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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Fri,  8 Dec 89       Volume 89 : Issue 778
 
Today's Topics:
                           2600 track-mouse
                      Amiga Software by Atari!!!
                       MAIL TO CIS AND MCIMAIL
                                STacey
                      Word Writer format company
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Date: 8 Dec 89 23:39:24 GMT
From: psuvm!bgb100@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu  (Bruce Blanar)
Subject: 2600 track-mouse
Message-ID: <89342.183924BGB100@PSUVM.BITNET>
 
Thanks, Troy, for the nice comments.
 
On the subject of adding the right mouse button:
   I know adding the right mouse button is not difficult, I just did
not want to include the description in the plans because it involves a
little bit more work and I wanted to keep the post short.  Another way
to add the functioning of the 2nd button is to get a joystick extension
cord from somewhere like Radio Shack.  That cord brings all nine wires
through so it can be used to replace the one already on the trackball
and connect the right button to the ST. Plus, the cord is longer...
makes a real nice _extension_ mouse.
 
But, hey, If it works, it works!!! That's all that matters!
 
Bruce Blanar
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Date: 8 Dec 89 23:50:52 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!2fhdbeak@tut.cis.ohio-st
 ate.edu
Subject: Amiga Software by Atari!!!
Message-ID: <19499@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
 
In article <.7.Dec.89.09:31:12.A10419@UK.AC.SALF.C>,
 R.D.Chafer@sysc.salford.ac.UK writes:
> Dear Netters
>
> I have just read in ST Format (a UK ST magazine, not bad either) that Atari
> are creating a new software (games) label called ARC. Now the thing is
> Atari claim they are going to market software for the ST, PC and AMIGA.
> ST and even PC I can perhaps understand, but AMIGA. I have heard this piece
> of news rumoured before but now it seems to be fact. Can either Ken or
> Allan shed any light on this strange happening. ST Format suggested it was
> designed to get Commodore owners used to buying Atari, seems like a vague
> and dodgy idea to me.
>
> Robert
>
> =========================================================================
> From:  Robert Chafer
>
>     Computing Centre             Telephone: +44 61 736 5843 x 672 or x7328,
>     University of Salford,
>     Salford M5 4WT
>     UK
>
> E-mail:
>     JANET:   chafer @ uk.ac.salford.sysc
>     ARPANET: chafer%uk.ac.salford.sysc @ nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk
>     BITNET:  chafer%uk.ac.salford.sysc @ uk.ac
>         or   chafer%uk.ac.salford.sysc%ukacrl.bitnet @ cunyvm.cuny.edu
 
Years ago, Atari (Warner) created Atarisoft to publish the same sort of things.
 
Basically, they just wanted to sell games they had the home rights to,
like Pac-Man, on Apples, 64s, and PCs.
 
--Jimbo
 
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 89 20:37:39 EST
From: "Gerry Greenberg: 315-443-5378"
 <MAXG%SUVM.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
Subject: MAIL TO CIS AND MCIMAIL
 
I got the following information from info-mac.  It might be useful to
some of you out there as well.  Please note that the info is old, which
seems to mean that the set up has been in place for a while now.  I have
not used these pathways myself, but based on what others say, they seem
to work.
***************************************************************************
To clear up some confusion and squash several dozen rumors which have
been floating around since sometime this past Wednesday or
thereabouts, I'm telling people about this now, although more official
(officious? :-) announcements will be forthcoming sometime Real Soon
Now.
 
CompuServe is email-accessible.  The machinery to do so has actually
been in place for some months, but there has been an arbitrarily large
number of reasons why official, live status has not yet been granted
to the gateway.  Technically, this is true, even as I write this.
 
To reach a CompuServe subscriber account of the form
    7xxxx,yyy
swap the `,' for `.' and add @compuserve.com:
    7xxxx.yyy@compuserve.com
This is necessary for RFC compliance.  To reach employees of
CompuServe, they have somewhat more typical usernames inside the
csi.compuserve.com subdomain.
 
CompuServe subscribers can reach people Out Here from CompuServe's
mailers via the specification:
    >internet:user@host.domain
The use of ">stuff:" is CompuServe's general gateway-access syntax; it
does not appear in anything on the Internet side of the gateway, but
rather RFC-compliant headers are generated.
 
Internet nameservers for compuserve.com are alive and responding, and
pathalias data for a (fictitious) host "compuserve" has been published
since last fall.  Internet mailers must support MX records in order to
reach CompuServe.  The MX host is saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu, a.k.a.
osu-cis.  I understand that there is some magic that must be performed
on BITNET VM hosts in order to get there due to lack of MX support;
details from other BITNETters, not me.
 
    [That's 7xxxx.yyy%compuserve.com@saqqara.cis.ohio-state.edu - Ed.]
 
