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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Wed, 24 Jan 90       Volume 90 : Issue   90
 
Today's Topics:
                Arcgsh - current state of development
                            Drive question
                     hardware specs for 1040 ST?
           POOLFIX3.ARC - fix program for TOS 1.4, TOS 1.6
                       Smalltalk on the Atari ?
                       ST with an Amiga Monitor
                 TOS executable file format (2 msgs)
                         Wordplus File Format
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Date: 23 Jan 90 07:56:20 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!laura!klute%heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de@uunet.uu.net
 (Rainer Klute)
Subject: Arcgsh - current state of development
Message-ID: <1913@laura.UUCP>
 
Now that Arc 6.02 is out it is time for a new version of
Arcgsh. (For those who do not know about Arcgsh: It is a GEM
program which allows you to call archivers like Arc and Zoo
(and other programs) comfortably using dialog boxes. You do not
have to remember all those single-letter commands and those
even more cryptic options but simply select them from dialog
boxes where they are noted *with* their meaning.)
 
Those of you who have tried to call Arc 6.02 from Arcgsh will
have noticed that it results in two bombs. Mea culpa. I did not
set up the xArg environment right. This problem never popped up
yet because Arc 6.02 is the first program I called from Arcgsh
that supports xArg. (Zoo claims it supports xArg but it does
not.)
 
The fix was quite easy but I think I take the opportunity to
fix some other things, too. And then the additional
functionality of Arc 6.02 has to incorporated into the user
interface. These are all more or less trivial things but -
considering my spare time - will take some time.
 
Whoever of you (registered or unregistered user) needs Arcgsh
*desperatly* to work together with Arc 6.02 may get the current
intermediate release, just drop me a note. Else wait for the
official release in comp.binaries.atari.st.
 
(Still missing: Sources for Arc 6.02 to get it to work on the
UNIX machines.)
 
 
  Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute      klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
  Univ. Dortmund, IRB             klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet
  Postfach 500500         |)|/    ...uunet!mcvax!unido!klute
D-4600 Dortmund 50        |\|\    Tel.: +49 231 755-4663
 
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Date: 18 Jan 90 18:16:57 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!reading!cf-cm!cybaswan!csko@uunet.uu.net  (y w ko)
Subject: Drive question
Message-ID: <1343@cybaswan.UUCP>
 
In article <5948@umd5.umd.edu> matthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) writes:
>In article <1871@mrsvr.UUCP> krieg@jupiter.UUCP (Andrew Krieg) writes:
>>I have had this weird quirk in my ST system ever since I got it (3 years ago)
>>and I am wondering if it is normal.  I have a 520 ST, a single sided disk and
>
>It is.
>
>>a double sided disk.  The double sided disk is drive A and the single sided
>>disk is drive B.  Whenever I access drive A, drive B spins also.  Should this
>>be?  Is this harmful?  The drive light on B does not come on, but if I have a
>>disk in there, I can hear it spinning.  If I access drive B, drive A does not
>>spin.  Anyone know what is going on?
>>
>>=     Andrew Krieg                            The Marvel Historian    =
 
It happens to me as well, but its the other way round. ie.
                access B --> A spins,  access A --> B doesn't spin.
 
>Nothing to worry about; that's what they all do.
>
 
I'm not particularly worried about it and I haven't had any problem for the
last 3 years. But the annoying thing is that my A drive is the SF514 which
is 10 times nosier than the B drive which is a cheap 3rd party mechanism.
 
Just wondering, is this phenomenon by any chance the result of the fact
both drives are sharing the same power supply? or may be because they
are (not properly) daisy-chained?
 
>Why, I don't know.
>
>Mike
 
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Date: 22 Jan 90 17:51:50 GMT
From:
 mailrus!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan!ncrcan!hcr!miken@tut.cis.ohio-stat
 e.edu  (Mike Nemeth)
Subject: hardware specs for 1040 ST?
Message-ID: <1990Jan22.175150.13869@hcr.uucp>
 
i know that Howard Sams & Co. publishes hardware specs for the
troubleshooting and repair of the 520 (saw it in the latest Jensen Tool
catalog), but does anybody know if they do the same for the 1040? i can't
seem to reach them via phone.
 
thanx in advance...
 

 
Date: 22 Jan 90 08:47:47 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!uniol!rode@uunet.uu.net  (Dirk Rode)
Subject: Smalltalk on the Atari ?
Message-ID: <1609@uniol.UUCP>
 
Hello,
 
jmrosset@hpgnd.HP.COM (Jean-Michel ROSSET) writes:
 
>Is there any implementation of smalltalk-80 or smalltalk V available on
>the Atari-ST ? I've heard there is an implementation of Little smalltalk,
>but this one has not the graphical capabilities of the real smalltalk
>environments.
 
