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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Mon,  4 Dec 89       Volume 89 : Issue 751
 
Today's Topics:
                       130xe computers wanted!
              Antics GFA basic/compiler disk errors ???
                       ATARI sales .. going up?
                        Calamus and Linotronic
                 How to e-mail to authors of Sozobon
                         Placement of TOS 1.4
                      What Kermit/UNITERM bugs?
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Date: 1 Dec 89 05:06:50 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!peregrine!c
 cicpg!cci632!rit!ultb!clf3678@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (C.L. Freemesser)
Subject: 130xe computers wanted!
Message-ID: <1677@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
 
Have a 130xe (or two) that you don't use anymore?  Sell them to me!
 
I'm looking for a number of 130xe computers.  My offers are listed
below.  If you have one for sale, please reply via one of the below
routes, or call me at (716)328-1703 before 11pm EST.
 
130xe with no power supply - $45
130xe with power supply, TV cable - $60
130xe with all cables, original box, packaging, manual - $75
 
XE must be in perfect working condition, no upgrades or the such.  I
will pay for shipping (UPS ground).  I only need 130xe computers, not
the 65xe or any XLs.
 
Thanks much!
 
 
Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology :BITNET:%clf3678@RITVAX
    |||        ____________                         :GEnie: C.FREEMESSER
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   / | \   ______/   /                              :        .rit.edu
Call the A.C.O.R.N BBS (716)436-3078, 300/1200 baud :<-or my BBS
 
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Date: 5 Dec 89 01:02:19 GMT
From: stan!katmandu!stevem@boulder.colorado.edu  (Stephen Matson)
Subject: Antics GFA basic/compiler disk errors ???
Message-ID: <1989Dec5.010219.10907@Solbourne.COM>
 
   I just received my second copy of gfa basic 3.07 ( the one with the compiler
 and
   interrupter in one ) that just will not load I mean no directory or nothing.
   I get a " disk in drive A does not respond ....." message. Now my first
 thought
   is that my drive is bad, but I can access all my other disks with no prob.
   I tried to look at the disks with Mich-trons disk utilities and it says
 basically
   that there are bad (and or no) fat sectors, whats a fat sector?. I would like
 to
   think that Antics more on the ball then to send two bad disks in a row, but I
   don't like to think that my systems on the blink.
 
                Anyone else had any problems with Antic/GFA disks ?
 
                Any ideas as to whats wrong ?
--
 E-mail == stevem@Solbourne.COM
  "FRODO LIVES"                                "COLORADO!!"
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Date: 5 Dec 89 01:54:43 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!blake!r
 amsiri@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Enartloc Nhoj)
Subject: ATARI sales .. going up?
Message-ID: <4764@blake.acs.washington.edu>
 
My local dealers can't keep ST's in stock.
 
I called J & R earlier today.  I couldn't order an ST or
a Mega TODAY...that is, one couldn't go out the door TODAY..
The rep says they can't keep atari's stocked..
apparently the ad campaign is working.  He said he has a
5000 piece shipment of ST's and Mega's and slm804's arriving
tomorrow... and if the phone keeps ringing as it has been..
he expects to sell them all!
 
What will it take to get the STacy and TT shown on the
cover of BYTE?  There's hardly a concern demostrated by
BYTE people for a STacy and GCR whenever MAClones are discussed.
Is the PR problem at the Atari-end ?
.. or is it BYTE magazine?
 
-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu
 
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 20:46:48 EST
From: David Megginson <MEGGIN@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: Calamus and Linotronic
Message-ID: <89Dec4.205941est.57670@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>
 
In response to Steve Yelvington:
 
ISD has ordered a large batch of Linotronic interface boxes from
Germany. The first batch came in a long time ago, but none of them
worked. The new ones should be in soon.
 
The boxes bypass postscript and send a raster image directly to the
printer. They work with all Linotronic X00 models. Apparently, they
are very fast. We have never stayed to watch them do the printing, but
it takes only a couple of minutes for each page, from what I understand.
A lot of printers have ordered the boxes, so it should not be too long
before anyone can typeset their Calamus output.
 
