*---== CPU NEWSWIRE ONLINE MAGAZINE ==---* """""""""""""""""""""""""""" "The Original 16/32bit Online Magazine" _____________________________________ from STR Publishing Inc. """""""""""""""""" March 09, 1990 No.4.10 ======================================================================= CPU NewsWire Online Magazine¿ featuring STReport ~ Online¿ __________________________ Post Office Box 6672 Jacksonville, Florida 32205 ~ 6672 R.F. Mariano Publisher - Editor _________________________________________ Voice: 904-783-3319 10 AM - 4 PM EDT BBS: 904-786-4176 12-24-96 HST/14.4 FAX: 904-783-3319 12 AM - 6 AM EDT _________________________________________ ** F-NET NODE 350 ** 500mb Online ** STR'S owned & operated support BBS carries ALL issues of CPU/STR Newswire and An International list of private BBS systems carrying CPU NewsWire for their users enjoyment __________________________________________________________________ > 03/09/90: CPU Newswire¿ #410 The Original 16/32 bit Online Magazine! ---------------------------- - The Editor's Podium - CPU REPORT - CPU STATUS REPORT - MVP Finalist Lists - PCD2 - Whew! - NEW Diabetes Forum - VT 52/ANSI Codes - MAXWELL Releases - DynaCADD p VI - LYNX is HOT! - WOA Anaheim Info - CPU CONFIDENTIAL --==** SAM TRAMIEL DEMANDS STRONG SUPPORT FOR WOA **==-- ---===** AVANT-GARDE SHIPS PALS! **===--- ========================================================================== CPU NEWSWIRE¿ "Only UP-TO-DATE News and Information" -* FEATURING *- Current Events, Up to Date News, Hot Tips, and Information Hardware - Software - Corporate - R & D - Imports ========================================================================== CPU/STR's support BBS, NODE # 350 invites systems using Forem ST BBS to participate in Forem BBS's F-Net mail network. Or, Please call # 350 direct at 904-786-4176, and enjoy the excitement of exchanging ideas about the Atari ST computers through an excellent International ST Mail Network. ========================================================================== AVAILABLE ON: COMP-U-SERVE ~ DELPHI ~ GENIE ~ BIX ========================================================================== > The Editor's Podium¿ Well, another week gone by and now we find that Atari is supporting the Anaheim World of Atari Show with great vigor. Its good to see such active, outgoing participation on the part of Atari Corp. As ardent supporters of Atari computers, most users and ourselves find that at times like this we are facing a rather puzzling situation. Is Atari moving forward in the computing community or are they simply treading water while the creek rises? We like to think that they are moving forward but in reality the only things on the positive side in the USA are the Portfolio and Lynx. All other promised major products are atrociously late and some are now in doubt altogether. The furor started on usenet about SIMMS and SIPPS has cast great dark clouds over the STE. Although members of Atari Corp. had posted that Atari was using SIMMS (socketed) and heralded the advent of an upgradable Atari computer, the bottom line is "this information did not come as a direct announcement from Atari Corp. and therefore, must be regarded as heresay even though it came from an Atari employee. Also, the ONLY computer specifically designed to be upgradable is the TT. Judging from the above, it becomes very easy to see why certain of Atari's online people should not be taken seriously unless they emphasize that what they are posting is the "official Atari line". In fact, it would probably make good sense if they did just that, prefaced and suffixed such posts with such a declaration. Then if the declaration was not present, the information could be taken for casual conversation and not an official line. Don't miss next week's STReport MVP winners in the first two categories... Thanks again for your strong support! Ralph..... ********************************************************************** :HOW TO GET YOUR OWN GENIE ACCOUNT: _________________________________ To sign up for GEnie service: Call: (with modem) 800-638-8369. Upon connection type HHH (RETURN after that). Wait for the U#= prompt. Type: XTX99587,CPUREPT then, hit RETURN. **** SIGN UP FEE WAIVED **** The system will now prompt you for your information. THE GENIE ATARI ST ROUNDTABLE - AN OVERVIEW ___________________________________________ The Roundtable is an area of GEnie specifically set aside for owners and users of Atari ST computers, although all are welcome to participate. There are three main sections to the Roundtable: the Bulletin Board, the Software Library and the Real Time Conference area. The Bulletin Board contains messages from Roundtable members on a variety of Topics, organized under several Categories. These messages are all Open and available for all to read (GEnie Mail should be used for private messages). If you have a question, comment, hot rumor or an answer to someone else's question, the Bulletin Board is the place to share it. The Software Library is where we keep the Public Domain software files that are available to all Roundtable members. You can 'download' any of these files to your own computer system by using a Terminal Program which uses the 'XMODEM' file-transfer method. You can also share your favorite Public Domain programs and files with other Roundtable members by 'uploading' them to the Software Library. Uploading on GEnie is FREE, so you are encouraged to participate and help your Roundtable grow. The Real Time Conference is an area where two or more Roundtable members may get together and 'talk' in 'real-time'. You can participate in organized conferences with special guests, drop in on our weekly Open COnference, or simply join in on an impromptu chat session. Unlike posting messages or Mail for other members to read at some later time, everyone in the Conference area can see what you type immediately, and can respond to you right away, in an 'electronic conversation'. ********************************************************************** > CPU REPORT¿ ========== Issue # 57 ---------- by Michael Arthur Remember When.... In September 1970, a computer hacker (as opposed to a "cracker", or a malicious hacker) called John Draper discovered that a toy whistle which used to come with "Captain Crunch" cereal perfectly simulated the sound that AT&T USED to use to specify a call as being toll-free, and when John Draper later became known as "Captain Crunch" after demonstrating this