INFO-ATARI16 Digest Thu, 10 May 90 Volume 90 : Issue 529 Today's Topics: .zoo files Anonymous FTP (2 msgs) deskjet driver for the mac Linker Formats MMU on Atari ST Phantom Questions ST Controls VCR? Toadfile 88 (2 msgs) Virus questions ZOO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 May 90 22:30:09 GMT From: gondolin!msb@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Michael Barthelemy) Subject: .zoo files Message-ID: What do I have to do to be able to use these files? I have only recently started to ftp files and this is the first time I have run across .zoo files. Much thanx! Mike Barthelemy ------------------------------ Date: 90/05/10 14:15 MESZ From: Thomas Neser Subject: Anonymous FTP Message-ID: <9005101744.AA05097@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU> Dear netters, forgotten to tell you that here in Mannheim is a server named unima.rz.uni-mannheim.de 134.155.100.32 Greetings Thomas Neser ------------------------------ Date: 90/05/10 14:15 MESZ From: Thomas Neser Subject: Anonymous FTP Message-ID: <9005100809.AA04529@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU> Dear netters, after publish the german anonymous list to be actual the postmaster of Koeln canceled anonymous ftp on two machines. Only the on down is available. The Postmaster of Saarbruecken announced the node sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de 134.96.252.31 to me. Itr has atari things also. Please be all so fair to ftp only on non prime hours local time. Uni Koeln 134.95.128.215 Thomas Neser ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 04:24:16 PDT From: dujardin@madonna.inria.fr ( Dujardin INRIA ROCQUENCOURT) Subject: deskjet driver for the mac Message-ID: <9005101124.AA09293@davina.inria.fr> Hi all, I have a friend who's planning to buy an HP deskjet, and I dowloaded a driver so that he'll be able to use it with Spectre. I found it at ricevm1.bitnet (version 2.1). The trouble is, we don't know if it's a really good driver, and if it's really better than his Nec 24-pin printer . Does anybody here use the same hardware/software combination ? I remember having read some messages about this here. Do graphics and letters look 'as good' as on a laser printer ? Does it have a reasonable speed ? The help file that came with the driver was badly corrupted, even if decoding it didn't show any problem. Does anybody have a good one ? Thanks for any information, Eric Eric Dujardin - INRIA Rocquencourt Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (SUPELEC) dujardin@madonna.inria.fr ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 90 21:33:39 GMT From: ncis.tis.llnl.gov!blackbird!news@lll-winken.llnl.gov (News System Account) Subject: Linker Formats Message-ID: <1587@blackbird.afit.af.mil> Does anyone know of any sources which document the DRI and/or GST linker formats? Thanks in advance! ***************************************************************************** * Gene Place * * gaplace@blackbird.afit.af.mil * ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 11 May 90 02:15:22 GMT From: netcom!netcom.uucp@apple.com (Roy Bixler) Subject: MMU on Atari ST Message-ID: <11977@netcom.UUCP> I'm wondering if there are any possibilities of replacing the MMU on the ST with one that gives memory protection. I'd like to upgrade to Unix and not have to buy an expensive new machine. I realize there are people out there interested in this idea, so has anyone had any luck? Roy Bixler rcb@netcom.uucp ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 90 17:11:53 GMT From: newstop!exodus!aiki.Eng.Sun.COM!kron@sun.com (Kenneth &) Subject: Phantom Message-ID: <260@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Just a note I haven't been following the phantom dicussion closely but I ran into the problem the other day while running Word Perfect 4.1. Just thought I'd add a data point. And quite by accident I also discovered (as has been mentioned) that moving the mouse helps speed things up0> kk -- Kenneth Kron ----- The opinions I gave were mine, the opinions you form are yours. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 17:11:38 From: "Simon Chappell" Subject: Questions OK, Here's some thought provoking stuff: Easy ones first! 1. How do get hold of stuff like SALAD and the PEXEC Cookbook? 