INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Wed, 22 Nov 89       Volume 89 : Issue 690
 
Today's Topics:
                             360k floppy
                    Atari ST magazines & journals?
                         Downloading, Help Me
                        gif file format reader
                       Is Spectre going MIDI>?
                            Lattice fwrite
                   Macintosh Emulation using Atari
                         madmac availability
                     MINIX/UNIX OSes for the ST?
                            Shareware Mac
              Thanks for info on Degas/Neo file formats!
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Date: 22 Nov 89 04:26:02 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!unix.cie.rpi.edu!vicc@tut.cis.ohio-sta
 te.edu  (VICC Project (Rose))
Subject: 360k floppy
 
In article <905@uhnix2.uh.edu> uace0@uhnix2.UUCP writes:
>You can use DC FORMATTER to do the same thing.  Just write an executable boot
>sector to drive A: that has the set seek rate option enabled.  From the main
>menu, just set the seek rate to 6, then go to the executable boot sector
>menu.  Next select the set step rate option, and write out the boot sector to
>drive A:  Now when you boot of of drive A:, the step rate for drive B: will be
>set so you can read and write to the 5 1/4" drive.
>
>Of course, other boot sector programs can also be written at the same time from
>the DC FORMATTER executable boot menu.
 
I did use DC Formatter, that was what allowed me to read the floppy on
the ST. It will not write however (except occaisionally it will write
the directory sector). It is a QUME drive with only jumpers for the
drive select.
 
--
Frank Filz
Center For Integrated Electronics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu
 
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Date: 22 Nov 89 06:20:42 GMT
From:
 nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!pjd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
 (Peter J. Dotzauer)
Subject: Atari ST magazines & journals?
 
Are there any magazines featuring the Atari ST (exclusively or
partly) that can be recommended for an ST beginner who wants to
learn to make better use of his machine.
 
Maybe some of them even with special student subscription rates?
 
I'm posting for a friend; I know next to nothing about the ST.
But please email your responses to me: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu
 
-=-
Peter Dotzauer: Numerical Cartography Lab, Dept. of Geography, OSU, Columbus, OH
         VOICE: (614) 292-1357  FAX: 292-9180  DATA: 293-0081
        BITNET: ts3285@ohstvma UUCP: ...!osu-cis!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!pjd
          FIDO: 1:226/50   INTERNET: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu [128.146.1.5]
 
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Date: 22 Nov 89 10:39:01 GMT
From:
 gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso
 .uiuc.edu!uicbert.eecs.uic.edu!dillenbu@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Downloading, Help Me
 
  Never mind, this is one of those problems that if you (Not me) leave
it alone long enough it goes away.  It turns out that you need to use the
-i switch of mermit (i.e. kermit -i) telling it to transmit files "as-is",
otherwise it strips off carriage returns

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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Mon, 20 Nov 89       Volume 89 : Issue 679
 
Today's Topics:
                     atari ABC  yea or nay  ????
                      BUG in FWRITE (LATTICE C)
                         Downloading, Help Me
          Gadgets by Small - Possible new '030 add-on board!
                       Need help with Gulam/MX2
                              Ram Disks
                          Terminator archive
                            Vapourware!!!
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Date: 20 Nov 89 10:38:38 GMT
From:
 uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!rjk
 752@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu
Subject: atari ABC  yea or nay  ????
 
/* Written by suhonen@tukki.jyu.fi in uxf.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.atari.st */
 
Much text deleted intermittently
 
>The MC68000 is FAR from RISC!!!!   It is absolutely a CISC processor!
        Not true.  See below.
 
<       I am a month from graduation as a computer engineer, and....
>if only I where you professor, I'll would kick you out of the University!!
>Almoust draduated computer engineer, and does not know NOTHING about
>processors... Where is the word goning to?????
        Isn't there so (even in binary mode!).
 
   -= John Dillenburg =-  dillenbu@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu
 
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Date: 22 Nov 89 10:39:05 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!glk011
 26@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
Subject: gif file format reader
 
        Get PICSW7 off the terminator (ftp -i 35.1.33.8).
 
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 89 01:33 CST
From: jeff beer <UUCJEFF%ECNCDC.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Is Spectre going MIDI>?
 