discovery? CPU Systems Roundup¿ XXIV ========================= IBM's RISC System/6000: Industry Standard, or Last Stand? ---------------------------------------------------------- Part II Recently, IBM introduced the RISC System/6000, their second entry into both the lucrative workstation market, and the already-crowded field of RISC-based computers. While the workstation industry is quickly growing, with an estimated worth of $10 billion dollars a year by 1992, the many players in the "RISC Wars" (the struggle in the industry to establish a dominant RISC chip standard) is only intensifying. In Part I of this Essay, the RISC System/6000's main abilities and operating system features were explored. Now let us take a look at the hardware capabilities of the RISC System/6000, so as to gain a fuller understanding of its impact on the computer industry... The IBM RISC System/6000 uses a new RISC chip architecture, called the "Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC", or POWER chip. It is capable of processing from 27 - 41 million instructions per second (MIPS), and comes with a built-in Floating Point Unit capable of 7.5 - 13 million floating point math instructions per second (MFLOPS). Meaning that the POWER chip will be 2-4 times as fast as the Intel 80486 chip, Motorola's 68040 chip, or any other microprocessor currently available. However, a large part of a computer's performance is based more on the data transfer speed of its bus architecture than its MIPS or MFLOPS rating. When IBM introduced the MicroChannel bus in 1987, it indicated that its use wouldn't be restricted to the microcomputer arena. So with the RS/6000, IBM is using an improved version of the MicroChannel Bus Architecture. This version features: - 64-bit data/address bus width. Formerly, the MicroChannel was a 32-bit bus architecture, but IBM has introduced a 64-bit version for the low-end PowerStation line. Interestingly enough, high-end models of the RISC System/6000 even use a 128-bit version of the MicroChannel Architecture.... - Vastly improved Data Transfer rates. Previously, the MicroChannel was only capable of transmitting 20 Megabytes of data per second. However, this version utilizes a Streaming DMA Burst Mode to achieve data transfer rates of 40 Megabytes per second, with sustained transfer rates of 25 - 30 Mbps (Megabytes Per Second). Most computer bus architectures (like NuBus or certain implementations of VME) are only capable of 10 - 20 Mbps. Also, the EISA Bus, which is quickly becoming standard on high-end IBM Clones, currently has a data transfer rate of 33 Mbps. However, Sun's new S-Bus (which will become standard fare in its future workstations) has a data transfer rate of over 60 Megs Per Second, and it seems that faster implementations of the EISA Bus are possible.... ECC RAM, Silicon Graphics, and POWERstations -------------------------------------------- In addition, IBM has licensed Silicon Graphics' Geometry Engine chip, which can generate 91,000 3-D Vectors/second, and an optional graphics adapter board (called the SuperGraphics Processor Subsystem) that can generate almost a million 3D Vectors a Second. Both feature a 24-bit color palette. The RS/6000 also uses Silicon Graphics' GL Graphics Library. Meaning that 3-D animation, CAD and other workstation graphics programs can easily be ported from SG's Personal Iris graphics workstations to the RS/6000, and that IBM's new workstations will be VERY competitive in the field of Engineering Workstations. And given that this is one of the fastest growing segments of the workstation market.... The IBM RISC System/6000 has a 1280*1024 graphics resolution, and comes with SCSI and Ethernet LAN Ports, as well as 8 Megabytes of ECC RAM (which can automatically find and correct memory parity errors) as standard. IBM will be selling several models of the RISC System/6000, including these systems: PowerStation 320 ---------------- The low-end model of IBM's RISC System/6000 line, it uses a 20 MHZ POWER chip to achieve speeds of 27 MIPS and 7.5 MFLOPS. It comes with 8 Megs of RAM standard, 6 Expansion Slots (2 of which are Memory Slots), a 120 Meg Hard Drive, and a monochrome display w/256 levels of gray shades. Cost: $13,000, which is FAR below the cost of similarly-powerful workstations. PowerServer 540 --------------- Meant for the upper-end of the traditional workstation market, the PowerServer 540 uses a 30 MHZ POWER chip, enabling it to achieve 41.5 MIPS and 13.0 MFLOPS. Coming with 16 MicroChannel Slots (8 of which are for expansion memory), it has 64 Megs of RAM standard, a 640 Meg Hard Drive, and a 128-Bit MicroChannel Bus. Cost: Don't even THINK about it.... PowerStation 730 ---------------- The High-end Model of the POWERStation line, it uses a 25 MHZ POWER chip to achieve 35 MIPS and 11 MFLOPS. It comes with 16 Megs of RAM, and is the ONLY model to use the SuperGraphics Processor Subsystem, for over 16 million displayable colors. Cost: $74,000. Of course, such a thing from IBM wouldn't exactly be cheap, so.... In general, the hardware capabilities of the RISC System/6000 are just as spectacular as its operating system versatility. With this workstation line, it seems that IBM has a product which is truly capable of quickly dominating the Workstation Industry. With over 175 software companies already developing for it, and 1500 Third-Party software programs expected to ship by the middle of 1991, and IBM's still powerful industry clout, it seems as if IBM's chances are great. But interestingly enough, several workstation vendors are reportedly gearing up for introductions of their new workstations.... CPU INSIGHTS¿ ============= C-Cube, Digital Data Compression, and Fancy Graphics/Sound Demos ---------------------------------------------------------------- C-Cube Microsystems has recently introduced the C-Cube CL550, the first VLSI Chip to use the new CCITT standard for digital image compression. Two versions of this chip will be available: The 10 MHZ model, which can compress/decompress a "still" color image in less than 1 second, and the 27 MHZ model, which is capable of handling "live" motion video in real-time, at a rate of 30 frames per second. Cost: $90 for the 10 MHZ model, and $160 for the 27 MHZ model.... The CL500 uses the proposed JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) image compression standard, which can produce an image compression ratio of 20 to 1, but is capable of compressing an image up to 1/200th its