 There is a Smalltalk 80 available for the Atari ST.
It's a portation of the Parc Place Smalltalk, and I think the newest
version is 2.34, it is compatible to the Smalltalk 80 portations for
Sun (image portability). In Germany you can get this version from
 
 Georg Heeg (georg@unido.UUCP)
 in Dortmund.
 
 I bought this version. In the next weeks you can get the new version
2.5 for the Atari ST.
 
 You need:
 Atari ST with more than 2.5 MB RAM
 Harddisk with more than 10 MB of free disk space
 Atari or compatible mouse with 2 or 3 buttons
   (I'm using a quick bus mouse with 3 buttons).
 
 with best wishes
            Waldi
 
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Date: 23 Jan 90 11:26:36 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!gmdzi!focke@uunet.uu.net  (Stefan Focke)
Subject: ST with an Amiga Monitor
Message-ID: <1892@gmdzi.UUCP>
 
>  A friend of mine and I are going to develop a graphic adventure game for the
>  ST. I have an 'old' 520 and a Mega 2. He has an old Amiga 1000. I am going to
>  lend him my 520 system, but I don't have a monitor for him. I know that the
 ST
>  monitor has been used with Amigas but I need to know if his Amiga monitor can
>  work with the 520. Has anyone used this setup?
>
>                   Thanks,
>
>                     Randy Schirmer
>                     West Chester University
>                     West Chester, PA
>                     215-436-1094
>                     RSCHIRME@WCU
 
 
It is possible to connect a 1084 to a 1040. The only thing you need is a
cable with a Scart connector for the 1084 and a monitor plug for the ST.
 
Stefan Focke
 
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Date: 22 Jan 90 18:45:06 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!ccvax.ucd.ie!h236_014@uunet.uu.net
Subject: TOS executable file format
Message-ID: <445.25bb54b2@ccvax.ucd.ie>
 
In article <3651@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>, mtp@ukc.ac.uk (M.T.Paley) writes:
> Does anyone know the exact format of executable files? The initial 20 or so
> bytes are easy to decypher but I cannot find any information on the layout
> of the symbol table and especially the relocation information.
>
> I am trying to make a program to run TOS executables from within MINIX which
> looks fairly easy except for actually producing an executable image in
> memory from a mysterious .ttp file.
>
> Any information would be usefull.
>
>               Matthew
There is a file on LISTSERV@@@@@@@@ that explains all about the format
of ST binary files. To get it send the listserver the message
 
GET PROG-A16 88-00347
 
Hopefully this will tell you all you need to know.
 
Slan,
 
Padraig.
#! rnews 1168
Relay-Version: VMS News - V5
 
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Date: 22 Jan 90 18:41:35 GMT
From:
 mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!csvax1.cs.tcd.ie!swift.cs.tcd.ie!ccvax.ucd.ie!h236_014@uunet.uu
 .net
Subject: TOS executable file format
Message-ID: <444.25bb53df@ccvax.ucd.ie>
 
In article <3651@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>, mtp@ukc.ac.uk (M.T.Paley) writes:
> Does anyone know the exact format of executable files? The initial 20 or so
> bytes are easy to decypher but I cannot find any information on the layout
> of the symbol table and especially the relocation information.
>
> I am trying to make a program to run TOS executables from within MINIX which
> looks fairly easy except for actually producing an executable image in
> memory from a mysterious .ttp file.
>
> Any information would be usefull.
>
>               Matthew
 
There is a file on LISTSERV@UOUGELPH.BITNET that tells you about the
format of ST binary files, send the Listserv a message saying
 
GET PROG-A16 88-00347
 
Hopefully this will tell you all you need to know.
 
Padraig.
#! rnews 1194
Relay-Version: VM
 
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Date: 24 Jan 90 14:03:22+0100
From: "Remo Hofer" <hofer@urz.unibas.ch>
Subject: Wordplus File Format
Message-ID: <862*hofer@urz.unibas.ch>
 
I'm looking for the format of CFG and DOC files of Wordplus.
Does anybody out there have the information?
Could he post it to me?
Thanks in advance.
 
Remo Hofer <hofer@urz.unibas.ch>
 
P.S. I like ST Picture Formats List. Thanks to Dave Baggett.
I would like such a document for other files too (such as vectorgraphics,
textfiles etc).
 
 
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