accessory will select any group of items (files or folders)
from your topmost NeoDesk window which match any of the specified
criteria. These can include:
o Up to four different file templates
o Item size (less than, greater than, or equal to)
o Item date (less than, greater than, or equal to)
o Item time (less than, greater than, or equal to)
o Item type (read only, archive bit)
For example, you could have it select from the topmost NeoDesk window
all files matching the template of "*.C" which have a file date newer
than 01/01/91. The Item Chooser would go through the window and select
all files which match that specification.
Gribnif Utilities Disk, Version 2.0
This updated version of our popular utilities disk includes the
following new additions:
1. Memfile 3.0 - Latest version of Dan's amazing File/Sector/Memory
editor. Runs it its own GEM window and now lets you cut & paste from
any destination to any source. This is the type of program you would
expect to pay Big Bucks for. Interfaces with the NeoDesk 3 desktop as
a "NeoDesk Accessory".
2. FormDoIt! - This utility is causing quite a stir! Place FormDoIt!
in your AUTO folder and see how the standard system dialog and alert
boxes are instantly enhanced with keyboard equivalents, enhanced text
field editing, and much more!
3. Plus our other already very popular utilities, including:
o NewBell - Replace the system bell with any digitized sound of your
choice.
o 24 Pin Printer Driver - Perform screen dumps on any 24 pin printer.
Includes aspect ratio control.
o and more!
Some other commercial products from us that you might be interested in:
NeoDesk CLI
The NeoDesk CLI is a complete add-on command line interpreter for the
NeoDesk 3 desktop replacement package. It runs out of its own GEM
window and includes a very complete batch programming language. This
allows for such things as the creation of powerful batch files which let
you automate your computer. The NeoDesk CLI uses both MS-DOS and UNIX
style commands to simplify its use. The package includes a 70 page
manual. A freeware demo version is also available.
CardFile(TM) 3
CardFile 3 is the complete personal information manager for your Atari.
With CardFile you can create a Rolodex(R) style address books and phone
lists. A powerful filter function lets you instantly find any specific
information. CardFile's appointment calendar keeps track of all your
appointments and important dates. It can even print a daily or weekly
agenda. CardFile also can insert an address directly into your word
processor, address envelopes, or even dial the phone. Program and desk
accessory versions are included, which allow access to your data at all
times. A freeware demo version is also available.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR OTHER EXCITING PACKAGES, SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED!!
HOW TO ORDER
If you wish to order any of the above mentioned disks or programs, the
PATCH302 program, or have your disk upgraded by us, follow these easy
instructions:
1. Enclose the correct amount:
a. "NeoDesk Accessories Disk, Volume I"..........$10.00 ________
b. "NeoDesk Utilities Disk, Version 2.0".........$10.00 ________
c. PATCH302.PRG Upgrade Program..................$ 5.00 ________
d. Have your 3.01 disk upgraded to 3.02 by us....$ 5.00 ________
e. NeoDesk CLI (includes complete manual)........$29.95 ________
f. CardFile 3 (includes complete manual).........$39.95 ________
g. Shipping & Handling (REQUIRED on any order)
(USA $2.00, Canada $3.00, Foreign $5.00)............ ________
h. If ordering from MA, enclose 5% sales tax........... ________
2. Make sure payment is in U.S. Funds on a U.S. Bank Account. If you
wish to pay by MasterCard/Visa you must include your card number,
expiration date, bank name, cardholder name exactly as it appears on
card, and the cardholder's signature (authorizing the charge).
3. Enclose your NeoDesk 3 serial number............... ____________
4. Enclose a note with your name, address, and a daytime phone number
(in case we have any questions about your order).
5. If we are upgrading your NeoDesk Master Disk (option "d"), be sure
to include your original (registered) NeoDesk 3 "Master Disk".
Any questions? Feel free to call us at (413) 584-7887. We'll be glad
to help you out. You can also order all items except "d" by phone
(please have your credit card handy).