original size. Using this protocol, several minutes of motion film (which would otherwise take up gigabytes of digital data) can now fit in the space of a CD-ROM. Meaning that large multimedia applications (or demonstrations which simultaneously use graphics, video, and sound in computers) will be more feasible. Also, the JPEG standard holds extreme potential for 24-bit Color Image Processing, HDTV Television, as well as other aspects of the graphics arena. In this way, the CL-500 could become the first example of an "enabling technology" for the field of computing now known as the multimedia industry.... Microsoft, TrueType (Royal) Fonts, Windows, and OS/2 PM ------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft has recently announced that Apple's TrueType Outline Font Technology (previously known as the Royal Font Format) will be incorporated into both the upcoming Microsoft Windows 3.0, and in OS/2 Presentation Manager Version 2.0. Also, as part of the cross-licensing agreement between Apple and Microsoft, TrueImage (the Postscript Clone recently bought by Microsoft) will also be made available by Microsoft. Microsoft is also making a TrueType Rasterizer (or font generator) available for licensing by Third-Party Software Vendors, in order to enable TrueType font support on other systems (like normal DOS and old versions of Windows) where TrueType isn't parts of the operating environment. WordPerfect and Aldus will be licensing TrueType (primarily, it seems) to support TrueType fonts in the OS/2 1.1 and Windows 2.0 versions of PageMaker and WordPerfect. Interestingly enough, while IBM has said that its OS/2 Font "Engine" will support Apple/Microsoft's TrueType fonts, IBM has also said that it intends to use Adobe's Display Postscript across its entire line of computers. Therefore, it seems that (contrary to opinions of a few), IBM may support both TrueType and Display Postscript as Font Standards for OS/2.... But ponder, if you will, these questions: 1) Given the recent controversy over OSF Motif, AT&T's Open Look, and several other GUI's for Unix, what will it take for any given Graphical User Interface to become THE industry standard Unix GUI? 2) Is the Trade Deficit as dire an economic issue for the US as the lack of "capitalistic innovation" in American businesses? > CPU STATUS REPORT¿ ================== - London, England IDRIS OS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE TRANSPUTER --------------- Quintek has recently introduced a version of IDRIS, a multiuser, multitasking Unix-based operating system, for transputer-based systems, called transIDRIS. To be used with Transputer systems using the IBM PC as I/O processors (like the ATW uses the Mega ST motherboard as its host machine), transIDRIS allows both DOS and IDRIS sessions to be accessible concurrently, with extensive support for communications links between them. transIDRIS is capable of supporting parallel processing between 32 Transputers. Given that the ATW's introduction has been stalled by problems in developing and debugging Helios, another OS being developed for the Transputer chip.... Available for the PDP-11, Intel 80x86, and Motorola 68x00 chips, IDRIS is an IEEE POSIX-based operating system with sophisticated IPC (interprocess communications facilities), multiuser utilities, and X/Windows support. Interestingly enough, IDRIS was available for the Atari ST from 1987 - 1989, and helped the Atari ST to become widespread in Control Data Corporation for designing new supercomputers. However, now IDRIS is available for the Macintosh due to several factors, including problems with "Developer Support" from Atari. - Cambridge, England X.DESKTOP GUI AVAILABLE FOR 88000, 68030 TT ------------------ Motorola Corp., and Opus Systems (a workstation/minicomputer company) have announced that they will be using X.desktop 2.0, a GEM-like Graphical User Interface for Unix based on X/Windows, in current 88000-based RISC Workstations. Ixi Ltd., Motorola, and Opus Systems are all members of the 88open Software Consortium (a group of companies which are establishing a Unix standard for the Motorola 88000 RISC chip). Opus intends to use both X.desktop and 88open's Binary Compatibility Standard in their Personal Mainframe line of workstations, while Motorola is bundling it with their newly introduced line of 88000-based systems.... Interestingly enough, several major Unix companies have also licensed X.desktop 2.0. IBM has licensed it, and recently the Santa Cruz Operation (the makers of SCO Xenix, which dominates the 80386-based Unix market) introduced the Open Desktop GUI, which uses X.desktop. Also, it seems that X.desktop 2.0 will also be used as the GUI for the 68030 TT's version of AT&T Unix.... __________________________________________________________ > MVP AWARDS CPU/STR Spotlight¿ Saying "Thanks" to the "GOOD GUYS" ============================ MOST VALUABLE PERFORMER ======================= CATEGORY ONE ============ ATARI CORP. ========== MVP CANDIDATES -------------- Finalist List E. Shook G. Johnson J. Townsend D. McNamee K. Badertscher R. Brodie D. Brown A. Pratt C. Cherry A. Salerno DECISIVE FACTORS ---------------- Helpful-> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate willing to go the "extra mile" to help the user achieve an equitable solution... B) Is the candidate willing to question certain policies when they appear to not be in the best interests of both the company and the user.... C) Is the candidate straight forward and "obviously committed" to helping the user... --===-- Courteous -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate capable of "keeping their cool" when facing a hostile or irritated user... B) Is the candidate willing to continue to try to help the user by telling themselves "the customer is always right".... --===-- KNOWLEDGABLE -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate willing to share his knowlege in the true principle of sharing knowlege... B) Is the candidate always "ready willing and able" to offer explanations and help regardless of his/her candidateal attitudes... C) Is the candidate able to reach a "higher authority" easily to obtain information not readily accessable.. --===-- SINCERITY -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is this candidate treating all users equally, offering help to all the users to the best of their ability... B) Is this candidate held in high regard by the users for keeping his/her word and does this candidate