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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Mon, 30 Apr 90       Volume 90 : Issue  493
 
Today's Topics:
       Cordless Mouse--Practical Solutions:REVIEW/ENDORSEMENT!
                      GEMFast & MWC (possible?)
          My opinion of the comp.sys.atari.st.tech proposal
                      ST to Portfolio Transfers
                          UUCP Impelmations
                           Virus questions
                    Word Perfect STUDENT DISCOUNT
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Date: 30 Apr 90 03:47:27 GMT
From: dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!cuphub!kar7481@pt.cs.cmu.edu  (Dan Karbowsky;
 Cal.Univ.of PA-USA; AtariEliteOfPittsburghPA:bbs=(412)384-5609)
Subject: Cordless Mouse--Practical Solutions:REVIEW/ENDORSEMENT!
Message-ID: <6455@cuphub.cup.edu>
 
ATTENTION Mouse Mongers!!!
 
        Th PERFACT and most Practical mouse you could EVER get your
grubby little hands on is the Cordless Mouse by PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS!!!
Price at the NORTHEAST-AtariFest was $85.00 from Joppa Computer Products.
 
I DID have a REAL NICE REVIEW typed up, but the system editor KILLED it
before I could POST it  :-( Anyway, GET THE P.S. Cordless (MSRP=$119)...
 
You WILL NOT be DISSAPPOINTED!!!!! Makes the ST mouse look like a
U-HAUL RENTAL TRUCK.....It looks/handles like a Ferrari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Yes, It realy DOES deserve all those exclaimation points...)
 
Joppa Computers can be reached at:      (301)679-4102 or (301)676-1948
 
                                                    or write:
 
                                            Joppa Computer Products
                                                3909 Pulaski Hwy.
                                               Abingdon, MD  21009
                                                        USA
 
Practical Solutions, Inc. can be reaced at:
 
                                (602)322-6100
                                      or
 
 
                            Practical Solutions, Inc.
                             1135 North Jones Blvd.
                                Tucson, AZ  85716
                                      USA
 
-Dan
 
PS:
I have no affiliation with either Practical Solutions or Joppa Computer
 Products---other than that I am a VERY VERY VERY VERY satisfied customer!
 
Ps#2:
My mouse was only having LEFT button problems too....but I bought the PS mouse
because it allows ones hand to rest in a much more natural position--instead
of having to cramp your fingers over the ST mouse, you can essentially lay
your fingers FLAT on the mouse (lower profile) and not lose any responsiveness
 
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!Dan Karbowsky      kar7481@pitt!cuphub!   S U P P O R T  T H E  S T ! ! !   !
!102 Lee Drive      __________________/ Call the ATARI ELITE of PITTSBURGH'S !
!Belle Vernon, PA  / BBS (Forem-ST,fnet node 19)  at (412) 384-5609 at 300   !
!15012   U.S.A.   /      thru 19.2k baud 24 hrs./day 7-days/week!!           !
!                / **** WE NOW SUPPORT USRobotics 38.4k/ARQ PROTOCOL !!!! ***!
!(412)929-4023  /---Also--Now the NEW H.Q. of the Atari-Users-Association--- !
!              /  For more info, send email TITLED "AUA-INFO-REQUEST"        !
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Date: 30 Apr 90 08:32:14 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!bu.edu!bucsf.bu.edu!harryk@think.com  (Harry Karayiannis)
Subject: GEMFast & MWC (possible?)
Message-ID: <56471@bu.edu.bu.edu>
 
  Hi folks,
    has anyone managed to get GEMFAST 1.3 libraries work with MWC?
 
  Since I don't have the source code of GEMFAST 1.3, I tried to extract all
  the .o files  from AESFAST.A & VDIFAST.A, convert them to MWC's format
  and built them back to 2 libraries that MWC can understand. Unfortunately
  it didn't work....MWC (and its support utilities : ar, drtomw, etc) keep
  complaining about GEMFAST's object files.
 
  So if someone has already done it PLEASE let me know....
 
  (if I remeber well, the source of GEMFAST 1.2 was written in the Madmac
   assembler which happens to be a very "unique" assembler - i mean it uses
   commands that give headaches to any other assembeler -, and since i don't
   have madmac (you see i'm not an ST developer) i couldn't use the source-
   code even if i had it)
 
 
   Since this is not of general intersest please answer via E-mail
 
   Thanks in advance                            HARRY KARAYIANNIS
                                                4th Year Computer Science
                                                Boston University
 
                                                E-mail: harryk@bucsf.bu.edu
                                                    or  cscrzcc@buacca.bu.edu
 
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Date: 30 Apr 90 03:55:20 GMT
From: attcan!lsuc!maccs!johns@uunet.uu.net  (Conan the Barbarian)
Subject: My opinion of the comp.sys.atari.st.tech proposal
Message-ID: <263BB728.13004@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
 
        I would also like to see the comp.sys.atari.st newsgroup divided
into technical and non-technical groups.  I think that separate technical
groups would encourage that kind of discussion.
 