Legal Stuff
"NeoDesk" is a registered trademark of Gribnif Software. "CardFile" is
a trademark of GT Software. All other trademarks belong to their
respective holders.
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CALAMUS TUTORIAL - PART X
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Multi-page, Multi-column Documents 3
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Copyright by Geoff LaCasse, GXR Systems, Vancouver, B.C.
Retrieve your document from last session. At this point we have a four
page double-sided document layout with dissimilar header frames on its
odd and even pages, a visible page numbering system, but no text frames
or graphics.
PROTECT (FRAMES, FRAMES GENERAL FUNCTIONS) the header frames on pages
one and two. Protect prevents any alteration to their position or size.
Go back to page one (document page three).
Set HELP LINES VISIBLE, and SNAP TO HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL AUXILIARY LINES.
The first defines the frame positioning, the second is an aid to frame
placement. Go to TEXT, set text values to Justified (i.e. right as well
as left), leading 2.0, paragraph spacing 6.0, Times font, ink colour 1,
12 point. These will be our default values for text imported into the
document. In session 8 we created columns equals 3 for all pages.
Margins included 2.00 for the top, 1.25 bottom, 1.25 left, and 0.75
right.
Notice that although Calamus allows us to create a double-sided
document, the program is unable to display the necessary odd/even column
guide format correctly (toggle between pages one and two to see the
problem). Instead, we will be forced to re-display column guides
separately for the two different page formats. With the pointer tool
onscreen, create three frames for the three columns (the Snap-to feature
will ease placement). At this point we need to add Piping (text flow).
From the FRAMES icon pad, click on FRAMES SPECIAL FUNCTIONS. This icon
pad, which we used previously, contains the Piping functions. With this
document, unlike our previous, we need to add another element: piping
from page to page.
Piping is complex and, as you will probably find out, occasionally
frustrating to use. Keep to the following order. Highlight DISPLAY
PIPING CHAINS. Go to page one of your document and select the lefthand
text frame. Highlight the icon (upper right corner of pad) PIPING FROM
FRAME TO FRAME (it will stay highlighted until de-selected. With the
frame still selected, click on PIPING FROM LAST PAGE. A piping symbol
{>} will appear in the upper left corner of the frame, indicating Piping
from last page established. Click on the middle, then right frames.
The frame-to-frame piping symbol {-->} will appear in the bottom right
of the left and mid frames, showing text flow is established. Finish
piping on the page by clicking on PIPING TO NEXT PAGE. Move to page
two, and repeat the process: click on lefthand frame, PIPING FROM LAST
PAGE, middle frame, right frame, and PIPING TO NEXT PAGE (de-select HELP
LINES VISIBLE if it becomes difficult to see the text frames amongst
other lines). The piping symbol PIPING FROM FRAME TO FRAME on adjacent
pages will appear when both page layouts are complete.
Note that because you choose the piping order, it is possible to pipe to
frames which are neither adjacent, nor on the same page. We could just
as easily have ignored the middle frame on page one, and piped from the
lefthand to the righthand. (Or two separate frames placed in one column
guide -- but click off SNAP-TO AUXILIARY LINES before creating -- such
as you might find in a newsletter.)
We now need to copy our text frame layout (including its position) from
pages one and two to the following pages. Go to COPY LAYOUT (in the
PAGES drop-down menu) and select OK when a dialogue box appears. Move
to page two and repeat the process.
The dialogue box asks if you would like to repeat your layout on page
one (or two) to following odd (or even) pages until the end of the
document. Check pages three and four to see that they have received the
proper format. You could also copy the layout, instead, up to a
specified page number (although we would need more than the four in our
present document), and have later pages take a different form.
Let's change the layout on page one from 3 columns to 2. Select the
middle column. Click on DELETE FRAME OUT OF PIPING CHAIN. Highlight
SET AUXILIARY COLUMN GUIDES, and create a 2-column layout, but keep the
other values the same. DELETE (the trashcan in FRAME GENERAL FUNCTIONS)
the middle frame. Highlight SNAP TO AUXILIARY LINES and stretch the two
remaining text frames to new inner margins. Do not copy the new layout
from page one, it will only overwrite that on page three. This is
important if you want to add pages to the document. In that case, copy
the layout from pages three and two to pages beyond page four. Select
PAGE NUMBERING from the PAGES drop-down menu, and click on OK to display
page numbering on the new pages. Or, at this point, you can select a
different page numbering scheme, with a new start value (number or
letter). Experiment with your document format.