take pride in keeping promises... C) Is this candidate willing to speak their mind instead of feeding the users the "company line" of usual pablum.. D) Is this candidate using the priciples of fair play and honest dealings as a guideline... E) Is this candidate always "up front and on the line" with the users... F) Is this candidate willing to bring user suggestions to the higher ups in hopes of having the suggestions considered.. MOST VALUABLE PERFORMER ======================= CATEGORY TWO ============ DEVELOPERS ========== MVP CANDIDATES -------------- Finalist List Fast Technology Blue Chip Software Gribnif Software Spectrum Holobyte Strata Software Maxwell ISD Marketing Timeworks MichTron Intersect Soft-Logik Avant Garde Migraph Codehead Software Word Perfect Gadgets by Small Image Systems Imagen FTL Regent Software DECISIVE FACTORS ---------------- Helpful-> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate willing to go the "extra mile" to help the caller achieve an equitable solution... B) Is the candidate straight forward and "obviously committed" to helping the user... C) Is the candidate willing to help until a user's problem is fully resolved even if the problem is not a direct result of their program... D) Is the candidate willing to make serious but helpful revisions and changes to their program without insistant urging.. --===-- Courteous -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate capable of "keeping their cool" when facing a hostile or irritated user... B) Is the candidate willing to continue to try to help the user by telling themselves "the customer is always right".... --===-- KNOWLEDGABLE -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is the candidate willing to spend the time familiarizing a user in the use of their program in the true spirit of sharing knowlege... B) Is the candidate always "ready willing and able" to offer explanations and help user... C) Is the candidate able to reach a "higher authority" easily to obtain information not readily accessable.. --===-- SINCERITY -> Factors deciding this category are; A) Is this candidate treating all users equally, offering help to all the users to the best of their ability... B) Is this candidate held in high regard by the users for keeping his/her word and does this candidate take pride in keeping promises... C) Is this candidate using the priciples of fair play and honest dealings as a guideline... D) Is this candidate always "up front and on the line" with the users... E) Is this candidate willing to bring user suggestions to the higher ups in hopes of having the suggestions considered.. The winners from the two above categories WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK. Next week, we will present the MVP selections from the userbase in general, that being folks who have gone out of their way to help others in the use of their computers - software - hardware etc... Additionally, those also being considered in this category will be the shareware and PD developers along with new, lesser known, commercial developers who are supporting the Atari ST computer. Lastly, and certainly not the least thought of are the unsung heros of our userbase, the sysops who make it all happen. You will get to meet all of them here, in STReport. _______________________________________________________________ > NEW DIABETES FORUM CPU/STR Spotlight¿ CIS opens NEW Diabetic Forum ==================================== New Diabetes Support & Info Forum on CIS Headed by Dave Groves After a full year in preparation, Atari SYSOP Dave Groves has fulfilled a dream. On March 14, 1990 at about 4:00am a new CompuServe forum will be opened to the public. The data libraries contain over 3.3 megabytes of up to the minute information on diabetes and hypoglycemia, and the membership is raring to expand it. Topics range from funny places to take insulin and how to use used syringes for darts and missles, to how to manage diabetes during pregnancy and recently noted concerns about "human" insulin. The forum itself is not just another place to hear a lecture on diabetes and control, but rather an interactive, online self- help group of diabetics, hypoglycemics, their families, friends, and health care professionals. It is a warm and friendly online community in which we share anecdotes and experiences with diabetes instead of just enumerating food exchanges, though there is always a user around who can help with the math and calculations. Basic forum layout is as follows. It will be accessible with GO DIABETES and one or more other quick words to be determined. WELCOME TO THE DIABETES & HYPOGLYCEMIA FORUM GRAND OPENING Targeted 3/14/90. Please, take a moment to use the ANN command for all 7 of the available ANNouncements and the DES command to review all 3 of the DEScription sets for the 13 Message Sections, 12 Library sections, and 5 Conference Sections and let us know your thoughts! Libraries will be installed later this week. Of Special Note: --------------- Upload time to the Diabetes Forum is Free of CompuServe connect charges so please add to our Libraries of Diabetes information whenever you can! WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: Diabetes and hypoglycemia are serious conditions requiring professional medical attention that cannot be given through telecommunications. Although we take reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy and timeliness, readers must not consider opinions expressed here as medical advice. Sorry, the Lawyers made us say that! ---===000===--- OVERVIEW OF THE DIABETES FORUM WELCOME TO THE FORUM. MESSAGES This is an overview of the "Bulletin Board" area of the Forum. Messages posted in the Message area will generally survive for about 7 days, and individuals addressed by User ID (UID) are advised of the waiting messages when they enter the forum. Since the messages are long lived and do not require you to be online at the same time as the person you are communicating with, you can log on at any time and read new or waiting messages and respond when it is convenient for you. This is the best method for meeting new people worldwide who share your interests. Type (Enter) MES at any Forum ! prompt or select Menu Item # 2 MESSAGES. Message Sections Available: 1 General Information - How to use this Forum and CompuServe most effectively, and General Forum Business. 2 Beginners' Topics - Matters of interest to newcomers to diabetes and Hypoglycemia. Ages 6 to 106. 