Info-Atari16 Digest Thu, 17 Oct 91 Volume 91 : Issue 537 Today's Topics: "I need SIMMs for my Mac" 1040STf Power Supply Needed/ Junkers Wanted Atari WP for sale DC Data Diet -- Ordering! FAQL Fligth Simulator on STe ftp site for demos? Help with a printing problem. How do MOD files get played? HPLJ IIIP ICD interfaces Looking for a Spectre GCR cart New products (2 msgs) UK ST stuff Un-scruncher! Uploading to BART. WAACE Show REPORT welcome to comp.sys.atari.st Welcome to the Info-Atari16 Digest. The configuration for the automatic cross-posting to/from Usenet is getting closer, but still getting thrashed out. Please send notifications about broken digests or bogus messages to Info-Atari16-Request@NAUCSE.CSE.NAU.EDU. Please send requests for un/subscription and other administrivia to Info-Atari16-Request, *NOT* Info-Atari16. Requests that go to the list instead of the moderators are likely to be lost or ignored. If you want to unsubscribe, and you're receiving the digest indirectly from someplace (usually a BITNET host) that redistributes it, please contact the redistributor, not us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 16 Oct 91 19:04:12 GMT From: noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wupost!m.cs.uiuc.edu!vela!sycom!rkushner@arizo na.edu (Ronald Kushner) Subject: "I need SIMMs for my Mac" To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <3105@atari.UUCP> kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) writes: >I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I read: > >england@milton.u.washington.edu (Gregory Miller) writes: > >>Just go to someone who supports >>the mac and tell them you want FOUR 1 meg SIMM modules (I'd get 80ns ones) >>for your Mac (don't admit that you have an ST, they'll claim that they >>don't know what you're talking about!) and pop them in. Or you can do what >>I did; call Microprocessors Unlimited, and tell them the same story; i.e. >>you need FOUR 1megX8 SIMMs 80 nanosecond speed, for your MAC. > >Why wouldn't you just tell them the truth? Are you so ashamed of >owning an Atari computer? Why not just tell 'em: "I need four 1 meg by >8 Mac-type (as opposed to PC-type) SIMMs, 80 nanoseconds or better, for >my Atari computer"? Seriously, some of these "Mac" places clamp up when you mention its for something other than a Mac.. When I ordered an Hard Drive from Club Mac they told me their drives wouldn't work on an Amiga, so I called back 10 minutes later and told them I had a Mac IIcx...I even had CompUSA tell me the pinout of my A3000 is totally different from a Mac's 25db SCSI connector.. Its just that they don't know, and don't want to know... Alot of places just don't want to get into a tech support nightmare selling something that doesn't work with a certain machine. When you sell something, you make more money if you never have a call back on the item and have to provide techinal support.. -- Ronald Kushner | Greyhound will take anyone dropped P.O. Box 353 | from the welfare rolls to another Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 | state with simular benifits for $69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UUCP: uunet!mailrus!sharkey!sycom!rkushner Internet: rkushner@sycom.mi.org ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 13:22:53 GMT From: comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Roger.Sheppard@uunet.uu.net (Roger Sheppard) Subject: 1040STf Power Supply Needed/ Junkers Wanted To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <1991Oct16.141858.1@ulkyvx.ct.louisville.edu> wscart01@ulkyvx.ct.louisville.edu writes: > > I need help on this one. I have a 1040STf that now has a non-functional > power supply. I was wondering if anyone knows of a place to buy a new one > or pick up a used one? > I've called our local 'Authorized' dealership and they don't have any and > don't really want to get any. So I am in trouble! Any help would be > useful. (Even the number for Atari service!) > > --- > Stuart Carter | If anyone has a junker 1040STf that can > University of Louisville | be used for parts, E-mail me and we can > Physics Dept. | try to work out a deal! Why not just repair it, they are very simple Switch Mode PSU's. -- *** Roger W. Sheppard * Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz *** *** 85 Donovan Rd * * GEnie. R.SHEPPARD5 *** *** Kapiti At least I don't Flicker, *** *** New Zealand.. * not like a dying light globe *** ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 12:44:18 GMT From: pa.dec.com!shodha.enet.dec.com!midi.enet.dec.com!dan@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Atari WP for sale To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Posted for a friend: For Sale: Atari Word Perfect $50 Complete. You pay postage. Mindscape's Balance of Power $5 plus postage Tidbit Software Engineering's GOOD Backup Utility Unused and unregistered copy. Comes with blank registration card (and the developer said whoever buys my copy can send it in) $20 plus shipping Reply to Chad@nutela.enet.dec.com The goods are in massachusetts at my folks' house though I am in Germany now. Thanks Chad ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 04:07:04 GMT From: noao!ncar!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!aunro!ersys!mforget@arizona. edu (Michel Forget) Subject: DC Data Diet -- Ordering! To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Hi. Does anyone know the telephone number (toll-free) for ordering programs from Double Click Software? I'd like to buy DC Data Diet, and I don't think it is available in the stores around here. Anyone have any idea? << ------------------------------------------ >> << mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca >> << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << Michel Forget >> << "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, >> << for they are not happy campers!" - UNKNOWN >> << ------------------------------------------ >> ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 13:45:49 GMT From: mcsun!uknet!ukc!dcl-cs!gdt!hs0tc@uunet.uu.net (T Cooke) Subject: FAQL To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Can someone e-mail me a copy of the latest FAQL for this group please I am specifically interested in a list of FTP sites. Thanks in Advance Tim Cooke hs0tc@uk.ac.bath.gdt ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 09:52:03 GMT From: mcsun!hp4nl!donau!reeuwijk@uunet.uu.net (C. van Reeuwijk) Subject: Fligth Simulator on STe To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) writes: >I run FSII on my MEGA STE (even in 16 Mhz with cache), no problem. >In 16 MHz the scrolling is much smoother too - great !!!! I think i have an explanation of the various success/failure stories: When I bought FSII, I had a STe with a Megafile 30, and I noticed that although it was stated in the manual that you could run it from harddisk, this dit not work for me. Therefore, I only ran it from floppy with the harddisk switched off. After that, I bought a Mega STe. And I discovered that I could not run FSII at all, so I took out a disassembler and tried to find the cause. It appears that there is a loader program, FS2.PRG, that loads and relocates the code from either the color or monochrome version of FSII. However, *IT LOADS THE PROGRAM TO A FIXED ADDRESS*, $28000. This may, or may not be an address that is already used by other programs, but if you have a harddisk with some ACC's, a disk cache, or The FOLDRxxx.PRG program it is very likely that the ram at that address *is* in use. To prove this to myself, I have de-installed the auto-boot disk-driver, and started FSII directly from floppy. It worked! I've tried changing the loader/relocator program to use an other address, but for some reason this worked only on rare occasions, and I've not been able to find a pattern in them. I've also written to SubLOGIC, but their reply was in essence "thank you for the letter, we've forwarded it to the technical department, and since you have registrated your program, we'll keep you informed about upgrades of the program." Not very helpful. To prevent any questions in this area: I am *NOT* prepared to send you sources of my modified version of the loader/relocator. This is to prevent any copyright problems. However, you can repeat my work very easily with a good disassembler and assembler. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= C. van Reeuwijk e-mail: reeuwijk@et.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology Phone: +15-781429 Dep. of Electronic Engineering Telefax: +15-785922 Mekelweg 4 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 12:15:26 GMT From: noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit .edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!solan1. solan.unit.no!fvlarsen@arizona. (Finn Vidar Larsen) Subject: ftp site for demos? To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <1991Oct15.150733.900@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>, doucetdb@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes: |> I am new to this board. I just read the posts concerning the demos for the |> ST. Is there an FTP site where one could get ahold of these? Gotta show |> off the ST now, right? ;) |> |> Thanks... |> Dave a.k.a. Pi-god |> doucetdb@vax1.mankato.msus.edu How about the atari/demos directory of atari.archive.umich.edu? /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | FINN VIDAR LARSEN |Snailmail: | | Division of Computer Systems and Telematics | Arne Bergsgaardsvei 18/23 | | The Norwegian Institute of Technology | 7033 Trondheim | | The University of Trondheim, Norway | Norway | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |email: fvlarsen@solan.unit.no, fvlarsen@lise.unit.no, fvlarsen@siri.unit.no| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"Great Wakering (participial vb.): | | Panic which sets in when you badly need to go to the lavatory and | | cannot make up your mind about what book or magazine to take with you."| \--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 15:05:32 GMT From: pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!ynotme.enet.dec.com!wallace@dec wrl.dec.com (Ray Wallace) Subject: Help with a printing problem. To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <1991Oct16.210210.22245@polari.uucp>, rts@polari.uucp (Randy Seacat) writes... >When I do a screen dump, or I use programs that do. >about 20% of the right side of the image, text or graphics, is not there. Use the control panel to change the printer width. There are two values to choose from, use the smaller of the two. --- Ray Wallace (INTERNET,UUCP) wallace@oldtmr.enet.dec.com (UUCP) ...!decwrl!oldtmr.enet!wallace (INTERNET) wallace%oldtmr.enet@decwrl.dec.com --- ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 11:35:10 GMT From: mcsun!uknet!ukc!dcl-cs!gdt!hs0tc@uunet.uu.net (T Cooke) Subject: How do MOD files get played? To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <1991Oct16.055714.25839@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> at731@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Troy L. Nothnagel) writes: > >In a previous article, gpinzone@GEORGE.POLY.EDU (Gerard Pinzone) says: > >>Finally, has anyone tried playing a MOD file with a Tweety Board installed? >>I heard sampled sounds/music was awful and I'd like to know if there is >>any true seperation with this board. > >The Tweety Board sounds HORRIBLE with most types of samples. >The left and right audio outs on the STe also sound horrible with some >programs, but with others (especially those designed for it [surprise, >surprise]) it sounds superb. > >>Any news on any stereo upgrades for the ST? Any home brew ones? :-) > >There is a stereo card out called the "Master Stereo Cartridge" I >believe that is supported by MPH's TCB Tracker program. >-- For anyone who wants more info on the MSC (actually Monster Stereo Cartridge), I know the guy who runs MPH and would be happy to pass on queries etc. E-mail me and I'll do my best! Tim Cooke hs0tc@uk.ac.bath.gdt ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 12:49:18 GMT From: noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!know!daemon@arizona.e du Subject: HPLJ IIIP To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu For the individual who was asking about the HPLJ IIIP, if you use downloaded fonts or have a postscript board in the HPLJ then you will get good performance from the ST/HPLJ or TT/HPLJ combo. However, if you use bitmapped fonts or have bitmapped graphics (such as digitized pics) the HPLJ without postscript will be VERY, VERY slow (it will be slow connected to any computer that wants to send bitmapped info down the parallel or serial ports). Want speed and quality. Use an Atari SLM605 laser. It will outperform the HPLJ IIIP for speed and you'll need a magnifying glass to see the difference in output quality compared to an HPLJ. I know; I use an Atari SLM605 at home with my Mega and an HPLJ printer with my TT at work. By far, I prefer the set host cc4 csullogg qwerty3 the SLM605's performance. Oops, ignore the stray info in this message; by accident I hit the wrong key and STalker 2 inserted spurious text from the function key defs. If you need more info, please contact me directly. ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 13:26:09 GMT From: noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz! actrix!Roger.Sheppard@arizona.edu (Roger Sheppard) Subject: ICD interfaces To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article <1991Oct16.192659.1755@darwin.ntu.edu.au> anstey_tf@darwin.ntu.edu.au writes: > This is a re-re-post > > I am looking for the postal/mail address of ICD Stateside > > Is this an impossible question? > > surely some American ST'er has purchased from this company? This is from there latest Disk.. If you have any questions: ICD, Inc. 1220 Rock Street Rockford, IL 61101-1437 Voice: (815) 968-2228 BBS: (815) 968-2229 FAX: (815) 968-6888 Orders: (800) 373-7700 NO TECH SUPPORT on this number!!! Well I hope this Helps.. -- *** Roger W. Sheppard * Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz *** *** 85 Donovan Rd * * GEnie. R.SHEPPARD5 *** *** Kapiti At least I don't Flicker, *** *** New Zealand.. * not like a dying light globe *** ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 12:20:09 GMT From: aahs.no!data3d@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Karl Anders 0ygard) Subject: Looking for a Spectre GCR cart To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu I'm looking to upgrade my