If we wanted to make space for graphic frames we could move, for
example, the bottom margin of the righthand frame on page one up to the
six inch mark (positioned with auxiliary lines), and the bottom margins
of both the mid and right frames to the six inch mark on page two. But
there is an easier way. Place a Raster graphic frame at the bottom of
page one, on top of the right text frame (but within its width). Import
a Raster graphic. On page two, create a Vector graphic frame which
overlaps (but not necessarily completely stretches the width of) two of
the three frames and import a drawing. If needed, set ideal size, then
PROPORTIONAL DRAWING for both, and resize for available space.
Now LOAD DICTIONARY, highlight HYPHENATION AFTER IMPORT ON, and import
your text file. Hyphenation prevents excessive word spacing when using
narrow columns and Justification. If everything is correct, your file
will flow from frame to frame as you move through the document. Text
will flow under the graphics we placed previously. Return to page one,
select the text frame beneath the graphic, go to FRAMES, FRAMES SPECIAL
FUNCTIONS (the question mark--for text frames), and click on PLACE TEXT
AROUND GRAPHIC (mid, top row--in midst of piping commands). Now select
the graphic frame and click again on PLACE TEXT AROUND GRAPHIC. Text
will reflow such that none will lay inside the graphic frame borders;
additional text length will be absorbed into remaining column space on
the document's last page.
On page two, select each text column separately, and flow text around
each. Click on a text frame, then PLACE TEXT OVER GRAPHIC (icon to
right of Place Text Around Graphic) when you want to remove text flow-
around. When in TEXT mode, text will appear to reflow into graphic
boundary, but will properly reformat when this icon-pad is exited.
Save your document.
Next session, I wrap up this introductory Calamus tutorial. Topics will
include the HLP file, macros, rotating text, merging documents, third
party utilities, tips, and whatever else can be fitted in. The week
after, I begin a column which will focus on Atari computers, software,
and its application to the high-end user base.
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SDS ANNOUNCES DESKJET UTILITIES PAK
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Press Release
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Software Development Systems is proud to announce: THE DESKJET UTILITIES
PAK which includes:
Deskjet Setup Accessory
- Font, character set, and print attribute configuration
- Printing of Degas, Degas Elite, MacPaint, and GEM .IMG files
- Deskjet Active Talk won't let other applications reset your
configuration
Deskjet CPX
- Font, character set, and print attribute configuration
- Works with Atari's new Extensible Control Panel
- Only 9k of memory required.
Deskjet Mailing Label Printer
- Imports word processor and database files for format and print on
Avery Laser Labels
- Can import almost any delimited format file
Deskjet Disk Labeler
- Reads and formats the directories from floppy disks and outputs them
to Avery Laser Labels
- Allows user configuration on many options
Deskjet 1st Word Drivers
- Finally a driver set for one of the most popular Atari word processors
- Includes a driver to access Compugraphic Times and Letter Gothic fonts
on the Deskjet 500
Deskjet Envelope Printer (PRG/ACC)
- Prints envelopes from the Deskjet's envelope tray
- Maintains multiple return addresses to save typing
- Application and Accessory version included
- Makes special use of the Deskjet 500
Shareware & Freeware included on disk:
- ALT-HELP screen dump replacement
- ASCII text compressor (saves paper!)
