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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Tue, 19 Dec 89       Volume 89 : Issue  831
 
Today's Topics:
               Deskjet, Pub Partner, Degas, Superbase 2
                     GNU EMACS 18.55 for Atari ST
                        I need info and ideas
                   Mostly Metafont (&a bit of WEB)
                  PD Resource Construction Set (RCS)
                   wind_update (Was: Re: AES bug?)
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Date: 19 Dec 89 17:39:40 GMT
From: att!cbnewsj!rcd@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (rana.c.dutt)
Subject: Deskjet, Pub Partner, Degas, Superbase 2
Message-ID: <2937@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
 
In article <10062@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>, pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John
 Pritchard) writes:
>       1) I just got Degas Elite, does anyone know where there is
>          an HP Deskjet print driver for it?
 
If you don't have one, get an account on GEnie . There you will find the
program DJ_DEGAS.TTP which will print all Degas file types to the Deskjet.
For resolution-independent printing that takes better advantage of the
Deskjet's 300 dpi resolution, however, I strongly suggest getting a GDOS
driver (such as Neocept's Turbojet). Then you can import those Degas pictures
into Timeworks DTP or other GDOS programs, and get better results.
 
>       2) I have an old version of Publising Partner, does anyone
>          know where there is an HP Deskjet print driver for it?
 
You can pick up a Deskjet driver for Publishing Partner 1.03 from Softlogik's
BBS (314) 894-0057.
 
>       3) Are there PD fonts for GDOS out there? where?
>          If not, where is a good place to buy some?
 
Howard Chu recently converted a lot of Macintosh fonts to GDOS format.
You can FTP the set from archive sites, and probably find them on Genie as
well. The Fontz program from Neocept comes with some good GDOS fonts,
as does Wordup and also Timeworks DTP. With Fontz, you can make your
own GDOS fonts, or modify existing ones.
 
>       5) Anyone had good/bad experiences with Computer Eyes or any
>          other digitizing via CamCorder?
 
I just bought VIDI-ST. It captures and digitizes video images so fast
you are actually watching your movie in real time on the ST monitor.
It buffers up the video frames, so that when you freeze, you can choose
among any of the snapshots it has saved. On my 2.5 Meg 1040 ST, up to
65 frames can be buffered. It is not a true color digitizer, it captures
at 16 different shades, which you can then assign a color palette to.
For true color, you can get Color ComputerEyes, but this one requires
a still image from your video source. The image capture takes 24 seconds
if you want a good quality image, and 6 seconds for the lower quality.
Process the raw output file using Digispec, and you will get a Spectrum 512
format file that renders your image in true color.
 
Hope this helped,
 
Rana Dutt
rcd@mtqua.att.com
 
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 16:36:45 GMT
From: Dave Hines <vj%cxa.daresbury.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Subject: GNU EMACS 18.55 for Atari ST
Message-ID: <10219.8912191636@cxa.daresbury.ac.uk>
 
Sorry to send this net-wide, but my mailer can't find Edgar's machine...
 
Edgar,
    You said:
 
> I have a new (dumpable) version (18.55) ready. The dumped emacs has a
  [...]
> If there is enough interest, i could post temacs (that's the raw, undumped
> version), the standard-lisp-files and my postprocessor to relocate the image.
 
I'd love a copy of this... I've just bought an ST (only 1040, but I'll be
putting another meg of memory in soon), and your offer seems heaven sent !
 
I put GNU EMACS up at work, and so have all the (original) lisp files already.
Would it be possible for you to send me the other bits so I can get it going
at home ?
 
I can also send it on to anyone else in the U.K. who may ask for it, & perhaps
send it to the archive servers over here, if that's OK with you. (UK readers,
I'm thinking of Bradford & Lancaster - anyone know of any others ?)
 
Thanks,
        Dave Hines.
 
JANET:       D.Hines@uk.ac.daresbury
EARN/BITNET: D.Hines%daresbury.ac.uk@UKACRL
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Date: 19 Dec 89 06:18:50 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan!lsuc!maccs!johns@tut.cis.ohi
 o-state.edu  (Conan the Barbarian)
Subject: I need info and ideas
Message-ID: <258DD2CB.16730@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
 
        G'day folks.
 