ST with a Spectre GCR, preferably v3.0 or later. I'll need the roms. Does anybody have an offer? BTW, does Spectre support HD drives and TT resolutions, and if not, when will it? Karl Anders Oygard - Karl A Oygard ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 01:08:47 GMT From: mcsun!news.funet.fi!funic!nic.funet.fi!jartsu@uunet.uu.net (Jartsu) Subject: New products To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu In article Jan.Willekens@p12.f202.n281.z2.fidonet.org (Jan Willekens) writes: k> Atari multi-tasking TOS release on March '92 (is it in a form of ROM k> upgrade?) Only for TT... k> Atari Falcon (68040-based system? What about Panther, Jaguar? I have heard something about the TT040 proto. The rumor says it can do more MIPS and MFLOPS than IBM RS/6000 and NeXT Station... What exactly are Panther and Jaguar??? -- * Jari Lehto * Voice 90-387939 * Email jartsu@nic.funet.fi * * Tenavatie 19 A * Fax +358 0 8735916 * fwd -> s37837k@saha.hut.fi * * 00760 HELSINKI * Atari moderator in nic.funet.fi * * Finland * Administrator of Atari power-user mailing-list * ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 14:15:35 GMT From: noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!doug.cae.wisc.e du!carter@arizona.edu (Gregory Carter) Subject: New products To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu > k> Atari Falcon (68040-based system? What about Panther, Jaguar? > >Some Atari official made a statement somewhere about this 040TT. It is due >somewhere next year or so... Panther has been cancelled, Jaguar is under >development. Just a note people, I couldn't believe it, but when I got into work, sat down, and low and behold started reading my latest Computer Design Mag, the section on RISC vs CISC had ATARI plastered all over it, with a story from one of Atari's senior hardware engineers discussing why they are using the current 020 core cpu from Motorola to design .. something.. he wasn't too specific, but probably was talking about the Jaguar. >--- STabloid's Chief Editor... Prerelease out NOW! > Jan.Willekens@p12.f202.n281.z2.fidonet.org > or Jan.Willekens@p12.f202.n281.z2.linn.gna.tfd.com ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 10:17:32 GMT From: mcsun!uknet!ukc!icdoc!syma!grahamt@uunet.uu.net (Graham Thomas) Subject: UK ST stuff To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu From article , by Jan.Willekens@p12.f202.n281.z2.fidonet.org (Jan Willekens): > > Yep, England is almost completely games oriented (about 90% color monitors are > sold with STs) and Germany is the other way round. (about 90% monochrome > monitors sold) > > Greetings... - Jan - A slight correction to the above: most STs in the UK are probably sold with NO monitor - games freaks plug the ST in to their TV set via the modulator port. Atari UK are now trying to move a bit away from their games orientation, but it's not yet clear if they're having any success or if they have the resources to do it properly. Graham -- Graham Thomas, SPRU, Mantell Building, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RF, UK Email: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk Phone: +44 273 678165 Fax: +44 273 685865 ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 04:48:06 GMT From: noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!talon!orstcs!or stcs!usenet@arizona.edu Subject: Un-scruncher! To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Does ANYONE have an Unscruncher for the ST? I have a file i can't convert. and it's really getting on my nerves that i can't find it through out the various FTP sites i know of. this scrunch is like MSA but is SCRUNCH-ed. unscrunched of course would mean that the file i have would uncompact to a full disk. does anyone out there have an unscruncher and could either tell me the FTP site where i could get it, or UUencode and mail it to me? thank you! maybe even in IBM format? (what else is PCditto for eh?) Thanks! Timothy Wilson internet: wilsont@prism.cs.orst.edu ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 04:08:49 GMT From: lll-winken!aunro!ersys!mforget@uunet.uu.net (Michel Forget) Subject: Uploading to BART. To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Hello, again. I have written a terminal program that I would like to upload to the archive-server at atari.archive. Could anyone tell me how I would go about contacting Jeff Weiner, or the appropriate person in charge of things. Any information would be welcome. << ------------------------------------------ >> << mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca >> << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << Michel Forget >> << "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, >> << for they are not happy campers!" - UNKNOWN >> << ------------------------------------------ >> ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 00:37:17 GMT From: noao!ncar!news.miami.edu!umiami!dlk0ms9s@arizona.edu Subject: WAACE Show REPORT To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Well, I went to the WAACE show over the weekend and must say I was impressed. This being my first Atari Specific Show, I was quite relieved to see a large amount of people there. Word has it that the show housed total around 2200. Atari was NOT there except for the presence of Bob Brodie and 2 TOS programers. Bob held a question/answer period where he apologized for Atari's lack of support for the show. He went on to explain that COMDEX is this weekend and Atari just couldn't handle both shows. And COMDEX does have a slight lead over WAACE. Anyway, who was there? The NEW Michtron who were showing off two new games, Big BUisness and Prime Time 2. Both are played in the same style of Prime Time and are quite anjoyable. Look for Prime Time 2 in about a month, Big Buisness is out now. Omnimon Perhemprials Inc. was there too showing off their new graphics board. VERY impressive. The next version of Prisim paint will support it and is due early next year. They also had OMNIMONS to sell, I already own and recommend it HIGHLY, and DEKAS. Phil Counea Software was there with his GRAMSLAMMER and the new version Gramslam Expert. BOth are excellent products. Gribnif was there with new versions of much software including Steno and Stalker. Current Notes was there as well as Atari Explorer, ZNET, ST Reports, and ST Informer. Codehead was showing off the new VECTOR drawing and manipulating program AVANTVECTOR. It was REALLY impressive and beats Anything I've seen on a Mac or IBM. They also had updates for current software. Gadgets by Small and FAST Technologies both had their 030 boards there. BOth were equally impresive but way out of my league. BTW, FAST Technologies donated a Turbo20 accelerator to the Dorr Prizes which I won. Thanks guys. There wer more dealers and developers, but those are th highlights. Look for TOS 2.6 for the ST sometime soon says Bob Brodie! Mark Santora ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 91 11:32:53 GMT From: noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!simvax.labmed.umn.edu! davidli@arizona.edu Subject: welcome to comp.sys.atari.st To: Info-Atari16@naucse.cse.nau.edu Last update: 17 September 1991 Author: David Paschall-Zimbel (davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu) Comments