- Picture format converter
- Text files on how to get the most from your Deskjet
Also included:
- Neodesk 3.0 icons for graphic display
- 32 page manual with helpful graphics and tutorials
All of this is included for only $34.95 U.S. plus $2.50 shipping
(California residents add 7% sales tax). To order, contact your local
dealer or buy direct from us:
Software Development Systems
996 Redondo Ave. #404
Long Beach, CA 90804
(213) 595-9799
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UNIVERSAL NETWORKING SYSTEM FOR THE ST
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Press Release
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After 16 months of programming, the developers of UIS III are now
introducing Universal NETwork (tm). Universal NETwork is a hardware
independent software solution that can work with all network devices
currently on the market. Universal NETwork can multi-task between
network nodes, while simultaneously carrying out foreground tasks.
Universal NETwork is the FINAL ANSWER TO YOUR NETWORK PROBLEMS.
Universal NETwork is powerful: Choose whether you have multiple or
single hard drives in the network. Now an office can run from one
single hard drive or many. With Universal NETwork, everyone could be
served from a central location, or from distributed servers.
Universal NETwork is easy to use: Access the network as though it was
just another drive on your machine. Using the network will become
second nature. Copy, move, rename and delete files - even run programs
- through the network.
Universal NETwork is flexible: Users can share hard drives, printers,
etc., on a peer-to-peer (bus) network with unmatched ease of use. Do
you have more than one type of network hardware? Universal NETwork can
be the link between different network devices.
Universal NETwork is compatible: The network software has been fully
tested on every version of ST TOS and with many different hard drive
adaptors and drives. Work is continuing, with the cooperation of Atari,
on LAN port drivers for Mega STe and TT computer models. Additionally,
third party devices are being developed that could link older machines
into a uniform, high speed system.
Universal NETwork is available. Universal NETwork is shipping as of
4/19/91. Included with the network software are installation and
configuration editing programs, programmer tools, and a background file
transfer utility.
POWERFUL, FLEXIBLE, EASY TO USE, COMPATIBLE and AVAILABLE. Universal
NETwork is priced at $89.95 per node - one node required for each ST in
your network. One meg minimum RAM per ST recommended - but will work in
512K. Volume discounts available. Contact A&D Software, 280 Peach
Street, Merlin, OR 97532 or phone (503) 476-0071.
PLUS, PLUS, PLUS: Don't have any network hardware? Try our MIDI-net
adaptors. They plug into the MIDI ports of any ST and allow you to use
ordinary phone wire to network your STs. Cost for MIDI-net adaptors:
$30 per ST - volume discounts available.
Remember A&D Software's motto, "ANYTIME, ANYWHERE." (tm)
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FAST TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES TURBO 20
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Press Release
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The WORLD'S FASTEST 68000 ACCELERATOR!
TURBO20 is the successor to the most popular Atari ST accelerator ever..
the TURBO16.
TURBO20 operates at the BLAZINGLY FAST speed of 20 Mhz, incorporates a
more sophisticated cache design, and includes a TRUE 8Mhz operating mode
for TOTAL hardware and software compatibility with all Atari ST
products.
YES, SPECTRUM 512 works!!!!
TURBO20 uses a 16K high speed static ram instruction/data cache to help
the 20Mhz processor buzz-saw through your software. Our CPUs are
specially selected 16Mhz Motorola 68000 chips which are rated to operate
in typical computing environments at 20Mhz. FAST TECHNOLOGY has been
testing 68000 reliability at high speeds-vs-temperature for many months
and we are confident that the TURBO20 will be completely reliable.
TURBO20 is the world's first truly GENERIC 68000 accelerator, and with a
single pal programming change, the TURBO20 can be used in ANY 68000
based computer. TURBO20 has been tested in the ST/STE, Amiga, Mac Plus
and Classic, HP9000, AlphaMicro, and many others. So if you invest in a
TURBO20 and later move to a different platform, you can take the speed
of the TURBO20 with you...just send it back for a conversion.
TURBO20 uses all CMOS components to minimize power usage, and SMD
surface mount construction to maximize reliablility. FAST TECHNOLOGY's
quality manufacturing has proven itself in the over 1500 TURBO16 boards
installed around the world.
TURBO20 includes a hardware switch to allow selection at bootup of
either 8Mhz operation or 20Mhz operation. TURBO20 has also been
designed to support our future MegaSTE compatible autoswitcher,
providing complete compatibility with future MegaSTE autoswitching
software...such as the Extended Control Panel. On the fly switching of
both cache enable and operating frequency will be supported.
