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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Mon,  4 Dec 89       Volume 89 : Issue 746
 
Today's Topics:
                     About a shareware 'Aladin'.
                   Binary files with Uniterm v2.0e
                              C question
                          FORM, nice but...
                                 GCR
                         ICD driver software
                      Mouse replacement switches
                           PD Calamus Fonts
                  What does the read-only bit mean?
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 10:33 MET
From: "Ryko Prins, Networks Specialist, CRI, Leiden, NL"
 <PRINS%HLERUL5.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: About a shareware 'Aladin'.
 
>1) Do you think there is a market for such an emulator? I could release
>   this version before Christmas.
>2) Has anybody made experiences with sending shareware fees to Germany?
>
>Thanks in advance, Pit
 
Being a registered Aladin V3.0 owner, I have got some mixed feelings about this.
I like the Aladin, and would like to see support continued, but through a real
distributor, with real support. If there is no way to find a distributor who
is willing to market your product, I suppose a shareware solution with less
support would be acceptable as a last resort. I would like to see new Aladin
developments, and if this is the only way, then It's OK I suppose.
I am also owner of the product That's Multyformat (if you mean that product
with your Mac to Aladin converter) also known in the USA as the Discovery
Cartridge.
Please keep in mind that a lot of people at least have had confidence in your
products; please provide an upgrade path for them.
I don't have experience with sending shareware fees; within Europe, I suppose
it won't be a problem. Just use your bank account number.
 
                                        Greetings, Ryko Prins.
 
 
 
 
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89  11:10 GMT
From: Jan Ameij <AMEIJ%vax.oxford.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Subject: Binary files with Uniterm v2.0e
 
Hello.
 
I have had lotsa problems transferring binary files with Uniterm kermit, from
a VAXCluster. The solution seems to be...SET FILE TYPE FIXED on the VAX
(Kermit-32>) and BINARY on the ST. Both binary -> dozens of errors...
 
I don't know why it works, but it does.
 
 
Jan
 
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 89 12:54:03
From: Rat <S61304%PRIME-A.POLY-SOUTH-WEST.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: C question
 
(From "The Masked Rat Fink"   "Computing and Informatics Yr4")
 
Question.
 
(This is probably a really silly one to any C wizards, but I'm only a BASIC
wizard!)
 
Why wont Sozobon, Lattice or any other C compiler I've tried compile the
following, from K&R?
 
main()
     $
     char fred[] = "Some string constant";
     <rest of routine>
     
 
This has been confusing me for a while, as K&R (surely correct!) would
seem to indicate that this is indeed permissible!
 
Your observations would be very much appreciated! Please reply to the
net as the mailer I'm forced to use is _MEGA_ brain damaged!! :-(
 
TMRF
[A Rat with a very small brain] - Appologies to A.A. Milne :-)
 
PS I've actually met Christopher Robin! Does that make me famous??
 
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 10:45:54 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!nikhefh!t68@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (Jos
 Vermaseren)
Subject: FORM, nice but...
Message-ID: <574@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>
 
Concerning the format of the form.dvi file:
 
It is a great paper saver if you happen to use civilized
paper sizes. The size is A5. Two A5 pages make one A4 sheet.
(Napoleon thought this out:
A0 has a surface of 1 m~2 and the ratio's are 1/sqrt(2)).
With some experimenting you can probably also put two A5
pages on a letter size page.
 
Now what is inclusive speech? Should I have written the manual
in fortran?
 
Jos Vermaseren
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 13:52:33 GMT
From: avogel@g.ms.uky.edu  (Andrew Lee Vogel)
Subject: GCR
Message-ID: <13399@s.ms.uky.edu>
 
Could someone reply to me with information (a phone number) on where
I could buy (today) a Spectre GCR with Roms. Thanks for any help.
Andy
 
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 89 11:31:48 SET
From: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: ICD driver software
 
Hello all,
 
   I received five requests to pass on the new ICD driver software!! I will
send out the stuff in  a few hours.  If you have asked me for a copy and
don't receive it by, say, wednesday, send me email.
 
   Sorry for not answering all of you individually.
 
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Bitnet:  VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1 (will go away some day ...)  Volker A. Brandt
          UNM409@DBNRHRZ1 (alternative)                Angewandte Mathematik
UUCP:    ...!unido!DBNUAMA1.bitnet!vbrandt             (Bonn, West Germany)
ARPAnet: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 13:54:56 GMT
From: bgsuvax!sbrown@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Scott F. Brown)
Subject: Mouse replacement switches
Message-ID: <5236@bgsuvax.UUCP>
 
        About a month ago, someone posted an article on replacement switches
for the mouse made by Best Electronis(I believe.)  Could somebody send me some
info on these.  My mouse is still working fine.  I am just getting tired of
the noise complaints from the Hall Director :-).  The most important item I
want to know are these new switches closer to those of the Macs.
 
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 11:43:03 GMT
From:
 wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!daemon@eddie.mit
 .edu
Subject: PD Calamus Fonts
Message-ID: <8912041143.AA00887@sann.uio.no>
 
>> Where can I get hold of PD fonts for Calamus?
 
>The quickest way is to subscribe to either GEnie or CIS (since you
>live in the US).
 
Ah, well. I do not live in the US. (If the Organization-line in the heading
is not correct this time, here it is :-)
  Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
 
>The cheapest way is to buy them from CURRENT NOTES magazine. Or some other
>pd disk company.
 
>Rich Covert
 
Could you give me the adress of this CURRENT NOTES magazine.
 
Thanx
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arneso@ifi.uio.no -  Arne Sommer                    "Powder to the People"
 
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 89 11:36:40 SET
From: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: What does the read-only bit mean?
 
Hello all,
 
   What does the write-protect bit in the file attribute byte mean??
 
   As most of you know there is a bit in the attribute byte that indicates
READ-ONLY status when it's set.  This means that the file can't be written
to, can't be renamed or deleted.
 
   BUT: I can change the time/date entry with Fgsdatim() (or whatever the
GEMDOS function is called).  Is this a bug or a feature??  Or is it necessary
to enable the desktop to retain the time/date stamp while copying read-only
files?
 
   I can see advantages (for "make" type programs), but also some disadvan-
tages. Comments invited.
 
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Bitnet:  VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1 (will go away some day ...)  Volker A. Brandt
          UNM409@DBNRHRZ1 (alternative)                Angewandte Mathematik
UUCP:    ...!unido!DBNUAMA1.bitnet!vbrandt             (Bonn, West Germany)
ARPAnet: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
 
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
 
DEAR NETTER,
 
HAS ANYBODY HEARED SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEW PC-EMULATOR FREM A GERMAN
COMPANY NAMED OMEGA SYSTEMS WITH 80386SX, 1MB RAM AND OPTIONAL 80387SX
AT 16 MHZ ANNOUNCED FOR END OF DECEMBER ?
 
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