        Our club had a great year last year.  We put on some really good shows
and we want to do it again.  As a member of the executive, I'll request a
brain storming session soon.  In the meantime,  does anyone have any great idea
they've seen and wouldn't mind sharing?  Or something they'd like to see in a
users group?  I'd like to be able to give the guys something to chew on after
this session, so if anyone can help I'd be grateful.
 
        I haven't done a presentation yet, and since January we plan to slow
down a little, organize, regroup and come back good, the prez asked me if I
could take care of January.  I'd like to talk about upgrades: drives - hard and
floppy, memory, accelerators, add-ons, etc etc.  I've done a drive upgrade
myself, and soldered a memory upgrade, but I'd like to know what else is out
there.  What brands, addresses, caveats, and things like that.  If people have
docs and write-ups on anything related at all, I'd love to see it.  Docs I
could put in the newsletter would be ideal, but I want to write most of that
myself.
 
        I'd love to hear from other clubs about what they have found successful
and what flopped.  I know we had one really bad meeting.  We left it all to one
guy who promised he could take care of everything.  People ended up standing
around and chatting with each other instead of doing anything, so I'll be
careful.  The idea was good - Casino Night.  Play card games with computers,
and starting with $100, see how much you can make.  The winner got to take
home some great prizes.
 
        Thanks for any help.
 
--
"After all is said and done,                       John Schmitt
 a lot more is said than done."                    johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
Don't blame anybody for what I say.                SCHMITTJ@SCIvax.mcmaster.ca
 
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Date: 19 Dec 89 15:38:38 GMT
From: att!chinet!saj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Stephen Jacobs)
Subject: Mostly Metafont (&a bit of WEB)
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.153838.27698@chinet.chi.il.us>
 
I'm slowly getting up to speed on TeX (running on a VAX) and Metafont (on
my Atari ST), together with various viewers.  Not a guru in sight, unfortunately
And the manuals kinda assume the availability of one.  So I have a few questions
1) Once virmf has read plain.bas, is there any way of interrogating it on-line
as to what the settings corresponding to various modes are?
2) Can anyone tell me the settings for the modes built into plain.bas for the
Atari ST (as available on panarthea)?
3) The printing of WEB documents that incorporate changes seems to be MASSIVELY
affected by a thing called '\maybe'.  I keep finding places where it's set,
but noplace where it's either tested or conditionally set.  Any help?  Any
pointers?
4) So I lied in the header..here's something else: I have neither a .DVI driver
for my Star NX-1000 nor the connections to support ftp.  Any pointers to
source or Atari ST executables of (I presume)dvieps?  Is some file I already
have likely to be a good skeleton to build my own from?
5) (getting weird) My printer supports color.  Does the TeX universe?
                                   Steve J.
 
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Date: 18 Dec 89 02:44:58 GMT
From: ubc-cs!alberta!ccu!charltn@beaver.cs.washington.edu  (Jim Charlton)
Subject: PD Resource Construction Set (RCS)
Message-ID: <1989Dec18.024458.25266@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
 
Does anyone know of a public domain resource construction set (RCS)?
If so, could you mail it to me please.  C source code would be very
nice to have as well, if available.  I need this for a project where
I am trying to teach GEM programming to a bunch of beginning C
programmers.  Mark Johnson C seems adequate for a compiler but we
don't have an RCS that can be distributed to everyone.
 
      jim...     Jim Charlton      charltn@ccu.umanitoba.ca
 
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Date: 19 Dec 89 15:01:45 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!infbs!tubsibr!hafer@uunet.uu.net  (Udo Hafermann)
Subject: wind_update (Was: Re: AES bug?)
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.150145.13851@tubsibr.uucp>
 
steve@thelake.UUCP (Steve Yelvington) writes:
 
>MWC documents wind_update() as "an AES routine that locks or unlocks a
>window." In "Atari ST Application Programming" (Pollack and Weber, Bantam
>Books), wind_update() is documented as "communicate with the AES about the
>application's current processing," which is more general and more
>accurate.
 
What exactly happens when an application makes multiple calls to
wind_update()?  Are these calls stacked (as with hide_mouse())?  Is
there a way to find out how many calls have been made, or to force an
undo of all stacked calls?
 
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