TURBO20 is designed for use in all ST/STE computers, the STE computers
require an optional adapter. Our STE adapter is in the test stage and
will be available in a few weeks.
TURBO20 has been specially tuned for use with High Resolution video
boards such as the ISAC, Moniterm, and Matrix boards. For DYNACADD
users FAST TECHNOLOGY has a special FPU version of TURBO20 that
incorporates the excellent JRI FPU coprocessor board for floating point
performance TWICE that of the MegaSTE.
TURBO20 installation in the ST computers requires a high degree of
technical skill to replace the 68000 processor with the provided high
quality socket. FAST TECHNOLOGY requests that you seek the assistance
of a dealer with a good technical department for the installation.
TURBO16 owners upgrading or STE users will find the TURBO20 an easy
install, simply PLUG IT IN!!! All you will require is a phillips head
screwdriver and a pair of needlenose pliers.
To Top it All Off!!!
TURBO20 is bundled with TURBOST, the world famous "software blitter"
which brings out the best in any ST, especially one equiped with the
TURBO20.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
TURBO20 is considerably more complex than the TURBO16, and this added
complexity COSTS. But we have held the price of the TURBO20 down to
$329.00 US.
THE UPGRADE DEAL!!
TURBO16 owners can take advantage of a limited time offer, to upgrade
to the new TURBO20 accelerator.
Simply purchase a TURBO20 directly from FAST TECHNOLOGY, install it,
then send us your TURBO16 board. FAST TECHNOLOGY will mark your TURBO16
and return it to you with a rebate of $89. You may then sell the
TURBO16 to further reduce the cost of your upgrade.
FAST TECHNOLOGY will mark the board so that the same board doesn't visit
us too many times ;-) So act soon to take advantage of the upgrade deal,
the offer expires on July 1st, 1991.
The BOTTOM LINE----HOW FAST IS IT?
The TURBO20 is 20-25% faster than 16Mhz 68000 speedups currently
available. This is especially true of the MegaSTE. The following
benchmarks are fairly familiar to most folks, all tests were run on a
Mega4 ST, in monochrome, with TOS 1.4 and blitter...unless stated
otherwise.
I wish to thank Darek M. of QuickST fame for his excellent QuickIndex
benchmark program, rev 2.1 which yeilds the following:
TURBO20
ST MegaST "16Mhz" TURBO20 1280x960
--------- -------- -------- --------- --------
w/TST w/TST w/TST w/TST w/TST
CPU Memory 100 100 165 200 200
CPU Register 100 100 204 254 254
CPU Divide 100 100 204 254 254
CPU Shift 100 100 208 259 259
Bios Text 100 330 110 329 169 534 195 680 659
Bios String 100 1338 106 1338 162 2001 187 2807 2526
Bios Scroll 100 136 132 138 139 144 142 145 24
Gem Draw 100 288 133 309 209 495 240 565 537
CODEHEAD's
ZOOMTEST 8.82sec 8.82sec 5.21sec 4.51sec
Dhrystones 1268 1268 2126 2586
TempusII
Scroll of
300K file 18secs 18secs 12secs 9secs
TURBO20 Combined with JRI's FPU
Atari's MANDEL.PRG FPU chip demo:
MegaSTE w/FPU: 195secs, TURBO20 w/JRI FPU: 86secs
DYNACADD DEMO "OLS" screen regen- 4secs!! 4.5secs at 1280x960!!!
For those with Amigas
Using the AIBB2 benchmark: Amiga 500 w/1Meg FastRam, in stingy mode
AMIGA ADSPEED TURBO20
----- ------- -------
WRITE PIXEL 100 157.7 209.3
DHRHYSTONE 100 177.2 218.6
SORT 100 190.3 255.3
SEIVE 100 187.4 233.1
SAVAGE 100 170.5 232.6
MATRIX 100 202.2 277.7
***** The Punch Line *****
So that's the lowdown on the TURBO20. It's fast, inexpensive, and all
around awesome. As usual FAST TECHNOLOGY brings the highest of high
tech to the ST market, always first and always best. We will be making
adapters and some addons that will enhance TURBO20 further, so you won't
be left behind.