3 Friends & Family - Matters of interest to family, friends, neighbors, & coworkers of diabetics and hypoglycemics. 4 Hypoglycemia - Low Blood Sugar (Glucose) as a result of either medications for diabetes or other endocrine problems. 5 Insulin - Anything relating to the medication Insulin in all of its possible permutations. 6 Oral Meds - Oral medications without Insulin, but stimulating its production or use or activity in type II diabetes. 7 Diet & Exercise - Exchange lists, recipes, tips and techniques for balancing the diabetes tripod. 8 Complications - Footcare, Hygiene, and side-effects of diabetes. 9 Paraphernalia - BG Meters, test techniques, infusers, pumps and the newest mechanical, electronic and software items. 10 Hot Topics - News of political, fund raising, or general interest. 11 Tech & Theoretical - Tech data, lit surveys, computer models, simulation & programming for clinical & research needs relevant to diabetes. 12 Pregnancy - Messages regarding pregnancy for diabetics and gestational diabetes as a complication of pregnancy as well as sexual matters as affected by diabetes. 13 NOT Diabetes! - This is a section for anything but diabetes and hypoglycemia. Obviously there are other things in life, and this is where we can discuss them, without disrupting the trains of thought in the other sections. DIABETES FORUM SYSOP ROSTER =========================== The Forum Manager/SYSOP and Contract Holder for the Diabetes Forum on CompuServe is: Dave Groves 76703,4223 Dave has been an insulin dependent, type I diabetic since 1954 at the age of 9. Over the years, he has seen and been treated under several opposing theories of diabetes (DM) management. Assisting the Manager in maintaining the Diabetes Forum are: Joanna Ermilio 73517,3042 Joanna has had "Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus" since 1986 and has had a classic family history with type II Diabetes. She has worked as an insurance claims examiner and is on oral meds, working towards a diet only regimen. She knows the ups and downs of diabetes (DM) and how important support, understanding and encouragement is every day in living with diabetes. Jo is pledged to help other DM's in any way she can. E. Bruce MacDougall 71545,1520 Bruce has had diabetes since May, 1986, when he was 46 years old. He has been on insulin since the fall of 1986. Bruce is a professor at the University of Massachusetts, and former Dean of the College of Food and Natural Resources at that institution. Martin Wehlou 72047,2444 Martin is a General Pratice Medical Doctor accessing from Ghent, Belgium. He has identical twin daughters, one of whom has type I diabetes. His interest in Diabetes Practice and theory. Joel D. Wilk 73747,3144 Joel is a general and vascular surgeon practicing in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. His expertise is in the surgical complications of diabetes and the special problems of wound care. Robert S. Pataki 71257,1441 Robert is a Family Practice Resident recently moved from New York City to Wheeling, WV. He is interested in diabetes, hypoglycemia, and diabetic education. In addition to years of CompuServe expertise, he answers questions and provides medical literature on topics from genetic/autoimmune diseases and allergies to diabetes and hypoglycemia. STReport and all its affiliates offer their warmest well wishes for a successfull and rewarding Forum for these folks. Another fine example of good ST people helping people. __________________________________________________________ > DynaCadd 1.7 CPU/STR Review¿ Part Six in our ongoing presentation... ============================ DynaCadd Vs AutoCad ===================== by Myles Goddard The next selection on the Drop Down Menus is the SET UP MENU. This lets you configure your drawing or change a previously saved drawing scale or other parameters. Displays the System level dialog box. Displays the dimension parameter box. Note: Each of the above entries was discussed in an earlier installment. The next option on the menu is Track/Grid/Axis selection. This lets you set up your dynamic tracking, grid and axis drawing aids. The next selection is your Pen Indexes. It will let you choose your pen number, style, width and color. It can be accessed by . The next selection is your Hatch patterns. Finally, we come to Define Pen Style. This lets you create or edit line types for the pens you will be using on your drawings. The Tracking option merely lets you know where the cursor is at any given point on the screen. Autocad's equivalent is Coordinates On and Coordinates Off. When Tracking is selected, you are presented with the Tool Parameter Dialog Box. This lets you use Absolute Cartesian, Relative Cartesian, Absolute Polar or Relative Polar coordinates and also permits the size of your grid and axis points. The Grid Values are defined by selecting your Major and Minor marks from the Tool Parameter Dialog Box. For example, let's set our screen to have 1" grid spacing between major points with 1/4" spacing between minor points. It would look like the following - |<---- 1" ---->| o . . . o o = Major points . = Minor points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o While the Grid is on, the cursor will " Snap " to the closest grid point on the screen. When the Axis option is activated, it will make your screen look like a piece of graph paper with large and small dotted squares. By hitting , you can determine the pen number, color, line type and thickness. This corresponds with each pen on your plotter. There are 16 pens, ranging from 1 to 9 and A through E. The hatch patterns are probably familiar to most of you. Even though the phrase " Hatch patterns " sounds a bit complicated, just think of them as fill patterns, you know, like in DEGAS or other ST drawing programs. There are numerous patterns in DynaCadd but there is also an editor in DynaCadd that lets you be creative. Next, we come to the TOOLS MENU. Here we may edit the display to our liking. For instance; Hit and you can toggle between and white background and black lines or black background and white lines. Hit and you can display the frame on or off. You can have up to 5 frames visible at one time. Hit and you get to turn the GCP view on or off. and your drawing origin is displayed in the lower left hand corner of the frame. will toggle between Grid On or Off. does the same as except it affects the axis lines and reference points. displays the control points and direction of your