Saqqara speaks with CompuServe approximately half-hourly, though this
will probably change as load is observed.
 
There are NO charges accrued to ANYBODY on either side of the gateway
for its use.  CompuServe subscribers are charged their usual hourly
rates, but there is no gateway-specific surcharge.
 
The reason for this posting is that the gateway was mentioned rather
casually to info-nets@think.com, resulting in a rather impressive
flurry of queries, explanations, and test notes through the gateway.
The load has been, ah, remarkable.  There were quite a number of
misconceptions about it (notably regarding charging, there being none
but others claiming that there would be), and I am hoping to prevent
further rumor-mongering.  Vint Cerf presented this on CompuServe's
behalf to FRICC just this past Monday; there is "agreement in
principle" on the gateway's existence, but the formalities of the
situation have yet to be finalized.
 
Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not CompuServe.
 
Questions about the gateway =>    karl@cis.ohio-state.edu
Questions about CompuServe  =>    postmaster@compuserve.com
 
Cheers,
--Karl Kleinpaste
Personification of the Mailer Daemon
Ohio State Computer Science
Instigator of the Internet/CompuServe mail gateway
no longer acting "postmaster@compuserve.com"
 
The Internet<->MCI Mail Gateway is an experimental mail system being
developed by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (NRI),
a non-profit research organization.  NRI is currently researching
interconnecting various mail services.
 
Currently, there is no charge for sending mail from the Internet to MCI Mail.
In order to send mail to users on MCI Mail, use one of the following
addresses:
 
    accountname@mcimail.com
         -or-
    mci_id@mcimail.com
         -or-
    full_user_name@mcimail.com
 
For instance, I have a mailbox on MCI Mail.  You could send mail to me
via either dely@mcimail.com or 379-3286@mcimail.com or David_Ely@mcimail.com.
 
Users on MCI Mail can also send messages to the Internet.  At the "Command:"
prompt, type "create <carriage return>.  Then the user performs the following:
(NOTE  the "TO:", "EMS:" and "MBX:" strings are prompts provided by MCI Mail.
 
    Command:  create <return>
        TO:   David K. Ely (EMS)
         EMS:  INTERNET
         MBX:  dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US
 
This address is translated to:
    "David K. Ely" <dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US> by the Gateway.
 
Mail sent from MCI Mail to the Internet is charged by MCI Mail.
 
One final note:  Feel free to use the gateway as often as you'd like, but
          be forewarned:  The gateway is still not considered fully
          operational; sometimes mail will be delayed (usually less
          than 24 hours.)
 
If you have any more questions, or if I can be of further assistance, please
feel free to email me.
 
David K. Ely
Manager, EMS Systems
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (NRI)
Phone: US:  (703) 620-8990
Internet Mail:  dely@NRI.Reston.VA.US
MCI Mail:  dely
 
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Date: 8 Dec 89 19:08:31 GMT
From: att!chinet!saj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Stephen Jacobs)
Subject: STacey
Message-ID: <1989Dec8.190831.9614@chinet.chi.il.us>
 
In article <4749fef3.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
 writes:
>In article <24791@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>> Good news....!
>>
>> The STacey has passed its FCC type acceptance testing as of today...
>> according to Atari, it should be in the stores in 30 days or less.
>>
>> BobR
>
>That's great news!!
>
Maybe, maybe not.  A 'usually reliable source' told me the STacy passed class A
certification, but not class B.  This would mean it could be sold for business
(including musical performance) use, but not for home use.  Anyone know
for sure?                                  Steve J.
 
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Date: 8 Dec 89 17:00:16 GMT
From: cs.yale.edu!fischer-michael@CS.YALE.EDU  (Michael Fischer)
Subject: Word Writer format company
Message-ID: <7941@cs.yale.edu>
 
In article <227@trwrb.UUCP>, gibson@trwrb.UUCP (Greg Gibson) writes:
> I use Word Writer because it has a spell check and thesaurus.  However, I
> can not get the paragraph format command to work.  Does any know how to
> make the Word Writer paragraph format command to work? I think anyone
> selling a word processor without a properly working format command should
> be jailed for fraud.
>
> Thank You,
> Gregory Gibson
 
Paragraph format works, but you may not understand what Word Writer
thinks is a paragraph.  If you type carriage return, that marks the
end of the paragraph.  Just type in your text without hitting carriage
return and let Word Writer break the lines for you.
 
By the way, the carriage returns it puts in are followed by a space,
so Word Writer can distinguish its line breaks from the carriage returns
that mark the ends of paragraphs.  If you delete the space
after a carriage return, you will turn the line break into a paragraph
end.
 
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| Michael Fischer                                |
|    Arpanet:    <fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu>   |
|    Bitnet:     <fischer-michael@yalecs.bitnet> |
|    UUCP:       <fischer-michael@yale.UUCP>     |
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