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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sat,  3 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  150
 
Today's Topics:
                            Cross-compiler
                             FORMDIAL.PRG
                             ICD OMTI RLL
                         Resettable RAM Disk
STE? Where? Here! (was: Re: Atari's Quarterly Results ($5.4 Million Lost) :)
ST Format, TOS 1.4 moans directed at Atari UK (was: HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!)
                      TeX Metafont distributions
                       TOS io redirection bugs
                     What's so good about an STE?
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Date: 2 Feb 90 13:25:17 GMT
From: hp-ses!hpbbn!hpgnd!alex@hplabs.hp.com  (Alexis MERMET-GRANDFILLES)
Subject: Cross-compiler
Message-ID: <4280009@hpgnd.HP.COM>
 
Hi
 
Is there any Cross-compiler from UNIX to ST in the world ?
 
It could be nice to have such a compiler , for exemple to use with
a C++ pre-processor .
 
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Date: 3 Feb 90 07:11:10 GMT
From: obryan@gumby.wisc.edu  (Mark O'Bryan)
Subject: FORMDIAL.PRG
Message-ID: <1990Feb3.071110.13656@gumby.cc.wmich.edu>
 
In article <20359@watdragon.waterloo.edu> swklassen@tiger.waterloo.edu (Steven
 W. Klassen) writes:
>
> I found that FORMDIAL did indeed increase the speed that dialog boxes were
> drawn at.  (A performance benchmark program told me this.)  I also
 
Nope, not actually the dialog box draws.  They're done at the same speed as
usual.  It's the *redraws* when the dialog boxes are closed that get sped
up.  By a lot.
 
I scratched my head over this a while myself, since QuickIndex indicated
that dialogs were running almost TWICE as fast.  I watched REAL close, but
couldn't see any difference at all in how fast they were drawn.  Then I
noticed how fast they were closed.  Bingo.  See my previous posting for
other comments.
 
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Mark T. O'Bryan                 Internet:  obryan@gumby.cc.wmich.edu
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI  49008
 
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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 90 14:02:00 CET
From: HAHN_K%DMRHRZ11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: ICD OMTI RLL
 
URGENT:
     a friend of mine just bought an ICD OMTI 3527A RLL controller (plus
Atari-Interface of course) in order to use his NEC 42MB harddisk (ST 520
upgraded to 1MB with '85 TOS). The software allowed him to supply the
parameters requested; heads, cylinders, and all that. It finally requests
and accepts the bad sector list, then the FLOPPY drive works a few
seconds, and the message: 'ERROR 26' appeares.
No chance to find the error mentioned in ICD's 'manual'... :-((
So here we go: what's the meaning of this error# ? What else could
probably be going wrong ? Any hints 'bout the configuration ? Any pointers ?
Help is URGENTLY needed (my friend bought a gun yesterday...)
 
C'mon!
Klaus.
 
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Date: 2 Feb 90 09:47:18 GMT
From: hp-ses!hpbbn!hpbbi4!stefan@hplabs.hp.com  (#Stefan Bachert)
Subject: Resettable RAM Disk
Message-ID: <510001@hpbbi4.HP.COM>
 
I use a resetable RamDisk called FLEXDISK. I use
it for development purposes and it survived most crashes.
You could changes the size of this RamDisk via an accessory without
an extra reset. Its a valueable tool to me.
 
It costs about 70DM ($40-$50). The distributor is
 
Application Systems
6900 Heidelberg
Germay
 
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Date: 2 Feb 90 14:13:25 GMT
From: ubc-cs!alberta!myrias!dragos!wally@beaver.cs.washington.edu  (Wallace
 Harshaw)
Subject: STE? Where? Here! (was: Re: Atari's Quarterly Results ($5.4 Million
 Lost) :)
Message-ID: <1990Feb2.141325.17162@dragos.uucp>
 
References: <1990Jan7.084927.19588@csusac.csus.edu>
 <720.25ada423@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <483f7298.14a1f@force.UUCP>
 <1098@dutrun.UUCP>
 
Sender:
Reply-To: wally@dragos.UUCP (The Walrus)
Followup-To:
Distribution:
Organization: Orbital Mind Control Lasers, Inc.
Keywords: STE TOS 1.6 Mythos in the Machine.
 
In article <1098@dutrun.UUCP> etelree@dutrun.UUCP (C.van Reeuwijk) writes:
>In article <483f7298.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
 writes:
>>What new systems?? The Mythical 1040STe?
>Believe it or not, but this message was typed using a 1040STe!! At least
>in Holland, they are not at all mythical, but widely available for
>a price only f 300.= (about $150.=) above the normal 1040STf price.
>
>Kees van Reeuwijk
 
They certainly aren`t mythical here in the Great White North.  My favorite
 Ataridealer has had 1040 STE`s in stock for over a month now.
 
