Via: UK.AC.EARN-RELAY; 16 OCT 89 12:16:18 GMT Received: from UKACRL by UK.AC.RL.IB (Mailer X1.25) with BSMTP id 4969; Sun, 15 Oct 89 17:42:56 BS Received: from CEARN.cern.ch by UKACRL.BITNET (Mailer X1.25) with BSMTP id 3337; Sun, 15 Oct 89 17:42:55 B Received: by CEARN (Mailer R2.03B) id 7979; Sun, 15 Oct 89 17:43:02 GVA Date: Sun, 15 Oct 89 10:00:08 MDT Reply-To: INFO-ATARI16@MIL.ARMY.WSMR-SIMTEL20 Sender: INFO-ATARI16 Discussion Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was INFO-A16@MARIST From: INFO-ATARI16-REQUEST@MIL.ARMY.WSMR-SIMTEL20 Subject: INFO-ATARI16 Digest V89 #522 Comments: To: INFO-ATARI16@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL 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? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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! ------------------------------ 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! ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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! ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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!/ ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ 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...) ------------------------------ End of INFO-ATARI16 Digest V89 Issue #522 *****************************************