I heard a rumor that David Small is working on making Spectre handle
MIDI in its Mac emulation.  Is this true?  Can sources close to Small
confirm this?
 
Thanks, Jeff Beer
 
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Date: Tue,21 Nov 89 12:28:28 GMT
From: R.D.Chafer%sysc.salford.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK
Subject: Lattice fwrite
 
>
>Date: 20 Nov 89 09:19:50 GMT
>From:
 eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!inria!loria!wiener.crin.fr!domen@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
 (Eric Domenjoud)
>Subject: BUG in FWRITE (LATTICE C)
>
>I'd like to report a bug I found in the function FWRITE of the library
>GEMLIB.BIN of LATTICE C. Writing 0xFF to a file causes an error.
>I've included the code of this function with some comments so that
>everybody can see the bug is.
>
>Did somebody already notice it?
>Does this bug really exist or only in my version ? (would be very strange)
>
>Anyway, be carefull when using this function.
>
>Eric
> [lots of code omitted]
>
 
First of all: I don't use Lattice C so I could be completely wrong.
Character 255 is quite often used as an EOF character, could this be a
possible source of problems?
 
Robert Chafer
 
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Date: 22 Nov 89 05:42:01 GMT
From:
 gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!blake!oreg
 on!cs.uoregon.edu!news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Kong Ng)
Subject: Macintosh Emulation using Atari
 
Hi,
        I am thinking of getting a Macintosh.  However, I do know that
        Mac SE is a terribly slow machine (over-priced too).  Could
        anyone reading this give me some info on using Atari ST for Mac
        applications?
 
        I would want to use the ST as a Mac, using programs like Word,
        Excel and probably some printing.  A harddisk would be necessary.
        How can I do it with Atari, and are there any advantage/disadvantage
        on doing this?  Also, I would like to be able to use all my
        Mac formatted 3.5" disks too.
 
        Since I have yet to own an Atari, your e-mail response will be
        appreciated.  Thank you.
 
 
        casey
 
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 23:58:08 EST
From: Dave Davis (HSHB-MLOP) <ddavis@APG-EMH5.APG.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: madmac availability
 
Ignac Kolenko writes:
 
>try ordering MadMac from atari (it comes as part of their development kit).
>it is blindingly fast, and supports standard motorola syntax  and standard
....
 
    Can anyone from Atari elaborate on this?  Where can MadMac be located
and how much will the package cost?  Thanks.
 
dave davis
 
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Date: 21 Nov 89 21:48:40 GMT
From: convex!iex!ntvax!kurt@uunet.uu.net  (Kurt Grutzmacher)
Subject: MINIX/UNIX OSes for the ST?
 
Netlanders,
 
  I saw the book, _The MINIX Reference Guide for the IBM PC/XT and AT_
and rememberd something on the net being talked about MINIX being
available for the ST(acey) machines.  I have not read this group
since beginning college, so I am a little behind on what the scoop
is on MINIX w/ the ST.  Where can I get it?  How much does it cost?
What about support?
 
  Since I don't get a chance to muddle through the groups here that
often (our vms doesn't carry the group, so i have to use rn on a
bsd machine.. trying to get something better here for full-screen
use, but politics get in the way.. :) so if you could email me your
replies, i'd appreciate it.
 
thanks...
 
 
--
 
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Micro Network Support  | grutz@vaxb.acs.unt.edu |---------------------
Univ. of North Texas   | GRUTZ@NTVAX (BitNet)   | "boioioioioioioing"
 
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Date: 20 Nov 89 15:21:36 GMT
From:
 mintaka!snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!capit@think
 .com  (Capitain)
Subject: Shareware Mac
 
I didn't receive any answer at all to my first mail.
Is there really no interest in a shareware mac emulator???
 
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Date: 20 Nov 89 13:11:49 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!mucs!liv-cs!phil@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Thanks for info on Degas/Neo file formats!
 
A short while ago I posted a message here requesting info on the format of
Degas and neochrome files.  I'd just like to thank the people who took the time
to reply to my message and sent me copies of the file specs, and also the two
people who offerred me programs to convert.  Thanks again for all your help.
 
Phil Jimmieson,           ***************************************************
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Liverpool  L69  3BX       *                                                 *
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