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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sun, 22 Apr 90       Volume 90 : Issue  467
 
Today's Topics:
           Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu
                            DIY UUCP in UK
                        MT C-Shell and Laser C
                 Sold my amiga...Should I get a Mega?
                               STalker
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 18:15 EST
From: JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV
Subject: Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu
 
     This posting is provided as a public service by Current Notes
Magazine in an effort to provide Internet and Usenet users with access
to useful information about Atari ST computers and software.
 
         The Current Notes Archive at terminator.cc.umich.edu
 
     The Current Notes Archive at Terminator is contained in the
subdirectory /atari/magazines/curnotes.  To access the archive you must
log on to terminator.cc.umich.edu using anonymous FTP (see David Paschel-
Zimbel's "Welcome to comp.sys.atari.st" for more information).
 
     As of 5 April 1990 the archive contained the following files of
general interest:
 
cnstores.asc - A list of stores that carry Current Notes Magazine.  This
    is about as good a guide to Atari retailers in North America as
    currently exists.
 
regclubs.asc - A list of Atari User groups who have registered with
    Current Notes to receive subscriptions to the magazine at discounted
    rates.
 
cnlib.arc - The complete Current Notes disk library as of 1 April 1990.
    There are over 300 disks in this library.  Their contents represent
    most of the good freeware and shareware that can be obtained for the
    Atari ST.  These discs are widely used by User groups as their main
    source of PD software because some care has been taken in assembling
    the discs and the documentation.  Uniterm, TeX, ARC, and many other
    useful tools are included here.
 
cnlib*.asc - these files are somewhat less terse descriptions of monthly
    releases of new disks for the Current Notes library.
 
cn??_ind.txt - Yearly indexes to Current Notes magazine.  This is a con-
    venient place to determine whether a product has been reviewed or
    discussed.
 
cnfacts1.arc - a compilation of information about the magazine. Also
    contains ARCed versions of some of the files listed above.
    Subscription information, advertising rates, and information for
    prospective authors are also included here.
 
stupd*.asc - Copies of the popular ST Update column from various
    issues of the magazine.  The information presented here has been
    carefully checked and cross-checked.  It is about as good a summary
    of current events in the Atari world as can be obtained.
 
toc*.asc - Copies of the Table of Contents for recent issues of the
    magazine.  This is a reasonable guide to the subjects that are covered
    in the 80 or so pages that comprise each issue.
 
    As mentioned above this archive is accessible only via FTP at the
moment.  This was done because it is the simplest route that was
available.   People who cannot get to the information in this way are
hereby asked to send e-mail to JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV if they want
to try to work out something else.
 
    The staff of Current Notes magazine does not receive payment for
their services.  The magazine is not affiliated with Atari
Corporation or with any other commercial interest.  The information
presented therein is the personal responsibility of the authors and
is offered in the public interest.
 
 
 
    Jeff Weiner at terminator has been doing an outstanding job of managing
this archive.
 
John Barnes
 
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Date: 22 Apr 90 11:36:25 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!chris@uunet.uu.net  (Chris Allen)
Subject: DIY UUCP in UK
Message-ID: <672@tharr.UUCP>
 
In article <9004180711.AA23450@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
 S61304@PRIME-A.POLY-SOUTH-WEST.AC.UK ("Simon Chappell") writes:
>Does anyone anywhere (but preferably the UK) know anything about setting up
>your own UUCP site on either an ST or (horrors!) another type of machine!?
 
I ran a BBS on the Atari ST for 6 months which gave access to both mail and
news. The BBS ran under Citadel, and the uucp transfers were handled by
"UUMAIL". News unbatching, handling and expiring were all done by homebrew
software as was the newsreader (which ran like a very distant relative to
"rn"). The only major problem I had seemed to be a problem with TOS - if
you accessed the same folder a few times (using Setpath) you get some very
strange results, (Set path would return "Path Not Found" )
 
 
>
>When I finish college I would like to have a crack at getting set up, as
>I shall be in a highly paid job and looking for ways to spend my money (wife
>permitting! :-)
 
 If you would like any of the sources for news handling I can let you have
them although they are probably not bug free!
 
 
 
 
chrisA.
 
--
 
         chris@tharr.uucp  ..!ukc!axion!tharr!chris
 
  Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of my employer..
 