 At least, I`ve never seen an ST with stero outputs, extra DB9 ports
 everywhere,and SIMMs on the motherboard... :)
 
 To be fair, the first ones they received came with the regular 1040STf manual,
and the control.acc did not access the extra colours available.  Just a short
addendum sheet telling us that more info would be forthcoming, and what
  "All them thar extry holes iz far"...
 
  So I suppose the moral of the story is:  Thumb your nose at the FCC, and take
a drive accross the border to Friendly Free Trade Canada, and buy `em now.
  <How far North?  Uhm, Edmonton, Alberta... >
 
--
  O o          Wallace Harshaw
 (   )         somewhere around here...
 "] ["   <you don't have to understand it, just look at it...>
 
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Date: 2 Feb 90 12:16:07 GMT
From: otter!gjh@hplabs.hp.com  (Graham Higgins)
Subject: ST Format, TOS 1.4 moans directed at Atari UK (was: HAPPY NEW YEAR,
 ALL!)
Message-ID: <570057@otter.hpl.hp.com>
 
>     It's because they've gotten tired of slamming Commodore-Amiga. (He
> said, with half a smiley face.) It seems that some people just have to
> have SOMETHING to look down upon, to make them feel alright about the
> machines they purchased...
 
Yes, this *is* a known psychological phenomenon. Anyone wishing to know more
(those "enquiring minds", for example) should look up Festinger's cognitive
dissonance theory and the empirical work surrounding it. Doesn't explain
anti-STE attitudes adopted by journos though, they shouldn't be affected by
cognitive dissonance, not being personally involved in resource expenditure
decisions (the engine of cognitive dissonance).
 
Graham
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Disclaimer: My opinions above are exactly that, mine and opinions.
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Date: 2 Feb 90 04:20:22 GMT
From:
 mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!uvaarpa!ica
 se!icase.edu!csrobe@apple.com  (Charles S. [Chip] Roberson)
Subject: TeX Metafont distributions
Message-ID: <1990Feb2.042022.924@icase.edu>
 
I have spent the last 3 days retreiving and downloading the Metafont
files from panarthea.  I got metafont.arc, cm_mf.arc, mf_two.arc, and
newfonts.arc.
 
However, when I try to build cmss8 (which loads cmbase.mf, which loads
roman*.mf, which finally load greeku.mf which isn't in any of these
archives.
 
1) Can somebody send me greeku.mf (uppercase greek) or tell me where
   I can find it?
 
2) Has anybody successfully built a font suite with the mf distribution
   in Panarthea?
 
Thanks,
-chip
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* Charles S. Roberson  1328-F Mt. Vernon Ave.  Williamsburg, VA  23185
* Home: (804) 229-5530  Work: (804) 221-3420
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* "Experience the feel of fur -- slam your fingers in a car door!"
 
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Date: 3 Feb 90 11:28:18 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!cs.ruu.nl@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (Piet
 van Oostrum)
Subject: TOS io redirection bugs
Message-ID: <2388@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl>
 
Would somebody care to describe exactly under what circumstances you run into
the TOS redirection bug?
--
Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University,
Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Telephone: +31-30-531806   Uucp:   uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet
Telefax:   +31-30-513791   Internet:  piet@cs.ruu.nl   (*`Pete')
 
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Date: 2 Feb 90 13:22:16 GMT
From: hp-ses!hpbbn!hpgnd!alex@hplabs.hp.com  (Alexis MERMET-GRANDFILLES)
Subject: What's so good about an STE?
Message-ID: <4280008@hpgnd.HP.COM>
 
Hi there,
 
I really get confused with all rumours I have heard about STE machines.
 
I have red that they do not work properly with a monochrome monitor.
Especially they would get lost if one try to use the new capabilities
( Hardware scrolling , new blitter ) on a monochrome monitor.
 
It is a famous French ST magazine "ST-Mag" which wrote that...
It seems there are some big problems with STEs.
 
They have also written that external drives 3'5 and 5'1/4 could not be
accessed properly with STE machines .
 
Has anybody met these problems with STEs on monochrome monitors or
with external floppies ?
 
Is it a hardware problem or a TOS 1.6 problem ?
Is there the same problem on TOS 1.4 machines ?
 
Will STACY allow external 5'1/4 disks ?
 
Thanks a lot for your answers.
 
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