and suggestions welcome. Note: There is nothing new in this issue. I am still revamping this publication, and hope to produce the 'new version' by November of this year. If you have a 'frequently asked question' you'd like to see included (answers would be helpful too :)), send me e-mail. Comments and suggestions on what bits might be left out (or added, or changed) are also welcome. DIRECTORY (new articles and articles with changes are marked with an '*'): You may search for the capitalized keywords to find the related article. WEL Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st CSAST What sort of articles would interest people reading comp.sys.atari.st? PD Where can I get Public Domain/Shareware software? ARCS How do I deal with Archived files (.ZOO, .ARC, .LZH)? ERR What does TOS ERROR nn mean? What do the bombs on my screen mean? PAINT What is the format for [x] paint program data? GDOS What is GDOS, and where can I get it? HAM Where can I find Ham Radio software for the ST? CLI What Command Line Interpreters are available? TEX Is TeX/LaTeX available on the Atari ST? LANG Public Domain/Shareware languages... GNUC Is GNU C available on the Atari ST? FREE What is Free-Net and how can I get access? MINIX Is MINIX available on the Atari ST? DEV How do I become a developer for the Atari ST? ZNET Where can I get copies of ZNET? PALS ST Pen Pals list MAGS What ST-oriented magazines are available for the Atari ST? BOOKS What books are available for the Atari ST? TIPS TIPS AND HINTS from other users WEL Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st ============================ This newsgroup is devoted to discussion about 16 and 32 bit Atari micros. At present that includes the Atari 520ST, 1040ST, Mega ST, STe, STacy, Mega STe, and the Atari TT. There are also emulators for the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC/XT/AT available. Most of the people who read this newsgroup are technically oriented. The newsgroup serves as a resource for Atari users ... feel free to contribute to the discussions. Associated newsgroups include: comp.binaries.atari.st ! uuencoded binary programs comp.sys.atari.st.tech ! technical programming/hardware topics comp.sources.atari.st ! uuencoded/shar sources CSAST What sort of articles would interest people reading comp.sys.atari.st? ====================================================================== The most interesting articles are technical articles, impressions of software/hardware, information on Atari user-groups and shows, or helpful hints on how to make better use of the machine and its software. The least interesting articles are in the form of 'my computer is better than...', especially when cross-posted outside of comp.sys.atari.st. If you don't know how to eliminate other newsgroups from a reply to an article which is cross-posted, ask your systems administrator. 'FOR-SALE' articles should be posted to misc.forsale, and ONLY local distribution of comp.sys.atari.st. Those outside the United States have little desire to read about that neat bit of [hard/soft]ware you're selling when you live in the U.S.A. If you don't know how to restrict distribution of a posting, ask your systems administrator. Many articles are in the form of "How do I...?" or "Where do I...?" In this article, I will try to answer some of the most-often asked questions. PD Where can I get Public Domain/Shareware software? ========================================================== There are FTP sources and a comp.sources.atari.st/comp.binaries.atari.st mail server. You can also try the commercial on-line services such as GEnie, CompuServe, Delphi and Bix. Using FTP, most files should be retrieved in BINARY format (at least those ending with the suffix of .ARC, .LZH, .ZOO, .PRG, .TTP, .TOS) Mail servers encode files. You will need a program called 'uudecode' in order to change files ending with the suffix .UUE (or .UAB, .UAC, etc.) into their original form. For Mail Service: archive-server@twitterpater.Eng.Sun.COM: ------------------------------------- Twitterpater holds all of the comp.sources.atari.st / comp.binaries.atari.st postings. If you aren't reading these two newsgroups, you should consider doing so. You may obtain uuencoded files as e-mail. You can obtain a help file by mailing a message to archive-server@twitterpater.eng.sun.com, with the main body of the message being the word 'help'. atari@atari.archive.umich.edu: ----------------------------- The atari.archive server is mentioned many times in this article. It contains a multitude of Atari ST PD and shareware programs. If you don't have access via FTP you can obtain many of the files via e-mail. You should first obtain a help file by mailing a message to atari@atari.archive.umich.edu, with the main body of the message being the word 'help.'. If you are from a uucp site, please enclose this statement also 'path host1!host2!....', where host1!host2!... is your path. Please read the help file completely before you ask questions, and then send any you may have to jon@atari.archive.umich.edu. Jeff Weiner will only forward them to Jon, so please save him the time. Any questions about the archive or specific files go to weiner@atari.archive.umich.edu For anonymous FTP: atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.8] User anonymous cd /atari For anonymous FTP in the UK: uk.ac.lancs.pdsoft User pdsoft Password pdsoft This is a national public domain archive, available to sites in the UK only via JANET. Mail access is available from within the UK - send mail to archive-server@lancs.pdsoft for information. For anonymous FTP in Europe: ftp.Informatik.Uni-dortmund.DE [129.217.64.63] Some selected Atari ST software is in the directory pub/comp/atari-st. The mail server has also moved. Send an e-mail message to info-server@ftp.Informatik.Uni-dortmund.DE For anonymous FTP in Europe: cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.254] Contains the most interesting tools of the german PD-scene, most of the GNU programs ported to the ST (including ports of emacs and bash and an extended version of bammis library for gcc) and also ports of software posted to comp.sources.unix, alt.sources and comp.sources.misc. For anonymous FTP in Europe: archive.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] How to get ATARI-ST/index from the archive at Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University: NOTE: In the following I have assumed your mail address is john@highbrow.edu. Of course you must substitute your own address for this. This should be a valid internet or uucp address. For bitnet users name@host.BITNET usually works. by FTP: (please restrict access to weekends or evening/night (i.e. between about 20.00 and 0900 UTC). ftp archive.