========================================================================= INFO-ATARI16 Digest Sun, 22 Apr 90 Volume 90 : Issue 467 Today's Topics: Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu DIY UUCP in UK MT C-Shell and Laser C Sold my amiga...Should I get a Mega? STalker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 18:15 EST From: JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV Subject: Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu This posting is provided as a public service by Current Notes Magazine in an effort to provide Internet and Usenet users with access to useful information about Atari ST computers and software. The Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu The Current Notes Archive at Terminator is contained in the subdirectory /atari/magazines/curnotes. To access the archive you must log on to terminator.cc.umich.edu using anonymous FTP (see David Paschel- Zimbel's "Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st" for more information). As of 5 April 1990 the archive contained the following files of general interest: cnstores.asc - A list of stores that carry Current Notes Magazine. This is about as good a guide to Atari retailers in North America as currently exists. regclubs.asc - A list of Atari User groups who have registered with Current Notes to receive subscriptions to the magazine at discounted rates. cnlib.arc - The complete Current Notes disk library as of 1 April 1990. There are over 300 disks in this library. Their contents represent most of the good freeware and shareware that can be obtained for the Atari ST. These discs are widely used by User groups as their main source of PD software because some care has been taken in assembling the discs and the documentation. Uniterm, TeX, ARC, and many other useful tools are included here. cnlib*.asc - these files are somewhat less terse descriptions of monthly releases of new disks for the Current Notes library. cn??_ind.txt - Yearly indexes to Current Notes magazine. This is a con- venient place to determine whether a product has been reviewed or discussed. cnfacts1.arc - a compilation of information about the magazine. Also contains ARCed versions of some of the files listed above. Subscription information, advertising rates, and information for prospective authors are also included here. stupd*.asc - Copies of the popular ST Update column from various issues of the magazine. The information presented here has been carefully checked and cross-checked. It is about as good a summary of current events in the Atari world as can be obtained. toc*.asc - Copies of the Table of Contents for recent issues of the magazine. This is a reasonable guide to the subjects that are covered in the 80 or so pages that comprise each issue. As mentioned above this archive is accessible only via FTP at the moment. This was done because it is the simplest route that was available. People who cannot get to the information in this way are hereby asked to send e-mail to JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV if they want to try to work out something else. The staff of Current Notes magazine does not receive payment for their services. The magazine is not affiliated with Atari Corporation or with any other commercial interest. The information presented therein is the personal responsibility of the authors and is offered in the public interest. Jeff Weiner at terminator has been doing an outstanding job of managing this archive. John Barnes ------------------------------ Date: 22 Apr 90 11:36:25 GMT From: mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!chris@uunet.uu.net (Chris Allen) Subject: DIY UUCP in UK Message-ID: <672@tharr.UUCP> In article <9004180711.AA23450@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S61304@PRIME-A.POLY-SOUTH-WEST.AC.UK ("Simon Chappell") writes: >Does anyone anywhere (but preferably the UK) know anything about setting up >your own UUCP site on either an ST or (horrors!) another type of machine!? I ran a BBS on the Atari ST for 6 months which gave access to both mail and news. The BBS ran under Citadel, and the uucp transfers were handled by "UUMAIL". News unbatching, handling and expiring were all done by homebrew software as was the newsreader (which ran like a very distant relative to "rn"). The only major problem I had seemed to be a problem with TOS - if you accessed the same folder a few times (using Setpath) you get some very strange results, (Set path would return "Path Not Found" ) > >When I finish college I would like to have a crack at getting set up, as >I shall be in a highly paid job and looking for ways to spend my money (wife >permitting! :-) If you would like any of the sources for news handling I can let you have them although they are probably not bug free! chrisA. -- chris@tharr.uucp ..!ukc!axion!tharr!chris Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of my employer.. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Apr 90 23:25:11 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!sparky.eecs.umich.edu!heavy@tut.cis.ohio-sta te.edu (Richard Scott Hall) Subject: MT C-Shell and Laser C Message-ID: <2046@zipeecs.umich.edu> Is it possible to set up MT C-shell so that Laser C's cc and make commands work properly. I tried to get it to work properly, but it was of no use. I recently bought a 19" Viking 2 monitor and the Laser C shell does not work on it (with no upcoming upgrade) so I want to get Laser C working under MT C-Shell, if it is possible. If anyone knows how, please mail me explicit instructions.... Thanks, Richard Hall University of Michigan ------------------------------ Date: 21 Apr 90 19:40:29 GMT From: venus!yalevm!maine!io91461@CS.YALE.EDU Subject: Sold my amiga...Should I get a Mega? Message-ID: <90111.154029IO91461@MAINE.BITNET> Hi.. I need some objective, 'non-biased' advice if any one can help... I recently sold my Amiga 1000 in hopes of getting a 2000, but I am giving the Atari Mega a look over... Basically I'm too used to the sharp 1024x768 graphics that my AT clone produces and want that same sharpness in a game/graphics design machine. I would be willing to sacrifice the Amiga's multitasking if the Mega did everything else just as good but with sharper & higher resolution....How are the games on the ST are they as fast???? What resolution do the majority of them display?? 600x400??? Are the floppy drives faster?? (Amiga Drives are very slow) What does a Mega cost Mail order??? Can I use my Nec Multisync 3d with a Mega or will I have to buy the atari color monitor... Very importantly can I put all the comercial games on Hard disk??? What does a base Mega include??? As you can see I know absolutely nothing about Atari ST so the more Info you can send me the better... Thanks so much for your time... Please Email IO91461@maine -Tom Nezwek ------------------------------ Date: 21 Apr 90 01:01:04 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!metro!bunyip!uqvax!csvax!eezprandolin@uunet.uu.net Subject: STalker Message-ID: <9228.262fb0d0@qut.edu.au> In article <2168@bdt.UUCP>, david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes: > In article <5813@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dcrevier@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Dan Crevier) writes: >>Is anyone using the new terminal program STalker? It sounds like a nice >>program, but I was wondering if it had good VT-100 emulation, and if it >>could keep up with 19200 baud. >> >>Dan Crevier >>dcrevier@jarthur.claremont.edu > > I like Stalker because it works with VSH and lets me have several MT > C-Shell command windows and my analog clock and my load monitor graph > accessories all running at the same time while I'm logged in someplace. > > Stalker has minimal ANSI support and the latest version has a little > bit more VT-100 attribute stuff. I tell my Unix system that Stalker is > a VT-100 and it works, but not all the "pretty" stuff works. > > It has a big buffer so 19.2 would probably work, but no GEM based > terminal is going to really "keep up" at 19.2 because there is no > way to draw characters into a GEM window legally as a well-behaved > desk accessory at 19.2 K baud. > -- > David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.UUCP) | "I'll forgive you Dad... If you have > Beckemeyer Development Tools | a breath mint." > P.O. Box 21575, Oakland, CA 94620 | Bart - "The Simpsons" > UUCP: ?uunet,ucbvax?!unisoft!bdt!david | I must dispute this claim: It is quite possible to receive at 19200 baud from an accessory and confine its output to a window ( I have done it ) true you may need to do low level textblits yourself perhaps and while you are rxing at full scate the application may not get much time but is is possible providing the rx buffer is big enough to bridge the time that you are away in some other application at 2400 baud my program ( which is a background eprom downloader ) never has to wait more than 3 char spans with its companion program ( APP ) which makes regular aes calls. ( doing your own blits is entirely legal providing you listen to the AES's messages about where to put things ) The trick is to empty the rx buffer every time you get the CPU (Hog until auxstat returns false ) BOB EEZPRANDOLIN@qut.edu.au ------------------------------ End of INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 Issue #467 *****************************************