b-splines and Bezier curves. displays the coordinate readout at the top right of the screen. turns on or off the display of command names and help messages at the top of the screen. To get HELP from any highlighted icon, just hit the HELP key and help is on the way. will " Box " your text so when your drawing is displayed the text will be blank and represented by a skinny bowtie symbol. This saves screen memory but when printed out to your printer or plotter, the text will be where it is supposed to be. One of the most desirable features in DynaCadd is the Printer Echo option, which is brought about by hitting . This sends the command history directly to the printer port and is therefore printed out as you work. We have covered the basic segments of the Command Menus in the last four installments of DynaCadd Vs Autocad. The next part in our series will be an actual drawing, using DynaCadd and Autocad. We will be comparing the differences between setting up both programs and the final drawing. We will compare the command history of each program and see what the drawbacks and advantages are to each product. It should be very interesting. _________________________________________________________________ > CPU/STR Tech Notes¿ ANSI and VT 52 Color codes.... ================== Here, we present the most popular Ansi Color Codes. Ps represents a selective parameter. This is a decimal number which identifies a subfunction. You may select multiple subfunctions by separating the parameters with semicolons. You should know all about the [ (very necessary for Ansi esc codes). Set Graphics Rendition (SGR) Esc[Ps;...;Psm This sequence invokes the graphic functions specified by the SGR Parameters (Ps;...;Ps) The graphic functions remain in effect until the next occurance of an SGR escape sequence. SGR Parmeters 0 All attributes off 1 Bold on 4 Underscore on (Monochrome displays only) 5 Blink on 7 Reverse Video on 8 Concealed on 30 Black Foreground 31 Red Foreground 32 Green Foreground 33 Yellow foreground 34 Blue Foreground 35 Magenta foreground 36 Cyan foreground 37 White foreground 40 Black Background 41 Red Background 42 Green Background 43 Yellow Background 44 Blue Background 45 Magenta Background 46 Cyan Background 47 White Background Example Esc[1;31;44m will set Bold, Red Foreground, Blue Background You change colors with each new escape sequence, and the last colour code in each sequence for background or foreground will be the one used. Again this is for ANSI graphics, Interlink's Ansi emulator will hack in color codes, but it is not as nice as EGA (or better) on the PC. VT-52 ESCAPE CODE GUIDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A. Screen positions The following functions control a cursor's position on screen. A Cursor Up, the horizontal position stays same. B Cursor Down. C Cursor Right. D Cursor Left. H Cursor Home, move cursor to the upper left corner of the screen. I Reverse Line Feed, same as A except if the cursor is in the top line, a blank line is inserted and the remainder of the text is scrolled down. L Insert Line, insert a blank line and the remainder of the text is scrolled down and the lowest line is lost. Y rowcolumn, move cursor to any place of the screen. The row and column are calculated in this way, take the row or column number and add 32, then find the character in ASCII decimal. For example, Y+A moves cursor to 11th row 33th column since '+' in ASCII is decimal 43 and 'A' is 65. Note that the upper left corner(home position) is 0,0 and the other corner is 23, 79 in the meduim resolution. j Save cursor, to be restored by the next function k Restore cursor, move cursor to the position the last j is called. B. Erase functions The following functions perform erasing screen functions. E Clear whole screen, and move cursor home (0, 0). J Clear below cursor, from the cursor to the end of the screen and the cursor position unchanged. K Clear to end of line, including the character at the current position but cursor position is not changed. M Delete line, and move the remainder of text up one line. d Clear screen to the cursor, from home position to current position, a complementary of J. l Clear line, same as M except the remainder is not scrolled up. o Clear line from start, from the beginning of the line to current position, a complementary of K. C. Display attributes The following fuctions change display attributes. e Cursor on, turn on the flashing cursor. f Cursor off, turn off the flashing cursor. p Reverse on, the foreground and background colors are changed. For example, the status line on the bottom of Flash! is in reversed video. q Reverse off, return back to normal video. v Wrap on, output beyond the edge of screen will be wrapped. w Wrap off. bColor_number Foreground color, color for character display. In medium resolution, 0-white, 1-red, 2-green, and 3-black. cColor_number Background color. Be careful not to set the foreground color the same as background. Code Function DEC's VT52 Vidtex ----------------------------------------------------------- A Cursor Up * * B Cursor Down * * C Cursor Right * * D Cursor Left * * H Cursor Home * * I Reverse Line Feed * L Insert Line Y row column * * j Save cursor * k Restore cursor * E Clear screen * J Clear below cursor * * K Clear end of line * * M Delete line d Clear screen to the cursor l Clear line o Clear line from start e Cursor on * * f Cursor off * * p Reverse on * q Reverse off * v Wrap on w Wrap off. b color_number Foreground color c color_number Background color ctsy of Turbo Board Support BBS.... __________________________________________________________________ > Stock Market ~ CPU NewsWire¿ Watchin' the scheckles grow... =========================== THE TICKERTAPE ============== by Michael Arthur Concept by Glenn Gorman On Monday, Atari stock went down 1/4 of a point, and stayed even on Tuesday. It went down 1/8 of a point on Wednesday, and went down another 1/8 of a point on Thursday. On Friday Atari stock stayed even. Finishing up the week at 6 3/4 points, Atari stock is down 1/2 of a point from the last report. Apple Stock was up 1/2 of a point from Friday, February 23, 1990. Commodore Stock was up 1/2 of a point from 2/23/90. IBM Stock was up 2 1/4 points from 2/23/90. Stock Report for Week of 2/26/90 to 3/02/90 _________________________________________________________________________ STock| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Reprt|Last Chg.|Last Chg.|Last Chg.|Last Chg.