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] user name: anonymous or ftp password: your own email address (e.g. john@highbrow.edu) cd /pub don't forget to set binary mode if the file is a tar/arc/zoo archive, compressed or in any other way contains binary data. get ATARI-ST/index by mail-server: send the following message to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (or uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!mail-server): begin path john@highbrow.edu (PLEASE SUBSTITUTE *YOUR* ADDRESS) send ATARI-ST/index end NOTE: *** PLEASE USE VALID INTERNET ADDRESSES IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ADDRESSES WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET *** The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you first issue the request: send HELP BITNET users: LISTSERV@UOGUELPH.BITNET Mail messages with the contents HELP will bring you some usage information and GET PROG-A16 FILELIST will provide you with a list of files. Subscriptions to INFO-A16 are also available on this server. INFO-A16 is a digest of messages from comp.sys.atari.st. ARCS How do I deal with Archived files (.ZOO, .ARC, .LZH)? ===================================================== Files ending with suffixes .ZOO, .ARC and .LZH are archive files. They are binary files which may contain one or more other files in a compressed format. Archive files usually take up less disk space, and for this reason have become quite popular for transferring large files via modem. In order to extract the files from an archive file, one must use an archive program. Here are the correspondences: ARC Use ARC.TTP LZH Use LHARC.TTP ZOO Use ZOO.TTP These programs are all available via FTP from the atari.archive server, in the /atari/archivers directory. Recommended files are: arc.ttp - needed to extract the other archivers, once. arc_602.arc - latest version of ARC, with the most fancy features and quite a lot of documentation lharc.arc zoo_bin.arc Julian Coleman recently (December 1990) uploaded an archive starter pack to the atari.archive server. His announcement reads: " I have just uploaded an archive starter pack to Atari.Archive. It contains the following : arc / lharc / uud / uue / zoo U. Michigan monthly posting ( 05 Dec 90 ) The file is 'starter.tos' and is in the form of a self-extracting lzh archive, so only needs to be downloaded ( in binary mode ! ) and run. The archive contains sudirectories and needs about 350k when extracted." This is probably the easiest way to get hold of the various archiving programs if you have access via FTP and can transfer the binary file to your Atari ST. The program is located in the main directory (ie. /atari/starter.tos) There are also several GEM programs which act as 'shells' for the archive programs. The most popular are Shareware offerings, also available on atari.archive server. They are: arcgsh35.zoo - written by Rainer Klute. e-mail will reach him at klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de or klute@unido.uucp, or klute@unido.bitnet arcshl26.arc - written by Charles Johnson Both are located in /atari/archivers The GEM shells are recommended for inexperienced users (and appear to be quite handy for the experienced user as well!) They require a copy of the archive program -- in other words you need BOTH the GEM shell *AND* the archive program in order to use the GEM shell. Documentation on the use of the archive programs should accompany the archive files mentioned above. To use ARC.TTP in order to extract these files, use the command line: xh xxxx.ARC *.* where 'xxxx' is replaced by 'arc_602', 'zoo_bin', etc. For example xh arc_602.arc *.* will place all files within the arc_602.arc into the current directory. It assumes you've clicked on the ARC.TTP program from the Desktop and have the parameter dialogue box on your screen. In many cases, simply typing a '?' or 'h' will provide an extensive list of available options. Source and binary code for archive programs have also been posted to comp.sources.atari.st and comp.binaries.atari.st. They are available via e-mail through the panarthea archive server. See Steven Grimm's posting for more information on how to obtain files from panarthea. ERR What does TOS ERROR nn mean? What do the bombs on my screen mean? ==================================== The information below was written, in part, by Darryl May, and posted on GEnie in January (of ????) by John Townsend. The original also appeared in the June 1988 issue of _Current Notes_ (122 N. Johnson Rd., Sterling, VA 22170). It has since found its way to me, and is being posted to comp.sys.atari.st as a service to readers. Alan Pratt wrote to tell me that the basic information may be correct, but that it cannot be dubbed "official" unless it originates, on paper, from Atari. This makes sense, as electronic communications are easily modified, even accidentally. Roland Waldi provided information regarding the difference between TOS and GEM return codes which appears to be correct. The tables have been modified to reflect his information. The following is an unofficial list of the errors that can appear while you are operating your ST computer. Error description return code alert box # ====================================================== OK (no error)....................0 Fundamental error...............-1 Drive not ready.................-2 Unknown command.................-3 CRC error.......................-4 Bad request.....................-5 Seek error......................-6 Unknown media...................-7 Sector not found................-8 No paper........................-9 Write fault....................-10 Read fault.....................-11 General error..................-12 Write protect..................-13 Media change...................-14 Unknown device.................-15 Bad sectors on format..........-16 Insert other disk..............-17 Invalid function number........-32............1 File not found.................-33............2 Path not found.................-34............3 No handles left................-35............4 Access denied..................-36............5 Invalid handle.................-37............6 Insufficient memory............-39............8 Invalid memory block address...-40............9 Invalid drive specified........-46...........15 No more files..................-49...........18 Range error....................-64...........33 Internal error.................-65...........34 Invalid program load format....-66...........35 The last code is the infamous "TOS error 35"! Also, some unofficial information via Alan Pratt: Notably, you should add -48: ENSAME (not the same drive, occurs when you call Frename and the two names you give aren't on the same drive), and -67: EGSBF: you can't use Mshrink to GROW a block of memory. Those bombs that appear on your screen are error messages from the 68000 micro-processor. Number Description of bombs =========================================== Reset: Initial PC2...............1 Bus Error........................2 Address Error....................3 Illegal Instruction..............4 Zero Divide......................5 CHK Instruction..................6 TRAPV Instruction................7 Privilege Violation..............8 Trace............................9 Line 1010 Emulator..............10 Line 1111 Emulator..............11 [unassigned, reserved]..........12 [unassigned, reserved]..........13 Format Error....................14 Uninitialized Interrupt Vector..15 [unassigned, reserved].......16-23 Spurious Interrupt..............24 Level 1 Interrupt Autovector....25 Level 2 Interrupt Autovector....26 Level 3 Interrupt Autovector....27 Level 4 Interrupt Autovector....28 Level 5 Interrupt Autovector....29 Level 6 Interrupt Autovector....30 Level 7 Interrupt Autovector....31 