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Date: 22 Apr 90 23:25:11 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!sparky.eecs.umich.edu!heavy@tut.cis.ohio-sta
 te.edu  (Richard Scott Hall)
Subject: MT C-Shell and Laser C
Message-ID: <2046@zipeecs.umich.edu>
 
Is it possible to set up MT C-shell so that Laser C's cc and make
commands work properly.  I tried to get it to work properly, but it
was of no use.  I recently bought a 19" Viking 2 monitor and the Laser C
shell does not work on it (with no upcoming upgrade) so I want to get
Laser C working under MT C-Shell, if it is possible.  If anyone knows
how, please mail me explicit instructions....
 
Thanks,
Richard Hall
University of Michigan
 
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Date: 21 Apr 90 19:40:29 GMT
From: venus!yalevm!maine!io91461@CS.YALE.EDU
Subject: Sold my amiga...Should I get a Mega?
Message-ID: <90111.154029IO91461@MAINE.BITNET>
 
       Hi.. I need some objective, 'non-biased' advice if any one can
   help... I recently sold my Amiga 1000 in hopes of getting a 2000, but
   I am giving the Atari Mega a look over... Basically I'm too used to the
   sharp 1024x768 graphics that my AT clone produces and want that same
   sharpness in a game/graphics design machine.  I would be willing to
   sacrifice the Amiga's multitasking if the Mega did everything else just
   as good but with sharper & higher resolution....How are the games on the
   ST are they as fast???? What resolution do the majority of them display??
   600x400??? Are the floppy drives faster?? (Amiga Drives are very slow)
   What does a Mega cost Mail order???  Can I use my Nec Multisync 3d with
   a Mega or will I have to buy the atari color monitor... Very importantly
   can I put all the comercial games on Hard disk??? What does a base Mega
   include??? As you can see I know absolutely nothing about Atari ST so
   the more Info you can send me the better...
 
 
                      Thanks so much for your time...
                       Please Email IO91461@maine
                               -Tom Nezwek
 
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Date: 21 Apr 90 01:01:04 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!metro!bunyip!uqvax!csvax!eezprandolin@uunet.uu.net
Subject: STalker
Message-ID: <9228.262fb0d0@qut.edu.au>
 
In article <2168@bdt.UUCP>, david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:
> In article <5813@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dcrevier@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Dan
 Crevier) writes:
>>Is anyone using the new terminal program STalker?  It sounds like a nice
>>program, but I was wondering if it had good VT-100 emulation, and if it
>>could keep up with 19200 baud.
>>
>>Dan Crevier
>>dcrevier@jarthur.claremont.edu
>
> I like Stalker because it works with VSH and lets me have several MT
> C-Shell command windows and my analog clock and my load monitor graph
> accessories all running at the same time while I'm logged in someplace.
>
> Stalker has minimal ANSI support and the latest version has a little
> bit more VT-100 attribute stuff.  I tell my Unix system that Stalker is
> a VT-100 and it works, but not all the "pretty" stuff works.
>
> It has a big buffer so 19.2 would probably work, but no GEM based
> terminal is going to really "keep up" at 19.2 because there is no
> way to draw characters into a GEM window legally as a well-behaved
> desk accessory at 19.2 K baud.
> --
> David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.UUCP)     | "I'll forgive you Dad...  If you have
> Beckemeyer Development Tools          | a breath mint."
> P.O. Box 21575, Oakland, CA 94620     |    Bart - "The Simpsons"
> UUCP: ?uunet,ucbvax?!unisoft!bdt!david        |
 
I must dispute this claim:
It is quite possible to receive at 19200 baud from an accessory and confine
its output to a window ( I have done it ) true you may need to do low level
textblits yourself perhaps and while you are rxing at full scate the
application may not get much time but is is possible providing the rx buffer
is big enough to bridge the time that you are away in some other application
at 2400 baud my program ( which is a background eprom downloader ) never has
to wait more than 3 char spans with its companion program ( APP ) which makes
regular aes calls. ( doing your own blits is entirely legal providing you
listen to the AES's messages about where to put things )
 
The trick is to empty the rx buffer every time you get the CPU (Hog until
auxstat returns false )
 
 
                   BOB
                        EEZPRANDOLIN@qut.edu.au
 
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