|Last Chg. | -----|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------| Atari| 7 - 1/4| 7 ---- |6 7/8 - 1/8|6 3/4 -1/8|6 3/4 ---- | | | | | | 41,300 Sls | -----|------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------| CBM |8 1/8 + 1/8| 8 - 1/8|8 1/4 + 1/4|8 1/4 ---- |8 1/2 + 1/4| | | | | | 147,300 Sls | -----|------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------| Apple| 34 + 3/4|33 1/2 -1/2| 34 + 1/2|34 1/4 +1/8|33 3/4 -1/2| | | | | | 936,600 Sls | -----|------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------| IBM | 104 +1 3/8|103 3/4 -1/4|103 7/8 +1/8| 104 +1/8|104 7/8 +7/8| | | | | |1,422,500 Sls| -----'-------------------------------------------------------------------' 'Sls' refers to the # of stock shares that were traded that day. 'CBM' refers to Commodore Corporation. '----' means that the stock's price did not change for the day. _________________________________________________________ > PCD2 - WHEW! CPU/STR OnLine¿ The PALS are shipping... ============================ J.PIERCE5 posts; Jeff.W if it isn't clear to them what I want by now (all these E-mail letters later) than they aren't as on the ball as I thought. All I want is a direct response to the questions I've posed. My e-mail requested Avant Garde to send the product with the new PALS as I have tried a friends pc-ditto II and it doe sn't work (no, not a bad connection). blic....perhaps I can get a response that way. J.NAVARY at 23:07 EST After reading the last few messages in this topic I find that I am not alone in my wait for the UPS man. I ordered PC-DITTO II back in the fall and nary a word since receiving the post card. I also do not really want a refund...just the product. What's up? I've tried calling about 25-30 times during the past 2 weeks and the phone at Avant Garde is constantly busy...hmmmmm? Would certainly appreciate some action. Jim Navary, 914 Conjurers Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834 Message 145 Fri Mar 09, 1990 J.ALLEN27 at 01:37 EST Jim....The 68000 can suck down UP TO 1.5 Amps!!!! But that is dynamic power usage and will not result in 7.5 watts of heat. The CMOS 68000 won't go over 100 mA. That is one mighty big difference...and if you use your index finger to check the operating temperatures....you'll feel the difference. All the 68000 needs to do is blast over the power supplies capacity for longer than the caps hold a reserve for and...BANG!!!! Try it you'll like it. Rod, no sweat we'll fix you right up!!! Old 520s have really weak power supplies, you may need to beef it up to support a bunch of enhancements like memory, T16, TOS 1.4 and PCDII. Just measure the % Volts and make sure it reads above 4.9 Volts. Anything below that and you can have problems....nothing fatal, just crashes. Category 19, Topic 2 Message 148 Fri Mar 09, 1990 RHINOBREATH at 04:48 PST AvantGarde...We are looking forward to receiving the new PALs and getting this thing on the road. Thanks for hanging in there. I knew you would! To all those complaining about being Beta testers..remember you got this thing for half price. I doubt that they have made anything off it yet. Try a little patience. Actually, its gotten fairly quiet. There was real ranting and raving going on for a while. John...Transierra Technology Editor Note: While finding it very easy to agree with John's (from Transierra) note. We have in front of us a form letter that asks for the ols PAL chips to be returned to AG at the user's expense. Again, not such a big thing. We then read on and found that if one wanted the software to correct the blitter problem, one had to include a disk and return postage to obtain this program(s). This, to us and in our opinion, could be the straw that will push most right over the edge.... This software should and must be made readily available to the users without their incurring any additional expense. While we fully realize that, in the hardware arena, things happen and usually do! And that most unexpected things can cause seriously aggravating problems. AG must supply this software through every conceivable channel of distribution to alleviate the cost of its acquisition by the users. We fully expect to see this happen in the near future. Also we have verification that the PALS are in shipment and are being received by the users. Hopefully, those who have not received their boards yet will ..with the new PALS already installed. _____________________________________________________________________ > MAXWELL NEWS! CPU/STR InfoFile¿ Maxwell's NEWEST offerings! ============================== MAXWELL COMPUTER PRODUCTS UNLIMITED PRODUCT NEWS RELEASE: FRACTAL FANTASY Maxwell is proud to release Fractal Fantasy, a new Atari ST program producing countless designs from the Mandelbrot Set - complex artistic shapes produced from the chaotic behavior of special mathematical equations. Fractal Fantasy will peak your interest in the mathematical discipline called Chaos and present intricate designs for use in desktop publishing. Its GEM based options, its manual and help function will guide you to developing fractal designs without the need for an advanced degree in mathematics. Develop fractals in two and three dimensional perspectives, save your images as DEGAS high or low resolution format. Contouring of the images can be defined by creating and saving your own color palette or defining the type of fill patterns. One can also cycle 512 colors through the image for pschedelic effects reminiscent of the safe and sane 60s. Stop and resume fractal development at will. There are several options for developing a fractal: Set Zoom, Texturing, Tightening, Projection, Monitoring, Distance Estimation, Level Set Method, Traditional Method, Revert, Maximum Iterations, Overflow, Pixel Precision, Stretch Factor, Color Spread, Color palette. Fractal Fantasy suggested retail is $23.95 with future upgrades just $4.00. Future upgrade plans include Spectrum format and color printout. MAXWELL PRODUCT UPDATE: GOGO-ST: GoGo-ST is a GEM based program that relieves ST users from the drudgery of searching through desktop windows and folders for every program to execute. GoGo presents a single menu from which the user can click on a program name installed in any one of 50 selector buttons and instantly run the program. After completion the ST returns to the GoGo-ST menu. GoGo also presents a editable digital clock and date and full access to desktop accessories. Select the log function and GoGo will maintain a log of the