Trap Instruction Vectors.....32-47 [unassigned, reserved].......48-63 User Interrupt Vectors......64-255 PAINT What is the format for [x] paint program data? ============================================== There is a periodic posting of ST Picture Formats, edited by David Baggett. The file is on the atari.archive server under /atari/graphics/picfmts.doc. GDOS What is GDOS, and where can I get it? ===================================== GDOS stands for Graphic Device Output System (at least that's what my copy of STart, volume 1 number 1 said...) You can get a copy of "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GDOS (and more)" by Douglas N. Wheeler from the atari.archive server. The file is /atari/programming/gdos.arc. There is a German version of GDOS available from the atari.archive server. The file is /atari/utilities/amcgdos.arc. Currently, there are no truly public domain sources for the GDOS system files or font files (at least those supplied by Atari). You can get these files with many commercial programs, such as Degas Elite, WordFlair, etc. You might also want to check your local user group to see if they received a copy of the WordFlair demo program (also available on GEnie). The demo program appears to have the GDOS system and font files. HAM Where can I find Ham Radio software for the ST? =============================================== Plenty of Ham Radio software is available for the Atari ST: Morse code Radio Teletype (RTTY) Packet Radio (W0RLI BBS and K9AQ TCP/IP) Satellite Tracking WEFAX Color Slow Scan TV (SSTV) etc. For more information contact the Atari Microcomputer Network: Newsletter Editor - Gil Frederick, VE4AG 130 Maureen Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K 1M2 Canada or Program Librarian - John Adams, KC5FW 17106 Happy Hollow San Antonio, TX 78232 U.S.A. or Tune into the weekly net Sundays 16:00 UTC on 14.325 MHz. 73, John Langner, WB2OSZ CLI What Command Line Interpreters are available? ============================================= There are a large number of Command Line Interpreters for the Atari ST. Some of the more popular ones include: gulam the 'classic' cli, somewhat UNIX in flavor BASH GNU Bourne Again Shell - available under MINT ksh Korn Shell - available under MINT gemini MUPFEL is the shell used by the gemini environment okami a German shell with many useful utilities built in pcommand an MS-DOS-like shell Check atari.archive under /atari/cli or /atari/mint, or check one of the other FTP sites for files. TEX Is TeX/LaTeX available on the Atari ST? ======================================= The TeX/LaTeX typesetting programs are available on the Atari ST. Check the atari.archive server under /atari/tex. Fonts and device drivers (including one for the Epson 9-pin printers) are available on the atari.archive server. The latest version of TeX (3.1) has recently been made available on the atari.archive server. The files are in a subdirectory of their own. Graham Higgins recently wrote a message in comp.sys.atari.st indicating the minimum files needed to get a working TeX/LaTeX system up and running on the Atari ST. He said: You'll need, at minimum: The binaries for LaTeX/TeX :StTeXBin The style files :StTeXSty The font macros :StTeXTfm If you want to screen-preview, you'll need screen font files (showdvi) If you want to print locally, you'll need printer font files (dvifont) Allow 5Mb. For a step-by-step article on setting up Tex and LaTeX, send an e-mail request to davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu. Be sure to mention 'tex.setup'. LANG Public Domain/Shareware languages... ==================================== Check the atari.archive server under /atari/languages. Currently included: abc apl Demo and 'J' j_29.arc,apl68000.arc forth Don't know which, I prefer BRADLEY FORTH FORTRAN77 BC-FORTRAN version 'C' bcf.lzh icon ICON icon2.arc,icon_bin.arc modula-2 From Germany modula2.zoo Sozobon C Most excellant Elan xlisp xprolog xscheme GNUC Is GNU C available on the Atari ST? =================================== You can also get the GNU C program, which runs on 1 megabyte Atari ST systems. For more than minor programming, you may need to upgrade to 2 or more megabytes, as the GNU programs generally assume you've got plenty memory. GNU C for TOS is available via anonymous FTP on atari.archive. It is also available via anonymous FTP on cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.254] and most of the other European FTP sites. FREE What is Free-Net and how can I get access? ========================================== A "Remodeled" Atari S.I.G. Opens By now many of you have heard of the Cleveland Freenet, or more specifically the Atari S.I.G. on the Cleveland Freenet. For those who haven't, the Cleveland Freenet is an experimental computer system providing free public community telecomputing. Basically, it's a lot like a public library of the future. Many of these systems are popping up all over the country. Don't be surprised if one pops up in your neighborhood in the future. Recently the Atari SIG has undergone a significant face-lift. All the regular areas are intact including its news sections, user group newsletter, online magazine sections, general as well as specific computer discussion boards (8 bit, 16/32 bit, Lynx, Portfolio), and our weekly Sunday night multi-chat conference. The conference starts at 8pm EST sharp and is on channel "+Ataricon". What the staff at the Atari SIG has added, has given the Atari SIG the potential to cover all grounds of Atari and its related products. The most noticeable addition to the Atari SIG is the Programming and Development Forum. This forum is intended to be used by developers, professional programmers, and Atari hackers (the old definition of "hacker") as a means to share ideas, help each other out, and find out the latest technical information on Atari's products. This board is ran by newly acquired SIG Operator, Peter Haller, a professional programmer who is running developer sections on hardware and software development, programming, MIDI applications development, Graphics Design, plus many other sections that can definitely become a programmer and developer's dream come true! Last, but definitely not least, the Atari SIG has a restructured Product Info and Support Board and a new Special Applications Board. The Support Board includes a vast library of support lists. These lists range anywhere from phone numbers of Atari dealers and producers, to software reviews for 8 bit, 16/32 bit, Lynx, and Portfolio software. To sum it all up this area covers what's out there, who makes it, and how to get it for all Atari products. The Special Applications Board is just starting out. Currently there is an area for users of MIDI on the ST. MIDI users are encouraged to use this as a means to discuss MIDI related topics. This section is expected to expand in the future. Accessing the Atari SIG has never been easier. One can access it via Internet by telenet'ing to 129.22.8.75 or "Freenet-in-b.cwru.edu" or by calling (216) 368-3888 300/1200/2400 bps. Once on the system, a user can apply for an account application and logon as a visitor. Once here, simply type "Go Atari" to get to the Atari SIG. A visitor can go anywhere on the Freenet and can read anything. They