INFO-ATARI16 Digest Sun, 19 Nov 89 Volume 89 : Issue 675 Today's Topics: ATARI ST 20 MEG SUPRA HARDDRIVE Cassette Jackets Comments on STE -- (un)known facts External 360k 5.25" floppy gpib (ieee-488) interface for st? HD questions.. My drive won't stop TT Available in Canada TT Unix USED MAGTAPES FOR SALE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 19 Nov 89 06:17:14 GMT From: dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!dav@CS.BU.EDU (William David Haas) Subject: ATARI ST 20 MEG SUPRA HARDDRIVE FOR SALE: 20 Meg Supra $350.00 for atari st I bought this from someone on the during the summer and since have bought a 129X Toadfile. Since I have the Toadfile I don't need the Supra anymore. It does not have the clock chip but it is full of 20 megs PD software. reply to dav@dartmouth.edu This is a repost. My first article did not mention this was for an atari st. I have cancelled (i think) the first article ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Nov 89 01:46:49 MST From: ehsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs) Subject: Cassette Jackets hi. I thought I saw an article in the net about a PD cassette jacket printer. I would like to know where I can get it. Thanks. This has nothing to do with computers, but can anyone tellme how to p me how to post an article to the alt.rock-n-roll newsgroup? Thanks. -------------------------- Eric Hobbs ehsnsr@JUPITER.nmt.edu -------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 89 16:13:47 GMT From: mcsun!sunic!kullmar!pkmab!daniel@uunet.uu.net (Daniel Deimert) Subject: Comments on STE -- (un)known facts I have just got hold of my 1040 STE (Friday) and thought the Net might be interested in some facts, which should be well known. If they are or not... Well.. Read the following: What it has - Smooth one-pixel scrolling in hardware - Two 8-bit D/A-converters for stereo sound - RCA stereo output - Blitter (thanks guys!) - Six (6) joystick ports [Atari BUSINESS Computer, ha!] - A palette of 4096 colors. almost useless with the RF-modulator My first impression is that it could have been better. Much better. Sure the scrolling is impressing. But the sound... Nah, I've heard better. The future can't be playing raw sampled sound -- takes too much memory. Along on the language disk with handwritten label that follow are two different demos, apparently written with Turbo C 1.1 (Yes, I've disassembled them. I had to!) that shows the new capabilities. Why not put them together, it would be more impressing! The sound demo sounds good -- but the samplings are boring and really not that good. You could have done better! The scrolling demo consists of nine pictures in pattern of 3 times 3 screen where you can scroll softly to any point by moving the mouse. Nifty! But, listen now Atari, a large BUT. *No* documentation about the new chips followed. Not even a list of adresses, not even a little "read.me" on the language disk! Why? Don't you want people to use these new features, just the software houses, or what? More information follows as soon as I manage to find out. Any information about the STE can be posted to me. I will summarize to the net if it's interesting. [BTW, funny with the hbls in "desktop info"! Not much work, but it really looks nice...] -- Daniel Deimert, Fridstav. 4, S-715 94 Odensbacken, SWEDEN Internet: daniel@pkmab.se UUCP: ...?uunet,mcvax?!sunic.sunet.se!kullmar!pkmab!daniel ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 89 16:14:11 GMT From: image.soe.clarkson.edu!nelson@uunet.uu.net (VICC Project (Rose)) Subject: External 360k 5.25" floppy In article <1602@ultb.UUCP> clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser) writes: >There are a few things you have to do to get it to work: > >1) Remove the resistor terminator pack ok, easy enough >2) Track down a 150 Ohm resistor that's tied to the +5V line. This > resistor brings the voltage down to 2.5V when the drive is called. > However, the Atari needs it to be 0V. Replace it with a 1K Ohm > resistor. oh ick!, will it still work for a pc this way? >3) Get a copy of the PCF554.PRG program. You have to slow down > the access to drive B (the 5.25 inch drive) to 6ms. It cannot > reliably access the drive at 3ms. where might I find this? If I mailed you a disk and an SSAE to return it could you give it to me? I have very limited net access (via long distance so it might be cheaper to do so) > >You'll also have to use a program like DC Format 3.02 to format the >disks. You cannot format them using the desktop. Also, you will have >to mess with the different jumper blocks on the board to find the >correct configuration. Formatting, no problem, the pc across the room will do that! Fiddling with the jumpers seems not to be a problem. Thank you greatly for your assistance. -- Frank Filz Center For Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee. A recession now appears more than 2 years away -- John D. Mathon, 4 Oct 1989. I think killing is value-neutral in and of itself. -- Gary Strand, 8 Nov 1989. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 89 05:47:12 GMT From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!spocom!gng@app le.com Subject: gpib (ieee-488) interface for st? Does anyone know of any devices that allow the ST to use gpib/ieee-488 equipment? I remember hearing of one that plugged into the cartridge port but I couldn't remember the company/address. Also, I need information on the gpib interface itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- George Ng (Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto) | "Sure, I would like Canadian UUCP: uunet!mnetor!?becker,hybrid?!spocom!gng | winters too...if it weren't or utgpu!ncrcan!ziebmef!spocom!gng | for the weather." ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 89 05:33:42 GMT From: gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!aplcen!jhunix!ins_bac@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ajay Choudhri) Subject: HD questions.. Since a deal for a compleye hard drive set-up fell through.. I am now entering the world of home brew HD. basically everyone has suggested that I get the ICD Host Adaptor so that is settled. 1) Can I hook up any SCSI drive to this adaptor(such as the N drives from Seagate) 2) What Controller card apart from the adaptec 4070 and 4000(a) work with standard HD mechs(non scsi). IS there a WD, Xebec or possible OMTI substitution 3) What turns out to be faster, an N series drive or a controller/HD combo. 4) Can someone post all the ram expansion boards out for the ST that allow for either 256k drams or 1 megabits. thanks for any and all help -Ajay Choudhri ins_bac@jhunix.UUCP ins_bac@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU .. !uunet!mimsy!aplcen!jhunix!ins_bac ------------------------------ Date: 17 Nov 89 23:06:06 GMT From: hpfcso!hpldola!jg@hplabs.hp.com (Joe Gilray) Subject: My drive won't stop Scott Settlemier mentioned that his drive (floppy a:, right?) keeps spinning after boot up. I have a vague memory that someone mentioned that this was a bug in TOS (that happens when autobooting from HD) and that it was fixed in TOS v1.4. The way that I get around this problem is to access the drive in my profile. So that when msh comes up the drive is read and stops spinning after the read. I just do a "ls a:\" at the end of my profile. I know that this is pretty Kludgy, is there another fix/workaround? -Joe Gilray ------------------------------ Date: 18 Nov 89 01:04:31 GMT From: gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a23@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Joel Murray) Subject: TT Available in Canada > ramsiri writes: > > Msg-ID: <4507@blake.acs.washington.edu> > Posted: 17 Nov 89 21:29:24 GMT > > Org. : Univ of Washington, Seattle > Person: Enartloc Nhoj > > [ stuff deleted ... ] > > Furthermore, ATARI would NOT give a release date. All they would > say was: "It's available in Canada and in Europe." > > > -kevin > ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu To the best of my knowledge, the TT is NOT available in Canada (at least, not in Vancouver, British Columbia) yet. -- // /// CIS: 73200,3117 \\X/oel ///urray Usenet: a23@mindlink.UUCP ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 89 00:30:11 GMT From: fjcp60!winston@uunet.uu.net (Winston M. Llamas) Subject: TT Unix How much is the Unix implementation for the TT going to cost? How will the system be bundled? How complete will it be? - Winston M. Llamas ------------------------------ Date: 19 Nov 89 04:43:41 GMT From: dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!dav@CS.BU.EDU (William David Haas) Subject: USED MAGTAPES FOR SALE FOR SALE: 20 Meg Supra $350.00 I bought this from someone on the during the summer and since have bought a 129X Toadfile. Since I have the Toadfile I don't need the Supra anymore. It does not have the clock chip but it is full of 20 megs PD software. reply to dav@dartmouth.edu ------------------------------ End of INFO-ATARI16 Digest V89 Issue #675 ***************************************** =========================================================================