The Compugraphic fonts look _great_ in 2540 (or whatever) dpi. I'm sorry
I cannot give more technical details, but it's my spouse who's the layout
artist - I'm just a philologist. If you call ISD at (416) 479-1880, they
can give you a lot more specific information.
 
 
David Megginson, Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 19:30:52 GMT
From: philmtl!atha!aunro!myrias!mj@uunet.uu.net  (Michal Jaegermann)
Subject: How to e-mail to authors of Sozobon
Message-ID: <628803053.3843@myrias.com>
 
Not so long time ago Michael Vishchers (michaelv@watzman.UUCP)
asked how to contact authors of Sozobon C compiler.  Since I
cannot reach him, and since more people can be interested
in an answer, here it goes:
 
So far I was successful writing to Johann Ruegg using the following
address:
    uunet!isis!onecom!wldrdg!hans or uunet!dunike!onecom!wldrdg!hans
A new address for Tony Andrews is:
    ...onecom!raid5!tony
 
Please note that isis seems te be really touchy and likes to bounce
back your mail.  In particular on a form 'wldrdg.ether.com', which
will likely appear in your mail **incoming** from Sozobon, will
react with "550 wldrdg.ether.com!onecom!hans... Host unknown".
This implies that you cannot user a 'reply' function of your mailer.
 
If you still have problems reaching addresses above then, as long
a volume is reasonable, you may send your mail to me and I will
do my best to pass it through.  I seem to have a pretty good record
in that department. :-)
 
        Michal Jaegermann
        Myrias Research Corporation
        Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
        mj@myrias.COM
        ...?uunet,alberta?!myrias!mj
 
P.S.  If you are asking for a response on your posting, and you are
on a uucp site, please include in your message not only domain address
but also some sane "bang path" which works.  Trying to guess it is
often no good and one gets back the following:
 
       ----- Transcript of session follows -----
    While talking to unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de:
    >>> RCPT To:<michaelv@watzman.uucp>
    <<< 554 <michaelv@watzman.uucp>... host or domain unknown
    554 watzman!michaelv... Service unavailable
 
or variants of thereof.
 
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Date: 5 Dec 89 00:47:29 GMT
From: ncis.tis.llnl.gov!blackbird!news@lll-winken.llnl.gov  (News System
 Account)
Subject: Placement of TOS 1.4
Message-ID: <1438@blackbird.afit.af.mil>
 
In article <8912030811.AA08915@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
 asqb-sep-a@HUACHUCA-EMH2.ARMY.MIL (ASQB-SEP-A HQ USAISEC) writes:
>
>I picked up TOS 4.1 today -- had to drive to Phoenix (I live in Tucson
>and we have no ATARI dealer) to get it.
>
>I was wondering if anyone can help me with the correct placement of
>the TOS 1.4 chips?
 
I looked at the top line of numbers in my 1.0 ROMS
 
   C026160-001
   C026161-001
   C026162-001
   C026163-001
   C026164-001
   C026165-001
 
then (ignoring the H0, L0, etc.) looked at the similarly sequenced
(???0 thru ???5) numbers on the 1.4's and dropped 'em one for one.
 
Cranked right up!
 
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Mark R
>
>USAISEC -- the guys who have to move to the People's Republic of
>            Massachusetts
>
>Computer Systems Engineering
>
># All opinions are strictly mine and in no way reflect the opinions or
># policies of the US Army.
 
 
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Date: 4 Dec 89 23:56:00 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!sdsu!crash!pnet01!johnb@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
 (John Bunch)
Subject: What Kermit/UNITERM bugs?
Message-ID: <830@crash.cts.com>
 
I had the same problem also.  I then switched to using s    ckermit to do file
transfers..  It works great...
 
John.
 
P.S.  Ckermit is available at terminator.
 
 
UUCP: ?hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc?!crash!pnet01!johnb
ARPA: crash!pnet01!johnb@nosc.mil
INET: johnb@pnet01.cts.com
 
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