can't post messages until they get their permanent accounts, however. For additional information on obtaining access to Freenet write to myself via the e-mail addresses above or by writing the SIG at its US mail address: The Atari SIG P.O. Box 21815 Cleveland, OH 44121 USA Lastly, a freenet application is available in the mail by writing a request to the above address if you rather not download it from Freenet. The Atari SIG is ready to serve the thousands of Atarians throughout the world. We look forward to seeing you all real soon! Remember the staff of the Atari SIG are volunteering their time for no pay and the Cleveland Freenet, as well as the Atari S.I.G., is a non-profit organization existing for the free exchange of information. -- Mark Leair Atari SIG Public Relations Internet e-mail: aa338@Cleveland.Freenet.edu CIS e-mail : internet>aa338@Cleveland.Freenet.edu MINIX Is MINIX available on the Atari ST? =================================== MINIX is a UNIX-like operating system for the IBM PC, XT, AT, 386, and PS/2, as well as the Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and later in 1991, Sun SPARC. It is available with all the source code for the entire operating system, the libraries, and nearly 200 UNIX-like utilities. Demonstration disks for the IBM PC line and Atari ST are available for free via anonymous FTP for people on the Internet. A Macintosh version will be online soon. (If you can't wait, see below.) To get a free demo disk and the manual, use ftp to connect to ftp.cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42) and look in pub/minix/demo. The READ_ME file describes the contents of the directory and how to use it. Be sure to fetch and read this first. It contains important information. If you don't have FTP access, you can buy the demo disk package from Prentice- Hall for $10 by calling (201) 767-5969 or FAX (201) 767-5625. Please DON'T ask me to send it by email. I have quite enough work already thank you. The ordering numbers for Prentice-Hall are: - MINIX 1.5 IBM demo disk (0-13-582768-x) (in stock now) - MINIX 1.5 Atari demo disk (0-13-582792-2) (in stock now) - MINIX 1.5 Macintosh demo disk (0-13-582784-1) (in stock now) Please note that although the demo disks are available for free on line, MINIX itself is copyrighted software and is not available on line. The demo disks are also copyrighted, but permission is hereby granted to upload and use them for evaluation purposes. The READ_ME file tells how MINIX can be ordered. AS A COURTESY TO US, PLEASE DO NOT FTP DURING BUSINESS HOURS (EUROPEAN TIME). PLEASE FTP AFTER 11 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. If you want to follow the MINIX discussion, read the comp.os.minix newsgroup, which is quite active and has almost 50,000 subscribers. Have fun! Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) DEV How do I become a developer for the Atari ST? ============================================= Contact Gail Johnson, Atari Rep Person, (408)745-2568 [UNITED STATES ONLY. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, CONTACT YOUR COUNTRY'S ATARI HEADQUARTERS FOR MORE INFORMATION.] Gail can explain the program to you, and send an information packet if you desire. Atari has gone to a 2-tier developer membership. The 'higher quality' developer support goes to commercial developers, and costs $250. The 'no-hand-holding, no announcement of company future products, no access to discounted hardware' goes to noncommercial developers, at an initial cost of $125, plus $50 renewal fee each year. Both tiers receive the ST/TT Developer Kit and all developers have to fill in an application form and a non-disclosure agreement. Contact Gail for more information. ZNET Where can I get copies of ZNET? =============================== ZNET on-line magazine is available on CompuServe and GEnie. You can also get copies mailed to you by sending an e-mail message to stzmagazine-request@virginia.edu indicating you wish to subscribe. They won't get to you on Friday (which is when they're posted), but Greg Lindahl provides an excellent service to the networking community by sending these out. ZNET and some information from the Current Notes user magazine are also available from the atari.archive server under /atari/magazines. PALS ST Pen Pals list ================ Simon Chappell is compiling a list of people interested in exchanging paper-based mail "of interested parties who could then keep in touch and prevent themselves losing touch with the ST community at large (this would be especially easy if someone who still had net access could summarise current topics or forward news and advice!)" He is accepting entries in this format: eg Simon Chappell. s61304@uk.ac.psw.pa (NOTE: NO LONGER VALID ADDRESS...) 51 Amherst Road, Penny-Come-Quick, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4HJ. UK. C, operating systems (UNIX, VMS) & relational databases. Contact Simon at his paper mail address if you are interested. MAGS What magazines are available for the Atari ST? ============================================== The information here is preliminary. If you've got updates, mini-reviews, or more information on other magazines, please send them to me via e-mail. As always, WRITE to a company before sending them money for a subscription. US mags: AtariUser, published by Quill Publishing Company --------- Cover Price: US $1.00 Canada $1.45 UK 1.50 (AtariUser is available for free [$6.00/50 magazine shipping charge] from participating computer dealers, bookstores & user groups!) Subcription Rate: $21.30 US Bulkrate, $41.30 US First Class (there is currently a $15.00 introductory subscription available for a limited time). Address: AtariUser, 113 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 USA Current Notes, published by Current Notes Inc. ------------- Cover Price: US $3.95 Subscription Rate: $27.00/year (Atari clubs registered with Current Notes may subscribe at $23.00/year) US, $35.00/year (Canadian club members at $31/year) Canadian, Foreign rate $44/year. Address: Current Notes Inc., 122 N. Johnson Rd., Sterling, VA 22170 USA Atari Interface: --------------- Write for a free sample copy of the Atari Interface magazine (Unicorn Publications, 3487 Braeburn Circle, Ann Arbor, MI 48108) AIM is soon to be available in Canada, Europe and Mexico, and should be in all local WaldenSoftware stores and many bookstores. If your "local" Atari dealer doesn't have it, he should be able to get it for you... UK Mags: ST Applications: --------------- formerly the ST Club Newsletter, this is now the only non-games mag in the UK (although see ST World below). Approx. 