2. Can you call line-a routines from within C? (Sozobon in particular) 3. Can you tap into interupts and have a C routine called x times per second via a system interupt? In the Abacus internals (3rd ed) there was something about a list of routine addresses that could be supplied to the VBL interupt, am I mistaken, or seriously out of my depth here? Obviously this would allow the start of a multi-tasking system. 4. How much difference is there between GEMFAST 1.2 and 1.3 GEM libraries? I have the 1.2 is it worthwhile my getting the new stuff? Thank you for your time. Regards, Simon. | Simon Chappell, B.Sc(Hons) Computing and Informatics (Final Year) | 51 Amherst Road, Penny-Come-Quick, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4HJ, UK. | JANET: s61304@uk.ac.psw.pa (Until the end of June 1990) | | Holder of the ST Penpals list. Join now and beat the Christmas rush!! | | "The box said nothing, only this time louder!" - Terry Pratchett ------------------------------ Date: 11 May 90 02:43:20 GMT From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet@ucsd.edu (Mary Winters) Subject: ST Controls VCR? Message-ID: <1990May11.024320.15165@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> I've been told that there is a program for the Atari ST which allows an ST to control a VCR (via the Control-L jack on the back). I believe the program in question used the VCR to record animation output from the computer, but I'm not interested in this specifically. My true goal is to use the computer as a video editing controller. Does this sound familiar to anyone out there? Where can I obtain a copy of this program (preferably with source code)? It seems to be designed to work with Sony VCRs via the Control-L jack - will it work with other brands as well? Any pointers or information will be appreciated. Thanks! -- uv@f69.n233.z1.fidonet.org Suffering from PMS (Presentation Manager Syndrome) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 08:51:00 EDT From: Greg Csullog <01659%AECLCR.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: Toadfile 88 Message-ID: <90May10.085213edt.57441@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 90 08:57:00 EDT From: Greg Csullog <01659%AECLCR.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Subject: Toadfile 88 Message-ID: <90May10.085812edt.57432@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> I want to get a Toadfile 88 (dual SyQuest 44 meg disks) to: 1. use with my 1040ST and Mega 2 2. back up SyQuest disks from an AT 3. back up internal hard disks on Mac SEs Number 2 should be straightforward as the ST should consider the AT disk info as native ST info. However, I am unsure if the Toadfile can be connected to a Mac from the SCSI port on the drive. Do I have to disconnect the ICD host adapter? Is there any special cable needed? Toad Computers said they had no experience with using their Toadfile drives on a Mac and could not help me out. Dave Small, are you out there and can you answer this one? Anyone else? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 90 18:55 CET From: woju%neon.uucp%TUB.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (Wolfgang Jung) Subject: Virus questions Message-ID: In bit.listserv.info-a16 you write: >Does anyone out there know if viruses that attach themselves to files >exist on the st? The anti-virus programs I have seen are all concerned >with the boot sector only. Does this mean that I can safely copy the files >one-by-one off of a disk that is suspected to be infected and onto another disk >without risking cross-contamination? There are several of those Virusses(called Linkvirus) but I never encountered such an Virus. CU Wolfgang ------------------------------ Date: 11 May 90 02:13:57 GMT From: eru!luth!sunic!lth.se!newsuser@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Ralph Haglund) Subject: ZOO Message-ID: <1990May11.021357.6418@lth.se> Hi, Just a simple question. Packing up with subdirectories I use -x//, right. That works, but how do I PACK the stuff with subdirectories in the first place??? |-------------------------------------------------------------| | Want to talk to me? Try: | | QRALPH@SELDC51 || QRALPH@SELDC52 || qralph@dna.lth.se | | My name? In official Sweden it is: 4.901.185.654 (secret) | | Anywhere else: Ralph Haglund | | Disclaimer: If it works, it's out of date. | |_____________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ End of INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 Issue #529 *****************************************