--
John Schmitt
johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
...!unet!utai!utgpu!maccs!johns
 
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Date: 28 Apr 90 02:17:23 GMT
From:
 usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!whitten@ucsd.edu
Subject: ST to Portfolio Transfers
Message-ID: <23064.2638a8d6@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
 
I've been trying to get things going between my Portfolio and 1040ST
but haven't been having much luck.  Could anyone who has any of the
following programs please mail me a copy?
 
I guess it appears I'll need something like the XTERM2 package,
as well as BINHEX.COM and CHKSUM.COM.   Is BINHEX in a form which
is capable of being copy directly to the portfolio thru the AUX port?
 
Also, I saw mention of a program called PFBOOT.ZIP which is availiable
on CIS which is suppose to make the process of getting transfers
started alot easier.  Anyone know anything about this?
 
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Chris
 
 
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 WHITTEN@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU              Chris Whittenburg, Univ. of Kansas
 WHITTEN@UKANVAX.bitnet                        Electrical Engineering
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Date: 25 Apr 90 21:38:12 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!tmpmbx!b
 oss!gtc!aragon!merkur!rodney@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Rodney Volz)
Subject: UUCP Impelmations
Message-ID: <5343328@merkur.UUCP>
 
Hiya. This time - and never again on this item.
 
In article <4068@uafhp.uark.edu> bbs00021@uafcseg.uucp (John Bunch) writes:
> I am looking for a reliable implementation of uucp for the Atari ST
> line. I understand that there are some bbs programs that have uucp
> ability, but I would rather something that is usable from the gem
> desktop. I know of mailtruk, but I also need to be able to unbatch and
> read news.
 
Some weeks ago there already was a question like this, and I
decided to let out a posting to c.s.a.st. I said some
gibberish about the uucp/news-implementation for TOS I wrote, and thw
stuff written by an aquaintence.
 
For it seems, that not only my postings but *all* postings from
the area of Stuttgart get lost, I'd appreciacte if ya could
send me some replys via mail. I am not going to write
kilobytes of text not knowing, if they arrive or not.
 
If anyone should be interested in the news/uucp-packege
for the ST, he may send me a mail, or, for the above mentioned
reasons, tell it here.
 
-Rod
--
                     Rodney Volz - 7000 Stuttgart 1 - FRG
 ============> ...uunet!mcsun!unido!gtc!aragon!merkur!rodney <=============
     rodney@merkur.uucp * rodney@jolnet.orpk.il.us * rodney@aragon.uucp
  \_____________ May your children and mine live in peace _______________/
 
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Date: 30 Apr 90 00:01:04 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!nuug!ifi!gille!larserio@tut.cis.ohio-
 state.edu  (LarsErikOsterud)
Subject: Virus questions
Message-ID: <CMM.0.88.641433664.larserio@gille.uio.no>
 
Yes, there are link-viruses on the ST
Over here in Europe there are several.
The AVK or VDU virus killer checks for link-viruses too...
They can destory/conteminate ALL the files on a hard-disk in a few secs !!
Nasty things !!!!
 
 Lars-Erik  /  ABK-BBS +47 2132659  /   ____ ______ ________________________
  Osterud  /  larserio@ifi.uio.no  /   /___    /            The norwegian ST
__________/ ______________________/   ____/   /   Klubben,  user association
 
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Date: 30 Apr 90 02:32:26 GMT
From: dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!cuphub!kar7481@PT.CS.CMU.EDU  (Dan Karbowsky;
 Cal.Univ.of PA-USA; AtariEliteOfPittsburghPA:bbs=(412)384-5609)
Subject: Word Perfect STUDENT DISCOUNT
Message-ID: <6451@cuphub.cup.edu>
 
In article <5873.263811fd@uwovax.uwo.ca>, 35002_3025@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
> In article <879@ncs.dnd.ca>, balkwill@ncs.dnd.ca (R. J. Balkwill) writes:
>
>> Now if only the price were to come down a little...
>> ---
>> Bob
>
>       There should be a student price on Word Perfect at about $200...
>
> --
> Kevin-john Conway
> ...a librarian from hell...
>
> School of Library and Information Science
> University of Western Ontario
> London Canada
> "...deviants from the norm..."
>
>
> 35002_3025@uwovax.uwo.ca
> conway@uwovax.bitnet
> kjc@uwovax.bitnet
--
 
 
If you call WP corp. I believe you WILL find that a Student-Discount IS STIL
IN EFFECT......(someone correct me if I'm wrong)
 
I believe it was someting like $89.00!!!
 
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
!Dan Karbowsky      kar7481@pitt!cuphub!   S U P P O R T  T H E  S T ! ! !   !
!102 Lee Drive      __________________/ Call the ATARI ELITE of PITTSBURGH'S !
!Belle Vernon, PA  / BBS (Forem-ST,fnet node 19)  at (412) 384-5609 at 300   !
!15012   U.S.A.   /      thru 19.2k baud 24 hrs./day 7-days/week!!           !
!                / **** WE NOW SUPPORT USRobotics 38.4k/ARQ PROTOCOL !!!! ***!
!(412)929-4023  /---Also--Now the NEW H.Q. of the Atari-Users-Association--- !
!              /  For more info, send email TITLED "AUA-INFO-REQUEST"        !
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