4,500 copies per issue sold. News, reviews, interviews, tech tips, general forum, programmers' forum, PD catalogue. DTP'd on an ST. Retains a 'user-driven' feel. Recommended. The associated ST Club runs a PD distribution service and distributes a couple of commercial programs too (Fontkit Plus, UIS III, Molgraph, CRL Virus Killer, etc.). Subscription costs: UK - 15 pounds; Europe - 18 pounds (Air Mail); worldwide - 28 pounds (Air Mail) Address: ST Club, 49 Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1LX ENGLAND ST World: -------- formerly the leading UK non-games mag. Became a quarterly 'buyer's guide' in Autumn 90. Now, allegedly, about to be revived as a monthly (under the stewardship of Jean Gollner, mother of ex-editor Hugh) in the wake of Atari UK's new push into the 'serious' market. ST Format: --------- all-purpose 150-page monthly, mainly aimed at young people. Lively, but of uneven quality. Big leisure section, but other areas covered too. Includes cover disk - mix of games demos and (usually out of date) PD utilities. Probably the biggest-selling UK ST mag. Has had several public rows with Atari UK. Atari ST User: ------------- like ST Format. Generally (amongst online users) thought to be not quite as good. ST Action: --------- games, games and more games. And games. There are ST sections in New Computer Express (weekly), Computer Shopper (monthly) and some general-purpose games mags whose names I forget. There are also, I think, some MIDI mags with strong ST content. I don't have their names. German Mags: Atari PD Journal: ---------------- Reviewed in the May '91 issue of Current Notes [from which I'm cribbing this information, DP-Z]. Hardware and Software reviews, some commercial software reviewed. Typical issue runs around 90 pages. Special "Katalog" section. Subscription: DM 70 (normal mail), DM 100 (air mail). Prices may be for domestic distribution -- write first! Address: Heim Verlag, PD Abonnement, Heidleberger Landstrasse 194, 6100 Darmstadt 13 GERMANY ST-Magazin (formerly 68000er): ----------------------------- (monthly) Typical issue: around 150 pages. Includes DTP-magazine CICERO. Subscription: DM 77 (domestic distribution); foreign - write for information Address: ST-Magazin, Markt & Technik Verlag AG, Hans-Pinsel-Strasse 2, D-8013 Haar bei Muenchen GERMANY ST Computer: ----------- 11 issues/year, typical around 180 pages Subscription: DM 80 (domestic), DM 100 (normal mail), DM 130 (air mail) Address: Heim Verlag, Heidelberger Landstr. 194, D-6100 Darmstadt 13 GERMANY BOOKS What books are available for the Atari ST? ========================================== The (Almost) Complete Guide to Atari Reference Books Compute! Publications,Inc. PO Box 5406,Greensboro NC 27403(919-275-9809) Computes Technical Refence Guide Volume One. VDI Sheldon Leeman ISBN 0-87455-093-9 Computes Technical Refence Guide Volume Two. AES Sheldon Leeman ISBN 0-87455-114-5 Computes Technical Refence Guide Volume Three. TOS Sheldon Leeman ISBN 0-87455-149-8 Learning C. Programming Graphics on the Amiga and Atari ST. Marc B. Sugiyama and Christopher D. Metcalf ISBN 0-87455-064-5 Compute's ST Applications Guide. Programming in C Simon Feild,Kathleen Mandis and Dave Myers ISBN 0-87455-078-5 Scott,Foresman and Company. Professional Publishing Group 1900 East Lake Avenue,Glenville IL 600025 Learning C on the Atari ST Joseph Boyle Wikert ISBN 0-673-18738-1 Sybex Inc. 2344 Sixth St. Berkely,CA 94710 Programmers Guide To GEM Phillip Balma and William Fitler ISBN 0-553-34397-1 Taylor Ridge Books PO Box 48 Manchester, Connecticut (no zip listed) usa (203)643-9673 C-manship Complete, $19.95 Calyton Walnum No ISBN "a decent book on programming your st gem/aes/vdi plus other stuff that is based on the 31 articles that Clayton Walnum wrote for Analog. It was written on a mega 4 with Calamus." Addison-Wesley Pub. 68000 Assembly Language Donal Kantz & James Stanley ISBN 0-201-11659-6 "An interesting book on 68000 for the Atari (and amiga too, but both in the abstract)" atari.archive.umich.edu Assembly Language Programming Robert Arp Disk archives, not published in paper at this time. "It is an excellent guide to assembly languuage programming. It is very large and takes quite a while to make a hard copy if you desire to do so. The file names are arp68k-book.tar (the text) and arp68k-pix.Z.tar (.img files to go along with the text)." **************************************************************** * * THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT * Abacus Software,Inc. 5370 52nd Street,S.E. Grand Rapids,MI 49508 Atari ST Internals K Gerits,L. Englisch and R. Bruckmann ISBN 0-916439-46-1 Atari ST GEM Programmers Reference Norbert Szczepanowski and Bernt Gunther ISBN 0-916439-52-6 Atari ST 3d Graphics Programming Uwe Braun ISBN 0-916439-69-0 Atari ST Disk Drives Inside and Out Uwe Brawn,Stephan Dittrich and Axel Schramm ISBN 0-916439-84 Atari ST Machine Language B.Grohmann,P.eidler and H.Slibar ISBN 0-916439-48-8 Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming Len Dorfman and Dennis Young ISBN 0-916439-77-1 Bantam Books,Inc. 666 5th Avenue New York,New York 10103 Atari ST Application Programming Lawrence J. Pollack and Eric J.T.Weber ISBN 0-553-34397-1 **************************************************************** * * This List can be freely distributed and added to * All I ask is that people identify the added information as * their own * John Henders * Vancouver,BC * On Usenet uunet!ubc-cs!van-bc!jhenders * On ForumST John henders@448 * On GEnie c/o D.LEMAY2 * * C-Manship & 68000 Assembley Language suggested by Joe Gaudreau [DPZ] * Robert Arp's Assembley Language book suggested by David P. Forrai [DPZ] TIPS TIPS AND HINTS from other users =============================== Any 'multisync' monitor which handles 70 video fields a second can be used with the ST; the custom cable involves no tricks, or commercial ones are available. The original NEC multisync does NOT handle 70 fields a sec. More than 3 bombs often means more than 1 error, so interpretations are tricky. An ST-formatted disk which is not readable by a PC can be made readable by putting the 3 bytes EB 34 90 (those were 3 bytes of hex) at the beginning of the boot sector (sector 1 of track 0, I believe). This can be done with either an ST or PC absolute sector editor. Some (older) PC-3.5"-drives cannot deal with the short track-header produced by ST formatters. On those drives, ST-formatted disks are not readable, independent of their boot sector contents. The other way, however, does always work: format on the PC. When using disks formatted on a PC in an ST, make sure to insert and access a disk with a different serial number in between disk changes. For those with the 'inaccessible' mouse and joystick ports, a joystick extender cable will make life easier. The Y-cable joystick extenders make it extremely easy to keep mouse and joystick connected to port 0, and a joystick extender cable in port 1 makes for easy hookup after you've moved the machine. BARREL is a program which can redirect printer-data to a file. It comes in handy when your printer is unavailable, and the program does not already have an option to 'print-to-a-file'. (It is available on the atari.archive server.) DBLEFEAT is a program which can redirect disk access from, say, drive A to drive B. Handy when a program 'hard-codes' the data drive, and you wish to use your hard drive instead. (It is available on the atari.archive server.) =========================================================================== I would appreciate feedback, comments, suggestions for more TIPS AND HINTS, etc. E-mail can reach me at the following: davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu Internet davidli@simvax BITnet -- David Paschall-Zimbel -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu ------------------------------ End of Info-Atari16 Digest ******************************