We are taking orders now, if you are interested either Email an order to
us on GEnie, or contact:
FAST TECHNOLOGY
P.O. Box 578
Andover Ma. 01810
(508)-475-3810
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TQM ANNOUNCES STREE - HARD DISK SCAN
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Press Release
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There's a file you *know* is on your hard disk somewhere but you can't
remember just where. Looks like it's time to dig out that unfriendly
TTP file finder. If you can remember where that is, and what you're
supposed to type in the launch box.
Or maybe installing a big new application has gone wrong. It seems to
have created new folders and files on several partitions, but you're not
sure what they're called or where they are. Looks like you'll have to
use the desktop to check each folder in turn. Or perhaps you could dig
out that command line shell and work out a simpler way to do it.
Perhaps not...
Makes you wonder why you bought a machine with a user-friendly graphical
user interface.
Maybe you should be using STree.
STree is an amazing new desktop accessory for the Atari ST/STE/TT which
lets you search for files on your hard disk matching a specification and
then manipulate them using a TT style desktop.
Just click on STree in the accessory menu and up pops a dialog box. You
can then enter your search specification, including:-
o File mask with full Unix(tm) style wildcarding.
o Drive partitions to search.
o Path to start searching from on each drive.
o Depth of folders to search down to.
o File attributes (read only, hidden, system & archive).
o Date stamp range.
o Time stamp range.
o File size range.
o ASCII or hex strings to search for within a file.
STree will then begin its search, building up a list of matching files.
Once this is complete, a window will open containing the list. From
here you can carry out all the standard file operations, just like the
Desktop: copy, move, delete, print, rename, change file attributes, text
file view, saving and printing the file list as well as being able to
sort the list by folder, filename, type, date and size. And there's the
same keyboard shortcuts you'll find on Atari's new desktop.
If you've got a hard disk then you *need* STree. And even better, it's
low-priced shareware! Look out for it soon on your favourite online
service.
TQM Communications
BCM Box 225
London WC1N 3XX England
Tel / Fax: +44 81 509 0729
Usenet: steveh%tharr.uucp@ukc.ac.uk
Dialcom: 10074:MIK1278
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Z*NET SOFTWARE SHELF
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by Ron Berinstein
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So, because I was up in the office slaving away at writing last week's
column the girls waiting down stairs in the restaurant for me and their
chance at my new custom jacuzzi didn't wait and went elsewhere! Proof
I guess that that everything software oriented doesn't have a Walt
Disney ending!
On a much better note... congratulations are in order! Yes folks step
right up and for the donation of one thin ten dollar bill you too can
enjoy a year of CodeHead Quarters BBS! And that's a promise CodeHead
Quarters BBS made good. May 1, 1991 marks our first birthday! CodeHead
Quarters BBS began with three users, 15 messages and about 15 files in
our download library. Now, thanks to the supporters and their interest
in the BBS CodeHead now sports about 1400 files in the download section!
Messages have risen up to about 13000! That's a lot of software and
computer talk in the space of just 12 months. The Birthday Party is at
Vine St. Bar & Grill on May 1st at 8:00 p.m. and you're all invited.
More information about the party is available on the board. 213
461-2095
DCBITSET.ARC will set the archive bit on files for you provided that you
use TOS 1.0 or 1.2. This might provide the help you need if your back
up program requires that the archive bit be set.
COLORIMG.ARC will provide the programmer types amongst us and others
interested in ST & TT graphics with a verbose explanation of what those
color image files are all about. Some source code examples are also
provided.
P-38.SEQ will appeal to airplane fans! This is a .SEQ animation of a
CAD .3D2 P-38 Airplane flying over a canyon. 94,000 uncompressed bytes-
741 blocks.