time and files used while in each of your programs. Presently, GoGo-ST is at version 1.3. If you have a earlier version please send $4.00 and your registration card and we will be glad to upgrade your system. MEGSTENDER: If you would like to give your Mega ST keyboard more freedom to move, then MegSTender is what you need. MegSTender Mega keyboard extension cords come in lengths of 6, 8, 12 and 25 feet and we have LOWERED OUR PRICES! Prices are now only $11.95, $12.95, $14.95 and and $16.95, respectively. MegSTender is great for MIDI oriented Mega systems or for Megas with peripheral RF modulator connections for TV gaming ... just move your keyboard to your TV/ST game activities. ++++++++++++++++ SILOUETTE, LASERPR & SMOKEOUT! : Look in the next issue of CPU Newswire for information on the new MaxWell products, LaserPR, Silouette and Smokeout! MaxWell CPU 507 W. Baseline Lafayette, CO 80026 1-(303)-666-7754. _________________________________________________________________ > CPU NEWSWIRE CONFIDENTIAL¿ Sayin it like it is.. ========================= - Sunnyvale, CA. ****** SAM TRAMIEL LAYS DOWN THE LAW! ****** -------------- According to our "inside" sources, Sam Tramiel had to initiate a conference call to a number of folks within Atari to ensure their co- operation in getting this year's Anaheim WOA off to a good start. Apparently there were a few who were "dragging their feet". At this time however, it is expected that things will be "moving right along". - Anaheim, CA. ***** RUMORS OF HEADACHES AT DISNEYLAND REAL! ***** ------------ The actual story has been around for almost a year, yet it lay dormant until now. A inquiry was made concerning these rumors and this is basically what we found; it appears that there is an outstanding balance from last year's show stemming from the saturday night show. When we dug further, it seems the man in charge that night was Frank Foster. When attempts were made to reach Mr. Foster for further information, he was unavailable and has not returned our calls. - San Diego, CA. ***** FTL TO ENHANCE QUALITY EVEN FURTHER ***** -------------- Currently at FTL, they are finishing up a new revsion of the game engine which will make many new features possible for future games. Such as, much more varied settings (i.e. exterior settings such as forests, cities, etc.) however, they are still trying to complete their sweep of getting the basic system onto more CPUs such as the IBM PC and Macintosh. As they increase the revenue base it will help make better games possible for all computers since their game designs are independent of the CPU type once the basic game engine is running on a particular CPU. Regarding rebooting inside the game. This is popular request and FTL fully plans on adding it to future games. As for double sided disks this is still undecided, but probably they will make the switch to DS disks at some point in the future. Also, they are developing a way to make better endings without sacrificing disk space so desparately needed to make the game scenarios as good as possible. - Philadelphia, PA. **** ATARI SHOPPING FOR US FACILITY **** ----------------- There was an interesting first page in the business section of the Philadelphia 'Inquirer' this past week. ATARI HAD THE TOP STORY! Apparently, they are looking to buy an old COMMODORE factory in the area for the manufacture of LCDs for LAPTOPS and VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS. Hopefully, this means a stronger east coast represenmtation by Atari. There was a big picture of 'UNCLE JACK' also. ________________________________________________________________ > THE LYNX IS HOT! CPU/STR OnLine¿ The Lynx and its wares... =============================== From the STReport support BBS, The Bounty Conf : Atari 16/32 Bit Msg# : 6766 Lines: Extended Read: 1 From : SILVERTHORN at <- C.F.B. Atari -> Node 68 Subj : Re: THE LYNX I also have BLUE LIGHTNING and GATES OF ZENDOCON for the LYNX. BLUE LIGHTNING is a jet fighter shoot-em-up, sort of like Sega's Afterburner, with fantastic 3-D graphics. You can see all sorts of objects on the ground as you fly over them. Things like trees, fields, rivers, roads, cars, trucks, mountains, etc. You also see clouds that move in perfect 3-D. The graphics are very smooth and fast. The graphics chip in the LYNX is an abolute wonder, one of it's many features is automatic 3-D scaling. The scrolling is also very smooth and fast. GATES OF ZENDOCON is a super shoot-em-up. A great stress reliever. Each level has a password so you can skip levels that you have mastered and go directly to the one you are interested in. The speed of the LYNX is astounding and the sound is fantastic. I love this machine, I'm having a lot of fun with it. A read in the latest ST WORLD magazine that Atari has signed up 15 quality dealers to develop games for the LYNX. There is going to be a lot of games for this baby throughout this year. The one thing that impresses me the most about the LYNX is it's built in networking. You can hook up many LYNX's together for some great head-to-head play with other LYNX owners. I think you can hook up a maximum of 16 LYNX's. The only software that I am aware of that uses this networking feature is California Games. When you are in the surfing section you can land on the other guys head and put him out of action, plus in the footbag game you can trip the other player. The networking definitely increases the FUN factor of the LYNX. Coming in March is GAUNTLET III which will allow 4 LYNX's to be hooked up. I got my LYNX at a local Atari dealer right here in Toronto, Canada. They got them in about 2 weeks ago. All of the Atari dealers around town have them. The availability of the LYNX will be as follows according to ST WORLD magazine. Phase I: began last month with shipments to retailers in Chicago and Los Angeles. This month consumers in Philadelphia, Boston, and San Francisco will begin seeing the LYNX on shelves of retailers. Phase II: (Second Week of April) markets are Detroit,Dallas, Houston, Washington,D.C., Cleveland, Atlanta, Denver, Miami, Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Salt Lale City, Phoenix, Indianapolis and San Diego. If you don't live in one of the marketing areas slated for the Lynx and would like to buy one now, B.N. Genius, (800) 468-4410 has it listed in their mail order catalog for $199.95. This price is about $20 more then the suggested retail price (179.95). 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