VENUS.LZH has a Venus de Milo Sculpture (3D Animated Rendering) as its
feature subject. An animated 360-degree rotation converted from
Autodesk Animator to FILM format by David Ramsden. This 3D Rendering
looks beautiful in TT Hypermono (256-gray level) mode, but ST owners can
enjoy it. It uses a blue palette to simulate 16 shades on a standard
ST. I've also included an STe/TT/JRI gray scale palette for CyberPaint
owners with a machine that supports 16 RGB levels.
DICECH.ARC has Dice Check in it. With same you can check for bias in
your dice by each face or by groups of sides. Great for D&D or other
game players.
ROCK.ARC has a simple classic game of Rock-Scissor-Paper played against
the computer in it.
PORTABLE ADDICTION #000 contains a new monthly online newsletter for
people interested in the Lynx and Portfolio.
For those of you out there that use the PD terminal program UNITERM
(v.2.0e), XYZ2.MAC will give you a macro to making running XYZ.TTP (v.2
or later).
WHATDAY.LZH (freeware) will return various values to a program that
calls it depending upon what you ask of it. It can return the date in
two different formats and many other options. It will also write to a
file if you wish.
With all the current talk about the LA Police and whether the chief
should resign in the wake of publicly shown news coverage of an alleged
brutality case, the clip art contained in POLICE.ARC may seem timely.
SPL<>SD REPLAY <> SOUND DESIGNER is a pair of GFA v.2 programs which
allow you to take a REPLAY4 sound file and convert it to one in the
SOUND DESIGNER file format, or vice versa.
Ah, for some the sound of a hard drive spinning is poetry, for others it
is the look of a million colors available on screen, but for some it is
the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Though the program is only a
DEMO, BROWNDEM.ARC will allow you to see 5 of the 44 complete sonnets
she wrote for Robert Browning and examine them.
ACC13.ARC version 1.3 was posted this week. It will allow you to load
all of your accessories from an ACCS folder. It is an auto folder
program that fixes the prior versions known bugs.
So you want to see your software go so "Fast" that it will be hard to
see? Download TURBO20.TXT and find out what FAST TECHNOLOGY is up to..
They are announcing their TURBO20 20 Mhz accelerator!
If you live in the LA area you might of received a flyer announcing that
The Computer Network has TTs in stock.. In other parts of the country
check with your local dealer for availability. TT_ASSGN.ARC is a fully
commented GDOS file that you can run on your new TT along with GDOS 1.1
or newer versions of G+Plus. It has screen pointers for all the new
TT
resolutions.
How well does Digispec work when converting GIF to SPC format? Well you
could spend your time trying it yourself, perhaps converting the picture
of an old barn or something, or, you could quickly download DSFO4_S.LZH
and view a female nude converted from GIF as no doubt an important part
of a unique scientific experiment!
PC BBS users may value the opportunity to download version 1.3 of
MaxiMiser, MAXMSR13.LZH, an ST Q-Mail reader. Still in development, but
useable.
UZSHL.PRG contains UZ_SH111.PRG a command shell for ST_UNZIP v.1.11.
This version corrects a few bugs that could be found in versions 1.0 and
1.10 and gives access to all of the commands available in ST_UNZIP.
Long command lines are now OK. This file wasn't ARCed or LZHed because
the program is already internally compacted.
QCNEW.LZH QuickCIS v1.60c This is the program file only, for
upgrading QuickCIS to the new version. See QWKCIS.TOS on CompuServe for
the full package including docs and support files.
RDYSTE.LZH Rdy for ste computers only! Rdy is a reset proof ramdisk.
IT WILL NOT WORK on PRE STE models!
The above files were compiled by Ron Berinstein co-sysop CodeHead
Quarters BBS (213) 461-2095 from files that were either directly
uploaded to CodeHead Quarters BBS, or downloaded from GEnie, Compuserve
and Delphi online services.
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Z*Net International Atari Online Magazine
Issue #91-17, April 26, 1991
Copyright (c)1989-1990-1991, Z*Net Publishing/Rovac Industries Inc.
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